The people who ride in my car are all bigwigs in the industry

Chapter 125, Five Masters of Jinling
"Ha, old Shao, I guess Lord Qianlong won't just give you Shao's five-star praise, but give the other four bad reviews?" Hu Wenjun half-jokingly said.

"What do you mean by guessing? The fact is that only our Shao family was praised, and the other four were severely criticized." Old Shao rolled his eyes and said.

"Haha, I haven't seen this period in history books, so please tell me what Lord Qianlong said."

"Want to hear it?" Unexpectedly, at this time, Lao Shao was playing tricks.

"Hurry up, don't ink, don't bring such a tantalizing one."

"Okay, come on, let's have another jar of rice wine, and another plate of peanuts. With a plate of peanuts and a jar of wine, we can chat all night." At this time, Lao Shao was like a storyteller, and it seemed that it was not easy. I got a loyal fan, I was very excited, and I couldn't wait to portray my own story wonderfully.

After drinking a small glass of rice wine, Lao Shao said: "It is the first time that Lord Qianlong praised our five old shops as time-honored brands in Jinling, and rewarded them with the best taste of the Grand Canal. After the rewards, he told our five time-honored shops to learn from each other. , improve skills, inherit and carry forward Jinling cuisine. The five chefs immediately kowtowed to Longen and vowed to live up to expectations. At the beginning, the five time-honored brands cooperated sincerely according to Qianlong's oral instructions. During this period, any of the five time-honored brands has basically mastered The core dishes of several other restaurants. However, while our Shao family painstakingly studied the dishes of the other four families, we also visited the famous dishes of other provinces to absorb their essence, which made the dishes of our Lanling Restaurant even better. "

"And after that, the business and reputation of Lanling Restaurant have left behind the other four, right?"

"This is for sure. If you don't want to make progress, you have to pay a price. Finally, Lord Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River again, and landed at the Jinling Wharf again. This time he asked the five time-honored brands of Jinling to come in and offer food. But this time After tasting all kinds of dishes from Qian's, Sun's, Li's and Wu's families, Lord Qianlong's expression changed drastically. You praised my Shao family. Thinking about it now, the four major families probably started to be jealous and make things difficult for our Shao family after that time."

"That makes sense. The few dishes you cooked just now, Lao Shao, are indeed the foundation of Jinling cuisine, but I also vaguely ate the shadow of other cuisines. For example, the pork head meat and the Sichuan peppercorns taste, and the cold shredded radish also has the sauce flavor of Cantonese sand tea." Hu Wenjun suddenly realized.

"Hehe, Xiaohu, you are indeed a diner. These changes in taste are the proof that our Shao family has integrated delicacies from all over the world into our Jinling cuisine in order to improve the dishes. Not only the majority of diners and people recognize it, but also the second time that Emperor Qianlong went south. Xun, also praise my Shao family's improved Jinling cuisine."

"Is it because of this reason that the four big families make it difficult for you to frame your Shao family?" Hu Wenjun cooperated with Lao Shao like a fan.

"That's right. The four time-honored brands think that their status has been threatened. After being threatened, it is natural that the authorities will try their best to plot against you and bring you down. First, they spread rumors everywhere. For a long time, we hired some miscellaneous people to make troubles in the store. Over time, the reputation of our Lanling restaurant began to be affected to some extent, but the overall business was still better than the other four. Qian, Sun, Li and Wu were afraid that our Shao's restaurant would be in Jinling in the future The previous family dominated the Shao family more and more. There were many conflicts between the two parties. Finally one day, the conflict between the two parties reached its peak."

"Is it the day when our Shao Family Lanling Restaurant decided to move out of Jinling?" Shao Jie also listened with gusto at this time.After all, as his ancestral home in Jinling, he is also very curious about why he moved out of Jinling and drifted to the southern capital because of something.

"Yes. After that, the Qian family, the Sun family, the Li family, and the Wu family used the excuse that our Shao family disobeyed the ancestors of Jinling cuisine and trampled on the ancestral craftsmanship, resulting in the loss of the real Jinling local cuisine. The elders came to Xingshi to inquire about their crimes. They couldn’t tolerate our Shao family’s changing Jinling’s cuisine beyond recognition, and asked our Shao’s to either stop improving Jinling’s cooking techniques, or leave Jinling.”

"So your Shao family and Lanling Restaurant are immigrating together?" Hu Wenjun felt that this story was a bit fanciful.

"That's natural. The people of our Shao family are people who love dreams. You can say that the dishes of Lanling Restaurant are unpalatable, but we must not let our Shao family stop making new dishes, not researching new dishes, and giving up our dreams. Finally, we are weighing Afterwards, our Shao family decided to move out of Jinling City after learning from the painful experience, and to leave behind the ancestral precepts, unless the line of Jinling cuisine is at the point of survival. Otherwise, we will never return to Jinling City to cook." Old Shao said to himself Throwing another peanut in his mouth, the relieved look seemed to finally explain clearly the grievances the Shao family had suffered for hundreds of years.

Hu Wenjun was also quite shocked when he heard this. You must know that the four time-honored brands of Jinling are already known to everyone in Jinling and even the whole province.And the delicacies of the four time-honored brands have long been a postcard of Jinling tourism and are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.What Lao Shao told is undoubtedly subversive.

"But this is just a story after all, old Shao, no matter how wronged your Shao family is, it's hard to prove that you were once a member of Jinling's time-honored brand without evidence." Hu Wenjun sighed.

"Evidence? Aren't these few dishes just now enough to prove that our Shao family's dishes come from Jinling cuisine?"

"That can only prove that you are a branch of Jinling cuisine. There are no less than a hundred restaurants in Jinling that can cook some Jinling cuisine. These two dishes can't prove that you are a time-honored restaurant."

"Hehe, Lao Liu, bring me the brocade box in the drawer of my desk." Lao Shao directly called the hotel clerk to help fetch the things.

After a while, an elderly master brought a brocade box, which was wrapped in several layers. Shao Wen opened it carefully and said: "It was mentioned earlier that Lord Qianlong rewarded our five Jinling families during his first southern tour. Time-honored brands, and you should also know that Shuangguifang, Chunguifang, Canal Hotel, and Tianning Restaurant have a jade pendant in the lobby of their old stores.”

The jade pendant mentioned by Lao Shao, Hu Wenjun knew, was a unique jade pendant, which was recognized by Emperor Qianlong as a symbol of "Jinling Time-honored Brand, Juewei Grand Canal".The four masters of the Jinling Mausoleum enshrine the things bestowed by the emperor like "golden plaques" to prove that their shops are absolutely authentic.

At this time, the jade pendant that Lao Shao handed over was Hetian jade base, although it was plain, it was translucent, so that people could tell that it was a high-quality jade at a glance.On the front of the jade pendant is engraved with the word "jue", which is no different from the jade pendants with the word "jue" of the four great masters...

A catchphrase of several generations of Jinling people, a tacit consensus of the big guys, a postcard that has been talked about day and night, is actually wrong.And this mistake has been passed on for more than 200 years.Really sad, ridiculous...

　God, it's finally getting warmer. Is your city still cold?
　　
　
(End of this chapter)