The reason why Lu Sanlang chose to visit Yangzhou Guild Hall unexpectedly in the dead of night was to catch the moment when Chef Fang, the imperial chef, had just finished cooking and countless people were staring at Yangzhou Guild Hall.
Sure enough, Chef Fang, who had just experienced a terrifying day of ups and downs, was originally extremely worried that he, the imperial chef, was just a tool for the emperor to calm public opinion and would be quietly disposed of after the storm. When he heard that Lu Sanlang actually wanted him to be in the limelight, he immediately felt that he had grasped a life-saving straw and nodded and agreed without thinking.
As for Yu, the leader of the guild, he had never expected that his guild would suddenly take the top spot. But once the initial attention faded, without Chef Fang in charge, it was hard to say how the business of the teahouse would be. After all, this was also a way to make money for the guild. In this case, why not bring elite soldiers to show off and publicize it
What if the Yangzhou Guild Hall could produce a second imperial chef
Therefore, both sides hit it off and were all happy. Especially when Yu Huichu finally confirmed that the specific person in charge of this imperial chef selection competition was the head chef of Jiuzhang Hall, he was immediately overjoyed, and Chef Fang didn't care about the fear he had been in all day, and rolled up his sleeves to personally cook for Lu Sanlang as a midnight snack.
Faced with two such attentive hosts, the fat boy was naturally very polite and tried to refuse in every way. One of them wanted to cook and the other wanted to stop them. The noise gradually became louder and naturally alarmed the guests upstairs.
It should be noted that in the south of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou and Suzhou have always been wealthy, and most of the people living in the Yangzhou Guild Hall are Huaiyang merchants. After sending someone to inquire, the head of the guild was a person who liked to show off, so he immediately spread the identity of the fat man and the good news he brought. At this time, many people didn't even care about sleeping, and they all hurriedly dressed and tried to make friends with the fat man below.
Who doesn't know this fat young master of the Lu family? Even the emperor has praised him personally? Moreover, he has gained the emperor's trust this time and personally handled such a selection? This is a major matter related to the emperor's diet!
Therefore, through Lu Sanlang's mouth, the Queen Mother actually personally allocated 50 taels of gold to prepare for this matter. When this news spread, it also caused a wave of excitement. As for the matter of the Queen's abolition that was widely circulated after the evening, at this moment, it was completely forgotten by many people in the Yangzhou Guild Hall!
What did the dethronement of the empress have to do with them? They had no relatives serving as concubines in the palace, so who became the empress had nothing to do with them? Well, it couldn't be said that it had nothing to do with them. If a new empress was to be enthroned, the weaving bureau would have to make a batch of new dresses, and by then, all kinds of craftsmen and weaving owners in the folk would have been busy for a while! But generally speaking, the dethronement of the empress had no impact on them.
If we have to talk about the impact, it is probably that we don't have to worry about the eldest prince, who is more trouble than successor, inheriting the throne... In other words, those stupid and greedy merchants in Cangzhou will follow the eldest prince. If it were Yangzhou or Suzhou, where there are servants working for others, who would dare to force people to have no way to make a living? Force people to rebel
The brightly lit and bustling Yangzhou Guild Hall naturally attracted a lot of attention in the outer city guild hall area in the middle of the night. Moreover, Shopkeeper Hua and Mr. Hua Si from the Suzhou Guild Hall across the street had been keeping an eye on this place for a long time. Seeing the noise getting louder and louder, Mr. Hua Si saw Shopkeeper Hua as an ant on a hot pot, but he was worried that he could not find out the specific situation, so he made a decision in a moment.