After returning to the mansion, let the groom go to Zuixian Tower to wait, otherwise it will be troublesome for Hongxiu to come back.

Cao Yi then returned to Qingyun Pavilion in a hurry and went straight into the study. He happened to see She Yue sorting out the four treasures of the study, so he asked her to inform Qiu Wen to go to the dining room and call the chef into the study.

As soon as he sat down, Bihen brought hot water, gave him a blessing, and then retreated. Before half a cup of tea, the chef hurried over because he didn't know what the young master wanted him to do.

Just hearing from Miss Qiu Wen that the young master was rushing back from outside in a hurry, she asked her to call him over. She didn't dare to neglect, so she rushed over immediately.

"Xiong Qing, the little man, pays homage to the young master!" The person who came was a short, fat man with a rosy face and a strong body, with a very round belly. Judging from his appearance, he looked more like a chef.

"Get up, Xiong Qing, sit down first. Let me ask you, do you have any brothers or relatives or friends who are also chefs?" Cao Yi sat there, staring at Xiong Qing with shining eyes.

Xiong Qing scratched his head honestly and said, "Senior brothers, yes, they just arrived in Jiangning a few days ago, and they are still guests at this villain's house."

"Oh? Really? Let me tell you the specific situation." Cao Yi's anxiety about not being able to find the chef eased a little, and he leaned on his seat and asked.

"They are my two junior brothers, the sons of my master. They heard that I was working as a cook in Cao Cao's Mansion in Jiangning, so they came from Zhenjiang to see me and wanted to make a living in Jiangning. However, the villain has not yet replaced me.

They were looking for them, thinking about letting them play around at various places of interest in the city before making plans."

With a snap, Cao Yi clapped his palms in excitement, "It seems that the God of Luck is still very kind to me. He will give me whatever I need. It's great."

Suiji seemed to have thought of something again and continued to ask: "How are your two junior brothers' cooking skills? Do you know."

"Uh... uh..." Xiong Qing struggled there for a long time, and did not tell Zi Chou Yinmao. This made Cao Yi anxious, so he stood up and asked, "Xiong Qing, what are you worried about?

If not, is there anything else you can’t say or hide?”

"My two junior brothers are highly regarded by my master. Now that they have learned enough to go out to make a living, they must have learned all the master's true skills. Their cooking skills should be as good as mine." Xiong Qing paused for a while and touched it again.

With the hot sweat on his forehead, he added, "Maybe taller than me."

Naturally, Cao Yi knew immediately what Xiong Qing was struggling with before. He was undoubtedly worried that he would lose his position as the head chef of the Cao Mansion after revealing that the cooking skills of his two junior brothers were the same as him or possibly even better than his. Look.

People who seem to be rough and honest, but they also have their own cleverness and tricks.

"That's good. You can invite your two junior brothers to Cao's residence tomorrow. Well, I'll meet them again and have a talk." Cao Yi didn't care that Xiong Qing's expression changed at this moment.

, secretly shocked, and continued: "I have a restaurant outside, which is the original Jiangning No. 1 Restaurant. You know, there is no chef at the moment, so I think if Xiong Qing, your two junior brothers are really good,

If they are good, I will hire them with a high salary."

Xiong Qing quickly stood up and saluted Cao Yi, "Well, I'd like to thank you. I'll thank you for my two junior brothers first."

Cao Yi waved his hand and asked him to go down and test their cooking skills tomorrow.

Xiong Qing resigned and left quickly, planning to go find his junior brother and the others after his duty was over. After all, it was a rare opportunity. Nowadays, the competition in the restaurant industry in Jiangning City is so fierce that no one dares to take on two novices with no work experience.

To be the chef, except for the newly opened Zuixian Restaurant, it is probably difficult to find other restaurants in Jiangning City. Even if he is hired, he will only serve as a starter. It is hard to say that he will be in the early days.

"Tan Yun, grind ink, prepare paper..." Cao Yi originally didn't see Tan Yun in the study and was wondering where she had gone. At this time, he saw the latter sneaking in and quickly asked her to

come over.

"Ah!...Yes, sir." Tan Yun stuck out his tongue at She Yue, came over with nimble hands and feet to add incense and grind the ink, then tilted his head and stood next to the desk to watch Cao Yi writing.

