The heavens start from saving Daming

Chapter 387

There are Li Yunze's restaurants among the [-] squares in Chang'an City, and there are naturally some in this East City.

A group of people came to the chain hot pot restaurant named 'Hedilao' in a mighty way, and they rushed in and directly occupied the entire storefront.

Hedilao is the most popular restaurant in Chang'an City, not only because they have advanced wok cooking, not only because they have a lot of seasonings, but more importantly, they support takeaway business.

You don’t need to go to the restaurant in person, you just need to send someone to place an order, and the steaming delicious food will be delivered directly at the meal time. This novel way of dining has attracted many people.

"His Majesty."

During lunch, Li Yunze took the initiative to start the conversation, "Before, I discussed with Mr. Fang about providing working meals for various yamen in the imperial court. Mr. Fang has always shied away from doing research. I have been studying this for several months. I don't know if I have come up with something The result will come."

With these words, Fang Xuanling almost choked on the fried beef with green onions.

If it was a research study, it would naturally be a tactful refusal.

This Li Langjun was so ignorant that he still revealed it in front of the emperor. He really didn't understand any rules.

There were working meals in the Tang Dynasty, but that would not appear until the Kaiyuan prosperity.

Now, Li Er immediately frowned.

Because it is impossible to provide working meals to officials for nothing, it is paid for.

Under the current financial situation of the imperial court, he spent a large sum of money to buy meals for the officials. Li Er even wished that the officials would tighten their belts and give him free work and work meals?
Li Yunze continued to say, "All ministries and temples of the imperial court can send what they want to eat to the restaurant one day in advance, so that they have time to prepare the ingredients."

"It's a good thing that you can get a good price for a large number of purchases."

It must be no problem to say so, and the court must be very welcome.

But the problem was that the emperor didn't want to pay the money, and big bosses like Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui didn't want to set this precedent either.

After all, it is the instinct of big bosses to follow the old rules, and new rules will inevitably lead to new troubles.At that time, whether it is the trouble of paying the bill or the good food here, the bad food there will be troublesome.

Picking up the wine glass, Li Erlue pondered for a while, then said, "This is a great matter, all the ministers serve the country, so it is natural to arrange them to have lunch."

Li Yunze immediately interjected, "There is dinner."

Li Er twitched the corners of his eyes, and continued, "It's natural to have lunch and dinner, and Fang Qing will arrange this matter."

Everyone immediately understood that the pot was thrown onto Fang Xuanling's broad back again.

When the matter is done, it is natural that the emperor is sympathetic to all the officials, and the credit belongs to the emperor, and gratitude is also thanks to the emperor.

But when the matter got out, it couldn't be done. The dissatisfaction of the officials naturally fell on Fang Xuanling, who was the head of the officials.

Li Er's move is to advance by retreating, and he is really proficient in using it.

No one went to see Fang Xuanling with a dark face, everyone was busy eating and drinking.

It is the season when the summer retreats and autumn comes, and there are many melons and fruits in season.

It's just that everyone's favorite food is cold melon.

The so-called cold melon is actually watermelon.

It is called cold melon because it is cool in nature, so it is called cold.

Later, Xu Guangqi thought that it came from the west through the Silk Road, so he called it a watermelon.

The watermelons grown locally in Datang are small and not very sweet.

What everyone is eating now is the big watermelon grown from the seeds brought by Li Yunze.

Big, sweet, red flesh.

It's really delicious at this time of year.

"I've eaten this cold melon before." The bearded Yuchi Jingde over there held the watermelon on the plate after the meal and said, "Compared with the ones here, they are half-sized and strong, and the difference is too much." .”

After finishing speaking, Yuchi Jingde looked at Li Yunze and said, "Master Li, the gap is so big, is this really a cold melon?"

"It's actually called 8424, but it doesn't matter."

Li Yunze waved his hand, "It's everywhere in the fields. If Mr. Wu likes it, he will send a cart to the mansion later."

Yuchi Jingde laughed heartily, "You are a big boy, I like it. I heard that you are not yet married, and the old man has a daughter at home."

Over there, Cheng Yaojin just went straight to him, "If you want something, you want something, and it's related to marrying a daughter. If you have a daughter in your family, I don't have one? Boy, I have a lot of daughters in my family, so you can pick whatever you want."

The nobles immediately booed, almost everyone wanted to marry their daughters to Li Yunze.

They are all old fritters with vicious eyes, Li Yunze's ability can be seen as long as he is not blind.

If he can be recruited as a son-in-law, then he can really wake up from a dream.

Li Yunze didn't talk to him, just watched the fun with a smile on his face.

Li Er beside him is thoughtful, he has quite a few daughters.

After the noon banquet, everyone moved to the West Market.

There are two big markets in Chang'an City, one is the East Market and the other is the West Market.

The positions on both sides are left and right symmetrical, and the area is also about the same size.

It's just that the vicinity of Dongshi City is a gathering place for high-ranking officials and dignitaries. There are adjacent shops, merchants gather here, and the industry and commerce are very prosperous.

Li Yunze put Baibaozhai, which sells high-priced luxury goods, in Dongshi, so it was natural that he focused on the business of these wealthy families.

