Ancient promotion routine

Zhang Yanjin took a closer look at Meng Jinglun, seeing that Meng Jinglun was so sincere that he didn't seem to be joking with him, so he also sat up straight, picked up the land deed on the table and looked at it.

Sure enough, as Meng Jinglun said, the land deeds for the places he circled are all here.

"Magistrate Meng is indeed a generous person." Zhang Yanjin tentatively said.He hasn't investigated the details of Meng Jinglun, and he doesn't know how Meng Jinglun has always been.

But Meng Jinglun is so talkative at this time, the first possibility is that Meng Jinglun has taken a fancy to his uncle Zhang Zhongqian's power and wants to make friends with him; Things like restaurants can boost the economy of Xizhou Datong, and can add a lot of color to his political achievements. Only in this way can he be so bold.

Although Datong is small, Datong was too barren before. If you can suddenly turn a barren county into a rich one, how can you not attract the attention of the court?

Apart from these two reasons, Zhang Yanjin could no longer find a third reason.He himself was notorious, and he didn't believe that Meng Jinglun would try to make friends with him.

"Why don't I agree to things that can increase Datong's financial revenue?" Meng Jinglun wanted to make friends with Zhang Yanjin. He heard that Zhang Yanjin was testing him, so he told his true intentions, and he didn't want to make any more detours.

Zhang Yanjin smiled faintly, seeing that the two of them had reached an agreement on interests, she also said boldly, "Wu Er, go get the money."

After all, his original plan was that this matter would take about ten days to complete. That's why he didn't go by himself at the beginning, but let Zhang Wuer go to inquire about the situation on his behalf, and he himself waited until he got through. At about the same time, I will go to finalize this matter myself.But he never expected that the new county magistrate Meng Jinglun would come to visit in person and finalize the matter.

According to the price proposed by Meng Jinglun, Zhang Wuer handed over the exact amount of money to Zhang Yanjin.

Zhang Yanjin took the big box, put it in front of Meng Jinglun and said, "Since Meng County Magistrate is so courageous, I am not a person who does not understand righteousness. When my inn and restaurant are opened, I will pay more money every year for the first year. How about [-]% of the tax?" It's not that he wants to pay, the reason why he returned to Datong so quickly is that coal is hot in the capital, so he has to come out to avoid the wind?

Guess the emperor knew that he had made a plan at the beginning and was about to kick him?If he hadn't blocked his mouth with a red brick, he must have been unlucky.

Meng Jinglun laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Erlang is really a business genius with an exquisite mind, I admire, admire!"

Zhang Yanjin pays [-]% more taxes, one is to make Datong's tax data more attractive, so that his political achievements will be improved, and secondly, based on the current situation, after Datong becomes rich, the emperor will definitely pay attention to Datong's taxes, If there were no major changes, Zhang Yanjin would definitely be a big taxpayer. When the emperor or the officials of the household department saw Zhang Yanjin paying more taxes, they would definitely look at Zhang Yanjin with admiration.

For Ning Guogong Zhang's family, this mere [-]% of the tax is nothing but a drop in the bucket, the most important thing is the glory of the emperor.Thinking about it this way, Zhang Yanjin's idea is not far-sighted.

Meng Jinglun felt that paying an extra [-]% of the tax in the first year is also very particular. If Datong is really rich, his political achievements will be noticed by the emperor, and he will definitely be promoted, and this time will definitely not exceed two years. This can be regarded as Zhang Yanjin Give him a favor.

"How does Magistrate Meng feel?" Zhang Yanjin took a sip from her teacup and said calmly.

Meng Jinglun handed the silver bill to the little official beside him and said, "That's very good."

"Then when my inn opens, please invite County Magistrate Meng to come to my inn for a delicious meal." Zhang Yanjin invited politely.After today's conversation, he felt that Meng Jinglun seemed to be a transparent person, and he would definitely develop greatly in the future.

