In the afternoon of this day, as soon as Wu Yong returned to the other courtyard, a servant came over and said: "Xiao Langjun, the Hou Ye is having a banquet in the front hall today for Pingchunhou, Beixiang Hou and Gushihou, and I want you to come over to accompany the guests!" "I heard that it was Zhu Zhu who held a banquet to entertain several other marquis of the five families, and Wu Yong's face showed a little strangeness.

It's not that he felt that there was something wrong with Zhu Jun's banquet guests, but he suddenly remembered that he happened to have something to discuss with a few family owners.

These days, although he lives in the annex of the Waiting Mansion, he doesn't want to rely on the mansion for everything, and he pays for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of several people in the courtyard every day, as well as some personal contacts.

A few days ago, Wu Yong invited Yuan Shu and others back in an ordinary wine shop, and after a meal, he spent thousands of dollars, which caused him to be a little stretched thin now.

Although when he left Wancheng, the head of the family surnamed Wu gave him a lot of gold, silver and jade, but he didn't want to use these belongings until he had to.

Therefore, he thought of opening a restaurant in Luoyang to solve the dilemma of making ends meet. This is also the conclusion he came to after a long time of investigation, even if Zhu Jun does not feast today, he will find it another day.

The reason why he wanted to open a restaurant was because he found that this stir-fried dish had not yet spread in Luoyang's wine shops, and the food in the wine shops sometimes could not catch up with the delicious food at home, which led to many people being reluctant to go to the wine shops to feast and eat.

Wu Yong has been there twice and keenly found that there are great business opportunities, so some time ago, he notified the people of Huangzhuang to start planting some vegetables and fruits, in order to prepare for the opening of the restaurant.

Of course, since it is called a restaurant, there must be alcohol in the restaurant. For this reason, Wu Yong studied steamed wine again.

I don't really know if I don't study this, it turns out that there was already a still for steaming liquor at this time, and there was a ready-made one in the Hou Mansion, which was made of bronze, almost half a meter high, and was divided into two parts: the retort body and the kettle body.

The retort body has a storage chamber and a condensation chamber, as well as a diversion pipe. Not only that, but there are even dozens of jars of steamed wine stored in the cellar in the Houhou Mansion, and for this reason, Wu Yong also had the cheekiness to ask Zhuo Taijun for an altar to come back to study.

After he tasted it, he felt that this steamed wine was almost no different from the liquor of later generations, and the only difference might be that the degree was a little low!

He couldn't figure out why people didn't drink this steamed wine. So he found Zhu Yuan and asked, "Brother, this steamed wine is of such high quality, why is it rarely seen at banquets?" ”

"Well..."Zhu Yuan hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and then replied: "You don't know, although this steamed wine has many advantages, its disadvantages are also extremely obvious!" For example, although this wine is extremely pure, its aroma is very light, and this wine is quite spicy to drink, far less soft and mellow than other fine wines... Therefore, it is not liked by the public... Only a few people who like spirits have a soft spot for it! After a slight pause, Zhu Yuan said again: "The wine steamer, you have also seen, is made of bronze, which is not available to ordinary people, even in the homes of wealthy businessmen and giants, and there may not be one, let alone ordinary wine shops." Moreover, the process of making this wine is more cumbersome, and ten liters of turbid wine may not produce one liter of steamed wine. Therefore, this wine is worth a lot of money, although I dare not say that the price is more than gold, but it is not much different! Speaking of this, Zhu Yuan laughed and said: "The banquet guests pay attention to what they can, the guests are not drunk, and the sake is drunk at will, even if it is today, they don't dare to do it, after a few times, the treasury will be empty." Then, Zhu Yuan sighed: "Actually, those are not the main thing, the most important thing is that today, disasters continue, grain production is reduced year by year, the people don't even have food to eat, and the imperial court still controls the koji, how can people make wine at will, not to mention this steamed wine that wastes a lot of grain." Zhu Yuan's words made Wu Yong suddenly enlightened, and he understood that it was not that people nowadays did not know how to make distilled spirits, but because of its high cost, it did not meet the taste of the public, and there were many reasons such as the control of the imperial court, which made it not favored by the world.

Thinking about it carefully, in fact, Zhu Yuan's words are still very reasonable, judging from Zhu Yuan's narration, although the distilled liquor production technology has appeared, the world has not developed it enough, so the distilled liquor is still in its infancy, not only is it extremely cumbersome to make, but also the price is high, and the taste is not too outstanding, far from being able to compare with the mature liquor brewing process in later generations.

On the contrary, the orthodox Chinese rice wine and fruit wine brewing methods have been passed down for thousands of years, and their technology has basically matured.

In addition, not everyone can drink this wine, and many people today may not taste it in their lifetime.

Take Fuwangli as an example, the people are still rich, but the wine brewed by Zhuli is only taken out during the sacrifice, and after the sacrifice, all the villagers share the drink.

Wu Yong also drank it once, although its degree is not high, but the wine has a strong aroma, mellow flavor, sweet taste, excellent taste, and still has an aftertaste.

Not to mention the ordinary people, even the people in the Houhou Mansion can only drink alcohol when they are feasting guests. All in all, in the current social situation, if you want to make a lot of money with distilled spirits, it is simply a fantasy!

After Wu Yong thought about it, he gave up this idea. However, the good news is that the still can be used not only to make distilled spirits, but also to distill and make toilet water.

