Chapter 77: Sycophants
The house in the West Market is a small two-story building with shops facing the street. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info at the back of the house, is a spacious courtyard. It is completely vacant land, and there is a lot of room for development in Yan Ming's eyes.
According to Tian Wen, this is for Yan Ming to use for the furniture business.
Now, after the Taoguang and obscurity of the two emperors of Wenjing, the Han Dynasty is indeed much richer. Yan Ming thought about it and felt that although what Tian Wen said was feasible, it was a bit wasteful for the furniture store to be placed in the most prosperous place at the intersection of the West Market.
"I think it's better to open a restaurant!" Yan Ming studied and felt that with the cooking skills of the later generations he brought over, coupled with the dishes stir-fried in the iron pot over high heat, he would definitely be able to become popular.
What's more, he wants to pull Dou Ying and others into the shares. In this way, your store is guaranteed in Chang'an City!
This matter is a big matter, Yan Ming and Tian Wen discussed it.
Tian Wen disagreed, but seeing Yan Ming's ability, he inevitably wanted to try it.
Tian Xi very much agreed with Yan Ming's idea of opening a restaurant, but he felt that Yan Ming's stir-fry was a little condescending.
Yan Ming pointed at Tian Xi's head with his finger and said, "Your husband won't go to stir-fry." I am a teacher, and I want to go back to Hongyantang to teach and educate people. Although this Chang'an is good, prosperous and luxurious, it is not my dish! ”
Tian Xi's face showed joy, and he didn't pursue the word 'husband' that Yan Mingkou didn't hide too much, but his eyes were full of happy smiles.
Yan Ming's words reached Tian Xi's heart.
Although this Chang'an is good, it is now too luxurious, and for some reason, Tian Xi just doesn't like it.
"The house in the west market is still a restaurant. When the time comes, I will find a few partners to ensure that it will be smooth in this Chang'an City. While Yan Ming and Tian Wen explained, they took out the drawings of the restaurant they designed and handed them to Tian Wen.
Tian Wen unfolded, and what he saw was a stagger.
It was the first time he had seen such detailed drawings. It is even completely different from the drawings used by ordinary craftsmen, and the overall structure of the two-story restaurant is constructed from three directions.
"You must not cut corners." Yan Ming admonished.
Tian Wen was stunned, not quite understanding what Yan Ming meant.
Yan Ming also secretly laughed at himself, he had been cutting corners in the world of later generations for too long, and a guarded heart could never let go.
In this era, the folk customs are really simple, there are genuine good things everywhere, and there is no such thing as cutting corners. Every craftsman can be said to be an ancestral craft, a real great country craftsman.
In the following days, Yan Ming arranged the construction of the restaurant, and placed Dou Ying, Guan Fu, Han Yan, Dongfang and Sima Xiangru on the other hand.
But he didn't pay a visit, and the old fellow wasn't interested in anything other than a smoker. Yan Ming was also happy not to bother him.
As soon as I heard that the restaurant was going to be opened, several people hit it off.
The bushman even shouted that he didn't have to go home for dinner in the future, and that he was all in the restaurant. Yan Ming said at the time that no matter who came, it would never be necessary.
"What if the Emperor comes?" Han Yan asked with a smile.
"The emperor is here, and he can't be exempted." Yan Ming sat on the edge of the round table and said categorically.
Several people were stunned for a moment, it was really not easy to collect the emperor's money. I don't know if the emperor will come one day, Yan Ming will still have the courage to say so.
Since several people agreed to partner in the restaurant, Tian Wen's house has become a place for them to meet in private.
Now Yan Ming has arranged everything and plans to return to Maoling tomorrow. He remembered the progress of the construction of Hongyan Hall, the corn and dry tobacco that he took care of namelessly, and the potatoes in the sandy soil behind him.
These things, except for dry tobacco, the rest are very important to a large agricultural country.
When everyone was drinking and the meal was full, Dou Ying proposed to play a few laps.
