Liao Wenguang, who was standing next to him, said at this moment: "Here are some of your specialty dishes and two more seasonal dishes."
"There is boiled jade and wheat. Do you want to try it? It tastes very good." The man asked.
Liao Wenguang nodded and said, "Let the dining room watch it."
"Okay!" the man shouted, turned around and went to the dining room to pass the dishes.
Liao Wenguang picked up the teapot on the table, poured a cup of tea for Sun Chuanting, and then filled another cup for himself.
"Try this tea. The tea used to make water here is good tea from the south. Most people can't drink it." Liao Wenguang put down the teapot and motioned to Sun Chuanting to use the tea.
Sun Chuanting picked up the tea cup, put it under his nose, smelled it, took another sip, his eyes lit up and he said, "It's really good tea. I never thought the shopkeeper here would be so willing to serve the guests with such good tea."
"I don't know whether the shopkeeper here is willing to part with it. I only know that this pot of tea costs ten taels of silver." Liao Wenguang picked up the teacup and put it to his mouth and sipped gently.
Sun Chuanting raised his eyebrows and said, "The tea is good, but we don't need as much as ten taels."
Ten taels of silver is enough to order a table with good dishes in a restaurant outside, but here you can only buy a pot of tea. What you drink is not tea, but money.
"This is the price here, and if you come here to eat, whether you drink the tea or not, the money will be included in the meal." Liao Wenguang blew the hot air in the cup, put it to his mouth and took another sip.
Sun Chuanting looked at the other diners in the dining room and said: "With such expensive tea, the food is not cheap, but it can still attract so many diners. I guess these people are not just here to eat, but also I want to enjoy the treatment of a vassal."
"That's right." Liao Wenguang put the tea cup on the table and looked at the diners around him and said, "Those who come to eat here are either rich or expensive. On the contrary, people from the Tiger Flag rarely come to such a place to eat. At most, they are Spend a few big bucks to visit Prince Dai’s Mansion.”
Hearing this, Sun Chuanting looked around the crowd and realized that there were indeed no rebels. Instead, they were mostly literati and some diners whose temperaments were very similar to those of wealthy gentry families in Daizhou City. The master.
"The waiter who serves the dishes here is the father-in-law of the Prince of Dai's Palace, and there are maids of the Prince's Palace in the private room who serve the dishes. This kind of enjoyment is probably only available here in the entire Ming Dynasty for ordinary people to enjoy it." Liao Wenguang said.
At this moment, the eunuch who was passing the dishes came up with the dishes.
Each little eunuch was carrying a food box in his hand, and there were three little eunuchs in total.
Plate after plate of dishes was placed on the table, and finally six dishes were placed on the table. Finally, a young eunuch placed two sticks of jade wheat on a tray on the table.
"Your dishes are ready. Please use it slowly. I take my leave." The mistress took a few steps back with the food box in hand, and then turned and left.
The dishes on the table are simple.
Although there are six items, four of them are in small dishes with nothing at all. There is only a plate with a whole chicken and a plate with Yumai that are larger.
"Brother Boya, give it a try!" Liao Wenguang raised his hand and motioned for the other party to use his chopsticks.
Sun Chuanting picked up the chopsticks to pick up the jade wheat on the plate, but failed to pick it up several times. Finally, he simply grabbed the jade wheat with his hands, put it to his mouth and took a bite.
After chewing and swallowing the jade grains in his mouth, he said, "Try this jade grain. It tastes sweet and really good."
After hearing his words, Liao Wenguang also picked up the jade wheat, put it to his mouth and started to bite it.
After eating a few mouthfuls, his eyes lit up and he said, "Just these two sticks of jade wheat are not worth the more than forty taels of silver I spent on such a table of food."
"What, forty-five taels?" Sun Chuanting's eyes widened.
Apart from the chicken, there were several dishes on the table, including these two sticks of jade wheat. The other dishes were placed in the restaurant outside, and they didn't even cost two taels of silver.
"You two look strange, are you not from Datong Town?"
A scholar wearing a long gown at the adjacent table looked at Liao Wenguang and Sun Chuanting.
Sun Chuanting put down the jade wheat in his hand, smiled and said to the scholar who was talking: "I am from Daizhou. I heard that you can spend money to visit Daiwang's Mansion, so I came here with my companions."
"It turns out that he is from Daizhou. It's not too far away. It's close to Shanyin County. No wonder I heard about what happened in Prince Dai's Mansion." The scholar said with a smile, "This jade and wheat is a specialty of Datong. Apart from Datong, I'm afraid it's not the same in other places. Rarely seen.”
Yumai was not popularized in the Ming Dynasty, especially in the north of the Ming Dynasty. Few people knew about Yumai, so Datong people regarded Yumai as a specialty of their hometown.
Sun Chuanting nodded and said: "Brother is right. Although Daizhou is adjacent to Shanyin County, the fields in Shanyin County are all about jade and wheat, but Daizhou still grows the same grains as before."
"I hope so too. I'm afraid that most of Liu Thief's bandits will be like the guards outside the door. That's the most terrifying thing." Sun Chuanting said worriedly.
Seeing the big from the small can reveal many things.
Both of them have been officials for many years, and they have been able to pass the imperial examination and have been local officials for many years. They are both talented people. Although it is just a small thing like not accepting bribes, it is normal for officials. It is very abnormal to put it on a few low-level rebel bandits.
"When the Wenxiang Cult rebelled, could those cult members do this?" Liao Wenguang subconsciously asked Sun Chuanting.
Sun Chuanting said: "They are said to be religious people, but in fact they are a group of rioters. They do a lot of vandalism, smashing and looting. If they conquer one place, they will cause harm to the other place. It is impossible not to see the benefits and not reach out."
"Let's take a look again!" Liao Wenguang said, "The last time I came to Datong, I had a vague feeling that it was a little different from other places in Ming Dynasty, but I couldn't think of any difference. This time, you come with me and you can help me see it. See what’s going on.”
Sun Chuanting nodded, and then asked: "I wonder what kind of official position the imperial court is planning to appoint Liu Thief?"
"Commander," Liao Wenguang said, "The last time we recruited Thief Liu, the court asked him to serve as a guerrilla in Datong. Naturally, this time the recruitment cannot be lower than the last time."
Sun Chuanting thought for a while and said: "The position of the general soldier is indeed not low, but it is suitable. I heard that Liu Thief is announcing that there will be no less than 100,000 troops."
"Not that many, at most 50,000 or 60,000, but the generals in Liu's army don't have any personal servants. All the soldiers and horses are camp soldiers." Liao Wenguang said.
Sun Chuanting rubbed his chin with his fingers a few times and said thoughtfully: "There are more than 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses. The peasants and soldiers we saw on the way to Shanyin County, these people just need a little training to be able to do it." Used as ordinary camp soldiers."
hiss!
Liao Wenguang suddenly took a breath of cold air.
"It seems that Counselor Liao has also thought of it." Sun Chuanting looked at Liao Wenguang and said in a confused manner,
Liao Wenguang said with an ugly face: "If you include the peasants and soldiers, even if the rebel bandits in Datong do not have all the people as soldiers, their military strength is probably not a small number."
