After being forced into the palace, I became the tyrant's favorite

On the second day of the opening of Huahuafang, the restaurant was crowded with people, and passers-by asked about it, and the people who had heard of it said "Hi" and said: "Don't look at this restaurant, it hasn't been open for a long time. , it is said that one tastes better than the other, and recently there is another painted flower house that came out."

"I didn't expect business to be so good."

The man in the long coat didn't seem to believe it, looked at his companion, and confirmed, "Is it really delicious?"

"Why am I lying to you? There are many rules in this restaurant, so let's not think about it."

The man in the long coat twitched his thick eyebrows, and walked away with his companions.

Not long after, a group of people gathered outside the Minshifu, men and women, young and old, all talking and laughing in low voices, it was very lively for a while.

Liu Qing calculated yesterday's account book and showed it to Wen Yao. Wen Yao took the book and flipped through a few pages. The calculation steps were all according to the method he taught. Liu Qing was waiting for Wen Yao to comment on his arithmetic ability. Listen to him say, "How many people came this morning?"

Liu Qing Feishen thought for a while, earlier he had been doing accounts in the ear room, and he didn't pay attention when he came out just now, he really didn't know how many people came.

Seeing that he couldn't answer, Wen Yao passed a step, "Call Chang San, is he in front?"

"Shouldn't be here, I'll call Chang Sange right away."

Chang San was a few months older than Liu Qing, and after the two got acquainted, Chang San asked him to call himself brother, but fortunately Liu Qing was soft-tempered, so he agreed.

"Go."

Liu Qing answered with a smile, and ran outside.

Putting the notebook on the stone table, Wen Yao made a rough calculation of the restaurant's income for the past few days. To his surprise, the income was 700 taels.

700 taels is a lot of money for an official's family, but for an ordinary family, they would not have to worry about food and clothing for a lifetime.

After waiting for a while to see Chang Sanlai, Wen Yao got up and stretched his legs and feet, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and the sun came out just after Yinshi, and the sun was pouring out along the gaps in the tops of the sycamore trees, mottled and falling into the mud , leaving a shadow.

There was no way to stay in the courtyard, so Wen Yao summoned a strong man and carried the Happy Chair into the side room.

That strong man was the bodyguard sent by Li Quan. Wen Yao couldn't remember his name, so he kept coming and going every time.

As soon as the guard raised his head, he saw the young master staring at him without turning his eyes. He lowered his head in panic, and said as before: "Master, is there anything else to tell the boy?"

"what's your name?"

Wen Yao realized the conservatism of the ancients. Although he was wearing men's clothes at the moment, they all thought he was a woman. It was not polite for a woman to stare at a man, not to mention that he was a woman in the name of the emperor.

So, he coughed to cover it up, the guards became less nervous, and the atmosphere eased a little.

"The boy's name is Zhou Li."

"Zhou Li? Your father's surname is Zhou, and your mother's surname is Li?"

Zhou Li shook his head and said, "Isn't the villain's mother's surname Li, the villain's name is Li, sixteen knows etiquette."

"...Good name." Wen Yao said awkwardly, just as he was about to change the topic, Chang San came.

He pretended to wave his hands and said, "It's none of your business here, go down first."

Zhou Li backed out and passed by Chang San who came in a hurry. Chang San nodded to him, and he also nodded back.

"Master, are you looking for me?" Chang San entered the room and asked bluntly.

"How many people are there?"

"It's quite a lot. After a rough look, there should be about thirty people." Chang San had a smile on his face. He didn't expect the restaurant business to be so good, and his previous worries were also eliminated.

Chang San still wanted to hear the words of praise from the young master, but after waiting for a while, he didn't hear the sound. When he looked up, he saw that the young master was frowning. He scratched his head in confusion, looking a little foolish, " Young master, why are you unhappy?"

"What's there to be happy about?" Wen Yao's vermilion lips parted slightly, with a serious expression on his face, without any slack, only hearing him ask back, his tone was even more flat.

Chang Sanyu didn't know why, so Wen Yao asked him instead, "Thirty people are too many? What about a hundred people?"

Chang San was immediately speechless. Compared to hundreds, there were not many people in their thirties. No wonder the young master would frown, otherwise he would not be happy.

Seeing that the young master's brows were still not loosened, he didn't know what to say to comfort the young master, he stood there until Wen Yao's bright eyes lit up, Chang San was about to ask, but Wen Yao spoke before him, "Tell me Everyone is called, let's have a small meeting after dinner."

"okay."

Several waves of people have already left the front hall of the Minshifu. Business is good today. Liu please looked at the accounts in the book and narrowed his eyes with success. In the blink of an eye, he saw Shun'an walking over to inform him of the arrangements for the afternoon. , Liu Qing looked puzzled, but didn't ask any more questions, and cleaned up the leftovers on the table with Kong Wu.

In the afternoon, the diners left in a hurry, and it was not until the last guest on the second floor left that Liu Qing closed the door and asked everyone to go to the backyard.

Wen Yao waited in the room first, several people entered and stood in two rows, Shun'an led Liu Qing and the others stood at the front, Xiaode and Zhang Mu stood in the middle, and Zhou Li and the others stood at the end.

