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"Is this wine? Or water? Is this drinkable?" Fang Er angrily knocked over the wine jar.
The restaurant owner's mouth twitched with distress, and he apologized with a smile on his face and said: "Sir, my conscience, this is indeed the best wine in our restaurant. If you don't believe me, you can go out and ask around. But on this street, if there is anything better than our wine, , all the expenses you and your friends spent today will be considered as the store’s expenses.”
"Bah! Are you the only one who eats and drinks like this in this shop? You invited me here for nothing, why should I count the expense on you? Have you given me face? Let's go!" Fang Er got up and left.
The shopkeeper was so anxious that he grabbed hold of him, saying in his heart that I still have a task to do and I have to hold you back. "No, gentlemen, if you feel dissatisfied, please point it out. The shop is at your command. It's really not the case." I'm lying to you, our Tantu Restaurant is really the best restaurant in the city. Even if you go elsewhere, I'm afraid it's not as good as this restaurant."
Xiao Rui raised his eyebrows and said, "How about it, young master? Let me just tell you, what good food can there be in such a filthy little city?"
Li Junxian also tried to persuade him: "Yes, young master, probably what he said is true. How about we make do with this meal?"
At this moment, the master chef in the back kitchen rushed out with a kitchen knife and frying spoon, and shouted angrily: "Who? Who dares to say that the food I cook is not delicious? I learned from Zuixianlou in Chang'an City. If today If you don’t tell me something, I won’t recognize anyone with this kitchen knife.”
Let me go... is this guy the cook? Or a gangster? In this era of the Tang Dynasty, cooking was a lowly skill. Who would dare to be so arrogant to guests? Xiao Rui said, this is my first time meeting him.
The shopkeeper panicked and quickly stepped forward to block the intruder, "Da Tou, Da Tou, what are you doing? These are all distinguished guests. Can you afford to compensate for disturbing the distinguished guests?"
The cook was also a fool, and shouted: "I don't care whether he is a distinguished guest or not. How dare you find trouble with me, Luo Datou, on this street? Grandma! Let me tell you, grandpa, I am not easy to mess with either. Today, I won’t serve you anymore, you can eat wherever you like..."
Good guy, when he saw that the shopkeeper was an outsider, he immediately threw down his kitchen knife and frying spoon and quit working.
The shopkeeper was so anxious that he started to sweat, stamped his feet and cursed, "What the hell is this bastard doing at this time? Second shopkeeper, hurry up and stop me!"
Turning around, he quickly apologized and said, "Hey, sir, I'm really sorry for my lax discipline, and I bumped into a few of you..."
The second roommate slapped the table and said dissatisfiedly: "Shopkeeper, what do you mean? Who is he coming after? What's wrong? I come to your place to eat to give you face. Even a small cook dares to talk to me Are you being arrogant here?"
The shopkeeper apologized repeatedly, almost bending his waist to the table, "No, absolutely not, he is just a bastard cook, how dare he act like this?"
"You heard it just now. He is a guy who loves to cook. He heard about a very famous restaurant in the capital, so he traveled thousands of miles to learn how to cook. No, after he came back, his skills improved and his temper also followed. It’s rising.”
"But there's nothing I can do. The shop is a restaurant, selling wine and food, and relies on its delicious food to attract customers. He makes money with his craftsmanship, so I let him work in the kitchen on weekdays."
Li Junxian laughed and laughed: "Shopkeeper, we don't care how you discipline your servants, but today you bumped into our young master, hehe, tell me, how are you going to handle this matter?"
The shopkeeper slapped his forehead and said, "Come on, gentlemen, if you don't mind, just sit down and let me be the host of the shop today. How about I give you the best banquet in the shop as an apology? Of course, the situation is That's it, these are the only dishes we can get, so..."
Xiao Rui advised: "Sir, do you think it's okay?"
Fang Er reluctantly said: "That's all, let's just make do with it."
"Okay! Thank you Young Master and the two gentlemen for your compliments. Man, rearrange the table, hurry up, hurry up! You will serve these distinguished guests here." The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that today's meal would cost a lot of money. It doesn't matter whether you earn or not, the key is not to offend the few in front of you, you have to keep an eye on them and not run away.
Xiao Rui said mockingly: "Shopkeeper, tell me, after all, this Tanzhou City is a big city with a radius of several hundred miles, how come it doesn't even have a pot of decent wine? It's really a shame! You are here in Tanzhou. The restaurant is also known as the best in the city?"
"The food and wine you have here are just for a local bumpkin, but you can't deceive someone like our young master who has seen the world."
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "That's that, that's..."
"Sir, you don't know that the imperial court has always strictly prohibited the use of grains to make wine, so since ancient times, where has the wine come from among the people? At most, in ordinary times, they can get some wild fruits and brew some fruit wine privately. In previous years, the Chang'an Sanle Jue came to us Here, there are rare things, they have a price but no market.”
"Now, it's a little better than in the early years. I heard that the powerful people in Chang'an have switched to drinking new spirits, the kind that cost ten taels of silver a pot. Sanlejiang can also be delivered to our small place, so we here The best wine is the authentic Chang'an Sanlejiang I gave you just now."
What? Authentic Changan Sanlejiang?
I bother!
Fang Er has another attack. Young man Changan Sanlejiang has been drinking it since he was a child. Is this such a casual thing like you?
Xiao Rui persuaded him and helped him out: "Master, you grew up in fine clothes and fine food, and of course you drank the best Sanle juice. What authentic ones can they have here? It's just a false name at most, and it's probably adulterated. It’s water. So it’s useless to scold them.”
"Ahem...yes, thank you for your understanding. It's the shop's fault for poor hospitality."
Fang Er was dissatisfied and said: "Not only the wine, but also your food. I have tasted the authentic Chang'an Zuixianlou. Your chef was probably deceived. Is this the dish? Like I’m following other people’s practices, but I can’t even touch a hair on my head. I’m not even a disciple of Zuixian Tower, so how dare I say that I came from Zuixian Tower?”
The shopkeeper promised everyone would love it: "Don't worry, we will definitely change it. I will send someone to the capital tomorrow to hire a good cook at a high price."
Fang Er waved his hand and said: "That's your business, we will leave tomorrow. But, I like wine, you really don't have good wine? Do you have strong liquor like Chang'an? I am not short of money! San'er... …”
After giving Xiao Rui a signal, Xiao Rui took out a piece of silver worth ten taels.
The shopkeeper said: "Young Master, I dare not deceive you. We really don't have that kind of strong liquor..."
Before he finished speaking, Xiao Rui took out twelve taels again.
"Yes, there is, but we don't have it in our store. To be honest, in the entire Tanzhou City, only ten kilograms of spirits are shipped in a month. It's pricey but not marketable. It's not something ordinary people can afford. Even people like us I don’t even have the right to meet him in a restaurant. I asked people with status in the city to buy them for ten taels of gold a pound.”
What? ? ?
Fang Er was surprised and asked: "How much? In Chang'an, a pound of wine is sold for ten taels of silver. How much does it cost here? Ten taels of gold? Are the people in Tanzhou City so rich? How much difference does the person selling this wine have to make?"
As he said that, he looked at Xiao Rui. Xiao Rui said, "Why are you looking at me?" I don’t know either. The people below are specifically responsible for this matter.
