Patriarch Li Shiwen whenever he saw the third Li Shiwu's painful and half-dead appearance, he hated the root of his teeth, but there was a demon sect in charge, and he didn't dare to come to Ming, it happened that in the cold winter season, the current Tang Dynasty Queen was about to give birth again, Li Shiwen's eyes rolled, and he thought about it, and called Li Shiyuan, who was in charge of the family account room, to give instructions that night.

As soon as the day dawned, Li Shiyuan, under the protection of several family guards, appeared outside the Wanfu Restaurant, Li Chuanzhi, who had been informed by the guys, sorted out his clothes, went out to welcome Li Shiyuan into the reception hall, sat down the guests, arranged for the maid Yu'er to serve tea, and shielded the people.

Li Shiyuan said with a sad face: "Chuan Zhixian nephew, Kyoto Sun Niangniang is about to give birth, the patriarch said that he wants to prepare a generous gift for dotting, you also know, since the death of our ancestor Zhennan Houxian, our branch has not produced any capable people, gradually weakening in the imperial court, and the other side branches are eyeing Youzhou, the patriarch has to hope to hang up the line of Queen Sun, keep our family's clan Youzhou, our clan's various industries will double the silver this month, and the Wanfu Restaurant in your charge needs to hand over 10,000 taels of silver at the end of the month. ”

Li Chuanzhi was taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "Ten thousand taels of silver!" Uncle clan, my Wanfu Restaurant only handed over 1,000 taels of silver in January, this is still Ling'er made some paintings for the guest officials, and collected some reward silver, so I barely got it together, this 10,000 taels of silver, I just sold Wanfu Restaurant, and I can't take out so much! ”

Li Shiyuan shook his head helplessly, got up and said: "Nephew Chuanzhixian, I know that it is not easy for you to operate, but you also know that the patriarch and Ling Zun competed for the position of patriarch back then, and the relationship was very stiff, if it can't be completed, the patriarch will take the opportunity to take back Wanfu Restaurant and expel your family from Youzhou!" I sympathize, but there is really nothing I can do, the words have been brought, farewell. ”

Seeing off Li Shiyuan and his entourage, Li Chuanzhi frowned and told Zhao Ling'er, who was breastfeeding, Li Yuxuan raised his head and said nonchalantly: "Father, what's so difficult about this?" It's just 10,000 taels of silver, I have a way. ”

Li Chuanzhi stared at his son with his eyes and said in disbelief: "Son, this is 10,000 taels of silver, and our Wanfu Restaurant only earns about 700 taels of silver a month, how can it reach such a huge amount." ”

Li Yuxuan smiled and said: "Father, first of all, there are three dishes, the first dish is called boiled fish fillet, with more than three catties of live carp, scrape the scales to remove the internal organs, slice and remove the thorns, add salt and pepper, chili, green onion and ginger spices and boil until the meat is white, and then it can be served in a sea bowl. It should be noted that old oil should be used, that is, the peppercorns and chili peppers should be fried first, so that the boiled fish fillets can be more fragrant.

The second dish is called boiled pork slices, take the fresh pork and cut the hind leg meat into thin slices, put flour, cooking wine and salt, cook the rape bean sprouts and the marinated meat separately, take out the mixed old oil, chili, pepper, salt and boil until boiling can be served in a sea bowl.

The third dish is called spicy chicken, which is dehaired and cut into pieces of live local chicken selected by the guests, marinated in soy sauce, salt, sugar and cooking wine, boiled water, put the chicken in, and after cooking, take it out and wash it to control drying. Pour in peanut oil, when the oil is hot, add the chicken, fry until slightly yellow, add dried chili, garlic slices, star anise, peppercorns and peanuts, and fry until fragrant.

This is followed by three staple dishes, lasagna, egg fried rice and ramen, how to make it I will personally guide Uncle Sun in the kitchen. A large number of bamboo skewers are prepared, pork pieces are worn on bamboo skewers, sprinkled with salt, and chili noodles are roasted on a charcoal fire, which is a complementary dish.

The second floor of our Wanfu Building is changed into a single room, all the single rooms are near the window, separated by a screen, each single room hangs calligraphy, painting and poetry, in the middle of the position to invite the pianist singer to entertain, put a small basin of water in the center of the table when the guests eat, put a few live shrimp and goldfish for the guests to watch, if you like, you can take away this small basin of live shrimp and goldfish.

The final step was to put the finishing touch, with the mother drawing three new dishes and staple foods, and drawing the dining scene in the private room on the second floor, pasting it on a wooden board and standing in front of the store. We will be closed today, we are familiar with the new dishes, let's adjust the pattern.

