The sun sets in the west.
Fang Jingzhi carried two baskets of crucian carp to Yuanyang House.
Today's Yuanyang Restaurant is not as deserted as it was back then, and its good business has made countless restaurant owners jealous.
Ever since a few young ladies started bringing goods, Yuanyanglou has become a must-visit place for every noble family to go out to eat.
With the nobles taking the lead, Nanjing's wealthy businessmen naturally gathered.
Everyone wants to taste how delicious the food at Yuanyanglou is, so that the nobles of the Ming Dynasty will never come back.
It was already time to eat, and there was already a long queue at the entrance of Yuanyanglou.
Occasionally someone who doesn't follow the rules wants to jump in line, and someone points to the plaque at the door, and he immediately becomes honest.
On the golden plaque, the words "The Queen and the Empress even ate" shine brightly.
The old soldier waiting at the door saw Fang Jingzhi and immediately limped towards him.
"Master, you haven't come for a while!"
"Why are there so many fish!"
Looking at the honest-looking old soldier, Fang Jingzhi smiled and said, "I'm not going fishing. I've caught too much and I can't eat it. You guys pack it up and sell it!"
"Master, this is so bad!" the old pawn said politely.
Fang Jingzhi glared at him with disgust and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing? Do you think I gave it to you for free? The money will be recorded in my young master's account. You know which account it is recorded in?"
The old soldier chuckled, revealing two rows of yellowed teeth: "I know, I know, the extra money will be recorded in your name, and the money spent will be recorded in Miss Caiwei's name!"
Fang Jingzhi nodded with satisfaction, the boy is teachable!
He handed the fish basket to the old soldier, took out the cigarette case from his arms and stuffed it into the old soldier's arms, and said with a smile: "It's a little gadget, let the brothers taste it!"
The old soldier was not polite and said: "Well, thank you young master. I have been smoking pots and pots all day, and I have never smoked so well!"
The scraps left over from the Tobacco Department's manufacturing of cigarettes are never left out, and are all given to these veterans as welfare.
So they are no strangers to cigarettes.
Seeing the old soldier leading Fang Jingzhi into the restaurant, the people in line immediately became unhappy.
"Let the store come out, why can this young man jump in the queue, but we can't!"
"Just ask the store owner to come out, but we won't accept it!"
"I would like to ask Liu Yitiao, a student of the Imperial College, to ask your shop owners to come out to see me, or else I will impeach you tomorrow!"
"Impeach your uncle!"
As soon as the scholar named Liu Yitiao said a few words, he was slapped on the head and face, and his hat flew off!
The scholar was furious and just about to curse, he saw a fierce man glaring at him.
Yuanyang Restaurant is located on the Qinhuai River, which is Hongxing's territory. We know that this restaurant belongs to General Lan, and his boss is not familiar with General Lan's daughter.
The local ruffians in Hongxing naturally know how to deal with this Yuanyanglou.
There is no need to pay any health and security fees, and a brother is arranged to watch at the door of the store for twelve hours, just to be afraid that some short-sighted person dares to come and cause trouble.
Although people like Hong Xing are ruffians, they value morality and justice more than others, and the justice of family and country is far above morality.
These veterans are even more god-like in the eyes of the ruffians.
Moreover, these old soldiers were very kind to them. From time to time, they would invite the janitor brothers to come in for dinner and tell them about what happened on the battlefield.
When we come and go, we are almost like a family.
Now that someone dares to cause trouble, and even provokes his own young master, how can the gangsters in Hongxing give up.
As soon as the younger brother said hello, five or six big men jumped out of the darkness and dragged the scholar to the dark corridor next door.
After finishing all this, the younger brother walked up to Fang Jingzhi flatteringly: "Master, I've taken care of it. Don't worry, the younger ones are here and we won't let anyone disturb the business of Yuanyang House!"
Fang Jingzhi nodded to his younger brother, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and entered the Yuanyang Building very confidently, and went straight to the private room on the second floor.
The younger brother looked at Fang Jingzhi's leaving figure and felt his heart surge.
The boss is the boss!
This walking posture is much more domineering than Brother Ergou.
And this little cigarette.
I heard that it is a good thing that even noble people are reluctant to take out!
It’s really awesome that the boss actually has one!
On the second floor of the restaurant, there is a private room that is not open to outsiders.
Ever since the Queen came here, this place has become a forbidden area for restaurants.
Countless dignitaries wanted to have a meal in this private room and enjoy the nobility of the Queen, but they were all rejected by the restaurant.
Don't ask, it's only used to entertain the young master and the ladies from various families.
Even Marquis Yongchang is not worthy of using this private room.
When Xu Da brought his family to dinner, he almost got angry because of this.
