Chapter 248: Set Sail
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"Hey, have you heard that the three restaurants of Drunken Immortal Residence, Jade Xuan, and Fan Lou are helping refugees outside the city?"
"Hey, I've heard about it, I went there to help the day before yesterday, but it's all the credit of the red lady."
"Oh? But the red lady of the drunken immortal residence? ”
"There are still a few red ladies in Bianjing. I heard that the Red Lady not only donated all her belongings, but also persuaded Cai Yuanwai and Fan Gongzi together with the White Lady to contribute money to help those refugees. ”
"Tsk, this red lady's methods are really good, I didn't expect that even Cai Yuanwai was persuaded by her, we are also Jade Xuan's old customers, but I have never seen him take out silver."
"You're right, the Red Lady is simply the heart of the Bodhisattva, you go outside the city to take a look, everyone says that the Red Lady is the reincarnation of a living Bodhisattva."
"It's strange, I met Brother Zijian the day before yesterday, and he told me that this red lady is the embodiment of a demon and is good at confusing people."
"Ouch, why are you still with that fat man, don't you know, now that his reputation is stinking, we don't associate with him anymore. Tell me, how can a kind-hearted woman like the Red Lady be the embodiment of the demon, they have read the book of sages for more than ten years, but have they ever taken out a penny to do good deeds, and they are worried about right and wrong all day long, but the Red Lady ignores them and concentrates on doing good deeds, don't you know what to tell? ”
"You have a point, let's take a look outside the city now."
"You still need to say that I have made an appointment with a few friends to go out of the city to help today."
"Count me in."
"Okay."
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In the past few days, the porridge field set up by the three restaurants has begun to achieve good results, especially Ji Hongnu, rumors about her are flying all over the sky, and now Ji Hongnu's reputation is rising in a straight line, everyone praises her in the sky, there is no underground, and it is rare to be a good woman in a hundred years.
The red tide storm also took advantage of the situation and swept the entire capital.
Following the trend is naturally indispensable, large and small brothels, you can see what green lady, purple lady, yellow lady everywhere, anyway, they all use color as their own signboard, although people can't help laughing, but business is really a lot better.
Not only that, but the heads of major restaurants, Goolan Washe, and courtesans also came to the Qin Mansion to ask for songs.
It's really a song.
But Li Qi doesn't care about their little money, and gives them a song for free every day.
Everyone has a good impression of Ji Hongnu, loves Wu and Wu, and naturally loves her lyrics and songs.
Nowadays, at night, brothels and restaurants are singing songs that Li Qi has plagiarized from later generations, and it is clear that this has become a trend.
Although under Li Qi's shaping, everyone did not regard Ji Hongnu as a courtesan, but Ji Hongnu's status has surpassed Feng Yinu, and he can compete with Master Li back then, which is really because Master Li's fairy-like appearance is deeply ingrained in everyone's hearts, and it is difficult for anyone to catch up.
With the rise of Ji Hongnu, Song Yuchen and other talented people and Confucian scholars were naturally dwarfed, and now these Confucian students are like water dogs, and their status has suddenly fallen to a low point, and everyone sneers at them.
On this day, Song Yuchen walked alone on the street, very depressed, he didn't even have a face to see Bai Qiannuo now, if it was in the past, he would have gone to the city to find Bai Qiannuo.
"Brother Song, Brother Song."
Song Yuchen was walking, and suddenly heard someone calling him, turned his head to look, and saw that it was Zou Zijian, and responded weakly, "Brother Zijian." ”
Zou Zijian walked up to Song Yuchen and whispered: "Brother Song, I have found out the origin of the red demon, in fact, that demon girl is not a distant relative of Mrs. Qin at all, we have all deceived her." ”
"So what."
Song Yuchen sighed and said: "I just heard my father say that when the court was in the morning this morning, the saint was full of praise for this red lady, and the ministers of civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty also took advantage of the trend to the red lady, and now even the bachelors and scholars of the Hanlin Academy dare not play the chapter anymore." ”
Zou Zijian was shocked and said, "Is this true? ”
Song Yuchen nodded and said, "What my father said can be false, this time their Hanlin Academy is embarrassing." ”
Zou Zijian has nothing to say now.
The two came to a tea stall and sat down, and a bartender came up listlessly and said, "What do you want to eat?" ”
The tone is rather sarcastic.
Zou Zijian had never been treated like this, and just wanted to get angry, but was stopped by Song Yuchen, Song Yuchen said: "Bring us a pot of tea, a few steamed buns, and cut a pound of cooked mutton." ”
"Nope."
The bartender's answer was neat and tidy.
Zou Zijian couldn't bear it anymore, stood up, pointed to the other tables, and said angrily: "Is there some mud on their tables?" ”
The bartender said, "It was just sold out." ”
"You."
"Zijian."
Song Yuchen raised his hand to interrupt Zou Zijian's words, and asked the bartender: "Let me ask you, why don't you sell it to us, are you afraid that I won't be able to pay this money?" ”
The bartender was not hypocritical, and said directly: "Two sons, don't complain about the villain in this matter, if you sit here now, then other guests will not come, you should be considerate of the villain, or go to another house." ”
Song Yuchen was stunned, sighed lightly, stood up, and said, "Farewell." As he spoke, he pulled the angry Zou Zijian and left.
If you stay, you will only be embarrassed.
However, Rich, who had put them in such a situation, could not take care of them at all at this time, because the first batch of canned meat was about to depart.
