The Favorite of the Court of Joy

After Wan Zi and his group arrived at Xunhuan Pavilion, they waited for Zhang Xiaoqian's permission before entering.

When they came in, they were very surprised. First of all, there were a bunch of darlings, some were training to smile, some were reciting the names of dishes, and some were entertaining guests.Wan Zi is familiar with the people here, especially Bilian and Bichi, they seem to be a little thinner, and there are red ribbons hanging across their shoulders, which say "Welcome".

Xue Yanru thought it was quite interesting, "This ribbon is quite interesting.

"Wow~~ so many beautiful men." Zheng Yinger sighed.The Xunhuan Pavilion used to be famous for nothing, and all the darlings of their family are very good-looking.

Seeing Zheng Yinger's eyes shining with gold, Zhang Xiaoqian whispered in her ear: "What do you think if they form a boy group in modern times?"

"Your men's team thinks it's absolutely attractive and money-absorbing. Those H country men's teams must stand aside."

"I think so too, so let the more beautiful Bilian Bichi welcome the guests at the door, and the others will be waiters, and I will train a few account managers and managers."

"The older one over there is not the lobby manager you want to recruit."

"You are so smart." Zhang Xiaoqian gave him a thumbs up, "He is Bai Mudan, the old bustard of Xunhuan Pavilion, and now the lobby manager of our hotel."

"What are you talking about, so mysterious." Xue Yanru pulled Zheng Yinger.

"It's nothing, let's go upstairs and talk." Then Zhang Xiaoqian ordered others. "Bai Mudan, you continue to watch them practice, Xiaocheng opens a private room and puts the tea set on the table, Ximei, you go to the back kitchen, Xiaohuang is developing new dishes, you go and have a look."

"Okay, okay, I'll go right away." The kitchen is Ximei's place to play, and it's his favorite place.

Upstairs, craftsmen are doing some simple modifications, and they are almost finished.Zhang Xiaoqian took them to the private room, and Xiaocheng had already made all the tea sets.Zheng Yinger is familiar with these things, isn't this the place where modern people rest and make tea on weekends?Even the layout of the private room is antique, no, this world is "ancient".

Several people were sitting, and Zhang Xiaoqian made tea himself. There were longan and red dates, osmanthus, honeysuckle, and roses in the teapot, which can not only clear away heat and detoxify, but also promote blood circulation and beauty.After the water boiled, Zhang Xiaoqian poured a cup for no one. The scent of flowers was light and pleasant. "This is called scented tea, and it can be prepared according to your own needs."

Xue Yanru took a sip and said, "Sweet and sweet. How much do you plan to sell this pot for?"

"It depends on what ingredients the customer wants, and it is calculated according to the actual situation, but we have the lowest price of chrysanthemum tea here, fifty yuan per pot."

"Fifty Wen?" The three exclaimed. Fifty Wen, a farmer's family may not have this amount in a day.

Zhang Xiaoqian knew that they would be surprised. The people he served were middle and high-end people. These people had money to seek pleasure, but how could they have no money to drink a cup of tea. "Don't be surprised, and don't think that I'm making huge profits. Let me tell you that the prices I offer are worthy of my conscience."

He went on to say: "The waiters in my shop are all beautiful. Is this comparable to the shop assistants outside? You need to pay to see beautiful things. Besides, there is a stage performance in the lobby on the first floor." Let the guests see, which teahouse does not charge money to listen to music? To sum it up, the price of cabbage for [-] Wen can't be lowered. And don't worry, I guarantee that they only want to choose more expensive ones." Zhang Xiaoqian had seen it clearly a long time ago. Underfoot, there are many wealthy businessmen, and most of them love to compare, so they disdain these few dollars.

"Is there any other business besides selling tea?" Wan Zi asked.

"Of course, I'm a hotel here. Do you know what a hotel is?"

"That's right, I just wanted to ask, your store is called a hotel, but why do you still sell tea?" Wan Zi was very puzzled. "'Hotel' is not a word in your modern world."

Zhang Xiaoqian nodded, and then explained: "Generally speaking, hotels mainly provide accommodation services, catering, games, entertainment, shopping, banquets and conference facilities for tourists. But for the time being, my store can only provide accommodation, catering and entertainment. .”

"So it's no different from an inn." Xue Yanru said.

"We are on the basis of an ordinary inn, and the service and quality have been improved. However, we do not provide overnight stays, only lunch breaks." Zhang Xiaoqian continued: "There are so many beauties here, what if a bully comes to stay overnight? What’s more, it’s very difficult to report a case in the middle of the night.”

"Not bad, he is really a good boss who cares about his employees." Zheng Yinger praised him.

"That is, being kind to employees is one of the conditions for business development." Zhang Xiaoqian accepted his praise bluntly, and then said, "Therefore, our hotel does not provide breakfast service, and the meal time is only limited to lunch and dinner , the lunch time is from the end of the day to the end of the day (about 11-13 o'clock), and the dinner time is except for the three quarters of the Haishi hour (about 17:22 to [-] o'clock). There is a fixed number of tables every day, no arrangement Those who are on the team will come back the next day.”

