Wang Pang walked up and down the restaurant, and he probably understood. The two sat down on the verandah on the second floor, and Wang Pang asked, "It's a pity that Manager Cui just sold out the restaurant like this. It has been in business for so many years."

Cui Fu sighed: "It's not a pity, but there's nothing you can do about it. If you sell it, you'll still be left with three to four hundred taels of silver. If you don't sell it, you'll get dozens of taels a month. Moreover, the competition is so fierce, and it will cost more than a hundred taels to renovate."

Two, if you hire someone else, you're just throwing money away."

Wang Pang saw that he was telling the truth, and he hatched a plan in his mind, so he said: "If I take over the restaurant and ask Master Cui to take charge of it, in addition to 20 guan of wages per month, I will also give the shopkeeper 20% of the net profit. Will the shopkeeper be willing?"

?”

As soon as the shopkeeper heard this, he knelt down and kowtowed to Wang Pang and said, "This restaurant has been my hard work for most of my life. I'm willing to do it even if you don't give me wages, let alone a pure profit."

Wang Pang quickly helped Cui Fu up and said: "Master Cui doesn't have to do this. I have requirements for doing this." [

Cui Fu said: "Everyone in the world says that Mr. Wang is a benevolent and righteous man. If you like Renhe Tower and me, Cui Fu, today, you can ask for it."

Wang Pang looked at the building and said, "Listen to my instructions and start decorating it tomorrow. Put up a bamboo fence and cover the outside with cloth in front."

Cui Fu nodded and took note of Wang Pang's instructions.

Wang Pang ordered Cui Fu to close the store from tomorrow, cover the outside of the store with cloth, and renovate the tables and chairs with "rhinoceros skin" paint. The most important thing is to renovate the kitchen. Iron grates will be added to all the original wood-burning stoves.

A stove that can burn coal. It is estimated that it will be ready by early May.

The employer had no concerns, so Wang Pang paid the sum in one lump sum and told Cui Fu that in the future, the waiter would be upgraded and would no longer be responsible for serving dishes, but would instead keep an eye on the other employees in the lobby. The waiter must be able to write menus, and he will be able to write them all in the future.

The menu is sent to the back kitchen, and the chef in the back kitchen prepares the dishes in the order of the menu.

For his employees, Wang Pang also had to clearly distinguish between chefs, helpers, and waiters. The dishes had to be re-ordered. This recipe was naturally decided by Wang Pang. He had been in the Song Dynasty for so long, and the most luxurious food he had eaten was boiling and stewing.

The reason is simple, coal problem. There is no continuous burning of high-temperature coal, just charcoal fire, often boiled rice and stew.

Wang decided on the recipe, searching for the favorite dishes that he knew from the names of the dishes in his previous life: fried tenderloin, braised fresh mushrooms, braised fish fillets, braised asparagus, fried shrimps, fried kidneys, and stir-fried tendons.

, three kinds of fried onions, fried onions, fried meat, big and small, and came up with more than ten dishes;

After thinking for a long time, he remembered that these ten dishes from the Song Dynasty were not available. Shopkeeper Cui Fu took the menu and looked at it. He was dumbfounded: "Sir, what are you talking about, fried and stir-fried?" The king smiled and said, first recruit ten chefs.

, let me talk about it together. "Ten?" Cui Fu thought he heard wrongly, and he usually got busy when there were two or three. The king smiled and said, "Ten"!

After Wang Pang left, shopkeeper Cui Fu was still holding the special dishes on the menu in a daze. The waiter came over and asked, what was the shopkeeper looking at?

Cui Fu showed Wang Pang the menu to the waiter. The waiter was even more confused and simply stopped thinking about it. He even asked the shopkeeper Cui Fu: "Sir, Mr. Wang always has a lot of fantastic ideas. What do you want us to do?"

Just do whatever you want. Look, it’s already the end of April, we have to hurry up.”

In the past few days, bamboo fences have been erected in Renhe Building. People on the street didn't know what they were doing. When they saw Cui Fu, they asked, "Shopkeeper Cui, what are you doing?"

Shopkeeper Cui shook his head, "This restaurant will be named Wang from now on. I don't know what the young master is doing when he says this."

Everyone saw this and talked about it. When they learned that it was Wang Pang of the Meyer Mansion, they even chased Cui Fu and asked, is this young master going to perform any tricks again?

