The guy in Wanghailou didn't expect this group of poor soldiers to be so generous, and he was rewarded with three silver dollars as soon as he raised his hand, you must know that this guy only paid one or two silver a month for working hard.

This kind of Guangdong silver dollar is exquisitely worked, coupled with the good credit of the Guangdong Central Bank, the purchasing power of this exquisite silver dollar in the mainland is greater than one tael of silver, so the three silver dollars of Zhu Jiang are equivalent to five taels of silver.

The guy immediately changed his face when he took the silver dollar, and quickly bowed his head and said, "Damn it, I don't know how many masters are so rich, please inside!" ”

followed the guy Zhu Jiang and his party to the private room, Song Li and the others had not entered this kind of high-end club, looking around, with a look of dirt buns.

When the guy saw these people's demeanor, he secretly cursed in his heart for "soil buns", but what they gave was real money, so he had no choice but to patiently step forward and ask, "A few military masters, what to eat?" ”

Zhu Jiang looked at his subordinates and asked, "What do you like to eat?" Say it yourself! ”

Song Li preemptively said: "Braised pork!" ”

When Zhu Jiang heard that Song Li was still going to eat pork, he stepped forward and patted him on the head and scolded: "Stupid, haven't you eaten enough at home?" ”

Song Li touched his head and thought about it, pork every day in the army, he should change it to something else.

"I'm going to eat chicken, a whole chicken!"

"I'm going to eat bad duck!"

"I want to eat fish!"

Zhu Jiang listened to what these people under him said, no way, these people are not from high backgrounds, and the whole chicken and duck are not bad for them.

Zhu Jiang said to the guy, "Is there any beef?" Bring me a pepper beef tenderloin, as well as pepper and salt shrimp, steamed grouper, spicy pork slices, yes, another vinegar fish from your West Lake in Zhejiang, and finally a tomato egg drop soup! ”

Zhu Jiang's dishes made the guy impressed, the late Ming Dynasty chili peppers had just been introduced to China, and they were only grown in Guangdong, and no one in Zhejiang's generation would eat chili peppers at all. The dishes that Zhu Jiang ordered just now are all newly imported dishes from Guangdong, and Wanghailou will make these dishes containing chili peppers because the big boss in the background is Cantonese, and several other restaurants on the island will not do it at all.

What's more, the pepper beef tenderloin, this dish has to be made with veal, in the Ming Dynasty it was illegal to eat cattle, and the restaurant would not dare to serve this dish if it didn't have some strength. As for the tomato egg drop soup, it is a dish from the Guangdong court, I heard that this dish was developed by Emperor Shenwu, sour and spicy, and very popular. However, because Zhejiang does not produce tomatoes and peppers, these things have to be shipped in from Guangdong, and the price is naturally not cheap.

"Master Jun, at first glance, you are a person who can eat, but the small one must be made clear first, the materials used in these dishes are all shipped from Guangdong, and the price is naturally not cheap, Master Jun, you see...

Zhu Jiangyi frowned and said, "What are the words of Fei Da Damn Fei, come up quickly, can you shorten your food money?" After Zhu Jiang finished speaking, he took out a bag of silver coins from his pocket and put it on the table with a clang, and there were more than a hundred sounds.

More than 100 silver coins are equivalent to nearly 300 taels of silver, which is enough for the meal, so the guy is relieved to go first and tell the kitchen to prepare for the food.

These dishes are all things that Zhu Jiang eats at home, so he can order them skillfully here. The other soldiers had never heard of it at all, but they thought that the name was high and good.

Wanghailou is worthy of being the largest restaurant in Dinghai City, and the dishes have been prepared in less than ten minutes, and the dishes have begun to be served. What Zhu Jiang ordered just now was only the main dish, and there were eight other platters, all of which were cold dishes such as white-cut chicken and belly slices. After the dishes came up, there were more than a dozen plates, and a table was full.

The guy accompanied the smiling face on the side and asked, "A few military masters, the dishes have been served, do you need the courtesan to sing a little song?" ”

Zhu Jiang shook his hand and said, "No, the masters are here to eat today!" I don't drink any alcohol! After speaking, Zhu Jiang picked up the chopsticks, took a pair of chopsticks, put the beef tenderloin in his mouth, and chewed it.

Seeing that these soldiers began to eat and drink without any image, the guy despised in his heart, these Qiu Ba, who didn't know where to get the silver, ran to Wanghai Tower to be embarrassed.

You must know that Wanghailou is to receive dignitaries and nobles, Zhoushan has become a haven for Nanzhili in recent years, and the dignitaries and intellectuals on the mainland have come here, plus Zhoushan as the temporary residence of Li Zhi, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, there are many officials, and the people who come to Wanghailou to eat are either high-ranking officials and dignitaries or sassy people, and it is the first time to receive Zhu Jiang and these Qiu Ba today.

Song Li and the others saw that they could eat it, so they picked up the whirlwind chopsticks one by one, cracked the mouth of the noodle bag, and began to eat.

Song Li said vaguely while eating half of it: "Sir, it turns out that beef tastes like this, and it's the first time I've eaten it, it's so tender!" And what is this green thing, it feels weird to eat it in your mouth! ”

"Haha, stupid, that's chili, only rich people can eat it in Guangdong!"

"Sir, it turns out that this is a tomato, I didn't expect it to be eaten, there are some of them in our house, but we don't eat them!" Tomatoes were introduced to China during the Wanli period, but they were used as ornamental plants for a long time and were not eaten until the end of the Qing Dynasty.

"This tomato and egg drop soup is even more precious, Emperor Shenwu loves to eat this kind of thing, I heard that it is very good for the body, you eat a little more!"

