Chapter 170: Lu Restaurant
"Is there anything else?" Li Xiao asked. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝU๏ฝEใ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ
"And." Cao Lin lowered his voice and replied, "I also learned that some Annan patrols did not report the money they collected, or underreported it. โ
"Smack." Li Xiao's hand slapped heavily on the table, "These Annan devils, are you playing me like a monkey?" โ
"Head, head, don't be angry." Cao Lin hurriedly persuaded, "No matter how you say that they are all from Annan, we can't bear to watch some things." โ
"Did our own inspector collect money and not report it?"
"Not really. But it's all one eye open. โ
"Check, check it out for me." Li Xiao became angry again, "Go through the hall one by one, but anyone who collects money and doesn't report it, and those who don't report it if they know it, will arrest all of them." โ
"This, head." Cao Lin was very embarrassed and said, "I'm afraid this can't be done." Head, you think, if this matter is publicized with such fanfare, then who will give us their lives, even if they dare not say it, but as long as these Annan people do not work well, then it will be difficult for us. โ
"Cao Lin." Li Xiao calmed down his anger a little, "You have a lot of ideas, what do you say about this?" โ
"Head, that's what I thought." Cao Lin said the idea he had thought of a long time ago, "This matter of collecting protection money with the Annan people was the idea of you and Chief Inspector Ye at the beginning, but now we are doing our best, and we have not reaped any benefits, so this work is not very interesting." Let's see if you can discuss with Boss Liu, we have to leave a little bit of the money we collected, no one is bored if we don't take the money just for work. โ
Li Xiao thought for a while: "That's it, you come up with an opinion first, and when I go back to discuss it with Boss Liu, it's time to give us a better treatment for patrolling." โ
In Yulin Bay Bank, Cheng Yiyi took his report and pushed open the door of Sun Dalei's office.
"Yiyi, what's the matter?" Sun Dalei looked up and asked.
"Da Lei, did you reflect the incident I told you last time with the Military Commission?"
"What are you talking to me about?" Sun Dalei didn't think about it for a while.
"You said you were a man." Cheng Yiyi was anxious, "It's the matter of the Military Research Institute." โ
"Oh, that's what you're talking about." Sun Dalei stood up.
"You poured me water, did you say that?"
Sun Dalei still poured two glasses of water: "I said it, but the Military Commission disagreed." โ
"Why don't they agree?" Cheng Yiyi was anxious again, "Zheng Zhilong only sent over 1 million silver, which is still two-thirds short, we are recruiting so many people at once now, and they don't know that the finances are tight." At present, the research funds of military scientific research institutes are rising every month, and I don't know what they have researched, wasting money. โ
"I know all of what you're talking about." Sun Dalei handed over the teacup, "But we are now the army first and then the government, and the military's affairs come first, which is also the resolution of the General Assembly." โ
"I know it's a General Assembly resolution, and no one can change it. But our army's combat effectiveness is strong enough now, even if their scientific research institute develops two bombs and one satellite, do you think it can be produced now? Does research that can't be translated into productivity make sense? โ
Sun Dalei let Cheng Yiyi have nothing to say, so he had to kick the ball out: "Yiyi, what you said is very reasonable." Why don't you go find Xu Lang, he is now a member of the committee, and he has a lot of ideas, you let her give you ideas? โ
Cheng Yiyi stood up helplessly: "Da Lei, you, the temperament of the office director has not changed." โ
Sun Dalei smiled noncommittally.
Xu Lang has been busy with the affairs of Wanzhou Academy for a while, and he just returned to Yulin Bay.
"You have something to say." Cheng Yiyi looked at Xu Lang and said.
