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Chapter 295
After Wei Zhice's introduction, Zhang Cheng found out that the person who came out to greet him was the new innkeeper of the store, that unassuming scholar brother, the wife and nephew of Yu Shi Yu Shangyou, Wang Zhaozheng.

Looking carefully, this man is also born with a broad body and a fat body. On the surface, he does not look like a scholar at all. He has a big round face that is always smiling, and he looks quite suitable to be a shopkeeper.

"Are you Wang Xiucai?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"Returning to the general, it is the student Wang Zhaozheng who has reserved a private seat for you upstairs. Yu Yushi left a message that he will be there in a while, saying that he will bring you two friends."

Zhang Cheng was not surprised at all. When he left Beijing last time, he left 200 taels of silver to Yu Yushi, so that he could make more official friends in Beijing, and at the same time help those unsatisfactory Beijing officials.

Under the guidance of Wang Zhaozheng, Zhang Cheng and his party went up the stairs to the second floor. He did not directly enter the private seat, but stopped at the railing of the hall on the second floor, looking at the street outside.

The capital is indeed prosperous. There are many large and small shops on both sides of the street. There are also many hawkers setting up stalls on the side of the street to sell, or pushing carts and carrying burdens along the street to sell, and pedestrians are constantly coming and going.

Moreover, this area is close to Zuo'anmen, not only is the law and order very good, but there are many inns in the surrounding area, and the people who live here are all wealthy families, that is, the people who come and go on the street are mostly officials and their family members.

He turned around and said, "Zhi Ce, the place you have chosen is really good!"

Wei Zhice smiled, and before he could speak, Wang Zhaozheng came up to him and said, "General, Master Yu and the others are probably coming soon, you and Brother Wei enter the private room and rest first, I'll make you a cup of tea , moisturize your throat first."

Niu Sheng next to him also said: "General, Mr. Chen, Brother Liu, and Brother Li are resting in this hall first, and the food and drinks will be served in a while. The brothers are delicious and drinking. I will go to the backyard to see the accommodation. Is the room ready?"

Zhang Cheng and Wei Zhice stepped into the private seats facing the street, and Chen Zhong and others chose a scattered seat near the private seats in the hall on the second floor, and sat down around them.

After a while, two waiters came up and made tea for both tables. Wei Zhice sent the waiters away, and then said to Zhang Cheng, "General, I have already made arrangements for the Ministry of War. I can go to the office of the Ministry of War to receive the notice tomorrow morning." Body and official uniform, are you going to pay a visit to Mr. Yang Ge?"

Zhang Cheng took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "Mr. Yang Ge took good care of us. Although he and the old prisoner secretly held back when we were serving as king last time, after all, we still have to look forward. Well."

"Zhi Ce understands, I will prepare a generous gift tomorrow morning and send it to Mr. Yang Ge, and then make an appointment for the general to visit Mr. Ge." Wei Zhi Ce nodded and said, he was in favor of Zhang Cheng's assessment of the situation.

"Gifts are a must, but they don't have to be too expensive, as long as they are more elegant. By the way, how did Aunt Wu decide?" Zhang Cheng asked.

"Zhi Ce went to Mr. Wu's house to visit yesterday evening. Mrs. Wu said that she would go to Naji's mansion in the next two days. If it's convenient, see if I can ask Miss Na Ji to come over to give Miss Wu a hand in embroidery." techniques.

If Mrs. Ji and Miss Ji agree, we will send a message to us at that time, the general can go to Wu's mansion to visit the Wu family aunt at that time, so that we can find a chance to meet that Miss Ji. When Wei Zhice said this, he narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhang Cheng with a smile.

Wei Zhice saw Zhang Cheng feeling a little uncomfortable, before he could say anything, the shopkeeper Wang Zhaozheng's voice came from outside the door, and the two heard that Yu Shangyou had already arrived.

