Brother Song Taizu

Chapter 101 Baking tricks?

In fact, in Kaifeng City, who would go to a place like Fanlou to eat and drink?They must all be wealthy businessmen and high-ranking officials. How could serious ordinary people go to such a place?

Isn't it unhealthy to spend dozens or even hundreds of guan on a meal? Besides, what you are eating is not rice, but face. You must have face when you invite guests?Of course it's those officials.

However, nowadays trading houses are shunned by all civil servants with a tacit understanding. As for the wealthy landowners and tycoons, they hate him even more. Even the big merchants are eager to eat his flesh and drink his blood. Yes, because these big businessmen have various ways to avoid paying taxes and even monopolize resources.

How can there be any big businessman in this world who does not have the support of officials behind him?

In other words, in fact, most of the people who would go to Fanlou to eat were all enemies of the trading houses. The people who really supported the trading houses, that is, the soldiers and the ordinary middle class, handicraftsmen and small traders, would never go to Fanlou. This is the kind of place to eat.

How delicious can it be?Besides, Fan Lou’s barmaids are famous for letting you look at them, touch them, and not let them sleep. For the same price, you can get a pair of them in other stores, which is a steal.

In addition, large and small corner shops and restaurants have actively or passively joined forces to ban the elders of Fan Lou, so the only people who are still eating and drinking in Fan Lou are the senior officials of the Forbidden Army and retired generals. .

They don't pay for meals!

However, the situation was already so bad, but Zhao Guangmei herself didn't seem to react at all. She was still busy with other things in the business all day long. Sometimes she was so busy that she couldn't even see anyone for several days. It seemed that she had never seen this situation. Fan Lou and the liquor tax seemed to be on his mind.

He was not in a hurry, but others were getting anxious, especially Shi Shouxin, who was knocking on the table in Fan Lou almost every day.

Because he has always been in charge of Fan Lou after he bought it, and the property was directly assigned to him. Of course, although he was said to be running the business, he actually didn’t care about anything at all. He just went drinking every day, just coming and going. Doesn’t drinking show emotions? What?

No, he just broke into Zhao Guangmei's office.

"Your Highness, do you have an idea or not? If you still can't come up with an idea, you can still sell this Fan Building. Now you have to pay for it every day. It doesn't matter whether it's money or not, but we can't afford to lose this person. And There are so many boys and girls in that building, who all have to support their families, and if we are like this now, isn’t it a waste of time for others?”

Zhao Guangmei smiled when she saw this and said, "I'm sorry, I've been really busy recently. Is Fan Lou's current business so bad? I really didn't pay attention."

When Shi Shouxin heard this, he sighed and said: "It's my fault, I shouldn't have taken the initiative to buy this Fan Building in the first place. The business of the firm is indeed incompatible with Fan Building. But at that time, I didn't expect that it would turn out like this." , Your Highness, you are so smart, is there really nothing you can do? It’s not that you’re short of money, but you’re really feeling unhappy, ugh~, and King Qi... isn’t King Qi either, the subordinates in the Kaifeng Mansion are really trying to trick them. It’s too much, I’m really too angry, I rarely felt this angry when I was fighting in the past.”

Zhao Guangmei smiled and boiled water for him to make tea while saying: "Fan Lou's positioning is indeed a bit problematic. This kind of place is originally sold for its reputation and resources. To put it bluntly, it is about relationships and food. Drinks and drinks are just a pretense, what they really do is still a network broker. How many people are really like us, who really go to Fanlou just to drink and eat food? To be honest, even Brother Shi, before you retired from the army, Would you feel distressed if you just go to Fanlou just for drinking?"

When Shi Shouxin heard this, he laughed loudly and did not deny it: "In the past, when I went to Fan Tower, it was true that someone invited me, but no one invited me. I have so much money that I go to that place to drink in a hurry? But when it comes to connections, this Fan Tower is ours now. , Who has better connections than us?"

Zhao Guangmei smiled and said: "This is really different. For a restaurant, our status is actually too high. To put it bluntly, no one will ask us to do things easily. If they really ask for help, usually they will." It's a big matter, and we can't help. What's more, although there is no open conflict between us and those civil servants, in fact, they have already broken off. Of course, there are definitely solutions to it. "

"Oh?" Shi Shouxin was so happy that he slapped his thigh fiercely: "I knew that if you are so smart, Your Highness, you will definitely find a way!"

