The reason why he chose to visit Yangzhou Hall unexpectedly in the dead of night was to catch up with Chef Fang, the imperial chef, when it was just freshly baked and countless people were staring at Yangzhou Hall.

Sure enough, Chef Fang, who had just experienced a day of ups and downs, was still extremely worried about whether his imperial chef was just a tool for the emperor to calm down public opinion, but in fact, he would be quietly disposed of after the calm down, and when he heard that Lu Sanlang actually wanted him to be in the limelight, he felt that he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and he immediately nodded and agreed without thinking.

And Yu Huishou is not to mention, his own guild hall suddenly came out on top, he didn't expect it at all, but once the initial attention goes down, without the Yangzhou Guild Hall where Chef Fang is sitting, it is impossible to say what the business of this tea house will be, after all, this is also a way to make money by running a guild hall. That being the case, why not take the elite soldiers and strong generals to show off their military power and publicity?

What if Yangzhou Hall can still have a second imperial kitchen?

So, the two sides hit it off, and they were all happy. Especially at the head of the meeting, it was really determined that the specific manager of this imperial chef selection competition was the head of Jiuzhangtang in front of him, his eyebrows danced, and Chef Fang couldn't care about being frightened for a day, so he rolled up his sleeves and wanted to cook supper for Lu Sanlang in person.

In the face of such a diligent two hosts, the little fat man was naturally polite and refused, one on both sides was to do the dishes, and the other was to stop, and the voice gradually became louder, which naturally alarmed the guests upstairs.

It is necessary to know that in the south of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou and Suzhou have always been rich, and most of the people living in Yangzhou Hall are Huaiyang businessmen, who sent people to investigate, and Yu Hui was a person who was happy and flamboyant, and immediately spread the identity of the little fat man and the good news he brought. At this moment, many people couldn't even take care of sleeping, and they all hurriedly dressed and tried to make friends with the little fat man below.

Who doesn't know that the fat boy of the Lu family, who is someone who even the emperor has praised himself? What's more, this time he also got the trust of the emperor and personally handled such a selection? That's a big deal about the diet of the Son of Heaven!

So, through Lu Sanlang's mouth, the Queen Mother actually personally allocated fifty taels of gold to prepare for this matter, and while the news spread, it also caused a commotion. As for the abolition of the aftermath that went viral after the evening, at this moment, it was completely left behind by many people in the Yangzhou Hall!

What does it matter to them after the abolition? They don't have relatives to be concubines in the palace, does whoever becomes the queen have a half-penny relationship with them? Oh, it can't be said that it doesn't matter, if you want to make a new one, the weaving bureau must make a batch of new dresses, and by that time all kinds of craftsmen and machine owners should be busy for a while! But on the whole, the post-abolition incident had no effect on them.

If you forcibly talk about the impact, it probably means that you don't have to worry about the eldest prince, who has not achieved enough things and has more than enough failures, will inherit the treasure...... That is, those stupid and insatiable businessmen in Cangzhou will follow the prince to fool around, and replace them in Yangzhou or Suzhou, where there are mercenaries who work for a living everywhere, who dares to force people to have no way to live? Is it forced to rebel?

The brightly lit and crowded Yangzhou Guild Hall naturally looks particularly eye-catching in the outer city hall area in the middle of the night. What's more, the shopkeeper Hua and the fourth master Hua of the Suzhou Hall opposite have been staring at this place for a long time. Seeing that the movement was getting bigger and bigger, Hua Siye saw that the shopkeeper Hua was like an ant on a hot pot, but he was worried that he couldn't find out the specific situation, so he made a decision in a moment.

"Rather than being anxious to find out no news here, it's better to be proactive. You go to other nearby halls, gather everyone, and let's go to the Yangzhou hall opposite to knock on the door generously and ask directly in person. I don't believe that Lu Chai stick surnamed Yu dares to ignore so many colleagues! ”

Shopkeeper Hua suddenly realized, he hurriedly agreed, and then went to the neighborhood to knock on the door in person. Sure enough, everyone who had been staring at the Yangzhou Hall for a long time noticed that someone had come late at night—and it was a suspicious person wearing a hooded cloak. Now that people have not come out, Yangzhou Hall is so lively, there are Suzhou Hall Hua family to take the lead, who doesn't want to find out?

