After a burst of joyful excitement, the ribbon-cutting of the restaurant ended. But the song and dance performances outside, the dragon and lion dances have not stopped, these are mainly for the poor people outside, in order to expand their influence, earn word of mouth, and do publicity.

Inside the restaurant, many officials, businessmen and gentlemen flocked in, sitting on their seats while tasting amazing wine and delicacies, while watching the wonderful performances on the stage. After enjoying the dazzling service in the restaurant, I secretly decided that I must come here often in the future.

Chen Haonan and others accompanied Luoyang Ling and some powerful gentry in Luoyang City to drink and have fun in the VIP room, Liu Wei didn't go to them, and Wei Yi and Jiang Qi found a private room with a good scenery and sat down.

Today also coincided with Xun Yu's vacation, so Liu Wei also invited him over.

Although Xun Yu, who has a square character, is more reluctant to these entertainment venues, he can't resist Liu Wei's warm invitation. The four of them lit a hot pot in the private room, Wei Yi and Jiang Qi had been by Liu Wei's side for a long time, and they had already eaten hot pot barbecue or something, but Xun Yu was the first time to try such a novel way of eating, even if he was not the kind of person who liked to satisfy his appetite, he was full of praise for hot pot.

After drinking and eating, Liu Wei asked the restaurant guys to withdraw from the banquet. Brewed a pot of the best tea leaves they had brought, and the four of them drank the tea again.

Liu Wei did not hide his relationship with the restaurant from Xun Yu, and talked about his management of the restaurant while sipping tea.

Although Xun Yu is a scholar with orthodox Confucianism, he is not a pedantic person. Although the status of the merchant was still at the bottom of the social class in his eyes, he also recognized the circulation role of commerce in the social economy. Therefore, he was not very disgusted with Liu Wei's business, but was very interested in what he said about the way of economy, and put forward some of his own understanding of business.

While the two were talking about speculation, Liu Wei put forward an idea to do business in partnership with the Yingchuan Xun clan.

This idea has been in his heart for a long time, and he only has the opportunity to bring it up today.

Liu Wei and Xun's partnership in business has a deep purpose. Because the annexation of land by the landlords of the Han Empire at this time was already very serious, it was inevitable that Liu Wei would carry out economic and land reform of the country after his accession to the throne, not only to improve the status of merchants, but also to curb the annexation of land. Such a move will inevitably offend the interests of the large landlord class, and will certainly be met with their backlash. And Liu Wei's top-down reform cannot blindly use force and high pressure, but also has to worry about the stable development of the empire.

Therefore, Liu Wei hopes that in the future, some policies and decrees will be adopted to encourage the landlords and powerful to do business, and even to do business with them himself. After all, Liu Wei has mastered many technologies that surpass this era, and the words used must be profitable transactions. The landlord has a lot of money in his hands, and the cooperation between the two sides should be a win-win situation.

Through the subtle transformation of the landlords and the powerful, when they realized that the benefits of doing business outweighed the collection of land rent, and their own interests were gradually closely related to Liu Wei's reforms, they would become supporters of Liu Wei's reforms.

For this reason, Liu Wei even decided to suffer a little more in the cooperation with them, or use some technology as compensation for the losses caused by the reform of the noble landlords. In addition, Liu Wei also took into account another meaning, he has a large amount of technology, he will inevitably become the leader of various industries at the beginning, a monopoly system is really not conducive to the development of national industry, and sharing technology is conducive to the normal operation of the national economy.

The cooperation with Yingchuan Xun is the first step of Liu Bian's experimental reform. The choice of Xun not only has the relationship between Xun Yu, but also the Xun family is also a wealthy family in Yingchuan, which is deeply rooted and full of talents. How many political and military cattle people come from here, as the so-called Yingchuan many scholars, there is no white ding. Being able to tie the Xun clan to his political chariot will be a huge boost to the empire he will create!

After listening to Liu Wei's proposal, Xun Yu was also quite hesitant in his heart.

To be honest, he wasn't completely unmoved by the matter. For example, today's disasters continue year after year, and the tenants in the clan pay much less rent than in previous years. The expenses of a big family like the Xun clan are naturally huge, and they are gradually stretched a little stretched. Especially this year, some of the tribesmen who were barely surviving turned into extreme poverty, and if it weren't for the help of the tribe, I am afraid that they would have become displaced people to escape the famine. Even the Yingchuan Academy, which was interrupted by the Yellow Turban Uprising, wanted to recover, but it became powerless because of lack of money.

