Chapter 184
thought that the day's tongue was in vain, Liuli discussed with Wei Zi to introduce other little ladies to her next time, anyway, there are so many rich ladies who come to buy rouge, they can always meet someone who wants to hold a banquet.
There is really no, but the West Pastries of the glass have been tasted by these women, and they can be regarded as slowly opening up the market.
I really don't blame Liuli for using this way, mainly because most of the people who can come to join in the excitement on the opening day are ordinary people, like Sun Wan, who doesn't go out of the door, and the woman who doesn't step out of the second door, will not go to join in the fun.
Therefore, it caused a kind of embarrassment, people who have tasted the taste and know that it is delicious cannot afford it, and few people who can really afford to eat it have tasted it.
Originally, Liuli was ready to fight a protracted battle, but she didn't expect the peak to turn around, and only two days later, Fan Dai came to Song Ji Restaurant to look for her, saying that Miss Sun Er came again last time, specifically looking for Liuli.
Liuli didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly followed Fan Dai to the Rouge Pavilion, only to find out when she arrived that it was Miss Sun Er who brought her little sister in the boudoir, who was planning to hold a flower banquet, but suffered from no good ideas.
As soon as Sun Wan heard this, she thought of Liuli, so she brought someone here.
"Sister Wan is talking about her?" Mo Hanyan looked Liuli up and down, pursed her lips, and had a slight disdain in her eyes, "How can we do a good job of our flower banquet?" ”
Sun Wan knew her little sister's temperament, although she was a little strong and domineering, but her heart was not bad, she patted Mo Hanyan's hand and said comfortingly: "The dim sum made by Sister Liuli is very delicate and delicious, you can taste it first." ”
After speaking, he threw an encouraging look at Ruri.
Liuli didn't think that all rich little ladies were as easy to get along with as Sun Wan, on the contrary, it was normal for Mo Hanyan to be a little temperamental and arrogant.
She didn't care, she opened the food box and took out the small snacks inside, there were some new tricks, but Sun Wan hadn't seen them last time.
"Ah, this cat pattern is really cute." Sun Wan immediately burst out in surprise.
She looked at the stick figure kitten drawn by Ruri from the image of HelloKitty in her previous life, and then asked the dim sum chef to sketch it with cream and jam.
Liuli smiled and laid out the snacks in the same way, each with a small spoon: "The two young ladies can taste it." ”
Mo Hanyan was originally unwilling, but seeing that Sun Wan picked up the small spoon without any scruples and took a bite, and saw that these snacks were really exquisite, she put down her body and followed a piece.
While the two of them tasted, Liuli also introduced what kind of flavor each snack was and what flavor of jam was put in it: "The two ladies can choose whatever flavor they like." ”
"That's good, I like this." Mo Hanyan pointed to a piece of cherry-patterned dim sum, which was filled with cherry jam, not as sweet as other dim sum, with a somewhat sour taste.
Liuli nodded, asked Coral to write them down one by one, and said; "These are small bits, and we can make big snacks if we need to." Liuli stretched out two arms to wrap around a circle, and compared the height: "It can also be made so high." ”
"Such a big snack?" The two were obviously taken aback, and Mo Hanyan said coldly: "Don't brag." ”
"If Miss Mo needs it, she can make it in two days."
"Okay!" Mo Hanyan raised her head: "If you can make it, then I will invite you to make the dim sum of my flower banquet." ”
"In this case, please invite Miss Mo to taste it at Song Kee Restaurant two days later."
After going back, Liuli went to Zhou's shopkeeper to discuss with Master Tao, in fact, it was simple, it was a double-layer cake, as long as you found a carpenter to do a good job of the middle shelf and tray.
This thing is still looking for Chen Carpenter, since the shopkeeper Zhou left, Ding Ji Restaurant has not had a new shopkeeper to this day, and the big and small affairs in the store are all in charge of Liu's mother.
Liu's mother felt that the price of eggs collected by Carpenter Chen's daughter-in-law was too expensive, so she forced the bottom, and Zhou Yuniang earned the difference in the middle of the egg collection, so she didn't have to make any money at all.
Just when Liuli's Song Ji restaurant opened, Zhou Yuniang came to find it, and Liuli directly gave her the job of collecting eggs, and the price was still according to the original.
When she returned from delivering eggs that day, Liuli went to Carpenter Chen's house with her to expedite the customization of the cake shelf.
