Cai Minde was pacing back and forth in the room, looking a little panicked. Now there are rumors about Li Qi's magical performance at the first birthday party. Some people say that Wang Fu, who Li Qi offended, will have a hard time in the future, while others say
, Li Qi won the favor of the emperor and had a bright future.
This news bothered Cai Minde all night. He also found an acquaintance in the Taishi Mansion to learn about the whole incident. Obviously, for him, it did more harm than good.
However, this is not what he is most worried about. After all, the emperor favors Li Qi, not Zuixianju, and what he has to deal with is Zuixianju. He knows that neither the emperor nor Cai Jing will lose their dignity.
To intervene in Zuixianju's affairs, after all, business is business, these are two different things, and what he is most worried about is that there is something else going on.
"Master, Master."
At this moment, Huang Wenye suddenly walked in, with a rare trace of panic on his face.
"How about it, Wenye, have you checked it out clearly?"
When Cai Minde saw Huang Wenye coming, he hurriedly greeted him and asked anxiously.
Huang Wen nodded and said: "Sir, I have checked everything. It turns out that Fan Lou has already bought eight foot shops around Shishi Tower. If shopkeeper Sun hadn't informed him in time, I'm afraid we would still be in the dark."
"You old man Fan, how dare you stab me in the back."
Cai Minde became so angry that he picked up a tea cup on the table and slammed it. With a bang, the fine porcelain tea cup was shattered by him, but this could not relieve the hatred in his heart.
Huang Wenye said worriedly: "Master, I think Fan Lou has already joined forces with Zuixianju. Otherwise, he would not have chosen to take action at this juncture."
Cai Minde snorted angrily: "I know this, it must be that kid Li Qi who is behind all this."
"But why did Fan Lou buy so many foot shops all at once?" Huang Wenye asked with a hint of confusion.
Cai Minde squinted his eyes and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, a bright light flashed across his eyes and said: "He wants to break the alliance between our other restaurants and divide them and destroy them."
Huang Wenye also reacted and asked doubtfully: "Could it be that they want to buy the shop and then use the low-priced meat to compete with us, but this is impossible, no matter how powerful Fan Lou is, he can't defeat the 20 of us joining forces!"
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"No, they definitely won't do that."
Cai Minde shook his head and said: "Think about it. Why they bought the foot shop is just to prevent the meat from being sold in Shizilou. Ordinary people only have so little money available every day. They must have thought of a way to use it.
He would replace the meat with other things and let the people buy his things. In this way, the people would have no money to buy meat. If this is the case, Shishilou will definitely let us share the meat in his hands equally. In this way, the people will have no money to buy meat.
"Other restaurants will definitely have complaints. This is their first step. As for what other moves they will make next, I don't know, but they have already taken the initiative."
Huang Wenye suddenly understood and said: "Sir, in this case, we have to find a way to deal with it quickly so as not to be caught off guard by them."
Cai Minde nodded and said: "Well, go to the Lion House right away, tell the cashier about the situation, and ask them to lower the price of the meat by another penny. We will help him carry the price from behind and let him get it as soon as possible.
After the meat is sold, I will discuss with the butchers to see if we can reduce the amount of meat in Shishilou."
Huang Wenye nodded and said: "Yes, sir, I will go now."
As soon as Huang Wenye walked to the door, Cai Minde suddenly called: "Wait a minute."
Huang Wenye asked: "Master, is there anything else?"
Cai Minde shook his head and said: "No, I know that person outside Qian. The price of meat is already very low now. If it drops again, I'm afraid he won't be willing to do this. This must be why Fan Lao'er chose to attack him, so be it.
, you ask him to hold the current price steady first, and we and other restaurants will raise the price by a penny."
"Hey, I get it."
Huang Wenye nodded and walked out with a sad look on his face.
Some people are sad, and naturally some people are happy.
Madam chatted about the concept of love all morning. Li Qi was in a good mood. Holding the folding fan given by the emperor, he sat calmly and swayed to Zuixianju. The only thing that displeased him was the resentful look from Ma Qiao next to him.
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Starting today, Ma Qiao has officially become Li Qi's personal bodyguard.
Arriving at Zuixianju, Li Qi was a little surprised by the flow of guests today. Logically speaking, he had made a big splash at the first-year banquet last night, and there should have been several times more guests than usual. However, the number of guests inside was still the same as usual.
, although it was almost full, it was far from achieving the expected effect.
Li Qi knew that all this should be related to Wang Fu.
"Master Li, congratulations."
"congratulations."
"Thank you, thank you very much."
As soon as Li Qi entered, the regular patrons came forward to congratulate him one after another. There was no look of contempt on their faces, but only respect.
Li Qi had just finished entertaining the guests when Wu Furong dragged him aside and whispered: "Master Li, the banquet we sent out today was nearly 50% less."
Li Qi had already prepared for this. Nowadays, those who come to Zuixianju to order banquets are usually high-ranking officials. They don't want to offend Wang Fu because of such a trivial matter. He nodded slightly and said: "It doesn't matter. I will wait for a while."
It will be fine. By the way, have you sent Fan Lou's duck?"
"They have all been delivered. I also followed your instructions and had all the ducks delivered to the house in the western suburbs."
