Dengzhou Zhishuo, Penglai County.

This place is as early as the time of Song Liao, the two countries have many wars, the border is restless, often threatened by war, and so on after the Song and Jin destroyed Liao, the two countries have a war, this place was finally controlled by the Jin State, during the period of the old people of the Great Song Dynasty have many southward crossings, the population loss is more serious.

Although there were still wars between the Song and Jin in the past 30 years, most of them were provoked by the Jin State, and the Jin army had a great advantage in the war between the two countries.

But no matter how Dengzhou recovers, after all, it is still a land that has experienced war, and the prosperity cannot be compared with most of the state capitals of the Great Song Dynasty.

Yang Congyi took Meng Yunniang and a few retinues dressed as elites of the Jin Wu Army, and searched for a lot in Penglai City, only to find a restaurant that looked relatively good.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, without waiting for the shopkeeper to come forward to recommend, Yang Congyi proudly said that he wanted the best box in the restaurant!

The shopkeeper was sharp-eyed, and when he saw the other party's momentum and listened to his words, he knew that these guests were not ordinary people, they were either rich or expensive.

Immediately smiled, personally led the way in front, ushered them into the private room, and brewed the best tea.

Then, the shopkeeper stood in front of Yang Congyi and introduced: "This restaurant business, starting from my grandfather's grandfather, has been operating in Penglai for hundreds of years, known to all ages, well-known, in recent years, in Dengzhou restaurant small and medium-sized shops called the second, no one dares to call the first, with two things, one is exported to many large restaurants in Yidu Mansion self-brewed good wine, the other is ten years ago spent a lot of money to invite the chef from Jiangnan, that first-hand signature dish is unique in the local area. What do you want to eat and drink? ”

Listening to the shopkeeper's boasting, Yang Congyi did not raise any questions, but said with a smile: "Even if you have self-brewed wine, then take a pot." But when it comes to signature dishes, today's gluttony, everything can be served, and if you are happy to eat, money is not a problem. ”

After saying that, he put an ingot of gold on the table, and some of the worries in the shopkeeper's eyes were instantly dispelled.

"Our store has a good reputation, there are a lot of repeat customers, the guest officer came today, and the guest officer is satisfied, but some signature dishes have to take some time, I don't know if the guest officer can wait?"

"It's okay, we're not in a hurry, just take our time."

"Okay, wait a minute!"

With that, the shopkeeper walked away with a smile and closed the door of the box.

Yang Congyi raised his hand to pour a cup of tea for Meng Yunniang, and then said to the five entourages standing aside: "It's been hard all the way, and you all sit." ”

"Master Xie, let's stand."

The five did not dare to sit down, and one of the older attendants thanked them.

Yang Congyi raised his eyebrows: "Let you sit down, this is Dengzhou, what are you afraid of." ”

The five seemed a little unhappy when they saw him, and then they sat around another table with trepidation.

"Also, call the treasurer. If you forget it again, the penalty will ring for a month! ”

"Yes, shopkeeper!"

The five of them hurriedly stood up, turned around and hugged their fists.

Yang Congyi could only wave his hand helplessly, their military habits are deep-rooted, it seems that they should not issue orders casually, otherwise it will be too eye-catching and it will not be good to cause unnecessary trouble.

"Fifth brother, what do you think of Dengzhou?"

Meng Yunniang drank tea while looking around the box.

"Normally, it's not comparable to the south now, but it should be okay before." Yang Congyi replied.

"There are not many paintings and calligraphy, which is too far worse than our restaurant there."

Meng Yunniang shook her head slightly.

"You've been to a restaurant?" Listening to it interestingly, Yang Congyi couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Of course I've been there, when I was a child, I went everywhere with my father, and I would be brought with me for any banquet, and when I was a little older, he wouldn't take me with him when he was twelve or thirteen. But I also know some friends, and occasionally I go to the teahouse to sit and chat with them. Meng Yunniang's face was slightly red.

"It doesn't matter, the world is big, you can get it, and you don't need some red tape."

Yang Congyi smiled, how many women in later generations entered the teahouse and restaurant, what did she get when she went to the teahouse.

"The fifth brother is right, the world is very big, there are many places I want to go, it must be good for painting to see more, if you draw too much out of thin air, you can't draw real things."

The two chatted while drinking tea.

Meng Yunniang is quite accomplished in calligraphy and painting, and she has put a lot of effort into it, and she talks about these things, while Yang Congyi has no talent for calligraphy and painting, and she has no special hobby, so she often pulls the topic of conversation elsewhere, but she will soon be pulled back by the other party, which makes him embarrassed.

About a quarter of an hour or two later, the shopkeeper himself carried a pot of wine and his men to the box with two trays full of dishes.

"If there is anything you are not satisfied with, you may wish to tell us, the small shop will definitely improve, and the next time you come again, you will definitely make the guest officer more satisfied."

The shopkeeper said this, and from the smile on his face, it was clear that he was very confident in the food and drinks, and he was not worried about any dissatisfaction with the guests.

"Okay, don't worry, I'll tell the shopkeeper if there's any problem."

