Chapter 34: Shuiyun Tower changes his mind before the battle
My father-in-law came back after a victorious battle. He killed the Turkic general and took back the captured people, money and food. He also captured two thousand Turkic soldiers. The army returned to Beiting soon.
The red feather messenger shouted and rushed to the princess's mansion. The news soon spread in Beiting City.
Now, those wealthy families who originally had a wait-and-see attitude towards the investment conference all sent stewards to inform the princess's palace, saying that they would attend on time.
As time progressed, the princess's mansion entered the busiest period. Gundam was responsible for counting the prepared supplies for the last time. Ge Shuyan went to Shuiyun Tower to start security deployment inside and outside. Jianping and the sword-wielding maids were
She started the job of assembling gift boxes, while Latis was responsible for setting up the banquet scene.
Xu Wanyi is holding a speech script in her hand and is reciting it, practicing word for word. She has very high self-requirements for sentence fragmentation, enunciation and cadence, which can be described as paranoid.
But just when everything was going according to plan, Zhang Peng suddenly received bad news.
As the investment conference was approaching, Shuiyunlou actually asked for more money!
"The venue fee, service fee, and banquet fee have all been agreed upon in advance," Zhang Peng looked at the second shopkeeper of Shuiyun Tower and said unhurriedly, "Shuiyun Tower is so inconsistent, I don't want to continue in Beiting in the future.
Are you done?"
"But Jun Ma has never said that he will not use the drinks from Shuiyun Tower," the second shopkeeper of Shuiyun Tower smiled confidently.
Shuiyun Tower is the property of the second prince Li Jun's mother's family. Now that the second prince is so powerful, becoming the crown prince is basically a certainty. In the past few years, Shuiyun Tower has been opened all over the country, even in Beiting City.
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Therefore, Shuiyun Tower is really not afraid of the princess's mansion. Even a mere second shopkeeper dares to challenge the princess.
Zhang Peng raised his eyebrows, and suddenly thought that the KTVs of later generations were not allowed to bring alcohol into the venue. If you dared to open outside wine, they would charge you an expensive corkage fee.
But I have never heard of a hotel not allowing you to bring your own alcohol!
What kind of rule is this? Is this a bad habit in the ancient catering industry? Only guests are allowed to drink wine from their own hotel? You are not a three-star guy?
The score of Shuiyun Tower is so big that it’s boundless! No, I can’t tolerate this problem of yours.
But that's what Shuiyunlou did. They saw the investment conference approaching and had no choice but to shoot, so they raised the price and forced Zhang Peng to submit.
"Haha, your Shuiyun Tower is sure to win over me, Zhang Peng," the county horse smiled slightly, but his eyes were cold.
The second shopkeeper of Shuiyun Tower raised his hands in a perfunctory manner and said, "I don't dare. I'm just informing the Prince Consort about the additional fees. It's up to you, Prince Consort, whether you agree or not."
Zhang Peng looked at the arrogant second shopkeeper of Shuiyun Tower as if he were looking at a dead person.
"Listen, I won't give you half a penny more, and we don't want your Shuiyun Tower's staff services and banquets," Zhang Peng still maintained a rational smile and gave his solution.
"The money we paid before to rent your venue is still enough."
"You don't want our people, you don't want our banquet, you just want our venue? Hahaha, Lord Commander, are you afraid of ruining the banquet by doing this?" the second shopkeeper of Shuiyun Tower said sarcastically.
"Don't worry, I just want to make sure that we are renting your entire Shuiyun Building, which should include the kitchen, right?" Zhang Peng continued to ask.
"Including, of course it is included," the second shopkeeper of Shuiyun Building said with a smile, "Since Lord Commander Ma insists, I will make the decision and agree to you. I also want to thank you for giving us a night off on behalf of the brothers in the building, hahahaha
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After saying that, the second shopkeeper of Shuiyun Tower turned around and left, leaving in a relaxed and carefree manner.
"Uncle, this Shuiyun Tower is not a thing anymore," Gao Da heard about the asking price of Shuiyun Tower and hurriedly returned to Zhang Peng, "Should we make their ugly face known to the public?"
"Why make it public? Don't want to hold an investment conference? Where can we find a new location now?" Zhang Peng rolled his eyes angrily.
"Then uncle, what should we do next?" Gundam was immediately discouraged.
"Hmph, since Shuiyun Tower has broken the rules, then I will make it impossible to open in Beiting." How could Zhang Peng, a petty guy like him, not fight back after being beaten?
Yunlou is hammered to death!
"Oh? What's your plan?" Gundam immediately became interested.
"Go to the back kitchen and gather all the cooks in the princess's palace and those who want to learn cooking skills. Then bring me the uniforms we specially made for the Department of Commerce. I want to use them now.
Go ahead," Zhang Peng said through gritted teeth.
Although Gao Gao didn't understand why the prince-in-law summoned the chefs in the house, he knew that whatever the prince-in-law did was reasonable and would not be done without aim.
"Shuiyun Tower? It's no accident that you suddenly tripped me up this time." Zhang Peng gradually calmed down and began to think about the strangeness of the matter. "It's completely different from their previous attitude. They must be behind the scenes."
Someone is making a fire!"
Who is it? There are not many people in Beiting City who have enmity with the Princess's Mansion. Hum, when the conference is completed tonight, I will investigate them one by one!
After two hours of burning incense, the kitchen of the princess's mansion was crowded with people.
From the chef in charge of the dishes to the servants doing the shopping, from the female officer in charge of catering to the maids serving tea and water, they all looked intently at the bustling Lord Ma who was busy in front of the stove.
"The basic elements of stir-frying are the iron pot, high heat, and stir-fry until fragrant!" Zhang Peng explained loudly, skillfully stirring the spoon with his hands. "Now that the food in the pot has been cooked, add green salt and chicken juice to season it before serving.
It’s ready to be plated.”
Zhang Peng put the cumin mutton in the pot onto a plate and showed it in front of everyone casually: "You can taste it as you like."
After the robbery, everyone in the kitchen looked at Zhang Peng differently, full of reverence and gratitude.
What is this? A new cooking skill. The unprecedented cooking skill of stir-frying must be an amazing skill that Master Jun Ma learned from the "Tian Xia Hui". Now he has handed it over to us humble servants so casually.
, what is this if not a great kindness?
"Don't be excited. Cooking is not a profound knowledge. As you can see, it is actually very easy to learn. As long as you work hard for the princess's mansion, it will be your reward for me."
Zhang Peng smiled, and he could naturally understand everyone's gaze: "Okay, now everyone signs the confidentiality agreement, and then practice quickly. Before the investment conference begins, everyone must be proficient in cooking!
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There are only two contents in the confidentiality agreement. First, the cooking skills cannot be passed on to anyone other than immediate family members without the permission of the princess's palace. Second, after learning the cooking skills, you must sign a ten-year labor contract with the princess's palace.
, if you want to open a store and start your own business after the contract period, the Princess Mansion must participate in the business.
Everyone agreed and signed actively.
"Uncle, when those businessmen eat your stir-fried dishes tonight, I'm afraid there won't be any business in Shuiyun Tower in the future," Gao Gao relished the lingering fragrance in his mouth and gave Zhang Peng a thumbs up.
"Huh, let's launch our new dishes, our distilled liquor and our high-quality service on their premises. This time, I'm going to make Shuiyun Tower lose everything!"
Zhang Peng untied the apron tied around his waist: "Originally, I wanted to cooperate with them for the sake of the second prince. Tsk, tsk, tsk, you really don't know what is good and what is good!"