Father, after having income, he bought a large number of black meat dogs and all kinds of snakes, and I am also preparing new dishes for the store next month! ”

Li Chuanzhi and Zhao Ling'er were stunned when they heard this, Li Chuanzhi stepped forward and hugged his son, kissed him fiercely, and said, "Yuxuan, how did you think of it, could it be that you were the imperial chef of Ouchi in your previous life?" Ling'er, you and your baby son go to the kitchen to develop new dishes with Lao Sun, and I will take the guys to renovate the storefront. ”

Li Chuanzhi arranged for the guys to close the door of the store, hung up the sign that the business was closed for decoration for a day, and the guys were in full swing in the store to arrange the new layout of the restaurant, carefully wiping the armrests of the tables and chairs.

Sun Yidao and a young worker who had just joined the kitchen on the first floor looked intently at Li Yuxuan, who was one meter tall, and the frying spoon in his palm flew up and down, skillfully cooking the dishes, and humbly asked this one-meter-and-five-meter-tall little chef from time to time about the heat of the dishes and the order of the condiments.

Faced with three fragrant dishes out of the pot, Zhao Ling'er pushed Chef Sun and Xiaogong aside like a fly, and concentrated on painting with pen and ink. Under the guidance of Li Yuxuan, Sun Yidao tried to cook these three dishes.

After a busy day, except for Li Yuxuan, who couldn't bite the food because his teeth had not yet grown, everyone else had a bulging stomach, sitting on a chair to digest the food in his stomach, looking at the more than ten empty bowls with aroma, and unconsciously drooling again.

The next day, the newly renovated Wanfu Restaurant opened for business. Near noon, only a few regulars came to try out the new dishes, this food, it is out of control, one by one to eat the stomach really can't put down, just stop repeating, and order another dish to take away, carried by the servants at home, all the way to intoxicated aftertaste of the delicious taste in the mouth.

In the evening, the people who came to dine were full, and there were even two second-class people who fought for the only single room left on the second floor.

After Li Yuxuan asked the identities of these two people, he separated the two with his divine power, asked the kitchen to pack two dishes, put them into a fine food box, handed them to the two of them, and sent them away after a few words of comfort. Li Chuanzhi on the side was shocked into a cold sweat, these two stubborn disciples hit when they met, I don't know how many restaurants they smashed, not only did they not lose money, but they often angered the restaurant shopkeeper because of their injuries, and many restaurant shopkeepers were imprisoned because of this, and then looked at the lively Laifeng restaurant shopkeeper laughing in the corner, and I knew it.

Due to the amount of ordering, the ingredients in the store are used up, Li Chuanzhi took his buddy Zhuo Yifan out to purchase fish and live chicken 3 times, in the kitchen, Li Yuxuan and Chef Sun took turns to cook dishes and make staple food, and the small workers were plucking chicken feathers, scraping fish scales, cutting meat, and wearing meat skewers to deal with tedious odd jobs, Zhao Linger and Yu'er were also helping in the kitchen, and the five of them were busy sweating and soaking wet clothes in the cold winter.

Closing at night, Li Chuanzhi arranged for everyone who had been tired all night to rest early, personally cleaned the store, washed the dishes and dishes, and completed the day's running water, and muttered: "Shopkeeper, today's turnover is three thousand nine hundred taels of silver!" Li Chuanzhi, who was washing the bowl, almost took off the bowl, and he couldn't believe his ears.

On the third day, as soon as the store door was opened, a large group of diners flocked in, grabbed seats, and a large group of diners without seats were crowded outside the door. The prefect of Youzhou did not dare to slack off, and before dawn, he personally brought the officials and commanded the officials to occupy a position for the two second-class officials.

In the dark corner, there were a few obscene black shadows gritting their teeth and scolding all kinds of Xiaoxiao who were scared back by many officials, some were ready to poison the ingredients, and they couldn't come back when they saw the officials standing in a circle; Those who prepared diarrhea medicine, fish hooks and other items were ready to make trouble during the meal and ruin the reputation of Wanfu Restaurant, but they were also scared back by many officials.

There are also some people who are hired by the shopkeeper of the nearby restaurant to eat inside, and are ready to find trouble when there are many people, and when they see the prime minister and marshal in the court also appear in the restaurant, they dare not move, and after eating, they plan to sneak away quietly with a panicked look, but they are unlucky to be blocked back by the official at the door, and under the intimidation of the headhunter, they will explain everything they know.

