Jiuyue Alley is a bit remote and is an alley on the outskirts of Jinling City.
What Fu Xiaoguan didn't expect was that this alley was actually very lively!
At this moment, it was getting dark. The big red lanterns in Jiuyue Alley had been lit up. The shops on both sides were almost all selling food. Various aromas drifted in the night breeze, and various shouts came one after another, which was a unique scene.
"Brother Fu, Brother Sima, if you want to talk about the unique cuisine of each city, it's not in those big restaurants, but in places like this. There are many delicious foods in this world, but not many people have truly tasted them because they lack a pair of eyes like mine to discover delicious food!"
The four people got off the carriage, and Xu Xinyan frowned slightly as he looked at the crowd that was shoulder to shoulder.
She walked in front of Fu Xiaoguan without leaving a trace, her eyes scanning the crowd vigilantly, while her right hand had already fallen on the hilt of the sword at her waist.
"How did Brother Yun find this place?"
"Hey, Brother Fu, this is the experience of traveling thousands of miles. Folk cuisine is basically a family inheritance. They don't have enough money to open a tall and luxurious restaurant, and their dishes are relatively simple, not enough to support the restaurant's variety. So they can only choose remote ports, mainly because the rent is cheap."
"Brother Fu, please look..."
Yun Xiyan pointed to a nearby shop. "This shop is called Tofu Pudding Fish. They only sell one dish. Look at the business. Wow," he shook his head. "The owner says he sells an average of 300 kilograms of fish every day! A pot of tofu pudding fish weighs three kilograms. He sells 100 pots a day, and there are only five tables."
"How much money can he earn from these one hundred pots of tofu fish?"
Yun Xiyan stretched out his hand and slapped it. Fu Xiaoguan was startled. "Five hundred taels?"
Yun Xiyan was stunned. "Brother Fu, you're robbing me! A pot of tofu fish only costs one ounce of silver!"
Fu Xiaoguan smiled dumbly and touched his nose. "Earn five taels of silver?"
"No, it's twenty-five taels of silver!"
"So what does it mean when you extend a slap?"
“Brother Fu didn’t notice, I slapped him five times!”
“…”
What the hell, is there such a thing as this?
Fu Xiaoguan suddenly found this boy interesting and a talented person. He wondered how his article was doing.
The five of them continued on their journey. Yun Xiyan added with deep emotion, "This is Shangjing, the most prosperous place in the entire Yu Dynasty. That's why he can earn twenty-five taels of silver a day from his tofu fish. That's a pretty good profit. But..."
"In other places, especially the remote Longyou and Guanxi Roads, even in the provincial capitals, the same tofu fish would probably only earn two or three taels of silver a day at most. Based on this small fact, I can tell that the consumption level in Nanjing is at least ten times that of those two places!"
"Similarly, the per capita income in Jinling is roughly ten times that of those two places!"
Yun Xiyan said this, and suddenly asked very carefully:
"Brother Fu, do you know what this means?"
Yun Xiyan suddenly asked this question, leaving Fu Xiaoguan stunned...
Sima Che frowned and looked up at Fu Xiaoguan.
She didn't know, but she thought Fu Xiaoguan must know.
Fu Xiaoguan pondered for a moment and said cautiously, "Does this mean those two places have huge potential?"
This time it was Yun Xiyan's turn to be startled, "Brother Fu, what you said reminds me..."
"What do you think?"
"Ah, originally, I thought this meant that I could earn money in Jinling and spend it in those two places, so I could eat ten times more tofu fish."
“…”
This foodie!
"But Brother Fu's point of view is quite interesting. What a pity! If Brother Fu uses this point of view to refute today's policy, how can he conquer the world? We should stimulate the local economy, tap into market potential, and improve consumption levels. When the people are rich, the world will conquer itself... What a pity, what a pity! I think this argument will be appreciated by Ding Anbo!"
Yun Xiyan shook his head and said "what a pity" three times in a row, which immediately made Sima Che laugh. Fu Xiaoguan looked at Yun Xiyan twice more and sighed: "Ah... If I had met Brother Yun and visited this place a day earlier, maybe I could have really gotten good grades. Forget it, forget it, this is fate!"
"Brother Fu, please don't underestimate yourself. As I said before, if you take the Autumn Examination again, you will definitely pass the exam!"
"Then I'll borrow Brother Yun's good words!"
Suddenly, a spicy aroma wafted through the air. Yun Xiyan sniffed it hard, smiled, and pointed, "Here we are!"
The five people walked into the Sun Tuobei Hotpot Restaurant, where three tables were already occupied.
A waiter came over with a smile on his face. "Sir, please come in. Would you like to sit in the lobby or in the private room upstairs?"
"Lobby!"
"Private seat!"
Yun Xiyan turned his head and looked at Fu Xiaoguan, "Brother Fu, the elegant seat needs an extra twenty coins!"
"Let's take the private room."
"...Then the elegant seats!"
The waiter shouted at the top of his voice, "Five guests... please sit at the Qingcheng Mountain!"
"Okay, Qingcheng Mountain is welcoming guests!"
What does this mean?
"The name of that elegant seat is Qingcheng Mountain...Brother Fu and Brother Sima, please come!"
"Brother Yun, please!"
The five people came upstairs, where there were four elegant seats. Sure enough, there was a sign of Qingcheng Mountain hanging on the lintel of one of the rooms. Fu Xiaoguan turned his head and looked at the next door...Emei Mountain.
Well, "Is this boss really from Shu?"
"How is this fake? Otherwise it wouldn't taste right...Everyone, please take a seat. Waiter...ask Sun Tuoba to come up."
"Okay, Mr. Yun, wait a moment!"
The waiter ran out, and Fu Xiaoguan asked curiously, "Do you come here often?"
"I've been here a few times. The owner and I are from the same hometown, so we've become familiar with each other."
Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and then the door slowly opened, and a fat man in his twenties came in.
His face was so full of smiles that Fu Xiaoguan couldn't look into his eyes for a moment.
"Mr. Yun, what do you want to talk to me about?"
"Sun Tuobei, I'm entertaining friends today. You have to make the soup base for me personally. The ingredients must be fresh, and the wine..."
"Master Yun, I have a box of Xishan Tianchun hidden here."
"..." Yun Xiyan took a breath, "Send it to me?"
"Master Yun, please don't tease me. Ever since the Red Sleeves were burned, Tianxiang wine has been completely gone. Xishan Tianchun is now priced at one tael of silver per tael of wine!"
How could this hunchback Sun be so ignorant? Where would I get so much money?
Yun Xiyan suddenly coughed twice, but Fu Xiaoguan laughed and said, "Let's go to Xishan Tianchun!"
Yun Xiyan was startled, and suddenly felt a cold sweat on his forehead. Fu Xiaoguan patted his shoulder and said, "It's fate that we met. This meal is on me!"
Yun Xiyan grinned, "That... is a good relationship!"
Sun Tuobei bowed and retreated. Fu Xiaoguan suddenly asked, "This man...is not hunchbacked!"
"His shop is called Sun Hunchback, but he's not really a hunchback."
This is fucking tricky!
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