At the time of application, Xu Jing, a clerk, came in with a smile and reported that it was his colleagues from the Jiang Patrol Office who chipped in money to support Shangguan.
Yang Anxuan sighed secretly, for five thousand years, eating and drinking at this wine table is the easiest way to increase feelings, and banquets are a good place to please your boss.
Although the banquet table is mostly filled with fair-weather friends, after all, fair-weather friends can be classified as a type of friends. Even though you are a superior officer, you must have a good relationship with your subordinates.
Thinking of the tattered sleeves of those arresters, Yang Anxuan couldn't bear to ask them to pay, and said with a smile: "You are here for the first time, and I still need the help of all my colleagues. I will let Yu Lai treat everyone to this drink."
At the end of the application, Yang Anxuan made a special trip to invite Ying Hao, but Ying Hao declined with a smile. This was a private banquet at the Jiang Patrol Station, and it was not good for him to steal Yang Anxuan's limelight.
Yihe Town is located along the river, about two miles long. The rammed earth street can accommodate five oxcarts running abreast. The side near the water is mostly shops, and the inner side of the street is mostly restaurants and tea shops. Of course, brothels are inevitable.
It's just that after Emperor Xiaowu's death, dancing and music were banned, the door of the prostitute building was closed, and the red lanterns swayed feebly in the wind. I wonder if the prostitutes in the building left or continued to make a living secretly?
Not far away, Yang Anxuan saw red silk fluttering in front of him, and the word "face" was swaggering in front of him, but it was not his own business.
Half a month after the Jiankang noodle shop opened, Zhang Feng reported to himself that there were several more noodle shops in Jiankang City, and their lavishness, furnishings and even signboards were similar to his own noodle shop.
There are no patents these days. Yang Anxuan had long expected that someone would copy the noodle shop after seeing its booming business.
I asked Zhang Feng to go to those counterfeit noodle shops to have a taste. Zhang Feng replied that the taste of steamed buns and vegetable buns are almost the same, and the unit prices are the same, but buying two can be a penny cheaper. There are many people buying them. It seems that these counterfeit noodle shops have also mastered it. Dough-rising technology.
In fact, the technology of making noodles has already appeared, and there are recorded documents and books in the Han Dynasty. However, these technologies are in the hands of high-ranking families and have become the privileges enjoyed by high-ranking families. I wonder which family or families are behind the counterfeit noodle restaurants?
Yang Anxuan showed a sarcastic smile. He guessed that when the wealthy family saw that the noodle shop was doing well, they had no choice but to send people out to do business half-heartedly to make money.
Zhang Feng commented that the buns in counterfeit noodle restaurants are not as delicious as his own, so the price of the meat buns is cheaper than in his own noodle shop, only four yuan or four and a half yuan.
The meat buns look simple with green onions and meat filling. In fact, the starting material is front leg meat. Chop it finely and add an appropriate amount of salt, sugar and ginger water to remove the fishy smell and marinate it. It tastes fresh and juicy.
As for Yangchun noodles, they probably lack the step of cooling and lack the chewy texture. As for spicy oil noodles, some noodle shops simply change them to various meat noodles, and there are also imitation spicy oil noodles, so the taste is naturally not as good as their own.
Yang Anxuan's main purpose of opening a noodle shop is not to make money, but to control the daily sales. As long as the business of his own noodle shop is not affected, Yang Anxuan doesn't take it seriously. It can distract the attention of others, which may be a good thing.
The appearance of food, poetry, and drama in life invisibly soothed Yang Anxuan's lonely soul and made him feel that there was still some connection with his previous life.
Only with competition can progress be achieved. Yang Anxuan knows that for things with low technical content such as cold water noodles and chili oil, people who are willing to try a few times will eventually crack them.
Speaking of which, the first two noodle shops in Tangyi opened on July 28th, the fourth day of the first lunar month, and four opened in Jiankang. Now it is only October 27th, and there are seven or eight counterfeit noodle shops that I know of. Unexpectedly, there is also a counterfeit noodle shop in Yihe Town, which is close to Jingkou.
