After Liu Ziguang returned to Beijing, although he was granted the title of Duke of Zhenguo, he did not have any real power. The emperor also gave him leave. He did not have to get up early to go to court every day, so he could take his family to play in the streets when he had nothing to do.
I heard that a new coffee shop has opened in the city. It is opened by an old overseas Chinese who has returned to his roots after living overseas for many years. It sells all kinds of Western snacks, coffee, cocoa and other drinks. It has a wide range of cakes made with refined flour, eggs, and cream, and can also be molded into
There are all kinds of little people in various shapes, and the taste is even more creamy and delicious. The ladies in the capital have had enough of Chinese snacks such as osmanthus cakes, and they are all eager for this novelty.
However, the coffee shop is not crowded, because the boss understands the psychology of customers, sets the price extremely high, and only accepts reservations. Anyone who comes to the door and wants to have a cup of tea and rest will not be accepted, which invisibly improves the quality of the shop.
The quality of the food is such that people in the capital are proud to be able to sit in the coffee shop for an entire afternoon.
The decoration in this coffee building is also very high-end. The store on the second floor, with the upper floor facing the Qinhuai River, is completely partitioned by stained glass. The floor is covered with Persian carpets, and Western oil paintings are hung on the walls. I heard that there are also private rooms.
As for the pictures of naked women, oil paintings pay attention to realism, and the people painted are so lifelike that they are almost vivid and more alluring than Tang Bohu's erotic palace. This is also a way for the coffee house to attract customers.
Liu Ziguang brought Zeng Cheng and his son to the coffee shop. They had reserved seats. Peng Jinrong and others had already arrived in advance. The family entered the box and ordered a few pots of coffee, some cakes and pizza, happily
While enjoying the meal, two children, Liu Kangwang, who was two years old, and Xue Xiangying, who was over three years old, ran around the house and screamed with excitement. Liu Ziguang ordered the maid to carry the two unlucky children out for a walk so as not to disturb the peace of the adults.
"Western tea snacks and Chinese tea snacks have their own merits. In fact, they are just a fresh snack. When the boss did this, they took over the guests. It seemed so elegant. I then sent people to open Lanzhou Ramen restaurants in various Western countries and packaged them as high-end restaurants.
, you still don’t bargain for one tael of silver and a bowl of noodles, and you don’t even have the title of countess, marquis or lord, and they won’t even make an appointment for you. What do you think?” Liu Ziguang talked about his business experience.
"Then you don't have to ask. Those Western princes and nobles who are in charge are all thinking about eating ramen in restaurants all day long. Rare things are more valuable. Ramen is a craft. How can ordinary people pull the noodles so thin?
I heard that those Westerners eat meat and drink blood, and they don’t know how to cook at all. When they eat meat, they just put it on the stove and fry it, sprinkle some pepper noodles on it and then eat it. They are very barbaric." Peng Jinrong said, who is well-informed.
"That's right, we not only want to open a ramen shop, but also a hotel and restaurant. We can just make braised lion heads without making them hungry to death. When it comes to eating, we Ming people are more particular about it."
Everyone was talking in a flurry, and suddenly they heard a scream outside, which seemed to be the voice of their own maid. Liu Ziguang quickly opened the door of the box and rushed out, only to see an extremely huge man holding Xue Xiangying in his arms.
Walking to another box, the maid had been knocked to the ground. She was rubbing her heart and grinning in pain. However, Liu Gangang grabbed the hem of the strong man's robe and kept hitting him with his small fists. It seemed that he wanted to stop him.
That strong man was weak, so dragging him behind the eight-foot-tall man was like a cricket shaking a tree. It had no effect at all. Instead, it only made the man angry. With a flick of his fat hand, he sat down on his butt.
Fortunately, the carpet was thick so there was no damage on the floor, but it made Liu Ziguang furious.
Liu Ziguang did bring some bodyguards with him when he came out this time, but they were all guarding outside the coffee shop, because most of the customers in the coffee shop were the women's families of high-ranking officials. Liu Ziguang didn't want to reveal his identity, so he kept a low profile and only let a maid lead him.
The two children were playing outside. They never imagined that something could happen in such a high-end place!
"Stop!" Liu Ziguang shouted, quickly stepped forward and grabbed the man's back collar, turned him around, and snatched the child back with his hands. The man's fat hands were very powerful, and he was still holding on and unwilling to let go.
, was punched by Liu Ziguang until his nose started to bleed, and with another kick, the man's huge body of more than 300 kilograms collapsed like a mountain of flesh. Xue Xiangying, who was snatched back, hugged Liu Ziguang's neck and did not dare to speak, her eyes flickered.
He seemed to be frightened. Liu Kangang got up and grabbed his father's clothes. He was not crying, but had a straight face, as if he was very angry.
He is indeed my son. He is a bit brave. Liu Ziguang secretly praised him. He looked closely at this big fat man. He was dressed in silk and satin, with jade pendants jingling around his waist. He had a straight nose and a straight mouth. He was of extraordinary dignity. He was about fifty years old.
It's just that there's so much fat on his body that he looks like a big fat pig.
The fat old man was tripped by Liu Ziguang and fell to the ground. He howled like a slaughtering pig. He heard the sound of stepping on the stairs. The guards of the Duke's Mansion ran up. The doors of the private rooms upstairs were also opened. Some maids poked their heads to take a look.
Looking at what was happening outside, the people in one of the private rooms obviously recognized their owner, and then a woman in white walked out of the room, surrounded by four or five maids, and shouted softly: "Stop!
