Zongwu: At the beginning, it is tied with An Shigeng as a dude

Because Hetian jade is also the jade of a gentleman.

This piece of uncut jade is Hetian jade seed, which is delicate and white as suet.

It is said to be suet jade, but there is a piece of suet jade pendant of excellent quality around Zhang Xiaoshan's waist. In comparison, especially Zhang Xiaoshan's enhanced facial features, it can be felt that this uncut jade is even better, surpassing the quality of suet jade. level.

Moreover, holding it in the hand, a cool and gentle breath invaded the body, and there was an inexplicable and inexplicable feeling.

Jade nourishes people, nothing more than this.

At least Zhang Xiaoshan feels that wearing this jade for a long time will bring him great benefits.

Peerless jade in the rough (+)!

Sure enough, this raw jade seed material can be strengthened, and it requires a thousand merits.

It is at the same level as Jianglongmu and extraterrestrial meteorite.

"What a peerless jade in the rough, thank you dad!"

Zhang Xiaoshan didn't refuse, he knew it was a birthday present from Zhang Yuan.

And how to carve this jade?It depends on Zhang Xiaoshan's preferences.

Jade is an extremely personal item, and most of it is always brought to the old, or given to close people.

Therefore, Zhang Yuan handed over the engraving problem to Zhang Xiaoshan, without deliberately forcing it.

"As long as you like it, I bought it from Wan Sanqian in exchange for Zhang's soap sales rights in Daming territory."

"Wan Sanqian? The richest man in Ming Dynasty?"

Zhang Xiaoshan was also extremely surprised when he heard Zhang Yuan's 'thousand thousand'.

But thinking of such a peerless uncut jade, if other people get it, how can it easily appear in the world and be used for trading.

Wansanqian is a businessman, so he naturally knows what to exchange.

Peerless uncut jade is precious, but the Zhang family's right to sell soap can bring him greater benefits.

You should know that there are also top soaps dedicated to the royal family and dignitaries.

From a businessman's point of view, there is nothing wrong with it.

Unless one day the Zhang family collapses first.

"Wan Sanqian has always been in close contact with the Daming imperial family, and with Wan Sanqian taking the lead, maybe our Zhang family's business can spread in the Daming territory."

"Yes, I thought so too."

Zhang Yuan nodded. Although they were merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, they were both descendants of Yan and Huang. They did not have the idea of ​​being loyal to one country and one monarch.

As long as it is not a business of treason, or private salt and iron, whoever makes money is making money.

Chapter 9 Hongfu Opening Sky-high Price Noodles

Red House!

This is a big restaurant that Zhang's family supervised and built for eight months.

On one side is the newly built ten-mile long embankment of the West Lake, backed by a bustling and lively pedestrian street, which can be described as an excellent location in the prime location.

The Red Mansion is naturally taken from the meaning of "A Dream of Red Mansions", and it is a large restaurant built by Zhang Xiaoshan to cater to literati and refined scholars.

Only one masterpiece can open up the market among literati.

Three generations of nobles!

Even in high-end restaurants, if there is no restaurant culture, they will be like nouveau riche.

The entire Red Mansion has invested 3 taels of gold, the restaurant covers an area of ​​[-] mu, and there are nearly [-] mu of West Lake water as a mooring pier, which is extremely majestic and majestic.

Among them, the bottom foundation is piled with one foot thick concrete, and the upper floor is generally constructed of solid wood except for the pillars made of concrete.

After the completion, the whole restaurant is classical, elegant and beautiful.

Especially in the bright and gorgeous lights, the romantic and noisy atmosphere is even more evident.

boom!boom!

Two sky cannons exploded in the sky.

With a burst of crackling firecrackers resounding through the streets, the Hongfu Restaurant officially opened.

The entire Hongfu restaurant is divided into four floors, and the overall height is ten feet high, like a Qiongyu in the sky, extremely gorgeous.

The first floor is the living room of the Red Mansion Banquet, with a space of four feet high and low.

Outside the huge Aquarius fountain in the center of the hall, there are three floors of attics and several private rooms around it, which is a very suitable location for viewing.

Starting from the second floor, Zhang Xiaoshan's layout is based on the famous architectural design of the Grand View Garden in the Red Mansion, which is not yet open to the public.

After all, without the foundation of "Story of the Stone", the value of the second and third floors cannot be reflected at all.

The fourth floor is a private room, where Zhang Xiaoshan's birthday will be held this time.

At this time, Zhang Xiaoshan was wearing a cloud brocade robe and a beautiful jade crown; a piece of psychic jade at his waist, an incense bag, and a folding fan with a bronze pendant in his hand, standing out from the crowd.

The gentleman's demeanor made everyone admire.

Even Zhang Yuan, who is fat and round on one side, is always smiling.

With Zhang Xiaoshan's conditions now, finding a lady from a great family is by no means a problem.

You must know that the more wealthy and noble the marriage is, the more common it is.

After all, the Zhang family is a merchant class.

Scholars, farmers, industry, and merchants, with merchants having the lowest social status.

Therefore, it is not so easy for the Zhang family to find someone who is absolutely suitable for marriage (high climbing).

The better Zhang Xiaoshan's external performance is now, the more marriages he can choose.

"Everyone, my surname is Zhang, and I am the owner of the Red Mansion.

The opening of the Red Mansion today is also Xiaoer Xiaoshan's birthday, so all the distinguished guests who spend at the Red Mansion today will get a [-]% discount.

