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Maybe in the eyes of Wu Xiaoliu and others, Li Qi has some of his own inconveniences, almost all the best delicacies in the country are in the imperial dining room, and he can't just go there to pick them, so why bother looking for a needle in a haystack to find those delicacies that may only be available in the world.

In fact, Li Qi also understands this truth, but since the last time Dali Kingdom presented bird's nest, Li Qi found that compared to later generations, the imperial dining room is not so omnipotent. In other words, this is his advantage, and if he can find a delicacy that has not yet been discovered in the present day, then his chances of winning will be greatly improved.

For several days, he visited almost all the large and small markets inside and outside the capital, but unfortunately he still did not find the perfect material in his mind.

Just as Li Qi was devoting himself to preparing for the Four Kingdoms Banquet, a very strange thing suddenly happened in the restaurant world in Bianjing.

Pan Lou is closed.

There was no reason, no warning, it was just such a sudden closing of the door, even the bartender in Pan Lou didn't know what was going on, and now they are still worried about their work.

When the drunken immortal residence had not yet risen, Fan Lou, Pan Lou, Yang Lou, and Jade Xuan were known as the four major restaurants in Tokyo, and the influence of Pan Lou should not be underestimated.

Although the last pig killing alley incident hit Pan Lou a little, because Li Qi showed mercy to his subordinates in the end and paid for all their meat, the loss was not big for Pan Lou. After this period of stable days, Pan Lou and Jade Xuan gradually recovered.

However, it is in this context that Pan Lou closed its doors and ceased business, you must know that the tax revenue in the Northern Song Dynasty is very cheating, especially in the restaurant industry, which is the key object of tax collection.

Nowadays, the gossip about Pan Lou is flying all over the sky.

Li Qi went to the market as usual this morning, but along the way, he didn't see much of the food, and patronized to listen to the gossip of those pedestrians and vendors.

"Hey, Lao Xu, haven't you heard, Pan Lou suddenly closed yesterday."

"This old man naturally knows that we are fine, but we will suffer from the third brother Xie."

"Why?"

"Pan Lou is the largest employer of Third Brother Xie, and nearly seventy percent of the fish and crabs he catches every day are sent to Pan Lou, this is good, people are simply closed, as soon as the door is closed, nothing will matter, don't you see, Third Brother Xie didn't even come to the fish market this morning, I guess I went to find that Pan Yuanwai."

"I see, hey, listening to you say this, I remembered one thing, do you think this matter will have anything to do with Drunken Immortal Residence?"

"Oh? Why do you say that? ”

"A few days ago, Master Li from Drunken Xianju came back to cook, and it was only less than a month, and there was such an incident, and I think eighty percent of it has something to do with him."

"There is some truth in what you said, this Master Li doesn't know where he came from, as long as it is related to him, something must have happened."

"Alright, alright, others are coming, don't talk about it."

I can't imagine that Lao Tzu was shot while lying down! Li Qi couldn't cry or laugh when he heard these gossips, but he also felt that this matter was indeed a little strange. Pan Yuanwai? Li Qi is not very impressed by this person, because this Pan Yuanwai is simply an otaku, mediocre in appearance, taciturn, and rarely shows up, I remember the last time I talked about meat, he also sat on the side for a long time and rarely said a word, all of them were Cai Minde alone, he received no less meat than Jade Xuan, but for such a big thing, he can still do not open Chrysostom, it can be seen that he really does not like to talk. But from the fact that he dared Cai Minde to cooperate with Drunken Immortal Residence, Li Qi felt that this person was not an ordinary person.

The tranquility of the early morning broke all these gossips, and Li Qi didn't have the heart to go any further, so he picked a few fresh grass carp and went back to the Drunken Immortal Residence. As soon as he arrived at the door, Wu Furong ran out of the counter and said, "Master Li, Pan Lou just sent someone." ”

"Pan Lou again?"

Li Qi frowned and said, "Go in and talk." By the way, is Madame here? ”

"It's here, it's in the backyard."

"Let's go to the backyard then."

The two came to the backyard together, on the way, Wu Furong couldn't wait to tell Li Qi a brief answer to the matter, it turned out that Pan Lou sent people, mainly to collect debts, at the beginning of the sale of a total of 500,000 catties of meat from Drunken Xianju, more than 40,000 yuan, Li Qi almost emptied all the money of Drunken Xianju, and then he made up 10,000 yuan to those small restaurants, but he still owes the money of these big restaurants like Jade Xuan and Pan Lou, which is also the fundamental reason why Wu Furong became an iron rooster, he is not Li Qi after all, he owes people money, I always feel uncomfortable in my heart, and I hope to be able to pay it off soon.

Madam Qin already knew about this, but it was not a trivial matter, so she couldn't pay attention to it.

Li Qi thought for a while and said, "How much do we still owe Pan Lou now?" ”

"Originally, I still owed 8,000 guan, a few days ago we repaid 3,000 guan, and now we still owe Pan Lou 5,000 guan, Jade Xuan 10,000 guan, as for the money of other restaurants, we have almost repaid it."

Now that Zuixianju is in full development, bars, chain stores, and all of them are making money every day, coupled with the huge profits that are unparalleled in the world, even if the money for canned meat has not been recovered, Wu Furong has already started his repayment plan.