Several people followed the previous rules, and Zhou Yun reported the situation of the visitors.After all arrived, Wen Yao lifted the blue-and-white porcelain cover, sipped his Pu'er tea, and said to everyone, "I'm calling you today to know about the restaurant's recent income."

"First, let's talk about the number of newly recruited members in the past two days, then the total number of members, then the dishes of our restaurant, which dishes are the most popular, and finally let's talk about the plan for the next seven days."

After saying that, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They never thought that the master would ask this question. Others didn't feel it deeply, but Zhou Yun did.

When he was still at a merchant's house, he only saw the owner's house counting the books, but he had never encountered such a situation.

It can be said that this owner has brought him a lot of new knowledge.

Wen Yao gestured to the shopkeeper to come out and said that Zhou Yun was in charge, so naturally he had to come out.

Liu Qing took a step forward, looked into Wen Yao's eyes, and reported truthfully, "Twenty new members have been added within two days, and the total number of members is [-]."

"Looking at the quantity of dishes they order, every time a new product is released, it will be sold out, and there are not many people ordering ordinary dishes."

Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered what some scholars said in the front hall before, to the effect that "the food in Minshifu is good, but the price is not cheap, and it is difficult for ordinary people to eat it once."

"There are quite a few situations like this." Zhou Yun walked towards him, and then stopped within a hundred steps.

"Steady first." After a long time, Wen Yao stared into his eyes and said, "I have new plans for the dishes, and I will recruit a master in the next few days, who can make dim sum."

According to his previous plan, the people's restaurant at this time is the time when talents are needed.

"Young master, do you mean that we are going to sell dim sum next?" Chang San spoke quickly, almost leaking his words, but was squinted at by the young master, and immediately changed his words.

"No." Wen Yao didn't intend to explain to them now, but only ordered Zhou Yun to find the person. Zhou Yun turned his brains over and over again, and answered on the face, but felt a little troubled in his heart. He was not from the capital. He doesn't know much about Kyoto, so asking him to find a dim sum chef is undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack.

Wen Yao stayed with Zhou Yun when they were almost gone. The two chatted for nearly half an hour under the plane tree in the backyard before Zhou Yun turned around and left the backyard.Xiaode and Zhang Mu are preparing dinner for the evening.

Just now, during the conversation with Zhou Yun, Wen Yao felt something, thinking that the restaurant's business hours could be adjusted by one or two.

After thinking for a while under the tree alone, he went to the kitchen to inform the two of them of the adjusted business hours. Xiaode couldn't help asking: "How did the master think of changing the hours?"

"Don't worry about this. From tomorrow, the door will be open at the end of Yinshi and Shenshi, one hour each, and the rest of the time will be closed."

Xiaode stopped talking, although Zhang Mu didn't understand something, but he was not stupid enough to question his master, he prepared the dishes to be used tomorrow morning, and asked Liu Qing to report the dishes that were not enough.

In the early morning of the next day, the restaurant opened early, and the pedestrians were immediately attracted by the smell, and stopped to have breakfast in the restaurant.

Today is different from the past. Before, Wen Yao would order them to cook some simple side dishes, but there was not a single side dish this morning. They were all steamed buns, and the price was cheaper than before.

Not only that, Wen Yao also prepared dumplings in advance. The dumplings were different from what they usually ate. They were petite in size, unique in style, full of fragrance, and had a thin, crispy golden layer on the surface.

The diners who entered the store were all greedy and asked why they opened so early today.

Liu Qing and the others all responded in unison: At the request of the owner, in the future, the restaurant will open for an hour each at Yinshi and Shenshi. In order to give back to old customers, they will still deliver food to super members after closing time, but will not participate in discount activities.

When everyone heard it, they envied those who had become senior members.

In addition, the servant who ran errands for the master also went to the front desk to ask Zhou Yun about handling membership matters.

Zhou Yun dealt with it at the front desk, and if he agreed to handle it and handed over the silver tael, he was asked to follow Liu Qing to the ear room.

Kong Wu was afraid that these people would mess around, and was about to follow when he was stopped by Zhou Yun, who lowered his voice and said, "Master wants you to maintain order in the hall."

"As for Liuqing, don't worry, Chang San brothers will go."

Kong Wu hummed lightly, and it was enough for someone to follow.

He took Zhou Li and four people to guard in front of the hall, and if he found someone making trouble, he would immediately arrest him.

As the sun rises, more and more people pour into the restaurant, regardless of gender, they will chat with people they know, or talk about the food in the store.

Until a gorgeous and solemn carriage stopped outside, Shun'an hurriedly passed by, and immediately ran to the back kitchen to tell Little Master Wen about the emperor's arrival.

Wen Yao raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, he still misses him a little after seeing him for a few days, but he didn't intend to tell the other party.

Who made Ye Chu the emperor, maybe he just came back from the imperial concubine at this moment.

Thinking of this, Wen Yao's eyes darkened, and an unknown emotion spread in his heart.

Then he shook his head, throwing the thoughts out of his head.