Chapter 437: Banquet

"Hurry, I'm waiting in a hurry!"

On a corner door in Ning Guofu, Lai Sheng personally arranged to send the same rare and fresh ingredients that had just been urgently transferred back from "Drunken Qingfeng" to the back kitchen.

Drunken Qingfeng is the restaurant that Jia Qing asked Leng Zixing to take down a few years ago, and now it has been open for more than three months.

"Hurry up and send these fish to Chef Fang!"

After opening the barrel and checking that a few perch were still swimming happily in the barrel, Lai Sheng nodded and urged the little girl to send it in. The little guys also know that there is a big event in the house today, and they can't be delayed, and they all have numb hands and feet.

Lai Sheng stood at the door for a while, still a little uneasy, so he walked all the way to the kitchen from the side.

The large kitchen of Ning Guofu is very spacious, but it is obviously a little busy at this time, and more than 20 mothers-in-law, servants and cooks shuttle back and forth, which is not too messy.

"How about Master Fang, is it all right?" Lai Sheng walked up to a slightly wealthy middle-aged cook and asked. The tone was not arrogant at all, but there was a sense of respect.

This chef is the Chef Fang mentioned by Lai Sheng earlier, and he was dug by Jia Qinghua with a lot of money from Yipinge, which is known as the No. 1 restaurant in Beijing. It is said that the shopkeeper of the Pin Ge was furious at that time, threatening that if Chef Fang dared to leave, he would not see the sun tomorrow......

As a result, early the next morning, someone found that the usually proud and invincible shopkeeper of Yipinge was sleeping naked at the gate of his restaurant, at that time, it was a February day......

Of course, I won't go into detail about how he complained and complained to his boss behind the scenes, and how the boss behind the scenes reacted.

Chef Fang held the knife in one hand and pressed the sea bass on the cutting board with the other, but after two or three movements, the small sea bass was cleaned. When he heard Lai Sheng's question, his hands kept moving, he only glanced up at Lai Sheng, and said while continuing his work:

"Manager Lai, please rest assured, this Songjiang perch is my signature, I have been doing this for decades, and I have never failed, you can rest assured, you can't keep the things in the house!"

"That's good, trouble Master Fang......"

Lai Sheng said, looked at it and saw that there was indeed no problem here, and explained it to the kitchen steward, and Lai Sheng was ready to go to the front yard to take care of it.

As the saying goes, the seven-grade officials in front of the prime minister, and the entourage that came with today are more than seven-grade......

"Grandma is here."

Lai Sheng saw that it was actually the You family and the Qin family who came over with more than a dozen maids, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

You Shi said: "It's okay here. ”

"It's all right."

You Shi looked around, nodded and said, "Leave it to me here, Manager Lai will go to the front to greet you." ”

"Yes."

After Lai Sheng left, You said to Qin Keqing again: "Qin Clan, you go to Ning'an Hall and wait to see if there is anyone who needs to be greeted by the second uncle, just watch here." ”

Qin Shi bowed and responded: "Yes." Then she took her maid and went away.

Naturally, You Shi stayed to show his skills in cooking in person, and he usually made some soup for Jia Qingsu, but at this time, he still had to let the real chef handle it.

She just came to the center to make sure that the cooked food could be served perfectly. Seeing that Ning Guofu was becoming more and more honored under the auspices of Jia Qing, she wanted to ensure that she had the value of existence at all times.

......

The reason why the back kitchen of Ningguo Mansion is busy is that Shui Rong wants to have lunch in Ningguo Mansion today!

In Ning'an Hall, Jia Qingzheng was chatting with Shui Rong, who was very interested, and a maid came over and said, "Back to the second master, the banquet has been placed." ”

Jia Qing nodded and motioned for her to go down, and then said to Shui Rong: "Thanks to the prince for not giving up, the mansion has prepared a little wine and food, please invite the prince to the table." ”

Shui Rong stood up and said: "Between you and me, we should have been together often, but in the past, you were alienated from me and never invited each other." Now that I've arrived at your mansion this time, I don't care if I'm cheeky or not, I have to try the delicacies of your mansion. ”

Shui Rong said well, Jia Qing has encountered happy events and promotions one after another in the past year, although he has not feasted guests, but there are always some old friends who will come. However, he never invited Shui Rong, in fact, he didn't invite anyone else, they all came by himself......

Jia Qing smiled, didn't say much, and said, "Lord Wang, please." ”

Shui Rong glanced at Jia Qing with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he knew that he knew Jia Qing's temperament quite well. Jia Qing didn't invite him, maybe it was just a little bit of scruples, maybe it was just an excuse at all...... I'm afraid it's true that I'm lazy to socialize!

led Shui Rong to the banquet hall, during which the governor of the county king's mansion and the two pawns who followed Shui Rong also came out of the side hall. They were greeted by Jia Rong.

"Rong'er, it's good to entertain a few adults, don't be lazy!"

When he arrived at the banquet hall, Jia Qing stopped and instructed Jia Rong behind him, and said to Wang Changshi and others in the Beijing Palace: "Forgive the crime of being inconsiderate." ”

The long history of the palace is the palace, in addition to the prince himself, the person who can best represent the palace is the second person in the palace!

The chief of the palace is not a slave of the palace, but an official with official documents of the imperial court, and his grade is not low. According to the regulations of this dynasty, the chief of the prince's palace is an official of the five grades, and the governor of the county prince's mansion is an official of the five grades, who is in charge of the decrees and affairs of the palace and its fiefdoms.

Moreover, because the chief historian is acting on behalf of the prince, in the face of this special group of officials, almost all court officials will be polite.

However, when King Beijing was present today, he would definitely accompany Shui Rong, so he could only let Jia Rong accompany him.

"Don't dare, General Jia is too polite, how dare you be an official."

Wang Changshi said with a smile, and then went to the side table with two pawns.

"Rong'er ......"

"Yes."

Jia Rong was distracted, and was awakened by Jia Qing, and hurriedly agreed, and stepped forward to beckon Wang Changshi and the others to enter the table.

Jia Qing frowned, but he didn't say anything, and turned around to beckon Shui Rong to take a seat.

"The humble house is not as good as the palace, the wine and food are simple, if there is anything inconsiderate, please forgive the prince."

After sitting down, Jia Qing said with a smile.

Shui Rong waved his hand and said: "If such a delicacy is still simple, there will be no feast under the sky that day!" Brother Jia doesn't have to be too polite with me, and if he does this, he will really see me. ”

It's not the first time that Shui Rong has said this kind of thing, but Jia Qing doesn't think that it's a good thing to be as close as Shui Rong said. In this feudal era, respect is respect, humility is humility, and it can be erased simply by relying on relationships.

"Lord Wang, please." Jia Qing greeted.

Shui Rong didn't move his chopsticks, but said: "I have long heard that you brought back twelve stunning dancers from Jiangnan, I wonder if I am lucky enough to see them?" ”

The host did not make arrangements, and the guest took the initiative to ask the dancing girl, which is actually more rude. However, Shui Rong thought that he and Jia Qing were both young people, and they had always had a good personal relationship, so they asked each other.

Jia Qing naturally didn't think much about it, after all, when he went to Shui Rong Mansion, Shui Rong was very generous to him, not to mention appreciating the dancing girl, Jia Qing knew that if he was willing, Shui Rong would definitely not mind giving him a few......

"Why not, the prince is interested, it is their honor."

After Jia Qing finished speaking, he said to the maid standing on the side: "Go and invite the Yanran girls over." ”