"Wow~~ You have so many rules, are you sure you can start a business?"

Zhang Xiaoqian said firmly: "Of course I'm sure, otherwise I wouldn't have paid such a big cost, and the money I spent was all real money."

Zhang Xiaoqian took a sip of scented tea to moisten his throat, and then said: "As for entertainment, playing music, singing and dancing, whoever is trained in Xunhuan Pavilion can't do it. It's just that I asked them to stop singing the clichés of Dongyue Kingdom. I wrote Many songs that we are familiar with in modern times are guaranteed to be fresh and pleasant to the common people. Only by being unique can attract people's attention and attract customers."

At this time, Xiao Cheng brought two or three plates of freshly baked pastries, including exquisite hibiscus cakes, sweet but not greasy osmanthus cakes, and a triangular pastry that was very novel to them.

"This... this... isn't this a sandwich?" Zheng Yinger exclaimed, although the upper and lower layers are not bread but similar substitutes, but the shape is a sandwich, and it is obvious that there are vegetables, fried eggs and sausages in the middle.

Zhang Xiaoqian smiled at him and said: "Know the goods." Then he cut the sandwich into several pieces with a knife and asked them all to taste it.

"It's delicious, it's so delicious. Although the taste is not the most authentic, it's pretty good to be able to do this. How much is a piece? I want to buy more." Zheng Yinger was so moved that she almost cried.

Although Wan Zi and Xue Yanru also thought this thing was novel and delicious, they were not as exaggerated as Zheng Yinger's performance. They heard that Zheng Yinger wanted to buy some, and they both said, "I'm going to take some away too."

"All right, all right, you can take as many as you want, I don't charge your money, but you must help me promote my store." Zhang Xiaoqian said to Zheng Yinger, "Especially you, your natal family is an imperial merchant, and the money is definitely worth it." At most, let them come and spend more, this famous businessman drives the publicity, and our store will definitely be famous in the shortest time."

"No problem, I will definitely tell my father to let him reserve the entire private room when it opens."

"Yanru, Wanzi, you are the concubines of the harem, and if you take the initiative to promote my business, it must be very hot."

"no problem."

Zhang Xiaoqian paused for a while and then said: "In order to run this hotel, I also put a lot of effort into the dishes. I wanted to dig a lot of money to poach the cook from Zuixianlou, but who would have thought that he would feel ashamed to be a cook in Yanliu Lane? I can't dig, I have no choice, so I have to take a few cooks hired by Xiaohuang to Zuixianlou to order food, and I have to order the most expensive and best, but it cost me a lot of money. Huang Zhengqi, he has figured out several dishes by himself, and they taste quite similar to each other. Coupled with some modern pastry recipes I taught her, and imperial dishes she learned in the palace, my meals here don’t need to be drunk. The building is poor, and it will definitely attract the old customers of Zuixianlou. It would be great if Ximei could come to help."

"Then let him come. The kitchen is the place he wants to stay the most. Studying recipes is his pleasure. If your business really grows, Xiao Huang alone will definitely not be able to handle it." Wan Zi said.

"But you..."

"Don't worry, I'm a noble concubine now. Those who disobey me from the bottom of their hearts dare not bully me overtly or secretly. Don't always think of me as weak. Take a step back and say that there are still Yanru and Yinger in the palace." , I'll be fine." Wan Zi didn't lie, since she had a child, as a "mother", she had to be tough in the face of many things, and never be soft-hearted when things should not be soft-hearted.A few days ago, a court lady who served the little prince said to the sleeping child: "This little handsome face is beautiful, but it's a pity that he was born by a darling who is neither male nor female. He will definitely be a sissy when he grows up." Wan Ziyi Angrily ordered the people to pull out the stick and beat fifty times, forcibly beating the maid to maim.In the past, Wan Zi would definitely feel that he was cruel, but he had to be cruel. This little palace maid said such things in private, so it can be seen that other people will also say that he is trying to set an example to others. Who wants to say such disrespect? if.It doesn't matter how he is, but he can't insult his son with any words, no one else.

"Well, I'll ask Ximei personally later on what she means. The point is that he is willing to stay."

Zhang Xiaoqian looked at the three people in front of him drinking and eating contentedly, and suddenly thought that their purpose of coming today was not just to see him.

"Tell me, how does the emperor send you here today to persuade me?"

All three looked at Zhang Xiaoqian in surprise, wondering how he knew.

Xue Yanru wiped her mouth, and then said: "We wanted to come and see you a long time ago, and it happened that the emperor called Wan Zi to persuade you to return to the palace, so we followed him out of the palace, but we didn't have to persuade you to go back."

"I have no intention of persuading you to return to the palace." Wan Zi, who was appointed by the emperor, actually said this, which surprised Xue Yanru and Zheng Yinger, after all, they felt that Wan Zi was a person who obeyed the emperor's orders very much.

"Xiao Qian, I once said that no matter what path you choose or what you want to do, I will support you unconditionally."

"Thank you, Wan Zi." Zhang Xiaoqian said to him with a smile, "But, you didn't persuade me, so how can I go back to work?"