Since he is a transparent person and intends to make friends with him, he naturally wants to let this relationship flow for a long time.

As soon as Meng Jinglun left, Zhang Yanjin began to wonder if there was such a character as Meng Jinglun in the historical records.

After all, he is not a historian, and he only knows about every period of history, but not every character.

But this Meng Jinglun has an extraordinary bearing, is calm in his work, and has insight into the world. He should not be an ordinary person. But why hasn't he seen any records about Meng Jinglun in history?

However, Zhang Yanjin quickly put this matter behind him. After all, he came here by accident, in order to be a wealthy idler and enjoy a lifetime of prosperity and wealth. irrelevant.

Thinking of the rise and fall of the characters in the Great Wei Dynasty, Zhang Yanjin had a headache again. What should Li Rongniang, who lives in Zhao Guogong's mansion, do?

Zhang Yanjin let out a long sigh, and simply put all the troubles behind her.

Just when Zhang Wuer came back after sending Meng Jinglun away, Zhang Yanjin took out a piece of paper he had drawn in the morning and handed it to Zhang Wuer, "Let the craftsman use copper to make a model of the above."

Zhang Wuer looked at the circle on the drawing, and there was a protruding cylinder-like thing on it, and he couldn't react.

He carefully looked at the data marked by Zhang Yanjin on it again, and said dumbfounded: "Erlang, what is this? This thing is so big, if it is all made of copper, I am afraid it will take a large piece of copper..." You must know that copper But money!

Zhang Yanjin changed his posture and leaned on the proof table and said, "This is a hot pot, and what I wrote on it is bronze, not the copper in the copper coins we usually use."

The golden pot made of pure copper is indeed beautiful, but it is too wasteful of copper.If some other things are added, the strength of the forging process will be reduced, and copper can be saved. After all, he wants to use a lot of things like hot pot in the inn as a signature dish.

"Hot pot?" Zhang Wuer looked carefully again, and found that the bottom of the hot pot in the picture is a three-legged structure similar to a tripod. The middle part of the three legs is hung with a tray that can be rotated to put other things in, and the protruding cylinder on the top The shaped thing is from the bottom of the tray to the top. Around the cylindrical pillar is a circle of grooves like a plate, and there are barriers on both sides of the groove.

Zhang Yanjin didn't bother to explain to Zhang Wuer, after all, it's useless to explain this kind of thing, he said directly: "Let Wang Shi and Wang Jiu make one now, and when you use it, you will know why this thing is called hot pot. "

Zhang Wuer heard this, scratched his head and went out.

Zhang Yanjin calculated the time when Wang Shi and Wang Jiu made the hot pot, and also calculated the time until lunch, and went straight to Liu Tieniu, the head of the Jixiang Inn.To be honest, he didn't bother to do it before, but since he wanted to build a restaurant and an inn, he had to have snacks for the food. He didn't feel it before, but after doing it all of a sudden, his mouth was really hungry.

At this time Liu Tieniu was still happily cutting Chinese cabbage in the kitchen. Since Zhang Yanjin came, he and his wife Cuiniang were in charge of the meals for the craftsmen. , working very hard every day.

The kitchen knife made bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang when it was being cut on the chopping board. Liu Tieniu, who was sweating profusely, didn't hear Zhang Yanjin's footsteps at all. It was Cuiniang who saw Zhang Yanjin first.

As soon as the village woman saw Zhang Yanjin coming, she quickly put down her work and said in a panic, "Zhang Erlang, you, why did you come into the kitchen?" Although she is a rural woman, the reason why men don't enter the kitchen She still understood, after all, the village chief who lived at the head of the village had never been in the kitchen.

Even the village chief doesn't enter the kitchen, so how can a rich man like Zhang Erlang from Chang'an enter the kitchen?

