Seven hundred and ninetieth chapters war without gunpowder (3)
Li Qi's understatement made Zui Xianju return to the pre-liberation era overnight. Except for Zui Xianju Restaurant, all other businesses were closed, including the printing factory and the canning workshop. The only thing left was the chalk and Blackboard paint, after all, is Taishi College's business, and Li Qi can't make the final decision. Besides, he has to cover the glass.
The Song Dynasty Times Weekly that was released this morning has one more page than usual, but the titles of both are - Farewell! The End! The content is to announce the closure of Zuixianju Group, and this is also the last issue of Song Dynasty Times Weekly , the reason was not mentioned, but everyone knew it, including the finale of The Legend of the Condor Heroes.
In addition, the Song Dynasty Times also mentioned a record, which was the record of layoffs in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty. Due to the closure of the Zuixianju Group, more than one or two thousand people faced unemployment in an instant, which was dozens of times more than the Yuanyou party membership incident.
Humans always like to compare. If you are rich, I will make more money and be richer than you. If you close the business, we will also close the business. I will also lay off people to see who can lay off the most.
So, on this day, there were eight gambling houses, six brothels, forty-nine restaurants, twelve cloth shops, twenty-four clothing shops, nine grocery stores, eighteen butcher shops, etc. Wait for hundreds of stores to close together.
The number of unemployed people is heading towards over 10,000.
Nowadays, whether it is Bianhe Street or Maxing Street, it is full of people, with no end in sight as far as the eye can see. Countless unemployed people ran to the street to occupy their shops, and they had to walk sideways on the straw mats to cross the road.
Since everyone was unemployed, they naturally had common topics. We sat down together and started chatting on the street. Some people even started to talk about shooting condors. There were so many people cheering for them. It was so prosperous and lively. Bianjing City has never stopped. Such a scene has never occurred.
The number of people who went to watch the flag-raising today also hit a record. Anyway, everyone was fine, but they all went to watch the flag-raising. Loyalty to the country once again resounded throughout the capital.
It just so happened that today was the open day of Xiangguo Temple again. The place was packed with people and it was almost packed. This made the traders who came from other places to do business very happy. Unfortunately, after an hour, not a single product was sold. This is too weird.
The lively scene complements the sluggish market in Beijing!
However, the closure of these shops also directly affected the court's business. If you don't have restaurants or tea shops, it will be difficult for you to do tea, salt, wine and other businesses.
Of course, not all restaurants and workshops were closed, because the bosses behind some businesses were scholar-bureaucrats. So early this morning, everyone rushed to the only remaining restaurants and shops that were open to queue up to buy breakfast.
It was so hard. They just wanted to have breakfast. I guess they would be hungry after eating this breakfast.
Because Li Qi wanted to express his position, he did not let Zuixianju close its doors. At this time, there was a sea of people inside, and it was impossible to squeeze in.
"Sir, what do you want to eat?"
"First a few baskets of steamed buns, two pots of milk tea, and then some others. Oh, I'm starving to death."
"I'm sorry, my boss has been in a lot of trouble recently. He is praying to God at home for blessings, so he has only been eating vegetarian food in the past few days, and the shop only sells vegetarian dishes."
"What? Vegetarian?"
"Yes, there are no xiaolongbao and no milk tea."
"Hey, hey, milk tea is also considered vegetarian?"
"Milk tea is made from milk, and milk comes from cows, so it can also be regarded as a meat dish."
"Okay, okay, what else do you have in your store now?"
"Criminal face."
"Any more?"
“Fried noodles.”
"Any more?"
"Hand-Pulled Noodle."
"I said besides noodles, what else do you have here?"
"Steamed bun."
"Uh, bread, where's the cake?"
"Since bread and cakes require milk or cream, they are not provided."
"You--you."
"How about we go to another restaurant to eat."
"Other restaurants? If you go now, you're probably going to have dinner. There are only about 20 of the 72 regular restaurants left, and big restaurants such as Fanlou, Jinlou, and Yanglou are all closed. Some restaurants are closed. Just snicker. All right, all right, let’s have a meal together, some steamed buns, and there’s always tea.”
"Yes, yes. Sir, please sit down for a moment."
"It seems like we can't leave today."
"Of course I won't leave. I will stay here today. Otherwise, where will I go to eat?"
"Let, let, let!"
I saw a group of people walking outside, it was Cai Jing.
Although Cai Jing has not interacted with Li Qi since Li Qi took office in order to avoid suspicion, his habit of coming to Zuixianju for morning tea every day has not changed.
Chen Anan hurriedly greeted him and saluted: "Master, you are here. Your private room is still reserved for you."
Cai Jing nodded, glanced around, and said with a wry smile: "I didn't expect it would be so troublesome to have morning tea now. It seems I'd better not come out tomorrow. Anan, from now on, you will have someone deliver the Song Dynasty Times to my house."
Chen Anan said sarcastically: "Grand Master, this issue of Song Dynasty Times Weekly is already the last one."
