Chapter 37: Jokes and Myths
Cuinong didn't let Su Shi wait long, and when Su Shi was about to taste the third glass of wine, Cuinong had already returned.
A tall, angular, black-robed woman with an angular face followed Cui Nong expressionlessly.
When they came to Su Shi, the woman who was like an iron tower made a hoarse voice: "Shen Gongzi, the master is invited." ”
Su Shi stood up and followed her without hesitation.
Cuinong looked at Su Shi's departing back, and his eyes were involuntarily full of worry.
Walking through the hall and corridor, Su Shi came to a small courtyard, the woman stood in front of the small courtyard door, stretched out her hand to push the door open, and then said, "The master is waiting inside, Shen Gongzi, please come in." ”
Su Shi nodded and walked in calmly.
The small courtyard is small in size, but it is very elegantly furnished.
Flowing water crosses a small bridge and surrounds a blue-brick hut. Su Shi walked up to the small bridge, and a few fresh fish swam around in the water under the small bridge.
As soon as Su Shi came to the front of the hut, the door of the hut was opened, and a child about ten years old stood in front of the door.
"The master is waiting for Shen Gongzi in the hall."
As he spoke, the boy led Su Shi to the hall, and the layout in the hall was very simple.
An arched antique shelf divides the hall into two parts, the front and back, and there are not many antiques on the antique shelves, but they are arranged in a staggered manner.
In front of the arched door, a nanmu table is placed in the center of the hall, surrounded by three wooden chairs, several hanging paintings on both sides of the hall, and a few green plants in the corners.
Behind the arched door, a huge screen blocked Su Shi's view, making it impossible for him to peep.
An ordinary-looking middle-aged man sat quietly at a Nanmu table, and when he saw Su Shi coming in, he didn't show any expression on his face.
But Su Shi looked at Huangfu Festival with some surprise, he couldn't imagine that the person in charge of the Flower Pavilion was such an ordinary person.
The appearance is ordinary, the dress is ordinary, and even the temperament is ordinary, and there is no trace of memorable place on the whole body.
If you walk on the street on Huangfu Day, you will never attract anyone's attention.
Although Su Shi was surprised, he didn't have any contempt.
Being able to take charge of one of the top three in the capital, even if it looks ordinary, it is definitely not an ordinary person.
"Shen Gongzi?" Huangfu said quietly.
"The Emperor is in charge."
"You may be seated." Huangfu Jie stretched out his hand and pointed to the chair across from him.
Su Shi sat down across from him, and then looked at him quietly.
Huangfu Jie said lightly: "Shen Gongzi doesn't look like a businessman. ”
Su Shi smiled and said, "I'm not a businessman. ”
Huangfu Jie's tone remained unchanged, but there was a faint hint of coldness in his eyes.
"So Shen Gongzi is playing?"
Su Shi frowned and said, "The head of the imperial fu thinks I'm playing tricks on you?" ”
Huangfu Jie said coldly: "Since Shen Gongzi has never done business and dares to boast about Haikou, isn't this a joke?" ”
Su Shi suddenly sighed and said slowly: "Does the Imperial Master look like an idiot in front of me?" ”
Huangfu didn't answer him, because no matter how you look at Su Shi, he doesn't look like an idiot, although he behaves like an idiot a lot.
Huangfu Jie's expression remained unchanged, but the cold glow in his eyes had subsided, and he said lightly: "Shen Gongzi really has a way to make the Flower Pavilion become the first floor of the capital within three months?" ”
Su Shi replied dryly: "Yes." ”
"How?"
"Work with me."
"Cooperate with what?"
Su Shi smiled and said, "Naturally, it is a business of black plum soup in cooperation with me." ”
Huangfu Festival was silent for a long time before he said slowly: "I'm not here to listen to jokes. ”
Su Shi shook his head: "I'm not here to joke. ”
Huangfu Jie's eyes narrowed into a slit, and this slit was as sharp as a blade.
"You mean that as long as you cooperate with you in the business of black plum soup, the Flower Pavilion can become the first floor in the capital?"
Su Shi didn't care at all, but said lightly: "Is the head of the imperial fu interested in hearing my method now?" ”
"How?"
"How to use a bowl of black plum soup to make the Makka Pavilion the first floor of the capital."
After hearing this, Huangfu Jie was disappointed, and he found that if Su Shi was not an idiot, he must be a madman.
Because only an idiot or a madman would say such a nonsensical thing.
So he didn't want to listen to it anymore.
But he wasn't prepared to deal with Su Shi either, because no normal person would have to deal with an idiot or a madman.
However, he had already figured out how to punish Cuinong, and he would definitely make Cuinong miserable.
No one dared to take him for an idiot.
But if it weren't for Cuinong, how could he be sitting here facing an idiot like an idiot.
Although the change in Huangfu Festival's expression was very subtle, Su Shi captured it very keenly.
"You don't believe it?" Su Shi touched his nose and asked slowly.
"I don't want to hear jokes, and I don't want to hear myths."
A bowl of black plum soup can make the Makka Hall the first floor of the capital!
This sentence does seem like a myth, and such a bizarre thing cannot happen even in a mythological story.
Su Shi said unhurriedly: "Why didn't the emperor judge whether my words were myths after listening to my methods?" ”
Huangfu Jie said lightly: "If you leave now, I can treat you as if you haven't come." ”
Then his voice became as cold as ice: "If you want to continue, as long as I find out that you are playing tricks on me, I don't need to do anything with the Dongyuan Plasma Library, I can ask for your hand and an eye now." ”
"Then can the Imperial Master calm down and listen to my method now?"
Huangfu Jie glanced at Su Shi deeply and said, "Say." ”
Su Shi asked, "I don't know what the most expensive soup in the Flower Pavilion is?" How much does a cup cost? ”
"Hundred flowers in spring, one hundred in one cup."
Who knew that Su Shi shook his head and said, "As far as I know, the most expensive one doesn't seem to be a hundred Wen a cup." ”
"That must be Childe's mistake."
Huangfu knew everything about the Flower Pavilion, so he was sure that Su Shi was wrong.
"Really? I remember that the most expensive Baihuachun should be two or two cups. ”
Huangfu Jie's face changed slightly, but he had to admit Su Shi's words, because the most expensive Baihuachun was indeed two or two cups.
It's just that it's the height of summer.
The reason why Baihuachun in midsummer can be sold for two taels of silver is because it is filled with something that can kill summer - ice cubes.
When Baihuachun added ice cubes, its price rose from 100 wen to 2 taels, a full 20-fold increase.
But even so, the supply of chilled Baihuachun is still in short supply, and the Makkawakan can only be supplied for ten days at most, because the ice stored in winter can only be supplied for such a long time.
"What does Shen Gongzi want to express?"
Su Shi smiled: "I just want to ask the Huangfu principal, can a cup of Baihuachun be sold for two taels of silver after adding ice, and how much can a cup of black plum soup be sold for after adding ice?" ”