It was noon, and a ray of sunlight shone through the clouds.

The clouds are clear and the snow stops, the sun is shining, everything is obvious. Today will be a good day.

The crowd on the street increased significantly, and the crowd became much more lively. There were waves of stir-frying aromas floating on the street. I thought that the nearby restaurant had already opened, and during this period, you could still hear the waiter calling for business.

The strong aroma of oil stir-frying the meat makes people feel unresisting.

"Hungry...gu..."

A sound of hunger came from Zhai Zhonglin. It should be that the fragrance of vegetables floating on the street caused him to scream in his stomach. Zhai Zhonglin, who was still communicating with Zhang Rui, looked unaware of it.

A person who often lacks meat will easily feel hungry even if he is just full. Because the energy provided by starch such as rice and flour is far beyond the amount of meat fat. In order to obtain enough energy supply and demand, the body can only eat more rice to satisfy his hunger, so it is understandable to eat one and a half meals.

However, in this era of insufficient oil and water, the "Saint Ancestor" Kuang Xiye said: People can eat three meals a day, which is a waste of food. They should just eat two meals a day.

Therefore, the "Saint Ancestor" Kuan Xiye called on everyone to just eat two meals a day to save food. After all, eating bran and drinking milk is not a waste of time, and he said that he was an emperor but only had two meals a day.

Of course, every meal he has fish, meat, delicacies, etc., which cannot be compared, because he is also an emperor. As for the pastries and tea that he can do in the morning and evening, it cannot be counted. Naturally, if he feels that he is "gracious", he can't be counted when he goes to the queen and concubine to eat.

The people still agree with what Emperor Kangxi said. After all, it can "save" food, right? And the emperor just ate "two meals" like us.

However, they prefer the lifestyle of the bandit suppression army as "rebels".

Four meals a day, morning, noon and evening snacks.

Many people listen to the word "midnight snack" for the first time, but it does not affect their yearning at all.

Someone once suggested to Zhang Rui that the army should not be allowed to eat so "free" and it would be too wasteful of military rations. If the people follow the example, they would have to eat dirt in the future.

However, as the King of Han, Zhang Ruize, said: How can the soldiers be able to train without eating? How can they kill the enemy if they are not well trained? It is easier for the people to eat. How can they be able to work if they are not well-fed? How can they find more food if they are not well-fed? This is a causal cycle.

Zhang Rui has never been worried about military rations. Now, in addition to constantly buying grain in Huguang and other places, the bandit suppression army has also "buyed" a lot of grain from major grain merchants and landlords.

What’s important is that China’s maritime trade, which was originally almost “no desires and no desires”, is now constantly buying grain at the request of Zhang Rui. The rice and grain from Annan, North Korea, Japan, even Luzon and even India are constantly unloading at Guangzhou Port and Quanzhou Port, exchanging ships of tea, silk, porcelain, etc.

Unlike other rebel troops who like to plunder gold and silver as treasures, Zhang Rui understood one truth from the beginning. If the bandit suppression army was defeated, what's the use of hiding more gold and silver goods?

Therefore, for the bandit suppression army that has not yet carried out large-scale economic construction, the national treasury was still full at this time. Moreover, China's gold and silver have not flowed out on a large scale, and the amount of silver is quite sufficient.

While waiting for Taoist Yi Tian to come, Zhang Rui took the hungry Zhai Zhonglin, Zhai Xi and others to a nearby restaurant for dinner. After all, there is no modern communication tool, so it is not a matter of finding someone in a short time.

Food is the most important thing for people. China has been a history of fighting around food for thousands of years. Has the ancestors been obsessed with food in their bones made people care about the most?

Eating will give people a natural sense of relaxation, so the dining table is often the best place to communicate. This is why most important things for Chinese people are discussed at the dining table.

During the conversation with Zhai Zhonglin, Zhang Rui felt that he was indeed a talented person. Although he was not old, he wanted to be mature and steady in his ideas and suggestions. It is quite good for a young man to have plans and not be radical.

"'Okay, come back', this name is interesting." Zhang Rui smiled and said, looking at the name on the restaurant sign in front of him.

"Okay, let's just this one!" Zhang Rui walked in.

The restaurant is divided into two floors, and the bottom floor is 60 to 70 square meters. There are more than 20 sets of eight immortal tables in the main hall, and the counter is placed on the left side of the door. Several waiters in the store are constantly shouting to serve and check out. The seats on the lower floor are almost full at this time. It seems that the food in this restaurant is still good.

A waiter saw Zhang Rui, who was just wearing a plain cotton coat, coming in from outside the door without thinking about it, so he threw the towel on his shoulder and asked, "Is this guy having a meal? How many?"

"Eight." Zhang Rui raised his hand and signaled to the waiter that the few people following him were also together.

"Please go upstairs, please go upstairs," the waiter greeted Zhang Rui and others with a smile.

The space upstairs is not much smaller than that downstairs, but those who are going upstairs to eat also occupy all the seats. At this time, two tables were vacant near the window. The waiter cleaned up quickly and called Zhang Rui and others to sit down.

Everyone sat down separately, Zhang Rui, Zhai Zhonglin, Zhai Xi and Hu Qianhui sat at a table, and several other guards sat at a table next to them.

"I wonder what the young master wants to order?" The waiter who saw the situation asked Zhang Rui.

"Do you have any special food here?" Zhang Rui asked.

"Then my brother, please listen, our store has it..." The waiter reported a series of dishes in one breath.

Zhang Rui couldn't help but frown when he heard the name of the waiter's dish. Because the waiter habitually added a lot of Nanjing accents, Zhang Rui didn't understand what dishes were there.

Zhang Rui picked up the hot tea that had just been poured in front of him and said, "Waiter, I don't understand this dish either. Let me order a few dishes directly and let the kitchen make it out for me."

"Okay, please tell me. As long as the dishes are not too difficult to make, the kitchen can be made." The waiter agreed. He dared not feel disrespectful in his tone. After all, you can tell that they are from other places by listening to their accents. If they don't do it well, it may not be necessary to suppress the bandits, so naturally they dare not offend them.

"It's not a difficult dish to make. I'll cook a chicken, a salted duck, a plate of braised pork, a braised fish, and a plate of cabbage..." Zhang Rui reported one by one.

"Okay, my brother wait. I'll go to the kitchen to report the food." The waiter replied happily.
Chapter completed!