Daily Life In Qin Dynasty Chapter 140

  Chapter 140 Baichuan Restaurant

  Winter seems to be earlier this year than in previous years.

  It has only just entered October, and many people in Xianyang City have already thickened their clothes, and some wealthy families even wear fur coats on their bodies.

   And in this kind of chilly weather, a five-story restaurant with a magnificent exterior decoration named [Baichuan] quietly opened in the DC area of ​​Xianyang Palace.

  [Baichuan Restaurant] immediately attracted the attention of a large number of passers-by as soon as it opened.

  One reason is that five-story buildings are rare nowadays.

  Secondly, since the restaurant opened, the inside has been exuding an extremely attractive aroma towards the outside.

Xianyang DC District was originally the residence of high-ranking officials and nobles. Many of the passers-by along the way were rich and wealthy aristocrats. However, even if they have tasted delicious food from all over the world, they have never smelled such a unique aroma. .

   Didn't even taste it, just smelling the smell has already made many people salivate.

   "Strange, what kind of smell is this, why have I never smelled it before?"

   "Indeed, it is a strange aroma. I have tasted delicacies from all over the world, but I have never smelled this taste before."

   "The owner of this restaurant is so bold!"

   "How about it, Brother Lu, are you interested in going in and seeing it?"

   "Hahaha~~Brother Zhang invites an invitation, how dare the younger brother refuse."

  With curiosity in their hearts, someone couldn't help but walked into the restaurant soon.

  As soon as they entered the restaurant, some people noticed something strange, because they found that the ground they were stepping on was neither green bricks nor wooden boards.

   It was an unusually hard and flat floor, which looked as if it had been cut from a whole huge boulder and then embedded in the ground.

   "Guest officers, please, which floor do you want to dine on?"

  Just when several people were curious about this novel ground, a waiter in a waiter costume greeted him with a smile on his face, bent over and said.

  Hearing what the waiter said, one of the young men suddenly raised his chin and said loudly, "It goes without saying, of course it's the top floor? Are you worried that the young master won't be able to pay?"

Seeing the other party's haughty appearance, the waiter in the shop was not only not annoyed, but smiled deeper, nodded and bowed and said with an apologetic smile: "Of course I don't dare to doubt the financial resources of the distinguished guests, but if you want to go to the top floor, financial resources are not enough. You also need to be invited by the little master's family to be eligible."

  Hearing this, the three people in front of them looked at each other, and then saw another person come out, cupped their hands and said: "Then how can I be invited by the master of your building?"

The shop clerk smiled and said: "I don't know about this small one, but the shopkeeper mentioned it before, and now there are only three guests who have been personally invited by our host, namely the current king, General Meng Ao and Wang Jian. General."

  As soon as this remark came out.

  The air in the lobby of the restaurant seemed to be quiet.

  The seemingly arrogant young man just now fell silent for an instant.

In fact, the reason why these people seemed arrogant just now was just to test the background of this restaurant. After all, Xianyang DC District is the gathering place of the entire Qin State's dignitaries and nobles. To rashly play prestige in this area.

   It was just the result of the test, but it directly scared this group of people.

   For a while.

I just saw an older young man among the few people, who coughed lightly and said: "Ahem~~ I have just come to your place, and I don't know much about the rules of your restaurant, can I ask this little brother to introduce you a little bit?" some."

   "The distinguished guests are being polite, but since the distinguished guests want to hear it, the younger one will show off and show off."

The waiter of Baichuan Restaurant has obviously been specially trained, and soon bent down and led a few people into the restaurant, and said slowly: "Baichuan Restaurant has five floors, except for the top floor, which can only be entered by invitation, and the other four floors are all open. Open to the outside world."

  “The first floor is the public lobby, and the price of dining here is also the cheapest.”

   "The second is the second floor, which has private rooms."

   "There is a public bath on the third floor, and the environment on the third floor is like spring all the year round, and the cold winter months are like warm spring. The hot summer is like cool autumn."

   "The same is true on the fourth floor, but each private room has an independent bath, and when dining, there are beauties to accompany, singing and dancing..."

"etc!"

Before the waiter could finish his sentence, a person couldn't help but interrupted: "Little brother, isn't it a little too much for you to brag about? Even if you put charcoal in the room in the cold winter and ice mirrors in the hot summer, you dare not say the temperature." May the seasons be like spring!"

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the waiter in the shop gave a mysterious smile, and said: "The guest officers have misunderstood, the way to maintain the temperature of this restaurant in winter is not to rely on charcoal. If you are interested, you can go to the third floor to find out. These are the price tags on each floor of our store."

