Chapter 51: Business is too good
The uniformly dressed waiter, the young and beautiful welcome lady, the calligraphy of Wang Qi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the blood-boiling Biansai poems, and the novel table of the Eight Immortals, are all a refreshing visual feast.
Before I started drinking and eating, I had a feeling that I had not come in vain.
Looking at the menu again, the name of the dish has never been heard of, let alone eaten, what stir-fried vegetables, stir-fried haggis, garlic moss back to the pot meat, salt and pepper duck chin, braised prawns, boiled fish, steamed pork ribs, braised pork ribs, sweet and sour pork ribs, sweet and sour fish, braised fish, steamed fish, grilled live fish, grilled live chicken. ...... grilled lamb chops, there are hundreds of names for dishes alone.
Can go to this kind of high-end restaurant to consume, which one is either rich or expensive, what delicacies and delicacies have not been eaten on weekdays?
But when I saw this long list of dish names, I couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and I really didn't know how to choose.
The name of each dish is fresh, and just looking at the name of the dish makes you want to taste it.
But everyone is not stupid, with the mentality of trying it out, order a few dishes to try it first.
As soon as the dish is served, the aroma comes to the nose. After tasting it, the delicacy is amazing, with more than 30 degrees of distilled spirit, eat two bites of dishes and a sip of wine, this day is really happier than the gods.
The opening of Chang'an Restaurant is a hot scene that makes people jealous.
In the evening, Li Zhonghua arranged a free singing and dancing performance to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with Wanmin.
The theme of singing and dancing has always revolved around the Mid-Autumn Festival. The first song is Zhang Jiuling's bright moon on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time.
The lover complains about the night, and he is lovesick at night.
The candles are extinguished, and the light is full, and the clothes are dewed.
It's unbearable to give away, and it's a good time to sleep.
The singing and dancing are carefully rehearsed, the scene is grand, the guzheng and the pipa echo each other, which shocks everyone's soul and makes the talented and beautiful people who come to watch more than admiration.
Followed by another song by Liu Yuxi, seeing the moon in the dust and being idle, it is the Qingqiu Immortal Mansion,
The condensation is long and cold, and it stands on the highest mountain at this time.
The blue void is cloudless and the wind is not strong, and the mountain is long pine and the mountain is water.
The group moved leisurely, and the sky was high and the earth was flat for thousands of miles.
Shaojun led me to the jade altar, and invited the true immortal official from afar.
The clouds are fighting to move under the stars, and Tianle is cold.
Jin Xia Xin gradually went east, and the shadow of the wheel was still frequent.
It is difficult to merge when the scenery is good, and he should be melancholy on this day of the year.
The talented people who listened to it like fascinated kept asking other talents, who made such a good poem? How come I've never heard of it?
However, the surprise did not stop, followed by another song of Li Bai, a pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without a blind date. Raise a glass to invite Mingyue, and the shadow becomes a trio.
The moon does not drink, and the shadow disciples follow me.
Temporarily accompanied by the moon will be shadowed, and the joy must be spring.
I sing and wander, and I dance in a mess.
If these have shocked people's hearts, the next song and dance will be even more fascinating.
As soon as a few Song poems describing the Mid-Autumn Festival came out, countless people went crazy, especially when was Su Shi's bright moon as the finale? Ask the sky for wine.
I don't know the heavenly palace, what year is it tonight?
I want to go back by the wind, but I am afraid that Qionglou Yuyu will be cold in high places. Dancing to figure out the shadow, how does it seem to be in the world?
Turn Zhu Pavilion, low Qihu, shine sleeplessly.
There should be no hatred, what is the long time to say goodbye?
People have joys and sorrows, and the moon is cloudy and sunny, and this matter is difficult to complete. I hope that people will last a long time, and they will be together for thousands of miles.
Throughout the night, as many as 30 Mid-Autumn Festival poems, each of which was taken out separately, were classics, which could become classics that could be sung through the ages and made it difficult for countless people to surpass.
In addition, there are people who eat and drink in the big restaurant, telling everyone that there are as many as hundreds of poems hanging in the restaurant, which are also the first classics, and they are also written by unknown people.
Chang'an Restaurant is completely on fire, with one after another, classic poems have been circulated, not only Chang'an Restaurant is on fire, but Li Zhonghua, the owner of Chang'an Restaurant, is also on fire.
Although Li Zhonghua denied that the poems were written by him, the reasons for his compilation were unpleasant.
