Chapter 34: Serious Business
Wang Xiang, who has always been idle, suddenly became busy, in addition to going to Sinong Temple to see potatoes from time to time, he also had to go to the Lizheng Hall every day to check the condition of Empress Changsun, what can be checked with the little first aid knowledge that Wang Xiang learned in his previous life, saying that it is to check the condition is actually to accompany Li Er and the two to talk, Li Er is afraid that there is a problem with his medicine, who can not see this thought, but if he sees it, he has to pretend not to know, and he has to pretend to cooperate with the inspection.
"Your Majesty, Niangniang's illness is not suitable for staying in the house all the time, you should usually go out for a walk, and asthma is most afraid of fireworks, it is better not to burn incense in the house."
Wang Xiang couldn't help but want to complain for a long time, he was already coughing badly, but he had to burn incense in the house, and he didn't know how much incense he lit, and the whole house was full of smoke, even Wang Xiang, a person who was not sick, couldn't stand it, not to mention an asthma patient, it was strange to wait for a long time in such an environment without getting sick.
Li Er has an advantage that he can listen to advice and have seen the medicinal effect of pills, and in this regard, Li Er still trusts Wang Xiang, and immediately asked people to withdraw all the incense.
After a while, seeing that Empress Changsun had no signs of illness, Li Er crossed the river and demolished the bridge: "Well, there's nothing wrong with you here, you go back first." ”
For this kind of person, Wang Xiang despises or despises, fortunately, the little son is different from his father, since he knew that Wang Xiang's medicine cured her mother, every time Wang Xiang wants to leave, the little girl will give Wang Xiang her favorite fruit to eat, from this point Wang Xiang knows that this girl must be very promising in the future, especially after eating fruit fruit, Wang Xiang is even more tearful, thinking that this woman is extraordinary, eating sour and sour Fang is a master, he finally knows why Li Shimin will be so happy when he sees the little son send fruit to himself.
Wang Xiang couldn't bear to live up to the little son's heart, not to mention that Li Er's warning look was obviously saying: You can do it yourself, if my daughter is unhappy, you know...... So, under the expectant eyes of the little son, Wang Xiang chewed the fruit "happily", and his face turned into a chrysanthemum.
When he arrived at Degui Restaurant, Wang Xiang's tongue was still numb, and he was teased by Li Zhi as soon as he opened his mouth.
Why is Li Zhi here? Because little Lori is here. Why is little Lori here? Because Wang Xiang wants to rebuild Degui Restaurant.
Speaking of which, this matter should have been done a long time ago, first to get married, and then to Cheng Chuliang and the eldest grandson queen, so it has been delayed until now, fortunately, Wang Xiang has to pay the workers to do a very good job, the renovation work has been carried out almost, and the interior of the restaurant is a world of difference compared to the original.
The name of the restaurant has also been changed, called Dengxian Building, and Degui was still a little reluctant when the signboard of Degui Restaurant was replaced.
The original two-storey restaurant was transformed into a three-storey restaurant, one layer higher than the general restaurant in Chang'an City, from the first floor to the third floor, the higher the grade, in Wang Xiang's words, it is high-end atmosphere on the grade, low-key luxury has connotation, the third floor and the first floor are naturally different from immortals, which is in response to the name of Dengxian Tower.
Wang Xiang's point of view of minimum consumption makes it difficult for Degui to understand, there is no minimum consumption requirement for eating in Dengxian Building except for the first floor, and there are minimum consumption requirements on the second and third floors, and the so-called minimum consumption is not low at all, the minimum consumption on the second floor of Dengxian Building is 50 taels of silver, and the minimum consumption on the third floor is 100 taels of silver.
Degui couldn't doubt if Wang Xiang was crazy about silver, in the past, one or two taels of silver in Degui Restaurant could call a table full of dishes, that is, in Baiwei Building, it was enough to call a table of delicacies from the mountains and seas with a dozen taels of silver, fifty taels and one hundred taels were unimaginable.
When Degui raised a question, Wang Xiang just said lightly: "If you are too expensive, you can eat on the first floor." Yi Degui's IQ was speechless when he heard this, yes, you can eat on the first floor if you are too expensive, and there is no minimum consumption requirement on the first floor, but I just feel that something is wrong.
Opening a restaurant in Chang'an City earns the money of the rich, rich people eat a lot of times not food but the mood of eating, the grade of eating, are the wealthy nobles of Chang'an City, look up and don't look down, others go to Dengxian Tower to eat on the second and third floors, do you say you are embarrassed to sit on the first floor every time to eat?
Of course, the premise of everything is that Dengxian Lou must have enough grade, and the layout of the restaurant is enough grade, but a restaurant is not enough just by layout, and a restaurant without wine and food is still a restaurant.
In terms of fine wine, there is naturally no problem with a wine tasting, but the wine is too strong for women, and the wine of the Western Regions is hard to find, so Wang Xiang has been tinkering with juice and fruit wine recently, and it has achieved initial results.
As for the food, hot pot, barbecue, spicy hot...... All kinds of novel ways to eat have made the people of the Hou Mansion take the lead in getting addicted, and the Chinese food recipes copied by Wang Xiang were hidden by Aunt Lin and refused to show them easily, in her words, this is a family heirloom to be passed on to children and grandchildren, which made Wang Xiang cry and laugh.
"Brother-in-law, when will our restaurant open?"
