Chapter 196: How can anyone do business when they first come?

At the top of the gate of Jingqiang Village, there is a large banner on which Zhong Hao wrote a welcome speech in a vigorous and powerful line: "Welcome the forester Wailang to Jingqiang Village to explore high-yield grain crops"

When the forester walked to the gate of Jingqiang Village, he saw the words on it clearly, although he was quite useful in his heart, but he said reservedly: "Wenxuan...... It's just too much, so polite! These...... These arrangements really make me feel worthy of my brother! That being said, it was clear that he was very useful for the reception ceremony arranged by Zhong Hao. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Brother Mingyuan is polite, the soldiers and civilians in Jingqiang Village welcome Brother Mingyuan from the bottom of their hearts. These things were all done by them spontaneously, but the little brother didn't deliberately arrange them! Zhong Hao said with a mouth full of firewood.

"Haha, no matter what, it's a shame to be a brother!"

"Brother Mingyuan is too humble, you definitely deserve it!"

This child lined up to welcome and pull up the welcome banner, which is estimated to be the most popular and vulgar item in the welcome ceremony of the later generations ~ Dynasty. From foreign heads of state to small leaders of townships and towns to inspect the countryside, you can basically see such projects in the welcoming ceremony. However, I have never seen it in the Great Song Dynasty, so the welcome ceremony arranged by Zhong Hao is really useful to the forester Wailang.

The welcome ceremony arranged by Zhong Hao replaced the children holding flowers in the welcome ceremony of the Celestial Empire in the later generations with little scholars holding scrolls. The vulgar welcome words of "welcome, welcome, warm welcome" in the mouths of the children were replaced by the recitation of the proud poem "Autumn Harvest and Rain" by the forester Wailang in unison.

This made Zhong Hao feel that this welcome ceremony was immediately sublimated by more than one grade, and he thought that it was a proud arrangement. Therefore, Zhong Hao was also expected to be satisfied with the frequent jaws of the forester.

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In the yamen of Zhizhai in Jingqiang Village, the reception banquet prepared for the forester Wailang was very rich.

The table is full of all kinds of stir-fried dishes, eight meat and eight vegetables, the combination is very reasonable, plus the roast whole sheep specialties with the rough characteristics of the northwest.

These various stir-fry dishes are Ke Yao's best dishes.

Today, Ke Yao got up very early to prepare for this banquet, and today she has done her best to take out all her housekeeping skills.

As for the roasted whole sheep, it was roasted by the Huotou Army of the Pingxi Army, and the four-month-old Tan lamb was selected, and after being fed with various spices for two days, it was roasted on the shelves as soon as possible. This roasted whole sheep is golden on the outside, bright in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, which is very delicious.

In addition to the sumptuous dishes, there is also fine wine. This fine wine is naturally the "jade liquid clear" brewed by the Jingqiang Village Brewing Workshop.

Liner Wailang didn't expect that in a bitter cold place like Jingqiang Village, Hexi, he could still eat such authentic stir-fried dishes, and he couldn't help but be very satisfied. Originally, the forester Wailang was still afraid of the poor and remote area of Jingqiang Village, afraid that the dishes of this banquet must be extremely rough, and he was really afraid that this dish would be difficult to swallow when he arrived, and he was not eating, nor was he not eating, and he didn't make this Zhong brother lose face! I didn't expect this Jingqiang Village banquet to be so surprising.

This stir-fry just looks like it, and it doesn't have to be as bad as the Fan Lou in Tokyo!

Lin Yuan Wailang is a civil official of Zhengqipin, although his income is not too low, but a consumption place like Fan Lou is really not something he can often consume. Moreover, the stir-fried dishes of this Fan Lou are much more expensive than other types of dishes. He was afraid that he would not be able to eat a few meals for a month, and it would be gone. Therefore, the forester Wailang only went to Fanlou a few times occasionally to eat.

Therefore, seeing this table full of stir-fried vegetables today really made him a little happy. Not only did he not have to eat the rough dishes of the northwest, but he could also taste delicious stir-fried dishes, which really surprised him before.

A little maid next to the wine table used a sharp knife to flexibly cut the meat of the lamb, and soon a plate of thin slices of meat was served on the table.

The two little maids poured wine into the cups of Zhong Hao and Wailang.

Zhong Hao picked up his wine glass and toasted the forester Wailang and said: "Brother Mingyuan came from afar, and the younger brother toasts the elder brother!" ”

Lin Yuan Wailang raised his wine glass and Zhong Hao gestured slightly, and said with a smile: "Wenxuan is really too polite!" ”

Zhong Hao and the forester wailang raised their glasses and drank them all.

