In the capital, braised food is rampant and getting more and more popular. In just one day, everyone is aware of it. Besides the elderly who cannot eat these things, children, adults, and women all like to eat them. Because the way to eat them is very convenient,
It can be eaten directly on the road, so today's braised meat has become a popular snack. But it is precisely because of this that Jinlou's cured meat escaped and was not completely defeated. After all, customers have different definitions of these two foods.
, completely compatible.
Of course, although it will not be a complete failure, losses are inevitable. In fact, let alone cured meat, even traditional meat products, such as cooked meat, have been greatly affected.
Zui Xianju and Jin Lou were at each other's throats, which made other restaurant owners miserable. Just after the popularity of cured meat was over, this braised food came again. They lived in trepidation, walking on thin ice, only looking forward to Jin Lou.
and Zuixianju stop their food competition.
Fortunately, since it is the time of economic reform, Li Qi has not killed everyone. He has not yet opened the brine business, nor has he expanded it. He only sells the prepared braised food in chain stores, not even Zuixianju.
Sell it. As a result, the shopkeepers of those chain stores were naturally very happy, and they also felt sulky in their hearts.
Fan Shaobai suddenly changed from the biggest victim to the biggest beneficiary. How could he be unhappy? He willingly held a banquet in Fanlou and invited Li Qi and a group of bandits from Gao Yanei to come and exploit him.
However, Li Qi did not go. He still had many things to be busy with now.
First of all, Taishi College's weekly story magazine was finally launched, with "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" as its signature. In addition, Li Qi also added an economic column to the weekly magazine.
In fact, the fact that the Story Weekly was so successful and came out with almost no obstacles was all thanks to Li Qi's reforms, because a few days ago, Ouyang Che's articles had already paved the way for the Story Weekly.
After the sensational "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Li Qi was already well-known in the literary world. In addition, adding the words "Advisor Feng Yinu" made it even more remarkable. Now the Legend of the Condor Heroes is a
When it was released, it immediately attracted everyone's attention, especially those young men in Gao Yanei, who felt like they had found a treasure and were fascinated by it.
But unfortunately, The Legend of the Condor Heroes has also started the era of serialization, and there are updates every five days. This makes those book fans miserable. They just want to bang their heads against the wall while waiting, and they all clamor to find Li Qi.
Reasoning, but no one knows where Li Qi is?
Even Mrs. Qin, who lives under the same roof as Li Qi, doesn't know. She only knows that Li Qi and Ma Qiao go out early and come back late these days, as if they have endless things to do all day long.
In the evening of this day, the sun set in the west, and the beautiful sunset lit up the blue sky, as if the sky was coated with a layer of shining gold. The golden glow stretched the tired figure of human beings very long.
Kaifeng Mansion.
There was a creak. The door of the mansion opened from the inside, and a small group of people walked out. The two people walking at the front were one of them a young man with short hair. This man was Li Qi, whom Gao Yanei was chasing after so hard.
The other person is a middle-aged man with a big belly. This man's surname is Wang Mingding, and he is the Shaoyin of the Kaifeng Prefecture of Guanglu Doctor.
In fact, the Kaifeng Prefecture Yin is generally used by some princes in name only and does not do anything. The real person in charge is the Kaifeng Prefecture Shaoyin.
Behind them were Ma Qiao and several officials, all of whom had happy faces, as if they had encountered some great joy.
After walking out of the door, Wang Ding cupped his hands and said with a smile: "It is truly a blessing for me to meet a young talent like Dr. Li today. I will definitely pay you a visit someday."
Li Qi chuckled: "We can't change the date, we have already agreed."
Wang Ding laughed and said, "Yes, yes, how could I have forgotten this?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Wang Shaoyin, please come back. I'll take my leave and we'll meet again someday."
"Okay, I'll send it here, Doctor Li, walk slowly."
"Farewell."
"please."
Li Qi and Ma Qiao came down from the steps, mounted their horses, and bowed their hands to Wang Ding and others who were standing in front of the door, and then headed towards the Qin Mansion. Wang Ding and others also turned around and went back.
"Phew! Finally the conversation is over."
Li Qi glanced back, then let out a long breath, looking slightly tired.
Ma Qiao smiled and said: "Deputy Commander, you are really awesome. When we came here this noon, that Wang Shaoyin was like the god of plague. He was neither hot nor cold, and even the tea was cold. But look at that just now
With his face, he almost doesn’t recognize the deputy commander as his godfather.”
"I can't give birth to such an old son." Li Qi chuckled and said: "They in Kaifeng Mansion can be said to be the largest vegetable merchant in the city. There is nothing wrong with this. After all, who is an official who doesn't make money?
He ordered extra water, but he sold it more expensively than anyone else. Sometimes he even forced some businessmen to buy his vegetables, which made others angry and afraid to speak up. However, now that the imperial court values businessmen, why don't they dare to stand up to it?
We committed the crime. Those vegetables are not easy to store and they all went bad within two days. How can they not hate us? But I just wanted all their vegetables in one go, including those for the next three years. How can they not be happy?"
Ma Qiao chuckled and said, "But Deputy Commander, your bargaining skills are amazing. Just cut it off in half. It's really fun."
Li Qi hummed: "I want such a large quantity, so the price is naturally cheap. In fact, they don't suffer much loss at all. Think about it, if they continue to sell the way they did in the past, first of all, the shipment will be slow and...
