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Chapter 306 Let the prince come to see me!

Shopkeeper Zhu arrived at "Wenxianglai" very punctually today, and then Zhou Quan told him that Zhang Twelve was here, on the third floor, and shopkeeper Zhu asked Zhang Twelve again if he said nothing, Zhou Quan shook his head, Shopkeeper Zhu asked him to retreat, but did not go up.

When Zhang Twelve just took over "Wenxianglai", shopkeeper Zhu was afraid for a few days, always worried that the new owner would be dissatisfied with him, so during that time he was conscientious and did not dare to make any mistakes. Also much more diligent than before.

But later he discovered that this Twelve is just a hands-off shopkeeper, basically there is no one to see, even if he came, he would not ask about the restaurant, and he would go to the third floor to chat with Qin Yutong when he came. Know if the two of them are really chatting upstairs or are they...

Thinking of this, shopkeeper Zhu looked satisfied. He even suspected that Zhang Twelve took down the restaurant just to please the girl. Occasionally, I go out to drink and have fun with Yang Zexin's servants, and I have a hot fight with Yang Zexin's people again.

Last night, as usual, he took the spirits from "Wenxianglai" to drink with Yang Zexin's servants. This time there were two more unfamiliar faces, and he didn't care, and continued to drink. Someone asked him, I heard that the spirits are very expensive, so if you go out with the spirits every day, will there be nothing wrong?

Shopkeeper Zhu, who was a little too drunk, didn't even think about it, and proudly said what he was afraid of, "Wen Xianglai" had plenty of spirits, so he could drink as much as he wanted!

The two strangers glanced at each other after hearing this, and left after a short while. At that time, he was still thinking that these two people were not polite...

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This morning the prince came to "Wen Xiang Lai", he wondered why the prince came so early today, when he heard the prince said that he wanted strong wine, and saw the two people standing behind the prince last night, he felt so worried Understood!

It turned out that these two people were talking to him!
But it doesn't matter, anyway, if the prince wants it, who can stop it?He didn't bother to call Zhang Twelve, and he didn't know anything about this restaurant, so why call him?
Besides, he had to seize such a good opportunity to perform in front of the prince!
So, shopkeeper Zhu graciously let the prince sit in the box behind the counter, and then sent someone to move the wine...

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Zhang Twelve closed the window and sat back on the stool.

He didn't rush down, but waited.

Wait for shopkeeper Zhu, and wait for Zhou Quan.

There is only one chance, and it depends on who can grasp it.

After a while, there was a rush of "da da da" going up the stairs outside the door. Hearing this sound alone, Zhang Twelve had already guessed who was coming, because with the tonnage of shopkeeper Zhu, his pace How can you be so healthy?
"Clang clang clang!"

"come in!"

So, Zhou Quan opened the door and walked in. Zhang Twelve smiled and guessed exactly as he did.

"Master Zhang, indeed someone came to buy wine!"

Zhou Quan said out of breath, he admired Zhang Twelve very much in his heart, he knew that someone would come to buy wine in the morning, it was a godsend!
"Where's Shopkeeper Zhu?"

"Shopkeeper Zhu—he is sending people to move wine out of the wine cellar in the backyard! The person who came to buy wine seems to be His Royal Highness... Mr. Zhang, we can't stop us, we can only listen to Shopkeeper Zhu's orders!"

In fact, because Zhang Twelve had said that in the morning, anyone who bought wine would come up and tell him, Zhou Quan guessed that Zhang Twelve planned to manage the business of the restaurant today, and was very happy. They didn't want to listen to shopkeeper Zhu for a long time.

If ordinary people came to buy wine, they would definitely not listen to the shopkeeper Zhu to carry the wine first, but wait for Zhang Twelve to go down to make a decision, but the person who came was the prince, and they had to listen...

After hearing Zhouquan's words, Zhang Twelve nodded and said, "It's okay, I don't blame you for this matter, follow me down to see the situation!"

But in my heart, I appreciate him even more, and told myself the identity of the other party in advance, fearing that I would suffer a disadvantage if I didn't know the details of the other party.

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"Hurry up, haven't you eaten yet?"

"You take so little and walk so slowly, is there something wrong with your legs?"

"This is something for the prince, do it well for me! If you can't do it well, be careful about your monthly money this month!"

Before he could go down the stairs on the second floor, Zhang Twelve heard shopkeeper Zhu's angry reprimands over and over again in the hall on the first floor.

