I deliver food in the Southern Song Dynasty

After the tea fight, the news that Mr. Ning lost to Nanpu Zhaoming spread throughout the city.

"Mr. Ning lost? How is it possible!"

"That Zen monk is said to be a Fusang man. What skills does he have that can defeat our tea fairy in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"I have participated in the Jingshan Tea Banquet, and that Chan Master Zhaoming is indeed an extraordinary artist."

"And Zen Master Zhaoming is especially handsome!"

"Really? Really! I really want to see how Zen Master Zhaoming orders tea."

"Bah, bah, bah, you little girls don't want to lose face, even the monks will not be spared."

Later, it became a discussion of Nanpu Zhaoming, and the voice of Mr. Ning almost disappeared.

This naturally made everyone in Ruyilou very dissatisfied.

On July [-]th, Ruyi Building reopened for business.

Before Mr. Ning arrived, several girls had already gathered in the outer flower hall and chattered.

"Xiaobai, did you go to the game in person that day?"

"Yes, I went with Miss Jiang."

"Then tell us quickly, how did sir lose, and how did that damned monk cheat to win?"

"This……"

"I really can't tell how I lost, because the only man who drank Nanpu Zhaoming's tea was the husband, and he said he had surrendered after drinking it."

"And his tea soup is still blue-gray."

"Grey tea soup, how dirty it is! Can that kind of tea win against our husband!"

"I can't help it. After all, Mister himself conceded the defeat. If we ask the audience to comment and score, I will definitely judge Mister to win."

"It's too much!"

"How do I feel, there is something tricky in it..."

"Girls, what are you talking about?" Mr. Ning had already walked down the railing.

"Sir! Sir!" Haitong and Tiaoluo immediately leaned forward: "Sir, we were talking about yesterday's tea fighting meeting. I heard from Xiaobai that you, sir, surrendered yourself. Is this true?"

"Yes, it's true."

"Sir, is the tea ordered by that monk really that delicious? Can it beat you, sir?"

Mr. Ning pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Is it good or not? I don't care if I say it alone. Why don't you try it yourself?"

"We really want to try it, but I'm afraid the monk won't dare to come to our door to make an axe!"

Mr. Ning pretended to point out the door helplessly, and said with a smile, "But, he's already here."

Everyone looked out the door, sure enough!

Zhao Ming was standing shyly and reservedly three steps away from the door, with his head down, holding his bowl, looking very embarrassed.

"You! You are Nanpu Zhaoming! Hmph, you stinky monk, you dare to come to our husband, how shameless you are!"

Zhaoming said softly, "It was you sir who invited the little monk to come."

"what?!!"

Mr. Ning finally sold out, laughed and invited the girls and Zhaoming to the Qingshen Hall, and began to talk about his plans.

"Girls all know that there are already too many teahouses in Lin'an City. The better teahouses will only imitate Fenglelou and Xichunlou, attracting customers with luxurious interiors and beautiful tea girls But no matter how hard you try, there are still very few teahouses that have the most beautiful tea ladies in the best location like Fenglelou and Xichunlou. In addition, there are always a small number of customers who can consume this level , if we are a little behind, they will poach the best tea doctors and tea girls, and then poach the richest customers. This is why it is difficult for us in the past and the big teahouses like us to develop and grow Except for these expensive tea houses, the rest are all cheap and simple small tea houses. Although the prices are cheap, the tea products are unpalatable and the stores are cramped. It is really impossible to give tea customers a proper experience. So I I have been thinking, why can't I take a golden mean and build a spacious and bright tea house, where ordinary people can come in and enjoy the best tea and the best scenery here, and at the same time, they don't have to pay for the beauty. Price. In fact, not every customer comes to a teahouse for pleasure, and there are still many customers who only come to enjoy the fragrance of tea. This is something that many big teahouses will never understand.”

Xue Ling was the first to understand, and immediately raised her little hand and said: "Sir, I understand what you mean. So we will all become Doctors of Tea in the future, right? Then in the future, some guests will tease us or ask us to accompany us for fun." ?”

"Reject, all refuse. A teahouse should be an elegant and quiet place. If there is any trouble, tell Qin Wei immediately, and there will be thugs to protect you."

