Chapter Seventy-Eight: The King Comes in Person
Early in the morning of the day when Wu Guojun Wu went to Qi to inspect Hanyue, Wu Rong arranged soldiers to protect all the places he wanted to inspect, and Wu Guojun, Wu Quqi, naturally sent heavy troops to guard Caiyun Tower, because the monarch would stay here for a long time.
Qu Wu had been preparing for their arrival for two days, and he had prepared many of the dishes himself, but they had only four tables for dinner, so they had time to prepare them carefully.
In the evening, the sky was already a little dark, a team of people and horses gathered in front of several sedan chairs to the front of Caiyun Tower, Wu Quqi, the monarch of Wu State, walked in under the guidance of Wu Rong, Qu Wu, Wu Jiang saluted at the door and greeted the monarch and others.
Wu went to Qi with Prince Shoumeng and a number of officials such as Da Sima, Si Kou, Yu Shi, and Nei Shi.
Wu Quqi, who is close to the age of confusion, has eyes like torches and heroic hair, and the tempering of the years and his noble identity have made him accustomed to everything. However, the moment he stepped into the lobby of Caiyun Building, he was stunned by everything here: the roof of the lobby was hung with solar-charged LED lights that he had never seen before, illuminating the entire lobby brighter than the sun, various colorful decorative lanterns, peace knots, ribbons, and colored balls decorated the entire lobby with joy, and the rows of never-before-seen glass bottles containing pure liquids behind the counters in the lobby exuded the magic of temptation. For the first time, the well-informed king of Wu felt that he was lonely and unheard.
And Wang Zi Shoumeng is upright and young, but he is already burly, with well-defined facial features and deep eye sockets, which looks wild and uninhibited, evil and sexy, and a dissolute smile on his handsome face at this time.
Wu Rong led Qu Wu to Wu Quqi's side.
"Your Majesty, this is Mr. Qu Wu, the owner of Caiyun Tower, he is from far overseas, and he has brought many things here from thousands of miles away." Wu Rong introduced to Wu Guojun.
"Well, Mr. Qu Wu, your restaurant is really different, good, good, good." Wu Jun seemed to be in good spirits, and said three good words in a row.
"Your Excellency is auspicious. The gentleman came in person, and the colorful cloud building was shining, which made us very proud. Qu Wu said.
Wu Rong introduced Prince Shoumeng and other officials to Qu Wu and Wu Jiang.
"You've got a lot of new gadgets here, and they all look exquisite." Kimijo seems to be interested in what is here.
"It's all from my hometown, let me introduce it to you." Qu Wu said, leading the king behind the counter.
"This row is the wine of our hometown, white and transparent is white wine, dark bottled wine is wine, amber is beer, you can taste it later." Qu Wu was first attracted by this row of wines when he saw the king, and first introduced these wines.
All the guests were struck by the clarity of the wine, which was unfiltered cloudy liquor that had been distilled without any residue.
"The other bottles are non-alcoholic beverages." Qu Wu pointed to the iron cans and plastic bottles of drinks.
"Your bottle is so small, one bottle is not enough for me to drink. But I like it, it's beautiful. Shou Meng, the young prince on the side, said proudly.
"His Royal Highness the Prince, otherwise, you will drink bottle by bottle in a while, and I will give you as many bottles as you drink." Qu Wu said.
"Is that true?" When the prince heard this, he was overjoyed, how did he know that this wine was dozens of times stronger than he had drunk?
"A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase." Qu Wu said, and Wu Rong and Wu Jiang next to him both laughed. Everyone else was thinking that the prince would be able to bring at least fifteen or six bottles of bar.
After introducing these wines, he came to the display cabinet on the side, which was full of all kinds of biscuits and snacks, and was full of dazzling colors. Why is the pattern painted on it so beautiful? ”
"Your Royal Highness, these things are not only beautiful, but also delicious." Qu Wu said, taking a pack of chocolate chip cookies, tearing them open and handing them to him.
Shou Meng took out a biscuit, looked at it, put it in his mouth, and before he could swallow it, he said loudly: "Why is it so delicious?" How come I've never had such a delicious snack? After saying that, he gave one to his father and the other ministers.
"Since His Royal Highness the Prince loves food so much, I will give you a big box later." Qu Wu said.
