Chapter One Hundred and Nine: It Begins

Although he didn't expect the ancients to be as enthusiastic and wanton as the modern people, and he was bored to support it in a draft, Jiang Feng still planted a big flag on the carriage of Huifeng Building, and found the painter who drew the sketch last time, noting that the painter was not calligraphy.

According to Jiang Feng's instructions, he wrote a few quite eye-catching big characters "Huifeng Lou Food Wushuang", but there was no wind in Jingshi today, so I had to find a few people in the back with a thin line to pull there, so there was a bit of a windward look, and when some people started from Nancheng and walked towards the north, the reaction on the street was very interesting.

At this time, it is close to the end of the year, although each family is busy in the New Year, but after all, it is a lot of leisure, some old men are basking in the sun outside, enjoying this rare warm winter sun.

While chatting, an old man suddenly rubbed his eyes and said something strange:

"Aren't all the dart games in our Imperial City going out at the west gate of the South City? How did you start walking around town? ”

A few others also saw it, and said gossip:

"Why don't you call your name?"

"We were also a well-known executioner in the five northern provinces back then......"

Jiang Feng naturally didn't know that the people on the side of the road had already regarded him as a dart game, quite complacent, the guys were not too accustomed to it at first, but then they also began to stand up, naturally, as long as they were literate people, they had to be at least a middle class in the Ming Dynasty.

If you see the flag, you will explain it to the people around you in detail, no matter what, this parade with the flag is still somewhat effective, who will know the advertisement in this year, or who has the concept of this advertisement.

Jiang Feng was amazed by the vastness of the square of the mellow building, there was really no shortage of land in ancient times, in the modern era where every inch of land is valuable, Beijing has such a large open space, and it is also the center of the city, I am afraid that there is only Tiananmen Square.

Jiang Feng originally thought that such a big place must be a red flag exhibition, and countless diners were holding signs or something shouting, "I love to eat the dishes of Mellow and Lou" and "Huifeng Lou is delicious" and so on.

However, when Jiang Feng saw it, he still felt very depressed, in a huge open space, it was not even as lively as the usual alcohol and Lou when it was time to eat, and there were a few teams there, most of them were sincere people.

The young guys who were in charge of the reception outside, when they saw the convoy with a big flag in Huifeng Building, they couldn't help but cover their mouths and snicker, but one of the stewards inside ran out in a hurry, and when they saw Jiang Feng's unhurried appearance, they said anxiously:

"My Boss Jiang, why are you still so leisurely, all the families in it are ready, why are you still here unhurried."

Jiang Feng knew this steward, Chen Bei's close relatives, he was responsible for the several money exchanges and the notification of the matter, and it was reassuring to ask a young man to send such a large amount of money, and of course it also showed that the Chen family valued this young man.

Although it was called Boss Jiang, Jiang Feng's weight was clear to the steward, and although he said this, with a smile on his face, he hurriedly led them in.

After lifting the thick door curtain, there was a cold air rushing to the face, the tables and chairs in the hall on the first floor of the mellow building were missing, the windows and doors on the north side were wide open, and the whole half of the space in the backyard was placed with pots and stoves, and more than a dozen teams of people were busy there, and a few cubicles were set up near the door.

This is also an ingenious idea, Jiang Feng's idea, since it is a food conference, it is always necessary to let others see the process of cooking, but the current conditions, naturally, there is no blower range hood that can be used, can only be open and smoked, here looking at Fang Zitai, Cheng Chengbo, and Chen Gou'er of Shang Shan Jian are all old people who are close to the age of sixteen or outside the house, where they can stand the wind and cold, Jiang Feng and Chen Bei discussed, on the first floor of the mellow building, there is a 'house in the house'.

The walls of the wooden house are next to the fire wall of the mellow building, and there is a gauze curtain in front of the whole wooden house, which can not only ventilate the wooden house, but also see the outside.

There are three wooden houses, but it is not three people who are rated as a room, but such a fun event, and some nobles want to see the excitement, these people naturally can't afford to offend, and the mellow building is also happy to get closer to business, and there are a few wooden houses on the side.

Since there is no audience, there is no need to make any speeches, shouting things like starts, seeing that everyone is coming, the little eunuch who came out with Chen Gou'er asked for a word in the curtain, and struck a small gong, which is the beginning of the game. The chefs are getting busy there.

The owners of each restaurant are almost all sitting on the idle chairs, watching the activities in front of them quite nervously, as long as there is a competition or the like, whether it is a person participating or a bystander, it is necessary to distinguish a superior. Of course, these restaurant owners also know in their hearts that the five hundred taels they spent have not been wasted, since they were selected for the list of these twelve to participate in the competition.

