The hundred households who drove the car also knew that Zhang Huangyan didn't like to listen to himself, but what did he dare to say about his identity, he just scolded these stinky old nine fake Taoists in his heart.

The carriage walked down the street to the south of the city, and the closer you got to the south of the city, the more people came. The south city of Guangzhou is close to the Pearl River, forming a rectangular business district along the Pearl River, and the north city to the south city has to pass through three city gates, which are repaired by the Song Dynasty, respectively, the Guide Gate, the Great South Gate, and the Civilization Gate.

The Great South Gate is the official road, which leads directly to the Guangzhou Wharf outside the South Gate, and the Great South Gate is full of Yamen, and the Yamen of the Guangdong Governor and the Yamen of the Political Department are all here. Zhu Hongsan was afraid of meeting acquaintances, so he ordered 100 households to go through the civilized door.

Outside the gate of civilization, it was crowded with pedestrians. The carriage was no longer suitable here, so Zhu Hongsan asked the hundred households to find a place to store the carriage, and took Zhang Huangyan and Zhu Hongyi to walk through the Civilization Gate.

The city of Guangzhou is now divided into a new city and an old city, the old city was built in the Hongwu period, but with the increase in population, a new city was built along the Pearl River outside the old city in the Jiajing period. After a hundred years of development, the new city has become even more prosperous than the old city. However, the period of the great development of the new city was after Zhu Hongsan occupied Guangzhou, and the war in the north seriously affected the export of raw silk, tea, porcelain and other materials, and the safe Guangzhou became the commercial center of the whole of China. In addition, after Zhu Hongsan abolished other harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, only commercial taxes were collected, and Guangzhou's commerce began to develop like a blowout, and now Nancheng New District can contribute five or six million taels of silver to Zhu Hongsan's income every year.

Zhang Huangyan walked on the street and saw the surrounding shops, as Zhu Hongsan's secretary, he naturally knew that this year's tax had reached 18 million taels of silver, which was already more than twice the tax paid during the Chongzhen period, and this was still a provincial tax. Zhang Huangyan really didn't dare to imagine what scale his majesty could reach if His Majesty the Emperor occupied Nanzhili and Zhejiang.

Zhu Hongsan didn't know Zhang Huangyan's emotion, he just looked at the scenery on the street while walking. With the completion of the Xiguan New District, the original workshops in Nancheng have been moved to Xiguan, and Nancheng has now become a pure commercial urban area. All kinds of shops are densely packed on the inner and outer streets of Wenmingmen, such as sugar and salt from Leizhou, rice from Annan, farm tools and knives from Dongguan, all kinds of imported products from Nanyang, fruits and furs from Luzon, silk and porcelain from Zhaoqing, and so on.

There are all kinds of people on the street, there are local merchants wearing Ming Dynasty clothes, and northern merchants with braids, Zhu Hongsan gave an order when he ascended the throne last year, regardless of whether he shaved his head or not, he could enter and leave Guangzhou normally, this order so that merchants from the north did not have to enter Guangzhou to change their clothes. In addition to these, there are also Japanese with strange shaved heads, these guys are all ronins from Japan, and they are good bodyguards as some nurses here in Guangdong. There were also blond-haired and blue-eyed Europeans, who were sent to Guangzhou by Wang Jinbao after the Luzon Campaign last year, most of whom were nobles and missionaries, and Zhu Hongsan left them to develop into his own industrial and commercial system.

Zhang Huangyan had seen the blonde and blue-eyed Francophile before, but he had never seen so many, so he didn't expect it to be an eye-opener here in Guangzhou.

Zhu Hongsan took a few people to go shopping for a long time, and he was a little hungry, and when he saw that it was noon, it was time to eat.

At this time, I don't know where the smell of barbecue came from, Zhu Hongsan turned his head to look, and it turned out that there was a barbecue restaurant not far in front.

Barbecue meat is not in line with the taste of Chinese, mainly because there were not many Chinese spices in the past, and the smell in the meat could not be covered up when grilling. However, after Zhu Hongsan came to Guangzhou, he invented a new type of barbecue, which is actually a stall barbecue in later generations. Zhu Hongsan misses the food stalls in his previous life, and a few friends drank beer and skewers at night, and bragged happily together. In the past, when he was in Wuchang, because he was inland, spices were too expensive, and Zhu Hongsan couldn't afford them. However, in an international metropolis like Guangzhou, Zhu Hongsan brought out the stall culture of later generations.

The spices used by the people of the Ming Dynasty were all marinated, and there was no such thing as sprinkling directly on the barbecue. Therefore, as soon as this way of eating was invented, it immediately spread in the city of Guangzhou, but in this era, this kind of barbecue is also a high-end way to eat, after all, meat and spices are not something that ordinary people can afford.

Zhu Hongsan saw the barbecue and said to Zhang Huangyan: "Xuanzhu, let's eat something good today, you must not have eaten it!" ”

Zhang Huangyan's family is also a wealthy family, and he hasn't eaten anything, but he didn't say anything and followed Zhu Hongsan into this barbecue restaurant.

This barbecue restaurant has been improved, not the kind of food stall that Zhu Hongsan made, this one is divided into independent rooms. Zhu Hongsan sighed, what kind of stall is this kind of environment.

The guy at the door saw that a guest was coming, so he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and asked, "A few masters, please come in!" ”

The guy led Zhu Hongsan into a private room and asked, "What are the guest officers eating?" ”

Zhu Hongsan looked at the house, there were no small benches like stalls, they were all high-backed chairs, and there was a charcoal stove on the middle table, which was probably a place for barbecue.