Zhao Guangmei smiled and said: "It's actually very simple, just lower the price."

"Lower prices? What kind of solution is this?"

Shi Shouxin pursed his lips in dissatisfaction when he heard this. When they bought Fan Building, they spent a full 40 yuan. Didn't they just want to be high-end?Besides, given the geographical location of Fanlou, the price reduction is essentially a loss.

Then it would be better to simply sell Fan Building.

"Actually, in this business world, people have always been starved to death with a penny. As the saying goes, high-profit things are destined to be out of reach."

Shi Shouxin looked confused: "How much food can be taken from a restaurant? As for takeaway drinks, no one is buying them now."

Zhao Guangmei said confidently: "In recent days, although I have not asked about Fan Lou's situation, I have not never thought about it. Has Brother Shi ever heard of a saying called hanging a sheep's head and selling dog meat?"

"what?"

Shi Shouxin didn't understand why and didn't quite understand.

Ten days later, Zhao Guangmei finally took action, but he looked confused.

The waiter shouted at the door: "Look, take a look, everyone has come to Fanlou to eat stir-fry. Today is a big opening ceremony, and with the same money, you can eat a big table of food~"

Another person was shouting: "Twenty cents, twenty cents, a box lunch is twenty cents, Fan Lou is cooking, twenty cents will make you full and delicious, come and buy it."

Then, the people queuing up at the entrance of Fan Tower were stunned and lined up for several miles.

The usual price of a meal, although it is still a little expensive for ordinary middle-class people, it is by no means unaffordable. After all, this is Fanlou, which is famous and known as the best building in the world. As long as it is affordable, Who doesn’t want to give it a try and experience it?

As for the 120 cents for a lunch box, this is really the price of the working class. Even the lowest level of river workers and footmen, paying [-] cents is nothing. You know, in Kaifeng City in the Northern Song Dynasty, even for ordinary people The waiter's daily salary is at least [-] Wen, and a lunch with one-sixth of the salary is really not expensive. Besides, this is Fanlou.

There's a lot of traffic, that's for sure, business is great.

Of course, in the eyes of some people, Fan Lou had clearly lost the battle with Jiuqu.

They have already started selling boxed lunches. Shouldn’t this sign be completely destroyed?

In Linxian Tower, not far from Fan Tower, the owners of the thirteen restaurants relaxed their tense nerves and each brought their most beautiful concubines. They even invited two recommenders from Kaifeng Mansion in a high-profile manner. Officials Yao Shu and Shi Xizai took the main seats, changing cups and cups, and they were very happy.

As Zhao Guangyi's close confidants, Yao Shu and Shi Xizai were able to come, which naturally represented Zhao Guangyi's wishes. They were obviously very satisfied with their performance during this period.

It happened that people drank a little more during happy events. The most important thing was that they suddenly relaxed after being overly nervous. Soon, the chatterbox at the banquet became bolder. "If you ask me, Fan Lou should remove the word "building" from now on. He even sells boxed lunches. How can this be called a restaurant? If you ask me, isn't this just a restaurant? Bah, it doesn't even count as a restaurant. Go up, it’s clearly the corner store.”

"Fan Lou, it was our No. [-] restaurant in Kaifeng during the Later Jin Dynasty, right? Over the years, emperors have changed countless times, and dynasties have changed four times, but it is still the No. [-] restaurant in Kaifeng City, hey ~, it’s a pity, it’s a pity that this golden sign has declined like this.”

"Who says it's not? If you ask me, His Highness the King of Qin is too rich, and he doesn't take money as money, so he refuses to admit defeat. Just because of the sign of Fan Lou, if he resells it, why can't he sell it for dozens of dollars? Wan Guan, haha, look at it now, how much money can he make by selling box lunches and a table? I'm afraid that in 30 or 50 years, he won't be able to make back the money he spent to buy Fanlou. .”

"Hahaha, everyone says His Highness the King of Qin is some kind of genius who can turn stone into gold. Haha, let me see, the reason why the business bank made a lot of money last year, after all, doesn't it rely on just one word of tax? We ordinary merchants They pay taxes when doing business, but their business houses don’t pay taxes when doing business, so naturally all the business has been taken away by them.”

"Ahem~, you talk too much, brother, you drank too much."