"Ah? It doesn't even appear in the Song Dynasty Times Magazine? How to deal with The Legend of the Condor Heroes?"
"Oh, Brother Li has sent out the rest today."
"That's good, that's good. Go up."
Chen Anan caught up again and said: "Grandmaster, my eldest brother asked for God's blessing, so the shop is vegetarian today, do you think?"
Cai Jing frowned and said unhappily: "What are you vegetarian? Who did that brat fool? I'm sure that brat must be hiding at home and eating well now. I'm really pissed off. Come on, come on. Yes, let’s have some bowls of noodles.”
"Yes, yes, yes." Chen Anan said, wiping his sweat and thinking to himself, this is such a great master, he actually expected that his elder brother was deceptive.
Arriving at the private room, Cai Jing immediately cursed angrily, "You Li Qi, you have turned the capital of the Song Dynasty into such a state. It is really unreasonable."
As he said this, he suddenly laughed again, sat down, drank a cup of tea, picked up the latest Song Dynasty Times Weekly and read it. As soon as he saw the title, he laughed and cursed: "Farewell? The end? Humph, I think this is the Just get started."
Cai Yong whispered: "Master, Master Li seems to be hurting others with his own merits!"
Cai Jing glanced at him and said: "You were deceived by him. What's wrong with someone is a huge gain." He pointed to the window with his finger and said, "Did you see that as long as these people are charging into battle for him? That kid was confident. Within a month, those people would give in. It only took a month to get a more solid new method. Who do you think made the profit? If Wang Xianxiang and I had such connections, maybe The history of the Song Dynasty will have to be rewritten."
Cai Yong said: "Master, what do you mean, he will definitely win?"
Cai Jing nodded, stroking his beard and smiled: "We will definitely win. Even I have to admit that his move is really cruel. Think about it, thousands of people are homeless.
Wandering on the streets all day long and you can't drive them away, how much trouble this will cause to the stability of the capital. Moreover, if the merchants quit, the people will have no income and no place to buy daily necessities. In addition, the commercial tax has gradually declined.
Instead of the agricultural tax, the court will get a lot less tax revenue. Will the court let it go? But how? Those good people have voluntarily stopped doing it. This is not illegal. Also, I guess this is just the kid who wants to make things worse.
It's bigger. The real battlefield is not in the capital, but in Jiangnan. It must be very lively there. It won't be long before news comes from Jiangnan. Let's see how those people end up. Haha."
As soon as the laughter stopped, there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
It was not the bartender who came, but Cai Sui and Gao Qiu.
"Dad (Grand Master)."
The two of them saluted Cai Jing.
Cai Jing was shocked and said: "Why are you here? The morning court should have just started at this time."
Cai Sui smiled bitterly and said: "Dad had the foresight and asked for sick leave, but our trip was in vain."
Gao Qiu said: "The emperor said he was not feeling well today and did not go to court."
Cai Jing was stunned for a moment, then laughed dumbly and said, "Sit down."
The two sat down. Cai Jing said, "We only eat vegetarian food here today."
Cai Sui said: "Dad, we just had some cakes in the palace."
Gao Qiu looked out the window, shook his head and said, "I didn't expect this kid would dare to play so big. Now the whole capital is full of people, and most of the shops are closed. If this continues, it will be terrible."
Cai Jing smiled and said: "Lieutenant, do you think that boy would dare to do this if he were alone?"
The Taiwei was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said: "I understand, if this is the case, those people will be in misery. The emperor above will not go to court, and everything will be done there. The people below will not do anything, and they will sleep on the street.
As long as the emperor doesn't come to court for a day, I'm afraid those people won't be able to sleep. The longer we delay, the more serious the situation will be. When the time comes for questioning, the crime will be serious."
Cai Jing laughed and said: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, this is just the beginning. That boy is well versed in the art of slow and gradual, but it was so serious at the beginning. There will be more emergencies in the future, and the fun is yet to come.
, Anyway, I took a month's sick leave, so I won't get involved in this matter."
Gao Qiu said: "The boy is gone. There are a lot of things waiting for me to deal with in Sanya. I can't take care of this matter even if I want to. I will explain the situation tomorrow to avoid trouble."
When Cai Sui saw that both of you were refusing to do anything, wouldn't it mean that you want me to be your representative? This is not acceptable. He said, "Dad, since you have asked for sick leave, then I should also ask for leave to serve you at home."
Cai Jing nodded and said: "Let's just do this. Let's invite Prime Minister Bai and Prime Minister Zuo to live together in the house for a few days. We will take the opportunity to get together, recite poems, play poker, and play mahjong. You can also
Cuju, anything is fine, anyway, there is nowhere to go outside now, and I guess the emperor will not go to court in the near future."
Gao Qiu's eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "The Grand Master's kindness is great. Gao Qiu is respectful and it is better to obey his orders."
Cai Jing laughed and said: "I will order people to invite the right minister and others now."
Qin Mansion.
In the back hall, the atmosphere was extremely serious, and the source of the seriousness lay in Mrs. Qin. She stared at Li Qi with her beautiful eyes and said nothing, as if the person sitting opposite her was the enemy who killed her father.