Seeing that everyone was asking so many questions, Cui Fu followed Wang Pang's instructions and asked questions without knowing anything. Wang Pang said, this is called a sense of mystery.

In a few days, it was almost completed, and more people gathered around the door. It turned out that Wang Pang's wedding invitations had been sent out, and Wang Pang's wedding banquet was not held by himself, but at Renhe Building. This Renhe Building

Do we need to redecorate or change the look?

The chefs who were trained in the Meyer House naturally learned how to make the ten dishes. What's more important is that they really like the coal-burning stove.

Wang Pang signed a contract with all of them, and the salary must be high, but he was not allowed to go to other restaurants within a year, otherwise it would be a breach of contract. Not to mention signing a contract, if he didn't sign the contract, Wang Pang would naturally be willing to work with Wang Pang if the salary was high.

Wang Pang also specially found someone to customize uniform work clothes for the employees of Renhe Building. Now he was satisfied. He was just waiting for the arrival of the 18th day of the fifth lunar month.

Towards the middle of May, the interior of Renhe Building was tidied up. Wang Pang ordered Cui Fu to still cover it up and go out to the streets to buy new things for use. All the old tableware and supplies were given to the neighbors.[

Now people around know that Renhe Building has even replaced the tableware with new ones. In fact, Wang Pang has already saved a lot more than a complete renovation. But the focus of his renovation is not on the appearance of the furniture. At the beginning of the month, Yu Danian escorted

Coal was also delivered. In this way, the coal yard was almost piled up. A truck took advantage of the night to deliver it to the coal shed prepared in advance in the backyard of Renhe Building.

On Wang Pang's wedding day, the bamboo fence covering the outside of Renhe Building was removed. People came to see it. They were all surprised when they stood at the door. Why did Renhe Building not change at all from the outside? They were even more confused.

Furthermore, it seemed that the people attending the banquet in Renhe Tower were all officials of the current dynasty, nobles, businessmen and celebrities, and at least those who were riding in sedan chairs. The entire street was almost blocked by sedan chairs.

Marriage is a big day, and the Song Dynasty stipulates that there can be some deviance in clothing. It is officially stipulated that common people can use the ninth grade life uniform as auspicious clothing when getting married. The king wears a flower futou on his head and a big red flower on his chest in his official dress. He stands on the steps.

Welcoming everyone.

It was quite novel to attend a wedding like this, especially when the groom personally stood on the platform to greet everyone. Everyone was signing in at the door and sending out congratulatory gifts. At the same time, waiters were shouting, "Sir so-and-so has arrived, and Mr. So-and-so, who has no official position and calls the name of the trading company, has arrived. And there are also

If you don't have a business or official rank, just call Mr. Mr., a close friend of Sina, to arrive.

The receptionist naturally led them to different locations according to the shouting content. The immediate family members were on the third floor, in various VIP rooms, facing officials at all levels. However, in Room No. 1 of Tianzi, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, and the right general Zhao Zongshi

, Mr. Bao, Wang Anshi's seat, Ouyang Xiu and others are sitting empty.

House No. 2 in Tianzi is occupied by the female relatives of these people.

Tianzi No. 3 to No. 6 are various official colleagues.

Numbers seven and eight are reserved for the brothers next to Wang.

Number 9 is the place where the female family members and the bride of the king's palace rest.

Everyone wondered if it was possible for Wang Pang to leave such a position for himself?

The second floor is where Zhang Yi personally greets businessmen and celebrities, while the first floor is reserved for neighbors.

Seeing that the auspicious moment was approaching, the king looked around and saw two people walking out of the crowd in the south. One was a thin man about fifty years old, with half-closed eyes that looked like a smile but not a smile. The other one followed behind him with his head lowered.

Wang Pang smiled and personally took the man to Room 1, Tianzi, on the third floor.

As soon as this person came in, everyone sitting in the room immediately left the table to give a big gift. The person quickly closed the door and said, "I want to see this folk wedding banquet today to celebrate it. Everyone, sit down quickly."

Bao Zheng and Wang Anshi were surprised and happy that Wang Pang's child actually alerted the emperor to come to the wedding banquet in disguise. If people in other rooms or downstairs knew about this, it would be terrible to cause a commotion. So they hurriedly obeyed the order and sat upright, grandly.

Can't even get it.

Ren Zongyi frowned: "You have been working with me for so many years, how can the housekeeper survive with such restraint?"