Sure enough, after the door of the private seat was pushed open, Wang Zhaozheng appeared at the door. Beside him was Zhang Cheng's old acquaintance Yu Shi Yu Shangyou, and there were four other people. It was the first time Zhang Cheng met, but they had very familiar faces.

After Yu Shangyou entered the private seat, he first said politely: "General Lao Zhang has been waiting for a long time, Yu is really sorry."

Zhang Cheng also said with a smile: "Master Yu is willing to show his face, not to mention waiting for these things, even if he waits for three days and three nights, Zhang Cheng is also willing."

Everyone laughed, and Yu Shangyou introduced the four people who came with Zhang Cheng at this time, saying: "Come on, General Zhang, Yu will introduce these four good friends to the General."

He then introduced: "General Zhang, this is Mr. Yuan Pengnian, the head of the Ministry of Rites, these two are Mr. Wang Diaoding and Mr. Ma Jiazhi Ma, and this is Mr. Si Liangyu, the pedestrian. Lord Mingliang."

Zhang Cheng clasped his fists slightly and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, my lords, please take your seats."

Yu Shangyou hurriedly said: "This is General Zhang Chengzhang, who shot Dorgon with an arrow and killed Yuetuo, and now he is the commander of the third-rank Wanquandu Sidu, who is guarding Shangbei Road in Xuanzhen."

Then he introduced Wei Zhice, saying: "This is the officer under General Zhang that Yu often mentioned, and the commander of Kaipingwei, Wei Zhice."

Wei Zhice also said politely: "Don't dare, how dare Wei be called an adult in front of several adults."

Everyone was very polite and took their seats according to priority. Naturally, Zhang Cheng sat in the main seat, while Yu Shangyou sat in the first guest seat, and the others also took their seats respectively.

Wang Zhaozheng was very knowledgeable and entertaining. After he led Yu Shangyou and others into the private seat, he quietly retreated. After a while, a waiter came upstairs. First, a plate of fried mutton with green onions and a few delicate side dishes were placed on the table.

Then Wang Zhaozheng personally delivered a bowl of three delicacies soup made with sea cucumber, squid and shredded chicken. A waiter next to him also brought the ridge fin of a live carp weighing nearly three catties, asking Zhang Cheng and others to see it for themselves.

Wang Zhaozheng asked Zhang Cheng with a smile on his face, "General, how do you want to eat this fish? One or two?"

"Master Yu, you are a guest, tell me, how do you eat this fish?" Zhang Cheng looked at Yu Shangyou and asked.

Yu Shangyou was a little embarrassed, he smiled and said to Zhang Cheng: "The guest is up to the owner, General Zhang, you can decide."

Zhang Cheng was just being polite just now, seeing that Yu Shangyou was very good, he no longer tried to evade, and turned to ask Wang Zhaozheng, "Zhaozheng, what is our Tongchun Tower good at?"

"General, why don't you make a carp and eat two, half of the candied yolk, half fried, half of the candied yolk, and the leftover fish bones can be used for another baked fish bone noodles."

He introduced it enthusiastically and politely, and then he said with a smile: "We have a new cook from Henan in Tongchunlou, who can cook Henan cuisine well, the general might as well try something new."

Wang Zhaozheng is a man who understands the ways of the world. On such an occasion, he calmly dealt with it without saying anything, and even pretended not to know Yu Shangyou, so as to avoid embarrassment for everyone. Zhang Cheng was quite satisfied with him.

Zhang Cheng also heard it fresh here, and couldn't help thinking that he had eaten "six meals" in his previous life, but this carp hadn't eaten two meals, so he said, "Okay, you can do it as you said, Let's try something new too!"

Seeing that Zhang Cheng agreed, the waiter hurriedly carried the live carp out of the private seat. He actually followed the rules in Henan restaurants and threw the live carp to the ground vigorously. Then he picked up the half-dead carp and walked downstairs with a smile on his face. went.

(End of this chapter)