I am Xu Da, the God of War!
The old pawn didn't even bother him!
"I followed Marshal Chang back then!"
Xu Da wilted and walked away dejectedly.
Damn it, Chang Shiwan's soldiers are just like him. They are not good people. They like to stab people's lungs with their words.
Although you say that you are the first in the Ming Dynasty's military merits, when it comes to leading troops in battles, Chang Yuchun is no worse than him. If he hadn't died a few years earlier, he really couldn't say who was the first.
Moreover, compared to Chang Yuchun, Xu Da was far inferior to Chang Yuchun in some aspects.
Entering the private room, the table was soon filled with food.
The old soldiers knew Fang Jingzhi's taste and specially brought a bottle of treasured fruit wine.
Fang Jingzhi tasted the delicious food in his mouth and saw the old soldier standing aside a little restlessly, so he frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
The old pawn wiped his hands on his clothes, moved closer, and said, "Master, there are some things I want to ask you!"
"Sit down first!" Fang Jingzhi put down the chopsticks in his hand, poured a cup of tea, and pushed it in front of the old soldier.
"I don't dare, I don't dare, how dare I ask the young master to pour tea for the villain!" the old soldier said repeatedly while holding the cup.
"Otherwise, if you hadn't sacrificed your lives to bring this young master to today, you would have been worth it!"
"That's my life!" The old pawn blushed: "If it weren't for the young master, there wouldn't be a restaurant like this, and I wouldn't be able to live the good life I have now."
Fang Jingzhi smiled, it is true that simple people are the cutest.
Lao Zhu, if there are people like this working for you, you have to pity them!
Taking out a cigarette and lighting it, Fang Jingzhi slowly said: "Okay, if we continue talking like this, it will be over!"
"Tell me, what happened? Maybe I fell in love with that girl!"
"Young master can't do this. With your appearance, I will wait for Mr. Lan to come back and take you to snatch it."
The old pawn also laughed, scratched his head and said, "Master, please stop teasing me. I have given up on that idea a long time ago. I just want to live a good life together with my old brothers."
"Master, you are a smart man and your brain is more flexible than rough guys like us. Can you give me some analysis?"
"When you and the Marquis handed over this restaurant to me, I was ready to work hard, but now there are more and more customers in our restaurant, and we have to queue up every day."
"There are a lot of copper coins in the account book. I was thinking about opening another restaurant so that we can receive qualified guests and earn some more copper coins to subsidize the brothers in the village."
open a branch?
Fang Jingzhi frowned and thought.
He had never thought about this problem. At that time, he just said casually that he wanted to find a place to have sex for free.
Unexpectedly, Lan Yu actually opened a hot pot restaurant.
As for what happened next, he couldn't imagine it.
What surprised him even more was the enthusiasm of people in Ming Dynasty for hot pot. He didn't expect that in this short period of time, he would have collected all the money to open a branch.
However, I think it was Queen Ma's words and Zhu Xiongying's words that had the effect.
But since you plan to open a store, you need to plan it carefully.
In the city of Nanjing, other noble families have already opened hot pot restaurants, but most of them opened them to take care of their veterans.
Although the business is equally booming, it is far inferior to Yuanyang Tower.
If Yuanyanglou plans to open a branch, it must be carefully considered.
It can neither lose the Yuanyanglou’s signature nor lose its characteristics.
After thinking for a while, Fang Jingzhi slowly spoke.
"Since the money in the account is enough to open a branch, let's open it!"
"But it must not be the same as the old store. It is too homogeneous and boring."
"How about we open a Yuanyang Restaurant specifically for high-end customers."
"..."
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Fangjiazhuangzi.
Although the old soldiers were still accustomed to calling him Lanjiazhuangzi, they changed their name after Lao Wangtou's repeated requests.
However, this also caused a kind of confusion. Some people like to call Lan Jia Zhuangzi, and some people like to call Fang Jia Zhuangzi.
But Old Wangtou didn't care. In his opinion, this Zhuangzi was the young master's property, so how could it still bear the name of the Lan family.
This is simply an insult to myself, the head butler of the Fang family.
Lao Wang's favorite thing now is to stand at the entrance of the village and take a look after finishing his daily work.
Touch the big stone tablet inscribed with Fangjiazhuangzi at the entrance of the village.
He hired a skilled craftsman to make this thing, but it cost a lot of copper coins.
But he felt that it was worth it, because every time General Lan saw this stone tablet, he felt that he had lost money.
That’s very satisfying!
But General Lan seemed very unhappy today.
He rode to Zhuangzikou and jumped off his horse.
He glanced at Lao Wang and cursed.
"Damn it, Lao Wang, you know!"
"We almost went to see grandma today!"
