Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Exotic Fragrance Building
Banongka will no longer look at Mu Ruihan, but not to be outdone, instead turned his gaze to Duan Xing and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, your Prince's Mansion must not be completed yet, it is better to deign to go to the last general to rest for one night tonight, although the environment and facilities in the General Prince's camp are a little simpler, but there is no shortage of things that should be available, I don't know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants?"
When the fat man Taishou saw that Banongka was going to take Duan Xing away at night, he was anxious, and said directly: "General Bannonka, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has promised this official that he will live in the palace during the days when the prince's mansion is not completed, and the general will not have to worry about it anymore." What's more, the general's place is a military camp after all, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince grew up in the palace since he was a child, how can he stand your place, or stay in the palace, and the official will arrange a few maids to wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take a bath and sleep at night. In the barracks, except for the rough man, who can serve the prince, if the prince is punished, and when Bixia blames him, the general can take responsibility?"
Banongka was immediately choked by Mu Ruihan's words, but Duan Xing came out to relieve the siege and said: "Anyway, it will take a while for the prince's mansion to be completed, so it is better for this king to go to General Banonka's military camp tonight to have a look and understand the soldiers led by General Banunka, so that this king will no longer worry about his safety." After saying that, there was a burst of hahadaxiao.
When the prince spoke, Banonka was smiling, followed by hahadaxiao, and promised repeatedly: "No problem, no problem!"
Although the fat man Taishou also laughed, he just smiled a little reluctantly.
"Exotic Piaoxiang Building" has a total of three floors of attic, and the drinks on the first floor are cheap, so basically ordinary people can come to eat. On the second floor, there are a few private rooms, each with a small wooden sign on it, and the signs are written with the names of several cities in the two countries of Cochin and Chenla, and even the names of two cities in Bagan and one city in Tianzhu. The entire second floor is meant to be "out of town". Up to the second floor, those with money can also try it. Although the price is a little expensive, according to the consumption level of Dingnan Mansion, that is, the middle and upper level, some small families can spend a festival and invite a guest.
It's even more remarkable on the third floor. There are only four particularly large private rooms, and each one is not the name of the city, but simply the name of the four countries. The high consumption on the third floor is staggering. If ordinary people consume according to twenty taels of silver a year, then a casual and ordinary table banquet on the third floor will cost two thousand taels of silver, and the people who come here to consume are either the wealthy families of Dingnan Mansion or the royal nobles of Jiaozhi and Zhenla.
Dare to ask for so much silver, the third floor of the "Exotic Fragrance Building" naturally has its own uniqueness. First of all, each of the four rooms has its own characteristics, and the decoration of each room is the most famous architect of the four countries, and the decoration style is completely modeled after the royal palaces of various countries.
Secondly, the decoration of the house is extremely luxurious, and the items used in the house are of great value. The floor of the private room is covered with processed crocodile skin, and the utensils are all made of ivory, coral, pearls and other items. The lighting is all deep-sea night pearls, and the cushions and backs are all precious furs such as tiger skins and leopard skins. For example, something like gold and silver is so cheesy that it simply covers the aisle floor on the third floor. This is not the end of the story, each room also arranges beautiful women from different countries to act as maids, responsible for serving dishes, pouring wine, and singing small songs for guests. Of course, if you have a lot of money, you can also do something with these beautiful maids at night, such as some non-spiritual, purely physical primitive interactions. And these maids are not the same for decades. Every three months, the restaurant will be replaced with another group of waitresses, and the waitresses who are replaced are also carefully selected from those four countries.
Not to mention what to eat, in one sentence it can be summed up: "Only you can't think of it, you can't eat without you." According to the words of the boss of the "Exotic Fragrance Building", the cost of buying and selling and transporting maids back and forth with me is an astronomical amount, not counting food, and a meal only costs 2.3 thousand taels of silver.
Even if the consumption is so expensive, there are always guests on the third floor of the "Exotic Fragrance Building" every night, and if nothing else, it is just to save face.
The private room on the third floor, "Tianzhu Kingdom".
