Li Fugui and the cooks were all surprised when they heard the emperor's strange order. They all looked at me and I explained:
"The emperor called me because he received a secret report and was aware of the matter and was ready to punish you severely. I spent a lot of time and vouched for everyone with my own life, so that the emperor changed his mind and punished you to go to China.
I am a cook in Fenglou. This is a great blessing. You must work hard and don't let down my hard work."
Only then did everyone realize that it was because of my hard remonstrance in front of the emperor that I had saved the lives of many people. They all kowtowed to me and thanked me for saving their lives. Li Fugui sighed: "The emperor really didn't say anything to Eunuch Gui. Such a big thing can be done."
If you press it down, Eunuch Gui's reputation will probably be greater than that of the prince."
With the imperial decree and not afraid of being seen, the warriors and I escorted a group of royal chefs to Huafeng Tower and handed them over to Li Yapeng for placement. Xiaolian had already gone home to rest after working for most of the time. Li Yapeng was very capable in his work.
, had already tidied up the restaurant, and was extremely surprised to see that I had brought in more than forty cooks. When he found out that these people were all the royal chefs of the palace, he was shocked and said: "Good boy, you can eat the food cooked by the royal chef."
Food is already a blessing that I have cultivated for eight lifetimes. I actually hired more than 40 immortals to cook for the emperor at once. The prince is not that capable." I laughed and said: "What does this mean? Look at this.
What." He took out the plaque written by Kangxi from his arms, handed it to him, and said: "The name of our store was given by the emperor, and this is the door title written by the emperor himself. You can find a good one tomorrow.
The craftsman carefully carved the signboard, and asked a master to frame it and hang it in the middle of the lobby."
Li Yapeng had never seen such a thing before. He hesitated to take it. Finally, he knelt down and kowtowed three times before catching it with both hands and said in a trembling voice: "This~this is written by the emperor."
?" I smiled and nodded. Li Yapeng stuck out his tongue and said, "The emperor wrote the letter and sent the imperial chef. Could this restaurant be owned by the emperor's family?" I laughed and said, "It's good that you know.
You have to be careful." Li Yapeng said: "I never dreamed that I am old and old, but I have such good luck. If I start business with the emperor, there must be smoke rising from my ancestors' graves. If I say this
Go out, who dares not to look at me?"
Zhang Debiao had heard the excitement here, abandoned the casino and ran over. As soon as he entered the door, he asked: "Brother, what's going on with such a big crowd of people." I smiled and said: "The emperor sent some royal chefs here.
I'll be the chef." Zhang Debiao originally knew that I intended to recruit a few chefs from the imperial kitchen. He didn't expect that the emperor would assign them to me. What he didn't expect was that so many imperial chefs would be sent at once. He also said, "Okay.
Guy, not only is it not strange for the emperor to know that you opened a shop, but he also assigned a cook to you. What a grace." I smiled and said, "If that guy Wu Liangfu hadn't sued me, brother, I wouldn't be so lucky."
Zhang Debiao said angrily: "This gelding is so brave! Brother, don't mind, I'm talking about that boy Wu Liangfu." I then realized that he thought I was a eunuch, scolded Wu Liangfu and picked me up, and waved his hand:
"It doesn't matter, I know you are scolding him." Zhang Debiao then continued: "This kid is really nothing. When Master Shunzhi was here, he was in charge of the Thirteen Yamen and was very powerful. Everyone was afraid of him, but now it is the Kangxi Dynasty.
, The emperor doesn’t want to see him, and the Thirteen Yamen have also withdrawn. He has lost his power for a long time, and he still dares to mess with us. Brother, please leave it alone, and we will kill him when we get the chance."
I saw that Zhang Debiao wanted to take care of Wu Liangfu for me, which was exactly what I wanted. However, this guy is timid and may not dare to do it. He made a haha and said, "Thank you so much, brother." Zhang Debiao slapped his chest loudly again and said:
"Don't worry, brother, I'll take care of this matter." I said, "Put this matter aside for now. I have something else for you to do. Tomorrow you will select sixty of your age from the maidservants assigned to you by the brothers.