Liu Tieniu also put down the kitchen knife when he heard the sound. He put down the kitchen knife, wiped his apron with his big wet hands, and said a little embarrassedly: "Erlang, did you call me? Look, I'm chopping vegetables, didn't you hear me? "

Just as he was talking, he walked over from the chopping board and said, "Erlang, if you have any orders, you can just send someone over and tell me. Why did you come here by yourself?"

Since Zhang Yanjin did not get poisoned by using coal, but instead promoted coal, Liu Tieniu respected Zhang Yanjin, and no longer felt that Zhang Yanjin was a fool with no brains and no money. Go and make amends to Zhang Yanjin.

Zhang Yanjin knew that both Liu Tieniu and Cuixia thought it was inappropriate for him to come here. After all, there was a gentleman in the Wei Dynasty who said that he was far away from the kitchen, but he didn't care about it at all. He just smiled and said: "I didn't call you just now, I came in because I wanted to Let me use your kitchen."

Seeing that Liu Tieniu was at a loss, Zhang Yanjin further explained: "Should you do yours or yours, I just use some tools."

Although Liu Tieniu still didn't understand, but he didn't dare to question Zhang Yanjin anymore, he just said: "Erlang, what do you want to do, just arrange for the two of us to do it, you don't have to do it yourself."

Liu Tieniu still felt that it was inappropriate for Zhang Yanjin to do it himself. After all, Zhang Erlang was a wealthy man from Chang'an City, and brought them so much income. How could he let a distinguished guest do it?

Zhang Yanjin smiled faintly, stepped forward and said, "Okay, just help me prepare the dishes I need, and I will do the rest myself."

He glanced at the vegetables prepared by Cuiniang and Liu Tieniu and said, "You can just leave me a portion of the vegetables you prepared today, but the vegetables you leave for me don't need to be chopped, just wash them and let them dry."

Just as he was talking, he had come to the chopping board, skillfully picked up a large rough ceramic bowl, and then picked up the spoon hanging on the wall, skillfully picked up pepper, pepper, watercress, cooking wine, dried chili and other things.

After hooking, Zhang Yanjin picked up the dried ginger and peeled shallots that were placed aside, skillfully chopped them and put them in a large ceramic bowl.

Liu Tieniu and Cuiniang were dumbfounded, it was the first time they saw someone cook so well.

Zhang Yanjin is one meter tall and has extremely slender fingers. She is skillful and able to cut vegetables, and her movements are neat without being messy at all, which is very pleasing to the eye.

Liu Tieniu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, he looked at his big rough, black and red hands, and the piles of Chinese cabbage in a mess, he suddenly understood the gap between him and Zhang Yanjin, a wealthy son from Chang'an City It's just different, not only is he smarter, but he also cooks better than him.

He even felt that what he cooks is like pig food, and that Zhang Yanjin's cooks are for people to eat. After all, the meals he cooks are really rough.

Just as Liu Tieniu was thinking wildly, Zhang Yanjin had already hooked up two spoonfuls of clear oil and poured it into the frying pan. When the clear oil was completely heated, he poured the frying ingredients in the large ceramic bowl into the frying pan, and started frying quickly while taking advantage of the high heat. .

As he stir-fried, the aroma of the stir-fried ingredients permeated the kitchen, making both Liu Tieniu and Cuixia couldn't help taking a few more mouthfuls.

After a while, Zhang Yanjin scooped the stir-fry ingredients out of the pot and put them into a large ceramic bowl.

"Erlang, the food you make smells so good. What is it? Is it something you Chang'an people eat?" Liu Tieniu looked curiously at the large ceramic bowl in Zhang Yanjin's hand, and subconsciously took something he had never seen before as Chang'an. Only rich and noble people in the city can eat.

Zhang Yanjin naturally felt the difference in thinking between the two of them. He smiled slightly and explained without any trace: "This is a new food I created. I want to try it. The food in Chang'an City is almost the same as ours here. There is no difference."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Yanjin picked up the mutton on the side and began to cut it quickly. After a while, the fresh and tender thin slices of mutton were neatly placed on the chopping board.

