Chapter 14: Opening Ceremony
At noon, Wu Zhi quietly went to the county governor's mansion again, and the condition of the county's son really improved significantly, and the county magistrate and his wife naturally regarded Wu Zhi as a guest, and after Wu Zhi pretended to get a needle, Wu Zhi "inadvertently" said the news that his restaurant was about to open.
"Oh? Da Lang wants to open a restaurant? Good thing! When will it open? His son's condition improved, and Xie Xuan, the county magistrate, was also in a good mood, and after hearing that Wuzhi Restaurant was about to open, he asked with interest.
"Back to my lord, it's going to open tomorrow." Wu Zhi said respectfully.
"Tomorrow? Then tomorrow the county will definitely bring some people to say hello to you! I just don't know if Dalang is welcome or not! Xie Xuan said with a smile on his face.
"Of course welcome! It is an honor for the magistrate to come! Wu Zhi said with surprise on his face, but then he was a little embarrassed: "It's just that the magistrate is busy with official business, and the prince has not yet recovered, so I'm afraid that the adult won't be able to pull away!" ”
After speaking, Wu Zhi looked at the son who had obviously improved on the bed with a concerned face, and his honest and honest appearance made him quite moved to learn that the county was quite moved, and it was rare for Dalang to think about himself, and he couldn't miss the opening ceremony of his restaurant if he said anything!
"Da Lang, you are my son's life-saving benefactor, that is, my Xie family's benefactor, your restaurant is open, we should do our best to help, now it's rude to just go when it opens!" Xie Xuan hadn't spoken yet, and his wife next to him had already taken the lead, and Xie Xuan nodded again and again.
"Then I'll be waiting for the magistrate tomorrow!" Wu Zhi said happily.
Xie Xuan didn't know about the grievances between Wu Zhi and Ximen Qing, in his opinion, he was just participating in the opening of a restaurant, it was just an extremely ordinary thing, this kind of thing he had to do many times a year, but he didn't know that his going was of great significance to Wu Zhi.
When I returned to the restaurant, the plaque had been delivered, and the three gilded characters of the "Proud Building" were dancing with dragons and phoenixes, but there was no momentum, Wu Zhi hurriedly asked people to wrap the plaque in red cloth and hang it on the gatehouse of the restaurant, just waiting for the county to come tomorrow and lift the card in person!
Xue'er is still busy working in the wine cellar, and now there is a special person outside to burn the fire Xue'er is a lot easier, and dozens of large jars of liquor have been blended out in the morning, and the wine cellar is full of original wine, if these original wines are blended out, at least enough for the restaurant to sell for a month, but the original wine is everywhere, Wu Zhi is most worried about the future The restaurant will become bigger, so Xue'er alone will not only tire Xue'er, but also impossible to supply the demand, it seems that some trusted people will be cultivated to help in the future.
The restaurant is called Proud Building, and the liquor that Xue'er blended is naturally called Proud Wine, Wu Zhi is really too lazy to take a name, and the most afraid of playing online games when he hasn't crossed is to take a name, once he even sat on the naming interface and thought about it for a whole hour without coming up with it, and then he simply stopped playing.
After Brother Yun and the others bought or booked the ingredients, Wu Zhi led those cooks to the back kitchen and began to teach them how to stir-fry, those cooks saw that Wu Zhi had to pour so much "more" oil into the pot every time he made a dish, and they were immediately distressed, but when they smelled the fragrance of the dish and tasted the peerless "deliciousness", the eyes of Wu Zhi were not only full of admiration, but also a kind of vision to see monsters!
Is he a visitor to hell or the embodiment of a god? Why else would he use oil to make such a delicious delicacy!
It turns out that oil can not only be used to fry things, but also to stir-fry!
At this moment, Wu Zhi is like the first human being to roast and eat with fire in ancient times, and in the hearts of these cooks, Wu Zhi is tantamount to a god descending to earth.
Ignoring the strange eyes of the cooks, Wu Zhi then taught each of them a few fried dishes, fortunately, these chefs have rich kitchen experience, and condiments such as salt and chili peppers do not need to be taught by Wu Zhi too much, Wu Zhi only taught them when to put the vegetables and stir-fry them after putting the oil, and when to get out of the pot After these basic matters, they have already mastered this technique!
