Young Eunuch Chen looked at Li Mu's face and asked tentatively: "Manager, how about... how many dishes can we remove?"
"No!" Li Mu waved his hand and said: "Although these people are stingy to the extreme, we are conscientious merchants and cannot be like them. We should serve the dishes. This manager will make them feel ashamed!"
"The manager is really generous!" Little Eunuch Chen praised repeatedly. Although he has left the palace, the 'dog-licking' instinct of a eunuch is still there. Regardless of whether Li Mu is right or not, flattering him at the right time is still necessary.
of.
Li Mu was thinking in his heart, the food was already cooked, if he didn't serve it, why should he keep it to feed the pigs? If the food hadn't been cooked yet, it would be weird for him to serve it!
"When the food is served, ask the waiters at each table to bring a recipe book and introduce one dish. By the way, tell them how much each dish costs, so that these people have an idea."
"..." Little Eunuch Chen wanted to take back what he just said, but he still didn't dare to say it. He smiled and agreed, put down the account book in his hand, turned around and went out to make arrangements.
Li Mu picked up the account book, asked someone to lock the door of the warehouse, and went to report to Li Yuan.
…
There are few private rooms in Heaven and Earth, mainly due to design.
The main body of the Heaven and Earth is a short rectangular shape, six feet high and twelve feet long and wide at the base. There is a patio on the first and second floors, which is somewhat similar to the design of a later theater. If you open the window on the second floor, you can see the first floor.
The scene. Further up, it is capped.
Therefore, the actual area of the second floor is very small, just like the border of the word "Hui", which is just a circle, with one private room one foot wide. Excluding the stairwell at the corner, there are exactly forty private rooms on the four sides.
In the middle, there is a movable 'stage', which is detachable and equipped with pulleys. It can be set up when necessary, such as for opening today or when doing activities in the future. It can be disassembled and placed in the warehouse.
Li Mu set up his private room in the middle of the south side, which happened to be the best viewing position. As for the middle of the north side, facing south, it was reserved for the royal family only, so no matter how many people there were, it had to be reserved.
In the private room.
Li Siwen felt something was wrong in the atmosphere.
He looked to the left, Bai Qiaoqiao and Li Zhien were sitting together, with smiles on their faces, and there seemed to be nothing wrong. Looking to the right, Wang Ou and Nazha were chatting, and there seemed to be nothing wrong. But in the air
The permeating atmosphere made him feel extremely embarrassed, but he couldn't explain the reason for the embarrassment.
He glanced at Li Chongyi, who was standing behind Bai Qiaoqiao, and grinned: "Brother, what are you doing standing here? Sit down and let's chat for a while?"
Li Chongyi glanced at him and said nothing.
"Alas..." Li Siwen sighed, it was so boring! He did not give up and went to talk to Wang Ou again: "Aunt, I didn't expect you to speak Turkic dialect. You are indeed a talented woman."
Wang Ou glanced at Li Siwen and said, "Who are you? Why do you call me aunt?"
"Uh..." Li Siwen was embarrassed and said, "My name is Li Siwen, I belong to Li Ji's family, and Li Mu is my brother."
"Oh. It turns out to be Siwen. I heard Li Mu talking about you."
After saying this, Wang Ou ignored him. Li Siwen touched a soft nail, touched the tip of his nose, stood up and walked out.
Just as he walked out of the door, he bumped into Li Mu. Seeing that it was him, Li Mu hurriedly pulled him aside and said, "I'm about to look for you. The ceremony is about to start. Keep an eye on Nazha. You must not
If anything unexpected happens. I know she is here for profit. If anything happens, don’t make trouble here. Your Majesty and the Supreme Emperor are both here today. If you cause trouble, no one can protect you."
"Brother, what trouble can there be in recognizing a relative?" Li Siwen said with a smile: "Brother, to be honest with you, I really can't hold it in anymore. Nothing happened between me and Nazha. She is not mine.
My concubine is not pregnant with a child either. I picked her up on the way back, guess who she is?"
"Ah?" Li Mu was a little confused, but Li Siwen became happier and happier as he talked, as if he had done something big: "You wouldn't even guess that she is Jie Li's daughter! What do you mean, coincidence or not? I am,
I was a little hesitant. But seeing how pitiful she was, I couldn't just ignore her. I thought again, although Jie Li was an enemy of our Tang Dynasty before, hasn't he surrendered now? Your Majesty has also returned his clansmen.
, treat him kindly. Naturally, Your Majesty will not be embarrassed by his daughter. Besides... I didn’t learn this from you, to be a chivalrous and righteous person!"
"When did I become a hero?"
"Haha..." Li Siwen laughed dryly and said: "I have realized it. Anyway, it's like this. Brother, please do me a favor. I saw Jieli just now when I was walking around. He's downstairs. Wait.
Things are almost busy now, so you let them know each other as father and daughter, and I have done a good deed. If you don't help, I will take it with you. If trouble happens when the time comes, I won't care!"
Seeing Li Mu's unkind expression, Li Siwen quickly smiled and said, "Brother, you know that I dream of becoming a ranger, so just fulfill my wish."
