Li Fugui and all the cooks were surprised when they heard such a strange order from the emperor. They all looked at me, and I explained:

“The emperor called me because he had received a secret report and was aware of the matter, and he was going to punish you severely. I spent a lot of time and even pledged my own life for everyone, so that the emperor changed his mind and punished you to go to Hua Feng Lou is the cook. This is already a great grace, you must do your best, and don’t let me down.”

Only then did everyone realize that it was because of my hard admonition in front of the emperor that they saved the lives of a thousand people, and they all kowtowed to me and thanked me for saving their lives.Li Fugui sighed: “The emperor really didn’t say anything to Eunuch Gui, such a big matter can be suppressed, Eunuch Gui’s face is probably bigger than the prince’s.”

With the imperial decree, I am not afraid that people will see it. I and all the warriors escorted a group of imperial cooks to Huafeng Building and handed them over to Li Yapeng for resettlement.Xiao Lian went home to rest after tossing around for a long time, Li Yapeng is very capable in handling affairs, and has already tidied up the restaurant properly, she was very surprised to see that I got more than 40 cooks here at once. When the imperial chef was inside, he said in surprise: “My dear, being able to eat the food cooked by the imperial chef is already a blessing in eight lifetimes, but to invite more than 40 great immortals to cook for the emperor at once, the prince is not so capable. “I laughed and said: “What is this? Look at what it is.” I took out a plaque written by Kangxi himself from my arms, handed it to him, and said: “Our shop is named by the emperor. It is written by the emperor himself, tomorrow you will find a craftsman with good craftsmanship, carefully carve it into a signboard, and ask a master to frame this lettering and hang it in the middle of the lobby.”

Li Yapeng has never seen this kind of thing before, he hesitated to take it, and finally knelt down first, kowtowed three times, then caught it with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: “This~ this is written by the emperor. ?” I nodded with a smile.Li Yapeng stuck out his tongue and said: “The emperor writes and sends an imperial cook. This restaurant is opened by the emperor’s family.” Duck Peng said: “I never dreamed that I am old and old, but I have such a good fortune. I started a business with the emperor’s old man. There must be smoke from the ancestral grave. If I say this, who would dare not think highly of me?” One glance.”

That Zhang Debiao had heard the commotion here a long time ago, left the casino and ran over, and asked as soon as he entered the door: “Brother, what’s the matter with such a large group of people.” I’ll be a chef.” Zhang Debiao knew that I intended to recruit a few cooks from the imperial dining room, but he didn’t expect that the emperor would appoint me, and what was even more unexpected was that so many imperial chefs would be sent at one time, and he was also the boss with tongue sticking out, and said: “Okay Guy, not only is it not strange for the emperor to know that you opened the shop, but he sent you a cook, what a grace.” I laughed and said, “If it wasn’t for that kid Wu Liangfu who sued me, brother, I wouldn’t have such good luck.”

Zhang Debiao said angrily: “This eunuch is so bold, ah! Brother, don’t mind, I mean that kid Wu Liangfu.” Then I realized that he thought I was a eunuch, scolded Wu Liangfu for bringing me along, waved his hand and said: “It’s okay, I know you are scolding him.” Zhang Debiao then continued: “This kid is nothing. When Lord Shunzhi was here, he was in charge of the thirteen yamen. He was very powerful and everyone was afraid of him, but now it is the Kangxi Dynasty. , The emperor doesn’t want to see him, the thirteen yamen has also withdrawn, he has long since lost his influence, and dares to mess with us, brother, don’t worry about it, just take a chance and kill him.”

Seeing that Zhang Debiao wanted to clean up Wu Liangfu for me, it was exactly what I wanted, but this kid is timid and might not dare to do it.After a haha, he said, “I’m so thankful, brother.” Zhang Debiao slapped his chest loudly again, and said, “Brother, don’t worry, this matter is on me.” I said, “Leave this matter aside, I have other things to do.” I want you to do it. Tomorrow, you will select sixty good-looking maidservants from the servants assigned by the brothers, send them here, and hand them over to Shopkeeper Li.” Zhang Debiao and Li Yapeng beside him didn’t understand, and asked together: “What’s the use of these officials and maidservants?” I said to Li Yapeng: “All the waiters and servants in our restaurant are all done by the big girls. After Brother Zhang sends the people, you have to train quickly. Fortunately, most of these people I used to serve people, so I have some experience. In addition, I have to make uniform clothes for them, and they all wear cheongsams, how to dress up no matter how beautiful they are.”

Zhang Debiao interjected: “Isn’t there a restaurant here? Could it be that they are secretly running a kiln?” I laughed and said, “Does it have to be a kiln if you use a female running hall? Who says women can’t be running halls, we are the only one in the capital Why can’t women be used in a super luxurious restaurant?” The two of them shook their heads again and again, Li Yapeng said: “Using women as waiters, I have never heard of it since I was a child, your old idea, I think it should be wrong It will be wrong, let’s give it a try, maybe it will work.” Although this old man Li is not young, his brain is quick and he is quite able to accept new things.I don’t think I chose the wrong person, and I should rest assured that the restaurant will be handed over to him.So he took out 1 taels of silver notes from the cup and handed them to Li Yapeng, which was regarded as the working capital on the cabinet.

When I got home, I told Xiaolian about using the imperial chef and the female running hall. Xiaolian was quite satisfied with the restaurant’s use of the imperial chef, but she was deeply suspicious of my motive for choosing the female running hall. I couldn’t explain it to her. She will see the effect then.

In the next few days, I relaxed. There was a Li duck shed in the restaurant, and Xiao Lian often went for a walk.If there are any problems that can be solved, you can solve them, and if you can’t solve them, you can go home to discuss with me at night.As for me, apart from serving the emperor during the day, I spend the rest of my time wandering around the capital, or going to teahouses to listen to books. I don’t like to watch dramas. Seeing the beautiful little lady, I can’t help but feel obsessed secretly.I guess there might be some brothers from Tiandihui secretly following me, but since they don’t come looking for me, I’m happy to be at ease.To be honest, with so much money on my body, not to mention genuine Wei Xiaobao, even me, a dealer with a good income, was itchy all day long, always looking for some reason to spend some money.

A few days later, Xiao Lian told me that the restaurant was almost ready to open, so I rushed over the next day, just in time for Li Yapeng to write the menu, and when she saw me go in, she showed it to me and said, “The names of these dishes They were all provided by the royal chefs. The price was discussed and written by me and grandma.” I didn’t understand, and asked, “How old is your grandma?” Li Yapeng blushed and said anxiously: “It’s not my grandma, it’s my boss. Grandma.” Only then did I realize that he was talking about Xiao Lian, and I laughed out loud.

Li Yapeng went on to say: “I discussed with my host’s grandma. We use imperial kitchens in our store, so the price of vegetables is naturally higher than other stores, so we set a higher price. You old man can see if it is suitable.” I took a look. , the prices written by Li Yapeng ranged from a few taels to a few dozen taels, and the highest vegetable price did not exceed 30 taels of silver, so he shook his head and said, “This price is not appropriate.” Li Yapeng said: ” If it’s too expensive, I’ll lower it.” I said, “It’s not that it’s too expensive, it’s too cheap, so you can increase the price of each dish by ten times.”

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Li Yapeng said with a smile on his face: “It will be the refinement meeting later. After I have collected this book first, I will definitely come to earn some points. Not to mention supporting the author, I will also be able to benefit from it. Fortunately, when I am old, I can still marry a daughter-in-law.”

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