"Yiyi." Xu Lang walked over and grabbed Cheng Yiyi's hand, "I just came back, can't we talk about Fenghua Xueyue?" As soon as we meet, it's work, do you really want to be a strong woman? โ
Cheng Yiyi was laughed: "I want to talk about Fenghua Xueyue and go to Zhao Zhiruo, in my case, I am talking about work." โ
"Okay, let's talk about work." Xu Lang sat back in his chair, "Vice President Cheng, as a member of the Yulin Bay Committee, according to the procedure, I will now formally listen to your work reaction, and you can start." โ
"Get out of the way." Cheng Yiyi smiled, "You're a little serious, okay?" โ
"Am I not serious? I'm serious enough. โ
"Okay, I'm not going to mess with you." Cheng Yiyi stopped laughing, "Let's get down to business, you have to give me an idea, Sun Dalei is hiding now, don't care about it." โ
"It's strange if he doesn't hide." Xu Lang stopped joking, "Yiyi, I advise you to leave this matter alone, now you are about to join Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch to go to war, and you will go to Dengzhou and North Korea this year." At this juncture, you propose to reduce military spending, aren't you looking for trouble? โ
"You didn't even understand what I meant." Cheng Yiyi explained, "I don't want to reduce military spending, but I think the cost of military research institutes is too large, and some research is not necessary at all." โ
"That's the crux of the matter." Xu Lang interrupted Cheng Yiyi's words, "The Military Research Institute is now the unit with the highest level of secrecy, no one knows what they are developing, so why do you say that their research is unnecessary?" Where is your basis? โ
Xu Lang's words stopped Cheng Yiyi, she thought for a while and said, "Then what should I do?" โ
"Yiyi." Xu Lang lit a cigarette, "It's been almost 3 years since we traveled to the Ming Dynasty, and when I first came, I also followed my own ideas, wanting to ascend to the sky in one step and build an ideal society in my heart." But now I know that it's not what you want to do, and the principle may be right, but it doesn't necessarily lead to good results. So I've changed a lot these days. โ
"So you mean I don't care?"
"It's not completely indifferent." Xu Lang thought for a while, "How to operate this matter, I have to think about it again, this scientific research institute does spend too much money, accounting for 20% of military spending." โ
"What do you think of the abolition of the Institute?" Cheng Yiyi suddenly made a suggestion.
"Cancellation? It can't be, right? Xu Lang didn't understand why Cheng Yiyi had this idea, "Don't engage in weapon research and development?" Then the members of the Military Commission could not agree. โ
"Any weapons development and production must be based on a complete industrial base." Cheng Yiyi talked about her thoughts, "But what we are doing now is far from enough." We are just doing it ourselves, and the entire Ming Dynasty and even Yulin Bay have not established such a system at all, and I don't think I can make anything with just those few people. Besides, our current flintlock guns, artillery and battleships are more than 100 years ahead of this era, so we don't have to come up with any heavy machine guns, right? โ
"Let's not talk about this for now, you let me think about it, your problem is too big." Xu Lang changed the subject, "How is Zhao Zhiruo doing, I have been going to Wanzhou for several days, and I haven't seen her when I come back." โ
"Missed her?" Cheng Yiyi's words carried a sourness, "She's fine, every day in the school, people don't go out of the door, just waiting for someone to marry her." โ
"Hey, Yiyi." Xu Lang smiled, "Are you making dumplings?" Shall we eat dumplings at night? โ
"No, do you want to eat dumplings?"
"Why do I smell so much vinegar without dumplings?"
"You mouth, you will be uncomfortable if you don't hurt me one day." Cheng Yiyi came up and was about to tear Xu Lang's mouth.
Xu Lang grabbed Cheng Yiyi's hand: "I'm smoking, don't burn you anymore." โ
Cheng Yiyi let go of Xu Lang: "I'll accompany you to the school to see her, don't cook tonight, call her and let's go out to eat." โ
The two of them came to the school together. Since Xu Lang was forced to stay in Yulin Bay, Zhao Zhiruo has not returned to Vietnam, and still returned to He Yun's school as a painting and music teacher.
"Zhiruo." Cheng Yiyi jumped into her office and shouted.
"Sister Yiyi, why are you here?" Since Cheng Yiyi and Zhao Zhiruo had a heart-to-heart conversation in Vietnam, Zhao Zhiruo also knew that Cheng Yiyi would not care about Xu Lang's feelings for herself, so Zhao Zhiruo was not so wary of Cheng Yiyi, and the relationship between the two became one step closer.
