Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

The tavern will open tomorrow.

She brought along a few maids, four cooks and two servants.

I'll go clean up and put the wine away today.

By the way, I'll go to the General's Mansion to see Zhao Yuanlan and Yue Hongmian.

It has been a long time since I last visited the general's mansion. Zhao Yuanzhen brought some newly produced rice, various fruits from the orchard, as well as watermelons, cantaloupes, and Hami melons.

This is the last batch of melons. If you're any later, there won't be any more.

A batch of white fungus has matured, and Qian Xiaohui has already assigned people to harvest, clean and dry them.

I also brought some white fungus.

"Little sister, are you back?"

Zhao Yuanlan hasn't seen his younger sister for more than two months, ever since she went to the Yellow River.

"Well, I'm back, brother and sister-in-law. I'm here to bring you some local specialties, all grown in our orchards and fields."

"Okay, thank you, little sister. I like the fruits grown in your orchard the most. They are bigger than others and very sweet."

They are all the best varieties selected by myself, of course they are delicious.

"Sister-in-law, this Tremella is very good. Eat more. I'll bring you more when you're done."

Zhao Yuanzhen packed a big cloth bag for her.

"Little sister, your silver ear is bigger than others, and the crown is fuller. One of this kind costs more than twenty taels of silver."

As the boss of the family, I naturally know the price of this white fungus.

The cloth bag my younger sister gave me is worth several hundred taels of silver.

What should I give in return?

"Well, we sent someone to make this one specially, so it's a little bigger."

"Little sister, I can't express my admiration for you in words. You are so amazing."

"Sister-in-law, don't praise me, or you'll be proud."

"That's reason to be proud."

"Hahaha, big brother, I brought double portions of everything except the rice. Can you bring one portion for the Queen?"

We must hold on tightly to the first thigh of feudal society and protect ourselves.

"Okay, little sister. I'll send it over in a minute."

"Well, that wine is newly brewed by our winery. The alcohol content of the wine is quite high, the lowest is 38 degrees. For reference, the wine we usually drink is only about 20 degrees, so you must not drink too much, or you will get drunk."

"Okay, I get it, little sister. Don't worry."

"Well, then, brother and sister-in-law, I'll leave first."

"Stay here for a few days. Why are you in such a hurry? I haven't seen you for a long time."

Yue Hongmian wanted her to stay here for a few days.

"Sister-in-law, the restaurant will open tomorrow, I have to go over and clean up today."

"Another shop is opening? Where is it? I'll go there tomorrow."

"It's over there in Yulin Lane."

"Okay, I'll go there with your sister-in-law tomorrow."

"Well, okay, I'll wait for you guys to come over. I'll be leaving first."

"Alright, go ahead."

Yue Hongmian looked at her younger sister who had left and felt a little envious. She had her own career, which was very successful and exciting.

"My dear, the things my sister gave me are so precious. I want to give her something in return, but I can't think of anything to give her in return. It feels like my sister has everything."

"Yes, she does. She has a wide variety of shops, and everything she sells is the best."

"So what should we give?"

"I see she's keen on making money. I'll go to the palace later and see if I can turn her into an imperial merchant."

I have many shops, a wide variety of items, and high quality. Any item I take out is top-notch, so it is more than enough for me to be an imperial merchant.

"Okay, this is a good idea. My husband, you are quick-witted. Go quickly."

"Okay, then I'll go."

Zhao Yuanlan took all the things that Zhao Yuanzhen brought for the Queen and entered the palace.

It was not sent directly to the Queen, but went to His Majesty first.

"Your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty."

"Get up, what's the matter?"

"My sister has a new batch of wine and asked me to send it over for Your Majesty to taste."

"She knows a lot."

This woman is so capable, she knows how to do everything.

"Your Majesty, my sister said that this wine has a higher alcohol content than other wines, and it is more fragrant, stronger and more delicious."

"Really? Let me try it."

His Majesty took the wine glass and took a sip. Good wine! More fragrant, stronger, and with a lingering aftertaste.

"Your sister is really a capable person."

There are many ideas and many methods.

"Your Majesty, next month foreign envoys will come to Beijing. If you use this wine at the banquet, it should be a great surprise."

Foreign countries are good at drinking, and they always said that our wine is not strong enough.

"Well, this is true. This wine is strong enough. Let's use this wine. All banquets in the palace will use this wine."

"I thank Your Majesty on behalf of my sister."

After this was done, Zhao Yuanlan went to deliver something to the Queen Mother. He was not allowed to enter the harem, so he could only wait at the palace gate for someone to come and get it.

"Miss Xiyun, please tell the queen that my bathroom shop is open for business. If the bathroom you gave me is damaged, you can go to the shop to exchange it for a new one."

"Don't worry, General. I will definitely convey it."

"Thank you very much, Miss Xiyun."

Xiyun took the things over with his men and then passed the message to the queen.

"My lady, General Zhao said that Zhen Shuren's bathroom shop has opened. If ours is damaged, can we go to the shop and let them know and get a new one?"

"She opened a bathroom shop?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"Go and see if General Zhao has gone far. If not, tell her that the palace has ordered 40 sets."

I don't know who leaked the news, but everyone in the harem knew that she had a toilet that was very convenient to use indoors. It didn't smell bad, flushed, and was very clean. Even the toilet paper was soft.