Oh, the old fellow!
There was a sneer at the corner of Zhang Twelve's mouth, and then he walked down.

"What about you, you can't hear me, you—er, Mr. Zhang, why did you come down?"

As shopkeeper Zhu said, he also saw Zhou Quan standing behind Zhang Twelve, and a stern look flashed in his eyes: You see how I will deal with you in the future!
Zhou Quan also met Shopkeeper Zhu's eyes, and did not show weakness, thinking in his heart that you might not make it through today, so why am I afraid of you?

Zhang Twelve didn't answer him, but pointed to the boys who were moving slowly holding the wine bottle and asked, "What are they doing?"

Those little girls didn't want to listen to Shopkeeper Zhu's arrangement. After hearing Zhang Twelve's words, they stopped one by one. Shopkeeper Zhu was very angry when he saw that, but Zhang Twelve was beside him, so he didn't dare to say anything harsh. , feeling suffocated.

"Master Zhang, the prince is here—"

Shopkeeper Zhu moved the prince out first. Last time he saw Zhang Twelve making way for the prince at the top of the stairs. He wondered if he would be scared when he heard the name of the prince?
"I ask you what they are doing! What prince are you talking about with me?"

Zhang Twelve's performance was beyond his expectation. After hearing the prince, he didn't even ask any questions, and directly scolded him!
"Uh... Mr. Zhang, it's like this. The crown prince is here and wants a cart of spirits. I'm sending someone to load it..."

Shopkeeper Zhu told the story honestly, thinking that there is nothing you can do if you hear that the prince wants spirits?
Unexpectedly, Zhang Twelve raised his eyebrows and said, "The prince wants spirits? What's the price?"

"what?"

Shopkeeper Zhu is a little confused, prince!Chu Jun hey!The future Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!What price, free gift! !
"Ah, what? Let me ask you how much it is!"

Zhang Twelve raised his voice, almost roaring, and it was the first time that shopkeeper Zhu, who had been yelled at by him, saw Zhang Twelve so angry. He was trembling with fright, and said falteringly: "Zhang... Mr. Zhang, What the prince wants...how can I need money?"

"Oh? Is that so? The prince doesn't need to spend money. My spirits are gone. Why, can you make up for this money?"

A sneer crossed the corner of Zhang Twelve's mouth again, and he squinted at Shopkeeper Zhu, his eyes seemed to be as cold as ever...

Shopkeeper Zhu was in a cold sweat. A carload of spirits would cost a few hundred catties at least, and maybe a thousand catties if it was too much!

That's nearly ten thousand taels!
Although he has made a lot of money from the restaurant over the years, it is not enough!Besides, even if it is enough, he can't be so stupid. Why should he pay for the things the prince wants?

He said with a compensating smile: "Young Master Zhang is joking...why does this old man need to advance money for what the crown prince wants?"

Zhang Twelve snorted coldly: "The prince doesn't pay, and you don't want to advance the money. Then my restaurant is short of a carload of spirits. Who can I turn to? Could it be that I should advance the money myself?"

Shopkeeper Zhu said in a low voice, "Why don't Mr. Zhang ask the prince himself?"

But I was thinking in my heart: If you don’t advance the money, who will advance the money?Who made you the big boss?If you dare to get angry with me, if you have the ability to get angry with the prince!
That's why he finally asked him to ask the prince, because he was thinking, he must be terrified after hearing this sentence, how dare he ask?

But he still underestimated Zhang Twelve. He waved his hand and said, "Let his prince come to see me!"

"........."

After saying this, Zhang Twelve only felt that he was full of arrogance, but when he saw everyone looking at him in astonishment, he immediately realized that he was used to being jealous, so he said the words smoothly...

"Uh... where is the prince? I'll go see him..."

"........."

Damn, you really have to be careful when you speak in the future, as the saying goes, misfortune comes from the mouth, if the prince hears this, what will happen?

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Shopkeeper Zhu took Zhang Twelve to the door of the private room behind the counter, knocked on the door twice, a strange man opened the door from inside, looked at Shopkeeper Zhu, and then glanced at Zhang Twelve behind him, expressionless Said: "Why, the wine is ready so soon?"

When he was talking, he leaned against the door, his body completely blocked the half-open door, his expression was haughty, and he didn't intend to let them in.