After a glass of "jade liquid", the forester couldn't help but exclaim: "Good wine, this is really good wine." This wine is extremely clear, straight as clear water, and my brother has never seen such a clear wine. Although this wine is clear, the taste of this wine is very strong and mellow, and it is really a good wine! It is the pear blossom white of Fan Lou, whether it is clarity or taste, it is difficult to compare with this wine! ”

Zhong Hao said with a smile: "This "jade liquid" wine is brewed in our village, since Brother Mingyuan likes this wine, bring a few jars with him when he leaves!" ”

Lin Yuan Wailang smiled: "It's disrespectful to be a brother!" "This forester seems to be a good wine person, since Zhong Hao wants to give him away, it will be disrespectful, a few jars of wine will not be talked about, said to be a bribe!

Zhong Hao pointed to the good piece of mutton and said, "Brother Mingyuan, taste this beach sheep in Hexi." This mutton meat is delicate and has a very light taste, which my brother can't taste in Tokyo. Moreover, this mutton can warm up and replenish the deficiency, replenish the qi, calm the convulsions, appetize and strengthen the strength, cure the deficiency and cold, five labor and seven injuries, and has a lot of nourishing effects. This is the dish that our Jingqiang Village receives the most valuable guests, haha! ”

Zhong Hao has been very fond of the delicacy of this mutton since he tasted the Tan Sheep in Yinxing Castle. He is a glutton, and he is very particular about eating. After returning to Jingqiang Village, he specially entrusted the Yang family caravan to get a batch of Tan sheep to raise in Jingqiang Village. In fact, the so-called dishes served by this mutton to receive the most valuable guests in his mouth are pure nonsense. This beach of mutton was basically eaten by him and Yang Huaiyu, and there were no distinguished guests in this Jingqiang Village. Whether this mutton is grilled or eaten in a hot pot, it is extremely delicious.

The forester was strange just now, obviously a table of stir-fried dishes with unique style, how could he get a roast lamb in a nondescript manner, it is very incompatible! After listening to Zhong Hao's words, I realized that this was the legendary Tan mutton of Dijinze.

Pan Lou in Tokyo is super expensive, and you really can't wait to eat! And I heard Brother Zhong say that this roasted beach sheep is not so easy to get in Hexi, and it can't be enjoyed by non-distinguished guests, it seems that this Brother Zhong is really concerned about himself.

There are a lot of good things in this small Jingqiang village, not only wine, but also stir-fried vegetables, this mutton is also a delicious mutton from Xixia, it seems that this Zhong brother has run this village really well!

Before the forester Wailang arrived at Jingqiang Village, he really didn't believe that there were grain crops that could produce ten stones per mu! Now that I see that there are so many rare things in Jingqiang Village, I really think that there may really be a grain crop that yields ten stones per mu here!

At that moment, the forester wailang raised a chopstick and sandwiched a piece of roast mutton and wanted to taste it.

Zhong Hao pointed to the small dish next to the forester and said: "This mutton is even more delicious with this secret sauce developed by the younger brother himself, Brother Mingyuan try it!" ”

At that moment, the forester wailang dipped the mutton in a little sauce, put it in his mouth, and chewed it carefully.

"Well, yes, it tastes really good. This lamb is grilled at any time, but it is still extremely tender, and with this sweet, salty and fresh sauce seasoning, it is really a perfect match! ”

"Bosom friend, Brother Mingyuan is really a little brother's bosom friend, this sauce for those soldiers to eat, it is purely a tyrannical thing, this beach of mutton with this secret sauce of the little brother, only Brother Mingyuan can deepen its taste!

Yang Huaiyu and Cui Feng ate this pool of mutton, as long as they dipped it in salt, they could eat it to their heart's content, and the sauce that Zhong Hao painstakingly developed with sweet, salty, and fresh flavors seemed to them to be a dispensable thing, which made Zhong Hao very hurt. Today, when I heard the evaluation of the forester, I couldn't help but feel a sense of encounter.

At that moment, Zhong Hao raised his wine glass and said: "There are fewer than a thousand glasses of wine for a confidant, and the younger brother will respect Brother Mingyuan again!" ”

"Haha, Brother Wenxuan is polite!"

After the two drank another glass, Zhong Hao said to the forester: "Brother Mingyuan will taste this stir-fry again and see if the stir-fry prepared by the younger brother for his brother is appetizing!" ”

"Haha, let Wenxuan bother. Then for the brother, taste it. ”

"Brother Mingyuan, please!"

Wai Lang took a thinly sliced chicken gizzard from the nearest plate of "fried double crispy" and put it in his mouth.

This "fried double crispy" is made of pork belly tip and chicken gizzard slices as raw materials, carefully operated by knife workers, boiling oil stir-fry, so that the original belly and gizzard slices that must be cooked for a long time quickly mature, the most important thing is the taste, with crisp as the best.

The forester wailang chewed the chicken gizzard lightly, but he felt that the taste was crisp and smooth, very fresh and refreshing, and it was more authentic than the dish he ate in the Fan Lou in Tokyo, and he couldn't help but be big.