So, in less than two quarters of an hour, the shopkeeper knocked on the doors of the five guild halls and invited five guild leaders to come out, and there were more than a dozen businessmen who joined in the fun. But before he could knock on the door again, he heard the wind and followed, and there were three more heads of guilds and seven or eight merchants. So, coupled with Hua Siye, there were dozens of onlookers in front of the Yangzhou Hall.

When the young man from the Yangzhou Hall heard a banging knock on the door and went to check, he almost became stupid when he saw the black and oppressive posture, and hurriedly ran to report to the head of the meeting. As soon as he opened his mouth, he shouted in a panic: "Oh no, no, our hall is surrounded by people!" ”

The lobby, which was still boiling just now, was silent for a moment. Countless eyes immediately converged on Chef Fang, and even Chef Fang himself trembled, like a frightened deer.

And he had just met Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying before, but Lu Sanlang knew best what was going on in the palace now. He smiled calmly: "I didn't expect that there were more than one visitor in the middle of the night, it's quite lively!" Do you want to go and see what is going on, who is so excited to be an uninvited guest? ”

Without waiting for anyone to answer, he strode ahead. He took the lead, and Yu Huishou didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly followed. And then the other merchants looked at me and figured out what it was like. If Chef Fang really saw the crime, how could people leave the palace? How else could he be appointed by the emperor as the imperial chef? From this point of view, it is definitely not the officers and soldiers who are here to arrest people!

As the gate opened, a large number of people from the Yangzhou Hall followed Lu Sanlang out, and they were stunned when they saw the crowd outside. Yu Hui was the first to recognize the head of the shopkeeper Hua and the fourth master Hua, and he hated it even more.

These people actually came to the door together, what a quick move!

Although Lu Sanlang didn't know the black and oppressive bunch of people outside, he was first-class in terms of his ability to recognize people in terms of clothes, so he concluded at a glance that these were all businessmen. And he recognized others, and others recognized him at a glance, after all, his signature figure was too easy to recognize.

In the crowd, Hua Siye, who was the leader, stepped forward with a smile and arched his hand: "In Suzhou Hua Si, dare to ask if this is Lu Zhaichang, the head of Jiuzhangtang?" ”

"Oh, is the fourth master of the Hua family, the richest man in Suzhou? I've heard my teacher mention you, and you're really young and talented. Lu Saburo cleverly avoided the topic of acknowledging his identity, because he didn't want to give Lu Zhu's name. Moreover, he is still old-fashioned, as if he doesn't realize that he and Zhang Shou are at least ten years younger than Fourth Master Hua!

And when he admitted this, there was a commotion all around, and soon someone came up to ask him about his purpose. Lu Sanlang's original intention was to follow Zhang Shou's instructions to publicize his momentum, and naturally generously said in public that he would invite Chef Fang to make a judgment, and invite Yangzhou Guild Hall to bring elite soldiers to show his cooking skills at the head of the meeting. At this moment, many people from the guild hall quit.

Especially the loud Lu Huishou in Shandong, the shouting was like thunder: "The people in the world who can cook food are not all in Yangzhou!" Is Lu Zhaichang looking down on me Shandong? ”

Lu Sanlang's eyes widened suddenly, and he had a very innocent expression: "How can I look down on Shandong?" Don't talk about Shandong, my teacher often says that the world's food has its own merits, and the imperial dining room should learn from others' strengths, and the emperor is because of his statement, so he decided to abandon the custom of Guanglu Temple and hold such a grand event. ”

Seeing that everyone was listening to himself with bated breath, he said with a smile: "Moreover, if it can be done well this time, the emperor intends to hold it every year in the future, and it will be made permanent." ”

Although there have been rumors that the Imperial Chef Selection may continue to use such a system in the future, most people still don't believe it. At this time, Lu Sanlang said this, and the crowd suddenly stirred.

Seeing this scene, without waiting for Lu Sanlang to continue to explain why he chose the Yangzhou Guild Hall alone, Hua Siye immediately said: "Yu Huishou, so many people heard that Lu Zhai came to ask for advice, don't you Yangzhou Guild Hall not fulfill the friendship of the landlord, so let everyone talk at the gate like this?" ”

Yu Huishou immediately cursed secretly, obviously he was an uninvited villain all night, and he even wanted us to entertain him, why? can be scolded and scolded, so many colleagues are outside, one is not good, and there are more people who are offended. Therefore, he had to swallow his anger and beckoned his fellows to invite all the dozens of people in.