Zhang Twelve looked furious, the prince was used to being domineering, and even the servants around him were arrogant, how much did he really think he was worth?
Shopkeeper Zhu still wanted to say something to the man, but before he could open his mouth, he was pulled aside by Zhang Twelve behind him. Seeing Zhang Twelve suddenly appearing in front of him, the man was startled and said, "Are you Who? What are you going to do? Do you know what's in-"

"What a lot of nonsense!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Twelve pushed him away, and then walked in through the door. At this time, shopkeeper Zhu really realized that this young boss is really a fierce man. Inside, the person who dares to insult the prince like this...

In the room, the prince was sitting at the table drinking hot tea leisurely. When he saw Zhang Twelve barging in suddenly, he frowned slightly. The man who was pushed away by Zhang Twelve just ran over and said to the prince : "Prince, this man forced his way in, he—"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the prince waving his hand, and said to Zhang Twelve with a smile: "Who is this palace supposed to be? It turns out to be General Zhang. What a coincidence..."

The man was a little taken aback when he heard "General Zhang". Where did this general come from? Why hadn't he heard of it before?

Zhang Twelve also replied with a smile: "His Royal Highness, it's not a coincidence at all, the official came here specially to find His Highness!"

"Oh? Looking for Bengong? What's the matter?"

The crown prince looked at Zhang Twelve, then at shopkeeper Zhu who was behind him with a gloomy face, and asked curiously.

"Speaking of which, it is also my fault for my lack of discipline. This shopkeeper Zhu knew that His Royal Highness was coming to the restaurant to buy spirits but did not inform this official. It is really a dereliction of duty! But don't worry, Your Highness, this official has already trained him just now. Now, the Crown Prince is here to buy spirits, of course he has to notify the lower officials, otherwise how can he give His Highness a discount?"

Zhang Twelve pointed to shopkeeper Zhu with his finger, and said to the prince with a smile.

The prince didn't listen carefully to the rest, but he heard the three words "buy spirits" clearly, and asked directly: "Buy spirits? Who buys spirits?"

"Ah? Didn't His Highness come to buy spirits?"

Zhang Twelve pretended to be surprised and asked, then turned around and asked sharply: "My surname is Zhu, you are so brave! His Royal Highness is here to drink tea, but you told me that His Royal Highness is here to buy spirits , what are you thinking about?"

"Forehead…………"

Shopkeeper Zhu himself was confused. He looked at the prince with an angry face, and then at Zhang Twelve, who seemed angry but had a smile in his eyes. He couldn't afford to offend either of these two. Sighing deeply, he lowered his head heavily, not daring to say a word.

Silence is golden, shopkeeper Zhu thinks so...

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Shopkeeper Zhu didn't dare to say anything, Zhang Twelve was not in a hurry, turned around and said to the prince with a smile, "His Royal Highness, it turned out that Shopkeeper Zhu was spreading nonsense in private and caused a misunderstanding! Let me just say, the prince's daughter So, why did you come to this small restaurant to buy wine?"

After he finished speaking, he laughed "hehe" twice, looking very silly and naive...

But the prince didn't think he was stupid at all, on the contrary he was very shrewd!

Now he is the one who is in trouble. The third prince of the Wu Kingdom is still waiting for him in the East Palace. He vowed to send them a cart of spirits. So many people heard it at the banquet yesterday. Where to put it?
No, it must be resolved quickly!Bengong is the crown prince, how dare he refuse to ask him for wine!
The crown prince who made up his mind stood up, looked at Zhang Twelve and said solemnly: "General Zhang, I am here this time because I want to send a carload of spirits to the third prince of Wu State on behalf of the Tang Dynasty to bring back to Wu State. Demonstrate the spirit of my state of etiquette in the Tang Dynasty!"

The prince first changed the matter of sending spirits to the third prince of Wu from a private matter to a diplomatic matter between countries, hoping to bluff Zhang Twelve.

But Zhang Twelve doesn't like this. He saw the prince bragging and farting with the third prince of Wu at the banquet that day. It's obvious that you pretended to be incompetent, but now you are still talking so high-sounding, nonsense, who? Believe it!

Zhang Twelve said with a "hehe" smile: "His Royal Highness is indeed a great talent, I admire you!"

"........."

Speaking of gags, Zhang Twelve can be regarded as the originator. Anyway, no matter what he said, he just didn't talk about the topic. Not urgent?
"General Zhang, I heard that "Wen Xiang Lai" has a lot of spirits in stock..."

After a while of silence, the prince finally decided to get down to business.

"Oh? I don't know who His Royal Highness heard from?"

Hearing the prince's words, Zhang Twelve was still a little puzzled, but after thinking about it again, he finally figured it out.

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