Datong, Xizhou is cold in winter. In order to empower the workers and craftsmen to work, Zhang Yanjin often asks people to buy mutton and sends it to Liu Tieniu to cook for the workers and craftsmen.

This is also the reason why the workers are still unwilling to rest in such a cold winter in Datong: there is mutton soup to drink and money to make, which is better than eating at home!

Liu Tieniu and Cuixia stared dumbfoundedly at the small table, the naturally curly, neatly arranged red and white mutton rolls, unable to take their eyes off for a long time.

Zhang Yanjin here has already begun to swiftly put the mutton rolls into the porcelain plate, counterattacked with a knife, quickly cut two sections of parsley, and put it aside for decoration.

"Erlang, you really, really..." Liu Tieniu didn't expect that a noble son can cook better than a cook, doesn't it mean that a gentleman stays away from the cook?

Zhang Yanjin made several plates of fresh-cut mutton in the same way, and then asked Liu Tieniu and Cuixia to help him bring them to the room.

The combination of red and white mutton, white cabbage, emerald green coriander, and white and green reed (radish) is really eye-catching.

When Zhang Wuer came back with the hot pot, what he saw was this scene, and he didn't move his eyes for a while.

His reaction was seen by Zhang Yanjin. If you want to make the hot pot the signature dish of the inn, just having such a gimmick is useless. You also need to pay attention to details such as the way the dishes are placed. In this way, Only the inn can be opened for a long time, reaching the point where even if others imitate it, they cannot surpass it.

After Zhang Yanjin inspected the hot pot brought by Zhang Wuer, and found that there was no problem, he asked Zhang Wuer to wash the hot pot thoroughly with hot water, then added the stewed mutton broth and seasonings, and put it in the bottom Put coals on the tray and light it, and then sit quietly and wait for the broth to boil.

The broth has not yet boiled, but the aroma has already dispersed from the room, attracting visitors.

"What did Erlang cook in the house? It smells so good!" Chen Su, who was wearing a black sable fur cape, a lake blue gown, a black sable fur cape, and black curved pointed-toed beard boots, walked from the horse. He turned over and said with a hearty smile.

Zhang Yanjin, who was sitting on the bench in the room waiting for the broth to boil to boil the mutton rolls, was taken aback by the sound. How did he hear someone calling him, and the voice was so familiar?

Amidst Zhang Yanjin's doubts, Chen Su quickly lifted off the thick blanket and walked into the room.

Same as last time, without waiting for Zhang Yanjin to greet him, Chen Su took off the sable fur cape on his head, tore off the cloak on his body, and handed it to Zhang Wuer who was standing beside him.

However, his eyes quickly focused on the hot pot that had slightly boiled away on the small desk.

"Erlang, it's ok. What kind of novelty did you make?" Chen Su walked to the front of the bunk in three steps and two steps, took off his boots, got on the bunk, and sat cross-legged opposite Zhang Yanjin, as if he regarded this place as his own. s home.

According to the habits of the Great Wei Dynasty, both Zhang Yanjin and Chen Su should sit on their knees, but these two people are greedy for enjoyment. They may pretend to be in front of outsiders, but in front of their own brothers, how comfortable are they? Why are you sitting?

As soon as Chen Su sat down, he picked up the chopsticks that were ready to be used to put vegetables on the side and scooped up the soup. He wanted to see what was in it. It was so fragrant. want to eat.

Zhang Yanjin was annoyed at this unexpected visitor who followed the smell of meat, he knocked down Chen Su's chopsticks and said, "There's nothing in here yet, don't scoop it up."

While talking, he picked up the mutton roll and put it in the boiling red soup, started to boil the mutton roll, and asked by the way, "Why are you here suddenly?"

In the previous life, whether it was eating steak or hot pot, Zhang Yanjin didn't like to cook it all at once. He preferred to cut and eat a piece, or eat something hot and slow.