So how can people like Luo Youde gather around him and be influenced by his own catalyst? Hong Tao felt it was simple and difficult, it was just two words, interests! With enough interests, in a business-oriented society like the Southern Song Dynasty, a large number of people will inevitably attract to become their partners or followers. But how to control these people is another big problem. Once people have money and become rich, they will lose their initial motivation. The only way to make them work hard is to provide them with more benefits. Once you can't give it, they will abandon you.

Hong Tao was not sure that he could provide them with more and more interests, but there were still some at present. As for what to do in the future, just let me have a cold salmon! He is not a thinker, reformer, or politician, and he can't think so far, so he can only take one step at a time. It's not clear what level he will eventually go, but Hong Tao is sure that if he leaves, he will be better than not.

After leaving the kitchen, Hong Tao was completely different from the past, not on the surface, but on the heart. Now he has a preliminary understanding of the Song Dynasty. The difficult parts are no longer difficult now, and the easy parts seem to be not that easy. He also has to modify his plan accordingly, keep pace with the times, and when the environment is different, he has to adapt.

After observation in the kitchen, Luo Youde basically determined Hong Tao's identity as a member of the family, and the relationship between the two became more harmonious. In Luo Youde's eyes, Hong Tao was a member of the Southern League, and a rare and interesting member of the Southern League. In Hong Tao's eyes, Luo Youde was no longer so threatening. He was just a very ordinary Southern Song maid merchant. Although there was a Qiongzhou Luo family behind him, judging from his words and deeds, he was not a vicious person.

"When I get ashore, I will make a shark skin stew for Brother Hong. The taste of this dish is not enough!" After leaving the kitchen, Luo Youde did not take Hong Tao back to the platform on the top of the stern, but entered the other side of the first floor of the stern. The first floor is his kitchen and restaurant, which is almost half and half. He showed Hong Tao's fried fish steak for him to see, and he had never seen it before. Luo Youde was very happy and apologized to Hong Tao, saying that the kitchen on the boat was too low, and after getting ashore, he must cook in person and make a table of food to entertain Hong Tao.

"Didn't it mean that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen?" Hong Tao basically had questions about everything that Luo Youde said. Fortunately, Luo Youde didn't care about Hong Tao's questions. He was like Hong Tao. He asked if he didn't understand. The guest and host talked happily.

"Oh, Brother Hong's words are wrong. If you stay away from the kitchen, it is not that a gentleman will not cook, but that a gentleman should not slaughter the creatures with his own hands. Many people in our Song Dynasty believe in Buddhism, and the officials also believe in Buddhism. God has the virtue of being a virtuous person. If you can kill less, you will kill less." Luo Youde corrected Hong Tao's wrong idea. Hong Tao would not know that his history was poor until the Song Dynasty, which was simply too bad. There was not much historical knowledge, but the wrong ones were more wrong. The next dinner made Hong Tao feel like he had a vivid history class. It turned out that this was how people in the Song Dynasty had dinner!

According to Hong Tao's standards for meals, the food in the Song Dynasty was enough to meet his needs. Whether in terms of type or taste, it was not much different from later generations. There was no such thing as the kind that was difficult to swallow, and it even tasted more exquisite than most restaurants in later generations and met hygiene standards.

First of all, the restaurant is very big! The dining table only takes up less than a quarter of the area, and the rest of the places are empty. At first, Hong Tao thought it was to use more tables, and only one table was less, and there were more people coming, and 3 or 4 tables were put on. As a result, he was wrong again, and he was outrageously wrong. Those spare places were places for arranging bands, dances and games. Yes, the Song Dynasty paid attention to people treating guests, and they could not just eat. They also had to listen to music, watch dances, and drink orders! So the restaurant must be big.

Not only the restaurant is a particular place, but the seats are also given. There are only four people on a round table, but they are usually empty to the door. Why? Because this is the main seat. If the elders of the guests are alive, then this seat cannot be sat to show respect. On the right side of the main seat is the real master position, the left side is the main guest, and the back facing the door is the lowest seat on the table, called the deputy accompaniment. Because this position is for serving dishes, it must be often disturbed. In addition, it is closest to the door, so people sitting in this position will do anything.

Chinese buildings generally face north and south, and the main entrance of the house will also be opened in the south, so the main seat is generally in the east, which is the origin of the word "dongjia". Whoever sits here is the treat. Of course, he is also the one who pays the bill! The guest seat is in the west, and the word "xie" also evolved from the dining table, which means respecting guests.

This regulation can be arbitrarily magnified. For example, if the emperor treats a guest in a palace, the emperor himself will sit in the face of the door because he is the most noble, even if he is alive, he is not as noble as his noble, so he must sit in the main seat. Other ministers will be divided into two sides, mainly on the east side and auxiliary on the west side. In other words, the ministers sitting in the east side have a higher status and the ministers in the west are lower. When drinking, raise their glasses in the east, and raise their glasses in the west. If they don’t raise their glasses in the east, just bear with them.

The restaurant is particular, the rules are particular, and the tableware is below. Similarly, it is also very particular. It is the most particular thing Hong Tao has ever seen. In later generations, imitating the dishes in the Qing Dynasty are not as good as the style of an ordinary Song Dynasty maritime merchant. First of all, it is serving utensils, that is, plates and bowls, with metal utensils as the best, silver utensils as the second, lacquer utensils as the second, porcelain! To be honest, Song porcelain should have a very high status in history, how could it be so unpopular?

Because there are too many porcelains, no matter how awesome Song porcelain is, it cannot attend high-end banquets in the Song Dynasty. Only ordinary people will use porcelain, and it is also exclusively for export. The Song Dynasty's emphasis on people, literati, and rich people will never use it. However, restaurants and restaurants with a certain level must also use wooden lacquerware at the best time, otherwise people with status will not visit them at all. In addition to high-end tableware such as gold, silver, and lacquer, there is also a special material, such as glass and glazing. These things are the best. Good glass cups and glass bowls are all treasure-level. According to Luo Youde, the Song Dynasty itself could also fire glassware, but the color is not good and too turbid. The more transparent it is, the higher the value it is.
Chapter completed!