Chapter 253: The Golden Jade

After Cao Yongren and Qi Jiuniang saw the ceremony, they said with a smile: "Everyone, please take a break, I will arrange it now, and I must make you satisfied." ”

Cao Deshun said: "The guards outside are all brought by us, you also arrange meals for them, don't be lazy." ”

Cao Yongren nodded again and again: "Uncle, I know, I will definitely entertain the eldest brother of the guard, you can rest assured." ”

Then he went out of the room, and everyone sat down and chatted casually.

After a while, a few guys came in and put on a few cold dishes. Cao Yongren came in with a wooden barrel, and then said with a smile:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a cold wine with a sweet and soft mouthfeel, perfect for summer. It is also suitable for women to drink a little. ”

Cao Deshun was a little surprised: "Boy, you are very generous today!" Usually when I come, you don't entertain me with the wine of the Western Regions? ”

Cao Yongren said with a smile: "Uncle, I only got this wine a few days ago, didn't you catch up with it before." ”

"If you don't tell the truth, I won't care about you. You sit down and have a few drinks with us. ”

Cao Yongren opened the seal of the wine jar and poured a bowl of wine for everyone.

Na Zhe raised his glass and took a sip, and then let out a sigh: "It's so cool!" In this hot weather, life is so beautiful to be able to drink a glass of cold wine! ”

Qi Jiuniang saw that Na Zhe was nervous again, but there were outsiders present, and it was not easy to sarcastically mock him, so she covered her mouth and snickered.

Cao Deshun took a chopstick sashimi and chewed it slowly, "Yes, the fish is very fresh, and the sauce is also very good." ”

Cao Yongren said proudly: "Uncle, when it comes to my family's fish belly, it is a must in Jinling City." ”

Cao Deshun asked: "I often eat fish tart, but the taste of this fish troll is indeed a little special, is there any difference compared with ordinary fish tart?" ”

"Uncle, the practice of fish sauce in our restaurant is from the Six Dynasties, which appeared in the Six Dynasties, and it is the most famous fish dish at that time, and this name appears in the book "Qi Min Yaoshu" written by Jia Siqian of the Northern Wei Dynasty. In the section 'Eight Harmony Hammers', the practice of the Golden Hammer is described in detail. 'Ba Wo Yan' is a condiment made with eight kinds of ingredients: garlic, ginger, orange, white plum, cooked corn, japonica rice, salt, and sauce, and is used to dip fish in the bridle.

There are seven ingredients that are shared, and among them, the one that needs to be explained is the white plum. White plum is also one of the ancient traditional foods, it is the main sour seasoning, and it is essential when making soups. In the "Ancient Texts and Books" written by Mei Yi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there is "If you make a soup, you only have salt plum", and salt plum is white plum. After the advent of vinegar, white plum and vinegar coexisted for a long time.

The practice of white plum is to soak the unripe green plum fruit in salt water overnight, and then expose it to the sun the next day, and repeat this ten times.

This is the trick of our fish sauce method, and other restaurants in Jinling do not taste as good as here. ”

Cui Daoshu smiled and said nothing, Na Zhe pursed his lips, and Cao Deshun said to his nephew: "Don't brag about yourself, you kid, the two virtuous brothers here are both great experts in food, if you know each other, ask the two of you for the tricks of food." I will definitely benefit you a lot. ”

Cao Yongren was very clever, he saw Cui Daoshu and Na Zhe's expressions, and knew in his heart that he must have met an opponent, so he couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

Cui Daoshu saw that he was a little nervous, so he smiled and said: "Shopkeeper Cao, your fish is very good, we all like it very much, don't be nervous, we just bought a restaurant, and it will open in a few days, when the time comes, you can try new dishes, we can communicate." ”

Cao Deshun said: "Virtuous nephew, this restaurant is opened by me and two virtuous brothers. It's called 'Quanjude', and it's not far from here. We are confident that in a short period of time, it will be popular throughout Jinling City. Don't blame us for your business down. ”

Cao Yongren was a little disapproving: "Uncle, my restaurant business is not bad, a newly opened restaurant shouldn't rob my customers, right?" ”

Cao Deshun shook his head and said: "Don't be too conceited, Quanjude's dishes are all new dishes that have never appeared in Jinling, I have tasted them, and the taste is indeed very good." Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to invest a sum of money in it and cooperate with the two virtuous brothers. If you are interested, you can use your restaurant as a price to buy shares and become a chain store in Quanjude. Then you will make a lot of money, and your uncle will not lie to you. ”

Cao Yongren's face changed greatly, and he knew that Cao Deshun would not be open-mouthed. He thought for a moment, then spoke:

"Uncle, I will definitely seriously consider your suggestion, and after the opening of Quanjude, I will taste the dishes there and then make a decision, what do you think?"