"What do you have in your house?"

"Uncle Hui, our family has a palace secret barbecue, which is a sauce spread in the palace, long live his old man also loves to eat it! There are also a variety of grilled seafood, grilled fish, and more! ”

Damn, I don't know if it was spread by the guy in the palace, Zhu Hongsan scolded secretly and said: "You have two portions of your secret barbecue, and one portion of other seafood, chicken wings, tripe, beef, mutton, and lamb chops!" ”

When the guy heard Zhu Hongsan say this, he hurriedly said, "Uncle, we don't have beef here!" It is illegal to sell beef! ”

Zhu Hongsan patted his head, he forgot that this was outside, he could eat beef in the palace, but it was different outside, it was illegal to kill cattle in the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhu Hongsan knows that people have always eaten beef, but they all come secretly.

Zhu Hongsan glanced at the hundred households, and the hundred households knew it, so he quickly took out a piece of silver and handed it to the man, and explained in a low voice. When the guy saw that there was silver, he quickly smiled and nodded in agreement.

Zhang Huangyan saw the guy smiling obscenely, he knew that there must be beef to sell in this shop, and after seeing the guy go out, he said to Zhu Hongsan: "Your Majesty, cattle are the foundation of agriculture, and this kind of slaughtering and cultivating cattle is really a violation of the law!" ”

Zhu Hongsan shook his head with a smile and said: "Don't say that, you see, since someone sells cattle to eat meat, it means that selling meat is more suitable than using it for farming, so let's just leave it alone and just enjoy it!" ”

As he was talking, all kinds of meat came up like water, and the man said, "Ladies and gentlemen, this meat is venison, please enjoy it with peace of mind!" ”

Zhu Hongsan asked, "Is there any wine?" ”

"Uncle, we have rice wine, rice wine, Sichuan liquor, and champagne from Franc machine!" With the arrival of the Spaniards in Guangzhou, they also introduced French red wine and champagne.

Hearing that there was champagne, Zhu Hongsan was very surprised, but he didn't expect this place to be full of wine.

"Okay, a barrel of champagne! Got chilled? ”

"Uncle, this is really not there!"

Also, Guangzhou is not the north, it does not freeze in winter, there is chilled champagne.

After the meat came up, the guy entered the house and began to roast, Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but sigh when he saw that it was the store that roasted it, this kind of hands-on fun was really tasteless.

However, Zhang Huangyan is very novel, this kind of Fanbang eating method is the first time he has seen it, let alone eaten it.

Seeing the guy roasting there, Zhu Hongsan said, "Let's sit down!" ”

Zhang Huangyan was nothing, he sat directly next to Zhu Hongsan, and Zhu Hongyi also sat down, the brocade guard didn't dare to sit at the same table with the emperor, and helped the guys barbecue on the side.

Zhang Huangyan picked up a roasted beef that said it was venison, dipped it in a small bowl and dipped it in the ground seasoning and put it in his mouth.

The barbecue restaurant has an authentic seasoning, including cumin (aka benzoin), sun-dried chili peppers, and tahini, all of which form a wonderful flavor in the mouth.

Zhang Huangyan, as a native of Zhejiang, pays attention to lightness in eating, and now it feels really strange to eat this kind of barbecue.

"Brother, this is the first time that my younger brother has eaten this way!"

"How? It's delicious! ”

Zhang Huangyan nodded and said: "It feels very wonderful, I didn't expect that Western Fanbang also has such a wonderful way to eat!" ”

Zhu Hongsan laughed, and said in his heart that this is a Western way of eating, this is the master's invention. The meat marinated in this barbecue restaurant is very authentic, and it has already had the taste of barbecue in later generations.

Zhu Hongsan poured Zhang Huangyan a glass of champagne and said, "You're tasting this wine!" ”

The sparkling champagne entered his mouth, coupled with the strange aroma of barbecue, which really made Zhang Huangyan nod again and again.

"Good! This sparkling wine with the aroma of grilled meat is just right! ”

Zhu Hongsan smiled secretly, you haven't drunk the cold beer of the later generations, that's the perfect match for bragging.

Zhu Hongyi on the side didn't feel any difference, just meat for him, so it doesn't matter if it's secret or not. Zhu Hongyi shook off the whirlwind chopsticks and noodles, and ate wildly, and half of the barbecue went into his big mouth.

Zhang Huangyan couldn't help but shake his head again and again when he saw Zhu Hongyi eating like this, and said in his heart that it was really a cow chewing peonies! Zhang Huangyan made up his mind that he would definitely bring his family to try it when he had the opportunity in the future.

Zhu Hongsan ate and drank to make seventy percent full, Zhang Huangyan adhered to the ethics of eating without saying a word and sleeping without speaking, he didn't say a word when he ate, Zhu Hongyi's rice bucket was all about the barbecue and didn't have time to speak, this meal was very boring.

Zhu Hongsan asked the guy who was barbecing, "Man, what entertainment do you have here?" ”

The guy didn't know what entertainment meant, and asked, "Uncle, what is entertainment?" ”

"It's just singing songs!"

The guy nodded again and again and said, "This one is there, if the uncle needs it, I'll let them in!" ”

"Go ahead! Find a pretty one! ”

The guy said yes again and again, go out and find the singer to come in.