Although the wide streets in Chang'an City are paved with loess, the ground is gentle and there are not even potholes, and the carriage moves slowly on the middle road, and there is silence in the carriage for a while, only to hear the shouts of the coachman outside the car and the sound of whipping whips from time to time.

Liang Hongmei was sitting in the car, remembering that Li Bao had not yet reported the matter of finding a restaurant. said to Li Bao: "Lang Jun explained some time ago about finding the location of the restaurant, and after coming back, the concubine and husband asked around for someone to inquire, and also went to see a few places, but they were not suitable." Either it's too basic or the location isn't suitable. Later, I heard about a place, and the concubine and her husband went to see it, which was quite in line with the requirements that Lang Jun said, but the main price of the store was too high, and our capital was too small, so the concubine did not agree, so the matter of finding a hotel had to be slowed down. ”

Li Bao saw Wei Baoheng's ruthlessness and insidiousness today, and the situation in the palace is also very unfavorable to him, and having his own industry and influence as soon as possible is the most important thing at present. Today's Wei Baoheng's strength made Li Bao ignore this matter, and as soon as Liang Hongmei mentioned it, he immediately became anxious. "The restaurant you said with a high price is suitable in all aspects?"

"Well, yes, both in terms of location, size, traffic and interior décor."

"How much does it cost? Now the price is not a problem, the lord rewarded me with a sum of money a few days ago, plus the money I lost from Yang Siqi today, and now I can take out 17,000 yuan in my hand. Buying a restaurant should be enough. ”

"Lang Jun, the money in your hand is still not enough, the main price of the store is 50,000 yuan."

"What? So much! Li Bao couldn't help but marvel in his heart, now in Chang'an City, five hundred guan can buy a decent house. A restaurant actually costs 50,000 yuan, is this hotel very luxurious? "The asking price of this restaurant is so high, the owner must be a famous wealthy businessman."

"Lang Jun guessed wrong, the shopkeeper's concubine asked someone to inquire, and it turned out that the shopkeeper was the steward of the former prime minister Lu Yan's family."

"Lu Yan, wasn't he sent out in April to Xichuan Jiedu, how can there still be industry in Beijing?"

"The shopkeeper also said that the price of this restaurant is too expensive and it is not easy to sell, so it was delayed." Lu Yan was the second only to Wei Baoheng in the Yizong Dynasty, and Li Bao remembered that the first time he heard Lu Yan's name was because of a county order called Chen Pansuo.

In the middle of Xiantong, Yizong Li Yi favored Lu Yan very much, and he severely cracked down on anyone who dared to impeach Lu Yan, and no one dared to move it. Once, Chen Pansuo gave Li Luo advice and said: It can solve the problem of military spending of the imperial court, Li Luo was very happy, and let Chen Pansuo meet him, Chen Pansuo's suggestion was very simple: just raid Bian Xian's home. Li Yi was curious about who Bian Xian was, and Chen Fansu said that Bian Xian was Lu Yan's cronies. When Li Luo heard this, he was immediately furious, and immediately exiled Chen Fansuo from afar.

Eleven years after Xiantong, after Wei Baoheng paid homage to the prime minister, Lu Yan and Wei Baoheng colluded with each other and joined forces to expel the other disobedient prime ministers, leaving the two who followed him. But after expelling outsiders, in order to fight for power and profit, the two immediately fought inwardly, Wei Baoheng vigorously impeached Lu Yan and Guo Shufei's pillow wind helped, and in April of the twelfth year of Xiantong, Lu Yan was released by Li Yi to Xichuan as a festival envoy. Now Wei Baoheng is alone in the center.

But the nature of Lu Yan in Shu is still the same, he is lustful, corrupt and bribe-taking, greedy for enjoyment, and makes a mess of Shuzhong. Li Bao thought to himself, this big silverfish that was the first in the late Tang Dynasty, has now lost its position. I should take this opportunity to eliminate harm to the people, and I can get this restaurant sooner. Since he plans to get rid of Lu Yan, then Wei Baoheng is definitely a good knife. As long as you use it well, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

"Let's put the matter of the eldest lady's restaurant first, not long ago I made a cake for the birthday of the adult, and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty in the Lin De Hall have seen this cake, but they have not eaten it. Moreover, the actor of the advertisement is still the nominal owner of Datang, and this good advertising effect must be utilized. You open a cake shop in Dongshi first, and we will start the cake business first, and then plan the things in the restaurant. ”

When Liang Hongmei saw Li Bao say this, she knew that Li Bao had a plan, so she agreed: "I have long heard that Lang Junjin's 'birthday cake' dedicated to the official family caused a sensation in the government and the opposition, and they praised Lang Jun's ingenuity and filial piety!" It's just that what is the cost and pricing of this cake, please show Lang Jun. ”

"The cost of the cake is very low, as long as there is enough milk, so that Yang Siqi, he is the warden of the palace, you will go to him after you return home, don't be in a hurry to lose money, let him make it up slowly." But when it comes to supplying milk, let him do it for us first. If he doesn't do it, I'll go to him and collect the debt. ”

Ling'er and Hu Sanbao couldn't help laughing out loud when they heard that Li Bao was so ruffian.