It's just that he is afraid that the clansmen will not be willing to do business and operate this cheap business, and secondly, this matter is very important, and he can't be the master. I had to promise Liu Wei to write a letter back to ask the meaning of the clan and then reply. Liu Wei would not let him express his position at this moment, and after agreeing, several people talked about some other things, and then dispersed.

Xun Yu went back to his residence to write a letter to the clan, and Jiang Qi was also busy with recruiting soldiers. Liu Wei wanted to take Wei Yi back to the palace, but was stopped by Chen Haonan and others and invited to another private room

As soon as Liu Weigang, who wondered what would happen, sat down, Chen Haonan and the others knelt on the ground in unison, and couldn't help but kowtow three times without saying "dong dong".

Liu Wei was a little confused, and didn't understand why they did this, so he hurriedly called them up and asked with concern, "What's wrong, are you drunk?" If you can't drink it, you will drink less in the future. ”

Chen Haonan and the others knelt on the ground and refused to get up, Chen Haonan raised his head, already burst into tears, and cried and said: "We were originally a splash in the market, and we were blinded and scolded in this Luoyang City. And His Royal Highness does not treat me as inferior, and promotes me as the end of the grass, so that I can have today's glory. Not only can we sit and drink with those officials, businessmen and gentry, but even Luoyang Ling greets us with a smile. I will wait for drinking water and thinking about the spring, and it will be difficult to repay His Highness's great kindness until I die. Your Highness, if you have any commands, I am willing to serve the death force! ”

When Liu Wei heard this, he realized that Chen Haonan and the others were used to being looked down upon, and their status suddenly improved, and even Luoyang Ling, who they usually regarded as high-ranking officials, was polite to them, and they were greatly moved one by one.

Thinking of Luoyang's fat-headed and big-eared appearance, Liu Wei couldn't help but pout. He accepted a bribe of 10,000 yuan from himself, and he couldn't buy back a smiling face, it was really unreasonable!

Looking at Chen Haonan and their snot and tears, with a look of arrogance who was willing to go to the soup for him, Liu Wei suddenly remembered something, and said to them: "If you are loyal in the future, Benhou will not treat you badly." Benhou does have something he wants you to do now, listen carefully. ”

Chen Haonan hurriedly said: "But according to His Highness's orders. ”

"Find someone to build a secret house near the Upper West Gate, but don't let anyone know that you are involved. In a few days, I will ask Zhongxian to give you the drawings of the house, and you must build it strictly according to the drawings as it appears. After the construction was completed, he let out the wind and said that it was Ben Hou's outer house, because Ben Hou coveted the beauty of a dancing girl in Diaoyutai, so he built this house and had a secret tryst with him. ”

Chen Haonan and the others couldn't help but look at each other when they heard what Liu Wei said, and they didn't understand why Liu Wei, who had always been low-key, suddenly wanted to make the city full of wind and rain to defile himself.

Liu Wei saw that they had doubts in their hearts, but he didn't want to explain more before the time came, so he just said: "You can do as I tell you, and I will be useful when the time comes." ”

Liu Wei didn't say anything, Chen Haonan and the others would not ask any more, and they all nodded and promised. Seeing that the matter had been ordered, Liu Wei didn't stay any longer, and instructed them to run the restaurant for a good time, so he got up and went back to the palace.

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The business of the restaurant is booming, and Liu Wei's purse is also bulging. With money, recruiting is naturally not a problem.

It happened that Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty was about to go on a northern tour, and Liu Wei decided to take advantage of this opportunity to show his strength and train a group of excellent officers.

However, at this moment, a discordant note appeared.

In February of the fifth year of Zhongping, he advised the doctor Ma Riyan to show Emperor Ling, saying that a new obscene place called Diaoyutai appeared near Luoyang. During this period, he gathered gambling to accumulate wealth and prostitution during the day. The sound of its ** is endless, and the most chilling thing is that there are many discrepancies in the official palaces in the capital.

Although Ma Riyan has a close relationship with Yuan Kui and others, he was not instructed by others this time, but completely out of public intentions.