At this moment, the originally spacious lobby of the Yangzhou Hall was crowded, not to mention the chairs, even the stools were not enough, and most people had to stand. And Lu Sanlang was directly invited to the stairs on the second floor by the cunning Yu Huishou, firstly, he was condescending and easy to speak, and everyone could see it, as for secondly, he was ...... Of course, Yu Huishou wanted to avoid direct contact with Lu Sanlang.

There's got to be a first-come, first-served basis, right? Let others take advantage, wouldn't his Yangzhou Hall lose a lot?

In this regard, Lu Saburo doesn't care at all. He didn't press the railing with his hands, because he didn't trust this seemingly sturdy thing since he was a child, for fear that if he used too much force to infer the railing, it would not be cost-effective for him to fall at that time.

He just held on to his throat and said, "Just now someone asked me why I only went to the Yangzhou Guild Hall, whether I looked down on the lack of food in other provinces and provinces, which is actually wronging me." ”

"Although the emperor directly allocated money from the inner treasury to do this, and the queen mother also paid private money, but the money was not much, and it had to be spent on the blade. Everyone has also heard that the dignified concubine of the Son of Heaven was actually deducted from her diet by a group of villains in Guanglu Temple before, and it was really sad for the listeners to say it, and the tears for those who saw it......"

Speaking of which, the little fat man really snorted and made a little sad.

And although his attitude is a bit fake, there is a lot of news about the messy mess in Guanglu Temple, so among the people below, there are many people who sigh and sigh.

But as keen as Hua Siye, he immediately smelled the mystery behind Lu Sanlang's crying for the emperor. So, he grabbed ahead of everyone and was the first to say loudly: "The emperor has tried his best to eliminate public opinion, and used such a fair method to select the imperial chef, giving all provinces and provinces equal opportunities, so when we are trying to promote our own famous chefs, how can we let the monarch worry about expenses?" ”

He paused as he spoke, and then said loudly: "But please tell Chief Lu Zhai where this event is held, and our Suzhou Hall is willing to bear all the expenses from beginning to end!" ”

Fourth Master Hua thought very clearly. This time the incident came too suddenly, and the famous chefs in Suzhou couldn't catch up, even if they couldn't fly to the capital with their wings, but the Wu chef from the Suzhou Hall could push it up, and who said that this was just a food event, and you could also sell all kinds of exquisite silk fabrics in Suzhou by the way!

Even if these ideas don't work, at least it's one of the best ways to promote Suzhou!

As soon as his words fell, the previous head of the Shandong Guild Hall, Lu Huitou, quit. He immediately patted his chest with the boldness unique to Shandong people and shouted: "Chief Lu Zhai, although my Shandong Guild Hall is not as rich as those guys in Jiangnan, I can still afford this little expense!" ”

As the two families in the north and south successively expressed their positions, the rest of the families also scrambled to take on all the expenses of this grand event, and in the end, many guild halls in poor places could only shout that everyone should share the burden.

But even so, Lu Saburo still felt that if he was insatiable, then maybe he could eat it all, and then he could still hold such a grand event!

However, he had already passed the stage of having money and everything, and at the moment he smiled and stretched out his hand to press it, and then said earnestly: "Everyone, everyone! What I said before was inaccurate, whether it was the Queen Mother or the Emperor, it was not that they were short of money, but they just didn't want to make this unprecedented event too extravagant, so they were accused by those who didn't know what was going on. ”

He changed his words, and then said with a smile: "However, after choosing the place to hold this event, if each family can set up a booth near the venue, invite a good chef to demonstrate their cooking skills in public, and show the food to the people of the capital, this is a spontaneous act of each family, of course, others have nothing to say." ”

This kind of food fair-like event is naturally new in these days - although there are small streets in the capital with food stalls, however, they often sell knick-knacks for a few pennies, and it is absolutely impossible for a large number of celebrity chefs to gather together to show their cooking skills. Therefore, after a moment of silence below, there is a flurry of echoes.

"Chief Lu Zhai's idea is really good!"

"That's how you can show your strengths!"

In the face of such a warm reaction, Lu Sanlang grinned, and then arched his hand and said: "As for the location, I have also made it clear to tell you, it is in the west of the guild hall area, in the south of the outer city, Yuexiu Hutong." The terrain over there is flat, and now a teahouse over there has been expanded, which is the main venue. Anyway, let's go and see the place tomorrow and warm up, how about it? ”