The pancakes, fried dough sticks, and slightly technical rice noodles, soup dumplings, etc. that I have prepared for the noodle shop in the future will eventually be counterfeited as soon as they are launched. For noodle restaurants, in order to remain invincible in the competition, they need to have technical products that cannot be copied by others.
The taste of food depends on condiments. The most commonly used condiment in the past life was MSG. MSG cannot be extracted by hand, but there are still many things used to season it.
Nowadays, the broth made from bones and soup is used as seasoning in restaurants, which is easy to be copied. Yang Anxuan vaguely remembers that dried shrimp skin, seaweed, seaweed and even soybean paste can be used to make condiments.
But he didn't have time to experiment, so Yang Anxuan was going to write a letter to the two girls in Baling and ask them to tinker with it.
It has been nearly half a year since the Yang family went to Baling. His father wrote in a letter saying that the family had purchased 2,000 acres of farmland, 1,000 acres of tea mountains, hundreds of hectares of mountains and swamps, and several shops there.
Most of the people of the Baling tribe were happy to be able to take root in the Baling tribe. The elders even wrote to Hongnong's hometown, asking the tribesmen from their hometown to move here as appropriate.
In the name of hiring tenants, my father recruited more than 220 tribesmen. During this period, he stepped up training and prepared to select the best to add to the clan army.
Yang Anxuan read his father's depression from the letter. He had been idle for more than half a year. Now that Emperor Xiaowu has passed away, his father is a little anxious. The new emperor is a fool and he doesn't know whether his father can be used by the new emperor.
I wrote back a letter to my father last night, asking him to wait a little longer. If I remember correctly, next year Wang Gong will raise an army to clear the emperor's side, and his father should already be in Jingzhou.
Xu Jing followed Yang Anxuan and carefully observed his expression.
Seeing Yang Anxuan's steps slowing down and looking at the "noodle" flag in trance, Xu Jing smiled and said: "Yang Jishi, this noodle restaurant is a craftsmanship from the capital. The Yangchun noodles, various meat noodles, steamed buns, and steamed buns are really delicious. Yes, let me ask Yang Jishi to try it someday."
Yang Anxuan smiled, it was true that people couldn't tell the difference between fake and true with the same pretense. It seemed that he took the time to add some marks on the pretense to show the difference.
Thinking of the Granny Wang cakes and Mama Li candy that Qiu'er bought, these reputations are the difference from other businesses. Why would you choose Brother Yang's noodle shop as your own sign?
Under the attentive guidance of Xu Jing, we entered the riverside restaurant. Wangjiang Tower is three stories high. When the shopkeeper heard that officials from the Jiang Patrol Office were having a banquet here, he cleared the entire third floor to welcome these senior officials.
During the period of keeping the rule, there was no fresh pork and mutton, but fish and shrimps were indispensable along the river. With dried meat and cured meats, more than a dozen plates of dishes filled the table.
Yang Anxuan took out two taels of gold and threw it to the shopkeeper, saying, "If you have any good wine, just bring it up. If you don't have enough money, ask for it."
The shopkeeper was originally worried that these old men would be disturbed by the autumn wind, but when he saw Jin Zi, he immediately saluted with a smile and went downstairs to make arrangements.
After a while, the waiter went upstairs with five jars of wine and opened the seal. The aroma overflowed, and many people sniffed and praised the wine, salivating.
Xu Jing pointed at the shopkeeper and laughed and scolded: "Well, Mr. Sun, I often come to your place for dinner, and I have never seen you take out this wine. Today I met Yang Jishi, but you took out the good stuff from the bottom of the box."
Shopkeeper Sun smiled and said, "Master Xu, I just bought these jars of wine from merchants in the north yesterday. They are fine Dukang wine. Yang Jishi is a lucky man. He happened to catch up. How dare you hide your secrets?" , a total of five altars were brought out to pay homage."
With a smile on his face and a sneer in his heart, Xu often ate in the store and asked for cards. This Dukang wine was expensive. If he found out, the business for several days would be in vain.
After the wine was poured, Yang Anxuan said a few words, raised his glass and drank with everyone, so that everyone could eat and drink well.
There are six officers and eighteen catchers in the river patrol station. Together with Yang Anxuan and Liu Zhong, there are twenty-six people in total. One clerk and two catchers were left behind while the others came.