So I hurriedly kept my smile on my face. But Wang Bian didn't care about this. People from outside came to report and invited Mr. Wang and Mr. Bao to go to the second floor. After a while, the newlyweds had to kneel down and worship.

The person on the third floor stood on the restaurant corridor and immediately saw the couple's ceremony on the second floor. The second floor was even more lively with laughter. Although the person on the first floor couldn't see the excitement, he just saw the handsome groom.

When I heard the sound of firecrackers, I heard that the sedan chair to pick up the bride had arrived. The bride was dressed in bright red, with a phoenix crown on her head and a red hijab on her head. She looked even more charming.

When the salutes were over and the banquet began, the whole restaurant was buzzing with people. The waiters were running back and forth among the laughing crowd to serve the dishes. Only then did everyone find in surprise that there were so many dishes that they had never tasted at today's banquet.

The ten chefs in the kitchen were working enthusiastically, and Wang Pang taught them how to practice skillfully. One by one, wearing hats and aprons, they were stir-frying, and there was a red coal fire in the furnace.[

Renhe Building became popular all of a sudden. Even the people on the second and third floors were full of praise. The shopkeeper's eyes narrowed with joy. Although he said he had no income today, he could already see the shining gold waving to him.

Already.

People were busy tasting the dishes, but they were still unsatisfied. They had forgotten that today was Wang Pang's wedding day. In the Tianzi No. 1 room, Mr. Shi, who was following Renzong, was quite depressed. He smelled the aroma of the dishes and was in a state of disbelief from beginning to end.

Just like in the palace, you can try the dishes first.

Renzong's food was really delicious, and he praised everyone. Whatever he praised, he put it in the middle, and put down more than a dozen pairs of chopsticks together, and the plate immediately reached the bottom. Manager Shi just heard the sound of praise and even touched the bottom of the plate.

No chance to try it.

This table is like this, not to mention others. After eating two or three fresh dishes, as long as the waiter brings something new, they will all be eaten.

There were also people who wanted to take a look at the kitchen, but unexpectedly there were people guarding the kitchen. So shopkeeper Cui hurriedly opened the door and answered according to what Wang Pang taught him. The dishes are nothing special, but the methods are different. You guys

It can’t be made, it’s made from the special coal from Prince Wang’s Jinxiangfu coal yard.”

The banquet is still going on, and there is news from outside that the coal-cooked rice in Jinxiang Mansion is particularly good. Some people also know that the coal yard of Jinxiang Mansion is just outside Xishui Gate. The banquet is still going on here, and Jinxiang is outside the city over there.

At the Fu coal yard, some shops have already gone to inquire about the price of coal for cooking.

Wang Bian glanced at the situation of each table and knew that the effect was good. So he went to the back kitchen. Renzong in the Tianzi No. 1 room looked at the plates and asked: "There are no new dishes left. The official family, we will eat them together."

There are ten chopsticks. You can’t even see them.”

Everyone laughed, and they had almost finished drinking. Renzong was usually not so rigid, so he seemed to be relaxed and relaxed now. Master Bao really loved Wang Pang, and suddenly asked: "

The groom was toasting just now, where has he gone?"

Manager Shi finally found a chance to go out and immediately said: "I'll go take a look." He quickly ran to the back kitchen and found that the groom was cooking the dishes himself.

After a while, Wang Pang went upstairs with a plate of colorful special dishes and delivered it to Room No. 1 in Tianzi himself.

Renzong did not move his chopsticks. The color of the dish was very beautiful. There were green cucumbers, red carrots, white lotus root slices, round peanuts, green celery, and black mushrooms. This dish was the king.

It's easy to cook, don't look at the colorful colors when served. The actual process is to blanch it in water, then heat the oil, add seasoning salt, a little wine, and drizzle some sesame oil before serving.

Renzong felt it was pleasing to the eye when he saw it. When he tasted it, he found that it had the aroma of oil without losing the freshness of various vegetables. It had a good color, aroma and taste. He couldn't help but ask, "Wang Bian, what is the name of this dish of yours?"

Wang Pang thought to himself: This is just a plate of assorted brocades, but looking at Renzong's expectant eyes, he snickered in his heart and said: "The common people specially made this for the sage. I named him "Splendid Jiangshan"" Wang Pang said

As soon as it was served, everyone clapped their hands and applauded, the dish was good and the name of the dish was even better.
Chapter completed!