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The customers who come to the coffee shop to drink coffee are all prominent people in the capital. They are either princes, generals or ministers or from wealthy families. Moreover, it is now popular in the capital to be low-key. The more distinguished people are, the more they like to wear ordinary clothes. When you see a
The person wearing a blue cloth gown and a square scarf holding a folding fan may be a bachelor. The vulgar man wearing a bare old sheepskin coat may be a first-class military general. The person wearing a straight-cut coat with five blessings, longevity and fragrant clouds may be a person.
He looks middle-aged, and might be a marquis.
I don’t know when this trend started. People dress up so low-key. Some of them do it to deceive others and don’t want to make a big splash. Some people just pretend to be pigs and eat tigers, deliberately showing off. And this fat pig is the latter.
The Duke of Zhenguo's family has always been low-key. The female relatives never wear jewelry, and the servants don't wear official boots or waist knives. They just wear fine cloth straight skirts and corrugated hats on their heads, but they carry wheel-turning guns in their arms. Look at each other again
The long robe is a bit hidden. Although the body is also made of silk and satin, you can casually see bright red official trousers and foundation soap boots under the robe. This is like the common people in later generations who like to wear police trousers or tie belts.
The police belt is just like using a belt to scare people, it is purely a fake act.
The female relatives on Liu Ziguang's side also ran out. Before they could ask what happened, the young lady in white on the other side shouted: "Where are you from, wild men from the mountains? How dare you hit our master?"
, I’ve really lost my temper, come here, please report to the officer immediately! Find Lord Sizhong of the Five Cities Soldiers, Lord Xu of Yingtian Mansion, and Commander Xu of the Jinyi Guards! Let them come and get the person!”
This was really the first person to complain. Liu Ziguang was so angry that he almost laughed. At this time, Peng Jinrong, Zeng Cheng and the others had already learned from the maid what had just happened. It turned out that when the maid was playing with two children in the corridor, a fat old man came from
When she came out of the box next to her, she saw a child here and dismissed the elder. She walked over with a smile and started chatting with them casually. She asked them where the latrine was. The maid pointed casually, but she didn't know that the fat old man didn't go to show his respect, but picked up Xue Xiangying.
, pinched his face fiercely with his fat hands, looking obsessed with lust. The maid asked him to put the young lady down, but he not only didn't listen, but hugged her and left. As he walked, he said he wanted to take the little girl to see goldfish. The maid came up
He pulled her forward and was kicked down by him. If Liu Ziguang hadn't been fast, Xue Xiangying would have been carried away by him.
After hearing this, Peng Jingrong became furious, pointed at the group of people and asked, "You kidnapped young children in broad daylight and beat the weak. It's you who should be punished! Come on, take this old man and send him to the police."
In the capital city, people are very particular about what they say. Just now, the little lady in white reported the powerful figures of three yamen in succession, which shows that their relationship is very strong. However, Peng Jingrong only said that they should be sent to the official and brought to justice, without mentioning any yamen or personnel.
It means that this family is just an ordinary wealthy family without any decent backers, so the old man suddenly became energetic, and before he could get up from the pile of compost, he started shouting: "I just like this little girl, and I want to take her back to raise her."
, I just kicked people, what's wrong! Do you know who I am? Fight with me, let alone ordinary people like you who are worse than me. Even when the princes and generals meet, I have to kowtow! Come here,
Let me rob people!"
At this time, there were already more people watching the excitement, and Liu Ziguang's bodyguards were inconvenient to take out fire guns and fire them in front of everyone. After all, this was a busy city in the capital, and under the emperor's feet, even if the people of the Duke's Palace were bullied, they could not kill people in the street.
, the owner of the coffee shop has already sent a servant to report to the official. He only needs to wait for a while and the official will arrive.
However, the calmness of the Zhenguo Palace made the fat man and his gang feel easy to bully. Several of the senior servants rushed to grab him. The fat man was full of swear words and looked at him obscenely. After being helped up, he actually jumped from the window sill.
He picked up a flowerpot and hit it at Liu Ziguang.
After all these years, someone still dared to act wild in front of him like this. No matter how well-mannered Liu Ziguang was, he couldn't help but take action. He kicked the fat man's calf on the bone, and the leg was broken with a sound from Capa.
The fat man wailed and fell to the ground. He happened to be lying on the stairs, and the three hundred kilograms of fat rolled down. The fat man's attendant rushed to rescue him, but the fat man twitched for a while, and his breathing became more and more rapid, and finally he died.
He kicked his legs and died.
The woman in white also ran down in a panic, tested the fat man's breath with her fingers, and found that there was really no air coming in or out. Her pink face suddenly turned blue, and she threw herself on the fat man and howled loudly.
At this time, the officers and soldiers of the Wucheng Army and Horse Division and the officers of Yingtian Mansion arrived. Seeing that there were lives, they quickly sealed off the scene. The fat man's long follower grabbed the inspector of the Army and Horse Division and whispered twice. The inspector's face turned pale with fright, and he led
More than a dozen people hurried upstairs, shook off the chains and were about to take someone away. Unexpectedly, when they took a closer look, the person here showed his ID card of the Zhenguo Palace. The inspector's face was so worried that he was about to cry.
After saying a few words to the guards of the Duke's Mansion, the guards were also shocked and hurriedly came to report to Liu Ziguang: "Master, the disaster is serious."
With Liu Ziguang's power, it shouldn't be a big deal to kill a weird uncle. Who made them so panicked will be explained next time.