At the instigation of Yan Ming, the Tian family also had mahjong, although it was not as expensive as the ivory mahjong in Wei Qihou's mansion, but it was also made of good mahogany, which looked antique and meaningful.
I just put the table on the table and didn't play around, and suddenly someone at the door signed up to say that an old friend was visiting.
Before the people of the Tian family could report, someone had already broken in.
The leader is a man in light cloth, except for Tian Wen, everyone knows it. It is Li Guang, the general of the guard next to the emperor now.
And in front of Li Guang, it was a young emperor dressed elegantly.
The moment they came in, Dou Ying, Guan Fu, Han Yan, Dongfang Shuo, Sima Xiangru and others all knelt down. Yan Ming and Liu Che glanced at each other, and knelt down helplessly.
It was Tian Wen, when he saw Dou Ying kneeling and worshipping, he immediately guessed the approximate identity of the person who came, and knelt down. It's just that he couldn't believe that he was a small businessman who had attracted the arrival of the Son of Heaven.
"Yanhou, you tell me the truth, did you recognize me when you were in Hongyan Hall?" Comrade Liu Xiaozhu asked with a sunny smile.
Although Yan Ming had an attitude of not caring, he restrained himself at this time.
He respectfully saluted and said, "Please forgive your majesty." When the minister was in Hongyantang, he did guess His Majesty's identity, but he didn't dare to confirm it. ”
"Oh!" Liu Che stretched out his voice, looked at Yan Ming, and then smiled: "Get up quickly." What are you doing here? ”
As he spoke, his eyes fell on the mahjong on the table.
"This is something invented by Yanhou, called mahjong, which is very fun." Han Yan was free to read with Liu Che, so he naturally leaned over at this time and introduced.
"Mahjong? Playful? Such a good thing, I didn't even let it know. Liu Che looked at Yan Ming with a smile, and then said, "It seems that my reward is still not enough." ”
Yan Ming smiled and said, "The emperor's rewards and punishments are all gifts from God, and the rain and dew are evenly stained. How dare Yan Ming not be enough. ”
"Your plough is a good thing indeed. With this plough, the speed of farming is much faster. A little townsman has indeed wronged you. Liu Che said with a smile.
Yan Ming couldn't say anything, so he had to stand and listen.
"Wait until the Hongyan Hall is finished. I will have another reward. But before you can get another reward, you have to teach me how to play mahjong. I've heard that this mahjong is very interesting! Liu Che said with a smile.
Hearing this, Yan Ming didn't have a big reaction.
Dou Ying, Guan Fu and others were shocked in their hearts. It seems that this little emperor who only likes to pay private visits everywhere and enjoy the mountains and rivers tomorrow actually knows everything.
It's this mahjong, and it seems that he hasn't been able to hide it from the emperor.
Everyone couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, thinking about whether they had secretly said anything disrespectful.
Liu Che sat down on the edge of the mahjong table again and again, and said, "Let's start." ”
Dou Ying, Han Yan, and Guan Fu were about to sit down.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pointed at Yan Ming and said, "Yan Hou came to play mahjong with me, and the husband should rest for a while." ”
The bushman hurriedly retreated and asked Yan Ming to come over.
A few people began to code cards, Liu Che was smart in the end, looking at the skills of several people's code cards, he did not lag behind everyone in the first hand.
Dou Ying and Han Yan waited for Liu Che to code the last stack before they pretended to have just coded it. Yan Ming's natural action was even more slow, and he was the last to stack the cards in front of him.
That's how the four of them started playing. Within half a circle, Yan Ming found that whether it was Dou Ying or Han Yan, Liu Che could use every card played.
Yan Ming couldn't help but secretly scolded the two of them for being sloppy and slapping horses, and while pondering, he took apart the cards that were about to stop, and threw them out with his only chicken.
"Broken off, it's really time for your chick to come, I'm going to stop trading." Liu Che became familiar with mahjong very quickly.
Dou Ying and Han Yan couldn't help but secretly glared at Yan Ming, and scolded him for being a 'sycophant' in their hearts at the same time.