August 18 is the fifth day of free hospitality for guests in Huixian Tower. At the end of the unitary period, the invited officials of the Si Nong Division, the officials of the royal palace, the staff and their families have arrived at the Huixian Tower one after another.

At this time, it was the peak of dining, but due to the previous notice, the tables on the first floor have been cleared one after another.

Before the time arrived, the turntable on the first floor was already empty, and the dishes were re-arranged. The platform was cleared, and a group of officials rushed to sit up.

The turntable can seat forty-six people, and there are only about a dozen officials of the Department of Agriculture who have grades and no grades, plus the officials of the royal palace, the staff and the guards, and the whole turntable is full.

There are also 28 card seats on the first floor, named after the 28 stars, and the officials and their families who can't grab the paper turntable can sit full.

On the performance stage on the first floor, the singing is melodious and the dancing is dancing, and the guests can't take their eyes off it.

"Our position is the best, watching the show, the neck is not tired."

Chang Zhi took Jiang Xuyang's three children, as well as Si Nongsi, the children of the royal palace and other officials and bureaucrats, sat on the railing on the second floor, ate delicious food by the railing, and watched the show.

Dad said that today he is the little master of the palace and is responsible for entertaining the little guests. As long as walking on the railing on the second floor, one table at a time to take care of the little guests......

"Don't go out, be careful of falling...... If you don't have enough food or need to shake the bell on the table, the guy will come......"

Explain table by table, glance at the lobby on the first floor from time to time, and see that my father and mother were entertaining guests, I immediately straightened my back, he must have entertained these little guests for my father and mother.

"Brother Changyu, you also come to sit, I heard that there will be a hundred plays for children to watch! You sit with us! Jiang Xuyang's youngest son, Boyuan, beckoned desperately to Changzhi.

"Okay, here we go." As long as he responded, he said a few words to the little guests at the table, and took care of them from time to time.

Today he met a lot of children, some older than him and some younger than him.

The older brothers and sisters should have been explained by the family, and they will help take care of the younger brothers and sisters, and the younger children also listen to these brothers and sisters, and they can sit and eat obediently without being served, watch performances, and watch them very happily.

"Changyu, go eat, I'll watch." Yao Yongyi's eldest grandson, Yao Jia, said to Changzhi in a warm voice.

Before coming today, my grandfather had already told him to help take care of the children of the officials of the Department of Agriculture.

Grandfather is the largest official of the Si Nong Division, usually the following officials often bring the family to the door, these children he knows, with Chang Yu introduced, see Chang Yu is very mastery, I like the princess this nephew very much, seeing that he can't take care of eating, he hurriedly persuaded him.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Jiabai." Chang Yu thanked him and sat down on Jiang Boyuan's brother's table.

Downstairs, Zhao Guangyuan and Lin Zhaoxia were also entertaining the guests who came today.

Zhao Guangyuan sat on the rotary table, pushing cups and changing lamps with the guests, and Lin Zhaoxia wandered between the booths and got to know the ladies of each family.

Yao Yongyi's wife Wei took her to know Si Nongsi's family, and on the side of the prince's subordinate officials, Jiang Wentao, the highest civil official, did not get married, and Fang Er, the highest military attaché, did not get married, and neither of them had any family members. was led by Zhang Zuo's wife, Zhou, to meet people.

"Thank you for the invitation, but it opened our eyes."

This dish that has never been eaten before, hot, cold, fried, fried, fried, stewed, grilled, boiled, stewed, steamed...... There are also all kinds of beautiful soups, all kinds of staple snacks, drinks, and fruit wine suitable for women, which is really an eye-opener.

There are also songs and dances on this stage, folk operas, this is really pleasing to the eye, no wonder everyone said that they were reluctant to leave when they entered the Huixian Building.

"You can come to cheer, the prince and I are very happy."

A group of family members, King Yue also went to the banquet when he got married, but most people here have never had the opportunity to see Princess Yue, and when I saw her today, I liked her so kindly and close to the people.

Si Nong Si and some of the female dependents of the official family in the royal palace still have the opportunity to enter and leave the banquet of the official eunuch's family, but there is no female dependent of the high-grade staff family, so how can they usually meet the nobles.

Seeing that King Yue and Princess Yue treated them so politely, they couldn't wait to give up their lives to repay them.

"Princess, this dish is really well done, this is a drawing, vivid, just looking at the picture, I want to eat, I want to eat everything. I'm so full just looking at this menu that I can't wait to take it back. ”

"Then don't eat it, and take it back." The person sitting next to him joked.

In his heart, he secretly praised the ingenuity of the king. In the past, when I went to the restaurant to eat, even if there was a clever guy who reported the name of the dish, I couldn't remember a few after a long list, and every time I let them go upstairs to the signature dish. Now that they have such a cookbook in hand, they can flip through it by themselves and order whatever they want.