"This 'fried double crispy' dish is really amazing, and it has won the essence of this dish's "crispy", which is more authentic than what Fan Lou made. Haha, where did you get such a good cook on Wenxuan?! ”

"Hehe, this one, it's the younger brother who is from Qingzhou. This natural residence in Qingzhou has some roots with the younger brother, and the younger brother is a cook from the natural residence! Zhong Hao didn't dare to say that it was his maid Ke Yao who did it.

In this year, the literati and scholars had the grace to ask for each other and give gifts to their maids. This Ke Yao can not only sleep, but also eat, which is unattainable. If you let the forester know that this is done by his beautiful maid, if the forester wants to ask him for Ke Yao, it will not be good then!

But Yao Zhonghao naturally can't give it! But if you don't give it, if the forester is annoyed, it will be in vain for you to spend this reception effort. Therefore, Zhong Hao directly casually said that he found a cook from Qingzhou Natural Residence.

When the forester heard about the cook of Qingzhou Natural Residence, he naturally didn't think about it. In the past three years, Qingzhou Natural Residence has become famous, not only in Jingdong Road, but also in Tokyo, where many diners have to hear its name. The forester is also a member of the army of gourmets, and he has also heard of this natural house, which is said to be famous for its stir-fried dishes.

Since Zhong Hao said that he was a cook invited from the natural residence, he naturally didn't think about it. Even if the forester likes to stir-fry, it is unlikely that he will hire a cook who can stir-fry at home. The salary of the cook who can stir-fry is quite high, and it is not something that he can afford as a seven-grade small Beijing official. Let's enjoy this dish in Jingqiang Village!

At that moment, the forester let go of his arms and ate and drank with Zhong Hao, having a good meal. Of course, even if he let go of his arms and ate and drank, the forester still eats and drinks very elegantly, without losing his identity as a literati. At first glance, this elegance has been cultivated over many years, and it is not something that Zhong Hao and others can learn at will.

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After being full of wine and food, Zhong Hao arranged a place for the forester Wailang to rest.

As for the business of inspecting high-yielding crops, uh...... Naturally, it will take a few days to get down to business, so how can anyone go to do business as soon as they come.

During the banquet, Zhong Hao made an appointment with the forester Wailang that he would accompany him to Jingqiang Village tomorrow to visit Tiantai Mountain, where "one mountain views Qin and Jin, and two waters lock the smoke". Take him from the top of Tiantai Mountain to appreciate the scenery of the Qin and Jin dynasties, and feel the majestic momentum of the "Yellow River flowing into the sea" by the way.

The only scenic spot near this Jingqiang Village that can be taken is only this Tiantai Mountain. These literati and scholars can't go anywhere without visiting the local scenery!

As for the business of inspecting the authenticity of high-yield crops, it is natural to go to the back of the line.

It is said that the forester is a little good~ lustful. Eating, drinking, and welcoming ceremonies should be done to a high enough standard, and Zhong Hao didn't want to make a stubble in this regard. The relationship has been made worse before, even if there is no arrangement for the bed, he can't say anything.

Although Zhong Hao has been in the Great Song Dynasty for a few years, the wealthy family of the Great Song Dynasty is still a little unacceptable to this matter of casually sending a little girl to sleep with the dignitaries. And he doesn't have the resources in this area, and he doesn't have the beautiful maids who are like those big families who are specially trained to receive and serve dignitaries.

However, Zheng Feng said: Two girls from the village offered to sleep for the forester.

Now Zheng Wentao has gone to Qingyang Village to preside over affairs, and Zhong Hao asked Zheng Feng to do many chores and chores related to the families of soldiers and soldiers in Jingqiang Village.

After all, Cui Feng and Hou Quan have only been with the Western Army for a short time, and they are not familiar with the families of the soldiers, and they can't do many chores if they want to. Therefore, Zheng Feng, who has been with the families of the soldiers of the Heping Western Army for a long time and is very capable, was arranged by Zhong Hao to be in charge of the miscellaneous affairs and general affairs of the families of the soldiers in Jingqiang Village.

Zhong Hao listened to Zheng Feng's words, and couldn't help but be slightly surprised, there is still such a thing as a sleeping attendant who still takes the initiative to dedicate himself? Don't be the kind of man who looks as ugly as no salt and can't find it! A personable civil official like Forester Wailang, I'm afraid that the requirements for women are really not low, but don't be self-defeating, it's better not to arrange this kind of thing directly.

However, after Zhong Hao saw the two girls, he didn't have this kind of thought. Although these two girls do not have the water spirit of Jiangnan women, they are both hips and chests, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and there is a unique strength and fitness of Northwest women, which can be regarded as beauties.

These two girls are in good condition! Zhong Hao couldn't help but be a little curious, and asked Zheng Feng why they took the initiative to serve the forester Wailang. (To be continued.) )