Li Qi nodded and said: "We have already signed a contract with Pan Lou, and we will not be able to pay off the account until the end of next year at the earliest, and now we have paid them back three thousand yuan first, what do they want?" ”

Wu Furong sighed: "That person didn't have to pay us back, he just said that he hoped we could pay back the money as soon as possible." And you already know about the closure of Pan Lou, judging from the old decay, they must have encountered some difficulties. ”

"Difficult?"

Li Qi snorted angrily and said: "Closing the door and closing the business, this is not a trivial matter, this Bianjing is so big, and we are all dry restaurants, if something really happens, we can't even receive a little rumor." ”

"Then you say, what kind of medicine is he selling in this gourd?" Wu Furong's face was full of confusion, he had been in this industry for so long, and it was the first time he had encountered such a strange thing.

"How do I know?"

Li Qi sighed and said to Mrs. Qin, "Madam, what do you say?" ”

Mrs. Qin sighed slightly, and said: "No matter what, Pan Lou must have encountered difficulties, and the person just now spoke in a very good tone, he didn't say anything to force us to pay it back, if we have enough money, let's pay it back first." ”

"Okay. Just listen to you. ”

Li Qi nodded and asked Wu Furong, "Uncle Wu, can we make up five thousand yuan now?" ”

"Drunken Immortal Residence definitely can't come up with so much money now, but if you add a bar, it should be about the same."

"That's okay, you immediately ask Xiaoyu to go to the bar to settle the accounts, and I'll send someone to say it over there in Fan Lou and Gao Yanei." Li Qi said neatly, but after all, the bar is not his alone, and if he wants to withdraw money, he must inform the other shareholders. Speaking of Fan Lou, he suddenly remembered something and asked, "Uncle Wu, didn't you go to Fan Lou yesterday, is Old Man Fan okay?" ”

Wu Furong nodded and said, "I haven't seen Master Fan either, but I heard that Master Fan said that it is better than some time ago, and he should be able to survive this winter." ”

Li Qi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, so be it, when you and Xiaoyu settle the account, I will go to Fan Lou in person, and take a look at Old Man Fan by the way." ”

At this moment, Xiaoyu suddenly knocked on the door, "Madam, Brother Li, Cai Yuan is here." ”

"Old fox Cai?"

Li Qi frowned, and said secretly, it seems that something is really wrong now, the cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods are all out of the hole.

Li Qi asked Xiaoyu to go to the bar immediately, and then came to the box on the third floor of the Drunken Immortal Residence in person, and after the two exchanged pleasantries for a while, Li Qi smiled and said: "Cai Yuanwai, I heard that you have always been good at diplomacy with Pan Yuan, you must know some inside information, right?" ”

Cai Yuanwai sighed and said, "If it's really like what you said, then Cai won't come to bother you today." As he spoke, he took out an account book from his sleeve, handed it over, and said, "What do you see here?" ”

Li Qi took it and flipped through it, and said in surprise: "Huh? This is the transaction list between your Jade Xuan and Pan Lou, what are you doing with this? ”

"It's just a transcript, it's okay, you take a closer look."

Li Qihu glanced at him suspiciously, then looked at it carefully, and suddenly, he turned several pages in a row, gasped, and said, "Wow! All the accounts were settled yesterday. ”

Cai Minde's face was full of confusion, and said: "Just last night, Pan Yuan sent five accounting offices to my store to pay off all the accounts, which is obviously to dissociate himself from me, I asked those accounting offices, and they only said that their master ordered them to do this." I asked myself if I didn't do anything to be sorry for him, and our two families have always had business dealings, this is broken, I really don't know what to do, I didn't sleep all night last night, no, I came to you early in the morning to ask you for advice. ”

"Why don't you just go to Pan Yuanwai?"

"I wanted to find him too, but he avoided me."

Li Qi sighed and said, "You may not know that Fang Yuan sent someone to ask me to pay back the meat first." ”

Cai Minde's face tightened, and said, "There is still such a thing?" ”

"Hmm. At first, I thought he was in trouble and lacked cash flow, but he paid off all the accounts with you last night, so it can be seen that he is not short of money, so why did he do this? ”

Li Qi frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "Could it be?" The two said in unison: "He's going to quit." ”

After Cai Minde finished speaking, he shook his head and said: "I don't think so, Pan Lou was founded by Pan Yuan's grandfather, and nothing happened here, why didn't he do it." ”

"Then I can't think of any other reason." Li Qi scratched his head, felt a little upset, and said, "Forget it, let him go, he can do whatever he likes." ”

Cai Minde only shook his head and sighed.

After sending Cai Minde away, Li Qi just returned to the backyard, and Mrs. Qin was standing in front of the door, she saw Li Qi coming, and asked with a smile: "Cai Yuanwai is gone." ”

"Gone." Li Qi shrugged his shoulders and grumbled again: "You said that this is to provoke someone, it's only been a few days since I came back, and such a strange thing happened, oops, I can't cook a good meal, it's really frustrating." ”

Seeing that he was full of swearing, Mrs. Qin couldn't help but glance at him, and said, "This matter has nothing to do with us, why do you have to worry, just prepare your Four Kingdoms Banquet with peace of mind." ”

"That's just as well."

Li Qi nodded, and said with a smile: "Madame's words made Li Mou's mouth suddenly, Li Mou is really grateful, it just so happened that I got a few two-headed abalone from the imperial dining room yesterday, and I will get an abalone rice noodle to warm Mrs. Stomach later, and talk about gratitude." ”

"You're going to be a fool of yourself, and you're not serious." Mrs. Qin shook her head with a smile, suddenly looked up at the sky, and muttered, "It looks like it's about to snow." ”