The prefect of Youzhou, who got the report, was furious when he heard this, these untouchables dared to come to poison, cheat, and make trouble, and disturb these bigwigs to eat, isn't this their own life? Looking at the unkind eyes of those bigwigs looking at him, the prefect of Youzhou almost peed his pants, and ordered the arrest of these restaurant owners with black hands with a roaring roar.

Li Chuanzhi heard it very clearly on the side, and this cold sweat came out, and arranged for his buddies Deng Xiaoming and Zhuo Yifan to take care of the guests, and trotted all the way into the kitchen and told what had happened. Zhao Linger hurriedly pulled out the sterling silver hairpin and tested the food being made one by one, and when she saw that the hairpin did not change color, she let out a sigh of relief.

Li Yuxuan asked Chef Sun Yidao to continue cooking, and paid attention to whether each dish should be tested for poison, and he pulled his father to the side of the prefect of Youzhou, looking at the restaurant owners who were pulled by the sergeants or officials with iron chains not far away, crying and mourning, and their cloaks were scattered.

Li Yuxuan knelt in front of the prefect of Youzhou, and said loudly in a young voice: "Junior Li Yuxuan, knock on the prefect, the junior is the young shopkeeper of Wanfu Restaurant, I Wanfu Restaurant is also responsible for this incident, if it is not for the fact that the dishes of my Wanfu Restaurant are too delicious, which makes the business of the surrounding restaurants deserted and difficult to make a living, the shopkeepers of the restaurants will not make this decision, for the sake of them just planning and not causing a big disaster, please also ask the prefect to take them lightly, and my Wanfu Restaurant is willing to share the crime with them." ”

When the shopkeeper of the restaurant not far away heard this, he stared at the back of the naïve child with wide eyes, stepped forward with a few steps on his face, knelt down in front of the prefect of Youzhou, choked up and said: "Knock on the prefect, we confess!" Li Yuxuan's little brother's mind is ashamed of us, we are also a seven-foot man, I am wrong to admit punishment, this matter has nothing to do with the shopkeeper of Wanfu Restaurant Li Yuxuan, please see it clearly! ”

The prefect of Youzhou has a big head for a while, how can this be judged? Acquitted, these untouchables intend to indirectly poison those bigwigs, so let it go, shouldn't their heads have to move, out of the corner of his eye, he found that the bigwigs who were dining were already surrounded by guards, and came downstairs.

Li Yuxuan glanced at the court officials who came over in front of him, and continued: "Lord Qiqi, according to our Datang law, although these restaurant shopkeepers have bad intentions, but they have not carried it out, and cannot be sentenced, they should be condemned out of morality and conscience, and let them sincerely apologize to the frightened guests who are dining." ”

The prefect of Youzhou was stunned when he heard this, stepped forward to help Li Yuxuan, nodded approvingly: "Li Yuxuan's shopkeeper is really smart, he knows what I mean, how many of you still don't do it?" ”

The shopkeepers of the restaurant hurriedly thanked the prefect of Youzhou and Li Yuxuan, entered the hall of Wanfu Restaurant, knelt on the ground, and apologized and kowtowed to the guests who dined. The bigwigs looked at Li Yuxuan carefully, didn't say anything, and returned to the private room on the second floor with the escort to continue eating.

In the kitchen, Li Chuanzhi asked Li Yuxuan a little strangely, why did he let go of those bastards who did the black hands?

Li Yuxuan smiled and said: "Father, we don't have to make trouble with our peers like mortal enemies, just imagine that even if we behead a few of them with the hands of the prefect today, it will only increase our enemies, and they will be remembered every day, and sooner or later we will be recruited." Instead of entangled with them and fighting, it is better to turn enemies into friends, and today to influence them with sincerity, you can reduce some of the worries about us, and then like this, you can avoid our Wanfu Restaurant being hated by other restaurants. ”

Li Yuxuan whispered a few words in Li Chuanzhi's ear, Li Chuanzhi couldn't help nodding and exclaiming: "Son, your mind is too violent to use only in this restaurant, you should display your talent in the court." Li Yuxuan didn't speak, and cooked his dishes in full swing.

On the evening of the same day, Li Chuanzhi wrote a notice according to Li Yuxuan's description and posted it next to the gate of Wanfu Restaurant, which read: The boiled fish fillet, boiled meat slice and spicy chicken production method of Wanfu Restaurant will be transferred at the end of this month, and the transfer gold will be 5,000 taels of silver, and the profit dividend will be 1,000 taels per month, and it will be paid for one year in a row.

The shopkeepers of major restaurants or the patriarchs of big families in Youzhou and surrounding towns came to Wanfu Restaurant with a lot of money to meet Li Chuanzhi to pay the transfer fee and a year's dividend, and make an appointment in advance for the cooking skills of these three dishes.