Chapter Ninety-Nine: A Familiar Name

Lin Xiaoer is the forty-seven that Chen Bei shouted, he is a person from Tongxian County, and he has been doing it for five or six years when he came to the mellow building in the capital, and seeing this number so close to the front also shows a lot of problems, he has always been steady, and he has lived this life in peace.

But until he died, he had some things he wanted to understand, that is, in the winter of the fifth year of Jiajing, what did Chen Bei, the shopkeeper, talk about with Boss Jiang of Huifeng Building, and every time Chen Bei mentioned this matter, he said there with emotion:

"It's really a way to turn stones into gold, and you can turn stones into gold!?"

Lin Xiaoer has been thinking that if he had the courage to eavesdrop at that time, he might be as rich as the Chen family now, so he still clearly remembers that when he came to the door of the 'wind' room with tea, he heard a loud sound of slapping the table inside, followed by Jiang Feng's laughter, and the shopkeeper Chen patted the table there and praised loudly:

"Wonderful, wonderful."

When he knocked on the door and entered, he saw the two men in the room looking at each other with smiles on their faces, but they didn't speak because they came in. It wasn't until the square downstairs that cars and horses gradually began to gather, and the official affairs of the various yamen mansions were almost handled in the morning, and the noon banquet was about to begin.

When they came in, although the two sides were polite on the face, they were quite wary of each other, and when they went out, the two of them were already very affectionate, as if they were old friends who had not seen each other for many years, when they walked out of the door, Chen Bei greeted the guests who came in the door, and followed Jiang Feng and said:

"Brother Jiang, don't worry, I'll go to my uncle tonight to talk about this matter, there will definitely be no problem."

Jiang Feng nodded with a smile and replied in a low voice:

"Brother Chen, you have to keep your mouth shut about this matter, otherwise there will be nothing to do."

"Naturally, naturally, if something happens, I will let my nephew contact you."

Jiang Feng dragged Zhang Liang beside him, opened his mouth and replied with a smile:

"This is my apprentice, he will come over if there is something."

The two of them looked at each other and laughed, all the officials who came in and out, although Chen Bei greeted guests diligently on weekdays, but he had never been so courteous to people, they naturally didn't know Jiang Feng, but they were all vaguely guessing in their hearts what kind of characters would make Chen Bei treat him so politely.

The next day, rumors began to appear in the market, saying that when the owner of a certain butcher shop and the eunuch who came out of the palace to buy were drinking, I heard the eunuch say that the chief eunuch of Shangshan Jian and the eunuch of the Ministry of Rites and several old people living at home in the Hanlin Yuan discussed that there were many restaurants and restaurants in Jingshi, but each had different levels and levels, and they were arguing with each other there.

In the afternoon, the officials also knew about this rumor, and naturally discussed with each other that the entertainment items of the Ming Dynasty were nothing more than eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and even hiking and tourism that modern people regarded as relaxing and entertaining, which was still quite a risky move for the people of the Ming Dynasty.

It is impossible to drink alcohol three meals and one meal, prostitution and gambling are not most people's hobby, but this food, no one can do without, up to the three public and six departments, down to the people of Limin, are busy for eating, so when it comes to eating, they all have their own opinions, officials are even more so, they have the economic strength to enjoy the diet, and also have the corresponding cultural level to evaluate the diet, so this rumor is often just as a reason, after speaking, several colleagues have their own arguments, but can not come up with a conclusion.

You say that the stew of Mellow and Lou tastes mellow, and I say that the stir-fry of Liuyezhuang on the outskirts of the city is fresh and delicious, all of which are said to be spittle, appetite is open, and you have to find a few places to fight tooth sacrifices at noon and night.

After two days, this rumor slowly calmed down, but there was a new rumor, saying that the debate that day was not over, and that there was an old Hanlin who made a suggestion there, it was better to set up a ring in the capital, have a competition, and decide who was the most delicious.

The second rumor seems to provide a guiding light for these people who like to eat, drink and have fun in Beijing, in the past, what delicious restaurants are found, and they still need to eat one by one, where there is this convenience, and such a large-scale competition, that excitement is indispensable.

The people were still discussing, and the officials habitually gave their seats to the places that were delicious in their minds, but when they compared them, they found that there were many different places, and naturally there was another debate.

All the discussions, arguments are tantamount to adding fuel to the fire in this matter, anyway, it is also a matter that has nothing to do with political affairs and state affairs, and the yamen and Jinyiwei do not care, the news is spreading more and more widely, and the more prosperous cities around the Beijing Division, that is, Baoding Mansion and Tianjin Guard, where they are also discussing, and the news is spreading extremely outrageously.

