Great Imperial Merchant

Uncle Chen saw that he didn't seem to want to rent anymore, so he hurriedly said: "Little brother, I think you are also kind-hearted, how about this, I will talk to the head of the household for you later, about 58 taels can be rented for six months, you don't have to be afraid That shop has a bad reputation, there are too many people begging for a living in the north, they come and go busy, who would remember the mess last year, even if you rent it as a house, 58 taels is not expensive anymore."

That's true, this person Ya Chen was right, the location of the store is good, even if he and his father just live there, it is convenient to go out to buy things, Yang Zhongyuan was more determined, but said in his mouth: "Uncle Chen , I have to go back and ask my father about my family. How about this? If he agrees, I will come to see the shop with you in two days. If it looks clean and tidy, then it will be settled. Come on, Uncle Chen, you rented it out to someone else."

Seeing that this matter was considered interesting, Renya Chen Xi sent Yang Zhongyuan out with a smile on his face.

The sun was already setting in the west, Yang Zhongyuan thought it would be too late to make the two masters suspect, so he gave up the idea of ​​going to see the shop today, and walked quickly to Yang's house.

He thought he was quite accurate in judging people, and since that man Ya Chen could explain the things about the shop to him so clearly, he certainly didn't talk nonsense about the benefits of the shop.He has nothing more than to let his father take care of his health in the past few months, and he himself has to slowly adapt to life outside the palace. When the two of them are adjusted, they will naturally leave Danluo City together, so even if the shop is not as good as human What Chen said is good, and it doesn't matter.

Yang Zhongyuan opened himself up like this, and gradually became happy again in his heart. He has already made plans at the moment, when the time comes, his father will live in one room, and he will just live in the room where the hanged person died.

How many people died in the palace throughout the year, and every room was very unlucky. He had lived there for more than ten years, and he had been immune to all kinds of poisons for a long time, and he didn't feel afraid at all.

As for what business to do, Yang Zhongyuan looked down at his hands. His hands were full of calluses and scars, much rougher than ordinary people's, which were honed with knives for years.

When he was young, he was transferred to the Imperial Dining Room. Let’s not mention his life at the beginning. Later, he was diligent and diligent, and finally got a job as a desk pier. Later, the Da Gongren above him died of illness. Pre-name is important, starting from the most basic table pier and turning to side dishes.

The kitchens of rich and noble families are divided into three or six grades, let alone the imperial dining room of Yong'an Palace.

Their palace servants are different from imperial cooks. Imperial cooks are serious officials. The top three imperial cooks are all from the eighth rank. Although they are not as good as imperial doctors, they are still much better than palace officials.

In Yong'an Palace, there are three chefs in the imperial dining room, known as the three royal chefs. They each bring two royal chefs to pre-name, and together they are in charge of three meals a day for the royal masters.The palace people in the imperial dining room mostly do the work of washing vegetables, setting tables, side dishes, arranging dishes, and serving dishes.

Yang Zhongyuan is very shrewd. He showed early on his willingness to leave the palace in the future, and he was really talented in cooking. He got the attention of the pre-named chef within a few days after following the pre-named side dishes. , led him to be a registered disciple.

The so-called registered disciples are the most family-renowned skills that cannot be taught, but the general knife work, desk work, and side dish cooking can be learned.

Yang Zhongyuan spent almost his entire youth learning how to cook, and when he became the highest manager of the imperial kitchen, he still earnestly studied with that imperial chef and never gave up his cooking skills.

At that time, he had already realized that even if he returned home, the family might not be able to accommodate him anymore, but if he had the ability to settle down, he would be able to support himself and his father no matter where he was, without being afraid of anyone at all.

Only when you have confidence, can you speak and act with confidence. This is the most basic truth he has learned in the palace for more than ten years.

As the sun was setting, when Yang Zhongyuan was reminiscing about the past in the imperial dining room, the decoration of Pixiu on the door sign of Yang's mansion caught his eyes.

He used to be so familiar with every plant and tree here, but looking at it now, it feels like a lifetime away.

"Where did you go?" Yang Zhongyuan was in a daze, and turned his head to see his elder brother Yang Zhongshan standing at the door of the house and looking at him indifferently.

There were four people behind him, two servants and two accountants, who seemed to have just returned from the shop.

Yang Zhongyuan lowered his head and took a deep breath. When he raised his head, a shy smile appeared on his face: "Brother, you are back. I went to the household registration office and moved the household registration back. You know..."

He was about to say something more when he had finished speaking, but his brother gave him a cold look and stopped him from continuing.

Yang Zhongyuan was taken aback for a moment, not daring to say anything, he followed behind each of them and entered the door.

The servants and accountants at the back have only come to the Yang family these years. They don't even know that the current master of the Yang family has a younger brother. Looking at the appearance of Yang Zhongyuan and Yang Zhongshan, they think it is the distant house of the Yang family. relative.

In a rich family like the Yang family, there are many poor relatives who are not on the stage, and it is not uncommon for Baba to get along to eat and drink, so the four of them just glanced at Yang Zhongyuan contemptuously, and did not say hello. Just entered the house.