Hu Sanbao remembered what Li Bao said to him when he went to the Pastoral Office that day, and said happily: "That day, a certain and Lang Jun went to the Pastoral Office to ask for Yang Siqi, who knew that the guy deliberately pushed and perfunctory us, and Lang Jun asked me to give that guy a gold leaf." He readily agreed. Later, when he and Lang Jun came out, they were angry, and Lang Jun comforted me and said that he would give him one or two now, and he would definitely ask him to return ten times and a hundred times in the future. I don't want this world to come so quickly! What a great day today! ”

Ling'er even took Li Bao's hand and said, "Lang Jun is really heroic today, and he defeated two evil slaves by himself. Every day Lang Jun goes out to exercise slaves don't quite understand, today I see that Lang Jun is the real rainy day, unpredictable prophet, majestic! ”

When Li Bao heard Ling'er praise himself, his heart was even more happy: "I taught Ling'er a few idioms on weekdays, and I don't want to use Ling'er all on me today, but I actually use them well, which is really comforting to me!" ”

When Ling'er saw that Li Bao was actually making fun of herself, she only felt that her face was red and her ears were hot, and she said to Li Baojiao: "Lang Junguan will cancel Ling'er, and people won't come." When he boarded, everyone in the carriage was amused by Ling'er's coquettishness.

Li Bao said to Liang Hongmei: "This Yang Siqi is very talented in business, how close can you be to him, I am in the palace to open a cake shop, and I can't take care of it all the time." I want you and your husband's family to worry a lot, and it is not convenient for Yang Siqi's lost money to be placed in your house first, and I will put it in the palace. ”

In the Tang Dynasty, the monetary system of the copper standard was implemented, and the amount of gold and silver mined each year was limited and could not be used as a major task of circulating currency, so copper coins were the unit for the delivery of bulk goods. The money has always weighed one or two catties, and 10,000 yuan is an astronomical amount, and it covers a wide area, and the 300,000 yuan rewarded by Li Luo last time accounted for a good place in the treasury of the Jinluan Palace.

Li Bao almost finished what he ordered, and suddenly remembered that the price of the cake had not been told to Liang Hongmei, because the customer base of this cake was the powerful people in Chang'an City. Therefore, the price cannot be low, and if it is low, there will be no high-end and special feeling. Think about the luxury goods of later generations, all of which are warmly sought after by thousands of Chinese people.

After the cake is made in large quantities, the cost of a single cake is diluted, and it is roughly not a consistent money, so the price is according to 30 per cake. In this way, you can not only guarantee profits, but also build your own brand. After Li Bao told Liang Hongmei about the pricing of the cake, Liang Hongmei had no idea, but Ling'er and Hu Sanbao were both good at making cakes, and they knew that the profits were so high in private, and they had to admire Lang Jun for being a profiteer.

Li Bao remembered the matter of the shares discussed with Liang Hongmei last time, so he told Ling'er and Hu Sanbao about the share division method discussed with Liang Hongmei that day, and this ratio was placed in the cake shop. When the hotel is opened in the future, the two will be distributed dividends according to this ratio.

When Ling'er and Hu Sanbao heard this, they immediately knelt in front of Li Bao, Hu Sanbao was so excited that his head touched the roof of the car, but he didn't care about crying out in pain, and the two said to Li Bao in unison: "The slave is willing to die for Lang Jun!" ”

Li Bao smiled and helped the two of them up, and said to them: "You have followed me since you were a child, and I have nothing to repay you." This money is just a little bit of my heart. ”

There is also the name of the cake shop, I want to write it to you, after you go back, you will find someone to make a plaque and hang it, after speaking, Li Bao took out a pen and paper and wrote the name of the first chain restaurant in Chinese history on the smooth carriage: Mei Ya Ya Pastry Shop.

The chain later opened in every administrative region of the Super Empire and laid a solid foundation for the rise of Liang Hongmei's husband's family, the Zhao chaebol. It has also won many honors for the Zhao family and the trust of the Li Tang royal family, of course, this is a later story.

The carriage walked sparkling through the streets of Chang'an City, slowly approaching the Daming Palace City, and when they arrived at Danfeng Gate, Li Bao and the other three got down from the carriage and waved goodbye to Liang Hongmei.

After Liang Hongmei left, Li Bao also said goodbye to Zhou Rui and Qian De'an, although these two are Jin Wuwei, they are very deferential to themselves, and their character is also very loyal, Li Bao feels that they can make friends. So Li Bao took some gold leaves from Ling'er, each weighing two handfuls. Five per person, which stunned the two of them.

These five taels of gold are exchanged for copper coins, which is three hundred yuan, I never thought that this little Langjun was so bold. But the two of them didn't dare to accept it, and said to Li Bao: "Lang Jun is very loving, but a certain one doesn't dare to accept it, the so-called no merit is not punished, and a certain two people almost let Lang Jun receive his injury today, if he takes Lang Jun's reward, he will only feel guilty, and ask Lang Jun to take it back." ”

Li Bao saw that the two of them could see the wealth but did not open their eyes, and insisted that the two accept it, but the two refused and shirked it. In the end, the two of them each took a gold leaf. Li Bao also met two heroes, and he was overjoyed. The two sides said goodbye and agreed to help each other in the future.

Li Bao, Ling'er and Hu Sanbao walked in the Daming Palace at dusk, only to feel that when they went out in the morning, everyone's feelings were different, and they had more energy and hope.

When I returned to the Jinluan Palace, the palace people came to report that the official family was looking for Lang Jun!

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