The master was silent, and Feng Yinu and the others could not say anything either.
Li Qiru's face lit up and he said shyly: "Madam, although I am handsome and cute, please don't always look at me like this."
Mrs. Qin snorted angrily and said, "Why do you do this?"
"What do I do?"
"Close the group company."
"I'm not following Madam's advice."
"When did I tell you to do this?"
"Why not? Don't you always tell me not to cause trouble? I thought hard and found that I am indeed too handsome. I am so tall that I attract the wind. Look, we make so much money every day. My wives are all as beautiful as flowers. How can they not
Are you jealous? I used to be a third-grade official, so I could protect myself. Now that I have become an official, of course I have to keep a low profile so as not to be remembered. I laid them off for their own good, so as not to suffer the consequences of me later.
." Li Qi shrugged.
Mrs. Qin also felt that what he said made sense, and added: "Then you can't lay off so many people at once! Most of them are not from Tokyo, where do you ask them to go?"
Li Qi said angrily: "Madam, you are really difficult to maintain. No matter what I do, you are wrong. Since you want to keep a low profile, of course you have to reduce your manpower and support thousands of people? What should I do if others say that I am treason?
?What should they do?”
"I."
Mrs. Qin was stunned and was speechless when Li Qi retorted.
At this moment, someone outside suddenly heard shouting: "Li Qi, Li Qi, come out quickly."
"Ya Nei?"
The women said in unison.
This shows how terrifying Gao Yanei is.
Normally, Li Qi would have secretly cursed Gao Yanei, but now, he quickly used this opportunity to escape and said, "Madam, I'll be back as soon as I go."
After saying that, he walked out quickly.
As soon as he left, Feng Yinu said: "Sister Wang, don't be impatient. In my opinion, this matter is not that simple."
Mrs. Qin said in surprise: "How do you say this?"
Feng Yinu said: "It's not that the Zuixianju family is closed now. During this day, almost half of the shops in Tokyo were closed, which is very abnormal. From this point of view, there must be something fishy about this matter. Why don't sister wait and see what happens.
"
Mrs. Qin nodded and sighed softly: "My sister is right. Alas, I am just worried that those people living on the street will be cold and hungry. No matter what, they are innocent. How can I feel at ease?
."
Feng Yinu also knew Mrs. Qin's character, so he nodded slightly and said no more.
Li Qi came outside and saw Gao Yanei, Hong Tianjiu, Zhou Hua and others running rampant in the Qin Mansion, all treating them as their own home.
"Li Qi, come with me quickly."
As soon as Gao Yanei saw Li Qi, he rushed up, grabbed his sleeve, and said anxiously.
Li Qi was stunned and said: "Where to go?"
Gao Yanei said excitedly: "Li Qi, you must have never been to the door today. There are many people outside, and those people are not doing anything anymore. They are just chatting on the street. Not to mention how interesting it is. Let's go quickly."
Damn it! You asked me to die! Li Qi quickly retracted his hand and said: "You want to harm me!"
Gao Yanei said angrily: "I asked you to go out to play with good intentions, but how could I harm you?"
Hong Tianjiu nodded and said, "That's right, brother, we came especially to see you out to play."
Li Qi said angrily: "Yes, I appreciate your kindness. But do you know why there are so many people outside?"
"Of course we know this. The Hong family, the Zhou family and you Zuixianju have all closed their shops. Those people have nothing to do but go to the streets and build shops on the floor." Gao Yanei said.
Li Qidao: "So you know, then you came to call me. It was me who made them lose their jobs. They hate me so much at this moment. If I go out, if they can't control it, they will tear me apart."
If it’s gone, wouldn’t I die unjustly?”
Gao Yanei scratched his head and said, "What you said seems to make sense. It's really disappointing. Xiaojiu, let's go."
A few people came and went as quickly as they came, and Pidianpidian left in no time.
At this time, Wu Furong suddenly came over. As soon as Li Qi saw him, he quickly stepped forward to block him and whispered: "Uncle Wu, Madam is angry now, so don't ask for trouble."
Wu Furong was stunned and said cautiously: "What's wrong, madam?"
"Menopause is here. Just don't see her. If she comes to see you, just say everything was my order and you were just following orders."
Wu Furong nodded dully and said, "But Master Li, is this not the way to go?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Don't worry about it. It's still early. This kind of thing has to be done slowly. That's the fun. Stir-frying over high fire is full of pleasure, but the heat is high. Cooking over low fire is only fun."
It’s delicious, haha.”
(Yeah, yeah, when I woke up, there were less than 60 people there. It was so scary, my hand was shaking when I was typing. After a year, I finally got a good start, and I hope it also has a good ending, just right.
The New Year is celebrated at the end of this month. I hope that the little chef can welcome the Lip Festival with good results. I also hope that all the foodies can eat a lot of delicious food during the New Year. Don’t forget to share it then. There are too many things to do today, so I can’t update it three times. Please forgive me. I will have three updates tomorrow.
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