"Sir, why did you write so many 'Drunken Immortal Towers'? Do you want to pick the best one?" Tan Yun carefully picked up the 'Drunken Immortal Tower' written by Cao Yigang, put it aside, and then put a blank one again.

Cheng Xintang put the paper on the table and said with a smile, "It's a pity that Tan Yun only knows basic literacy and hyphenation. He has little talent and knowledge and only knows a few calligraphy fonts."

"Oh, doesn't Zuixian Tower have four sides and five buildings? This requires a lot of wine flags and signboards, so I plan to use various calligraphy fonts to write as many as possible, so that the mansion can be ingenious.

The maids and old ladies who are good at embroidery will sew them on the wine flags. Then Zuixian Tower will be filled with signboards and wine flags in various fonts. Doesn’t it look very impressive?”

"Oh, that's it. Master, what font is this?" Tan Yun stretched out his slender hand and asked crisply.

At this time, She Yue heard it and came over to stand on the other side. She also wanted to see how many fonts could be written in Zuixianlou.

Cao Yi raised his head and glanced at the copybook of 'Zui Xian Lou' that Tan Yun pointed at. He felt a little proud and said, "This is a thin gold body. I figured it out by myself." But he was thinking to himself, this is all

It was created by someone more than a hundred years later. It’s strange that you recognize it now.

Then he and the two of them did some popular science about which calligraphy fonts are used in the Zixian Tower. "No, you should all know this one. This one is the big seal script, which is the calligraphy font of the pre-Qin period, and that one is the small seal script, which is the calligraphy font of Qin Shihuang.

It was created by Li Si when he unified the six countries and implemented the 'Shu Tong Wen'."

"Well, this is an official script. It is said that it was compiled by Cheng Miao during the Qin Dynasty. It was later adopted by Qin Shihuang, but it only reached its peak during the Eastern Han Dynasty."

Cao Yi picked up the three "Zui Xian Lou" copybooks he had just written, spread them out and said to She Yue and Tan Yun, "Look at these three again. They are all cursive scripts. This one is cursive script because the strokes are smooth and orderly.

It can be followed; this one is Jincao, which is relatively unstructured, and the strokes are relatively smooth; the last one is Kuangcao, where the strokes are wild and uninhibited, uh, but most people can't recognize it."

Then he wrote a few more copybooks, "This is regular script, which evolved from official script. It is also called regular script because it is more neat and regular. These three were created in the Tang Dynasty. This one is the European style created by Ouyang Xun.

This one is the Yan body created by Yan Zhenqing, that one is the Liu body of Liu Gongquan, uh... the remaining one was also made by the young master himself, so let's call it Cao body for the time being." In his heart, he secretly wanted to be sorry for Zhao Mengfu of the Yuan Dynasty.

Well, who said you were born too late? There is no such person as you now, so I can only describe myself as myself.

Finally, they were shown the writing method of "Zui Xian Lou" in running script and Guange style. They were so excited that they were also shown the "Zui Xian Lou" version in the Lower Wei Dynasty stele style.

Of course, such coquettish and hard-working dancing and writing naturally won unanimous praise and infinite admiration from Tan Yun and She Yue. Their eyes were much brighter when they looked at Cao Yi. After all, beauties love talented people is the main theme of this era. According to Cao Yi himself

The lust in his heart, at this moment, he should be the same in the hearts of the two little girls, his image is infinitely magnified, and his charm value is off the charts.

However, if he had known what Tan Yun was thinking at this moment, "Young master is really awesome, he will probably be able to support us even if he sells calligraphy for a living in the future", I wonder if he would still feel so good about himself.

When it was time to have dinner in the evening, Mrs. Gao indeed asked Cao Yi during the dinner when he would go to Jiangning Mansion to study. Cao Yi excused himself by saying that he was busy at the moment, and repeatedly promised that he would definitely wait until Zuixianlou's business was on track.

I will immediately go to Jiangning Mansion to study reporting, study hard, and gain great fame for the Cao family in the future... After some hard talking, Mrs. Gao agreed to take a break.

After dinner, Liu Baiqing came back first and brought good news. He rode out of the city today and looked around, and found a good place.

In Niushou Mountain, four or five miles southwest of Jiangning City, there is a very good piece of land in the middle of Guanyin Mountain. It is surrounded by double mountains on both sides, but there is a very wide plain in the middle. There are many mountain springs and lakes around it, making it easy to access, but the land
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