The guy on the side didn't expect that this Qiu Ba knew a lot, how did he know that the Qiu Ba in front of him, who was covered in the smell of pig dung, was the second prince of the current emperor.

These dishes look novel, but because the vegetables are transported from long distances, they are no longer fresh here in Zhoushan, and the tomatoes are picked and loaded on the ship when they are still green in order to prevent rotting, and there is no sweet and sour taste of tomatoes at all. Zhu Jiang just tasted one bite of each dish, then put down his chopsticks and stopped eating, just watching Song Li and the others eat happily.

Song Li and the others are all half-sized, although they can eat enough in the barracks, but the kind of big pot rice in the barracks has the taste of this kind of restaurant, and after a while, they all eat ditches and trenches.

Zhu Jiang saw that everyone had finished eating, and asked, "Are you all full?" ”

"Sir, I can't eat anymore, I'm about to vomit when I'm about to eat!"

Zhu Jiang smiled and said to the guy: "Okay, settle the account!" ”

The account has already been settled, and the guy said respectfully on the side: "Master Jun, a total of thirty-one taels and six dollars of silver, the shopkeeper said, if you use silver dollars to account for the account, twenty silver dollars will do!" "The silver dollar of Guangdong began to spread throughout Nanzhili with the increase of the territory occupied by the new army, this kind of silver coin pressed out by the steam engine is exquisitely worked, very popular in various places, and because the production is not high, the market value of the silver dollar has exceeded the value of its own silver taels, a silver dollar contains nine silver dollars and two cents, but can be exchanged for one or five silver coins.

This meal was twenty silver dollars, which made Song Li and the others stunned, they only had three silver dollars a month, but they didn't expect to eat more than half a year of a meal. In fact, this meal is quite cheap, other meats are easy to say, and vegetables are all imported from Guangdong. You must know that it takes half a month for the big ship from Guangdong to Zhoushan, and if it encounters bad weather such as typhoons, the time will be longer, so that only one or two tomatoes in each basket are not rotten in Zhoushan, so it is really not much to cost 20 silver dollars for this meal.

Zhu Jiang wiped his mouth and said: "Twenty silver coins for this meal is not bad, although the beef is a little fried and old, and the tendons of the pepper have not been removed, but it is worthy of this price!" ”

"The military master is really an expert, you can taste the shortcomings as soon as you taste it, and the small one must tell the kitchen to let them improve it!"

Zhu Jiang nodded: "Okay!" Just accept it with an open mind! Song Li, let's go back after dinner! There are still 20 pigs waiting for us to feed! After Zhu Jiang finished speaking, he was about to get up and go downstairs.

The guy on the side is in a hurry, don't mind! I haven't paid yet!

"Master Jun, look at the money for this meal...

Zhu Jiang realized his lie at this time, patted his head and said: "Look at my head, I forgot to give money, man, we have no money!" ”

What the? No money? The guy was not happy when he heard this, what kind of food did he have no money for? There was also a burst of comments, what a big clove of garlic to contain!

"Master Jun, didn't you have silver dollars in your bag just now?"

"You say this, you have to give it to you!" After Zhu Jiang finished speaking, he handed the money bag to the guy, and the guy opened it and saw that it was all pebbles, so what silver dollars were there!

Zhu Jiang is not short of money, but his money is in the hands of the concubine of Guangzhou, and the three silver dollars that he rewarded the guy just now are still this month's money. That money bag just now was a pile of pebbles found on the road to make up the numbers. When the guy saw the pebbles, his heart was on fire, and he scolded: "Do you guys know whose property this is, and you dare to make trouble?" ”

Zhu Jiang laughed and said, "Haha! Master is here to make trouble today! ”

That guy only now found out that Zhu Jiang and his gang were here to eat the overlord meal, and he didn't want to see who the boss of Wanghailou was!

The guy rushed downstairs and greeted seven or eight of them, holding wooden sticks, kitchen knives and other murder weapons, and it seemed that he was not going to let go of Zhu Jiang and the others today.

Song Li and the other four were scared enough when they saw that Zhu Jiang didn't bring any money, but when they saw that the hotel guys were about to make a move, Song Li and the others picked up chairs and other things one by one, ready to fight. The military law of the new army in Guangdong is harsh, if you don't give money for food, this kind of bullshit is to go back to the barracks and be locked up for two days, and there is no bullshit, but if you abandon your comrades and run for your life alone, this will be a big deal, and you can cut off your head at most, so Song Li and others know that they are wrong, and they have to resist to the end.

Zhu Jiang saw that both sides were about to make a move, so he quickly stood up to stop him, and said to the guy: "Do you still talk about the king's law?" Is there any law? Isn't it just a bully meal, are you still going to set up a private court? Look at it, the master is a second lieutenant of the Guangdong New Army, do you dare to move? ”

Zhu Jiang's words reminded the guys, these guys are soldiers, and the gang of Qiu Ba on the island are short-guarding, so it's not good for them to know that it's not good to beat people first, so it's better to notify their backstage boss and use official forces to clean them up.

Thinking of this guy and a few people around him, he whispered a few words, and then went down to find the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper hurriedly sent someone to Dinghai City to find the Jinyi Guard Yamen. The backstage boss of Wanghailou is Shen Zhuguo, a thousand households in Jinyi Weinanzhili, but now Shen Zhuguo followed the emperor to Nanzhili to fight, and only one tried to watch the house here in Zhoushan.

When the trial thousand households heard that the industry of the direct subordinate chief was eaten by the overlord, they dared to commit murder, but there was no one in their eyes, so they hurriedly brought twenty brocade guards to the scene.