Li Qi borrowed another 30,000 yuan from the Zhou family. Zhou Qing was considered a relatively loyal and honest businessman. He always remembered Li Qi's care for him, so when he saw Li Qi come to borrow money, it was really a big surprise.
Without saying a word, he lent all the funds he had on hand to Li Qi, which moved Li Qi very much. Of course, Fan Lou and the Zhou family were both businessmen after all, and the reason why they were so cheerful was because of their feelings for Li Qi.
I am very confident in my ability to make money.
Next, he went to Hongwan Gambling House. In fact, he didn't plan to go to Hongwan Gambling House to borrow money because the Hong family had a close relationship with Gao Qiu. Unexpectedly, Gao Qiu had brought Gao Yanei there a few days ago.
Li Qi went to visit an old friend out of town, so he went to Hongwan Casino to borrow 50,000 guan. On that day, he borrowed a total of 130,000 guan, which was far beyond his ability to make money.
After coming out of Hong's house, Li Qi saw that the time was almost up, so he quietly left the Zhuque Gate and went to Longjin Bridge and arrived at Zhouqiao Night Market, ready to see who this savior of the people was.
Originally, Shubashi Night Market was the busiest place in Tokyo at night, but due to the emergence of food streets and bars, the flow of people here is far less than before, but it is still very lively.
"The economic envoy is here, please come in quickly."
The owner of Qiao's Dried Preserved Store seemed to have expected Li Qi's arrival. As soon as he saw Li Qi coming to the door, he hurriedly greeted him.
Li Qi smiled and entered Qiao's Dried Preserved Store without asking any questions.
The shopkeeper took Li Qi to a small room at the back of the shop, and then said, "Please wait a moment, please." Then he turned around and went out.
Li Qi looked around and saw that the house was in a dead end. Others could not eavesdrop on the conversation inside. He smiled and said: "This person is really cautious!"
Ma Qiao said: "Bu Shuai, do you know who this person is?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "I can't guess it either, but I believe the answer will be revealed soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice sounded outside the door, "Economic envoy, you are well."
When Li Qi and Ma Qiao heard this, their faces were extremely shocked and they looked at each other, as if they didn't believe their ears.
There was a squeak.
The door opened from the outside, and two people walked in from the outside.
When Li Qi saw the person coming, he exclaimed: "Is it--is it you?"
The visitors were none other than Zhang Chun'er and Gu Da.
Li Qi calculated everything, but he failed to realize that his savior turned out to be his enemy.
This is really dramatic.
Guda closed the door after he came in. Zhang Chun'er looked at Li Qi's shocked look and smiled proudly, saying: "I didn't expect that my appearance could shock the economic minister so much. For this reason alone, Zhang Chun'er is really worthy of it."
This is the trip!”
Li Qi still couldn't believe it and said, "Did you send someone to deliver the note this noon?"
Zhang Chun'er smiled and said: "Before I came here, I had imagined countless times what you would say first when we meet today, but I never thought that you would ask me such a childish question. Do you think I should
What should I answer you for?"
Li Qi was stunned, rubbed his face with both hands, and thought to himself, how could it be her? Why did she want to save me? Why did she want to see me at this time? What is the purpose of this woman? Although there are all kinds of
Questions lingered in his mind, but he still didn't show too much on his face, saying: "This game is really getting more and more interesting. Not bad. I admit that I am a bit of an idiot with this question, oh no. I should be quite an idiot. I'm sorry for that.
.But I really want to know, why did you save me?"
Zhang Chun'er said: "Let's sit down and talk."
"please."
The two sat across from each other.
Zhang Chun'er said to Guda: "I want to talk to the economic envoy alone."
Guda nodded, turned around and went out.
Li Qi also nodded to Ma Qiao.
Then Ma Qiao also walked out.
After the two of them went out, Zhang Chun'er smiled and said, "Economic envoy, are you surprised by my appearance?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "I'm not surprised, but very surprised. I think I have shown this with all my expressions and movements."
Zhang Chun'er said with a hint of pride: "It's a great honor for me to be able to surprise and surprise the economic officer who knows everything about things and strategizes like a god!"
Li Qi chuckled: "Thank you, thank you. If this is your only goal, I think you have achieved it."
"Of course not." Zhang Chun'er smiled and said, "You and I have been fighting for so many years. I think we should sit down and talk without reservation. This is the purpose of my trip."
Li Qi nodded and said: "Li fully agrees with this suggestion. But I don't know when to start talking about the crab roe feast?"
Zhang Chuner shook his head and said: "I think this matter should start with my parents."
Li Qi said oh, showing great interest, and said: "I am willing to listen attentively."
"Actually, I'm not Han Chinese."
The first sentence Zhang Chun'er spoke caught Li Qi by surprise.
Zhang Chun'er said again: "I wonder if the economic officer can guess where the little girl was born?"
Li Qi pondered for a moment and said, "Are you not a Khitan?"
Zhang Chun'er clapped her hands and said with a smile: "The economic envoy is indeed a smart person, but I still have half Han blood in my body, because my mother is a Han Chinese living in the Liao Kingdom. My original name is Xiao Chun'er, and my father's surname is Xiao.
My name is Taiyuan, have you heard of it?"
Xiao Taiyuan? This name is too unfamiliar, but Xiao Shiyilang has heard of it. Li Qi asked curiously: "Should I have heard of it?"