If you are illiterate, just look at the picture. And by looking at the name of the dish and the picture, you can know what it is made of, and you can avoid the food you don't like.

It's really good.

Lin Zhaoxia said with a smile: "Hey, what's this, it's the same as if we invite the garment shops and jewelry shops outside to invite them to the door, don't they also come to the door with a picture album?" The prince was too idle before, and he liked to ponder, so he finally opened a restaurant, and he liked to get something different from others. ”

Many guests like this menu very much, I heard the guy say, the menu in the private room was often lost, the famous paintings, vases, glasses, plates and saucers hanging in the private room were not lost, that is, the menu was lost every day.

The people who came were all distinguished guests, and it was not easy to search them. There are also many people who want to spend money to buy it back. gave Zhao Guangyuan and her, so that Lin Zhaoxia couldn't cry or laugh.

Fortunately, there are a lot of poor students in the library, and they are invited to draw the menu, and Zhao Guangyuan gives a lot of wages, and it is not difficult to draw a few dishes.

"The princess is not afraid that someone will look at this menu and learn the dishes in the restaurant?"

It's certain that someone will steal it. But she and Zhao Guangyuan were not worried at all. One is that these dishes will change frequently, one of the eight major cuisines will come out every month, and there are dozens and hundreds of dishes in one cuisine, and they will not be the same for a year.

The second is that they have a secret weapon.

With so many kinds of spices in modern times, it is not possible to make dishes with the same taste by learning the dishes.

The workshop that makes these seasonings is far away in Qingzhou, and Zhao Guangyuan only wants to supply his own restaurant for the time being, and has no plans to sell them to the outside world.

Lin Zhaoxia smiled and shook his head, "The prince and I might as well learn from others, if the people of the capital can eat such delicious dishes, the prince and I will also be happy in our hearts." ”

Everyone praised one after another, "The prince and princess are generous." ”

The guests in the Huixian Building here are happy, and in the welcome building diagonally opposite, King Chu, who looks at the business is not as good as before, has a secret hatred in his heart.

Since he went to Huixian Mansion to eat once, the king of Chu was worried about the business of his restaurant.

Seeing the third brother looking in the direction of Huixian Tower through the windowsill, King Chu was angry, "I don't know where the chef invited from that guy can think of so many dishes." ”

Even if their chef imitated it in the past few days, he still couldn't make the taste of Huixian Lou.

The king of Chu could almost predict that the business of the Yingbin Building would shrink significantly.

Although the flowing water of this welcome building is not the most profitable industry for the brothers, because it is located on Jingshiwang Street, the business has been ranked first for so many years with their backstage and the chefs and imperial chefs who have been poached from everywhere.

The dignitaries and nobles in the capital fell in love with their welcome building, and therefore let them get a lot of news and intelligence, and it was the best place to make friends and talk to the powerful in private.

"Third brother, do you want to send someone to contact the chef over there?"

King Qin withdrew his gaze from the window and said lightly, "Do you think it's the chef's problem?" ”

In their welcome building, half of the chefs are retired imperial chefs from the palace, and their skills are not as good as those over there? In just a few days, just based on the pictures on the menu over there, their chef imitated the dish. But the taste is different from that over there.

"Third brother, do you suspect that something special has been added to the dish over there?"

King Qin didn't speak, but the meaning was obvious. King Yue must have something in his hand to add color and flavor to the dishes.

"Then I'll have someone go to the back kitchen over there?"

King Qin was silent for a long time and nodded, "Let people be careful, Lao Qi will not be unprepared." ”

Only after mortgaging the palace did he borrow 300,000 taels of silver, and he finally opened such an industry that could make money immediately, no matter how stupid the seventh child was, he would not be unguarded.

"Third brother, don't worry, I will let the people below be careful."

The more than 20 good men sent to spy on the Yue Wangfu went out overnight and never came back, and the king of Chu was also jealous of Zhao Guangyuan.

"It will be officially open tomorrow, and these days it has whetted the appetite of the people in the capital, and it is estimated that customers will flock to it tomorrow."

If the Huixian Building is allowed to take the lead, it will be more and more unfavorable to their Welcome Building. "Something has to be done."

King Qin glanced at him, didn't say anything to stop him, and let the fourth child use some means, so that the seventh child felt that it was easy to open a restaurant to make money, "Don't expose it." ”

"Third brother, don't worry." The king of Chu responded and went down to prepare.

On the other side, in the Huixian Building, the guests and hosts were happy, and they all ate a round belly. The adults are still able to restrain themselves, but the children are reluctant to leave, their eyes are glued to the performing arts stage, and there are programs that are coming out one by one today, and there are programs specially for them, but they still want to watch it.