In the past, if you want to go to the third floor of the "Exotic Fragrance Building", you need to make an appointment in advance. Because all the guests who can afford to go up to the third floor to consume are either rich or expensive, if they find that there is no place after coming and get angry, and then blame the hotel owner, it will be more than worth the loss for the hotel. Among the private rooms named after four countries on the third floor, the "Tianzhu Kingdom" is the most luxurious. Originally, today, the "Tianzhu Kingdom" has been booked by the eldest young master of the Sen family. But Lord Taishou personally spoke, to entertain distinguished guests, the boss of the "Exotic Fragrance Building" had no choice but to send someone to explain to the Sen family, and then regardless of whether the eldest young master of the Sen family agreed or not, he directly gave the room to the Taishou, in the balance of the balance between the Taishou and a family, the boss of the "Exotic Fragrance Building" was obviously more inclined to the Taishou.
"Come on, let's toast His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a cup, congratulate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on his successful arrival in Dingnan Mansion, and wash away the dust all the way for His Royal Highness the Prince. The fat man raised the luminous cup in his hand with a smile, stood up and said. The blood-red wine in the glass rippled, swaying round and round ripples.
Duan Xing looked at the glow-in-the-dark glass of grape wine in his hand, and a strange feeling appeared in his heart: "This grade, this feeling, if it weren't for my personal experience, it would be hard to imagine that a border mansion could have such a high-end restaurant." This boss is not only courageous, but also a very capable person. I even know how to analyze the hearts of the guests, take the high-end and atmospheric route, I don't know if I can recruit him to the command, so that he will be responsible for making money for himself in the future. ”
Duan Xing thought about it in his heart, but a noble smile still appeared on his face. He also picked up the cup and said: "Thank you Lord Mu and General Banongka for their hospitality, this king thinks that it is really a great joy in this king's life to be able to come to Dingnan Mansion, come, let us drink the wine in the cup!" After speaking, Duan Xing raised his head and drank all the wine in the cup, and the others also dried up the wine in the cup.
The five maids standing next to them maintained professional smiles on their faces, and when they saw that everyone had empty cups, they hurriedly stepped forward to pour wine for everyone. But in his heart, he despised and said: "This wine makes you drink like a cow chewing peonies, what a waste." Just that glass of wine was sold for ten taels of silver in the "Exotic Fragrance Building".
As soon as the wine was full, General Banunka picked up his glass and said, "The last general is willing to fully cooperate with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's mission of this southern expedition, and at the same time wish His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a smooth southern expedition and establish an immortal cause." ”
Duan Xing replied with a smile: "With General Banonka's words, this king can be regarded as a big stone in his heart, and he can sit back and relax in the next three years." The crowd toasted again.
As soon as Duan Xing dropped the cup, he immediately picked up a piece of deep-sea shark fin and put it on Duan Xing's plate and said: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you try this dish, this shark fin is the signature dish of the "Exotic Fragrance Building", and it is difficult to eat it in our place, I believe you have never tasted it in the north."
Duan Xing took a bite, only felt that the taste was delicious, fragrant and glutinous, and the taste was excellent, so he couldn't help but taste it, and asked at the exit: "How did this shark fin come about?" The fat man Taishou only paused for a second, and Zheng Yuan, who was sitting at the head of the fat man, hurriedly picked up and said: "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, it is said that this material was transported from Zhenla, and the details of the inside have to be asked by the owner of this restaurant to know." I heard that many things were obtained by the restaurant owner himself. ”
After listening to Zheng Yuan's explanation, Duan Xing was even more curious about the boss of the "Exotic Piaoxiang Building", and secretly made up his mind that if he couldn't win this boss within three years, when he returned to the Central Plains, he would tie this person to his chariot even if he was tied up.
After the two bosses finished toasting, the deputies they each brought took turns to toast the prince, one was Zheng Yuan, the former Dingnan Governor, and the other was Chi Tenggang, the deputy general of General Banunka. There are a total of five people, with the end of the first round, everyone is staggered, plus the beautiful woman with the style of Tianzhu country next to her keeps singing a little song and dancing a Tianzhu dance, and the surface atmosphere of the banquet is very warm. It's just that everyone has their own calculations in their hearts, but they can't see it on their faces.