These things are just used as a talking point for ordinary people, but in the circle of restaurants and restaurants, they immediately exploded, as long as they are not stupid, they will understand that if this competition is started, it is equivalent to arranging a seat for the wine and food industry in Beijing.

Immediately, a few families were happy, a few were worried, and they went out to inquire about the news, and there were nearly twenty or thirty eunuchs in the palace who bought food, and it was a lot more convenient for the restaurant to ask these people, but after asking, they all answered with no accurate news, and the more this is the case, the more it gives people an impression, that is, it is not good to really have this thing.

In the wing room behind Huifeng Tower, Jiang Feng sat there, Tie Dan stood in front of the table, his face was full of wind and dust, but his expression was a little unhappy, he first took out a small bag from his arms and said:

"Jiang Ye, this is the remaining sixty taels of silver this time, a total of ten taels were spent on the road, and a total of three hundred taels were spent on the buyer."

Jiang Feng didn't pay attention to the silver bag on the table, looked at the iron egg in front of him, but secretly praised in his heart, the current iron egg is not the ruffian who messed around in the human market at the beginning, with some calm air between his actions and actions, Jiang Feng secretly said to himself: Now you can use it as your own person.

Because he knew that Tie Dan had taken three hundred and seventy taels of silver, which could already allow Tie Dan to live comfortably for the rest of his life in a small town, but he did his duty to finish things, and he didn't have any money at all, Zhao Xiucai is now a master of managing accounts, so naturally he is exactly the same.

Jiang Feng looked at Tie Dan with some unpleasant expressions, and couldn't help but smile and asked:

"What, is there anything upset about?"

Tie Dan lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head to look at Jiang Feng and said:

"Jiang Ye, the little ones say something from the heart, don't be angry, these hundred and ten men have iron eggs to know, and some don't know, they are all good men, the small ones bought them to let them work hard for the Jiang family and make money, but you threw them directly into the regimental camp, their minds are small-minded, and they are sold as slaves in the Tianjin Guard Station because there is no place to be a soldier to eat food, which is good, we sent them away directly!"

Listening to Tie Dan's words, Jiang Feng knew that several people close to Huifeng Lou were thinking so now, and after Zhao Xiucai heard Zhang Liang's statement, he also complained that Jiang Feng spent money indiscriminately, if he was sympathetic to those poor people, it would be better to open a porridge field, why bother to put the money on those brave and ruthless men who came out of the guard.

Jiang Feng knew that he still had to explain, and it was not a way to always show off his mysteries, so he said:

"Tie Dan, if you eat a white flour steamed bun now, will you think it is delicious?"

Tie Dan shook his head, and Jiang Feng continued to ask:

"After you followed me back to the capital, what was your impression of the first meal?"

Although he didn't know what Jiang Feng meant, Tie Dan still had some moving memories:

"I was eating fat and white flour steamed buns at the time, when I was in Tianjin Health Center, I couldn't eat these things even during the Chinese New Year, at that time I thought, follow you with all my heart, there are still such benefits, I will follow you in the future!"

"That's it, those bastard boys still want to be soldiers and eat food in their hearts, no matter how comfortable they are in us, they will also think there, if I am a soldier, I am afraid that it will be more comfortable to live, I want you to follow me like this, in this case, I will leave these boys in the barracks, first practice them to live is better than death, and then I am letting them eat meat and eat enough, and then they will die to the ground."

These naked words were dumbfounded, and suddenly he felt a little chill on his body, his age was less than one or two years old from the other party, but when it came to his heart, the difference seemed to be between a child and an adult, looking at Tie Dan's expression, Jiang Feng knew what the other party was thinking, he laughed, and said:

"We are all our own people, these methods will definitely not be used on you, you have been working hard these days, take the rest of the silver, go back and rest for a day, there will be things for you to be busy tomorrow."

After listening to Jiang Feng's warm words, Tie Dan's heart was warm for a while, and he had to excuse himself from seeing Jiang Feng's gaze, so he had to bow down and thank him, and turned around to go out with the silver.

Before he could finish sighing, Zhang Liang rushed in from outside and asked breathlessly:

"Master, the kid from the Chen family came over again today, saying that now the palace maids in the palace are talking about this, it should be able to be held, and I asked you what is the good name here."

As soon as Jiang Feng heard this, he stood up from the chair, bowed his head around the table, as if thinking about something, and when he looked up, he was already confident, and said with a smile:

"It's called 'Manchu', oh no, it's called Hanmeng Quanxi!"