At this time, Little Eunuch Chen came to call Li Mu. Li Mu responded, raised his hand and hit Li Siwen on the head, saying, "I'll deal with you later!"
"I know! Please, brother!"
Li Siwen shouted in a very casual manner, and suddenly saw the door not far away opening, and Wang Hu coming out of the door. He was so frightened that he hurried back to the private room. He didn't want to be caught by Wang Hu.
…
Li Mu came to the middle stage, holding a homemade loudspeaker in his hand. Although the effect was incomparable with later generations of electric loudspeakers, fortunately when Heaven and Earth was designing it, Gongsun Kang added something similar to
The sound-concentrating amplification structure of the Taimiao Temple will amplify the sound if you stand in the middle of the stage. With the help of the amplifying speakers, the volume is already very impressive.
There is a slide on the fifth floor that can go directly to the private room on the second floor. When you open the window, you can directly see the first floor. Following Li Mu's gesture, Eunuch Gao pushed open the window, and Li Shimin and Queen Changsun appeared at the window. Then, others
The private room also opened the window with the help of the waiter, and one by one 'big men' appeared in sight on the first floor. Every time a window was opened, Li Mu introduced someone, and it was just as the rule said by little Eunuch Chen.
Everyone is a duke or a third-rank prince, and there is nothing dissatisfied with the people downstairs.
Li Siwen leaned against the window and looked at it, feeling worried. Finally, he arrived at the private room. Li Siwen gritted his teeth and wanted to open the window. At this time, two people suddenly appeared on the left and right, startling him: "Sister-in-law,
Auntie, what are you..."
"Aunt, let me do it."
"I'll do it, Qiaoqiao, I'm used to being in public, it'll be fine."
"It's better for me to do it. This private room is originally prepared for the husband. He is busy. I am his wife and I should take care of it for him."
"Let me come. I am a first-class lady conferred by His Majesty. Others are not allowed to gossip. If you come forward, I'm afraid the government and the public will criticize him again." Seeing that Bai Qiaoqiao still wanted to speak, Wang Ou said again: "Call me aunt.
, just listen to me, an elder."
As he spoke, Wang Ou looked at Li Siwen. Li Siwen subconsciously took two steps back. Wang Ou walked over and stood at the window.
When the window opened, Li Mu was stunned for a moment when he saw Wang Ou, but he quickly came to his senses and introduced her. This was the first woman to occupy a separate private room, and there was a burst of discussion downstairs. Li Shimin happened to stand.
Opposite Wang Ou, seeing this "old friend" whom he had not seen for several years, he felt mixed emotions and was stunned unconsciously. Empress Changsun saw it from the side. Although she was not jealous, she was also a woman, especially Li Shimin.
The past experience with Wang Ou was unavoidable, so she secretly reached out and pinched Li Shimin's arm while the long sleeves of her broad robe were covering her.
"Your Majesty, please respect yourself."
Li Shimin recovered from the pain, smiled apologetically, and said: "I'm sorry, Queen, I...I have no other intentions."
"I know." Empress Changsun looked forward, and there seemed to be no displeasure in her tone, but Li Shimin could tell that she was already angry. She couldn't help complaining to Li Mu in her heart, even if you want to flatter me, you can't beat Miss Wang
Just bring him to see me secretly, so that you can see me face to face in public, with the queen present... I asked you to do this!
At this time, Li Mu had already introduced the VIPs on the second floor. As there were too many people downstairs, he simply ignored them.
"...Welcome all distinguished guests. On behalf of the host here, Mr. Jiacheng, I would like to express my gratitude to you."
Li Mu said, bowing once in each of the four directions, and then said: "Here, I would like to give a brief introduction to all the guests. The owner of this room, Duke Jiacheng, was born in the Li family of Longxi. When he was young..."
Li Mu deliberately protracted his voice a little, and then said: "I have built a huge family property. Duke Jiacheng is a wise man, and he is not like other family heads who cling to power and position. He entrusted all the huge family property to him early on.
I gave it to my son. Duke Jiacheng once said to me that the most important thing in life is experience. Having experienced it is enough, there is no need to be reluctant to leave. Such an open-minded mind and unrestrained attitude towards life are really amazing. Today, in heaven and on earth,
With the opening of the business, Duke Jiacheng has begun another phase of his life experience. Many old friends and former subordinates are here to celebrate, which shows that Duke Jiacheng's popularity will surely become a good story and be passed down as a good story."
Li Mu's long words can be described as "take off your pants and fart". Everyone knows who he is talking about and what he is talking about. However, since Li Mu said this, you have to listen to what he said.
Otherwise, what should we do? Do we need to pierce this layer of window paper so that no one can step down?
Li Shimin felt the same way. He looked back at Li Yuan who was sitting on a chair drinking tea and looking at his account books. Seeing that his expression was as usual, he knew that these words were discussed between him and Li Mu. In fact, these words were correct. When Li Yuan was young,
He had indeed built a huge family property, so big that it was boundless. This property was his family property. He did pass it on to his son, no matter how it was passed on, he passed it on. Li Shimin suddenly felt a little ashamed,
Compared with Li Yuan's open-mindedness, he is still wary of his own father at all times, and he is really not a son of a man.