"Yes, thank you very much." Shou Meng said, thinking that he could bring it to his brothers and sisters.
"In fact, there are many varieties of things, but the place is too small to show them one by one." Qu Wu said.
"It's all about eating and drinking, too?" Wu Quqi asked.
"There is also food and drink, and there are many daily necessities, such as hats, socks, clothes, shoes, etc., as well as toys, kitchen supplies, etc." Qu Wu said.
"It's so rich, it's good that your restaurant is open in our Gusu." Shou Meng said to Qu Wu.
"If His Royal Highness the Prince likes it, of course we can also go to Gusu Kai." Qu Wu said.
"Is that true?" Shou Meng's eyes lit up when he heard Qu Wu say this.
"A gentleman's word......," Qu Wu said.
"It's hard to chase a horse." Without waiting for Qu Wu to finish speaking, Shou Meng preemptively said.
"Hehe, His Royal Highness the Prince reacted quickly." Qu Wu said.
"That's it, Mr. Wu, after the Shangyuan Festival, you come to Gusu to find me, let's do this together, how about it?" Wang Zi Shoumeng was worried that Mr. Qu was just talking about it, and wanted to tell the truth about it.
"Okay." Qu Wu said that he had long wanted to go to Gusu to open a restaurant, but he lacked a backer, and His Royal Highness the Prince was too suitable.
"Mr. Qu, I have a question, you don't see a stove in this lobby, why is it so warm? It's so cold outside, and as soon as I enter here, I feel like spring, and I can't wear this coat. Monarch Wu Quqi asked.
"Hehe, you might as well touch this wall." Qu Wu led the group to a place across the wall from the kitchen and said.
Wu Quqi stretched out his hand and exclaimed, "Why is this wall hot?" When everyone heard this, they also touched it one after another, and they were all surprised.
"Next door is the kitchen stove in our Caiyun Building, where the fire is cooking, and the heat is transmitted to this side through this wall to keep warm, which is warm and has no smoke and dust." Qu Wu said.
"Who's coming up with a good idea, it's so clever." Everyone sighed.
While talking here, various dishes had already begun to be placed on the four tables over there, and the stewed dishes on the table were steaming, and Wu Rong was busy beckoning the monarch and the ministers and dignitaries to sit down on the banquet.
Wu went to Qi to see everyone sit down, and beckoned the prince to sit opposite him and accompany him.
Everyone saw the exquisite tableware of Caiyun Building, and there was no one who didn't like it, and the monarch was amazed that there was no such exquisite tableware in his palace.
The stir-fry began to be passed on plate by plate. The table of the gentleman and the prince Shoumeng was in charge of Chen Qing.
When Chen Qing served the first dish, Qu Wu, who was standing aside, keenly noticed that when the prince and Chen Qing looked at each other, a light burst out in their eyes at the same time, and the moment their eyes intertwined, it seemed that the sound of metal collision could be heard: it was the unique amazement and admiration that only fell in love at first sight for the first time in life.
Qu Wu has always regarded Chen Qing as a child like Ziyan, and has never looked at her seriously, only to find out at this moment that she has become a beautiful girl who has become alive and well: wearing the blue tight woolen coat that Qu Wu found out to her from the warehouse specifically for this reception, her graceful body curves are more and more revealed, with her delicate facial features, the skin full of collagen on her face glows with youthful and beautiful brilliance, and her whole body exudes irresistible charm.
Chen Qing, Wu Jiang, Kong Chen, and Chen Shi poured Moutai wine for the king, the prince and various guests, and the fragrance of the wine refreshed people's hearts and lungs, which made the king, the prince and everyone very surprised that there was such a fragrant wine.
After serving a few dishes, Wu Rong walked onto the small stage, gave a welcome speech and toasted the king and the prince, and told everyone that this wine was very strong and should not be drunk.
The prince picked up the wine glass, looked at such a small wine glass, and thought to himself how hard it would be to drink like this, and was just about to shout for a larger glass, when he saw that a minister was actually choked by this small glass of wine, and he drank this glass of wine in confusion, only to realize how unreliable the idea that he thought he could drink a few bottles.
And only one sip of this wine made him fall in love with it, because only by drinking this strong wine can he be worthy of his pride.