Chapter 25: The Old Man

As soon as I entered the restaurant, I saw a little two shouting, "The guest officer, please, one is greeting." www.biquge.info"Wan Qiyang entered the restaurant, his eyes only glanced at it at a glance, the right side of the door is next to the counter of the shopkeeper, on which an abacus is placed, a small jar of wine, there are several large jars of wine on the ground, and then go inside is the stairs on the second and third floors, the entrance of the hall is still relatively deep, there are about twenty square tables on the first floor, each table is equipped with four benches.

Wan Qiyang chose to sit down at a table by the wall inside, where he could directly see the people coming in from the front door, and he could also look at all the tables in the lobby on the first floor below. After all, it was still almost noon in the morning, and there were only seven or eight people at the table.

As soon as he sat down, another man came, carrying a teapot, first placing a small earthen bowl and pouring water, and then standing aside. "Guest, are you here for the first time? Are you ready to tip or do you need accommodation? ”

It seems that the person who greets the guests in this store will greet whoever sees it first, the boss will greet the boss first, and the little two will come to wait first when he sees it, and if there is something in his hand, let another guy wait, and he really won't slack off the guests at all!

"Oh? How do you know I'm here for the first time? And what is the market for eating and living here? Wan Qiyang just inquired about the market here, and said casually.

"Hehe, the little one knows that the guest officer has just come, isn't this your burden still on your body, although there are a lot of people here, but as long as I see it, the second time I come back is really a little impressed." This guy is quite clever, and quickly introduced the price of wine and food in this restaurant.

"Our store is a century-old store, the shopkeeper ancestors have been open here for many years, the price is fair, you see the wall behind the counter are clear and real, if you want to stay, the rooms here are divided into three levels, there are seven or eight people sleeping in the shop, there are double rooms, and the more expensive is the single room."

"Oh, I see, a plate of peanuts, a small plate of dried beef, a pot of bar, and I want a double room, the price for two people, of course, don't get me a room that is already occupied. Let's pay the bill together after eating! After Wan Qiyang finished speaking, he asked the guy to hurry up, he also had eaten for a long time, but at this time it was almost time to eat, and then looked at the price and dishes on the wall behind the shopkeeper, and also felt that the price was okay, although it is now in the late Ming Dynasty, but it is still a relatively developed period in business, and the maritime trade around the middle of the Ming Dynasty developed rapidly, and at the same time led to the commercial development of the entire Ming Dynasty, so the rich are still very rich, and the poor civilians have always relied on their own hands to farm the land or work for the rich to support themselves.

He had a calculation error when he asked Uncle Ma to replace the ingots with broken silver, and now he remembered this problem. Because at this time in the Ming Dynasty, it was not calculated in decimal system, but in hexadecimal system, one tael is equal to sixteen coins, and half a catty and eight taels is this reason, one catty is equal to sixteen taels, according to the actual proportion, one tael of silver is equal to one thousand copper coins, and one tael of silver is equal to 60 to 70 copper coins, but now there are too many types of copper coins, like the official version of Shiwen, one penny of silver can be used as five. Then according to the dish ordered now, this meal is thirteen ten copper coins, and if it is settled with small money, it will take 160 copper coins. The cheapest is even a steamed bun, only 5 yuan a piece, and the bun is also ten or twelve yuan, mainly depending on what the filling is.

It didn't take long for the food and wine to be served, and it was simple because they were all cold dishes, so the food was served quickly. Drinking is made of clay glasses, not fine porcelain. This should be related to the grade of the restaurant, after all, it now belongs to the late Ming Dynasty, the ceramic industry is still particularly developed, when Zheng He went to the West is to transport a lot of ceramics on the ship, and it is particularly popular when he comes to Europe, so now there is an explanation of the English meaning of ceramics in China.

Wan Qiyang only drank a sip of wine, and felt that the degree of this wine was not high, almost more than 30 degrees, it belonged to a typical northern wine, most of these wines were transported from Zhuozhou, Hebei and other places, and it was natural to take the south road to Beijing. The wine cart advanced to Zuo'anmen in the outer city, and then to Chongwenmen to pay taxes. The taste of this wine is similar to that of Lao Baigan or Erguotou, how can it be compared with several famous wines in Sichuan, and in the Tang Dynasty, Jiannan Spring Wine in Mianzhu, Sichuan was used as a tribute wine for the emperor to drink. This is also the first time he drank wine after coming to the Ming Dynasty, let's drink together.

After drinking a glass, there is almost a little more than one or two taels, and a pot is almost three taels, but there are certainly no taels, because it is not mixed at all, and the mouth of the jug is obviously one inch lower than the lid of the jug.

After eating two bites of dried beef, it tasted really good, and this is the meat of naturally grown and slaughtered cows. I had just poured the empty wine glass full of wine, and was about to take two more sips of wine, and when I ate some peanuts, I noticed that a person suddenly appeared next to him, and this person happened to pick up the wine glass he had poured and pour wine into his mouth!

What's going on? Met a master? Wan Qiyang's head is running rapidly at this time, is this the legendary master? How can I meet this too, let's see the situation and then say, don't meet a liar!

"Hehe, I'll just say, I slept until dawn last night, and I dreamed at night that someone had a drink today."

Dressed in tatters and barefoot, his hair is also messy, this is obviously a beggar's outfit, is this the legendary beggar gang? Just when Wan Qiyang was suspicious, the old man spoke again,

"I said, young man, why is it only half a jug of wine? There is no sincerity at all. Let's order more! ”

"Uh, I'm sorry, huh? Did you go to the wrong table? I'm waiting for someone to pay the bill, is it you, in that case, I'll leave first, you eat slowly! Thank you! Wan Qiyang was about to get up and leave, and when the old man heard this, he really thought that what Wan Qiyang said was true.

"What... Why am I here to pay the bills, you kid also eats overlord meals? The old man didn't believe that there were still people who ate overlord meals like him.

"What overlord meal? Obviously, you invited you to come over, you came by yourself, I told Xiao Er that someone would come to pay the bill, but when you came, didn't you pay the bill? "Wan Qiyang came casually, who wouldn't cheat?

"It's... So what do you say? Anyway, I drank the wine and ate the meat, and I didn't have the money to pay the bills. The old beggar also began to play tricks, anyway, he looked like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water.

"Hehe, why take it so seriously if it's a joke, do you think you're happy or very happy? What do you call your predecessors? Wan Qiyang will return to the topic when he sees that the fire is almost over, and first find out the identity of this person.

Seeing Wan Qiyang suddenly turn his face and smile Mimi at this time, he knew that today was planted, and he was actually teased by a little guy, usually he is really not afraid of anything, as the saying goes, those who want face are afraid of being shameless, those who are shameless are afraid of life, and those who are not afraid of life are afraid of what? Don't be afraid of neuropathy. He Wan Qiyang doesn't play cards according to the rules, he is completely punching the master to death!

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