In the Ming Dynasty 1498, my restaurant connects two worlds.

"Brother Xiao Yi, the renovations here will be completed in three days. When will your... fast food box arrive?"

"Three days should be enough. The fast food containers have arrived by water and are already on the ship. Once they arrive, I'll let you know to pick them up at the back door of my house."

After inspecting and completing the production base of "Song's Fast Food" in the Ming Dynasty, Song Xiaoyi and Mou Bin split up. Mou Bin went back to report, while Song Xiaoyi walked for half an hour to return to the restaurant and then back to the modern world.

First, they called Uncle Cao to ask if he had found a suitable fast food box manufacturer. As luck would have it, Uncle Cao had already contacted a fairly satisfactory fast food box manufacturer. They called Song Xiaoyi but no one answered. The two of them had already driven over.

At Uncle Cao's house, Song Xiaoyi met the manufacturer's sales representative, who brought several samples. After looking around, he found that the cheaper ones were of poor quality, while the better ones were expensive. A fast food box cost three yuan, truly proving that you get what you pay for.

In half an afternoon, Song Xiaoyi finalized the order for wooden fast food boxes at Modern. The fast food box manufacturer promised to ship in batches, with the first batch arriving at Taoye Ferry parking lot by the day after tomorrow at the latest. In addition, the manufacturer also provided an extra batch of reusable foam boxes that fit the fast food boxes, with each box holding 12 fast food boxes.

In addition, Song Xiaoyi also commissioned a clothing manufacturer in the large market to custom-make one-size-fits-all cotton blue vests. The back of the vests was uniformly printed with the four large characters "Song's Fast Food," and the upper left corner of the front had four smaller characters. (There was really no other way; yellow, purple, and red couldn't be used casually in the Ming Dynasty, white and black were even more out of the question, and green was too ugly, so only blue was allowed. Don't take it personally.)

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On the third day of the seventh month of the eleventh year of the Hongzhi reign, Zhu Zhishan and Tang Bohu finished their breakfast at a restaurant and told Song Xiaoyi that they did not need to prepare lunch, as the four of them had accepted the invitation from Governor Ma and would be going to the Ma residence that day to attend a literary gathering.

Song Xiaoyi knew that the elegant gatherings before ancient examinations were mostly banquets filled with flattery.

"Brother Zhishan, could you bring Xiaoshifu along? Even just bringing a pageboy to broaden his horizons would be good." After saying this, Song Xiaoyi winked at Xiaoshifu.

"Ma Fantai's servants didn't say we couldn't bring people," Zhu Zhishan readily agreed, "but Brother Xiao Yi, your secret brew..."

They understood the unspoken meaning behind the words; they were short of money and simply wanted to bring some good wine as a gift.

Song Xiaoyi had been waiting for this day for a long time. The three kinds of wine were already prepared in sealed jars, and ice cubes and exquisite wooden boxes were also provided.

"Gentlemen, two jugs each of Brave the World, Song Family Osmanthus Secret Wine, and Song Family Green Plum Secret Wine. Any more would not reflect the preciousness and value of the gift."

"Six jugs are enough! Thank you, my brother!" Tang Bohu bowed excitedly from behind.

Indeed, six jugs of fine wine that hadn't even been fully released to the market were enough for them to show off in the Ming Dynasty, a time of limited wine availability.

Zhu Zhishan, Tang Bohu, and their party of four, along with a young page, arrived at the Ma residence. Zhu Zhishan handed the wine box to the Ma family steward who was greeting guests at the door, and solemnly informed him, "This wine is precious and must be kept away from light. It is best consumed at a banquet."

Butler Ma repeatedly agreed. After the five people entered the inner courtyard, the butler called over a servant and said, "Take this box to the kitchen."

Precious? What precious wine could a group of poor students afford? Could it compare to the Moutai Chun that the head of the family brought from his hometown?

Indeed, the gathering at the Ma residence was also a banquet. To entertain the talented men who participated in this year's "Autumn Examination," the Ma family specially brought out Moutai from their hometown of Renhuai.

But Tang Bohu, who loved wine, only took a sip before putting down his cup. Wen Bi, who was beside him, asked, "Bohu, why aren't you drinking?"

"It is far inferior to Brother Xiao Yi's Osmanthus Secret Wine."

"What? You scholar, my master specially opened a bottle of Maotai that he's been reluctant to take out, just to entertain you all, and you actually say it's not as good as some kind of secret brew?"

Although Tang Bohu's voice was low, it was still heard by the servant A who happened to be passing by. As if his protective instincts had been triggered, the servant A glared fiercely at Tang Bohu, demanding an explanation. "Then produce your secret brew! If you can't, or if your secret brew isn't as good as this Moutai, you must apologize! Apologize to my master!"

The rapid-fire barrage of "Instinct Awakening" from Servant A not only stunned Tang Bohu, but also brought the conversations in the rest of the banquet hall to a halt.

There's going to be some excitement!

The noisy hall suddenly fell silent. Ma Fantai naturally noticed the situation in the focal area, but out of respect for his status, he waved to summon servant B and whispered a few words to him. Servant B ran over to ask servant A, who was eager to make a name for himself. Servant A ran all the way to Ma Fantai and embellished the story of what Tang Bohu had said and what he had said to Tang Bohu.

The focus, of course, is on describing how she confronted that ignorant student.

To the surprise of the onlookers, Ma Fantai slapped the servant Jia across the face.

"I've told you many times! You must treat visiting students with courtesy!" He said halfway through, then slapped the servant again. "You should know that there are always people better than us, and countless wines outside that are far superior to ours. How many kinds of wine have you even tasted? Even your master wouldn't dare say that his wine is the best, you frog in a well!"

In this era, Ma Fantai's performance at least won the favor of the students. Wow, it turns out that the Fantai values ​​us so much!

Those who could see through Ma Fantai's self-inflicted injury scheme, such as Zhu Zhishan and Gu Qian, would not expose him at this time.

"My uncle makes wines that are all better than this one." The innocent words of the child, Xiao Shifu, echoed in everyone's ears.

"Shifu! Don't talk nonsense!" Wenbi quickly pulled Shifu to his side. "Your Excellency, how would a child know about appreciating wine?"

"No! Whether what Shifu said is true or false, please, Your Excellency, bring some wine and let everyone taste it together to find out."

"Shall we share some wine?"

"Yes, Your Excellency, Bohu and Brother Zhishan handed the wine box to your steward when they entered."

"Oh? Go and have the butler bring over the wine box that Tang Bohu brought."

During the waiting time, in order to break the awkward silence, Ma Fantai took out the prepared topic for the gathering in advance: "This gathering will be themed around the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. There are no restrictions on the style. All talented people are free to express themselves."

As the questions were being posed, two rows of maids presented each student with a set of writing implements.

In the backyard, Steward Ma had no idea who Tang Bohu was, let alone what kind of box Tang Bohu had brought. The servants and maids in the kitchen searched frantically, but they still couldn't find the wine box that Tang Bohu had mentioned.

"Butler, I'm wondering, since it's a box, what if it's mistaken for a food container and sent to the kitchen?"

"You little brat, now that you've remembered, why don't you hurry up and take a few men to the kitchen!"

In the kitchen of the Ma residence, several chefs were figuring out how to open that modern food container.

"Why don't we just break it open?"