"Hey, have you heard that three restaurants, Zuixianju, Jade Pavilion, and Fanlou, are helping refugees outside the city?"
"Hey, I heard about it a long time ago. I went there to help the day before yesterday, but this is all the result of the red lady."
"Oh? But the red lady from Zuixianju?"
"There are several red ladies in Bianjing. I heard from people that not only did the red lady donate all her belongings, but she also persuaded Cai Yuanwai and Mr. Fan together with the white lady to help the refugees."
"Tsk tsk, this red lady's skills are really amazing. I didn't expect that even Cai Yuanwai was persuaded by her. We are also regular patrons of Jade Pavilion, but we have never seen him take out any money."
"You are right. The Red Lady is simply a Bodhisattva. Go and take a look outside the city. Everyone says that the Red Lady is the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva."
"It's strange. I met Brother Zijian the day before yesterday. He told me that this red lady is the incarnation of a demon and is good at confusing people's hearts."
"Oh, why are you still with that fat man? Don't you know? Now his reputation is so bad that we don't associate with him anymore. Tell me, how can a kind-hearted woman like Red Lady be a monster?
They have read the books of sages for more than ten years, but have they ever spent a penny to do good deeds? They think about talking about people's right and wrong all day long, but the red lady ignores them and concentrates on doing good deeds.
Don’t you still understand this clearly?”
"What you said makes sense. Let's take a look outside the city now."
"It doesn't matter what you say, I have already made an appointment with a few friends to go outside the city to help today."
"Count me in."
"OK."
...
In the past few days, the porridge set up by three restaurants has begun to achieve good results, especially Ji Hongnu. Rumors about her are flying everywhere. Now Ji Hongnu's reputation has skyrocketed, and everyone is interested in it.
He praised her as a good woman in the sky and in the earth. She is a good woman who only comes out once in a hundred years.
The red tide storm also took advantage of the situation and swept across the entire capital.
Of course, it is inevitable to follow the trend. You can see green ladies, purple ladies, and yellow ladies everywhere in brothels of all sizes. Anyway, they all use color as their signature. Although it makes people laugh, the business has really improved a lot.
Not only that, the singers and geishas from all the major restaurants and shacks also came to the Qin Mansion to ask for songs.
It’s truly a song worth a thousand pieces of gold.
But Li Qi didn't care about their small money and gave them a song and song for free every day.
Everyone has a good impression of Ji Hongnu, loves Wujiwu, and naturally loves her lyrics and music very much.
Nowadays, at night, brothels and restaurants are singing songs that Li Qi plagiarized from later generations. Obviously, this has become a trend.
Although under the influence of Li Qi, no one regarded Ji Hongnu as a singing prostitute, Ji Hongnu's status has surpassed that of Feng Yinu. To be able to compete with Master Li back then, he is actually as good as Master Li.
His appearance is deeply ingrained in everyone's mind, and it is difficult for anyone to catch up to him.
The rise of Ji Hongnu, Song Yuchen and other talented people naturally dwarfed the Confucian scholars. Now these Confucian scholars are like lost dogs, their status has suddenly fallen to the bottom, and everyone scorns them.
On this day, Song Yuchen was walking alone on the street, feeling extremely depressed. Now he was even ashamed to see Bai Qiannuo. If it had been in the past, he would have gone outside the city to find Bai Qiannuo.
"Brother Song, Brother Song."
Song Yuchen was walking when he suddenly heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw that it was Zou Zijian. He responded feebly and said, "Brother Zijian."
Zou Zijian walked to Song Yuchen and whispered: "Brother Song, I have found out the origin of the red demon. In fact, the demon girl is not a distant relative of Mrs. Qin at all. We were all deceived by her."
"so what."
Song Yuchen sighed and said: "I just heard from my father that during the morning court this morning, the Holy Emperor was full of praise for the Red Lady, and the civil and military ministers of the whole court also followed the trend of the Red Lady. Now even the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy and the
The scholar-bureaucrats no longer dare to submit memorials."
Zou Zijian was shocked and said: "Is this true?"
Song Yuchen nodded and said, "Can what my father said be true? Their Hanlin Academy will be embarrassed this time."
Zou Zijian had nothing to say now.
The two of them came to a tea stall and sat down. A bartender walked up listlessly and said, "What do these two talented men want to eat?"
The tone is quite sarcastic.
Zou Zijian had never been treated like this before. Just when he was about to get angry, he was stopped by Song Yuchen. Song Yuchen said, "Bring us a pot of tea, some steamed buns, and a pound of cooked mutton."
"No."
The bartender's answer was neat and tidy.
Zou Zijian couldn't hold it any longer, stood up, pointed at other tables, and said angrily: "Are their tables full of mud?"
The bartender said: "It's just sold out."
"you."
"Zijian."
Song Yuchen raised his hand to interrupt Zou Zijian's words and asked the bartender: "Let me ask you, why don't you sell it to us? Are you afraid that we can't afford the money?"
The bartender was not pretentious and said directly: "Two gentlemen, don't blame the villain for this matter. If you sit here now, other customers will not come. You should consider it as understanding of the villain.
It’s better to go somewhere else.”
Song Yuchen was startled, sighed softly, stood up and said, "Farewell." After saying that, he pulled the angry Zou Zijian away.
If you stay any longer, you will only be embarrassed.
However, Li Qi, who had put them in such a situation, could not care about them at this time, because the first batch of canned meat was about to leave.