The parents took their children's hands, looked ashamed, and whispered, "I'll bring you here next time." ”

"Not lying?"

"I kid you not."

Lin Zhaoxia stood at the door and watched it funny, ordered someone to send the gift, and Changzhi stood at the door to give the guests a gift.

"Brother Changyu, what is this?"

"It's a gift in return for you."

The women were given a set of glasses and a gift box of drinks. A piece of wine and a piece of liquor, all in glass bottles, packed in wooden boxes, very high-end.

The child was given a clay pottery fired Huixianlou hand companion, packed in a small box with a small lock on it. Not to mention the contents inside, even this box is worth collecting.

The box contains a paper-shaped table with a huisenlou, a model of the kaisenlou, kabuki, and clay pottery made from the signature dish of the kaisenlou, which is made as if it were the real thing, and makes people want to take a bite. What's even more strange is that each child gets a different souvenir.

"It's a set, twenty-eight." Long to explain.

"Wow, I want them all!" Xiao Boyuan saw that what his brother and sister got was different from his, so he almost grabbed it, "Brother Changyu, how can I get everything?" ”

"Every time I come to dinner, I will give the children souvenirs and give such a fairy building...... Well, cultural and creative products, you can collect them after eating them about twenty-eight times. ”

Wow! Xiao Boyuan immediately went to pull his little uncle's hand, "Little uncle, next time I will bring Boyuan to dinner!" ”

Jiang Wentao couldn't cry or laugh. The prince's trick is too bad, it's too bad, and he wants to make money. Even children are lied. It's said to be a set of twenty-eight, but how can you get it differently every time?

The souvenirs are packed in the box, they are all sent randomly, and King Yue said that it is the same as opening a blind box, and you can collect a set after eating twenty-eight times? Fool the kids.

was pestered by Xiao Boyuan, and nodded helplessly, "Okay, I'll bring you next time." That's what made him happy.

The guests who got the souvenirs were very happy, but when they saw the child open the gift, and then listened to this explanation, they looked at the King Yue and the princess with different eyes.

What a thief, he actually came up with such a way to attract guests, this family with a little wealth and wealth in the capital, which one does not love children, and is entangled by children, I am afraid that they will have to come several times.

Everyone can already have a premonition of the scene where the immortals will come.

Zhao Guangyuan was silent at the teasing gaze of his subordinates. only raised his eyebrows at Jiang Wentao, this set only has twenty-eight cultural and creative products, and if he wants to say it, he has to engage in fifty-eight, eighty-eight.

If you knead each dish into clay pottery and make it into a souvenir of the fairy building, I am afraid that you will hook the guests to come to the door every day.

Hmph, this set is only twenty-eight, just try the water.

The guests came and returned with great interest.

The five-day free banquet for Huixian Lou to give back to the wedding guests has also ended, and it will officially open for business tomorrow.

Zhao Guangyuan is very confident, on the one hand, he has publicized the restaurant in the past five days, and on the other hand, he has given back to the wedding guests.

The people of the capital have great curiosity about the table that Huixianlou will move by itself, and there is an endless stream of people who come to inquire every day, if it weren't for the guests who only entertain the post, the Huixianlou would have been crowded by the guests who wanted to try it.

After the guests dispersed, the restaurant closed, Zhao Guangyuan invited the shopkeeper to discuss many matters after the opening tomorrow, and summarized the situation of the trial operation in the past few days.

The tired and paralyzed guys have been paid for a month in the past few days, and everyone excitedly thanked the prince.

"The restaurant has lost a lot of menus in the past few days, but I am afraid that competitors are already studying our dishes, and the dishes, hygiene, and quality of the dishes in the kitchen must be checked well, and there is no room for loss."

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, and the big shopkeeper Jiang Li, carrying a twelve-point spirit, "Don't worry, the prince has arranged everything." He glanced at Zhao Guangyuan and nodded almost invisibly.

The menus lost by the restaurant are connived at by the prince, otherwise where can others steal them.

After the official opening tomorrow, when the guests finish their orders, the guy will come in and take the menu away, and will not stay in the private room.

As for the spices used in the kitchen, the places where they are stored are guarded, and they can't be stolen, and the amount in the kitchen is only one or two days, and it won't be a matter if they are all stolen.

But the hygiene of the dishes and many other things, you still have to send someone to keep an eye on it, and when the time comes, it will be quite disgusting to get a dead person or something.

The restaurant was properly arranged, and Zhao Guangyuan returned to the palace with his wife and children.

And the guests who came to Huixianlou for dinner today got the souvenirs and that set of cultural and creative gifts from Huixianlou, and the news immediately spread out.