The groom, the official Wang Pang, was very proud of himself, and his cooking skills pleased Renzong. Master Bao Zheng said, "Pang'er is hiding his secrets. I didn't know that Wang Pang had such skills."

Wang Anshi pondered the aroma of vegetables between his lips and teeth, and said in response: "Don't say you don't know, even my own father doesn't know. He has been away from home for more than a year, so he must have been given guidance by an expert."

Wang Pang said to several adults: "I specially recruited a few more chefs, and sent one to each house to manage the meals."

Mr. Bao Zheng then nodded: "I guess you have a heart."

After leaving Tianzi Room 1, we toasted in each room. When we arrived at Room 8, we were already in a good mood. It was Wang Pang's brothers who were close to him on weekdays, Zhong Zhen, Yuan Ze, He Libo, Li Gefei,

Shen Kuo, Fan Chunchun, Su Shi, Su Che and others. These people are about the same age and are full of youthful energy.[

When Wang Pang arrived, he started to laugh: "If this wedding banquet is really good, it seems that there is one missing part." I don't know who said this.

Wang Pang was surprised that he had thought everything carefully, but there were still some omissions. Then someone said: "After worshiping in the high hall, don't you want to enter the bridal chamber? Is this the bridal chamber?" Everyone laughed.

Shen Kuo laughed loudly: "I remember a line from a poem: The family must hold a new fire and light a solitary lamp to illuminate the bridal chamber. Do you think this poem should be changed?"

Wang Pang laughed and responded: "My family cooks over a charcoal fire, and the splendid mountains and rivers are all filled with bridal chambers."

The crowd became even more lively when they saw him teasing him like this, so Su Shi wrote a poem: "A spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold, the flowers are fragrant and the moon is cloudy, the sound of singing closes the pavilion is soft, and the night in the Qianqiu courtyard is deep."

Seeing Su Shi's impromptu behavior, the two brothers even started to recite poems and poems to the drinking orders, drinking and laughing with great joy.

Zhong Zhen said: "If there is always something new and interesting, and if there is something interesting, call some of our brothers."

Wang Pang took advantage of this and said: "Okay, I just have a strange idea. I will discuss it with several people who are passing by the government someday."

After the banquet dispersed, everyone still had their own thoughts. Cui Fu was taking care of the original Renhe Building and now the Jinxiu Building. Wang Pang and his family members returned to Meyer Mansion.

As soon as he entered the mansion, someone reported that the Princess of Goryeo had sent a congratulatory gift. When Helibao heard about it, he immediately went out to chase the person who sent the congratulatory gift. Naturally, Wang Pang also thought of it, but it didn't matter whether he was a real princess or not.

Miss Li Enxi is joking. There is something more important today. That is the bridal chamber flowers and candles.

With a secret joy in my heart, I quickly walked into the inner house, opened the door and saw Yuexia sitting on the bedside. It was Guixiang who was sitting on the edge of the bed with sleeves and hands, lowering his eyebrows and lowering his eyes as a newlywed.

The shy face is reflected red by the candlelight, and the delicate fragrance of the idle flowers condenses the jade.

Even if you use beautiful words from ancient and modern times, they can't describe Wang Pang's mood at this moment. He just wants to take his sweetheart into his arms. That's exactly what it is: when the jade body turns around in joy, he is ashamed to kill the brocade and be loved by the mandarin duck.

On the wedding night, during the bridal chamber, omit five thousand words

After Wang Pang’s wedding banquet, everyone in Bianjing knew that Jinxiang Mansion was given the royal gift to use coal from Jinxiang Mansion for cooking, and the dishes it produced were so unique that even Emperor Renzong was full of praise. The coal supply in Jinxiang Mansion was in short supply.

If any restaurant advertises that it uses coal from Jinxiang Prefecture for cooking, it means that the dishes have been given a high value.

The business of Jinxiu Building is not that good. If guests come a little late, they have to wait to be seated. Not to mention that on auspicious days, it is always uncertain who will book which tables for wedding and birthday banquets. There are also those upstairs.

The private rooms from Tianzi No. 2 to Tianzi No. 9 were taken from May to the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Room No. 1 in Tianzi never allowed outside tables. After all, it was the place used by Emperor Renzong in secret. Anyone who dared to sit next to the king would not dare to take out tables.

Numbers 2 to 8 are people who dream of becoming an official, and they have a great time; and number 9 often has daughters waiting to be married, so they go there to organize engagement banquets in order to get a good chance of marrying a good official.