The next day, before dawn, a large cargo ship was parked at the pier at the southern end of the Bianhe River.
"Be careful, don't break it."
"Hey, be careful, this is all money. This small jar can be worth your three days' wages."
I saw a group of boatmen constantly loading cans of canned meat with Zuixianju labels from the dock onto the boat.
Even though Chen Anan is not very old, when it comes to commanding, he still looks like that.
There were many people standing on the pier, including Mrs. Qin, Li Qi, Bai Qiannuo, Wu Furong, Cai Minde, and Fan Shaobai. There were also dozens of bartenders and their parents, including Xiaoyu and Wu Xiaoliu, who were all ready to go.
The route Li Qi planned this time was to enter the Grand Canal from the Bian River, and then go south along the Grand Canal to sell canned meat. However, the main sales points were still concentrated in the three major provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Jiangxi.
"Haha, Mr. Li, your canned meat is really an eye-opener for Mr. Cai."
Cai Minde, an old guy, was really rude. He didn't know where he got a can of canned meat from, and he didn't care whether it was edible or not. He just opened it and ate it. He kept nodding in praise.
Fan Shaobai also took a can and ate it, and naturally he was full of praise.
Li Qi was speechless at the behavior of these two people, and said half-jokingly: "Young Master Fan, you two are the first customers of canned meat. Remember to pay."
Fan Shaobai feigned anger and said, "Master Li, you are so stingy."
Cai Yuanwai didn't take it seriously, and laughed and said: "Pay, of course you have to pay, this is a good fortune." After saying that, he pulled Li Qi aside and whispered: "Mr. Li, you are almost here on this trip.
They all run through the entire canal. How many are left until Jinling?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Don't worry, I have limited the quantity in each place, and you will not be left short."
After hearing this, Cai Minde immediately smiled and nodded: "That's good. That's good. By the time you get to Jinling, Wenye will definitely be ready. You can rest assured about this."
"Of course I believe this, Yuanwai."
Li Qi nodded and said: "Okay, member, you can taste it slowly. I still have to explain some things to my people."
After bidding farewell to Cai Minde, Li Qi came to the group of bartenders. This time, Tian Qi, the son of Tian Carpenter, led the team. Their father and son were very loyal to Zuixianju. Although Tian Qi was not as good as Xiaoyu in many aspects, he was also very clever, so Xiaoyu was
Li Qi also strongly agreed with the arrangement of Tian Qi to lead the team.
"Master Li."
When the bartenders saw Li Qi coming, they quickly saluted.
Li Qi nodded and said: "When you go out, it's better than at home. You must help each other if anything happens. You must remember that you are a team. Also, I will take care of your parents for you.
Yes, you can go with confidence, but don’t be too nervous. Just treat it as a trip to Jiangnan. It is public expense anyway. When you make money, I will reward everyone."
When the bartenders heard this, they all grinned, and the atmosphere suddenly became much more relaxed.
Li Qi smiled, gave them a few more instructions, then called Tian Qi aside and whispered: "Tian Qi, this trip is related to the rise and fall of our Zuixianju. You are in charge of dozens of people, but
You have to act with caution and make no mistakes.”
Tian Qi nodded and said: "Brother Li, please rest assured that Tian Qi will definitely handle things properly this time and will not let you down."
Li Qi hummed and said: "After arriving in Jinling, Huang Wenye will make arrangements for you, but this person is just one of our partners, so don't trust him. You have to be more cautious. If he makes any bad moves, you don't
If you fight with him, it is his territory after all, and you will transport all the meat to Lin'an."
Tian Qi nodded and said: "I understand."
"Well, let's go have a talk with your father."
Li Qi patted him on the shoulder and said.
At this time, many bartenders who had come to Zuixianju with them also secretly came to see them off. Li Qi was not allowed to do so at first. After all, they had to work the next day, but everyone came, so he could only open his eyes.
I closed my eyes and saw them talking together in twos and threes, and it was hard to tell them apart.
...
Dongfang was white. All the canned meats were loaded onto the boat, and Tian Qi led a group of bartenders aboard.
Firecrackers went off and the cargo ship also took advantage of the auspicious time to set sail.
"Bon Voyage."
Everyone stood on the pier and waved goodbye with tears in their eyes.
It wasn't until the cargo ship disappeared from everyone's sight that everyone headed back home.
On the way back, Bai Qiannuo was thoughtful all the time. She quietly came to Li Qi and asked in a low voice: "Brother Li, Qiniang has a question that she hasn't been able to figure out."
"What's the problem?" Li Qi asked in surprise.
"Why don't you present this can to the emperor first? This is a great achievement?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Qiniang, it's ours and it can't run away. Think about it, we are still at war with the Liao Kingdom in the north now. I have so much meat in my hand. If I offer it to the emperor now, what if the time comes?"
If anyone says anything more, all my meat will be shipped to the north. Even if the emperor gives me the full amount of money, it will delay the great cause of going south. Don't worry, it will take some time for the canned meat to go south, so there is no need to worry."
In fact, if the soldiers at the front were really fighting against the Liao people with real swords and guns, Li Qi wouldn't care about such a small amount of money, but he knew that the soldiers led by Tong Guan would always face the enemy with their backs.
If you act arrogant in front of the people and send canned meat to that kind of army, you will lose anyway. Li Qi might as well make a little fortune himself...)
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