Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

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Not long after.

The waiter brought several dishes and placed them on the table in front of them, as well as a pot of wine.

The Tang Dynasty adopted a separate dining system, where each person ate at a low table and would not sit at the same table to eat.

Su Chen finally waited for the food to be served, but he looked at the dishes on the table.

He was sure that it would not be very delicious, as if it was boiled in water.

But fortunately, there were two plates of meat that looked barely okay.

Look at the so-called rice, which looked like northern millet, but much coarser than millet and some with shells.

Without thinking any more, he said to Princess Changle:

"Miss Li, then I won't be polite, I'll eat first?"

"Puff!"

Princess Changle tried to hold back her laughter, 'You are really direct! '

"Su Chen, don't be polite, eat quickly, there is wine on the table, pour it yourself!"

Being polite to you? Not happening!

This meal is finished. I don't know when the next meal will be!

"Then I'll eat it. I've been hungry for five days!"

Without saying anything more, Su Chen picked up a piece of unknown meat and put it in his mouth.

Su Chen was shocked. What kind of meat is this?

It's all bitter? It's light as if no salt was added. The meat is good.

Changle saw Su Chen frowning and looking like he couldn't swallow it. It seemed very unpalatable?

"Su Chen, what's wrong? Doesn't the meat taste good?"

Su Chen swallowed it with difficulty and picked up a piece of meat: "Miss Li, what kind of meat is this?"

Changle was full of doubts, 'I've been hungry for five days, why do you care what kind of meat this is? '

In fact, Su Chen didn't starve for five days. He just didn't eat last night and breakfast today.

It's just that after his body recovered, he felt very hungry.

"That's venison!"

Su Chen nodded and put down the venison, and picked up another piece from another plate and ate it.

This time Su Chen tasted mutton. Except for a little smell of mutton and astringency, there was no other strange taste.

Su Chen put down the mutton, picked up the vegetable and took a bite. It seemed to be lettuce, but it was still bitter.

‘Are all the dishes in the Tang Dynasty bitter? ’

Suddenly he understood that it was because of salt.

The Tang Dynasty did not have pure salt yet. They could not refine that kind of fine salt. They used the kind of coarse salt with impurities.

So most of the dishes tasted bitter.

Alas! Su Chen sighed.

Princess Changle suddenly felt strange. Does this look like a person who has been hungry for five days? He couldn't swallow such a good dish?

"Su Chen, are these dishes not to your taste?"

Su Chen reacted. This is someone inviting you to dinner. It is not right for a guest to be picky.

"I'm sorry, Miss Li, I don't dislike these meals.

It's just... it's just that the salt used in this restaurant is not right. It's all bitter."

Princess Changle heard Su Chen say that the salt was wrong, 'The restaurant uses the same refined salt as the palace. ’

“Su Chen, you don’t know that the salt used in this restaurant is much better than that used in other restaurants. We use refined salt instead of coarse salt!”

Su Chen nodded to show his understanding: “No wonder this restaurant is not doing well.”

As soon as this was said, Jin’er was unhappy.

Princess Changle wanted to cry after hearing this. The chef was the royal chef in the palace, and the salt was better than that of other restaurants. What could she do if the business was not good?

Jin’er said unhappily: “Su Chen! Don’t be ungrateful. This restaurant is run by my young lady!”

How could she be happy? The princess was sad all day because of the poor business of the restaurant. The princess kindly invited you to dinner, but he still said this.

Su Chen knew he had spoken out of turn and apologized immediately:

"Miss Li, I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. I didn't know this was your restaurant."

Princess Changle shook her head:

"Su Chen, this is none of your business. This restaurant has indeed been doing bad business."

"I don't understand why the restaurant chef is no worse than others, but the business can't be done."

"Originally, I wanted to run this restaurant to help my father and mother reduce some of their burdens, but I couldn't do anything."

Princess Changle seemed to have found someone to talk to and told all her grievances.

Su Chen looked at the beautiful young girl in front of him, his lovely face full of sadness.

He thought it was a crime. How could he make such a beautiful woman sad?