Zhang Chun'er smiled and said: "It seems that Mr. Zuo and your Yelv family have not talked about it with you. After all, this happened a long time ago."
Zuo Boqing? Yelu Guyu? Li Qi probed: "Could it be that your father was the imperial chef of the Liao Kingdom?"
Zhang Chun'er nodded and said: "Yes. More than twenty years ago, my father was the manager of the imperial kitchen of the Liao Kingdom. At that time, the royal relatives of the Liao Kingdom loved the dishes my father cooked. Not only that, my father also served for the Liao Kingdom.
He won the first Four Kingdoms Banquet when he was less than thirty years old. If not for your appearance, my father would have been the youngest royal chef to win the Four Kingdoms Banquet. Today’s Jin Kingdom Royal Chef Long Jiang is my father’s apprentice. Before my father
After winning the Four Kingdoms Banquet, Yelu Yanxi also gave my father the surname Xiao. However, at the second Four Kingdoms Banquet, my father unfortunately lost to the imperial chef of the Song Dynasty. For this reason, he has always been brooding about it, and secretly vowed that he must
Win another four-nation banquet for the Liao Kingdom.
Unfortunately, just before the third Four Kingdoms Banquet was about to take place, a turmoil in the harem involved my father. At that time, the youngest son of a concubine next to Yelu Yanxi suddenly died suddenly. The prince had been
My health has been poor and I have to take medicine every day. However, the concubine said that she died after eating the food cooked by my father. The reason why she wanted to slander my father was that my father was the queen at that time, and this
A concubine wanted to be the queen, so she used the topic to accuse my father of poisoning the prince in front of Yelu Yanxi. Later, Yelu Yanxi sent people to search the imperial kitchen, and a small amount of poison was indeed found. What if my father took it seriously?
He wanted to poison his son, so how could he leave the poison in the imperial kitchen? Unfortunately, the foolish emperor Yelu Yanxi did not think of this, and even decreed that all my family members would be executed. The queen at that time knew the reason, so she wanted to save me.
My brother came to leave a bloodline for my Xiao family. Unfortunately, by some mistake, she did not save my brother, but saved me. I was only ten years old that year. So I brought my father's recipe with me.
I came to my mother’s homeland, the Song Dynasty.”
From beginning to end, she always called Emperor Tianzuo by his real name, which shows that she hated her motherland and the Yelu royal family deeply!
"I see." Li Qi sighed, nodded, and said, "No wonder your cooking skills are so great. It seems that it is not unreasonable."
"Compared to my father's cooking skills, I'm still far behind."
When she said this, Zhang Chun'er showed a look of pride on her face. It is not difficult to see that her father has always been her idol. She said: "I traveled all the way to Bianliang, Tokyo, and begged on the streets for a month. Later,
Fortunately, Mr. Fan took me in, so I didn’t starve to death on the street. Since I could cook a few side dishes at that time, Mr. Fan asked me to help Monaco in the kitchen. Before my father passed away, in fact, the regret in his heart was far greater than the hatred.
It has been three years, he has been preparing for three full years, but he has never had the opportunity to make the three dishes he prepared with so much effort available to the world. You are also a cook, and I believe you can also understand the pain."
Li Qi nodded and said: "Of course I understand. So you want to make up for your father's regrets."
Zhang Chun'er said: "That's right. After I entered Fan Lou, I began to study the recipe book left by my father. Soon, I became the chef of Fan Lou. However, this was not enough. If I wanted to participate
For the Four Kingdoms Banquet, you must become an imperial cook. Although the Song Dynasty did not exclude cooks, the imperial dining room is a place that belongs to men after all. If a woman wants to enter, it is not easy! So, I have been waiting for an opportunity. "
Li Qidao: "This opportunity is the crab roe feast."
Zhang Chun'er shook his head and said: "The crab roe banquet is indeed a very good opportunity, but it is not my first opportunity. This first opportunity is the first time the emperor tastes my cooking."
Li Qi suddenly realized, nodded and said: "Yes, the emperor was once a regular customer of Fan Lou."
Zhang Chun'er said: "Although the emperor's evaluation of the dishes I cooked was pretty good at that time, it was nothing more than that. However, I did not give up. I began to research new dishes based on the emperor's taste. Every time the emperor came,
I always presented some new dishes, and none of them was the same. Unfortunately, Mr. Zuo was in the imperial kitchen at that time. He had also been to Fanlou and had exchanges with me. With my cooking skills at that time, I was very good at it.
It was hard to beat him. I knew it would be almost impossible to take his place at the Four Nations Banquet. Not only that, but he also won the Four Nations Banquet. I knew I would have no chance. But I still didn’t give up.”
Li Qi smiled and said: "Because you are younger than him."
Zhang Chun'er said: "That's right. I know that one day General Manager Zuo will grow old, and he will definitely choose to abdicate in favor of others. After he lost the Four Nations Banquet for the second time, I knew that my opportunity had come."
Li Qi asked curiously: "But as far as I know, it was your senior brother Long Jiang who defeated Brother Zuo at that time. Logically speaking, he can be said to have cleared your father's name."
Zhang Chun'er shook his head and said: "This is different. When my father died, my senior brother was only more than ten years old. He was able to reach this point mostly due to his own efforts, and I have the recipes left by my father.
Only if I win the Four Nations Banquet can I truly make up for my father's regrets." (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!