If there are too few, the dishes will naturally spoil a lot, and a lot of energy will be wasted. But now they don’t have to think about it at all. They can take it back and send it directly to Zuixianju. How convenient. I still have to win them over now, otherwise
,Huh, how can it be this price?"
Are you not satisfied with this? Ma Qiao looked surprised and asked: "Deputy Commander, who should we go to tomorrow?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "Let's go here for now. I don't have enough money to talk to the remaining people now. I have to wait until the imperial court lowers the business tax and implements reforms. Then I will talk to them."
Ma Qiao nodded and said, "That's good. We've traveled all over the capital these days. It's really tiring."
Li Qi said angrily: "No, you are tired too? You have drank a lot of free wine in the past few days."
Ma Qiao couldn't help but chuckle when he thought of the big fish, meat, wine and delicacies during these days.
The two of them returned to the Qin Mansion facing the sunset. As soon as they reached the door, Mrs. Qin and Li Qingzhao walked out.
Li Qi hurriedly dismounted and waved: "Sister Qingzhao."
Nowadays, Li Qingzhao also lives a nine-to-five life. He comes to the Qin Mansion early in the morning to study the antiques donated by Zhao Kai with Mrs. Qin, and goes back in the evening.
Li Qingzhao smiled slightly and said, "You are back."
Li Qi nodded and flattered her: "Sister Qingzhao came to help without asking for anything in return. She is so noble and honorable that no one in the world can match her. Li Qi admires her very much. She is even more grateful in her heart."
Li Qingzhao's cheeks felt dizzy after hearing this. Ninety-nine percent of her coming here was out of selfish motives, and it really had nothing to do with being noble and upright. She just smiled and said nothing.
Li Qi chuckled and asked again: "By the way, sister Qingzhao, I wonder how long it will take for all calculations to be completed?"
"this."
Li Qingzhao couldn't help but hesitate. In fact, if we only calculated the price of each ancient painting, it wouldn't take long at all. But the problem is that Li Qingzhao still has to copy, appreciate, and explore. This greatly lengthens the time limit.
It cannot be completed in one day.
When Mrs. Qin saw Li Qingzhao looking embarrassed, she quickly stood up and said, "I'm afraid it will take a long time. Is the foundation short of money?"
"No shortage. No shortage. When have I, Li Qi, ever been short of money?"
Li Qi hurriedly yelled a few words, and then snickered: "Actually, the longer you do it, the happier I will be."
"Um?"
Li Qingzhao looked at Li Qi in astonishment.
Sweating! He spilled the beans. Li Qi quickly changed the subject and said: "It just so happens that I have finished my work today. If you don't want Sister Zhao, I will stay here for dinner. I will make some side dishes for Sister Qingzhao to taste."
Li Qingzhao smiled and said: "I appreciate your kindness, but I have to go back."
Seeing that she had to use her, Li Qi knew that it would be useless to try to persuade her to stay, so he nodded and said with a smile: "That's alright, Sister Qingzhao, walk slowly."
Li Qingzhao nodded and said to Mrs. Qin: "Sister, just send it here. Sister will go back first."
Mrs. Qin smiled and nodded: "Sister, walk slowly."
Li Qingzhao nodded slightly to Li Qi again, then got on the sedan and left.
After Li Qingzhao left, Mrs. Qin suddenly said to Li Qi: "Li Qi, people from Hongwan Gambling House have been sent to say that the casino has been built, and they want you to go and take a look tomorrow."
"Yeah?"
Li Qi's face lit up with joy and he said with a smile: "This really comes at the right time."
Mrs. Qin didn't have a good impression of this casino. She shook her head slightly and turned around to go back. Li Qi hurriedly chased after her and asked with a smile: "Madam, why don't you ask me where I have been these days?"
Mrs. Qin asked: "Why should I ask?"
Li Qi said depressedly: "We live under the same roof after all. You don't care about me too much, right?"
Mrs. Qin smiled and said: "If you define caring in this way, then Gao Yanei and others are probably the people who care about you the most in the world?"
Li Qicuo said in astonishment: "How do you say this?"
Mrs. Qin smiled slyly and said, "Because they have come here to look for you at least eight times a day these days, and every time they ask you where you are going?" After she said that, she entered the house.
Sweating! How could they care about me? They care about that eagle! Li Qi was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly caught up and shouted: "Madam, you misunderstood, I am a normal man."
The next day.
Since Hong Bajin had asked him to go there in the afternoon, Li Qi slept until he woke up naturally. After lunch, he and Ma Qiao rode slowly toward the west city.
After walking for about a meal, the two of them came to the gate of the casino. When they looked up, they saw that the former hook bar had long been changed beyond recognition, and now it had turned into a splendid new casino. The scale was so large that it was amazing.
It's amazing, it's nothing compared to that dirty little gambling house.
The two stone statues standing in front of the gate are neither lions nor tigers, but two gods of wealth. One is holding a big gold ingot, and the other is holding a banner with the four words "Gong Xi Fa Cai" engraved on it.
And it’s a cartoon version, which looks very cute.
Li Qi seemed very satisfied with his idea and couldn't help but laugh a few times.
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horse hoofbeats behind him. Li Qi quickly turned his head and saw several carriages slowly approaching. The driver of the middle carriage was particularly scary, it was Liang Shicheng.
Today. These gods of wealth are here. It seems that today is really an exciting day, wow haha. (To be continued...)
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