Coal from Jincheng County is continuously sent to the capital. If any household still uses charcoal for cooking, it will be out.[

The Jinxiangfu coal yard in the northwest of Bianjing City is very busy. The tea plantation in the southeast of Bianjing has also begun to be built. Vendors have come to buy group tea, and there are still loose tea in the warehouse. Different grades of loose tea.

The king ordered people to seal some of the loose tea with jasmine flowers. Then Lu Shenyan went to Jianzhou to purchase. Lu Shenyan asked: "All the tea used in the palace and in the tea shops are in short supply. Only this loose tea can continue to be enough."

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Wang Pang said: "Of course, the profit after selling this loose tea is higher than those two."

Lu Shenyan and He Libo pouted. There was still a lot of goods piled up here. Instead of letting people process it, they would have to buy loose tea. But since the young master said it, let's do it.

Wang Pang was waiting, waiting for the young men to gather together, waiting for Lu Shenyan to come back this time, and waiting for his custom-made teapots and teacups to be delivered to the capital. At the same time, Wang Pang chose a teahouse in Jincheng, and this time he

The second decoration was the same as that of Renhe Building (now called Jinxiu Building). The entire building was covered with cloth.

As soon as Wang Pang was covered up like this, rumors started spreading in the capital that the prince of Meyer Mansion had a new way of playing tricks. Now Wang Pang's every move would attract people to imitate him. For example, that day in the coal yard, Wang Pang said,

This kind of luck comes from the help of boats. As a result, the popular saying now is not to say hello when meeting, but to become a good brother and a good brother.

If Wang Pang went out to the street and picked up an item from a vendor and looked at it for a while, after he left, people would surround the vendor and ask, "What did Mr. Wang say just now?"

Another example is the newly made clothes under the moonlight. If the style and embroidery are slightly changed, they will soon become popular in the capital. It seems that Wang Pang is the representative of fashion and the vane of the trend.

As soon as he covered the teahouse, the younger brothers came. Wang Pang invited them to the wing of the hall of Meyer Mansion. As soon as they entered, Su Shi was stunned: "We don't drink here, why set such a big table?"

What."

Wang Pang smiled and asked the brothers to sit down and said, "I'll invite you to tea today."

Seeing everyone sitting down, the king slowly waved a folding fan and said: "Last time when I went to Jianzhou, there was a custom of drinking tea there. It was not grinding powder and spices to make dough cakes, but brewing leaf tea. This is different from the previous one.

What Yuan Ze asked is that the objects in my illusion have similar approaches and similar effects. I invite you all to come here to taste this new way of drinking."

Yuanze Zhongzhen and others looked at each other and smiled. Sure enough, Wang Pang had another new trick up his sleeve. Wang Pang clapped his hands, and the servants and maids came in. Everyone's eyes lit up, and some looked surprised at the same time.

I saw the servants and maids next to the king, first bringing the small red clay stove. Everyone was stunned. It was already summer and it was no longer cold. Moreover, this small red clay stove was much smaller than ordinary stoves. There were one or two coals in it.

The bread is still burning.

Look at the maid again, she is slim and graceful, wearing a light green gown and Confucian skirt. She is only fifteen or sixteen years old, and she is very fair, especially the jade finger and the "teapot" (also called a sand pot) made of sand and mud.

Boil water over high heat. The tea pot is very light. Once the water boils, the small lid will automatically lift and make a series of sounds.

Everyone saw the maid pouring boiling water into the empty pot with her fingertips like flowers, calling it a "warm pot". The water in the warm pot was poured into the tea boat. Then she used a teaspoon and a funnel to put the tea leaves into the teapot. Then the boiling water was poured into the pot.

When it is full, use bamboo chopsticks to scrape off the tea foam on the surface of the pot. Immediately pour it into the tea boat or brew the tea and then pour in boiling water. Cover the tea lid and pour the boiling water to make the temperature inside and outside the pot the same.

Seeing her tossing around, everyone didn't know what Wang Pang was doing. They just saw Wang Pang admiring her leisurely and contentedly. Then the maid waited for the tea to be brewed with her beautiful hands. She used the tea that had just warmed the pot and moistened the tea, and she was in the tea boat.

Clean the tea cup - this is a small tea cup slightly smaller than the wine cup (even the teapot itself is only the size of a fist).

When the first tea is brewed, the teapot is carried along the edge of the tea boat for several weeks, like "touring the mountains and rivers". Finally, the warm-washed small teacups are lined up and poured back and forth one by one, like "cruising the river".