"I'm coming to you for dinner in the evening." Cheng Yiyi said, "Xu Lang is back, let's have a meal together in the three of us, there are no outsiders." โ
"Xu Gongzi is back?" Zhao Zhiruo was pleasantly surprised by this news.
"Why do you still call him Xu Gongzi?" Cheng Yiyi smiled, "Just like him, he is still a son." โ
"Sister Yiyi." Zhao Zhiruo also changed her words embarrassedly, "What about Xu Lang, what about others?" โ
"Seeing that you are in a hurry, he went to Lin Chao and Principal He, saying that he wanted Lin Chao to go to Wanzhou Academy for a while. Come to us when you're done. โ
The two girls were talking, and Xu Lang walked in from outside: "You two are talking bad about me behind my back again, no wonder I sneezed a few times at Aunt He's place." โ
"Really? Are you sick? Zhao Zhiruo heard Xu Lang say this, and hurriedly came up and touched Xu Lang's head.
"Hehehehe." Cheng Yiyi smiled and bent over, "Zhiruo, you let him play, how can he have a truth in his mouth." โ
Xu Lang held Zhao Zhiruo's hand and took Cheng Yiyi's hand again: "Say, what do you want to eat, Yiyi will treat you." โ
"I'm talking about you." Cheng Yiyi just wanted to scold Xu Lang a few words and then changed her words, "Forget it, I'll invite you, go to Yulin Bay Hotel." โ
"If you don't go, you're tired of eating." Xu Lang vetoed Cheng Yiyi's proposal.
"And where do you say you're going?" Cheng Yiyi asked.
"Sister Yiyi, I know a place." Zhao Zhiruo said, "Recently, a person from Shandong opened a Lu restaurant, and the taste is not bad, why don't we try it?" โ
"Someone from Shandong? Lu restaurant? Xu Lang took the hands of the two people again, "Let's go, go eat Lu cuisine." โ
This Lu restaurant is located next to the Yulin Bay Hotel. The boss is a short and fat man with a mouthful of Shandong dialect.
Xu Lang and the three of them found a table by the window and sat down.
"Dude, what kind of food do you guys have?"
"Hey, Master Xu, President Cheng is here." The guy didn't come, the boss himself came and greeted the three of them.
"You know us?" Cheng Yiyi asked.
"Look at what you President Cheng said, who doesn't know Master Xu and President Cheng in this Yulin Bay."
"So what do you have to do here?" Cheng Yiyi asked again.
"We're all Lu cuisine." The boss began to report the name of the dish, "Nine turns of large intestine, fried double crispy, pot roasted elbow, fried conch, steamed Jiaji fish, grilled original shell abalone, fried oyster yellowใใใใใใ โ
"Alright, alright." Xu Lang interrupted the boss's words, "You just pick a few of your best ones and bring you a pot of wine." โ
"Okay, Master Xu, wait a minute." The boss turned and went down.
"Yiyi." Xu Lang asked in a low voice, "How long has this restaurant been open, do you know this boss?" โ
"How do I know it, there are more than 20,000 people in this Yulin Bay, how can I know everyone. How long has this restaurant been open? Cheng Yiyi thought for a while, "I haven't paid attention either, we have been recruiting a lot of workers recently, and we have opened a lot of restaurants and restaurants, who pays attention to these things, you really want to know to go to Liu Guannan to check, he has a record." โ
"I know this restaurant." Zhao Zhiruo said on the side, "When it opened, Sister Xu Ru invited me to come, she is from the north, and she said that she wanted to try this northern food. It's been less than a month. โ
"Oh, it's been less than a month." Xu Lang fell into deep thought.
"I said what's wrong with you." Cheng Yiyi shouted, "We're here to eat, which tendon is wrong with you, and a restaurant is so interested?" โ
Before Xu Lang could answer, someone shouted at the door: "Xu Lang, you can really enjoy it, the family of three is happy." โ