Chapter four hundred and seventy-eight feast
Shenjiamen Port has obvious regional advantages, and the business in this area is extremely prosperous. Under Hu Zi's leadership, they quickly found an inn that looked very prosperous.
"Jeju Inn?" Gao Mingshi recited the name on the plaque and said, "Could this shopkeeper come from the Shandong border in the north?"
"Not it! This Jeju is not that Jeju!" Huzi immediately replied with a smile: "Although both belong to the Ming Dynasty, this Jeju Inn comes from the east!"
"Oh! Jeju Island?" Gao Mingshi knew the reputation of Jeju Island for many years. But he didn't expect that Jeju Island could still be seen opening an inn on the territory of Song State. He said, "Then this shopkeeper is also able to handle it. He has established a great family business in this prosperous foreign country."
"Hehe, you have the ability, but you can't think it's bad in foreign countries." Huzi explained while leading the people inside: "This shopkeeper is the largest clan of Shenjiagang. However, a few years ago, he opened a port on Jeju Island and attracted many merchants to buy land and start a business. The shopkeeper also does business at sea, so he also assigned people to see it. I don't know how it was done, but he has never even left Shenjiagang, but I heard that he has already been a Ming native and is a Ming native.
Now, there is a Jeju inn here. Many maritime merchants who go to Mingguo will play first-class and stay in hotels in this inn!" As if they were being rattled, he sighed and said, "Hey! Nowadays, anyone who has a relationship with Mingguo will be able to make a living. If it weren't for the fact that I had an old mother at home, I would have gone to Mingguo to make a living.
I heard that if I go there, I can divide the land. Even if I don’t know how to farm, I can go to the workshop and the business to make a living. That day, I will have hope!"
Listening to Hu Zi's unconcealed yearning for Ming Dynasty, the crew members who followed Gao Mingshi showed some pride. In Ming Dynasty, they might not feel anything about the identity of Ming people. But after going out of the sea and going to Japan, they would instantly feel much more noble.
Even if you come to this Song Kingdom, which is known as the most prosperous, you can still gain the envious gaze of ordinary people.
At this time, Hu Zi had already greeted the people at the hall and said proudly: "Is there any empty seat? These people are all distinguished guests who have just come from the sea, so you should entertain them better."
The person who was running the hall knew Hu Zi immediately replied, "A few guests invited me. Have you ever used the special dishes of our inn?"
Gao Mingshi immediately asked what dishes were there, and the waiter immediately smiled and said, "There are menus on the table. I want to order something objectively and order according to the menu."
"Oh, your inn has also purchased menus?" Generally, inns are directly registered by Paotang. It is rare for them to buy menus in later generations.
"That's not! Many shops in Ming Dynasty buy menus. Our Jeju Inn shopkeeper is also from Ming Dynasty, so we naturally have to buy it." The person who runs the hall boasted with honor that his shopkeeper is from Ming Dynasty.
Gao Mingshi and his group, who knew the truth, did not expose it, but just sat down with a smile and checked the menu.
The paper used in this menu makes it very hard to feel, and it has patterns on it. It is combined with beautifully shaped words, giving people a pleasing feeling.
Let’s look at the names of the dishes above, each one, and the total number is thirty or forty.
There are nine people sitting together, and some of them stay on the boat to guard it. After all, the intention of being defensive is necessary. It is hard to say that there is no one on the boat. Will there be any thieves touch the boat and do whatever they want.
"This, this, and this, that..." Gao Mingshi was very proud to order a bunch of dishes for everyone, and most of them brought meaty dishes. The crew members who had been hard for more than ten days on the boat were immediately happy as if they were.
It was just out of caution that Gao Mingshi did not serve everyone with wine. He only ordered a few jars of sour plum juice made by the store.
Hu Zi looked at it and felt very happy.
Because there are transactions in Shenjiagang's shops and human teeth! This is similar to the tour guides who received kickbacks in later generations. If they bring customers to their doorsteps, the store will give them benefits. If a store wants to eat for free, then its reputation in Shenjiagang will be stunning.
When the good dishes and water were served, Gao Mingshi invited Hu Zi to sit down to eat and drink.
"How did this make it?" Although Hu Zi wanted to sit down and eat together, he refused on the noodles: "The young man is just a humble guide, how can he eat the meal with all the guests!"
"It's okay!" Gao Mingshi said casually: "I'll have to wait for us to visit other places more today. If you don't have enough food, you won't have the energy to run away with us."
"Then-then I'm disrespectful!" Hearing this, Hu Zi sat down politely. Although thanks to the convenient port advantages, the people in Shenjiagang rarely starve to death. However, it is difficult to eat well.
Because no matter how much profit it is, it is taken away by the big merchants and officials. Only some small profits are left to these ordinary people for fighting for it.
On weekdays, Hu Zi can only eat two meals a day. One of them is white porridge with few rice grains. As for meat, it can only be eaten during festivals. Therefore, it is still rare to eat meat like this.
But even if he wanted to eat very much, he still paid attention to etiquette. Therefore, he ate every dish very carefully and did not dare to eat too much.
Such a performance fell in Gao Mingshi's eyes and he couldn't help but feel a little more appreciative.
When the last sour plum juice came up, the jar was very heavy, so it was lifted by two people from the hall. It was just because of one accident that a guy suddenly slipped his feet, causing the jar containing sour plum juice to fall heavily to the ground.
Such a sound immediately attracted the attention of others. After seeing that there was nothing, he retreated. There was only one guy who was serving at other tables staring at Gao Mingshi for a long time. And when he was still serving the food, he came over to take a look.
Gao Mingshi and his party were unaware of this.
Later, the guy ran to a large mansion. After waiting for the transmission, he entered the interior.
"Sir, the young man saw Zhang Huzi's man!" The guy didn't say much nonsense when he saw the person above.
"Well? Didn't you say that Zhang Huzi's people died on desert islands overseas? Why are there still his people?" the man asked in a bad tone.
As the navy commander of Shenjiagang, he can be regarded as a domineering local tyrant, so he is also qualified to be domineering to the people below.
Chapter completed!