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The tea cups were filled slowly, and the maids served tea one by one, then bowed their hands with a smile, stepped back and waited.

Wang Pang looked at the dumbfounded people, smiled and made an invitation gesture. Everyone tasted tea, and Su Che couldn't help but praise when he sipped the tea: "The quality of tea in the middle of Fujian is the best in the world, and I don't feel tired when I work on it."

The king smiled and said nothing. Su Shi looked at the maid and looked at the tea, and also said: Good tea has always been like a beautiful woman.

Zhong Zhen asked: "Brother, it seems that you are planning to sell tea in this teahouse. It is very exquisite and unique. I just think that if you open a business, it will be like that Jinxiu Tower, which is hard to find."

"Yes." Everyone echoed Zhao Zhongzhen's words [

Yuan Ze shook his head and said with a serious expression: "Brother Xian, I really didn't expect that this loose tea can be drunk with such skill and taste. The word "quiet" is the key to drinking this tea. If the business is booming and there are many people and noisy people, you will lose time.

The artistic conception of drinking tea.”

Wang Bian always smiled and said nothing. He looked around at everyone here who had a name in the history of the Song Dynasty. He wanted to measure his influence starting from this teahouse.

Wang Pang knew that influence was not about new clothes, cooking skills or new inventions. He raised his hands and said, "What Zhongzhen said at the banquet last time is that there is no point in doing something new by myself.

Brothers, without all of you supporting me, I wouldn’t have a little king next to me.”

Shen Kuo chuckled and said, "Don't be so pretentious. Look at us, our officials are no more than five ranks, and our positions are just small errands. How can we help our brothers?"

Brothers Zhong Zhen and Su Shi also said: "It doesn't matter whether you make money or not, it's just for fame."

Wang Pang said: "Everyone, I plan to close this teahouse to the public."

"What?" "That's really not profitable?" The brothers didn't seem to understand.

Wang Pang nodded: "Not only is it not open to the public, but you are all shareholders, so you don't need to invest. How about letting everyone gain fame and wealth?"

Everyone looked at each other, wondering what Wang Pang was up to. Wang Pang said: "This teahouse is called Yun Pavilion. It only sells full-year memberships. The annual membership fee is ten taels of silver. There are only a hundred members at most."

Li Gefei didn't say anything for a long time, and then he said: "That's only an income of a thousand taels. It seems like it's just maintenance. How can we talk about profit."

Wang Pang confidently said: "There are ten of us, each of us has three membership silver medals, which can be donated to others. Ten of the remaining sixty silver medals will be reserved for the top scorer in Jinke High School every year. The remaining twenty will be reserved for

Give it to the Emperor, and he will distribute the awards. We only have thirty membership silver medals to sell."

Su Shi asked doubtfully: "If we are required to contribute capital, this is obviously a losing business."

Wang Pang chuckled: "Don't you and I want fame? Besides, with Brother Shen Kuo here, I want to set up a printing house and make some monthly calligraphy and painting works for members. Everyone will meet on the 8th, 18th, and 28th of each month.

On the same day, we have regular gatherings. I publish monthly publications to introduce poems and stories, and we also lead the literary style. What do you think?"

"Oh, Brother Wang Pang, this is a great idea." Everyone thought it was good.

Wang Pang said: "Wait a minute, I think we still need a few people to support us. The name of this publication has yet to be decided. My father, Wang Anshi, and I will talk to Yuanze. Lord Ouyang Xiu, we have to trouble the two brothers of the Su family. These two

But it must be supported. Needless to say, Zhong Zhen often comes in and out of the palace, so naturally the emperor's grandson, whom the emperor likes, will have no problem speaking."

When everyone heard that Wang Pang was going to produce a publication and how much money it would cost, none of them were interested. However, everyone was eager to give it a try and become famous.

Seeing this, Wang Pang said: "You just exchange literature, poetry and painting on a daily basis. If you have good works, I will order someone to record them. Of course, I will ask you to proofread them when they are published. Zhongzhen also needs to control the scale and direction. We can't go out of line."

Everyone praised it, and everyone wanted to go through the box and find the works they were satisfied with before.

Shen Kuo also helped Wang Pang build the printing factory, build the factory to bake pottery typefaces, and find grinders. In a matter of one or two months, everything was ready; Yunxuan was about to open.

Wang Pang chose a maid with similar age, figure, appearance and qualifications, and became a female tea doctor. This time, he wanted to lead the trend of tea drinking and sell loose tea into a new fashion. Yunxuan seat is hard to find for a lot of money, and he will try his hand at quotation style.

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