() These people did not rush into this private room, but went to the next room. The noise soon passed.
When Zhong Jinwei came to this world, he instinctively felt that he was unfamiliar with this place, so he didn't have the urge to chase it out to see clearly.
Seeing that Zhong Jinwei was acting as if nothing had happened, the others didn't want to get into trouble. The topic turned back again, and it was inevitable to start thinking about how to compliment Zhong Jinwei again.
Soon, the two waiters took turns to serve the dishes. It was mainly meat, and some river fresh food. There were no green vegetables, but there were pickles, and peanuts and the like. A pot had been boiled in advance.
The Zhuangyuan wine was served first, and another pot of daughter's red wine was warmed on the stove in the corner of the private room for guests to use after finishing their drinks.
Everyone was also hungry. Now that the dishes were ready, Zhong Jinwei greeted them and they all started eating.
Everyone's eating habits are different. Zhong Jinwei ate elegantly, but very quickly; Wang Peng ate big mouthfuls at the beginning, looking very hungry; Gu Baichuan ate slowly at first, but was led by Wang Peng later.
Consciously, she also started eating; An Guiyi and Zhong Jinwei ate about the same amount, but not as fast as Zhong Jinwei. Archie suffered the most. In the same period of time, she only took one bite when others took three bites. She only took one bite as much as others.
It takes three bites.
After their stomachs were half full, several people started to drink from cup to cup. Of course, Archie didn't drink. Instead, he poured wine for them and rushed the waiter who was supposed to pour wine to the door.
At first, An Guiyi didn't dare to let Archie pour the wine, but later he didn't see any dissatisfaction from Zhong Jinwei, so he gave up.
After a few rounds of drinking, Zhong Jinwei started to talk more. He asked Gu Baichuan: "Your east factory has a statue of Yue Fei and an archway that will last forever, but it seems that your reputation is not very good."
Unexpectedly, Gu Baichuan didn't speak. Wang Peng spoke first, with a voice that rivaled that of Sun Chengzong: "It's not because he is a black sheep."
Gu Baichuan glared at him and shouted in a low voice: "Keep your voice down, or you will die!" Wang Peng smiled sarcastically and stopped talking.
Gu Baichuan turned around and explained to Zhong Jinwei: "The purpose of our Dongchang establishment is to relieve the Emperor of his worries, and to imitate Yue Wumu, who served the country loyally, and devoted himself to the country. Therefore, the Emperor gave him the famous archway to stand on.
There, let us always remember the purpose of the establishment of Dongchang. However, there are always a few of us who do evil outside and harm our reputation."
He paused for a moment, looked outside, and lowered his voice: "In addition, our Dongchang mainly opposes those civil servants and military generals and arrests them for their illegal activities. Therefore, our Dongchang's mistakes were magnified a hundred times and publicized by them.
, the reputation will naturally not be good."
Oh, so that's it. But Zhong Jinwei still has questions: "Then why does the current emperor give you a ban?"
"This, this, I don't even know." Gu Baichuan vaguely knew the reason, but he couldn't say it in public, so he excused himself and said he didn't know.
Zhong Jinwei did not embarrass them: "Come and drink."
Seeing that Zhong Jinwei no longer mentioned this topic, Gu Baichuan breathed a sigh of relief and drank in cooperation.
But not long after drinking, the sounds from the private room next door came again, and they became louder and louder. There were men shouting and cursing, and women suppressing cries.
The sound insulation effect is not very good, so it is difficult to drink here.
When Wang Peng saw it, he put down his cup and wanted to go out. However, he was stopped by Gu Baichuan.
Because Zhong Jinwei didn't say that he wanted to go over and have a look. If Wang Peng went over and quarreled with others without knowing the other party's details, there might be trouble. Although Dongchang has never been afraid of trouble, after all, it is Zhong Jinwei who is talking now, so he cannot give
He brings unnecessary trouble.
Gu Baichuan raised his voice and shouted to the door: "Xiaoer!"
The waiter who was waiting at the door heard the shouting and quickly opened the door curtain and rushed in: "What are your orders, sir?"
"It's so noisy next door, how can I drink while I wait?"
The waiter hurriedly apologized and then went next door to coordinate.
After the waiter passed by for a while, the noise from next door slowly subsided. It seemed that the coordination was successful, but when the waiter came back, one side of his face was red.
The way Zhong Jinwei looked at the waiter in the shop probably meant he was slapped in the face. I don’t know who could be so arrogant.
Seeing that the dishes on the table were almost gone, I asked the waiter to serve more dishes, which was regarded as indirect compensation.