The main purpose of toasting is to impress the superiors. Starting from Yu Yi, everyone stepped forward to toast one by one. Yang Anxuan drank lightly and responded with airs. After finishing a round of drinking, the bottom of the glass of wine was still left, reserved.
Liu Zhong was different. He drank until the glass was dry, and laughed loudly with everyone. After a while, he yelled and punched, and the catchers gathered around him.
Yang Anxuan looked at the people in front of him calmly.
After drinking, Liu Zhong acted like a wild man, chatting and laughing with everyone, but in fact he was drunk and his mind was clear; Yu Yiqian put down his cup when he was drinking, and concentrated on eating food, being cautious; Xu Jing held the cup and laughed and laughed happily; there were five or six people who didn't know who they were. Although he doesn't like drinking, he is still cautious by nature, so he only takes a sip when his companions come.
There are also a few who are like hungry ghosts in wine, drinking a lot of wine after just one stick of incense. Du Kang was so drunk that he saw them staggering on their feet and unable to sit still, and they were still drinking wine desperately; some of them drank by themselves, as if no one else was around; others were toasting with cups in hand, talking and laughing loudly...
Halfway through the wine, there was a "thump, thump, thump" sound from the stairs, and a man ran up to Yang Anxuan and reported, "Envoy Yang, someone just reported to the official that there are thieves robbing a ship ten miles east of the river."
Yu Yi stood up suddenly and asked: "How many thieves were there, what ship was robbed, and when was the ship robbed?"
Yang Anxuan secretly laughed in his heart, as Capt. Yu had not yet completely emerged from his role as an envoy to arrest thieves.
The catcher was obviously used to reporting to Yu Yi, and said: "The person who reported the report was a merchant ship passing by. What was robbed was a large merchant ship. The thieves sent out three fishing boats with about thirty or forty people. According to the report, the catcher People said that when we passed by, the sailboat was still guarding and the thieves had not yet boarded the ship. By calculation, half an hour had passed."
"Brothers, stop drinking, you are still alive." Yu Yi shouted to everyone.
Seeing everyone's strange looks, Yu Yi realized that he was no longer an agent for catching thieves. He quickly turned around and saluted Yang Anxuan and said, "It's a humble position, but Yang Ji will forgive me."
Yang Anxuan smiled and waved his hands, stood up and said, "Nothing."
Looking at the people staggering around in the restaurant, Yang Anxuan said: "Drunk people should not go into battle. I will pick a few sober ones, and I will go out with you to fight."
Liu Zhong was a little drunk and stood up crookedly and said: "An Xuan, Yu wants to go with you."
Yang Anxuan said: "Brother Liu, the waves on the river are big. You are a bit drunk and your footing is unstable. What if you fall off the boat? You can sit in the Yazhong this time."
Liu Zhong clenched his fist regretfully and waved it in the air, sighing: "Drinking is a waste of time."
Seeing that Yang Anxuan was resolute and wanted to try Yang Jishi's skills, Yu Yi didn't persuade him much and took the seven sober arresters downstairs with Yang Anxuan. Together with the two people who stayed behind, there were eleven people in total.
Yang Anxuan first went back to his residence to get the Qingyun Bow, and then followed Yu Yi to the back of the Yamen. Behind the Yamen is the river bank, with a pier built with bluestones and several official ships tied to the pier.
At the beginning of Xu, the moonlight was hazy and the river wind was biting. A two-foot-long boat undulated slightly with the wind and waves.
After setting up the gangplank, the catcher who boarded the ship first was busy hoisting the sail, and someone set up a flag on the bow.
The west wind is strong, the flags are flying, and the big Jin characters are fluttering in the wind.
Yang Anxuan held the Qingyun Bow and boarded the ship with steady steps. Yu Yi, who was following him, put down snacks. Yang Jishi's steps were very steady and he should be a martial arts practitioner.
After asking Yang Anxuan for instructions, Yu Yi ordered the ship to sail. In addition to the catcher, the boat was equipped with twelve sailors. The boatmen shook the pole, and the boat turned around easily and sailed eastward along the current.
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