Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Eve of the Opening
Sun Xiangfu's first sentence came out, Wei Zheng felt that this tofu production is not a trivial matter, food safety, an issue that the ancients rarely considered, scared him at once, now on the dining table of his family, but there is tofu for three meals a day, if these tofu is not from the food supervision department, but from a small workshop of ordinary people, then, when this family makes tofu, is there a problem of uncleanness, what should I do if I eat it? Is this what His Majesty is talking about?
Then, under the leadership of Sun Xiangfu, he watched the whole process of making tofu room by room, process by process, because Sun Xiangfu divided the process very finely, each room only arranged people to do one thing, boiling, grinding, pressing, draining, point brine, adding gypsum and other main processes are divided into several steps to complete, more than a dozen rooms to look down, although Wei Zheng also roughly knows the method of making tofu, but I feel that the process is indeed a little complicated, for tofu, several ministers also have a clearer understanding.
"Hey, this guy is stealing tofu."
Wei Zheng pointed to a Turkic laborer who was in production, and everyone's eyes also looked at this laborer.
Sun Xiangfu heard that stealing tofu was a very dirty sentence in later generations. In the workshop of the Food Supervision Department, it is never forbidden to eat secretly, even Turkic laborers, as long as you eat, you are full, but most people keep their stomachs and wait for the arrangement of the quality supervisor to taste in batches.
The Turkic laborer was suddenly stared at by more than a dozen people, and he was immediately frightened, and hurriedly hugged his head and knelt on the ground, at this time, Sun Xiangfu came over and explained, "Lord Wei misunderstood, in the whole process of our production, there are laborers to try it, and even specially arranged for quality supervisors to taste each pot of tofu, and only after there is no problem with the tasting, will it be shipped out of the workshop and sold on the market."
Hearing Sun Xiangfu's words, everyone felt that it should be, and even more felt that this matter had to be done by the imperial court, because it was impossible for the people to supervise so strictly and comprehensively.
In the end, when Sun Xiangfu led all the bigwigs to see the four production teams of the Food Supervision Division, Wei Zheng knew about the production of tofu, however, he did not let go of the suspicion of the emperor in his heart, and secretly decided that after he went back, he must instruct the servants to also try to make tofu once to see if it was profitable.
After sending the emperor and a group of ministers out of the workshop, Sun Xiangfu quickly ran to Li Shimin's side and whispered, "Your Majesty, Wangjiang Tower will open on the fifth day of the lunar month, and then Weichen wants to invite His Majesty and a group of nobles in the palace to come in person, I don't know if it is possible." ”
Sun Xiangfu helped Li Shimin dispel the doubts of many ministers, and he was too sorry for himself if he didn't take advantage of the situation to make a small request, the emperor came to the scene in person, at least it could have a deterrent effect on those families, he didn't believe that those families would immediately stop fighting and no longer do it to themselves.
"At that time, I had nothing to do, and I would come here."
While Li Shimin replied to Sun Xiangfu's words, he looked to the side and whispered, "If they make their own tofu after they go home, will they find out that tofu is profitable?" ”
"Your Majesty, rest assured! It's okay if they don't make it, but once they make it, they will find that it is better to buy it and eat it without worry. Sun Xiangfu gave Li Shimin a reassuring look and said.
Of course, there is a doorway in this, because, just read a few times, people who have not made it by themselves, it is impossible to make the best proportion of tofu once or twice, usually novices make tofu, a pound of beans out of two or three pounds of tofu is good, and then count the fire consumption, labor, then the cost of a pound of tofu can definitely reach two to three Wen, and the charcoal of Chang'an in winter is more expensive.
Of course, there is also such a problem in the workshop of the Food Supervision Division, but they can produce the best proportion of tofu, one pound of soybeans can produce four and a half catties of tofu, and large-scale, cluster production, can allow them to greatly reduce the loss, recently Sun Xiangfu is still looking for coal, instead of charcoal, and his labor, all for free, so, these factors add up, the profit of the Food Supervision Division to make tofu is considerable.
After coping with a minister, Sun Xiangfu came to Wangjiang Building, at this time, the decoration in the building was basically completed, the manpower of various departments has been put on duty, on-site training, and the big stage in the center is also according to the requirements put forward by Sun Xiangfu and his wife, which is constantly improving.
"Manager Chuntao, after seven days, can it be opened?"
Chun Tao and Hongmei have been appointed by Sun Xiangfu as the manager of Wangjiang Tower, and the sixty Sun Mansion house slaves they received are the main management structure of the entire restaurant, Hongmei is mainly Zhang Luo's stage performance, most of the time, she is by Yu Xiu'er's side, Chun Tao is the waiter in charge, at this time, she is on duty.
