Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

Winter seems to be coming earlier this year than in previous years.

It has just entered October, and many people in Xianyang City have already thickened their clothes, and some wealthy families have even put on fur coats.

And in this somewhat chilly weather, a five-story restaurant with a magnificent exterior and named [Baichuan] quietly opened in the DC area of ​​Xianyang Palace.

As soon as [Baichuan Restaurant] opened, it immediately attracted the attention of a large number of passers-by.

Firstly, it’s because five-story buildings are rare these days.

The second reason is that since the restaurant opened, it has been exuding an extremely tempting aroma to the outside at all times.

Xianyang DC District is originally the residence of high-ranking officials and nobles. Many of the passers-by passing by are wealthy aristocrats. However, even though they have tasted delicacies from all over the world, they have never smelled such a unique aroma. .

Even without tasting it, just smelling it has already made many people salivate.

"It's strange. What does this smell like? How come I've never smelled it before?"

"Indeed, I have tasted delicious food from all over the world, but I have never smelled this smell before."

"Tolerant of all rivers, the owner of this restaurant is really courageous!"

"How about it, Brother Lu, are you interested in going in and giving it a try?"

"Hahaha~~Brother Zhang invited me, how dare I refuse."

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With curiosity, someone soon couldn't help but walked into the restaurant.

As soon as they entered the restaurant, some people noticed something strange, because they found that the ground they stepped on was neither blue bricks nor wooden boards.

Instead, it was an extremely hard and flat floor that looked as if it had been cut out of a huge boulder and then embedded in the ground.

"Guests please come in. Which floor do you want to dine on?"

Just when several people were curious about this novel ground, a waiter wearing waiter clothes came up to him with a smile on his face, bent down and said.

Hearing the waiter's words, one of the young men raised his chin and said loudly: "Of course it's on the top floor? Are you worried that I can't pay?"

Seeing the other party's arrogant look, the waiter in the shop not only wasn't angry, but instead smiled even deeper. He nodded and bowed and said with an apologetic smile: "Of course I don't dare to doubt the financial resources of these distinguished guests, but if you want to go to the top floor, financial resources alone are not enough. You also need to be invited by the host family to be eligible.”

Hearing this, the three people in front of them looked at each other, and then saw another person coming out, cupping their hands and saying, "Then how can I be invited by the owner of your building?"

The waiter smiled apologetically and said: "I don't know about this one, but the shopkeeper mentioned it before. Now there are only three guests who have been personally invited by our master. They are the current king, General Meng Ao and Wang Jian. General."

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As soon as this statement came out.

The air in the entire restaurant lobby seemed to become quiet.

The seemingly arrogant young man just now fell silent for an instant.

In fact, the reason why these people seemed arrogant just now was actually just to test the background of this restaurant. After all, Xianyang DC District is where the entire Qin Kingdom’s high-ranking officials and nobles gather. Unless they are smart, there will be basically no one who is stupid. To rashly show off one's authority in the area.

However, the results of the test scared these people silly.

For a while.

I just saw an older young man among the few people. He coughed a few times and said: "Ahem~~ I am new to your place and I am not sure about the rules of your restaurant. Can you please introduce me to this little brother? Ichiban.”

"The distinguished guests are too polite, but since the distinguished guests want to hear it, the young one will show off his shame and show off his words."

The waiter of Baichuan Restaurant had obviously received special training. He quickly led a few people into the restaurant with his waist bent, and slowly said: "Baichuan Restaurant has five floors. Except for the top floor, which requires an invitation, the other four floors are open. Open to the outside world.”

"The first floor is the public lobby, and the price of dining here is the cheapest."

"The second floor is the second floor, which has private rooms."

"There is a public bath on the third floor, and the environment on the third floor is like spring all year round. The cold winter months are like warm spring. The hot summer days are like cool autumn."

"The same is true on the fourth floor, but each private room has its own private bath. When dining, there are beauties in the company, singing and dancing..."

"etc!"

Before the waiter finished speaking, someone couldn't help but interrupt: "Brother, are you exaggerating? Even if the room is filled with charcoal in the cold winter and ice mirrors are placed in the hot summer, you don't dare to say the temperature. May all seasons be like spring!”

Unexpectedly, when he heard this, the waiter smiled mysteriously and said: "A few guests have misunderstood. The way to maintain the temperature of our restaurant in winter is not to rely on charcoal. If you are interested, you can go to the third floor to find out. These are the price tags on each floor of our store."