Picked up a book of poems, who believes this? Pick up a book of poems at random, and the poems on it are classics, isn't this taking everyone for fools?
Also on fire were the courtesans who performed songs and dances.
These are Li Zhonghua, the courtesans selected from the major green buildings, although they are not famous prostitutes, but their figures and appearances are also good, but the pearl is covered with dust, and they are not famous.
Some of them have even been forced to pick up customers, and many of them have lost hope in life.
However, Li Zhonghua gave them hope, although they are not free now, but soon they will be able to earn enough money to redeem themselves.
Li Zhonghua gave them a very high salary, but in fact, since they were not famous, their ransom fees were not high, especially those courtesans who had lost their first night.
Now they are famous, their incomes are higher, they are closer to freedom, and most importantly, they don't have to do anything but rehearse songs and dances, perform on stage.
You don't have to pick up customers, you don't have to look at the eyes of those men, you can go to bed early and get up early, and you don't have to stay up late.
The business of Chang'an Restaurant is so good that the large amount of cash received every day is really worth a car.
These money, kept by oneself to occupy a place, deposited in the bank, not only has no interest, but also has to pay a certain amount of storage fees to the bank.
Even if the money tickets are received, the money in them is placed in the bank, and a storage fee is indispensable.
This made Li Zhonghua's heart feel very unbalanced, and he really missed it too much, when Ma Yun was there in the future, he handed over the money to Ma Yun, and he could receive interest every day.
The idea of opening his own money bank has been born in Li Zhonghua's heart for a long time, and Li Zhonghua feels that now is the time.
But before that, Li Zhonghua hoped to enter the palace, meet Li Shimin, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and discuss with him the feasibility of issuing Tang Dynasty treasure banknotes.
However, it is not easy for Li Zhonghua to see Li Shimin, after all, his title is gone, and the identity of a businessman, of course, has no power, and he has entered the official to see the emperor.
Li Zhonghua had no choice, he could only talk to him secretly when Li Ke, the king of Shu, came to Chang'an Restaurant for dinner.
Every inch of land in Chang'an City is valuable, Li Zhonghua wants to expand the production of distilled spirits, build his own distillery, and hoard a large amount of grain, so he can only build it outside Chang'an City.
I also have to buy land to grow vegetables, corn, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.
In addition, although distilled liquor is good, many women don't like it, and because it is too expensive, some ordinary people can't afford it.
No matter what time it is, ordinary people will always make up the majority, and the rich will only account for a small part.
A successful businessman should not only know how to make money from rich people, but also know how to make money from ordinary people.
Although the things consumed by ordinary people are almost all very cheap things, and the profits are pitiful, the base of ordinary people is large, and the amount of money they earn is very considerable.
Li Zhonghua found that many villagers outside the city were reluctant to drink turbid wine, and they preferred to buy fruit wine to drink, and a bucket of fruit wine only cost five yuan, and even three yuan for a bucket of fruit wine.
The best and most expensive fruit wine is orange wine from Shudi, which costs as much as 20 wen a bucket, and has a sweet and sour taste, especially liked by women.
The prefectures and counties near Chang'an, in the middle of Shu, have many mountains and dense forests, and there are not many wild fruits left, and they can't be eaten, and they are worthless for sale, so they are used to make fruit wine.
In fact, the wine introduced to Chang'an from the Western Regions is, to put it bluntly, a kind of fruit wine.
It's just that the identity of the people is noble, the distance is long, and the more important thing is that the taste of the people is indeed much better than those wild fruit wines.
However, the price of wine from the Western Regions is quite expensive, and a bucket of wine costs dozens or hundreds of dollars, which is several times more expensive than the distilled liquor made by Li Zhonghua.
Even if it is a powerful family, it can only be tasted occasionally, and it is definitely not affordable to drink it regularly.
Li Zhonghua has tried some fruit wine, the taste is still quite good, but it is a little sour, if you remove these bad tastes, I believe it will be loved by more people.
Li Zhonghua went to the tooth shop to register and wanted to buy a large piece of land and a winery.
The guy who received him told him that it was difficult to find more than 100 acres of land near Chang'an City, and he was afraid that he would have to go farther away.
The land near Chang'an City has long been occupied by the magnates of the court, so many officials in the court have their own fiefs, plus the Huangzhuang, the princesses, the eldest princess, the prince, the prince, these are hundreds of thousands of acres, and the land near Chang'an City is not enough, and there are still those for sale.
However, twenty miles outside Chang'an City, there is just a winery to be transferred, if Li Zhonghua is interested, you can take him to see it.