Carpenter Chen was not embarrassed, it was not a difficult thing to do, and Liuli took care of their family so much, so he immediately agreed to come down, rush out today, and let her take it with her when Zhou Yuniang entered the city tomorrow.
Now that the shelf is ready, it's easy to make a cake on top, but the original cake blank is made bigger and the decorating is simpler.
So when Sun Wan and Mo Hanyan came again, they were really shocked by this double-layered cake.
"If you need to, you can make another layer on top." Ruri was very satisfied with this effect and added with a smile.
"How about Yan'er, I'll say that Sister Liuli can do it." Sun Wan looked at Mo Hanyan with a smile.
The surprise on the latter's face had not faded, and he said, "Okay, I will believe you this time, but you must not mess up my flower banquet." ”
"Miss Mo, don't worry." Ruri said happily.
In the next few days, I was preparing for Mo Hanyan's flower banquet wholeheartedly.
Anyway, there are not many customers in the store now, and the chefs in the kitchen can get started.
Liuli and Xiaocao went to Mofu every day, mainly to ask Mo Hanyan and the tastes of the guests who were invited to the banquet that day, and Coral held a small book and wrote them down one by one.
Mo Hanyan inadvertently glanced at the dense words on it, but she was a little surprised: "You are literate?" ”
Coral said a little proudly: "Well, the girls' school that my sister sent us to learn from the Cui family." "These days, I have been running around with Liuli, and I have been busy with Mo Hanyan's affairs, and I have to say hello to this Miss Mo, Coral feels that she is commanding, and she is a little disliked.
Mo Hanyan has refreshed her cognition of these two sisters, people say that women are virtuous if they are not talented, and most of the literate women come from large families.
The two also went to see the venue for the banquet, which was a small garden in Mofu, and there was a pavilion in the middle for resting.
Liuli proposed to set up a long table here, and all snacks and food were placed on the long table, and Mo Hanyan agreed.
After ordering the style of dim sum with the masters, Liuli went to buy some crystal trays, utensils and the like, and then put the dim sum on it, which was both beautiful and novel.
Liuli was busy hosting the flower banquet here, so that Song Ji Restaurant entered the rich circle of Xingping Town, Zhao Zhai, Zhao Mingxu also found a lot of things in Ding Mansion.
His original purpose was to find out the old things about Mrs. Ding and Mrs. Liu, and to vent his anger for Liuli, but he didn't want to investigate it, but found out a lot of things about Ding Wentao.
"Ding Wentao relied on his relationship with the local parents and officials to smuggle smuggled salt in the early years, and it was with this that he started his business, and later did something else." A Ce said, "The gold and silver in Qi into the secret room of the book also have a source of this. ”
"No wonder he has been a county magistrate for many years, relying on the sky to be far away from the emperor, and he refuses to move his nest." Xie Chun sighed.
"Smuggling smuggling smuggled salt is a big crime", Su Run is a parent, so he naturally knows the laws of the imperial court, he said: "If the prince wants to make a move, not only Ding Wentao can't keep it, but the entire Ding Mansion will also have to be confiscated." ”
Xie Chun immediately said: "The property of Nading Mansion ......" He paused and said: "If it can be collected for my use, we don't have to worry too much about the problem of money." ”
Zhao Mingxu nodded, he naturally knew this, but he was just a rat trap: "Can the people in Jingli who colluded with Ding Wentao find out?" ”
Although illegal salt is violent, ordinary people can easily reach it, and the imperial court has very strict control over salt and iron, once caught, it must be a felony, if Ding Wentao does not have a strong backer, he will definitely not dare to do this.
"It seems...... It has something to do with the Great Prince. Ace said.
"Zhao Zhen?"
"Yes, my subordinates found out that Ding Wentao sent silver to Yuanchong, the left servant of the household department, in various names every year, a lot in the early years, and in recent years, he probably stopped doing the business of private salt, so he gave less, but it is still a large amount."
Lang Yuanchong, the left servant of the household department, is the elder brother of the eldest prince's concubine, that is, Zhao Zhen's brother-in-law, if the matter of private salt is related to him, it must be planned for the eldest prince.
Emperor Zhengxuan has two sons, the eldest prince is the eldest son, but his background is not high, Zhao Zhen's biological mother is just a maid, Zhao Mingjing was accidentally favored when he was young, and he was born.
Although he is the eldest son, he is a dispensable existence in Zhao Mingjing's heart, and he has never paid much attention to him, and later married a noble girl from a high family, gave birth to a son-in-law, and was cultivated by Zhao Mingjing, who is the current prince Zhao Chen.