As he said that, the waiter led several people to a wall. On the wall, the prices of each floor of Baichuan Restaurant were clearly written.

The first and second floors of Baichuan Restaurant are nothing.

Dining on the first floor only charges meal fees, while on the second floor there is an additional private room fee of ten grand.

The prices for dining on both floors are pretty normal.

However, after moving to the third floor, the prices for several people skyrocketed. The basic price alone started with just one gold coin.

When you get to the fourth floor, it's even more outrageous. The starting price for going upstairs is five gold coins.

Even the young people in front of me couldn't help but be shocked by such a price.

"Are you kidding? The price of a three-story building starts with one gold coin. Are you running a black shop?" Someone couldn't help but ask.

"The guest officer is joking. The prices in our store are clearly marked outside. If you don't want to go to the third and fourth floors, you only need to dine on the first and second floors. As for the third and fourth floors, I can guarantee that if you go there once , you will definitely feel it is worth your money.”

This time not many people responded to the waiter.

Although these people all have considerable assets in their families, it would obviously still make many people feel pain if they were asked to spend a gold coin just for a meal.

But at this moment, one person's eyes suddenly glanced at the wall next to him, and he was suddenly stunned.

The next second.

I saw him wiping his eyes, seeming to wonder if he had seen something wrong.

After a while, I saw him pointing at the wall and asking: "Then... what is that?"

The waiter looked back and said casually: "What's hanging over there is our restaurant's menu. If you want to order something, you can look at the menu over there and just tell me directly."

After hearing this, everyone turned their heads and looked at the wall behind them.

Immediately afterwards.

Everyone else was stunned.

Because on the wall behind everyone, there were hundreds of wooden boards hanging on it, and the name of a dish was written on each board.

Among them, almost 90% of the dishes are ones that no one has heard of...

Stir-fried mutton with green onion, stir-fried eggplant with soy sauce, pork ribs and winter melon soup, garlic cucumber, white-cut chicken, sweet and sour carp...

Everyone was dazzled by the dishes one after another. After all, in this era where eating mainly relies on steaming, boiling, and baking, even these aristocratic children who claim to have eaten delicious food all over the world can only eat a few foods.

"This, this, this...the names of the dishes above, why have I traveled all over the world but never heard of them?"

The waiter smiled and said: "It's normal that your guests have never heard of it, because these are exotic vegetables, such as eggplants and cucumbers, which originally came from the wild lands outside the Western Regions."

"Except for those grown in Hanzhong, it is absolutely impossible to see these exotic vegetables in other areas of the Central Plains."

"Hanzhong? Why is it only grown in Hanzhong?"

Someone noticed the key points revealed in the waiter's words and hurriedly asked.

The waiter replied: "Because these vegetables are the seeds that Lord Shengping obtained from people from foreign lands, and then they were carefully cultivated. As Hanzhong is the fiefdom of Lord Shengping, these exotic vegetables will naturally be planted there."

After hearing the waiter's explanation, everyone suddenly understood.

I think so.

At present, except for Lord Shengping, no one in the entire Qin Kingdom seems to have such an ability.

"So, are all the vegetables in your restaurant purchased from Hanzhong?"

"good."

The waiter answered simply.

This made many people slightly stunned. After all, according to common sense, shouldn't such news be the restaurant's business secrets?

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Suddenly, some people seemed to think of something, and their pupils suddenly shrank.

At this moment, I heard the waiter say again: "Now that we have introduced the situation in our store, do you want to have a meal?"

After hearing these words, everyone came back to their senses and spoke one after another.

"Of course, give me ten dishes first. You can choose any category, but they must be cooked with exotic vegetables."

"Me too, I want to taste the difference between these exotic vegetables and those from the Central Plains."

"I'm the same as them, but give me a private room on the third floor first. I want to see what's so special about the third floor here."

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The descendants of truly high-ranking officials and aristocratic families rarely turn out to be useless.

So when these people first heard about ‘exotic vegetables’, they smelled business opportunities, but they did not act rashly.

After all, no matter how exotic and rare the vegetables are, the most important thing is the taste.

"Okay! Gentlemen, please wait a moment."

The waiter wrote down everyone's requests one by one, and then shouted into the kitchen.

About two quarters of an hour later.

One after another, the dishes that were still radiating hot steam and fragrant aroma were served in front of everyone by the restaurant's waiter...

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