Okay, bring it here and hand it over to shopkeeper Li." Zhang Debiao and Li Yapeng beside him didn't understand, so they both asked: "What's the use of these servants?" I said to Li Yapeng: "All the waiters in our restaurant serve food.
Yes, it's all up to the older girls to do it. After Brother Zhang sends the people here, you have to train them quickly. Fortunately, most of these people have been waiting on people in the past, so they have some experience. In addition, you have to make uniform clothes for them and wear them.
Cheongsam, how to dress it up to look good."
Zhang Debiao interrupted: "Isn't this a restaurant? Isn't it a brothel secretly?" I burst out laughing and said, "Does it have to be a brothel to use female waiters? Who said women can't be waiters? We are the only one in the capital.
Why can't a super luxurious restaurant use women?" Hearing this, the two of them shook their heads repeatedly. Li Yapeng said: "I haven't heard of using women as waiters since I was a child. I think it's your old idea.
You may be wrong, I guess you should give it a try, maybe it will work." Although this old man Li is not young, his brain works very quickly and he is quite able to accept new things. I think I have chosen the right person, and I will leave the restaurant to him.
Taking care of it, I should feel relieved. So I took out a 10,000 tael silver note from the cup and handed it to Li Yapeng, which was regarded as the working capital on the cabinet.
When I got home, I told Xiao Lian about using a royal chef and a female waiter. Xiao Lian was quite satisfied with the restaurant being able to use a female waiter, but she was deeply suspicious of my motive for choosing a female waiter. I had no way of explaining it to her, so I just said:
She will see the effect when the time comes.
I felt relaxed in the next few days. There was a Li Ya Shed in the restaurant, and Xiao Lian often went for a walk. If there were any problems that could be solved, they could be solved. If they couldn't be solved, they would come home to me at night to discuss them. And I spent the day there.
In addition to serving the emperor, I spend the rest of my time wandering around the capital, or going to teahouses to listen to books. I don’t like to watch plays. Listening to books is the only fun I have in these days. Sometimes I see beautiful young ladies in teahouses.
I can't help but secretly feel obscene. I guess there may be brothers from the Heaven and Earth Society following me secretly, but since they don't come to me, I will be happy and free. To be honest, I have so much money on my body, let alone the genuine Wei Xiaobao, even
I, a dealer who used to have a pretty good income, am also itching all day long, always looking for some reason to spend some money.
A few days later, Xiaolian told me that the restaurant was almost ready to open, so I rushed there the next day and caught up with Li Yapeng writing the menu. When he saw me coming in, he showed it to me and said: "These are the names of the dishes."
They are all provided by the imperial chefs. The prices were written after consultation with my grandma." I didn't understand and asked: "How old is your grandma?" Li Yapeng blushed and said anxiously: "It's not my grandma, it's the boss's.
Grandma." Only then did I realize that he was talking about Xiaolian, and I burst out laughing.
Li Yapeng continued: "I discussed with the owner's grandma. Our store uses Royal Kitchen, so the price of vegetables is naturally higher than other stores, so we set a higher price. You can see if it is suitable." I took a look.
, the prices written by Li Yapeng ranged from a few taels to more than 20 taels, and the highest vegetable price did not exceed thirty taels of silver. He shook his head and said, "This price is not appropriate." Li Yapeng said:
"If it's too expensive, I'll lower it." I said, "It's not too expensive, it's too cheap. You can raise the price of each dish tenfold."
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Li Yapeng said with a smile: "The Jiajing Conference will be held soon. After I collect this book first, I will definitely come over to earn some points. Not to mention supporting the author, I will also benefit from it. I can't do it."
Fortunately, when I grow old, I can still marry a wife."