Datang Hotel: The Leisurely Life of a Chef Dad

Kong Yingda was a wise man, and he could tell something was wrong at first glance.

He smiled and didn't take it seriously at all.

Li Gang pouted his beard: "Tell me, tell me, how did I get fooled."

"That kid Da Zhuang is a fool. Although he is only ten years old, his mind is almost the same as my newly adopted granddaughter!"

Kong Yingda smiled and poured tea for Li Gang: "That fool certainly didn't fool you, but that Lantian Hou Liu Xuan must have fooled you."

"This is not the way a craftsman writes poems, and it's not just about putting words together."

"When you asked, he was just teasing you."

"This person must have extraordinary talent. I want to meet him now."

Yan Shigu on the side was arrogant: "What did the ancestors of this Lantian Hou do? But they were from the Hedong Liu family?"

Li Gang and Kong Yingda shook their heads.

"Since he is not from the Hedong Liu family, is he a commoner?"

"It shouldn't be..."

In Yan Shigu's eyes, studying requires a lot of money.

For a commoner, being able to study and become an official is something that only very few people can do.

This is also the reason why he insists on employing the powerful to some extent. Of course, more importantly, Yan Shigu is arrogant and proud.

"You are wrong. Liu Xuan became the Marquis of Lantian. That was the decision of His Majesty. I was also puzzled at the time, but later I felt it was normal! If such a talented person does not have an official position, wouldn't the Tang Dynasty be ridiculed by others?"

Kong Yingda saw it very clearly. His Majesty said that all heroes in the world are within his grasp, and Liu Xuan is a good example.

"Two years ago, you also understand what happened to Ma Zhou."

Ma Zhou, a commoner, went from Chang He to the vision of the current emperor, and now he has been promoted step by step.

Li Gang and Yan Shigu couldn't help but sigh.

Li Gang sighed, saying that Ma Zhou had suffered so much since he was a child.

Yan Shigu sighed, saying that since the Zhenguan period, there have been more and more children from poor families, and the trend of innovation has become increasingly strong in the court.

Innovation is a huge impact on all the old rules.

And Yan Shigu, a family heritage and a Confucian saint, naturally had some resistance in his heart.

Kong Yingda took a sip of tea and continued, "Someday, you and I will visit the newly promoted Marquis of Lantian."

"I heard someone say before that the Marquis of Lantian is young and mysterious, and he doesn't like to associate with the nobles in Chang'an. Since he was named a marquis, he has kept his door closed. Although there are crowds of people, he still closes the door and does not see guests."

Li Gang raised his eyebrows. This rumor might be a bit false. Outside the Marquis's mansion, it was very clean. How could there be crowds of people?

However, what he didn't know was that Liu Renyuan had almost dealt with all the relationships in private. All the nobles who wanted to try to win over Liu Xuan were sitting still, looking for opportunities to show their goodwill.

"This Liu Xuan only knows how to bully old men."

"Hey..." Li Gang slapped his thighs twice, regretting his loss of composure that day.

"Li Gang, you just said that when the Golden Autumn Poetry Festival was in the spotlight, it was the Marquis of Lantian who sold some excellent poems to those scholars, allowing them to shine at the poetry festival, right?"

Yan Shigu suddenly asked.

"That's right." Li Gang thought of the grand scene that day, and his old face turned red.

It turned out that an old man like him was fooled by the young man.

"In that case, we have to go and take a good look. I, Yan Shigu, am not a conservative person. I just want to see what kind of existence this person who can surprise you is."

Li Gang looked at the flickering eyes of the other two old men, and his heart was beating. No matter how he looked at it, the purpose of these two people did not seem to be very simple.

Forget it, let's go, just go and taste the delicious food in the world.

…

The Datang Restaurant was very busy today. Dazhuang and Yaya were making a fuss in the backyard, but it did not affect Changsun Ying from chopping wood.

Changsun Ying was a person who was easily satisfied. She could eat the delicious food of Datang Restaurant every day, so she did not think about anything for the time being.

Tired of chopping wood, she washed her face with warm well water and began to clean up the place outside the kitchen for Liu Xuan like the maids.

If it were not for that hateful woman named Yourong, she would have been able to go to the kitchen today. I don’t know what secret method Liu Xuan has to make some ordinary ingredients so delicious.

During the break, Changsun Ying looked at the girl named Fang in the main hall. She felt a little familiar for a while, but she couldn’t tell.

Fang Yiyu felt like she was scratching her bald head. It was obviously some simple accounts, just record the accounts, how much change, and put it together, but she made several mistakes in these calculations.

For five consecutive days, she didn’t make any money, but she owed Liu Xuan more than ten strings of money.

Finally, the last customer of the day ordered the dishes, and when it was time to summarize, Fang Yiyu let out a long sigh.

If Liu Xuan told her that this was just the simplest accounting, and if the ingredients and other things had to be purchased from the Datang Hotel, the account would be more complicated, and Fang Yiyu would probably cry.

Liu Xuan came out of the kitchen and asked Changsun Ying and Fang Yiyu to eat, and he took Yaya and Dazhuang back first.

Outside the Datang Hotel, Liu Xuan looked back at the plaque and suddenly frowned: "The Datang Hotel will be closed for three days, and the interior will be renovated."

"Liu Renyuan, go find the craftsmen to do it."

Liu Renyuan patted his chest and said, "My Lord, we still need to find this. We have so many craftsmen."

"Hehe, do you know what the craftsmen in the factory say now?"

Liu Xuan really didn't know: "Oh, tell me."

Liu Renyuan took a deep breath and said with joy: "Our craftsmen never said anything to my Lord."

"When we brought it to them, they were almost unable to eat. Now they have meat every meal, rice for everyone, and wages for work. When talking about my Lord, everyone wants to kneel down and kowtow."

Liu Xuan didn't say anything. As a soul of the future, even if he came to the Tang Dynasty, it would be difficult to erase some of the concepts and habits of the future.

But you have to follow the local customs.

Many habits and concepts of the future are considered treasonous in the Tang Dynasty.

"Two days ago, I found that several craftsmen had erected a statue of the Marquis at home, and they kowtowed to him every day to accumulate merits and virtues. I was unhappy at the time. The Marquis was so young and strong, how could this be possible..."

Liu Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This might be the rare way for these unfortunate people to express their gratitude.

"Just do the work well. There is still some time before the New Year. Winter will come in two days. Have someone prepare some thick clothes."