Take Taobao to ancient times

"We haven't seen each other for a while, but Xiaoyu opened a restaurant, so you don't plan to treat me to a meal?" Song Jue laughed.

"How could it be?" Lu Siyu smiled, "I just think that my uncle has eaten too many delicacies, so he may not be interested in the food in my small shop."

"As long as Xiaoyu invites you, why would it be bad, Jinhan, don't you think so?" Song Jue tapped Zhuang Jinhan's arm with his fingers, beckoning him to answer.

"Of course," Zhuang Jinhan returned to his senses, "As long as Brother Yu invites you, it will be delicious."

"Listen, what I said, Jinhan has never said anyone is good before, but since I met you, whenever I talk about you, I always say good things about you. Fortunately, you are a boy. If you It's a girl, I thought he fell in love with you." Song Jue teased with a smile.

"Brother Zhuang has always treated people very well." Lu Siyu replied with a smile. In the memory of the original owner, the same-sex relationship was not so rejected in this era, but he was also sure that Song Jue was just joking, so he didn't think too much about it and went directly go along.

On the other side, Zhuang Jinhan was silent.

Song Jue glanced at him, and felt that the Zhuang Jinhan he saw this time was a little different, but he couldn't tell exactly what was different, but Zhuang Jinhan didn't say anything, and he didn't ask, he just thought he was in some trouble.

However, since childhood, Zhuang Jinhan has always been very independent, even if he encountered troubles, he would solve them by himself, so Song Jue didn't pay much attention to Zhuang Jinhan's weirdness.

"Xiao Yu, your spicy food is quite famous now. Even if you are far away in the capital, you have heard some news." Song Jue continued talking to Lu Siyu.

"How can there be news in the capital?" Lu Siyu was a little surprised.

"Why not? Otherwise, why would I come all the way here? Today I must have a taste." Song Jue chuckled lightly.

"I guess it's not that my food spread to the capital so quickly, but that my uncle is well-informed?" Lu Siyu asked back, and figured out the way.

Since Song Jue is an imperial merchant, he must have many people under his command, and he is trying to make money, so there must be people all over the country. This is equivalent to establishing a news network across the country, and he can naturally get news quickly.

"Yo, you guessed it right, so if you have any good things in the future, you must find me as soon as possible. Isn't this fat and water not going to outsiders' fields?" Song Jue said with a smile, not hiding that he had sources of information.

"Your uncle is not an outsider?" Lu Siyu asked with a smile.

"How can it be counted? You and I are partners. Besides, don't you just follow Jinhan and call me uncle." Song Jue smiled and got close to Lu Siyu.

At this moment, the three of them had arrived at the restaurant.

Shopkeeper Zhao saw Lu Siyu and Zhuang Jinhan standing beside Lu Siyu from a long distance away.

Speaking of which, although Zhuang Jinhan is the county magistrate, as long as he takes off his official uniform and changes into another one, and he doesn't follow the yamen behind him, not many people know him.

In the past, although the trial of the case was open, the distance was not close, and the people onlookers could only see the outline at most, and they couldn't take a closer look at him. In addition, Zhuang Jinhan never wandered the streets in official uniforms on weekdays, so the people naturally didn't like him. It is familiar.

Shopkeeper Zhao had seen Zhuang Jinhan up close, so when Lu Siyu and Zhuang Jinhan approached, he hurried forward.

"grown ups."

"You don't need to salute when you're out of the house." Zhuang Jinhan looked at Lu Siyu, "You can do as you please."

"Shopkeeper Zhao, are the boxes full?" Lu Siyu didn't deliberately reserve a box for himself in the restaurant, so he asked this question.

"Never, please come upstairs to my boss." Shopkeeper Zhao raised his hand to signal.

"En." Lu Siyu nodded, and led Zhuang Jinhan and Song Jue to the second floor.

"How many boxes are there on the second floor?" Song Jue asked suddenly.

"There are only five private rooms," Lu Siyu replied. "People in the county don't need to be in the capital, they have a lot of privacy, and they don't want to show up. Many people go out to eat and want to have fun, so there are not too many private rooms. The shopkeeper Zhao just now is this restaurant. The previous owner’s management methods were mediocre, but the restaurant was kept very clean, and I didn’t make much changes after I took over, only adding a few new dishes.”

"The word new dishes is easy to say, but it's not so easy to be innovative. The spicy dishes you added are not only new, but also strange, which is why they attract so many people." Song Jue has a lot of experience in business, so he naturally knows Novel things are the easiest to attract attention.

"In business, don't you just pay attention to a novelty." Lu Siyu smiled. It is not so easy to make a big business in modern times with just a few dishes in the shop. It was in ancient times that he could attract so many customers with his novelty. .

"exactly."

The two were chatting, and they had already reached the box.

Song Jue and Zhuang Jinhan took their seats one after another, and Lu Siyu sat down last.

Song Jue saw an exquisite menu on the table. When he opened the menu, he not only saw the names of the dishes, but also saw pictures, which were the appearance of each dish.

