It was noon, and a ray of sunshine fell through the clouds.
The clouds have cleared, the snow has stopped, the sun is shining brightly, everything indicates that today will be a nice day.
The flow of people on the street has obviously increased, and the crowds and shouts have become a lot more lively. There was a faint fragrance of cooking wafting on the street. It seemed that the nearby restaurant had opened for business, and during this period, the waiter's voice could be heard greeting business.
The aroma of meat stir-fried in rich fat makes people feel irresistible.
"Hungry...gu..."
A sound of hunger came from Zhai Zhonglin. It must be the aroma of vegetables wafting from the street that unknowingly aroused the hunger in his stomach. Zhai Zhonglin, who was still communicating with Zhang Rui, seemed completely unaware.
A person who often lacks meat will feel hungry easily even if he has just eaten. Because the energy provided by starch such as rice noodles is far beyond that of meat fat. In order to obtain enough energy supply and demand, the body can only eat more rice to satisfy its hunger, so there is nothing wrong with eating one and a half meals more.
However, in this era of insufficient oil and water, the "Holy Ancestor" Ye Xiye said: People can't eat three meals a day, which is a waste of food. They should only eat two meals a day.
Therefore, the "Holy Ancestor" Nanxi Ye called on everyone to have two meals a day to save food. After all, the name of eating bran and drinking water is not for nothing, and he calls himself an emperor because he only eats two meals a day.
Of course, every meal he had had fish, meat, delicacies from the mountains and the sea, which cannot be used for comparison, because he was also an emperor after all. The pastries and tea served in the morning and evening do not count. Naturally, if he felt that he was "grateful", even going to the queen's concubine to have a meal or something would not count.
The people still agreed with Emperor Kangxi's statement. After all, it can "save" food, right? And the emperor only had "two meals" like us.
However, they prefer the lifestyle of the anti-bandit army as "anti-bandits".
Four meals a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner plus supper.
This is the first time for many people to hear the word "late night snack", but it does not affect their yearning at all.
Someone once suggested to Zhang Rui that the army should not be allowed to eat so "freely", as it would be a waste of military rations. If the people all follow suit, then they won’t all have to eat dirt in the future.
However, Zhang Rui, the king of Han, said: How can the sergeants have the strength to train if they are not well fed? How to kill the enemy if you don't train well? It would be even easier for the people to eat. How can you have the strength to work if you don't eat enough? How can we find more food if we don't do good work? This is a cause and effect cycle.
Zhang Rui has never been worried about military rations. Nowadays, in addition to constantly purchasing grain in Huguang and other places, the anti-bandit army also "bought" a lot of grain from major grain merchants and landlords.
What's important is that China's maritime trade, which used to be almost "without desires and demands", is now constantly purchasing grain at the request of Zhang Rui. Rice grains from Annan, Korea, Japan, even Luzon and even Tianzhu were constantly being unloaded at Guangzhou Port and Quanzhou Port, exchanging shiploads of tea, silk, porcelain, etc.
Unlike other rebels who like to plunder gold and silver and hide them as treasures, Zhang Rui understood the truth from the beginning. If the bandit-suppressing army is defeated, what's the use of hiding more gold and silver?
Therefore, for the anti-bandit army that has not yet carried out large-scale economic construction, the national treasury at this time is still full. Moreover, there is currently no large-scale outflow of gold and silver from China, and the amount of silver is quite sufficient.
While waiting for Taoist Yi Tian to arrive, Zhang Rui took the hungry Zhai Zhonglin, Zhai Xi and others to a nearby restaurant for dinner. After all, without modern communication tools, finding someone is not something that can be done in a short time.
Food is the most important thing for the people, and China has been a history of struggle around food for thousands of years. Our ancestors are obsessed with food, so what people care most about is eating?
Eating gives people a natural sense of relaxation, so the dinner table is often the best place for communication. This is why Chinese people discuss most important things at the dinner table.
While talking with Zhai Zhonglin, Zhang Rui felt that he was indeed a talent. Although he is young, his ideas and suggestions are all mature and steady. It is quite good for a young man to have a plan and not be radical.
"'Hao Zai Lai', this name is interesting." Zhang Rui looked at the name on the restaurant sign in front of him and said with a smile.
"Okay, let's just go to this one!" With that, Zhang Rui walked in.
The restaurant is divided into two floors, with the bottom floor covering an area of sixty or seventy square meters. There are more than twenty sets of Eight Immortals tables in the main hall, and the counter is placed on the left side of the door. Several waiters in the store were constantly shouting about serving food and paying the bill. The seats on the lower floor were almost full at this time. It seemed that the food in this restaurant was pretty good.
A waiter saw Zhang Rui, who was just wearing a plain cotton-padded coat, coming in from the door without thinking. He threw the towel on his shoulder and asked, "Is this guy here to eat? How many of you are there? ?”
"Eight people." Zhang Rui raised his hand and signaled to the waiter that the people following him were also together.
"Then young master, please go upstairs." The waiter with a smile on his face greeted Zhang Rui and others to go upstairs.
The space upstairs is not much smaller than that downstairs, but everyone who goes upstairs to eat takes up every seat. At this time, there happened to be two empty tables near the window. The waiter quickly cleared them up and invited Zhang Rui and others to sit down.
Everyone sat down separately, Zhang Rui, Zhai Zhonglin, Zhai Xi and Hu Qianhui sat at one table, and several other guards sat at the next table.
"I wonder what Young Master wants to order?" The waiter asked Zhang Rui after seeing the situation.
"Do you have any special food here?" Zhang Rui asked.
"Then young master, please listen carefully, our store has..." The waiter in the store announced a series of dish names in one breath.
Zhang Rui couldn't help but frowned when he heard the name of the dish reported by the waiter. Since the waiter in the restaurant habitually added a lot of Nanjing accent, Zhang Rui didn't understand what the dishes were.
Zhang Rui picked up the hot tea that had just been poured in front of him, took a sip and said: "Waiter, I didn't understand what you said about the dishes. Let's just order a few dishes and ask the kitchen to make them for me. Come on."
"Okay, sir, please tell me. As long as it's not too difficult to prepare, the kitchen can prepare it." The waiter agreed. He didn't dare to have a hint of disrespect in his tone. After all, you could tell by their accent that they were from outside the country, and they might even be members of the bandit-suppressing army, so naturally they didn't dare to offend them.
"It's not a difficult dish to prepare. Let's have a roasted chicken, a salted duck, a plate of braised pork, a piece of braised fish, and a plate of cabbage..." Zhang Rui reported one by one.
"Okay, sir, wait a moment. I'll go to the kitchen to order the food." The waiter replied cheerfully.
When the waiter went downstairs to order food, there was a sudden shouting and cursing outside the window, which aroused Hu Qianhui's vigilance.
