Just when Duan Wenjun was surprised, Lou Loulou smiled slightly: "Second senior brother, you are serious! Compared with the senior brothers of Yujianmen, who are responsible for eliminating violence and maintaining stability in the world, the things I do below are not worth mentioning."
After saying that, he turned to look at Duan Wenjun and said, "Compared with Mr. Duan's twenty-two words of mantra for studying, and compared with Mr. Duan's national policy of carrots and sticks, the things I do below are even less worth mentioning."
"Young Master Lou is serious. Mr. Lou has chased spies for thousands of miles. Dashun is a household name. Wenjun admires him very much!" Duan Wenjun hurriedly replied with fists in his hands.
"Okay, don't be so modest as to be modest. Everyone here is a talented person, they are all brothers." Chai Jingyun laughed, interrupted Duan Wenjun and said, "Everyone, hurry up and sit down, this dish is almost cold. Wenjun, Try it, how does the food prepared by my chef compare with that of your Duan Family Restaurant?"
Chai Jingyun led everyone to the table, first picked up a piece of braised beef and put it into Duan Wenjun's bowl.
Duan Wenjun thanked him, picked it up and took a bite, and was stunned.
This taste is actually marinated with aniseed.
It tastes very similar to the braised beef at Duanjia Restaurant...
The chef at Prince Rui's Mansion actually made braised beef that tasted similar to the Duan Family Restaurant.
In other words, it has only been less than two months, and the dishes at Duanjia Restaurant are no longer unique.
This had to shock Duan Wenjun.
In fact, he has been mentally prepared. Sooner or later, the practice of using aniseed ingredients to marinate dishes will be discovered and copied.
However, he thought it would be at least a year and a half later.
I didn't expect that in just two months, Prince Rui's Mansion would be able to achieve such a similar taste.
Seeing Duan Wenjun's shocked look, Chai Jingyun burst out laughing, "It seems that Chef Zhang is not bragging. The taste is really similar to the taste of your Duan's Restaurant? It's not in vain that he has been eating at your Duan's Restaurant for half a year." ! But, Brother Duan, the food and drinks at your Duan Family Restaurant are really expensive..."
Chai Jingyun said that there was a cook named Zhang in Prince Rui's Mansion, who was from Wangjiang County.
Some time ago, when I visited Wangjiang County, I heard that the dishes at Duanjia Restaurant were very popular, so I went to try them.
But unexpectedly, Chef Zhang was stunned when he tasted it.
These dishes at Duanjia Restaurant were something he had never tasted before.
As a cook, he took it to heart.
For several days in a row, he went to Duan's Restaurant, ordering a table of dishes every day, and finally learned some tricks.
After returning, Chef Zhang relied on his experience with the new dishes at Duanjia Restaurant and made some improvements to the dishes at Prince Rui's Mansion, which won Chai Jingyun's love.
For this reason, Chef Zhang even asked him for thirty taels of silver, saying that it was the expenses he spent at Duan's restaurant during those few days.
He said that he went to Duan's Restaurant, but in order to improve the palace's cuisine, the money would naturally come from the palace...
It's a pity that it's not easy to learn the essence of the dishes at Duanjia Restaurant.
He only made some improvements to the dishes, but the braised beef was the only one that could come close to the taste of Duan's restaurant.
Hearing this, Duan Wenjun couldn't help but feel relieved.
Since Chef Zhang of Prince Rui's Mansion only discovered some tricks and didn't discover the secret of aniseed, it would be okay.
However, Duan Wenjun's sense of crisis about the new dishes has not diminished at all.
On the contrary, he felt that if Duanjia Restaurant wanted to maintain sufficient competitiveness, it would need to introduce more new dishes.
After three drinks and five dishes, Chai Jingyun got down to business.
Duan Wenjun will be resting at Prince Rui's Mansion today, and Chai Jingyun will host a banquet at the most famous Wanhua Building in Lingxiao County at noon tomorrow.
At that time, there will be county magistrates from the county and counties, as well as famous squires and scholars from Lingxiao County, who will all participate.
Chai Jingyun will read out the imperial edict in public and officially hand over the prisoners of Moon Island to Duan Wenjun.
No, at this moment, those people should not be regarded as prisoners, but rather as the people recruited by Moon Island to surrender.
That night, Chai Jingyun and Duan Wenjun talked a lot and drank a lot.