It wasn't until Zhao Zhen grew up day by day, married the daughter of the Yuan family as a concubine, and with the help of the Yue family, he slowly had his own power, but at this time, the prince had also grown up, how could he allow his eldest brother to be too powerful? Therefore, these two have been competing openly and secretly.
"Childe, but do you want to continue to investigate?" Seeing that Zhao Mingxu had not spoken, Ah Ce asked a question, if Ding Wentao was to be moved, it would inevitably implicate the eldest prince's faction.
"No need", Zhao Mingxu said lightly, "Reveal what we found to Zhao Chen, and he will do it." ”
"The subordinates understand", A Ce said, "There is one more thing, Mrs. Ding's mother-in-law surnamed Liu has already found out some things she did in the early years, so she may not be able to help Mrs. Ding, but she can send this mother-in-law to Master Su's prison." ”
"Then let's do it." Zhao Mingxu said lightly.
Mo House, the flower banquet is about to start, and Liuli will put the last plate of pastries on the table, and it is completely completed.
From the moment the first three-layer cake was placed on the glass, Mo Hanyan's eyes changed completely, and then she saw the delicate and beautiful snacks on the crystal trays, Mo Hanyan really wanted to admire.
I didn't expect these snacks to look so good on a crystal plate.
The glass and coral are arranged one by one according to the designed pattern in advance, and each group of small snacks can form a beautiful shape on its own, and when put together, it is another feeling of dazzling flowers.
Mo Hanyan only felt that she was satisfied just by looking at it, not to mention the tempting taste.
"It's so beautiful, they'll love it!" Mo Hanyan had long forgotten the contempt for Liuli before, and only felt that the person in front of her was cute and capable.
Liuli put away the food box and said, "It's all ready, we won't disturb Miss Mo and the guests to enjoy it, and we will come to get these cups, plates and dishes again in the evening." ”
"Hey, okay." Mo Hanyan happily agreed.
"Will they like it?" Coral is a little apprehensive, and in the restaurant during the day, he always grabs the glass and asks similar questions.
"Don't worry." Liuli was full of confidence, just looking at Mo Hanyan's obviously different attitude when they left, she knew that today's banquet would definitely be successful.
In the evening, Coral followed Liuli to Mofu again, Mo Hanyan was obviously waiting for them for a long time, and when she saw Liuli walking up quickly, she smiled brightly: "Liuli, you are here, let me tell you, at today's flower banquet, they all saw the arranged dim sum one by one, and their eyes were straight, that situation was really interesting." ”
Liuli smiled and asked, "Is Miss Mo still satisfied?" ”
"Satisfied, very satisfied!" Mo Hanyan nodded again and again, "This is the most successful flower banquet I have ever held, you didn't see Miss Shi's face, she was so angry, her little face turned white, white and red." ”
Liuli didn't know who Miss Shi was, but looking at Mo Hanyan's attitude, she was a little girl who didn't deal with her.
Sun Wan hadn't left yet, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but glance at Mo Hanyan: "Look at you who are proud, today's limelight is out." ”
"Sister Wan~" Mo Hanyan screamed complainingly, and then affectionately took Sun Wan's hand: "Thanks to Sister Wan, I was introduced to a capable person like Liuli." ”
"Don't, I can't afford to thank you, Miss Mo," Sun Wan joked and teased, "Who said that Liuli couldn't do it at the beginning?" also gives people a look everywhere. ”
"Oops, I was wrong~" Mo Hanyan was coquettish, and turned to Liuli again: "The flower banquet is so successful, it's really thanks to you, I ...... That" Mo Hanyan was not used to apologizing to others, so she still finished with a red face: "Don't you mind." ”
Liuli shook her head: "How come, I know you're just afraid that I'll mess up the flower banquet, but fortunately, Liuli is fortunate not to be dishonored." ”
"Uh-huh!" Mo Hanyan nodded wildly, "I want to thank you well, say, what do you want?" ”
"This is my business, and the silver taels given by Miss Mo are enough", Liuli said with a smile, "If Miss Mo feels good, you might as well recommend our Song Kee Restaurant to your little sisters, and others can still find us for flower banquets in the future." ”
"Don't call Miss Mo, see more." Mo Hanyan smiled, "Just call me Yan'er." ”
Liuli is as kind as a stream: "Yan'er." ”
Sun Wan said: "Sister Liuli can rest assured, many little ladies at the banquet today have asked who made this snack, presumably my sister will be busy soon." ”