   As he spoke, the waiter had already led a few people to a wall, and on the wall, the prices of each building of Baichuan Restaurant were impressively written.

  There is nothing on the first and second floors of Baichuan Restaurant.

   Meals are only charged for meals on the first floor, while private rooms on the second floor cost an extra ten dollars.

   The prices of meals on these two floors are pretty normal.

  However, after ascending to the third floor, the prices of several people soared, and the basic price of going up to the building alone started with a gold coin.

  The fourth floor is even more outrageous, starting with five gold coins.

   At such a price, even the few young people in front of them couldn't help being shocked.

   "Are you kidding? The price of building on the third floor starts with a gold coin. Are you running a black shop?" Someone couldn't help but ask.

"The guest officer was joking. These prices in this store are clearly marked on the outside. If you don't want to go to the third and fourth floors, you only need to eat on the first and second floors. As for the third and fourth floors, it is small enough to guarantee that if you have been there once , will definitely feel value for money.”

  This time, not many people responded to Xiao Er.

  Although these people have quite a lot of assets in their families, it will obviously hurt many people to ask them to spend a gold coin just for a meal.

   At this moment, someone's eyes suddenly glanced at the wall next to him, and he was taken aback for a moment.

   Next second.

   He wiped his eyes, as if wondering if he saw something wrong.

   After a while, he pointed to the wall and asked, "Then... what is that?"

  The shop waiter glanced back, and casually said: "Over there is the menu of our shop. If you want to order, you can look at the menu over there and just talk to the waiter."

  When everyone heard the words, they also turned their heads to look at the wall behind them.

   Immediately after.

  The rest of the people were also stunned.

  Because on the wall behind everyone, there are only a hundred wooden boards hanging on it, and on each board, the name of a dish is written.

   Among them, almost 90% of the dishes are dishes that no one has ever heard of...

  Scallion fried lamb, sauce fried eggplant, pork ribs and winter melon soup, garlic cucumber, boiled chicken, sweet and sour carp...

  Everyone is dazzled by the dishes. After all, in the current era where meals are mainly steamed, boiled, and roasted, even these noble children who claim to eat all kinds of food in the world can eat a few kinds of food.

   "Here...the name of the dish on it, why have I traveled all over the world, but I have never even heard of it?"

  The waiter in the store smiled and said, "It's normal that you haven't heard of it, because these are exotic vegetables, such as eggplants and cucumbers, which originally came from wild places outside the Western Regions."

   "Except for the cultivation in Hanzhong in the Central Plains, it is absolutely impossible to see these exotic vegetables in other regions."

   "Hanzhong? Why is it only planted in Hanzhong?"

  Someone noticed the key points revealed in Xiao Er's words, and hurriedly asked.

  The shop waiter replied: "Because these vegetables are the seeds obtained by Lord Shengping from people from other places, and then cultivated carefully. As Hanzhong is the fiefdom of Lord Shengping, these exotic vegetables will naturally be planted there."

  Hearing Xiaoer Dian's explanation, everyone suddenly realized.

  I think so too.

  At present, apart from Lord Shengping, there seems to be no one else in the entire Qin Kingdom who has such an ability.

   "So, all the vegetables in your restaurant are purchased from Hanzhong?"

"good."

  The waiter in the store answered very simply.

   This made many people slightly taken aback. After all, according to common sense, shouldn't such news be a commercial secret of the restaurant?

Or······

  Suddenly, some people seemed to think of something, and suddenly their pupils shrank.

   And at this moment, I heard the shop waiter speak again: "Now the situation of our shop has been introduced, do you want to eat?"

  Hearing these words, everyone came back to their senses and spoke one after another.

   "Of course, give me ten dishes first. You can choose the category, but it must be cooked with exotic vegetables."

   "Me too, I want to taste the difference between these exotic vegetables and my Central Plains."

   "I am the same as them, but let me open a private room on the third floor first. I would like to see what is so special about the third floor here."

  The descendants of the real dignitaries and noble families rarely produce waste.

  So when these people first heard about 'exotic vegetables', they smelled business opportunities, but they didn't act rashly.

   After all, no matter how strange and rare vegetables are, the most important thing is the taste.

   "Alright! Guest officers, please wait a moment."

  The waiter in the store took down everyone's requests one by one, and then yelled into the back kitchen.

   About two quarters of an hour later.

   One after another, the dishes that were still exuding heat and aroma were delivered to everyone by the restaurant's waiter...

  (end of this chapter)

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