Although the taste of some dishes is very different from that of later generations, it is already good to be able to fry them, and they will find out their experience in the future, and now Wu Zhi is very satisfied.
"Master, do you have to put oil in every dish?" After learning how to stir-fry, a cook asked worriedly.
When Wu Zhi revealed his amazing stir-fry skills and wanted to teach them, these cooks excitedly worshipped Wu Zhi as a teacher, and Wu Zhi did not agree at first, he felt that these were not a big deal, but the people of this era were too deeply influenced by benevolence and morality, so under their insistence, Wu Zhi had to reluctantly accept it.
It's no wonder he asked, oil is so scarce and precious in this era, although such stir-fried dishes are super delicious, but in this way, every dish is fried in oil, even if any restaurant can afford it, it can't buy so much oil!
"All oil!" Wu Zhi waved his hand, and then said: "Don't worry about the oil, just make a good dish!" ”
After listening to Wu Zhi's words, the cooks were also relieved, they were full of interest in exploring this new stir-fry technique, and they had no worries at the moment, so they naturally had to study it well.
All the people in the restaurant are busy preparing for the whole day, although the decoration of the restaurant is still very new, but it will open tomorrow, in order to add new ideas, Wuzhi not only asked people to re-take the wood paint to repair and decorate some damaged places, but also bought two large cars of pine, cypress and green plants and other bonsai to be placed around the restaurant, that touch of green is very eye-catching in this cold winter.
It's just that what makes Wu Zhi a little uneasy is that when he was busy preparing for the opening of his side, Ximenqing didn't send someone to make trouble, everything went so smoothly, and Wu Zhi was ready to deal with emergencies, and now no one came to make trouble and trouble, which made Wu Zhi even more vigilant.
Of course, Ximenqing will not come to make trouble now, in fact, he especially hopes that everything will go smoothly for Wuzhi until tomorrow's opening, because the smoother they are, the more hopeful they will be about tomorrow's opening, and the more hopeful they are, when Ximenqing's means are used, the more ugly Wuzhi will cry!
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With the piercing and lengthy sound ......of firecrackers, the door of Wuzhi Restaurant was suddenly filled with gunsmoke, but this gunsmoke was full of joy under the warm sunshine in the morning!
Wu Zhi's proud building has opened!
Today, as soon as the sky is bright, all the staff of the restaurant have arrived, the fresh ingredients ordered yesterday have also been delivered, and the newly recruited several assistant chefs and aunts have also been in place.
Wu Zhi didn't understand the tradition of opening a new store in this era, so he followed his own method before crossing, and ordered Brother Yun to find a large group of beggars to shout and promote around Yanggu County early in the morning, which roughly means "Today's opening of the proud building is a big reward, all the wine and food are at half price, and the collection of fine wine and fresh specialties has been launched", which is the same as the leaflet propaganda in later generations.
Of course, Wu Zhi will not really be half price, but "half price", which is also a trick often played by merchants in later generations, a "up" word is easy to be ignored, but it only means that it can also be half price, it can also not be half price, the Song Dynasty people are not bad for money, and Wu Zhi is in urgent need of making money, so the whole restaurant only has "hot and sour cabbage" is half price, and the others are just a little lower than the original price.
Wu Zhi is not worried that the price will make people dissatisfied, there is such good wine, such delicious dishes, as long as people are satisfied with what they eat and drink, they are willing to pay out of their pockets.
Advertising is effective, after the county led a group of rich squires and public servants to Wu Zhi's restaurant, the door of the restaurant has been crowded, seeing that the county specially found those squires and landlords to come to their own support, Wu Zhi was naturally moved to tears, with tears of excitement to ask the county to uncover the gilded plaque of the "proud building", in the sound of firecrackers, Wu Zhi invited the people who came to congratulate to the two boxes specially set aside upstairs.
The main business of the restaurant is still business, there are not many people who invite him to congratulate, only occupy two of the several boxes upstairs, Li Da and other catchers have a table, and the rest is a table of the magistrate and the public squire, all of whom are figures with heads and faces in Yanggu County, so it can be seen that the magistrate has also put some thought into the opening of Wuzhi's restaurant.
At noon, after the magistrate and others entered the building and sat down, the proud building officially opened for business, and at the same time, the four iron pots on the stove in the back kitchen were also poured into a dish of orange and transparent soybean oil......