At noon the next day, Yuan Su came out of the Governor's Mansion and arrived at Deshengzhai Restaurant early.
Deshengzhai is the signature of a time-honored brand in Baoding. It is not far from the Governor's Palace. It only takes about ten minutes to walk here without a horse-drawn carriage. Yuan Su just passed by here before and heard the elders of the Zhang family mention "Deshengzhai"
"Fragrant Rice Pork Ribs", so he remembered the name of this restaurant. In fact, he had not reserved a table in advance yesterday, so he casually told Du Yu to say so to increase the sincerity of the invitation.
In his opinion, no matter how famous the restaurant is in the city, it will not be overcrowded every day. Even if the business is really so good, just relying on his status as the military envoy of East Zhili and nephew of the former governor Zhang Zhenfang, he can temporarily raise funds.
It’s not difficult to get a table.
However, things always go unexpectedly. When Yuan Su walked to Deshengzhai Restaurant with the guards and several footmen from the Zhang Mansion, he saw from a distance that the restaurant lobby was very empty and not full.
However, before the group of people could walk up the steps in front of the restaurant, a waiter from inside the door rushed out to greet them.
When the store clerk saw that there were many entourages behind Yuan Su, and there were also soldiers in military uniforms carrying gun cases, he immediately realized that the visitor had a distinguished identity, and quickly apologized with a smile on his face and said: "Gentlemen, I'm really sorry, but I can't let you down in the store today.
It's reserved. Otherwise, if you guys want to try our Deshengzhai's signature dish today, I'll ask the cook to cook it first and then send it to the uncle's house. How about that?"
Yuan Su's expression changed slightly. Do you have any takeaways? Before he could speak, a waiter from the Zhang family walked up to him in a swaggering manner, pointed at the empty restaurant lobby and scolded: "Stop talking nonsense to me. I'll take care of the restaurant."
It's nothing more than a big banquet. Look at your shop being empty. Who will book your restaurant? My uncle came to eat here to reward you, so don't be shameless."
The shop clerk looked aggrieved and quickly explained: "Sir, please Haihan, the shop has indeed been booked. The guest is having tea in the private room on the second floor. I don't know whether he is a banquet host or not. I don't know at the moment.
Until lunch time, I don’t know if other guests will come.”
Yuan Su suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He really didn't expect that such a small accident would happen. If it were other times, he would not care about it. At worst, he would change to another restaurant. But the problem is that he has already invited Hu Longxiang to come to Deshengzhai for a while.
If we wait for Hu Longxiang to come and then say that he will be replaced, it will be really embarrassing in terms of face.
Immediately, he said to the store clerk quietly: "Seller, to be honest, I have also invited guests to come here for a gathering. If I lose the place, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get through. Can you please go up and ask about the package?
For guests who come to the restaurant, the cost of renting the restaurant will be borne by me, and all they have to do is give me a small room."
The store clerk was stunned for a moment. If it were him, he would naturally be willing to agree to such a good thing, but the owner upstairs was a famous merchant from Baoding, and he might not care about the money.
At this moment of hesitation, the servant from the Zhang Mansion shouted again: "My uncle has nice words for you, didn't you hear? Let me tell you, we are from the Governor's Mansion, my uncle
He’s the president’s nephew!”
The store clerk was startled and said quickly: "What a distinguished guest. What a distinguished guest. However, you still have to be considerate. No one dares to offend the young ones when they open a shop. To be honest, the owner of the building upstairs is none other than Rong Cheng."
Mr. Zheng is the eldest son. Since the distinguished guest is from the Governor's Mansion, he should have heard about Mr. Zheng's reputation. The younger ones really dare not offend the Zheng family."
As soon as the servant of the Zhang Mansion heard "the eldest young master of Mr. Zheng's wife's family", his expression suddenly changed.
Yuan Su asked the footman: "Who is the origin of the Zheng family?"
The footman groaned in embarrassment, and then replied: "Back to Mr. Yuan, after all, the Zheng family is just a local rich man in Baoding. It's just that the Zheng family is related to the high-ranking official Shang Sheng's family, and the third master of the Zheng family is now in Tianjin.
He works for foreigners, so he has quite a background. The master does not have much contact with the Zheng family on weekdays, and there is little emotional connection..."
Yuan Su frowned slightly. The person who could make the family of a dignified governor of a province feel embarrassed was naturally not from a small background. The first person he thought of was Sheng Xuanhuai, the richest man in modern China.
Name, talent, makes Zhang Zhenfang have to be wary. In addition, the Zheng family is also closely related to foreigners, which is really very difficult.
When the shop clerk saw the waiter's expression change, he then said in a smooth tone: "Masters, please be considerate. It's not that I'm not being inconvenient, but that the store doesn't dare to offend Master Zheng. How many of them are there?"
Come again, I will treat you well, okay?"
When the servant of the Zhang Mansion heard this, his expression changed drastically again. The waiter clearly insisted that the Governor's Mansion was afraid of the Zheng family. Although Governor Zhang has resigned as the Governor of Zhili, he is the cousin of the President after all, and Yuan
Su is also the nephew of the president. No matter how powerful the Zheng family is, is it possible that they still dare to go against the president?
The most taboo thing for these servants is to embarrass their master. Governor Zhang rarely has contact with the Zheng family, which does not mean that he is afraid of the Zheng family's family background. When he thought of this, the footman put his hands on his waist and immediately put on a
He said angrily, like a fox pretending to be a tiger, "You bitch, stop trying to put money on the Zheng family's face. Our Mr. Zhang and this Mr. Yuan are both relatives of the president. I will put down my words today. Our Mr. Yuan is determined."
Don't hesitate to come here to eat. If you don't dare to offend their surname Zheng, how could you dare to offend our Governor's Mansion?"
Yuan Su rarely loses his temper, and even if he does have emotions, he will only hide them in his heart. He originally planned to resolve the matter in a peaceful manner, but he didn't know that these servants of the Zhang family were used to being domineering, and suddenly they stopped talking.
At this time, of course, he could not destroy his own prestige, so he had to remain silent for the time being, but wanted to see how this matter would pass.
The waiter was shocked by the waiter. He hesitated for a long time and didn't know what to say. On one side he was a local powerful person, and on the other side he was a relative of the emperor. Who could he dare to offend with his mere waiter job?
At this moment, a voice came from the restaurant: "Why is it so noisy outside? What's going on?"
Everyone turned their attention to the store and saw a middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe coming down from the corner of the stairs. Another worker in the store hurriedly came to the stairs and gave a few words of earnest advice, saying something outside.
Nothing important.
However, this middle-aged man in brocade robes had already seen the people at the entrance of the lobby. After walking down the stairs, he immediately walked toward the entrance to greet them with a straight face. Before the people even got close to the entrance, the sound had already come out.
: "What are you going to do? Didn't the store tell you clearly? Our eldest young man has booked a restaurant today, so you can go find another place."
However, when he crossed the threshold and came to the steps, and saw that there were police guards with guns among the people standing at the bottom of the steps, he realized in his heart that these people were not ordinary people, so he softened his expression slightly.