Therefore, Wu Yong plans to have the opportunity to get a distiller alone in the future. In fact, for a restaurant, wine is secondary, and delicious dishes are the key, which is why Wu Yong gave up distilled liquor after thinking about it.

The so-called life in the world, eating and drinking, eating is always the first place. In his later life, he only heard of whose restaurant was more famous for its dishes, but he didn't hear of any restaurant that sold good drinks.

Therefore, he is confident that just by stir-frying, he will definitely make a huge profit for the restaurant. Of course, this transaction Wu Yong cannot monopolize, he plans to open it with the marquis of the five surname families, after all, if he wants to open a restaurant in Luoyang, it will require a huge amount of money and huge connections.

And according to his idea, in order to avoid the eyes of his peers and become the target of public criticism, he also plans to take the initiative to publish some of the secret recipes of stir-fry for free, and even teach the chefs of those wine shops to cook stir-fry for a fee.

With these thoughts, Wu Yong asked Cheng Zhao to help him change into his regular clothes and hurriedly ran to the back kitchen. About half an hour later, Wu Yong asked a cook to come to the front hall with the braised beef and sweet and sour fish he had just made.

However, as soon as he arrived in the front hall, Zhu Zhu asked with some displeasure, "Why did you come so slowly?" Wu Yong immediately saluted and said: "Don't blame the uncles, the kid specially went to the back kitchen to make two dishes, please taste them." Taking advantage of the moment when everyone was stunned, the cook had already put the braised beef and sweet and sour fish on the table.

There were only five of them today, and at this time, looking at this colorful and fragrant dish, the Adam's apple kept rolling.

Zhu Junchi asked, "What does this mean by the virtuous nephew?" Wu Yong replied: "The kid wants to use these too empty food as a feature and open a restaurant in Luoyang Jin City, I don't know what your uncles think?" The five of them glanced at each other, and Zhu Jun frowned and said, "Virtuous nephew, although your idea is good, it is not so easy to implement. Not to mention, the cultivation of this musician or dancer is actually not as simple as we imagined... Especially for skilled musicians or dancers, it is even more difficult to train, not only does it take a long time, but it also costs a lot of money... As far as I know, in this Luoyang City, there are several wine shops that are entertainers or dancing girls, and they spend no less than one million dollars every year! ”

"Uh~" Hearing Zhu Jun say this, Wu Yong couldn't help but smile and said: "Uncle may have misunderstood what I meant, the restaurant that the kid said has no musicians and dancing girls, just a simple place to eat!" Hearing Wu Yong say this, the five of them were stunned again, and they couldn't help but worry and asked, "Can you still make money like this?" Wu Yong smiled mysteriously, pointed to the braised beef and sweet and sour fish on the table and said, "Uncles, how about you taste these two dishes first?" After hearing this, the five people raised their chopsticks, picked up a piece of their favorite food, and put it in their mouths, and suddenly an indescribable taste surged into their hearts, making their whole bodies tremble a little, they had never eaten such delicious food.

After a while, the two plates of dishes were eaten clean by the five people, and Zhu Jun sighed: "I didn't expect there to be such delicious food in the world, this beef and fish, we can eat it every day, but I never thought it could be made so delicious." ”

"A few uncles think that we can make money by opening a restaurant that only does this kind of food?" Wu Yong asked.

"Absolutely!" The five said in unison.

"This delicacy is rare in the world, and those who have eaten it once may no longer be able to swallow the food they used to eat. At that time, the whole restaurant is not full every day, and if you want to say that there is no money to make, I am the first to disagree! ”

"Yes, if you just eat like this, the expenses of the restaurant will be greatly reduced, and it will be difficult to make money."

"And this name of eating too much, it will definitely attract many people to come and try it." …… After everyone sighed for a while, Zhu Jun asked, "I don't know how the virtuous nephew plans to open this restaurant?" After speaking, he sighed again and said, "I won't hide it from my nephew, I called you over today to ask if you have a way to make money." Don't look at the bright surface of our five surnamed Hou Mansions, in fact, each mansion is a little unable to make ends meet. I heard that you gave the Ten Constant Servants an idea to build a toilet some time ago, and they are now making a lot of money. Wu Yongleng paused, and then said with a smile: "Actually, the kid came today to open this restaurant with your uncles." As long as the boy is profitable, the rest is decided by the uncles. Speaking of this, he deliberately sighed and said: "Originally, your uncles took good care of the boy, and the boy should not have participated in it to benefit. But recently, the kid has to deal with the relationship between the palace and the palace, and there are some personal contacts, and the imperial village rewarded by the Son of Heaven also needs to be maintained, so I have to do it, and I ask your uncles to forgive me. Zhu Jun glanced at Wu Yong, exchanged glances with the other four people, and then said with a wry smile: "Hey, it's also the decline of our five-surname family, why didn't you worry about money before." This restaurant is the idea of the virtuous nephew, and it will also need more guidance from the virtuous nephew in the future, and this profit is what the virtuous nephew deserves. With that, he agreed with the other four how the profits would be distributed.

The final result was that except for the Panxiang Hou Mansion in charge of Zhu Xian, the other four Hou Mansions were divided into 2 percent, and all the costs of opening the restaurant were shared equally by the five Hou Mansions.

After everything was agreed, everyone invited Wu Yong to the table and praised Wu Yong. Wu Yong dealt with it calmly, and when the banquet was over, he also suggested: "The beginning of next month is the old lady's birthday, we can replace the food at this banquet with too empty food, first, to see everyone's reaction, and secondly, to increase the old lady's popularity." ”