The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 158 Opening a Hot Pot Restaurant

In fact, there is no right or wrong for businessmen to pursue profits. Those who are wrong are those who exaggerate the facts.Although Tang Youqian is rich and his family has surplus food, he lives very insecurely, just like some rich people in later generations, living insecurely.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, all the heroes came together, and the knight-errants walked around everywhere, killing people when they were unhappy. Even being an official in the court did not feel safe, let alone a businessman like Tang Youqian.

Many businessmen borrowed the power of others to take root. The Mi family chose Liu Bei, Su Shuang also chose Liu Bei, and later the rich man Lu Su chose Sun Quan. They all wanted to have a good development path for the family. Tang Youqian also chose No exception.

In order to find a big tree to lean against, Tang Youqian stayed in the county government all night, but he didn't feel tired at all, but rather excited, because he, a mere businessman, got a job from Dongfang's talented nephew Dongfang Sheng. Appreciate it, what an honor.

"You look quite rich." Tang Youqian heard Dongfang Sheng say this to himself at the time.

In the morning, Tang Youqian rubbed off the big eyeballs hanging from the corners of his eyes and saw Wang Hu was topless and smashing white things with a stone hammer, while Dongfang Sheng and Dongfang Youcai stood aside.

"Wake up!" Dongfang Sheng asked with a smile when he saw Tang Youqian going out, "Did you sleep well last night?"

"Very good!" Tang Youqian replied flattered. Judging from the contact last night, Dongfang Sheng felt that he was the backbone of the Dongfang family.

Dongfang Youcai was somewhat dissatisfied with Dongfang Sheng's overly friendly attitude towards Tang Youqian. He always thought that it was unnecessary to treat businessmen like this.But Dongfang Sheng still does his own thing, he treats everyone the same.

This is because the education he received was that everyone is equal, and there is no distinction between high and low in work and occupation. Although it may not be realistic, Dongfang Sheng has realized this idea.

"Huzi, work harder, do we still have breakfast?" Dongfang Sheng saw Wang Hu's cautious look and said anxiously: "I'll do it, you come and watch."

"Oh, by the way, Tang Youqian, go to the kitchen and get some brown sugar!" Dongfang Sheng pointed at Tang Youqian and said, "Glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in brown sugar are absolutely delicious!"

Tang Youqian twisted his fat body a little excitedly and went down to the kitchen led by a soldier from the Flying Eagle Battalion. To be able to be pointed at by Dongfang Sheng to get things like this shows that Dongfang Sheng has accepted him. Tang Youqian is here Ecstatic in his heart, he decided that no matter what restaurant the Dongfang family wanted to open, even if they lost money, the Dongfang family should make a lot of money every year, so that he could lean on the big tree to enjoy the shade.

The last thing I need is money.Tang Youqian sighed inwardly.

When Tang Youqian came over with brown sugar, Dongfang Sheng had already pounded the glutinous rice, kneaded it into a cylinder while it was hot, and then flattened it.

Dongfang Sheng saw that Tang Youqian brought brown sugar over, and immediately shouted: "Hurry up and bring it here, I'll wrap it up and eat it."

After evenly pouring brown sugar on top of the mochi, Dongfang Sheng immediately kneaded the flattened mochi into strips, and then picked them into small pieces by hand.

Dongfang Youcai couldn't bear it for a long time, and took one bite and stuffed it into his mouth. The aroma of glutinous rice and the sweetness of brown sugar make this a classic dessert.

"This thing can be stored for a period of time after being dried in the sun." Dongfang Sheng took one and handed it to Tang Youqian: "Where are senior brother and Zhang Yun?"

"Hey, General Zhao and Zhang He drank too much last night and couldn't get up in the morning." Wang Hu chewed with mochi stuffed in his mouth.

Tang Youqian ate the mochi with some excitement, and his heart suddenly became active: "My lord, I think you can make a lot of the wine you made last night. I'm afraid the whole big man will like this rice wine."

"Now that there is a food shortage, the prohibition of alcohol will be implemented sooner or later. It is not too late to wait until the food is already abundant."

Dongfang Sheng ate another piece of mochi and said.

"However, you can try mochi. If you can grind the glutinous rice finer, you may be able to make some glutinous rice balls." Dongfang Sheng suddenly remembered those glutinous rice balls filled with sesame seeds in later generations.

"The general said it was Yuanxiao?" Tang Youqian's mind was always very active. When Dongfang Sheng said that the glutinous rice flour should be ground more finely, he thought of Yuanxiao.

"Well, let's not talk about this for now." Dongfang Sheng patted himself on the head and said: "What do you think of the hot pot restaurant I told you about last night?"

"That's right!" Tang Youqian said without raising his head, "The general's idea is brilliant, the villain guarantees that you will make a lot of money every day, richer than Tao Zhugong."

"I want to hear what you really think!"

Dongfang Sheng was a little unhappy when he heard Tang Youqian's words. He didn't like such perfunctory words very much.

Tang Youqian was startled, and the mochi in his hand trembled and fell to the ground, then he lay down on the ground, raised his buttocks and begged for mercy: "General, please let me go, I have an eighty-year-old mother, come down There are eight years old...."

"Stop!" Dongfang Sheng stepped forward and helped Tang Youqian up, and said a little bit dumbfounded: "I just want you to tell the truth, there is no other meaning."

Tang Youqian was relieved to confirm that Dongfang Sheng was not joking. The last time Captain Zhang was talking to him with a smile, some people were ambushed on both sides. Tang Youqian felt that if he dared to disobey Captain Zhang at that time, he might be killed Immediately landed.

"That villain is outspoken." Tang Youqian said cautiously: "The general must not be angry."

"But it's okay to say." Dongfang Sheng signaled Tang Youqian to continue talking.

"The hot pot restaurant that the general said can be opened, but the address is not in Lifang, it should be near the Yamen District." After Tang Youqian finished speaking, he glanced at Dongfang Sheng, and found that he hadn't made a sound, so he boldly continued. : "Because the hot pot restaurant that the general wants to open may only be affordable by rich gentry, merchants and noble officials, and the common people in Lifang District may not be able to afford it?"

Yashu District is the residential area of ​​administrative organs and officials in a city, while Lifang District is a residential area, where ordinary people usually live. Of course, there is a handicraft and commercial district between Lifang District and Yashu District.

Dongfang Sheng naturally knew about these two places. What he wanted was to open the hot pot restaurant to the civilian area, because all the hot pot restaurants in later generations are all civilian delicacies, and those office workers in winter like to eat a The hotter the hot pot, the colder the weather, the better the business.

"Well, good!" Dongfang Sheng felt that Tang Youqian's words made sense, after all, he was the businessman of this era, "Then open one in the Yamen District and another in the Lifang District."

"The two stores serve different things. You can just write some rare and expensive things on the menu in the government office area, while you can put some tofu and wild vegetables in the store in the Lifang area."

Although Dongfang Sheng doesn't know much about the way of doing business, he still knows the difference in the menu. The rich eat high-end food, while the poor have a round belly, so everyone can get what they need.

"General wise!"

Tang Youqian's eyes lit up, but he didn't expect Dongfang Sheng to say such a truth.

"Also, you should decorate the store in the government office area more beautifully, and the waiters who serve the dishes should wear uniform clothes. When the guests enter the door, whether they want to eat or not, they should serve a pot of good tea first." Dongfang Sheng thought of those hot pots of later generations The chain store immediately said incessantly: "Get some ice cubes and freeze those river and seafood products. Customers can look at them as soon as they come, but the food must be fresh."

There was no flattery on Tang Youqian's face, replaced by admiration from the bottom of his heart.

(End of this chapter)