The empress dowagers, concubines and imperial concubines had asked this question many times in an indirect way.

She was afraid that Zhao Yuanzhen didn't have that much, so she didn't tell him, but now she has opened a shop.

Change them all in the harem, and also in Your Majesty's study, bedroom, and front hall.

His Majesty also said that this is permanent and he is not used to going to other toilets.

"Yes, slave, go right away."

Zhao Yuanlan didn't leave, he was waiting there, and sure enough, Miss Xiyun came back again.

"General, the Queen said she wanted to order 40 sets and asked Zhen Shu to deliver them to the palace."

"Okay, thank you Miss Xiyun, I will go back and tell her then."

"Thank you for your hard work, General."

Both things were successful, not bad.

Zhao Yuanlan went back happily.

The tavern is a two-story building, with a total area of ​​more than 200 square meters.

For such a large tavern, only selling alcohol would waste the second floor, so Zhao Yuanzhen planned to switch to a tavern business model.

You can drink in the store, and there is a kitchen, but the kitchen only makes some snacks to go with the drinks. It is not like a restaurant where you can order a lot of dishes.

Ten dishes have been selected for now.

Fried peanuts, pickled radish, salt-boiled edamame, cold cucumber, salted duck eggs, cold pork elbow, husband and wife lung slices, mouth-watering chicken, braised food, and braised beef.

There are 5 vegetarian dishes and 5 meat dishes, all of which are relatively simple dishes, such as pork elbow, lung slices, chicken, braised food, and braised beef in soy sauce. They can all be cooked in advance and can be directly cut and seasoned and served on the table when customers place an order.

Moreover, if you cook it once, it can be eaten for at least two days. In this season, you can’t eat more than that because it will go bad.

There is a wine selling area on the first floor, right at the entrance. Further inside is the drinking lobby and upstairs are private rooms.

Several jars of each type of wine are placed in the sales area.

There are various wine jugs and glasses on the counter.

The shopkeeper serves the wine directly and the kitchen prepares the dishes.

A menu was created, with 10 courses and a selection of wines, and a large menu was also posted on the wall.

There were no servants at home, and Zhao Yuanzhen originally wanted to use a maid to wait in the hall. But then she thought better of it. There were many people drinking here, and they might do something outrageous when they were drunk.

After cleaning the place, I let the maids go back.

He went to the pawnshop and bought 20 servants, keeping four of them as waiters and sending the rest back.

The work clothes were all ready-made, and Zhang Qingyan had prepared them long ago, and distributed them directly together with daily necessities.

There are 5 houses in the backyard, one for the cook, one for the servant, one for the shopkeeper, and one for the waiter. The rest are used as warehouses, and the wine cellar was dug when it was renovated.

After cleaning, the cook began to prepare dishes for tomorrow's opening.

Cook the time-consuming ones.

The shopkeeper is the last one trained by Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu has to train a few more.

Zhao Yuanlan and Yue Hongmian arrived early the next day.

"Brother, sister-in-law, you are here."

"Well, I have good news for you."

"What good news?"

Zhao Yuanzhen was a little curious.

"I went to the palace yesterday to deliver wine. His Majesty said that from now on, all the wine for banquets in the palace will be from your wine shop. I asked them to send 50 jars of each type first."

There are 150 jars in total of three flavors.

一坛46斤，2.5两一斤的2300斤。2两一斤的4600斤，总计两。

This is just for this month, there will be more in the future.

A good start, not bad.

"Brother! You are so awesome! Then am I not the Royal Merchant?"

"Yes, and the Queen asked you to deliver 40 sets of bathroom fixtures, and 1 packs of tissue paper."

188 per set, a total of 7520 taels, 3000 packs of paper is taels.

Another more than ten thousand.

"Brother, that's great. I'll send someone to get the goods. Can you help me deliver it?"

"Ok."

Zhao Yuanzhen asked the servant to deliver some, and told the bathroom department to prepare 40 sets. If there were not enough in the shop, she would have the transport team deliver them from the farm, and also send 50 jars of each of the three types of liquor.

Yue Hongmian gave a large jade Ruyi ornament as a gift.

This was what she found in her dowry.

The auspicious moment arrives, the ribbon is cut and firecrackers are set off.

Zhao Yuanzhen deliberately opened the jar of wine to let the aroma come out.

Although the price is a bit high, the wine is really good.

Some people who smelled the wine came over to join in the fun and discovered that they could drink in the lobby of this bar.

Zhao Yuanlan and his friends also sat at a table, and Zhao Yuanzhen served them some side dishes.

Several people were drinking and chatting leisurely.

Some bought some to try, while others left because they thought they were too expensive.

Some drink in the lobby, and some take home.

On the first day, it wasn’t very popular, but we still sold some products.

Zhao Yuanzhen was not in a hurry. Good wine would naturally have no trouble selling. Just like certain Maotai and certain Tai, they were so expensive, but still hard to buy.

Besides, I bought the same kind of koji.

In the afternoon, the conveyor belt of Zhuangzi delivered 40 sets of bathroom products and the 150 jars of wine.

They were all handed over to Zhao Yuanlan, who immediately sent them to the palace.

The pub was open until 9 p.m., and Zhao Yuanzhen waited until the shop closed and cleaned up before leaving.