The wine was three jars of Shao Daozi brought by Duan Wenjun, and they all drank it.
Naturally, they were all very drunk.
However, they also chatted extremely happily, and there were many strange sparks in the conversation.
From the court to Lingxiao City, and then to Wangjiang; from the ministers of the court to the Lingxiao governor, and then to the Wangjiang magistrate; from scholars to farmers, and then to bandits...
As a member of the royal family, Chai Jingyun would consider issues from the royal position most of the time.
Lou Loulou is a border military captain, so he naturally thinks like a soldier when thinking about problems.
Yuan Gonggun is a Jianghu person. Jianghu people have more free and loose thinking and naturally have different opinions.
However, it seems that the three of them have the same knot in their minds.
That is, there seems to be a suppressed hatred of the imperial court, and it is filled with the shame of Yuxingguan.
However, when Duan Wenjun said that "everyone is born equal" and that "the people are the most important, the country is the second most important, and the king is the least important", everyone could not help but be stunned.
Even when he was rebutting, he was rendered speechless by Duan Wenjun.
But, everyone was drunk.
I hope that after sobering up, no one will remember what I said.
After all, in this world, in this era, if someone knew what Duan Wenjun said, it would be considered an extremely dangerous signal, and he might even be accused of treason.
When the four of them woke up, it was already bright and the sun had already climbed into the sky.
I thought it was better to have a good night's rest before going to the Wanhua Building for the banquet, but instead everyone hurriedly washed up and set off.
Sitting on the carriage prepared by Chai Jingyun, Duan Wenjun couldn't help but sigh at the prosperity of Lingxiao County as he looked at the numerous shops and vendors on the street.
Duan Wenjun has been to Gongxian County several times before. Seeing such a depressed scene, he still lamented that at least Wangjiang County is more than twice as good as Gongxian County.
But if you compare Wangjiang with Lingxiao City, there is simply a world of difference.
It seems that it is not an easy task for me to make Wangjiang City prosperous and become the center of the north-south land route, thereby attracting the attention of merchants who originally stayed in Lingxiao City.
The road is long and there is still so much to do, so you must plan early.
Moreover, this small county in Lingxiao City is so prosperous, so what will Shangliang in Kyoto look like?
Duan Wenjun seemed to be looking forward to it.
Just when Duan Wenjun was looking out the window with envy, the carriage stopped at the busiest section of the street.
Wanhua Tower, here it is.
Chai Jingyun led everyone out of the carriage and pulled Duan Wenjun side by side into the gate of Wanhua Building.
Lou Loulou and Yuan Gungun followed behind the two of them, closely following each other.
In the lobby on the first floor of Wanhua Building, dozens of tables were already filled with people.
There was a lot of people and it was so lively.
But as the door opened and Chai Jingyun walked into the lobby, everyone fell silent in unison.
Zhang Suxing, who had just been promoted to Lingxiao County Sheriff, was running over at this moment.
Behind him were brothers Wang Xiao and Wang Zhi, whom he had met once in Gong County that day.
Zhang Suxing said with a smile on his face, "Second Young Master, everyone is here, please come in!"
The next moment, Zhang Suxing's eyes fell on Duan Wenjun next to Chai Jingyun.
He was stunned for a moment, looking very confused as to why Duan Wenjun came here with Chai Jingyun.
However, he reacted immediately, looked at Duan Wenjun and smiled and said, "Wenjun, you are here too!"
"Master Zhang, long time no see." Duan Wenjun smiled and bowed to him, and then greeted the Wang brothers behind him.
Last night, Chai Jingyun said that even if Zhao Dachui agreed to surrender, he would still cut off all connections between Moon Island and the outside world.
It's still the same as before, only entry is allowed, no exit is allowed.
Therefore, Duan Wenjun guessed that Zhang Suxing might not be aware of what happened on Moon Island for the time being.
Logically speaking, Tie Hulu belongs to Zhang Suxing, and Zhang Suxing should participate in the suppression of bandits.
But I heard Chai Jingyun say that since the Southern Frontier Army took over, he has been in control of everything.
Naturally, there is nothing wrong with Zhang Suxing.
However, despite this, being able to promote Zhang Suxing from Wangjiang County Magistrate to Lingxiao County Sheriff naturally affirms his contribution.
"Master Zhang, let's go!" Chai Jingyun also spoke at this moment, and then led Duan Wenjun to the front seat.