The most important thing was that she was the first person to invite Su Chen to dinner, even if the food was not delicious.

So Su Chen decided to take the risk to help her.

Su Chen thought about it quickly in his mind, refining fine salt? Stir-frying tea leaves?

An idea flashed.

"Oh, wine. I know how to make wine. I can distill and purify white wine. Let's try what this Tang Dynasty wine tastes like."

I picked up the wine pot and poured a small bowl. It was cloudy.

I smelled it and it didn't seem to have any smell of alcohol. I took a sip..

He didn't drink much liquor in his previous life.

"Hmm~?" Su Chen looked weird and swallowed it with difficulty.

"Excuse me, does the liquor you drink taste like this?"

Su Chen looked at Princess Changle and said with difficulty.

How to describe this liquor?

It tastes a bit sweet, and it seems that the flavor of the fruits themselves is not removed after brewing with various fruits.

Princess Changle was about to cry now. She understood why the restaurant business was not good.

But why couldn't she taste it and didn't feel that it was unpalatable?

Princess Changle smiled helplessly: "Su Chen, this liquor is called 'Sanlejiang' and it is the best liquor in the Tang Dynasty. It is more than 1 times more expensive than fruit wine."

Su Chen immediately stood up and sat down next to Princess Changle.

Princess Changle didn't know what Su Chen was going to do, so she turned to look at Su Chen and asked:

"Su Chen, you..."

Su Chen interrupted Changle and looked at Changle seriously:

"Miss Li, you run this restaurant, are the people here reliable?"

Princess Changle was a little flustered when she saw Su Chen so close to her, and nodded instinctively.

"How much is the 'Sanlejiang' you mentioned per catty, and how much is the fruit wine per catty?"

Su Chen didn't know that the wine in the Tang Dynasty was measured in buckets or totals.

Princess Changle looked at Su Chen. She had known him on the street until now, and she had never seen him look so serious.

Although she didn't know why Su Chen asked these questions.

What was even more strange was why Su Chen measured the wine in catties. After slowly converting, she answered:

"'Sanlejiang' is 300 wen per catty, and fruit wine is 100-150 wen per catty."

After saying that, she looked at Su Chen, wondering what he was going to do next.

Su Chen nodded, and at the same time he was thinking: the wine yield after purification is about 25%.

After 25% purification, you can continue to purify slightly worse wine.

"Miss Li, are you sure that the waiters and servants in your restaurant are reliable?"

This time Jin'er answered: "Lord Su, don't worry, everyone in this restaurant is absolutely reliable!"

Jin'er looks young, but she is very smart. She heard that Su Chen wanted to help her lady in some way.

Su Chen turned to look at Princess Changle: "Miss Li, we just met not long ago, are you willing to believe me?"

"Or, can I trust you?"

Princess Changle looked at Su Chen's serious expression and nodded.

Seeing Princess Changle nod, Su Chen immediately stood up: "Miss Jin'er, please go get some paper and pen!"

Jin'er didn't ask anything, she stood up and said:

"Lord Su, just call me Jin'er." After that, she ran out.

Princess Changle was puzzled, not knowing what Su Chen was going to do.

"Su Chen, do you have any way to make the restaurant better?"

Su Chen did not answer, but nodded.

The reason why Su Chen thought brewing wine was risky was because he needed to be cautious.

The wine he brewed was unique in the Tang Dynasty, and it would touch the interests of some big families. If people knew that he brewed it, it would bring him trouble.

Before that, he was almost beaten to death and thrown on the mountain. It was no wonder that he became so cautious. Although he now had a system, he was unfamiliar with the Tang Dynasty, had no backing, and no AK47.

Jin'er returned to the private room with a pen and paper and handed it to Su Chen.

Su Chen looked at the paper and pen, then at Princess Changle:

"Miss Li, I will dictate and you write."

"Let's not talk about my chicken chop calligraphy, just the simplified Chinese characters with missing arms and legs, people can't explain it clearly."

Traditional Chinese characters may be recognized, but they really can't be written for a while.

Princess Changle looked at Su Chen with a question mark on her face.

"I can't write calligraphy."

Su Chen said confidently.