Ma Riyan is the grandson of Ma Rong, a master of Eastern Han Dynasty scripture, and has been influenced by Confucianism since he was a child, so he was naturally very angry about the Diaoyutai of this gambling and erotic place in Luoyang City. And I don't know where he learned that Wei Yi and Diaoyutai are also inextricably linked, and he couldn't help the powerful ten permanent servants who were originally opposed to the eunuch dictatorship, so he had to vent his hatred with Wei Yi, a newly rising eunuch, and he also had a trace of the idea of being able to find Wei Yi's head and pull him off the horse for the Diaoyutai bullet seal.

It's just that the watch seal has been sent for more than half a month, but there has never been any movement on it. When Yuan Kui, who had a good relationship, asked, he learned that his Emperor Ling, who had a good relationship, didn't see it at all, but was detained by Zhang Rang, who was the tenth permanent attendant, on the grounds that the saint was busy with his northern tour and had no time to deal with such trivial matters.

Ma Riyan was furious and scolded the ten permanent servants for misleading the country. However, Yuan Kui told him another thing, which surprised him!

"Uncle Weng (Ma Riyan) didn't come to me, I was also going to look for Uncle Weng. The general ordered me to tell you that Uncle Weng doesn't need to worry about the Diaoyutai matter, and he should protect himself in order to be eunuch. ”

Ma Riyan was stunned for a moment, didn't He Jin's words tell him not to be nosy? How could He Jin, who has always been a sworn enemy, and the Ten Standing Servants still unite for a small restaurant?

Ma Riyan was puzzled by this matter, but Liu Bianruo could solve his doubts here.

He Jin, Zhang Rang and others all received bribes from Liu Wei through Queen He, and promised to make two percent of the profits from the restaurant's future operation, can they not unite to speak for the restaurant? In the words that Liu often said, if the interests are the same, Obama and Ben can be reconciled.

Yuan Kui saw that Ma Riyan was still indignant, so he had to persuade again: "Not only did the general say so, but in fact, I also meant this. ”

"Ciyang (Yuan Kuizi) actually allowed this obscene and filthy place to poison the world and sit idly by?" Ma Riyan said angrily.

Yuan Kui saw that Ma Riyan started a fire against him, so he had to explain: "Today, the saint is having fun, and he arranges for the palace maid Huangmen to pretend to be a merchant to set up a stall in Xiyuan, and he wanders around in the costume of a merchant. If he wanted to know that there was such a place for the people, even if he didn't go to the casino brothel, he would open the same one in the palace. When the time comes, what will be the face of the Han Empire? ”

Ma Riyan suppressed the anger in his heart when he heard Yuan Kui say this, and knew that he really couldn't do anything about Diaoyutai, so he had to give up. Later, in order to appease him, He Jin made him a doctor of Guanglu, and then entered the captain of Shotsheng.

Although Ma Riyan's impeachment was finally overcome, Diaoyutai became even more famous because of this impeachment. Many Qingliushi doctors came here with curiosity, and even Wang Yun, Yuan Kui and others became frequent visitors. After all, Diaoyutai is indeed a good place for entertainment and leisure in this era, except for the small building of the casino brothel set up next to it. In particular, the private room on the second floor attracts many elegant people.

In the end, even Ma Riyan couldn't resist the temptation, walked into the private room and watched the scenery from the window, and gathered friends with wine. After all, his ancestor Ma Rong still taught apprentices in the front hall, and there was a female music in the back room. He is not a pedantic person. Here's an explanation he gave.

At the end of February, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty toured north. Hundreds of officials went to the east gate to resign, and Liu Wei was also among them.

I don't know who taught it, Liu Xie cried and wiped his tears and staged an emotional drama that he couldn't bear to say goodbye. Liu Wei didn't make a poem to praise the merits of Emperor Ling like Cao Zhi. First, he didn't want to do this, and secondly, he didn't study very well, except for plagiarizing the works of later generations, he really didn't have any good literary talent.

Just casually said two words of compliment, and Emperor Ling also replied to him coldly, and then took a cadre of military honor guards and headed north.

In the face of Emperor Ling's indifference, Liu Wei had long been accustomed to it, pursed his lips, and turned around to go back to the palace.

Jiang Qi's soldiers had already been recruited, and Liu Wei knew that the big plan in his heart could already be started.