Seeing everyone supporting her so much, Qian Ruoyu felt much more at ease.
Qian Ruoyu then called Chef Wang to her side.
Said calmly.
"Fatty Wang, what have you prepared for this birthday party?"
Fatty Wang thought about it for a moment and then spoke immediately.
"Your Highness, the prince is the current prince, and the old lady's birthday banquet is being held in the palace, so we must follow the prince's etiquette. No matter how many tables are invited, each table needs 28 dishes, six desserts, six soups, two tribute fruits and two cold dishes. Each table needs about 170 taels of silver, which is all customized according to the prince's etiquette."
Hearing him say this suddenly, Qian Ruoyu did some careful calculation in his mind.
Even if there were only a hundred tables, the amount of silver needed for the banquet alone would have reached 17,000 taels.
This is just the food used for the banquet, and other things are not included.
Placing birthday peaches and birthday wine, offering sacrifices to the fairy Magu, etc., are all very particular things to do, so how can it not cost money?
In this case, doesn't it mean that the old lady will have to spend more than 20,000 taels of silver for a simple birthday party?
The thought of this made Qian Ruoyu feel terrified.
If the prince’s birthday banquet is so luxurious, wouldn’t the royal birthday banquet be even more luxurious?
Especially considering the gifts and cash gifts given by the guests, the value of each person must have exceeded one hundred taels of silver, otherwise how could they have been able to afford it?
There are at least ten people at each of the one hundred tables. Doesn't this mean that there will be thousands of people at the birthday party?
This was already a bit too much for Qian Ruoyu to imagine. As expected of a royal relative, he would invite thousands of people to his birthday banquet, and the amount of nutrients consumed at once could be said to be tens of thousands.
But even so, Qian Ruoyu could only pretend to be calm and composed. After all, Fatty Wang was in front of him waiting for him to speak.
Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly.
"Well, it seems that you, Fatty Wang, already have some experience?"
Fatty Wang chuckled, scratched his head and said in a simple and honest manner.
"Although I am not a royal chef, I have been in the palace for many years and have prepared some large banquets before."
"I know that the princess may not know much about this matter, but please rest assured, the princess, I have already prepared the 100 tables of banquets. However, I am afraid that I will need to dispatch chefs and some helpers from several restaurants in the capital to prepare them."
"In this regard, I recommend that you go to the Dahonglou. It is the largest restaurant in the entire capital, with hundreds of chefs and hundreds of helpers. If the princess can invite a few chefs from there, I will be better prepared this time."
Qian Ruoyu naturally wrote down what Fatty Wang said.
Before this, Qian Ruoyu only knew about Dingxianglou, a place the prince had visited.
Apart from this, Qian Ruoyu's understanding of the capital city is only stored in his own memory, and he does not have any huge impression.
Therefore, Qian Ruoyu immediately imagined it in his mind, and then he found that Dahongmen was the largest restaurant on the Cross Street in the entire capital. No wonder it was the most famous one.
Therefore, Qian Ruoyu nodded slightly, and then found Fatty Wang to confirm the number of chefs to be invited and the number of workers, and then left the kitchen.
Qian Ruoyu quickly brought Yan'er to the main entrance of the big red building.
It is indeed worthy of being the busiest cross street in the entire capital. The entire street is bustling with people coming and going, and there is a constant stream of carriages and pedestrians.
This cross street is where you can truly see how prosperous the capital city is.
The prosperity of the capital's Cross Street is probably no less than that of modern metropolises.
At the main entrance of the big red building, there were eight neatly dressed beauties standing. They all had smiles on their faces and looked like they were welcoming guests.
Qian Ruoyu thought, perhaps this should be the earliest way of welcoming guests in ancient times.
As soon as the eight beauties saw Qian Ruoyu, they immediately recognized that Qian Ruoyu was not an ordinary person. After all, Qian Ruoyu was on an official trip this time, so he was dressed in fine clothes.
The eight people invited Qian Ruoyu into the big red building.
The main entrance of the Big Red Building was swept clean and tidy, and the arrangement of various objects was also very pleasing to the eye.
After Qian Ruoyu was brought into the big red building, a neatly dressed waiter immediately came to her.
"Miss, is there anything I can help you with?"
"This restaurant is the largest in the capital, and we offer everything you can eat, including bears, fish, tigers, rabbits, crocodiles, turtles, deer, and sharks. We have everything you can think of. Feel free to come here!"
Qian Ruoyu never thought that the waiter in front of her would be so confident. It seems that Dahonglou does have certain qualifications.
No wonder Fatty Wang told me to come to the Dahonglou to find a chef. It turned out that only this place was worthy of the grand banquet in the palace.
Therefore, Qian Ruoyu smiled and spoke directly to the waiter.
"I'm not here to eat this time. Can you call your shopkeeper over?"
After hearing Qian Ruoyu's words, the waiter smiled lightly with some contempt in his eyes.
"My dear lady, we can provide all kinds of delicious food here. You are not here to find delicious food, but to find our chief shopkeeper. However, our chief shopkeeper is very busy now!"
"I'm afraid our chief shopkeeper won't meet with such outsiders casually. After all, our Red Mansion opens its doors to do business and welcomes all distinguished guests from the capital. Naturally, we won't be able to meet with just any small person."
Yan'er, who was standing by, became anxious after hearing these words.
After all, the waiter directly called his own lady a bystander. How could Yan'er not be angry?
But before Yan'er could say anything more, she was stopped by Qian Ruoyu, who just said lightly.
"Really? Then may I ask what your boss is busy with now? He should be meeting with some high-ranking official, right?"
Qian Ruoyu just wanted to find out how high the rank requirements of this shopkeeper were.
After the waiter heard this, a look of pride appeared on his face.
"Of course. To be honest, our chief shopkeeper is currently entertaining the Imperial Censor Cui. He is a well-known figure in the court and has offered advice to His Majesty many times. It's not that I don't want to invite our chief shopkeeper, but I'm afraid it's difficult for our chief shopkeeper to give you the honor!"
Although the waiter said this, he did not mean to look down on Qian Ruoyu. He just told Qian Ruoyu these words.
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