After eating another round and two bottles of wine, An Guiyi saw that he had almost eaten and had spent a little time. He looked at Tianse worriedly, and then said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master,
You see, it's already getting dark. Should we go see the house first? It's hard to get in if we lock the door behind the palace."
Zhong Jinwei was so happy with his meal that he almost forgot about it. He asked everyone if they were done eating and asked the waiter to pay the bill.
After a while, the shopkeeper came up in person, holding a small scale. He smiled and said: "My guest paid ten taels of official silver in advance. The total cost this time is one, two, four and six cents. I need to ask you for eight cents."
Two and a half cents of silver."
Gu Baichuan raised his hand and wanted to smack the table, but he immediately became concerned that Zhong Jinwei was still sitting. He didn't swat it, and instead pointed his hand towards the shopkeeper, shouting: "Is this a black shop? It's so expensive. Why do you think I haven't eaten before?"
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The shopkeeper came up personally because he knew there would be a misunderstanding and was afraid that the waiter wouldn't be able to explain clearly.
"The guest officer told me that the business of a small shop is under the emperor's feet. How can it be a black shop?"
"Then why is it so expensive?"
Zhong Jinwei didn't say a word, just watching the excitement from the side, as if it was not him who paid the bill, but Gu Baichuan.
"Guest sir, the Tartars have been sieging the city for so long. Prices in the capital have skyrocketed. Even the most basic firewood, rice, oil, salt, ginger, vinegar, and tea are several times more expensive than usual. The small shops are living on a meager profit. I hope
Thank you for your understanding.”
This can be explained quite easily. Gu Baichuan turned to look at Zhong Jinwei, waiting for him to make up his mind.
Zhong Jinwei nodded, accepting the shopkeeper's explanation.
So the shopkeeper started looking for money.
He first took out two ingots of silver, and then said: "Sir, these two ingots of silver are also official silver. The quality is the same as what you gave. The big one is eight taels, and this small piece of silver is five cents. Treat me.
Official inspection."
Zhong Jinwei took it over to take a look. In fact, he couldn't tell. He just pretended for a while, then nodded, forget it, just treat it as the same.
The shopkeeper waited for him to confirm, and then said: "Sir, you can weigh it to see if it matches the weight."
Why is it so troublesome? Isn’t it just given in movies and TV shows? Zhong Jinwei couldn’t help but think. In fact, it was not troublesome to eat in ancient times. It was convenient to pay with copper coins. Whoever asked Zhong Jinwei to use silver would naturally be in trouble.
He waved his hand and said forget it, no more weighing.
The shopkeeper was very happy to see that he was so talkative. Then he took out a bunch of copper coins and said, "Here are forty copper coins. Please keep them."
Over there, Gu Baichuan reached out to take the copper coin first, looked at it, and then shouted: "The exchange ratio between copper coins and silver taels seems wrong?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Sir, the exchange in this store is based on the latest bank exchange ratio. If you don't believe me, you can ask."
Gu Baichuan stared at the shopkeeper's face, but found no flaws.
Zhong Jinwei saw it and felt that it was too troublesome to use silver to eat. He still missed the convenience of paying in RMB in later generations. By the way, think about this when you go back and talk to the emperor.
After thinking of this, Zhong Jinwei stopped thinking deeply for the time being and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, we believe you this time, but if we go back and find that what you said is false, you can escape the monk but not the temple.
.You should understand!”
"No, no, the store operates with integrity!" the shopkeeper said repeatedly.
Zhong Jinwei took the copper coin from Gu Baichuan's hand, weighed it, and felt it was still a bit heavy, so he pushed the recovered silver coin and the copper coin in front of Gu Baichuan and said, "Thank you for your hard work, let's take this to drink first."
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Gu Baichuan and Wang Peng declined quickly. Zhong Jinwei said that there are many things that need your help later. If you don't accept it, it will be difficult to find you in the future.
Seeing this, the two of them had no choice but to stop. Archi and An Guiyi just didn't say anything.
At this time, the sound from the private room next door slowly came again. But everyone ignored it, packed up their things and left the door of the private room.
As soon as he walked out of the door, a gust of cold wind came over, which aroused Zhong Jinwei's drinking power. That's how rice wine is. When you first drink it, you don't feel anything, but after a while, the drinking power will come up. Some people who can drink it dare to drink it.
Baijiu, this is the reason why I dare not drink rice wine.
At this time, the sounds in the private room next door became clearer and clearer, and there came the unbridled laughter of several men, the suppressed cries of several women, and the sound of whips.
At this moment, Zhong Jinwei's mind started to heat up. Damn it, beating a woman in broad daylight is so shameless. Thinking of this, he turned around and walked to the private room next door.