"Ah~, yes, yes, you are drunk and drunk. Don't blame me for talking nonsense after being drunk."

When everyone saw this, they all laughed and said it was over. Soon, everyone started drinking again.

Are you happy? We are all our own people and there are no outsiders. What's the big deal if we say a few words occasionally?In particular, everyone at this table may really think so.

What do you think about cutting prices to increase volume?This move is simply stupid. After all, it is easy to lower something like force, but it is too difficult to raise it. Besides, the restaurant business is not a business that can be scaled. .

He is obviously a super idiot who has the Midas touch, and it is hard to live up to his reputation. This kind of person must really have a good background and be born into a noble family in Tianhuang. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to be his own servant. want.

He doesn't know how to do business at all.

As he was talking happily, Yao Shu suddenly stood by the window and said, "Why is the queue at the gate of Fanlou getting longer and longer?"

Hearing this, Shopkeeper Wang of Linxianju smiled and said: "Master Yao, are you kidding? No matter how miserable Fan Lou is, after all, the reputation is here. Now that His Highness King Qin can afford it at such a cheap price, everyone is nothing but Want to taste something new?"

"No, if we were just eating, there wouldn't be so many people. There were so many people that the road was almost blocked. Moreover, look at what they are holding in their hands."

"This……"

After hearing this, the thirteen shopkeepers all leaned on the windows to look at it. They felt weird for a while, especially the thing that many people were holding over there. It was black, big, and round. What was it?
"Send some people to take a look. His Highness King Qin seems to have a back-up plan."

Seeing this, the thirteen shopkeepers also woke up from the wine, and they quickly sent someone to check. They came back after a while and said: "Shopkeepers, Fan Lou and the others, they are not selling wine and food at all. They are clearly selling food." Selling pot.”

"Selling...pot?"

"this."

"Is this a pot?"

"Yes, iron pot."

"Iron pot? What does this mean? Use iron to make a pot? Why use iron to make a pot?"

"Using iron as a pot is not only convenient for steaming and cooking, but also for frying and frying. Especially for the word stir-fry, those who have queued up to try it all say that stir-frying is better than boiling and is more delicious. Much more, almost all the dishes sold in Fan Lou today are stir-fry dishes, and almost all the customers who have tried stir-fry dishes are buying this pot."

"Sell... sell pots? Use iron to make pots? He sells pots in a restaurant? Why do you need to use iron to make pots?"

Everyone was stunned. After a while, there was no one in the room where they were drinking and drinking. They all ran out to take a look, only to find that the door of Fan Building was already crowded. In addition to queuing up, everyone was stunned. People buying groceries and cooking pots actually formed a large circle on three floors inside and outside to watch the excitement.

After finally squeezing in, I saw that Fanlou actually put a row of cooks out in the open air, displaying cooking on the street, and while the big iron pots were flying up and down, the smoke filled half the street with a strong fragrance. From time to time, There was a huge fire burning in the pot, which made everyone stunned.

They are cooking here, selling pots there, and there are people teaching how to cook, how to stew in iron pots, etc. After asking about it, Fan Lou also plans to hold a chef training in the back, and he will teach cooking as long as he spends money. Almost all the restaurants and corner shops in the city sent people to study here.

Finally, I bought a plate of stir-fried pork liver with garlic and a plate of stir-fried vegetables from others. Everyone hurriedly tasted it with chopsticks, and everyone's expressions changed.

"Why, why is this thing so delicious?"

"Is this pork liver? How can such a dirty thing be made so delicious?"

"Everyone, please send someone to learn it. From now on, any restaurant without cooking will probably not be able to operate."

"It doesn't matter. His Highness the King of Qin did not hide his secrets after making such a magical weapon. We can naturally learn it. As long as we learn it, we can naturally make money every day. Fan Lou's business is still not as good as ours."

Everyone nodded after hearing this, but their expressions were inevitably much ugly.

Is this cooking really so easy to learn?

Is there really no backup plan?
Although the faces of the thirteen bosses were solemn, they were still visible. The expressions on the faces of Yao Shu and Shi Xizai who came with them were so gloomy that they were about to drip.

Just for these reasons, Fan Lou will definitely make a lot of money this time, and... the iron tax!How much less iron tax will be collected!

Didn't we agree to have a drink?Why are you playing hardcore again?

(End of this chapter)