After Xia Shang's investigation, he had a general understanding of the prices and living standards of his street. It was precisely because of this survey that Xia Shang began to have a preliminary understanding of the prices in the Tang Dynasty.

The price first subverted Xia Shang's view of silver, and only after asking in person could he realize how strong the purchasing power of one or two pieces of silver was.

One tael of silver can buy 40 buckets of rice, a total of 500 catties.

You can also exchange 20 buckets of white noodles, a total of 250 catties.

It is equal to two horses of coarse cloth.

Equal to 30 pairs of cotton shoes.

It is equal to 8 large iron pots with good quality.

Equal to 15 kitchen knives.

Equal to 5 buckets of spirits!

If Xia Shang hadn't heard it with his own ears, he wouldn't have believed that a small ingot of silver was so valuable! Looking back at the cost of buying a house, two hundred taels is actually not cheap at all. There is also the renovation cost, which costs 700 taels! Looking back, Xia Shang felt that his heart was bleeding.

To tell the truth, after Xia Shang learned the value of these silvers, he moved to negotiate with the workers for cheaper, but when he saw a dozen or so workers busy in the hall, they were all tired and panting like oxen, but they couldn't see anything.

Imagine it, forget it, there is not much momentum evenly divided into everyone's hands.

As the days passed, Xia Shang was also preparing for the opening of the restaurant while the old house was being renovated, and the tools and furniture that should be there were added day by day, and at the same time, he also contacted the vegetable farmers and butchers to deliver them to the door regularly and quantitatively, and even the farmers who picked up the water also explained.

Five days later, everything is ready, the house renovation has begun to see the scale, the original old house has completely changed its appearance, the load-bearing old wood has been replaced with a new one, and the other old wooden pillars are all newly painted, oily and shiny, looking the same as new, the plaque in front of the door has also been changed, and the atmospheric gilded plaque has been hung, Xia Shang also thought of a very angry name, called "delicious and good". From now on, this is no longer an old mansion that no one cares about, but the first industry of the Xia family - "delicious and good".

In the hall, the floor was replaced with large pieces of green bricks, and the floor slab on the second floor was thickened with a new formwork, so that it no longer creaked when stepped on. The tables and chairs in the restaurant have also been replaced, all of them are brand new strip-shaped legless tables, with cotton futons on both sides, according to Xia Shang's understanding, although the store is small, the structure inside should be worthy of the riotous signboard, so the tables and chairs should also be riotous enough. This structure is the tone that the Confucian literati prefer, and the remoteness of the place caters to the commotion of the literati.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and now we are waiting for an auspicious day for the zodiac to officially open.

The autumn wind blew the fallen leaves, and also blew the mulberry girl, the weather has become cooler recently, Xiao Nizi is not so refreshing, the white and tender flesh of the neckline can not be seen, but there is a lot of joy on the face that was difficult to see before.

Sangsang brought the fortune teller's hexagram, saying that it would open tomorrow, and it would have to be popular.

There was no one in the hall, and Sang Sang danced happily, as if she had lost the rules of the Saijia, and looked like this store was hers.

"Brother Xia, there will be a lot of customers in this store in the future, what should you do if you can't be busy alone? And, there's! What if you cook in the kitchen and no one collects money for you? And no one keeps you accountable, can you be busy alone? ”

"Brother Xia?" Xia Shang was stunned by this call.

Sang Sang's eyes secretly looked away, and he pretended to be indifferent and said: "You are not a descendant of the Sai family now, I can't call Xia Shang Xia Shang." You are older than me, of course I will call you Brother Xia. ”

"Uh...... All right. Xia Shang nodded helplessly, "As for the problems you mentioned, the business has not started yet, so you have to come step by step, and then find a way when you really encounter those problems." ”

Sang Sang nodded and asked curiously, "Will it open tomorrow?" ”

"Open! Of course, the sooner the better! ”

"Then I'll buy you a cannon battle, and it will be lively when the time comes."

……

There was suddenly an extra restaurant on Anle Street, and the news was not transmitted too far, at least everyone on Anle Street heard about it. What made everyone most curious was not the opening of the restaurant, but the fact that the owner of the restaurant was the chef of the Xia family who held a banquet.

The four-course dishes at the Saijia banquet are famous, and the chef behind them is naturally famous. It's just that Xia Shang has been hidden in the Saijia all day long and has not been noticed, so most people don't know much about Xia Shang, and they don't know much about it. But now as soon as the news of the Saijia chef's self-establishment comes out, people have to think that the Xia Chamber of Commerce will not use the four dishes on the Saijia banquet as a signboard?

You must know that those four dishes have become the focus of competition among major restaurants in Chang'an City, and whoever can make the most authentic dishes will attract more rich people to patronize.

Among them, the cherry meat of Yunshui Pavilion and the dried stir-fried bitter gourd are the most famous, and these two are also the first to crack the mystery of the Saijia banquet dishes, which attracts a large number of good diners, and it is said that they have made a lot of money.

Now that the main owner of the four dishes has appeared, if he can handle the four dishes at the banquet, he will obviously become the most authentic one in Chang'an City, and he doesn't know how much money he will make if he thinks about it.

Fortunately, the news of Xia Shang's opening did not spread too far, so that the "fragrant food world" on the main road of Anle Street could be prepared.

If Xia Shang's restaurant uses these four dishes as its signboard, it will definitely have a fatal impact on the business of fragrant food in the world. Therefore, the shopkeeper of the fragrant food world had to prepare in advance.

On the night before the opening, the spies of the fragrant food world had already taken action, but the news brought back made Shopkeeper Hu puzzled, and at the same time a little relieved.

Because the spies didn't notice that Xia Shang's small shop would take out the four dishes of the Saijia banquet as a sale.

Shopkeeper Hu couldn't understand that those four dishes were so famous in the capital, why didn't they take them out to make dishes?

"This time it's that kid's acquaintance, if you really use those four dishes as the main dish, it's no wonder that I use some means."

The subordinates around him laughed: "Shopkeeper, you are really worried." Don't look at the location of that store, as well as the scale, decoration, etc., which one can compare with our fragrant food world? That kind of small shop is only patronized by ordinary people, and it can't be played with us. ”

"Don't take it lightly, how can a chef who can make those four dishes be underestimated? In case we are caught off guard, the status of the fragrant food world in Anle Street will not be guaranteed. ”

"Hey! Where? The dishes purchased by that store today have been investigated, there are eggs, pork, vegetables, eggplant, and nothing else. Isn't this made for ordinary people to eat? Don't worry about the shopkeeper, let's rest quickly. ”

The shopkeeper Hu pondered for a long time and shook his head: "It's not right, this cook always gives people a sense of unease." Tomorrow you go and take a look, and see what kind of fame he has made? ”