Yang Zhongyuan lowered his head and followed them silently.Of course he wouldn't feel sorry for the attitude of these people, but he was thinking of another matter.

He really wanted to test his brother just now. After he left for more than ten years, no one knows who he is except for the old man of the Yang family. He has no place to ask how the Yang family said that he suddenly disappeared. of.

At that time, he was already enlightened, and he went to school with other wealthy sons in Zixin Lane. He suddenly disappeared, and since then there has been no news. The Yang family must come up with the best reason to save face.

Looking at his brother's attitude now, it is obvious that he did not clearly say that he went to the palace to be a servant, but he probably said that he was sick and sent back to the countryside to recuperate.

Thinking of it this way, Yang Zhongyuan was completely relieved.

Although he thought it was not easy for him to live in the palace all these years, and he was happy and proud that he was able to leave the palace well, but he didn't want everyone to know about it.He still wants to open a restaurant with his father dignifiedly, cook the most delicious food, and earn a lot of money. If he wants to start a business, then his old identity is even less likely to be mentioned.

Although this is not a shameful past, others will always look at him with strange eyes. He has seen this kind of eyes a lot in the post station all the way back to Luo City from the imperial capital in a carriage.

To be honest, those eyes made him very uncomfortable, and he didn't like it very much.

Knowing that people in Los Angeles didn't know about it now, Yang Zhongyuan became happy for some reason. Instead of following his brother and continuing to pretend to be pitiful, he went straight to the kitchen, begged for dinner and went back to the West Wing to rest.

Because Zhao Zhong recognized him, the dinner this night was much better than the previous day. Not only did he cook some of his favorite dishes when he was a child, but he even had two snacks.Yang Zhongyuan had a lot of things to do that day, and he ate so much in the evening, he ate happily, took a walk in the small courtyard in the west wing, and then went back to the house to rest.

No one came over that night, he slept until dawn, and woke up early the next day, very refreshed.

Speaking of which, these days are much more leisurely than those in the palace. In the past, they had to wake up at the right hour and arrange meals for the day early. Although there were not many masters in the palace, only six of them, there were not many things to worry about in Nuo Da’s imperial dining room. few.

Now I can sleep like this until I wake up naturally, I really enjoy it.Yang Zhongyuan lay on the bed for a while with nostalgia, and he didn't get up from the bed until the sun was shining outside.

It was the end of July and the weather was getting hotter.He only brought back two sets of clothes in total, and they were all the most common miscellaneous items, one in blue and one in blue, very simple.

He is considered to be living under the fence now, and the Yang family has nothing but three meals a day for him.

Yang Zhongyuan didn't care either, he went to the kitchen to fetch food in the morning, and was comforted by Zhao Zhong that things had been arranged, so he came back to eat in peace, adjusted his clothes and went out again.

What he was going to today was exactly the shop mentioned yesterday.

He has a good memory, he can memorize the current geographical location of Danluo City after only one walk, and his footsteps are very fast, and he reached the north in just a few steps.

Xueta Lane and Lanhe Lane are next to each other, but Xueta Lane is full of shops, while Lanhe Lane has only private houses, and there are many people living there. From this point of view, although the shops in Xueta Lane are only Ordinary people do business, but it doesn't mean they can't make money.

When Yang Zhongyuan arrived, there were already people coming and going, very lively.

He stood at the entrance of the alley and looked around, and saw that although the shops here were not as refined and elegant as those on Jinxiu Street, they were also simple and clean. All the teahouses, taverns, and grocery stores in an alley were open to welcome customers, and there were also small food stalls in the cloth village rice shop. Yang Zhongyuan With sharp eyes, he saw that there was even a carriage and horse dealership at the end of the alley, and his heart became more determined.

Whether the business of an alley is good or not, you can know a thing or two by looking at its popularity.

From his point of view, at this time, there are people in every shop watching the shop and ordering goods. Even the teahouse at the street corner has more than half of the customers, and a young storyteller is talking loudly in the hall. One sentence can win a house full of applause.

It's a good place, Yang Zhongyuan sighed in his heart.If it wasn't for the Yang family, he would have to leave Danluo City in the future, then this is indeed a good place to open a shop.

He was standing here studying carefully, but behind him he heard a young voice shouting: "Boss, you are here, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Yang Zhongyuan turned his head, a tall young man was walking towards him, the sun slanted slightly, and Yang Zhongyuan could see the appearance of that man very quickly.

That man was tall and handsome, with deep eyebrows and eyes, and dimples on his face when he smiled, he looked like a handsome and handsome young man from a rich family.

This person is still the same as when he was a child.After a quick glance, Yang Zhongyuan knew the identity of this person for a moment.

Once Xinghuachunyu, the classmates from the school went out together, and he had a fight with him for no reason, he sprained his foot, and the man injured his arm. In the end, the two supported each other and returned home crookedly.

Cheng Weizhe, so you are still here.