Cao Deshun nodded: "It should be so, you go and get busy, let's leave after eating, on the eighth day of August, when Quanjude opens, you must go." Then you will come to my house in the morning and go with us to the opening ceremony. ”

Cao Yongren agreed, toasted everyone a few glasses of wine, and left the private room.

Cao Deshun said to Cui Daoshu and Na Zhe: "My nephew, a very smart person, is also very capable, and he has made the restaurant prosperous. If we can attract him in and put him in charge of all the chain stores in Jinling, we will save a lot of trouble. ”

Cui Daoshu said with a smile: "The candidate you fancy must have no problem." After the opening of Quanjude, let him know our strength, he will make the right choice. ”

At this time, a few guys walked in and put on a few more delicate hot dishes. Everyone began to taste them one by one, and they all said that the taste was good, very light and refreshing.

Everyone ate and chatted, and soon more than an hour passed.

Cao Deshun looked out the window at the sky and suggested, "Everyone, we have nothing to do in the afternoon, should we go to our joint shop to inspect it?" ”

Na Zhe burped, "Brother Cao, we all listen to you, it's okay to go and have a look." ”

Cui Daoshu also said: "I should go and see, I haven't been there yet." ”

So everyone got up and went out of the private room.

Outside, Zhai Xiaoshan and the guards had finished eating, they were drinking tea and chatting, and when they saw everyone coming out, they hurriedly gave the guards a look.

The guards all stood up and walked downstairs.

Cao Deshun led everyone downstairs out of the door of the restaurant and walked to the north.

Talking and laughing along the way, everyone passed through several bustling streets and came to a crossroads.

At the intersection of the intersection, there stands a very imposing shop. This shop is two floors above and below the floor, and the house is very tall and spacious. Above the gate on the first floor, there is a gilt plaque with the words "Nanami" engraved on it.

The door of the shop was very lively, red men and green women came in and out, many people came out with large and small packages, and their faces were full of smiles, it seemed that they had bought the right thing.

Na Zhe asked curiously: "Brother Cao, this is the joint shop we opened?" Why is the word 'Nanami' engraved? ”

Cao Deshun explained: "This is what I discussed with Wang Mingjun and Liang Wei, and I decided to join forces with the store to play your signboard. It is said that the goods inside are all from overseas, otherwise there is no way to explain the origin of these novelties. If I say that these things are all produced in the Minnesota area, you are likely to get into big trouble. ”

Cui Daoshu exclaimed: "Brother, you are very thoughtful! We really can't afford to be too ostentatious now. As the saying goes, 'the tree is big', and we should keep a low profile. ”

Cao Deshun said: "Let's go in and have a look, and visit the shops." ”

Na Zhe asked Zhai Xiaoshan and Pang Xu to follow, and the other guards stayed outside, and everyone walked towards the door of the shop together.

Walking to the gate, a welcoming guy was very eye-catching, he recognized Cao Deshun, and hurriedly came over to give a salute:

"Master, why are you here? Do I need to report to Cui Hong's shopkeeper? ”

"Let's just take a look at random, you go and inform Cui Hong."

The guy kindly invited everyone in, and then walked to the backyard.

There are a lot of people in the shop, and customers are carefully selecting products.

Cui Daoshu noticed that at the staircase leading to the second floor, several tall men were guarding and did not allow customers to go up.

At this time, the other guys came up, and Cao Deshun ordered: "You don't have to greet us, just go and get busy, just leave one person behind." ”

The guys all left to entertain other customers. A young man stayed behind and told everyone about the shop.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the first floor of the shop is mainly for the sale of goods. The second floor is a place for female guests, and male customers are not allowed to go up. The men above are also women, mainly selling soaps, perfumes, toilet water, women's clothes, leather boots, and whale skin bags. ”

Na Zhe nodded: "Brother, you are very good at business!" Unexpectedly, a special shopping place for women was created. ”

Cao Deshun said with a smile: "That virtuous brother, there are many high-ranking officials and nobles in Jinling City, and their female dependents are very rich, I opened the second floor as their shopping place, but it is just to facilitate them to buy goods, so that we will make more money, haha, it's not worth mentioning, it's not worth mentioning." ”

At this time, Cui Hong hurriedly walked in from the back door and greeted everyone with a smile.

Cui Daoshu said with a smile: "You take us to the backyard, everyone is tired of walking, we need to rest." ”

Cui Hong led everyone into the backyard, which is a large area, and the yard is full of all kinds of goods, and many guys are busy.

Cui Hong led everyone into a room where there was no one and the table was full of ledgers.

Cui Hong introduced: "Everyone, this room is my place of work, and it is a little shabby, please don't be surprised. ”

Everyone said it didn't matter, Cui Hong went out, and after a while, a few guys came in and moved a few chairs.

Everyone sat down, and the guys then served tea.

Na Zhe said with a smile: "Brother Cui, I remember that at this time last year, we met in the Northland. At that time, my brothers and I were still like savages. ”