"Hey, this is a bit novel, do these dishes look like this?" Song Jue asked curiously, secretly feeling that this trip was worthwhile.

"Exactly," Lu Siyu said, "there are many customers who come to eat in the restaurant who are illiterate, or not very literate. If it's okay outside, you can greet Xiao Er at any time, and everyone is the same, but if you go to the private room, some Customers are more concerned about face, if we only give them a menu in plain text, I am afraid it will make a joke, so I specially asked someone to customize this menu."

The menu uses text and pictures, which is not surprising in modern times, but the pictures in modern restaurant menus are mainly to attract customers to order. After all, modern text is relatively popular, but in ancient times, even wealthy people had May not know a big character.

"With this menu, even I am willing to spend in your store," Song Jue said with a smile, of course he is literate, and he said this mainly because of his heart, "And then, if you want to order What about dishes?"

"Uncle, just shake the ball next to the table." Lu Siyu pointed to the ball not far from Song Jue's elbow.

The position of the small ball is next to the table, just between the seats of the two people. Unless you observe it specially, you will not notice the position of the small ball.

Song Jue stretched out his hand to try, but he didn't expect to shake the ball, but he just shook it, and he didn't know what happened next.

At this moment, the sound of a bell suddenly sounded in the small box.

The bell rang three times and then stopped ringing.

Song Jue frowned and thought for a moment, but she didn't understand the reason, so she had to ask Lu Siyu, "What's the meaning of this?"

"Look here, uncle." Lu Siyu pointed to the inside of the ball beside the table. "There are thin iron rods hidden inside the legs of the table. If you don't look carefully, you won't notice it. If something happens, shake the ball and the bell downstairs will go off. It will ring, and if Xiao Er notices it, he will shake the device downstairs, and then the bell upstairs will ring, telling the guests that they will be here immediately."

While speaking, there was a knock on the door of the box.

"Please come in."

"Boss," Xiao Er entered the box and looked at the three of them with a smile, "Do you want to order food?"

"Well," Lu Siyu looked at Song Jue, "What would my uncle like to eat?"

Song Jue flipped through the menu in his hand, frowning and thinking, for some reason, looking at the pictures on the menu, he felt that he wanted to eat everything, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that ordering too much was not good.

"If the guest officer finds it difficult, you can think about it for a while." Xiaoer also met many people like Song Jue, and pushed a small shelf from a corner of the box.

The shelf is divided into several layers, the top layer is empty, and there are many layers stacked below. The little second-hand can pull up the shelf in a short while, and then pull up the many layers below and stick it on the shelf. Come on, just look up and see the rows of numbers.

There are a lot of numbers, all of which are arranged in sequence, and are embedded by protrusions one by one.

"Whatever you want to eat, the guest officer just needs to find the corresponding number on the shelf according to the number on the menu, and put it on the top plate. If you order it, you can call someone at any time." Xiaoer is very patient , In fact, he has explained similar words many times during this period, but every time he is very patient, because this is what Lu Siyu asked everyone to do.

"This is interesting. Before you didn't come, I didn't notice this thing," Song Jue said with a smile, "You go down first, I'll find what I want to eat first, and I'll call you after I choose."

"Okay, sir."

Xiao Er went out and closed the door again, leaving only the three people in the box.

"What do you think, uncle?" Lu Siyu smiled.

"Very good," Song Jue nodded, "I thought your dishes here were just novelties, but I didn't expect that the patterns inside are also quite novelty, among other things, this menu makes me want to order a few more dishes , you are really good at making money, it's a pity to be a scholar."

"Uncle." Zhuang Jinhan said from the side.

"Yoyo, what are you talking about now?" Song Jue looked at Zhuang Jinhan curiously, "Didn't you just have nothing to say?"

"Scholars have to take the test, not just for fame." Zhuang Jinhan frowned, disapproving of Song Jue's words.

"Okay, I know that talent is very important in your heart, but Xiaoyu is also a good material for doing business. Let him follow me in business and compete for talent. Don't forget that I am not an ordinary businessman." Song Jue said with a smile, doing Businessmen can achieve the level of imperial merchants, but ordinary people cannot.

"Uncle, there is no rule in our dynasty that talented people should not engage in business." Zhuang Jinhan emphasized again.

"Huh? What does this mean that you are still willing to let Xiaoyu become a businessman?" Song Jue looked at him in surprise. Others didn't know, but as a brother-in-law, he knew his nephew's temper very well. He has a high status, but he doesn't approve of doing business.

"As long as Brother Yu likes it." Zhuang Jinhan replied, he doesn't care about Lu Siyu's future, as long as he can live happily.

"I said something is wrong with you recently. Could it be that you have a fever?" Song Jue raised his hand, wanting to touch Zhuang Jinhan's forehead.

"I'm fine," Zhuang Jinhan blocked Song Jue's hand, "Don't worry, uncle, it's probably because he's been busy recently and he's a little bit worried."

"It's not easy to be a county magistrate." Lu Siyu sighed.

"That's right, well, you want to be the magistrate, so you know it's hard work." Song Jue complained, sort of exposing the matter.