Following. Before dawn, a large cargo ship was parked on the wharf at the southern end of the Bianhe River.
"Be careful, don't break it."
"Hey, pay attention, it's all silver, and this little jar can be worth three days' wages."
I saw a group of boatmen constantly carrying cans of canned meat labeled with the Drunken Immortal Ju label from the dock onto the boat.
Don't look at Chen Anan's age, but when he commands, it's still really like that.
There were many people standing on the dock, Mrs. Qin, Li Qi, Bai Qiannuo, Wu Furong, Cai Minde, Fan Shaobai had all arrived, and dozens of bartenders and their parents who were ready to go, such as Xiaoyu and Wu Xiaoliu.
Li Qi's route this time is to enter the Grand Canal from the Bianhe River, and then go south along the Grand Canal to sell canned meat, but the main sales points are still concentrated in the three major provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, and Jiangxi.
"Haha, Li Gongzi, your canned meat is really an eye-opener for Cai."
Cai Minde, the old thing, is really unkind, and he doesn't know where to get a can of canned meat, and he doesn't care if he can eat it or not, he will eat it when he opens it, and he nodded vigorously in his mouth.
Fan Shaobai also took a can to eat, and naturally he was full of praise.
Li Qi was very speechless about the behavior of these two people, and half-jokingly: "Outside, Fan Gongzi, you two are the first batch of guests of canned meat, remember to pay." ”
Fan Shaobai feigned anger and said, "Master Li, you can't help but be stingy. ”
Cai Yuanwai didn't care, and said with a smile: "Pay, of course you have to pay, this is a good luck." As he spoke, he pulled Li Qi aside and whispered: "Li Gongzi, almost all of your trips have run through the entire canal, how much is left in Jinling?" ”
Li Qi smiled: "Don't worry, I have limited the number of places in each place, and you will not be missing." ”
Cai Minde listened, smiled, nodded vigorously, and said: "That's good, that's good, when you arrive in Jinling, the literary industry will definitely be ready, and you can rest assured." ”
"Of course I believe in that."
Li Qi nodded and said, "Okay, you taste it slowly, I still have to explain some things to my people." ”
After saying goodbye to Cai Minde, Li Qi came to the group of bartenders, this time it was led by Tian Qi, the son of Tian Carpenter, their father and son were very loyal to Drunken Xianju, although Tian Qi was inferior to Xiao Yu in many aspects, but he was also very clever, so Xiao Yu arranged Tian Qi to lead the team at that time, and Li Qi also agreed very much.
"Master Li."
When the bartenders saw Li Qi coming, they hurriedly saluted.
Li Qi nodded and said: "When you go out, it's not like at home, you must help each other with everything, you must remember that you are a team." Also, your parents, I will take care of it for you, you can rest assured to go, but don't be too nervous, just treat it as a trip to Jiangnan, anyway, it is public expense, and when you make money, I will reward each of you. ”
When all the bartenders heard this, they all grinned, and the atmosphere suddenly relaxed a lot.
Li Qi smiled, instructed them a few more words, and then called Tian Qi aside and whispered: "Tian Qi, this trip is about the prosperity and decline of our Drunken Immortal Residence, you are in charge of dozens of people, you have to be cautious, and you must not afford to lose."
Tian Qi nodded and said, "Brother Li, please rest assured, this time Tian Qi will definitely handle things properly and will not let you down." ”
Li Qi snorted and said: "After arriving in Jinling, Huang Wenye will arrange it for you, but this person is just one of our partners, don't be convinced, you have to open your mind, if he makes any bad moves, don't fight with him, after all, it is his territory, you will transport all the meat to Lin'an." ”
Tian Qi nodded and said, "I understand." ”
"Okay, let's go talk to your daddy."
Li Qi patted him on the shoulder and said.
At this time, many of the bartenders who came to the Drunken Immortal Residence with them also secretly came to see them off, Li Qi was originally not allowed, after all, they still had to work the next day, but when people came, he could only turn a blind eye, only to see them talking together in twos and threes, it was difficult to separate
Oriental whitish. All the canned meat was also loaded onto the ship, and Tian Qi led a dry bartender to also get on the boat.
Firecrackers rang out, and cargo ships set sail at an auspicious time.
"Have a nice trip."
Everyone stood on the pier and waved goodbye with tears in their eyes.
It was not until the cargo ship disappeared from everyone's sight that everyone went home.
On the way back, Bai Qiannuo had been thoughtful, quietly came to Li Qi's side, and asked in a low voice: "Brother Li, Qi Niang has a question that I haven't been able to understand. ”
"What's the problem?" Li Qi was surprised.
"You-why don't you give this can to the emperor first, this is a great achievement?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "Qi Niang, it's ours that it can't run, think about it, now we are still at war with Liao in the north, I have so much meat in my hands, if I dedicate it to the emperor now, if anyone has more mouths at that time, then all my meat can be transported to the north, even if the emperor gives me the money, then the great cause of going south will not be delayed, rest assured, there will be some days for canned meat to go south, no need to worry." ”
In fact, if it was really the soldiers in front who were fighting with the Liao people with real knives and guns, Li Qi would not care about such a little money, but he knew that the soldiers led by Tong Guan would always only face the enemy with their backs, and they would play tricks in front of the people, and take canned meat to give to that kind of army, anyway, they would all lose, and Li Qi might as well make a small fortune himself.