I might as well test the prime minister's trump card again. Anyway, I don't want to stay here for too long.
I traveled here just to find someone. I don’t want to be an official or get rich. I just want to prove myself and see if I can and dare to take up this burden in such extremely difficult circumstances and prove whether I have it. The ability and courage to face the unknown.
But the person you are looking for has a birthmark on the back of his arm and wears a jade pendant as big as a fist. So far, he has not been seen.
There should be none of these people I have contacted so far. Ever since I traveled to the Yan Kingdom and then to the current Liang Kingdom, every time I saw someone, I would turn behind them intentionally or unintentionally, pretending to be doing something and look back, but I was disappointed every time.
As the saying goes, be fearless without seeking.
Ban Cheng said, "Prime Minister He, don't get excited. Others want to do it, but I'm doing it right now! I still want to do it well. Even after paying these people, I will have a way to get through the difficulties, but Please rest assured, Prime Minister, since I have been assigned to be the master of the Xiangshan Hall, I believe that my performance will not be worse than anyone else. Then according to your request, the personnel will be dispatched in the afternoon, and I will report to you if there are any other situations."
The prime minister's face turned green when he heard this, his eyes were fixed and he was motionless.
Liu Bancheng's answer was obviously not what he wanted. The prime minister's purpose was to use provocation to get Liu Bancheng to submit his resignation. Because the origin of this person is really uncertain. In addition to his superhuman ability in catering, this person is not very convinced of himself psychologically, and the Prime Minister can feel it from his body language.
His authority and self-esteem were greatly bruised in front of the cook.
He could not estimate the real purpose of this person coming to Liang State, nor what this person would bring to Liang State.
Therefore, the cook in front of him seemed to be able to understand himself and did not follow his ideas at all times. This was precisely the beginning of an escalation of conflicts.
When Lord Yao Qi was sent to Liang State by Yan State to study on a temporary basis, the prime minister who had just taken office at that time reminded the old King Liang that foreign officials who came to serve on a temporary basis must be avoided when making important national decisions. King Lao Liang didn't take it seriously. He fought with Yan State several times but failed to gain any advantage, and even lost troops and generals. After suffering this loss, King Lao Liang also felt that the prime minister's suspicion was justified. The presence of Master Yao in the Yan State Embassy in Xuyang City often proves this point.
So before the most critical battle of Changping between Liang and Yan, King Lao Liang listened to the Prime Minister's advice and specially asked Lord Yao to visit Mo and Ze to get rid of this important "suspect". As a result, a battle After becoming famous, one battle defeated the growing momentum of Yan State.
Therefore, the Prime Minister had to guard against Liu Bancheng sent by Lord Yao.
However, the prime minister was left guessing.
When a little chef named Dapeng came to apply for the job, he bent down to pick up something on the ground and slipped a letter into Liu Bancheng's hand. It was written by Master Yan Guoluan. Master Luan said that there was no misunderstanding last time. I am very sorry to work with you. He also said that this person was a chef sent by Yanguo Dining Room, who came specifically to learn from you, Master Liu, and that your accomplishments in cooking are immeasurable.
Because although Master Luan and Jinsuo are both from Yan country, they are not on the same line. Therefore, before deciding whether to recruit Dapeng, I asked Jinsuo:
"Don't you know this person?"
"There are so many people in Yan country, where can I meet them?"
But as a fellow countryman, whether you kiss the same family or not, people from your hometown have a dignified personal appearance. They look pleasing to the eye, so they just nod and let go.
Liu Bancheng knew at a glance that Jin Suo didn't know it was sent by Lord Luan.
However, compared with the people introduced by Jinsuo, everyone Jinsuo has sent to them is straight forward. Once they started trying the dishes, their techniques were very agile and their knife skills were also very good. They were obviously not beginners. They were all here to steal. Artists are not just ordinary people.
The people who applied for jobs from the Yao Mansion were of a slightly lower level, and they had all kinds of talents. One of them was Liu Xiaobao, because during the construction of the Yao Mansion Health Hall, he even cooperated with me in managing the site, so he still had an impression of it, and The taste of the "braised saury" he made is worth learning, so having these people here makes Liu Bancheng very confident, and they can learn from each other and improve each other.
Xiangshantang is in short supply, so experienced chefs are even more in demand. Don't worry about their motives for coming here, use them first.
The Prime Minister is playing the card of catering to all forces in the court, and I am playing the card of restoring my vitality.
When Jinsuo heard this, he laughed loudly, "I told you, Liu Bancheng, you are so tall and have seen the world. You don't even notice the tricks here."
Liu Bancheng didn't like hearing other people ridicule him the most, so he had the patience to ask,
"Hello, you are smart, tell me!"
"The Prime Minister asked you to assign skilled chefs to various factions because he was deliberately building relationships with them. This can only be said to be superficial and catering. Do you know how many senior chefs you have at Xiangshantang who have been there for more than eight years?"
"About seventy!"
"More than seventy, right? Then do you know who these people belong to?"
"Is there any need to say it? It's mine!"
"Come up and pull them away! They are still your people. They are not even Meihua and Qiu Ye's people. How can they still be your people? It's a beautiful idea, but it's too naive!"
"It's not mine, and it's not Meihua's. Whose person is it?"
I understood it all at once halfway through,
"Ah, these people are all the Prime Minister's people!"
"Well, even if you still have a brain, you can still turn around. To be honest, I asked you to send a successful team this time. On the surface, it was to support the various government agencies. In fact, the prime minister arranged all his people in one move. When you are around important officials in the imperial court, they will treat you like a small scholar, do you understand this?"
"I understand what you said, but a group of chefs are in the back room all day long and can't meet the ministers. Even if they are allowed to go, what problem will be solved?"
Jinsuo said, "You, think for yourself, and you will understand later!"
Looking at it this way, Liu Bancheng felt that this dynasty, officials and officials, countries and countries were somewhat similar to the era he lived in. They distrust each other and trample on each other. There is me among you and you among me. You use me and I use you. The tricks and routines are basically the same. It seemed that I had entered a huge network of relationships invisibly.
There was a cold wind blowing behind me, and I shivered.
There is no turning back once construction begins. We'll see.