Little Lori's consciousness is very high, since she has become Wang Xiang's sister-in-law, then Dengxian Lou is naturally "our family's" restaurant, not to mention that Xiao Lori is still thinking about the gambling contract she made with Wang Xiang at the beginning, afraid that he will remember it and complain that he can't remember it, and the inner entanglement is afraid that she can't figure it out herself.
"Yes, Wang Jiancheng, when will our restaurant open?"
Well? Wang Xiang squinted at Li Zhi, fortunately, you also called me brother-in-law, but when did this Dengxian Tower have your share of the fart?
Xiao Lori was even more unkind, and directly stared at Li Zhi with her hands on her waist and said, "This Dengxian Tower belongs to our Hou Mansion, and it has nothing to do with you." ”
"I ...... That's what I asked. ”
"You can't ask!"
"That'...... Then I won't ask. ”
Looking at Li Zhi's anxious appearance, Wang Xiang shook his head, this baby is useless, since he met the little Lori Li Zhi's previous calm and wise are all gone, and now he has an IQ that makes people anxious, and if this continues, the future Emperor Gaozong will not become two hundred and five.
Thinking of this, Wang Xiang felt a chill, and hurriedly said: "Ernan, don't bully His Royal Highness King Jin." ”
"I didn't bully him, did I?"
"No, Sister Xiao Wu is good to me."
The baby was gone, Wang Xiang gave up saving the future Emperor Gaozong and no longer paid attention to the two little ghosts.
"Degui, have you delivered all the hot pot you made a few days ago?"
When Degui heard this, he suddenly became energetic, and said excitedly: "It's here, a hundred hot pots are in the kitchen, Aunt Lin has tried it, but it's easy to use." ”
Of course it's easy to use, do you think it's the big pot in the house? Since he was preparing to launch the hot pot in Dengxian Tower, Wang Xiang naturally made preparations, and specially asked people to create a hundred exquisite small hot pots, with a pot for food on the top and a charcoal stove on the bottom, and the two look quite beautiful as a whole. It's not difficult to build a hot pot, and it's easy for other restaurants to learn it, but Wang Xiang doesn't worry about this, because the most important thing about hot pot is not the pot but the base, not to mention that other restaurants don't know the recipe of the base, even if they know the recipe, they can't get the ingredients. When the hot pot base in the warehouse runs out, Wang Xiang will have to make the base material by himself, but fortunately, there is a recipe on the package, not to mention that the match is exactly the same, and it is no problem to get a seven or eight image.
"Where's the barbecue?"
"A hundred sets of barbecue grills have also been delivered, and the cumin that the young master said has been asked, and many people have said that they have not seen it."
Wang Xiang frowned, the taste of cumin in the barbecue is completely different, the cumin in the warehouse will not be available for long, is there no cumin in the Tang Dynasty?
"In this way, you put up a notice outside saying that Dengxian Lou buys cumin at a high price, and barbecue is indispensable for this thing."
After Degui posted the notice, Wang Xiang pulled him aside and asked in a low voice, "How did the thing I asked you to do?" ”
"What did the young master say?" Degui looked a little flustered.
"It's the thing that asked you to buy people."
Degui looked at Wang Xiang with an embarrassed face and said, "Young Master, we are a restaurant and not a green ......."
Wang Xiang said angrily: "Where do you want to go, I asked you to buy some young and beautiful girls back for welcome and etiquette." ”
"What is the welcome and etiquette?"
"It's the senior junior." Wang Xiang explained angrily.
"Little two?" Degui exclaimed in surprise and said with pain on his face: "Young master, it is enough to hire a young man and eight dollars a month of silver, and besides, the official prostitutes of the Jiaofang Division are organized, and they cannot be bought and sold." ”
Xiao Lori, who was talking to Li Zhi, had sharp ears, and when she heard the word "official prostitute", she immediately glanced at Wang Xiang suspiciously.
"Shhhh Wang Xiang glared at Degui fiercely.
"Young master, the official prostitutes of the Teaching Workshop Division really can't be bought and sold." Degui wanted to cry, if he let his father know that he helped the young master do this kind of thing, he would definitely beat him to death.
"Damn! The young master is doing serious things, what are you afraid of! Seeing that Xiao Lori turned her head frequently, Wang Xiang lowered her voice weakly and said: "If the teaching workshop doesn't work, then go to other places to inquire, what are the places like Yicui Building, Wanxiang Building, Chunfeng Building, and Chang'an City." ”
"Young master, why don't you let Laifu go, I'm stupid and afraid of ruining your serious business." Degui cried with a sad face, and said in his heart: If this is a serious matter, I am really a fool, if you are so nervous, what are you doing.
"Laifu is going to be busy with the wine shop, this matter will be handed over to you, when Dengxian Lou will open depends on when you finish this matter, I have to train someone to buy it, you have to hurry."
These words are poking at Degui's weakness, and he is more anxious than anyone else about the opening of Dengxian Tower.
"Young master, is it really a second child when you buy it back?"
"Of course, you don't believe the young master's words?"
Degui burst into tears: "I believe ......"
Coerced Gali to lure Degui to finally get Degui, Wang Xiang called Xiao Lori and Li Zhi, and the three of them boarded the carriage and headed for Zhuangzi outside the city. When he was sorting out the warehouse, he found a lot of seeds of melons, fruits and vegetables that were not available in the Tang Dynasty, and planned to set aside a field on the village to plant these things, as well as fungus, which was more expensive than the delicacies of the mountains and seas.