Wu Furong said, and smiled honestly: "Master Li, does Master Cai really give that house to you?"
"Then there's still a lie."
Li Qi chuckled and said, "But I'm still used to living in Qin Mansion, it's more lively and it's closer to Zuixianju."
Wu Furong nodded and said: "Oh, the Taishi Mansion has sent someone to deliver the silver reward this morning. Tsk, tsk, this is the first time I have seen so many silver cups and jade cups."
"It's a joke."
Li Qi smiled coquettishly and said, "The Taishi Mansion is quite good at this."
Wu Furong nodded and said: "That is, that is."
Li Qi smiled. Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly spotted a familiar figure on the second floor and said to Wu Furong: "Uncle Wu, I have something to do first, so I won't talk to you anymore."
"Oh, then go ahead."
Li Qi nodded, and then said to Ma Qiao: "Ma Qiao, come with me." Then he walked towards the second floor.
After going up to the second floor, Li Qi came directly to a table, smiled at the aristocratic young man on the chair, and said, "Young Master Zhao, you are well."
This person is none other than Zhao Jing, but she is alone this time and does not have any maids with her.
"What Mr. Zhao? He is obviously a woman."
Ma Qiao stood behind him, glanced at Li Qi disdainfully, and hummed.
This guy has such a good eye! He can spot him right away.
Zhao Jing was slightly stunned and asked: "Who is this?"
Li Qi hurriedly introduced: "This is a master I specially invited from the deep mountains and old forests. If I offend you in any way, please forgive me, Miss Zhao." Since Ma Qiao has already seen it, there is no need for him to help Zhao Jing.
Concealed.
Master?
Zhao Jing couldn't help but glance at Maqiao.
Ma Qiao seemed to like the term "master" very much. He brushed the long hair in front of his forehead and assumed the posture of a master.
Li Qi was next to Ma Qiao again and asked in a low voice: "How did you tell that she is a woman?"
Ma Qiao hummed: "How can a man be more handsome than me?"
Is this okay too?
Li Qi was stunned for a moment. He couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile.
Zhao Jing seemed to have heard the conversation between the two of them, and showed a dumbfounded expression. He stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Li, please sit down."
"Thank you."
Li Qi chuckled and sat opposite Zhao Jing.
Zhao Jing smiled and said: "Brother Li is very proud of himself now. Happy things are happening all the time!"
"Where, where."
Li Qi smiled and shook his head. With a flick of his wrist, he opened the folding fan and shook it a few times. He looked very proud and said, "Miss Zhao, why don't you bring out the fan today."
Zhao Jing smiled bitterly and said, "There's no need for a fan today."
"Oh, that's true, but I can't help it. I can't do it without fanning!" Li Qi shrugged and said helplessly.
This man was really thick-skinned. He clearly wanted to show off in front of me, and he deliberately said he didn't care. Zhao Jing smiled slightly and followed Li Qi's words and said, "Brother Li, your fan is quite beautiful.
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The tone is very hypocritical.
Li Qi shook his head and said: "It's just so so."
Zhao Jing pursed his lips and smiled: "I heard this morning that the emperor will reward you with a jade fan, and it could be this one."
Ma Qiao was shocked when he heard this. Oh my god, this fan was a gift from the emperor. Fortunately, I didn't break it this morning.
Li Qi laughed and said, "Miss Zhao has really good eyesight." As he said that, he deliberately turned the side with "unparalleled cooking skills" towards Zhao Jing.
This man's character was really weird. One moment he was like a man, and the next moment he was like a child. Zhao Jing smiled bitterly in his heart and said: "Brother Li, since this fan was given by the emperor, you are like this every day."
No matter how good the fan is, it won’t be able to withstand it.”
"That makes sense."
Li Qi nodded, immediately closed the fan, and carefully put it into his arms. This was Shang Fang's precious fan. If it broke, the loss would be huge.
Ma Qiao felt very bored when he heard the two of them talking about fans for a long time. Suddenly he glanced at the exquisite dagger Zhao Jing put on the table. His eyes lit up and he exclaimed: "Wow, this sword is so beautiful. It can
You can’t lend it to me for a look.”
As he spoke, he reached out to the dagger without any quality.
Zhao Jing frowned and quickly reached out her hand, trying to block Ma Qiao's hand, but she never expected that Ma Qiao was faster. Her hand was only halfway extended, and the dagger was already in Ma Qiao's hand.
In hand.
Li Qi sat aside and watched in confusion, not knowing what the two of them were doing.
A clanking sound.
Ma Qiao took the sword and drew it out directly, when a cold light passed by.
"Good sword, good sword, much better looking than my junior sister's kitchen knife." Ma Qiao nodded and said extremely seriously.
When Li Qi heard this, he almost burst into laughter. This Maqiao is really out of the ordinary!
A hint of anger appeared in Zhao Jing's eyebrows, he glanced at Ma Qiao coldly, and suddenly struck out with a palm.
There was a snap.
At some point, the dagger suddenly returned to Zhao Jing's hand.
Ma Qiao defused Zhao Jing's attack lightly, glanced at her with a smile, and said with a smile: "Don't be so stingy, I just took a look, okay, now the sword has been returned to you,
Also, your little effort in embroidering your fists and embroidering your legs is of no use to me."
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