How expensive will Xiaowan's private food be?

He was now discussing with Fang Yizhi how much silver would cost for today's meal.

Ivan first pointed to the squirrel fish: "How much silver can you make for this dish?"

This question made Fang Yizhi hesitate slightly.

In Qin Lou, the squirrel fish made by Chef Zheng was sold for eight cents of silver, but now the squirrel fish made by Ivan tasted significantly better.

So how much should you bid?

"Two taels of silver. ”

He cautiously reported a number.

"So expensive?"

The price was so expensive that even Ivan was a little surprised.

He calculated the cost, this squirrel fish is about one and a half catties, the cost is one and a half cents of silver, and the total cost will not exceed two dollars of silver after counting the cost of other ingredients.

But now Fang Yizhi actually quoted the price of two taels of silver, which is equivalent to ten times the profit.

Can it really be sold for such an expensive price?

Ivan was skeptical.

"It's not expensive, the taste of this squirrel fish is obviously better than what Chef Zheng made, the taste is even better, and the price has more than doubled. Not only that, but at that time, the entire Jinling can only eat such delicious squirrel fish in Xiaowan's private dishes, even if you sell it for three or five taels of silver, there will be people who will come here. ”

Fang Yizhi told the truth that scarcity is precious.

It does make some sense.

Ivan pointed to the steamed mandarin fish again: "What about this?"

Fang Yizhi became more cautious.

After thinking about it, he even quoted a sky-high price: "Five taels of silver." ”

A sky-high price that Ivan found incredible.

In his mind, the steamed mandarin fish is about the same food grade as the squirrel fish, and the price should be about the same, but he never expected that Fang Yizhi would quote a sky-high price of five taels of silver.

Fang Yizhi pointed to the bottle of white wine that he had never been willing to drink: "I'm afraid this fine wine is sky-high, right?"

Among these dishes, the only thing he didn't dare to quote was this bottle of wine, and he didn't know how much to quote.

Ivan couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

This wine is really worthless, and if it is placed in future generations, this kind of low-grade table wine will not be touched by those rich people at all.

But not to mention, once such wine is put in the Ming Dynasty, it has really become a rare wine.

Well, the price of this dish can indeed be more expensive than wine.

Fang Yizhi pointed to the bottle of wine again and asked, "Is this wine still sold?"

Ivan: "......"

If this wine can be sold for money, he won't have to put so much effort into opening Xiaowan's private dishes to make money.

"Not for sale. ”

He categorically refused.

But he wondered if he could make wine by selling steamed mandarin fish.

You can try this.

Ivan pointed to the steamed tofu with shrimp head again: "How much silver can this sell for?"

"Two by two. ”

Fang Yizhi reported another number.

With the foreshadowing above, this number is normal.

Although the cost of tofu and shrimp head is a little lower, it is also a second-class delicacy.

It's just that in this way, Ivan simply calculated, if he got a table of dishes, if ten dishes were served, wouldn't the total price be more than twenty taels of silver?

It's so expensive, does anyone eat it?

He still doesn't know enough about the extravagance of the Ming Dynasty.

How extravagant was the Ming Dynasty?

Fang Yizhi knew this question much better than him.

In the Ming Dynasty, the biggest problem was the gap between the rich and the poor, don't look at the ordinary people are mostly running for three meals a day, and even some people have no more to eat the bark, but the official gentry class is still living a luxurious life of singing and dancing.

As far as food is concerned, the extravagance of the official gentry class can be so extravagant that Ivan can hardly imagine.

In the early years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, because Zhu Yuanzhang had been a beggar and a monk, although the court diet was inherited from the Tang and Song dynasties, it still paid attention to frugality and put forward the requirement of "feasting is not still gorgeous".

Under the leadership of Zhu Yuanzhang, the whole country practiced frugality.

In many places, the daily diet is only one pound of pork, two pieces of tofu, and a handful of vegetables, and the reception of imperial court envoys is also four dishes and one soup, and there are no more than five kinds of dishes.

But with the development of the economy and the corruption of the government, the wind of extravagance has become more and more popular.

By the middle of the Ming Dynasty, this kind of extravagance had become very popular.

For example, the famous "tofu" in the palace is actually made from the brain marrow of a hundred birds, and there are thousands of birds on a plate of tofu.

It is common for ministers to set up banquets and spend thousands of dollars. Even if it is the most common banquet among the people, it is at least a dozen dishes, if it is a rich family, there are meat and vegetarian dishes, mountain delicacies with seafood, if it is too little, it will be ridiculed.

In the late Ming Dynasty, this extravagance developed to the extreme.

For example, the famous Zhang Juzheng, who was evaluated by modern historian Liang Qichao as "the only great statesman of the Ming Dynasty", was a powerful minister of the Wanli Dynasty, and when he returned to his hometown to bury his father, he was very pompous, and the food along the way was extremely luxurious and extravagant.

Officials along the border learned that Zhang Juzheng preferred Wuxi dishes, and urgently recruited Wuxi chefs to make a special trip to serve the meals, and there were 100 dishes in an ordinary meal.

Therefore, don't look at the fact that the Ming Dynasty is about to fall now, but in Jinling, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, the extravagance of the rich is still far beyond Ivan's imagination.

is like saying that Fang Yizhi is a son of a family, even if Ivan is ready to sell the delicious food of Xiaowan's private dishes at a sky-high price, he is still ready to use it as his canteen.

A table of delicious food costs dozens of taels of silver, which is really not a problem for rich people.

Well, Ivan accepted Fang Yizhi's brainwashing and was ready to sell sky-high dishes.

Anyway, the more money he earns, the better it is.

"Let's go, let's go. ”

Although Ivan handed over the matter of taking over the Moon Tower to Fang Yizhi, he still had to personally inquire about the layout of the kitchen and dining room.

How to arrange the Moon Tower is indeed a problem.

The first is the placement of the kitchen.

It stands to reason that since it is a private dish, there will not be too many guests every day, so the kitchen can be placed in the building.

But in this era when there were no range hoods, Ivan didn't want to make the whole building a miasma.

Then set up the kitchen in a cottage in the yard.

Fortunately, the original restaurant of Mochizuki Tower was placed in this way, and the square in the courtyard used as a kitchen could meet Ivan's requirements with a little cleaning and transformation.

What bothered Ivan a little was the layout of the restaurant.

Since it is a private dish, there are naturally not too many seats, and if there are too many, Ivan and Dong Xiaowan will not be busy at all.

That's the difference between a private restaurant and a restaurant.

According to the operation mode of the restaurant, it is a soulless flow operation, and the private food is a boutique made with heart, so it is not suitable for a large number of people.

Ivan also didn't want to hire people in large numbers.

For him, the most important thing is to carefully develop all kinds of delicacies, and helping Dong Xiaowan earn money is incidental.

"Let's arrange six tables in the hall on the first floor, the tables are separated by screens, and the dining room tables should be exquisite. ”

Ivan began to instruct Fang Yizhi.

Since Fang Yizhi wants to be a free coolie, Ivan naturally has to make full use of it.

After some arrangement, everyone moved together.

The future of Xiaowan's private dishes is about to be launched.