Business is not so simple as going up a level, the rich and noble families in the capital have the habit of calling the outside hall dishes (the outside meeting and the hall dishes are similar to the delivery of the whole table and the zero buy and delivery), if you are an official above the fourth grade, if you do not call the food from the twelfth floor, it is a loss of face.

In the past, wealthy families paid attention to their own good cooks, in just a few months, this atmosphere has changed a lot, yes, in the restaurant, if you are quiet and have a private room, if there is a lively lobby, if you are not at ease about hygiene, boiling water in front of you to deal with clean.

Legend has it that in the palace, when Emperor Jiajing ate, and when the eunuchs of each prison offered food, the emperor also said that it was too expensive to cook at home, and the twelfth floor was called.

Since it is in this situation, then no one can give up easily, in this twelfth floor, it is natural to make money every day, if you fall last in this competition, then there will be a substitute in the second year, so how to lose this face.

In fact, the surrounding dignitaries and nobles who came to see the excitement had some relationship in the restaurant, and they did not expect their own business to be able to fight here, so they were all happily watching in the wooden house.

But when the time comes, whether the loser and the winner can be so elated is two words.

At that time, it was not a matter of buying a brand for five hundred taels, the bosses of each family were extremely nervous watching their cooks busy there regardless of the cold, only Jiang Feng found a corner to shelter from the wind quite leisurely, and did not call Mel Helou to bring hot tea and snacks as if he was an outsider, and hid on the side and watched happily.

In the middle of the wooden house, which one is closer to the chef cooking, there are a few guards and eunuchs and family members standing outside, such a complex combination, it is naturally the chief eunuch of Shangshan, Uncle Sincerity and the old waiter Fang Zitai, Uncle Sincerity Liu Zhili looked at Jiang Feng who was leisurely outside, and smiled in a low voice at Chen Gou'er on the side:

"Father-in-law Chen, that's Jiang Feng who beat the old Li family's child, right?"

Sincerity Boke was in the Xungui family when Taizu founded the country, and he was a famous family that has not fallen in the past dynasties, so he naturally didn't care about what Qingguo Gong was, although the title was so bad, Chen Gou'er was also an old man, but he was more cautious outside than in the palace, and he was quite open, and replied with a smile:

"The child of the old Li family was cut off by him, and he had to go to eat happily the next day, Zhang Laohu is really used to children, but I heard that Zhang Laohu's post was sent over, Qingguo Gong's face was white at that time, and he was sick at home the next day."

Sincerity Bo smiled, knowing in his heart what Qingguo Gong was doing at home, these eunuchs were all clear about their fate, the celebrant was in charge of Dongchang, and he was extremely rich in intelligence resources, and he was afraid that it was indispensable in his own family, but this was also a common practice, and it was useless to care, so he replied:

"The tiger is also a tiger when he is old, and now the soldiers and horses in the capital are in his hands, and the holy family is still there......"

Fang Zitai over there was a little dissatisfied, this old waiter's mind was now no matter what political gossip, staring at the chef in front of him with full attention, listening to the two people on the side talking happily, he couldn't help but knock on the table with some dissatisfaction, and the two people over there stopped with a smile.

Old Squire Fang said with some doubts:

"That plain is the chef of Huifeng Building, well, this dress is what the chef should wear, those who wear red and green, do they want to be the groom's officials?"

Eunuch Chen and Earl Liu saw that this was the case, all the restaurants knew that their cooks were dressed decently, but cooking was not a guest, and some clothes were ridiculous to wear.

Those who sat on the first floor of the mellow building and watched the game had breakfast at home, and the stomach had to eat eight points full, and the mellow and lou competition at noon was just a porridge, a cheap dish, and an expensive dish, which must not be eaten as a full meal.

The Ming people passed on a lot of habits of the Yuan Dynasty, but the Han people of the Yuan Dynasty learned the habits of the Song people, the porridge was used as a main meal, and most of the beginning of the big meal started with porridge.

However, most of the wafting out is sweet and meaty, everyone is putting their efforts on the next two dishes, a white porridge is a little particular about the added dried fruits, desserts and ingredients, what tricks can be made.

Fang Shilang didn't have any expression on his face, calmly watched the preparations of the chefs, and suddenly said 'huh', and said to the two people around him in surprise:

"Two adults, don't the chefs of Huifeng Mansion know the rules? Cut the fish there and no one told him to use rice for the porridge? ”