Yang Congyi's expression on the shopkeeper's face changed slightly, could it be that he was polite, and the other party actually took it seriously? If you don't pay for food and drinks on this ground, you'll lose a lot of money today.

But since he has already said it, he can't take it back, and besides, the other party doesn't look like a person who eats white food.

"Okay, I won't bother, please use it slowly! The rest of the dishes will come up in a moment. ”

Then, with a smile on his face, the shopkeeper exited the box.

"Come and try it and see if the Jiangnan cuisine in Dengzhou Restaurant is different from the real Jiangnan cuisine."

Yang Congyi handed a pair of chopsticks to Meng Yunniang and asked her to taste them first.

"Fifth brother, you come first, how can there be a reason for me to move the chopsticks first." Meng Yunniang took the chopsticks in her hand, but did not pick them up to pick up the vegetables.

"When you're away from home, how can there be so many rules."

Yang Congyi smiled slightly, no longer insisted, and raised his chopsticks to pick up the vegetables.

"There are some rules, no matter where they are, they can't be broken, otherwise they won't be uncivilized barbarians." Meng Yunniang replied with a chuckle.

"How? Is it tasty? Seeing Yang Congyi delivering food, she held chopsticks and asked curiously.

"It's okay, this taste is slightly different from the previous Jiangnan cuisine, but it is far worse than the current Jiangnan cuisine. It could also be that I have different tastes, you try it. ”

Yang Congyi tasted it for a while, obviously this taste did not quite meet his appetite.

"I have a light taste, and these dishes look okay." Meng Yunniang said and took the vegetables in her mouth and tasted them gently.

"How?"

"It's okay, it tastes no different from our home-cooked food." Meng Yunniang felt good.

"The habit of eating, then you can eat more and make up for it."

Yang Congyi took out a few plates of dishes that she ate a lot and put them in front of her, and pushed the others aside for the attendants at the other table to eat.

"There should be a lot of dishes in the back, you eat slowly."

After a glass of wine, Yang Congyi slowly took the dishes into his mouth, and the dishes on the table were indeed okay, but the taste was not very good.

Soon after, the shopkeeper came to the box with two men holding trays of vegetables.

Seeing that the dishes on the table didn't seem to be much less, the shopkeeper asked with a smile: "Guest officer, is the wine and food in this store not to taste?" ”

"The taste is okay, it's indeed the Jiangnan taste, but this is the taste of many years ago, and there are no new tricks for so many years, I'm afraid it's difficult to attract repeat customers, right?"

Yang Congyi put down his chopsticks, looked at the shopkeeper and smiled softly.

The shopkeeper's face stiffened slightly, and he said with a smile: "The guest officer is well-informed, some restaurants and restaurants want to attract diners, and they really can't lack new tricks, but the most taboo thing about restaurants like this restaurant that has been operating for hundreds of years is that they keep changing their tastes, once the taste changes, the diners who are used to the original taste of wine and food will be unhappy, and those who can come to our restaurant are old diners, and they can't help but consider their meaning." ”

"The shopkeeper is right, old diners are really important to the restaurant. However, new dishes and new flavors are also indispensable to attract new diners. ”

"The guest officer also runs a restaurant business?" The shopkeeper was suddenly a little vigilant.

Yang Congyi laughed and said: "The shopkeeper is too worried, the restaurant is too complicated, I can't sit still, and I can't do the restaurant business." ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "I don't know what business the guest officer does?" ”

"It's beneficial to the shopkeeper's restaurant business, but what is it, wait until you have tasted your restaurant's signature dish? If you don't eat it again, I'm afraid it's going to get cold for a while! Yang Congyi picked up the chopsticks and smiled.

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "I'm really sorry, the guest officer is slow to use!" We'll talk about that later if we have time! ”

"Well said."

Yang Congyi smiled slightly, and the other party quickly left with his buddy.

"Try these again."

"Looks pretty good." Meng Yunniang said, picking up chopsticks and trying new dishes.

She has very few opportunities to eat these dishes, after all, the chef at home is still incomparable with the chef of the restaurant, she tasted a few dishes in a row, and she actually felt very good.

"Fifth brother, you should also eat more, these dishes are very good."

"Don't worry, keep your stomach, I guess there are a lot of them behind, and I'll be full after eating two bites."

"Since you can't finish eating, what do you want so many dishes for, isn't it a waste of money? It's going to cost a lot of money, right? ”

"The money that should be spent has to be spent, and how to talk to them and sell goods to them if you don't spend it. Compared to our business, a meal is not much, it is nothing at all. ”

Of the more than ten dishes on the table, Yang Congyi and Meng Yunniang each picked out one or two bites, and most of them were taken by the entourage next to them.

They are all coarse people, they eat a lot of food, a few dishes down, there is even room in the stomach, for them these exquisite dishes are far less real than a few bowls of rice, because these dishes are not full, and they are not hungry, the key is that the price must be very expensive.

However, although most of today's good meal was eaten by them, in the end, it must be Lord Yang's money, otherwise they would not be able to pay for the meal even if they were sold.