In addition, the honored guests at night are being given a 'birthday snack'. "

Zhang Yuan laughed lightly, and everyone cheered.

You must know that [-]% off is already a huge discount, and it is also the birthday of the young master of the boss, which has a special meaning for some people.

"Everyone be objective, please come inside!"

With the opening of the Red Mansion, the first thing everyone saw when they entered the gate was an elegant and beautiful statue, holding a glazed jade vase in their hands, from which clear water poured out continuously.

And below is a pool of lotus flowers in full bloom, and groups of ornamental fish are swaying and swimming back and forth.

"This is... so beautiful!"

Looking at the Goddess Fountain in the middle, everyone was amazed.

Not only is the sculpture beautiful, but also a pool of lotus leaves and goldfish playing in the water are extremely elegant.

In the hall, the round tables made of mahogany are not only made of high-quality materials, but also exquisite and gorgeous, and there are four plates of exquisite candied fruit on each table.

"Thank you for your kindness, these candied fruit, please be careful!"

really!

When everyone heard the words, they couldn't help sighing at the grandeur of the Zhang family.

You must know that in this era, candied fruit is a luxury that only wealthy families can afford.

Now the candied fruit placed on every table is almost equal to free gift.

Moreover, Zhang's family has only recently donated tens of thousands of shi of grain, which is a loss of more than 50 taels based on the average price of [-] wen per liter in the disaster area.

It is conceivable that the things delivered in those private rooms must be more expensive.

In addition, there will be snacks as a gift at night, which is a lot of money.

"In addition, the second and third floors of the Red Mansion are not open today.

The fourth floor is where the child's birthday party will be held tonight, and I hope you will forgive me if I neglect it. "

"Good talk! Easy talk!

Congratulations to Master Zhang, every year has today, every year has today! "

"That's right, Young Master Zhang is so handsome and handsome, he can be called dragon and phoenix among people."

Amid the congratulations of the crowd, Zhang Yuan brought a few close friends to the box on the third floor of the attic.

In the morning and afternoon, ordinary guests came.

Even if the nobles come, it's just a taste, the real ceremony is at night.

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"One tael of silver for a bowl of noodles?"

"There is also a plate of 'Inlaid Silver Teeth' that actually asks for two or three taels of silver. Are these bean sprouts made of silver?"

“A piece of fried rice costs a penny!”

Looking at the menu, everyone who had sat down to order suddenly became overwhelmed.

None of the dishes on the menu is less than a penny. Even if the people who come in are either rich or expensive, they don't want to be taken advantage of.

What's more, a tael of silver was enough to support a family of four for a month a few months ago.

"Everyone is objective, Feng'er from my slave family is the chief shopkeeper of the Red Mansion."

A soft, waxy, sweet and intoxicating female voice spread throughout the audience.

Everyone immediately looked at the beautiful shopkeeper who descended from the lotus steps on the second floor, wearing a long red gauze dress, as charming as a rose, bright and glamorous; following the graceful lotus steps, the fragrant wind blew in, making her exquisite, slender and boneless body even more enchanting , Every frown and smile is touching.

Even though he had seen the demeanor of the top ten oirans in Lin'an Mansion, he had to admit that the other party was no less than any one of the top ten oirans in terms of beauty alone.

Even in terms of charming attitude, it is even better.

"Just now, everyone has objective doubts. I am the shopkeeper of the restaurant, so I can answer one or two."

The big shopkeeper named Feng'er took a menu, the first page only had eight hand-painted patterns.

The first delicacy is home-cooked noodles.

Noodles are the most common food, but the asking price here is one tael of silver for a bowl, which can be called sky-high price for noodles.

"Everyone thinks that noodles are expensive, but they don't know that these noodles are not ordinary noodles, and the production method is extremely time-consuming.

Originally, as the big shopkeeper, Feng'er should not reveal the recipe of this delicacy.But today everyone has objective doubts, Fenger is willing to answer the specific methods of the three delicacies on the spot.

This noodle is the first one! "

At this time, the people who were still a little bit upset, suddenly felt ashamed in the endless amorous feelings shown by the shopkeeper Feng'er.

One is that beautiful women cannot be hated, and stunning beauties are even more pitiful.

The second is that the way of food is like a secret book in the sect. If this bowl of noodles is really worth a tael of silver, they will embarrass others.

"Let's talk about the noodles first. First, a high-quality chick is used to bled and cured, and then marinated with eighteen kinds of precious spices for one day, and exposed to the sun for ten days; after drying, it is ground into fine powder, mixed with flour Make dough and grind it into noodles.

Therefore, this noodle seems to be simple to make, but it has hidden secrets. "

Hearing that the making of noodles is so complicated, even if everyone heard it, they couldn't help but look amazed.

A noodle is exquisite to the extreme.

The Red Mansion deserves to be the Red Mansion! .

Chapter 10 An Shigeng's comer is not kind?

"Shopkeeper Feng, what kind of dish is this boiled cabbage?"

"Boiled cabbage? As the name suggests, boiled water is boiled with chicken, duck, and pork ribs, then tenderloin and old hen are chopped into minced meat and continued to boil. Finally, it is hung into a broth like boiling water and poured on the tenderest cabbage heart.

Although it takes ten and a half months to prepare this dish without the noodles, it takes the chef three or four hours to prepare the broth.