"Actually, you can open for business tomorrow, according to the eldest grandson, those restaurants in the east and west cities are not as particular as we are, we are here, but even the thatched house can't smell a trace of the clean place." Chun Tao said proudly.
Of course, it's clean, the restaurant is all paved with cement roads around the restaurant and the street leading to the city, there is no mud floor, and the inner hall of the restaurant is all flat cement floor, above the second floor, all carpets are paved, and the walls are pasted with high-grade white paper that can be painted directly.
"Well, leave the big box on the third floor facing the stage at that time, and Your Majesty may come."
Sun Xiangfu just said it so casually, but Chun Tao was startled, so after having dinner in the restaurant, all the artists knew the news and began to rehearse harder, for fear that there would be a trace of mistakes and omissions, this is a show for the emperor.
"Lady, can we have the first rehearsal tomorrow?" Sun Xiangfu took Yu Xiu'er's hand, who was holding the script and reciting lines.
"Then it depends on whether the husband remembers the lines in this script." Yu Xiu'er opened his strange hand and continued to stare at Taibendao.
No wonder he and his family want to stage Xu Xian and the White Lady in person, it is indeed because they are in a hurry and can't find the corresponding candidate, after this story is arranged into a drama, there are too many lines and lyrics that need to be memorized, and people who do not have deep cultural skills and music standards can't perform it at all.
Moreover, the dialogue of the entire script is perfected by Sun Xiangfu and Yu Xiuer in the process of ambiguity and affection, Yu Xiuer regards it as the crystallization of her love with Sun Xiangfu, and she is not happy to be played by someone else, especially after she tried to play with Sun Xiangfu for a while, she feels that Sun Xiangfu is the best actor in this story, Xu Xian, because only he feels suitable to act.
What Yu Xiuer didn't know was that Sun Xiangfu had watched too much of the original version, so he naturally started to correct it according to the original version, and at the same time, brought the people who played with him into the same rhythm, and the line designer Yu Xiuer was introduced into the plot by him in this way.
After that, many important supporting roles were selected through many auditions, and the image and voice were selected, and the candidates were finalized after comparison, and the entire crew, the cast of actors is not the largest, the number of musicians is as high as thirty or forty, and the number of accompanying singers is nearly 100, both male and female, and children's voices.
And the number of props in the crew is more, because Sun Xiangfu also added lighting effects, and at the same time, some of the positions that make spells, he also has to add some magic performances, so that the number of people who maintain the operation of the entire crew is almost more than 300 people, once the rehearsal begins, the entire stage around, including the part covered by the ceiling covered by a curtain, are all hidden people, so the first full rehearsal is of great significance.
"Husband, the martial arts you talked about, hanging tightropes, we still have to practice on the spot!"
"Of course, everything is for the effect of the show, rest assured, we are just some simple running and high-altitude landing actions."
The entire stage is literally facing the audience on only one side, in the form of a wide to narrow horn, which is also designed to amplify the voices of the actors on stage. On the left and right sides stood the backing singers and musicians, and the ceiling was two meters high, with many parts hollowed out, all of which hid prop masters and mechanisms, who could pull the actors to take off by using rope hooks to hook and fly around with some designed props.
Offstage, there are also hidden prop masters who can release incense smoke, and there are two cow tendon secret doors that can be quickly opened and closed to enter and exit quickly to the backstage! The total design can be said to have taken a lot of effort.
Then, in the next few days, Sun Xiangfu and the people of Fuyi spent time in crazy and intense rehearsals, each time, there were different problems found, after each trimming, the overall effect will be better, the timing of the smoke, the timing of turning the background cloth, the timing of the hook, the timing of entering the music, the timing of the chorus, the timing of the accompaniment, etc., etc., all of which were clearly marked and specially arranged for prompting.
In this way, after more than a dozen full rehearsals, all the crew members can get used to the whole show naturally, and there are basically no mistakes or omissions, and in the process of continuous rehearsals one by one, the actors on the stage have also begun to become more involved in the play, at least, the expressions and movements that are performed can be understood by the family at a glance.
Recently, the four great gentlemen didn't go anywhere, they just stayed in Wangjiang Tower all day long to watch rehearsals, and even wanted to play a role in the follow-up plot, Sun Xiangfu couldn't resist agreeing, and then, on the afternoon of the fourth day of the lunar month, after the last rehearsal, Sun Xiangfu gave the four great gentlemen a death order, no matter what kind of way and means they use, tomorrow, be sure to invite all the owners they can invite to Wangjiang Tower, this opening ceremony, must be Wangjiang Tower, Become the best place for the whole Chang'an cat winter.