Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 523 Small building and inn

Just when Fu Nian received the news that Gu Xun had arrived in Songhai and was ready to welcome this guest who might not be very kind, Gu Xun, who had just silently lamented the unscientific nature of the mirage, brought his aunt ...The little wife is wandering around the city without knowing anything.

Of course, it is not a purposeless wandering, generally heading towards a very famous landmark building in Songhai.

Haiyue Xiaozhu.

This is not only an extremely elegant viewing place, but also a long pavilion built on the seaside, where you can most intuitively see the spectacular view of the sea and the sky joining together. It is also the most famous one in Songhai City... let's just say it. Let's make a restaurant.

The reason why I say it is tentative is because the dishes at Haiyue Xiaozhu are not rich, and there is only one famous dish that is famous among the Seven Kingdoms - boiled shark's fin and bear's paw.

I won’t go into details about this dish. All in all, it’s a combination of delicacies from the mountains and the sea. It’s delicious and attracts gourmets from all over the world. However, because the ingredients used are precious and rare, we can only receive a few guests in a month. It’s really hard to experience this dish. The people who make famous dishes are all wealthy and powerful businessmen, and only those who have high status, power and wealth must be the best choice.

After Gu Xun took Yan Lingji into the city, he was thinking about having dinner, and happened to think of Haiyue Xiaozhu, which was used by Li Si to entertain the eldest son of Qin Dynasty in the plot, and who is now his cheap student.

Although he has never been very interested in so-called precious and rare high-quality ingredients such as shark's fin, but now that he has come here, he can't help but taste the special delicacies of this place.

By the way, he didn't think the two of them could eat enough of this dish, but just to satisfy their cravings, he turned back to an inn to have a meal of Chef Ding's delicacies.

However, high-end restaurants often have more rules, so Gu Xun was not able to eat the shark fin and bear paw he wanted.

At first, he was told tactfully that not everyone was qualified to eat at Haiyue Xiaozhu, so he followed the usual pretense and slap-in-the-face routine of early Internet articles, that is, he did not reveal his identity, relied on his strength to mess around, and successfully attracted people. The person in charge of Haiyue Xiaozhu... showed his identity as a national master of the Qin State.

The relationship between Qin and Qi is ambiguous now. Gu Xungui is the national master, so he is naturally qualified to eat this meal. After successfully slapping the faces of those servants who looked down upon others (actually it was Gu Xun who acted like a monster himself and did not reveal his identity). , but still got the answer that it couldn’t be done because there were no ingredients.

If you want to come to Haiyue Xiaozhu to eat, no matter how high your status is, even if Qi Wangjian comes in person, you have to wait until the bear paws from the Changbai Snow Mountain in the far north and the Canghai Shark Wings from the East China Sea arrive before you can eat them.

A clever woman cannot make a meal without rice, and she cannot eat the emperor's new dishes.

This rule, or should I say it is a practical limit, everyone has to abide by, unless you just happen to have new ingredients arriving.

Gu Xun's luck is obviously not that good. Haiyue Xiaozhu is out of ingredients at the moment, but it's not too bad. The food will probably arrive in three or four days and he can eat it.

Of course, someone had reserved this ingredient in advance, but unfortunately, facing the Imperial Master, the unlucky boy had no choice but to move backwards.

There is no rule in Haiyue Xiaozhu that one must queue up honestly, and even if there is one, it has been broken long ago. Facing Gu Xun, the national master who is said to be highly appreciated by the King of Qin and also by the King of Qi, They are just a canteen and have no right to say no.

He came here in excitement but returned disappointed. Under Yan Lingji's narrow smile, Gu Xun could only take the beauty to an inn in despair.

There is an inn that is also well-known in Songhai City. The owner of the inn, Cook Ding, is said to be a descendant of Cook Ding... It seems a bit convoluted, but anyway, his cooking skills are excellent, from home-cooked snacks to famous banquet dishes. I just don’t know why I chose to open an inn instead of directly opening a restaurant.

There was an inn located in the north of the city, close to the Little Shengxian Village. It happened that the Confucians could not cook because of the rule that gentlemen cook far away, so they entrusted this job to the cook Ding, who would personally cook and provide meals for nearly a thousand people in the Confucian family every day. . In fact, apart from the chef, Xiaoshengxianzhuang could not find another restaurant or inn in Songhai that could independently provide their meals. Not to mention the large number of people, Confucianism is also very particular about eating. Every meal must be like a banquet dish. At least it requires More than a dozen chefs work all day long to barely meet the demand.

But Cook Ding can do it alone. In a sense, it can be said to be terrifying.

Of course, kitchen help is still needed, but the chef has to do the key steps himself - mainly the two steps of cutting and frying.

Ever since Confucian food was contracted to an inn, fewer people came here to eat because the cook was not too busy. No matter how neatly he cooked or how small the appetite of the Confucian disciples was, the food for hundreds of people would eventually be affected. It takes up most of his energy, not to mention that he has other identities. Making money is not his main task.

He is not the kind of passionate gourmet hero who believes that more people should enjoy good food. As long as people like to eat, it doesn't matter who they eat it for, whether it is a Confucian disciple or other guests, it doesn't matter.

So now the chef will only consider cooking for guests who happen to come to the house when he is free. In addition, he will also bear three meals a day for the guests staying in the hotel.

When Gu Xun took Yan Lingji to an inn, the cook Ding had just arranged for the meals for the ordinary disciples to be delivered, leaving only Fu Nian and a few other high-ranking Confucians who had not yet cooked the meals, which was a good thing. Somewhat free.

After looking at the plaque at the door to make sure he was looking for the right place, Gu Xun took Yan Lingji and walked in.

Yan Lingji looked suspiciously at this inn, which looked ordinary in every aspect, and couldn't help but ask, "Housekeeper, are you sure you want to... eat at this inn?"

She knew very well that her men were particular about food. Even when traveling, they almost never ate at the inn where they stayed. They always went out to find a big restaurant. But now, uncharacteristically, she found an inn, and it was an ordinary inn...

Gu Xun nodded, looking at the layout and facilities of the inn, and replied nonchalantly, "The cook here is very skilled."

After taking a rough look at the hardware facilities of Youjian Inn, Gu Xun couldn't help but praise himself for not choosing to stay here.

Apart from the cook, Chef Ding, this shabby inn probably doesn't have much of a special feature.

You know, as a coastal city, Songhai produces a large amount of seafood products every year, so there are many caravans coming and going, and the business of the inn is relatively hot.

When business is good, there will naturally be more inns, and if there are more inns, there will naturally be three, six or nine. The inn Gu Xun chose to stay in before is a five-star hotel according to modern classification, and there is an inn... Anyway, it is better than a guest house. Just order it.

Cook Ding, who was resting in the back kitchen, heard the noise in front of him and knew that a guest was coming. He hurriedly got up and came out, "Haha, the guest is staying..."

When he came to the front hall, before he finished speaking about the reception, he couldn't help but got stuck because he saw the faces of Gu Xun and Yan Lingji.

It's not that he recognized Gu Xun and the two, he was simply shocked by their otherworldly appearance...that's all!

　Please note that black bears are protected animals, so eating bear paws is illegal.

　　
  　
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