Chapter 88: Li Shimin's Restaurant
Fast forward to April, the weather is starting to get hot, but God has no intention of raining, the situation is developing according to Yang Wenhua's prediction, and the drought has begun to appear.
Li Shimin looked at the bright sunshine outside, sighed, lost his appetite in an instant, and said to the eldest grandson queen behind a low table beside him: "Guanyin, it's okay left and right, let's go for a walk on Chang'an Street." ”
Empress Eldest Sun looked at Li Chengqian with a longing look on her face, and nodded, "Since the second brother is so interested, let's go shopping, it just so happens that Gao Ming has not been out of the palace for many days." ”
Li Shimin looked at his son Li Chengqian and asked, "Gao Ming, how is your studies?" ”
"The Book of Poetry has been studied, and this morning Master Confucius began to teach his sons to learn Shangshu." Li Chengqian said with some pride.
"Okay, well, my son's studies are progressing rapidly, so I will allow you to rest for half a day today."
Li Shimin got up happily and said: "Don't eat, let's go to Chang'an Street to eat, I said that there is a restaurant on Chang'an Street, and it has been two or three days, and I don't know how the business is, so I just went to see it at this time." ”
The three of them changed into their regular clothes and walked out of the Suzaku Gate with some guards.
After walking for a long time, he came to Kaihuafang, as soon as he entered the door of the workshop and saw the crowded restaurant, Li Shimin was stunned for a while, looked left and right, and muttered with some uncertainty: "It should be here, business is so good?" ”
Empress Eldest Sun was also a little surprised when she looked at such a full scene, "Second brother said that this restaurant is ours, why don't I know?" ”
"Oh, a few days ago, Li Gang came back from Lantian and said many things, this restaurant is one of them, but I didn't care at that time, so I let the inner government order Daniel Zhang to deal with it, I didn't expect it to be so prosperous in a short period of time."
At that time, when Li Gang came back to play against Li Shimin, not to mention Yang Wenhua's great truth that the four people are the same, that is, the inferior watch alone shocked Li Shimin.
This is also the reason why Li Shimin feels irritable these days, because the impact of his thoughts is too great.
The Tang Dynasty, which originally seemed to be in order, always felt that something was wrong in the eyes of Li Shimin today, but there was no corresponding way, and he couldn't even find a clue.
For example, after Yang Wenhua offered a horseshoe and a curved plow, Li Shimin immediately realized the importance of 100 labors, not to mention Yang Wenhua's explosives, hot air balloons, and other things that made Li Shimin covetous.
But even if you know that 100 crafts are important, can you immediately improve the status of many craftsmen?
Not to mention status, even if it is to improve the treatment of craftsmen, Li Shimin can't do it, one is that he has no money, and more importantly, the attitude of others.
If there are more craftsman resources, it is inevitable that other people's resources will become less, so after everyone is willing to be craftsmen, will the society cause turmoil, in general, the foundation of Datang is too thin, and there is no way to promote social development.
Li Shimin and his wife looked at the restaurant for a while, and there were already guards who went in and found Daniel Zhang from the inner mansion.
Daniel Zhang looked at Li Shimin's dress, knew that it was a private visit by Weifu, and after rolling his eyes a few times, he suddenly pretended to fall, threw himself in front of Li Shimin, and whispered: "The servant has seen the saint, the maiden, and the prince." ”
Li Shimin nodded, "You're smart, get up, is there a clean place inside?" ”
"Yes, yes, the servants have always kept a clean place for the saints."
Daniel Zhang got up and looked at the crowded door, bent down and said respectfully to Li Shimin: "This place is crowded, can the grieved saint enter through the back door with the servants?" ”
"Since the micro-service has come out, then everything should be simple, and lead the way in front."
The group went around to the back door, and immediately smelled the endless fragrance coming, Li Chengqian sniffed hard, and then said to the eldest grandson: "Queen Mother, the son is hungry." ”
Empress Changsun couldn't help but swallow her throat at this time, "Daniel Zhang, let people send some food." ”
Daniel Zhang answered, ran into the kitchen in a few steps and gave a few orders, before coming out to lead the way.
Climbing the wooden ladder outside and coming to the second floor, Li Shimin looked at the noisy first floor and had a more intuitive understanding of the hot business of the restaurant.
On the first floor, you can sit eight people at the same time, at least forty or fifty tables, whenever a guest leaves, there is a place to clean up the table, and then someone sits on it, it is simply a flowing water seat for eating.
Li Shimin and his wife glanced at each other, and they were silent.
After entering the private room, after Li Shimin's family of three sat down at the square table, Empress Changsun asked Daniel Zhang: "Business here is so full, how profitable is it?" ”
Daniel Zhang immediately took out an account book from his arms, handed it to Empress Changsun, and said: "Back to Niangniang, the restaurant has been open for three days.
The day before yesterday I tried it, there was no profit, and I lost hundreds of times, the day before yesterday, a discount, a profit of 1,000, yesterday two discounts, a profit of 3,000, and today three discounts, should be profitable. ”
After listening to Daniel Zhang's profitability, Li Shimin gasped, "A discount can make a thousand profits, how do you set the price?" ”
Daniel Zhang was about to reply, but there was a sound of slapping the table next to him, only to see Empress Changsun, looking at Daniel Zhang with angry eyes and asking: "What is this chili powder, and the purchase price actually needs a hundred pounds?"
And this MSG is even more outrageous, it actually needs fifty taels of gold? ”
Daniel Zhang was stunned for a while, and then immediately knelt in front of Empress Changsun, "Niangniang, this is the price set by the three treasures, and the servants have no choice." ”
Li Shimin smiled and said to the eldest grandson disappreciatively: "Although the capital is a lot, the profit is also considerable, so don't worry about it so much." ”
At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, and Li Shimin said to Daniel Zhang: "It should be that the food is delivered, let's go open the door first, and then talk about it later." ”
Daniel Zhang brought in three dishes on a tray, one fish head tofu soup, one boiled fish fillet, and one clear soup meat fillet, meat or pork.
After Daniel Zhang laid out the dishes, he tried and ate each dish and drank a soup.
"Sage, Niangniang, Prince, that Sanzang gave three recipes, saying that after selling them for ten days and a half months, then a new dish will be released, and the three of you will try it to see if it suits the taste."
Due to improper cooking, the fishy smell cannot be well removed, so people in this era only like to eat sashimi, but are not interested in boiling fish.
After Daniel Zhang tried the dishes, Li Shimin's family first stretched their chopsticks to the meat slice soup.
After a try, the three of them were dazzled, and after eating a lot of meat slices, Li Shimin asked, "What kind of meat is this?" It can be so delicious and delicate, and there is no fishy smell. ”