The West Market here is the largest business center in the world, known as the Gold Market.

The gold market in Li Bai's poem "Wuling is young and the gold market is east, and the silver saddle and white horse are in the spring breeze" refers to this place.

The business here is extremely prosperous. Merchants from all over the Tang Dynasty who came to Datang through the Silk Road, from the Roman merchants in the west, to the Koryo merchants in the east, and even Fusang merchants gathered here to do business.

The real starting point of the Silk Road is actually in this West Market.

There are all kinds of industries here. It is said that there are as many as 200 industries gathered here, and there are countless shops.

Compared with Dongshi, which is mainly patronized by wealthy families, Xishi is the most important place for the people of Chang'an City to buy daily necessities.

Because of this, there is a real flow of people coming and going here, one after another.

Different from Baibaozhai in Dongshi, Li Yunze opened a large market here, covering an area of ​​nearly [-] mu.

The entire West Market is only [-] mu in size, but it is crowded with countless shops.

Needless to say, I know that it must be an extremely attractive place.

Under the leadership of Li Yunze, everyone came all the way to the spacious main entrance of this big market.

Looking at the wall and gate made of clean and transparent large glass, and then looking up at the signboard of "Family Blessing" on the door plaque, the nobles who are full of food and drink immediately rushed in.

The market is huge and has only one floor.

The interior is very spacious and bright. In addition to using a large number of light-transmitting windows and even glass ceilings, kerosene lamps are used to enhance the sense of light through light folding technology.

Modern people living in the era of lights everywhere cannot understand the living environment of the ancients.

Even if the sun is shining outside, the ancient houses with sealed roofs and windows are still dark and scary.

A spacious and bright house has always been the pursuit of the ancients.

In order to enhance the brightness of the room, it is even inlaid with polished transparent mica on the roof.

Li Yunze didn't use mica here, just put a large piece of glass on it.

The bright sunlight fell from the sky, and it was really warm when it fell on the bustling pedestrians.

There are a lot of people in the big market, and almost every row of shelves is full of people.

Li Er pushed his way over to wait and see.

The row in front of me is the most crowded and the most crowded. When I glanced over, I saw large baskets on Nuoda's counter, and the baskets were filled with all kinds of food.

Seeing this scene, Li Er and the others raised their heads slightly and puffed up their chests, "Isn't it just a rice shop, at most it's a little bigger."

To be honest, when they were in Baibaozhai, Li Yunze's endless stream of good things really overwhelmed them.

Now that I finally saw something good that I was familiar with and could understand, my mentality immediately changed.

Li Yunze smiled without saying a word, letting them read carefully.

After watching for a while, Li Er and the others gradually frowned.

First of all, this area is full of grains and grains, but compared to the gathered customers, the grains and grains on the counter are too scarce.

Even if a basket of grain contains several hundred catties, it can be sold to several customers. After all, every household has a large population and a large appetite. It is common to go to the grain store to buy hundreds of catties at every turn.

But the problem is that there is no shortage of grains and grains on the counter. At most, the customers just grab them and put them back.

The second is that everyone didn't pay for the grain and food, but just left their information and address on the counter beside them, and then they left.

What kind of food store is this?
Li Er was curious even if he didn't understand, so he immediately gave him a wink, and Changsun Wuji immediately jumped out to explore the way.

When he came to a stall, the amiable Changsun Wuji asked with a smile, "How do you sell it?"

The young man guarding the counter was also on the job for the first time. He was obviously a little nervous. He pointed to the wooden signs hanging on the baskets.

"Ji, seven coins per bucket. '

' Millet, nine wen per bucket. '

'Mai, fifteen coins per bucket. '

'Shu, every bucket.'

'.'

Li Er lowered his voice and turned his head to ask Fang Xuanling beside him, "Has it ever been expensive?"

"No." Fang Xuanling immediately shook his head, "It's the current market price in the city."

Hearing this, Li Er was even more confused, "Since the prices are the same, why do you come here to buy them? Are there no grain shops in each workshop?"

Before Fang Xuanling could answer, Changsun Wuji quarreled with the buddy over there.

Li Er was greatly surprised, Changsun Wuji is not a proud person, how could he quarrel with the buddy.

A few steps forward, I heard Changsun Wuji yelling, "It's not that I won't give you money, why don't you sell it to me?"

"Not for sale?" Li Er immediately turned to look at Li Yunze.

"It's not that they won't be sold." Li Yunze came over, and said with a half-smile on his face, "It's that each person can only buy a hundred catties at most. Qi Guogong wants to buy all the food here, of course he can't."

The doubts in Li Er's heart became even worse, so he simply stepped to the counter and carefully inspected the grains in the many baskets.

Looking at it, he immediately understood why Changsun Wuji bought all the food.

Rice, millet, and millet are all polished rice that has been hulled.

Wheat is even more ground snow-white flour!

The grains sold by Datang Grain Store are all in shells.But here are all the high-quality polished rice that has been processed.

And the price is actually the same, no wonder Changsun Wuji is eager to get a round.

After buying it and then reselling it, it will be a huge difference in income immediately.

(End of this chapter)