After shouting several times, the waiter came running over in a hurry.
"Are you here to stay or have a meal?"
"Stop talking nonsense! We're here to eat! Hurry up and bring up the best dishes.
Is there a bigger table? We have a large group."
The barbarian said unhappily.
I was even neglected when having a meal, and I felt very unhappy.
"There are plenty of big tables. Please come over here and sit down!"
After everything was arranged, the names of the dishes were announced.
"Bring me a pot of tea first, sir. I'm so thirsty."
The little girl said with a smile: "A pot of tea costs two silver coins. I wonder if you want Dahongpao or Biluochun? The tea in our store is also good..."
When the barbarians heard this, they became angry on the spot.
He slammed the table suddenly and said, "What did you just say? A pot of tea costs two taels of silver?
You don't think I'm a barbarian and are deliberately blackmailing me, do you?"
The shopkeeper looked at the other party with a fierce look, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.
If you meet these barbarians at that time, you will definitely not dare to provoke them.
But the situation today is completely different. The government officials are guarding behind us.
If they dare to cause trouble, the government will immediately step in and take them down.
What's more, both the restaurant and the waiter can share the extra money.
With someone backing you up, what is there to be afraid of?
The waiter thought he had enough confidence here, and said with disdain, holding his waist, "I thought they were customers. They have no money and still want to eat in our restaurant. It turns out that you are a group of beggars.
Get out now. Why are you pretending to be so big and powerful if you can't afford the money?
It just delayed our store’s business.”
The barbarians in the delegation were confused and thought they were being deliberately tricked.
But according to the shop assistant, it seems that the prices here are just that high.
I didn't kill them intentionally.
This made them feel extremely confused.
Tea is also an indispensable commodity for the grassland.
They have to drink tea after eating meat to relieve the greasiness and rely on tea to supplement vitamins.
You know, even the tea from Yun'e grassland is not so expensive.
How can the people in Beijing afford such high prices?
The leader suppressed his anger and asked, "Even if we don't know the prices here, a pot of tea for two taels of silver is ridiculous.
Can you people in the capital afford to drink the tea here?"
The waiter put his hands on his waist and said proudly, "Don't you see how high the quality of our restaurant is?
A pot of tea for 12 taels of silver was already the cheapest, and there were also pots of tea for 10 taels of silver.
Seeing that you are country bumpkins from outside, you are not rich at all, so I recommend the cheapest tea to you.
If you want to get something cheaper, you can buy it from the stalls on the street, it’s cheaper there.
The people who eat here are all high-ranking officials and nobles, not a single one of them is short of money."
Being looked down upon by a shop assistant made the barbarians in the place very angry.
The officials who were selected to join the diplomatic mission also belonged to the aristocratic class on the grassland.
How can we tolerate such humiliation?
Someone was so angry that he slammed the table and shouted, "Stop looking down on me! Are you someone who can't afford to eat?
Just bring up anything delicious.
It doesn’t matter if the food is expensive, but the taste of the food must be worth the price.
I know if you dare to cheat us, I will smash your store."
"That's no problem, don't worry! The food in our restaurant is delicious and tasty, otherwise the dignitaries in the capital wouldn't eat in restaurants.
If the food doesn’t taste good enough, I can just destroy the restaurant.”
"In that case, bring up all your signature dishes."
"Okay!"
The innkeeper never thought that these barbarians were really a bunch of idiots.
I talked nonsense to them and they actually believed it.
In order to prevent them from refusing to pay after the meal, the price of each dish was specifically quoted.
Even a cold dish would cost at least seven or eight taels of silver.
The price of better dishes continued to soar to thirty taels.
The price was more than ten times higher.
Although real dignitaries can spend hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver to prepare a table of fine wine and delicious food.
But this is just an ordinary home-cooked meal, and one dish costs more than ten or twenty taels of silver, which is really sky-high.
You should know that the annual expenses of ordinary people are only a few taels of silver.
One dish is enough for them to eat for several years.
Even if these barbarians are among the powerful and wealthy, they would be shocked by the price of the food.
This price is ridiculously expensive.
But he looked at the waiter serving the dishes without changing his expression, as if he was already used to it.
They suddenly felt unsure again.
Could it be that the people in Dayuan Capital are already so wealthy? A single meal would cost so much money?
The key is that the portion of each dish is not much at all.
Although there are more dishes than those at the inn, each dish is only half full at most.
It tasted really good; they had never tasted such a delicious delicacy.
Others thought that perhaps they really had come to a high-end restaurant that only the powerful and wealthy could enter.
It is normal that the price is ridiculously expensive.
It was a taste I had never enjoyed before, and my stomach had been growling with hunger for a long time, so the more I ate, the more addicted I became.
But at the same time, I feel extremely sad about spending so much money.
After the meal, I roughly calculated that a table of food would cost almost a thousand taels of silver.
If prices continue like this, the money they brought won't be enough to support the end of the peace talks.
After eating and drinking enough, every burp will smell like food.
Each one was extremely satisfied.
"It's delicious. As expected of the Dayuan Dynasty. Their people really know how to enjoy life.
I’ve never eaten such delicious food.”
“Although it’s delicious, it’s too expensive, and the money we brought is not enough.
I'm afraid even the king wouldn't be willing to eat like this every day.
Let’s just start from the next meal and eat mutton at the inn.
Such a huge expense is simply unbearable.”
The leader spoke.
The others also agreed with what they heard.
No matter how much you like it, you can't afford it if the price is too high.
"Didn't the waiter just say that this is where the rich and powerful eat?
It is normal that the price is high.
Since we have nothing to do anyway, let’s go shopping after dinner and look for a cheap place.
Maybe you can find a restaurant that is both cheap and delicious.
"We eat mutton every day on the grasslands. Now that we've finally made it to Dayuan, we have to enjoy ourselves."
"Yeah, that's a great idea! Why not just find a restaurant where locals eat?"
"Okay, let's do it this way! Don't forget the purpose of our visit.
Peace talks are only one aspect; the main task is to investigate more useful information.
It is also important to understand the living standards of the people here.”
"Then don't wait, let's go and search for information."
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