Haitong also raised his hand: "Sir, after that, how much will our tea cost?"

"Only add a [-]% profit to the cost. Also, the price is no longer determined by the seat, but only by the tea and snacks ordered by the guests. The price of a pot is one pot, and the price of a cup is the price of a cup."

Tiao Luo raised her hand and said, "Sir, from now on, will there only be tea and snacks? Shall we still sell food and wine?"

"I won't do it. It takes a lot of time for the cook to prepare food and drinks, and the profit of eating and drinking is very low. You know, it takes a cook two quarters of an hour to cook a piece of spring onion rabbit meat, but he can only earn two or three pennies. At the same time, a cook can cook three to five dim sum, and the profit can reach seven or eight yuan or even more than ten yuan."

Speaking of this, Bai Li also raised his hand tremblingly: "First... sir, we won't be serving food and drinks from now on, do I still need to deliver food?"

Mr. Ning said with a coquettish smile, "In the future, Miss Bai will need to do her best. Although we won't be selling food and drinks, we are going to open up a new market for out-of-town food."

"what is that?"

"I remember that a few years ago, Xichun Building was the first to open a restaurant for outside food, and it caused countless waves in Lin'an City. Since then, there have been more than 30 restaurants and tea houses in Lin'an City that have opened outside food, but they Every one can only sell wine and food, not tea and snacks."

Bai Li was even more puzzled: "It's okay to talk about dim sum, but how can we deliver the tea?"

"Who said tea can't be delivered? You see, this is the bamboo cup I brought back from Jianzhou, specially prepared for delivery of tea in the future."

I saw that the shape of the bamboo cup was completely different from the usual tea cups, it was tall and thin, but its weight could be as much as a whole pot.

"Using this tea cup is safe, easy to carry, and has the fragrance of bamboo leaves. The most important thing is that the cost of this bamboo cup is very low. Even if the customer refuses to return it, we will not lose much. But if the customer Returned, we only need to simply clean and filter, and then it can be reused, which is much easier to clean than the red lacquered wooden box used before. I ordered about a thousand pieces in Jianzhou, not only engraved with our nameplate of Ruyilou, According to the difference of each tea product, patterns of flowers such as peony, golden lantern, gardenia, white chrysanthemum and jasmine are carved, which are beautiful and generous.”

The girls had never seen such an exquisite gadget before, and after hearing Mr. Ning's introduction, they were even more amazed, and gathered around to take a look at it.

"Oh my god, this bamboo cup is really light and light, and it doesn't weigh at all in your hand. Xiaobai, this is really good. When you deliver tea in the future, you won't hold your hand any longer."

"Sir, you are too good. No wonder I said you went to Jianzhou for two months. What did you do? It turned out that you were all collecting these novelties."

"Sir, sir, these ideas you came up with are really special! Don't mention Lin'an, I'm afraid that no one in the whole Song Dynasty can come up with the idea of ​​doing business like this."

"Definitely not. Lin'an is already the most prosperous and romantic place in the Song Dynasty, and no other place can compare to it. But, I think that after foreigners come to Lin'an in the future, they will have one more thing to praise. , They must have never thought that even tea can be delivered."

"However, tea soup pays attention to warmth. If Xiaobai is delivered late and the tea soup is cold, what should we do if the guests feel disgusted?"

Mr. Ning then demonstrated: "This is also very simple, just put some clothes on Zhuzhan."

The so-called dressing is to wrap a circle of linen around the bamboo cup.

……

However, it adds a bit of fisherman's wild fun.

At this time, Jiang Molan, who had been silent all this time, couldn't help pointing to Zhao Ming who was dozing off behind the girls: "Sir, what does our transformation have to do with this Zen master?"

"Naturally it has a lot to do with it. After our transformation, we can no longer look like the rich and romantic in the past, but a deep and indifferent image like a clear spring. Therefore, there must be someone who can provide a role model for our new image, except Zhaoming Zen master, I can't think of a better candidate. In addition, yesterday, I lost to Zen master Zhaoming in front of so many people, and Zen master Zhaoming's reputation has been soaring since then. As long as Zen master Zhaoming makes tea ceremony in our building Once the news spreads, hehe, just wait and see, the business of our Ruyi Building will be turned upside down from now on."