The Queen Mother looked at Li Han deeply and said: "Han'er, it's a good thing that you are kind-hearted, but the imperial grandmother does not approve of you getting involved in court affairs too early. ”

Li Han said sincerely: "Queen Mother, do you know why the children of Lu Dao want to help King Linjiang? It is because the child has lost his father since he was a child, and the orphans and widows depend on each other, but whenever it endangers his mother, the child would rather try his best to resolve it for his mother, so he understands the mood of King Linjiang very much, and he can't bear to be framed for his benevolence and filial piety.

My cousin came to ask for help, and the child was also terrified, knowing that he was bewitched by someone and had no way to do it, and finally thought that only you were kind and kind, willing to help our two children resolve the disaster, so I took the liberty to bring my cousin to ask for your protection.

The ambition of the child is not to be a powerful person in the court, but to be a rich man in business, and live and work in peace and contentment with his family, which you always know, and will never be involved in royal affairs in the future. ”

"Alas, you are a good boy, it's a pity to be a rich man, but your talents can only be used when you become an adult, and you can do business now." The Queen Mother sighed: "Good boy, it's hard for you to be kind-hearted, you can go." ”

Li Han hurriedly said goodbye, and before leaving, he warned Liu Rong again with his eyes, telling him not to be smart enough to intercede for Concubine Li, so he hurriedly left the palace and went back to the restaurant.

Hurrying slowly, Li Han still missed the auspicious time of opening, and when he arrived at Li Kee Restaurant, the diners who had reserved seats had already taken their seats.

On the contrary, the three princes and nine ministers of the imperial court arrived one after another, because there was no arrangement from Li Han, and they were all temporarily sitting in the waiting color shed, talking in groups of three or five.

Seeing Li Han, a man sitting alone in a colorful shed with a majestic and cold face beckoned to him.

Li Han didn't know this person, so he hurriedly walked over and gave a deep salute, and said with a smiling face: "The kid will give you a gift to the old man, there is a private room behind, please move, and the food will be served later." ”

The man said: "Old man Zhou Yafu, but I have heard of your name for a long time, and because you made a bet with the emperor, I originally thought that the chances of winning were very high, but today I look at the grand occasion of your opening, but I am a little uncertain." ”

Li Han was taken aback, but he didn't expect it to be this evil god, and said honestly: "It turned out to be the prime minister, please forgive the kid for the sin of ignorance, the kid runs this restaurant, just to support his family, just like the big pharmacy, it's not worth the emperor and the prime minister to bother for the kid." ”

"The old man is very strange why you came back, didn't Lieutenant Zhidu look for you?" Zhou Yafu said suddenly.

Li Han said stupidly: "I found it." ”

"He is actually willing to let you come back, King Linjiang?" Zhou Yafu is even stranger.

Li Han said angrily: "It's strange to say, the kid got up early and remembered that the queen mother's medicine was gone today, and he was afraid of delaying her old man to take it and hurriedly went to Changle Palace to send it, and happened to meet the king of Linjiang who was at the queen mother's place, crying a handful of snot and tears." The kid sent the medicine and just wanted to come back, but the lieutenant went, saying that the king of Linjiang colluded with the kid to rebel, if it wasn't for the queen mother's testimony, I'm afraid the kid would have been arrested. ”

Zhou Yafu suddenly realized that he and Dou Ying had the same opinion, they were both ministers of the dead prince Liu Rong, and they had been fighting with the emperor because of this matter these days, which made Liu Qi very unhappy, but because they were both ministers of the humerus, they couldn't blame.

Therefore, for Zhou Yafu, Li Han's troublemaker saving Liu Rong was the happiest thing for him, so he stood up and said: "That's it, you take us to taste your wine banquet with a few hundred catties of gold, the old man wants to see if you can really make me wait for a huge amount of money and have nothing to say." ”

When Zhou Yafu was talking to Li Han just now, the ministers had already noticed it, but it was always difficult to come over to disturb the prime minister's questioning, and now as soon as Zhou Yafu took the lead, they all came over and followed Li Han into the back of the Graceland.

Li Han called a group of waiters and asked them to lead the adults to the private rooms with different numbers in order and set them up.

Serving food to the officials, Li Han arranged the first-class seats, and the special seats were slaughtered by Liu Wu, the kind of fat pig with a good face who "only buys expensive ones and doesn't buy the right ones", and he can't do that to these ministers, but there is a suspicion of disrespect for the middle and inferior seats, so it is just right for the top-class seats.

The eight hot dishes at the top table are: vinegared liver tips, braised duck heart, braised pork, roast duck in the hanging oven, garlic roasted water spinach, roasted eggplant, dry stir-fried beans, and spicy fried soybean sprouts.

Eight cold dishes: brine pork lips, brine pork belly, garlic white meat, roast chicken, cold black fungus, cold cucumber, cold green pepper shreds, shallots and tofu.

The two noodles are scallion pancakes and corn noodles, the two soups are hot and sour belly soup and rice wine dumplings, and the main dishes are leek egg dumplings and Sanding Lo noodles.

The liquor is liquor, made from pure grain at 52 degrees.

For a while, the prices of wine and food were all in place, and the ministers were amazed by the novelty stir-fry dishes they saw for the first time in their lives, and they frequently exclaimed at the peculiar spicy fresh hemp and rich sauce flavor in it.

In particular, the drunken doctor was unsuspicious, and he burst into tears with excitement after taking a sip of strong wine, and shouted to the sky that God had mercy on him, a person who was addicted to alcohol, and drank such a good wine in his lifetime, which was really a sigh for spending this life in vain.

Even Wei Wei Jianling, Hou Weijuan, who had been marking such an appalling high-priced banquet for Li Han, was also secretly admiring this banquet after seeing that every dish was a delicacy that the Han Dynasty had seen for the first time, and the wine was also crystal clear and mellow.

Zhou Yafu became more and more dignified the more he ate, as the prime minister after Wei Juan, what he considered the most was the big question of whether the emperor's tax system for profiteering business was beneficial to the country and the people, or to bring disaster to the country and the people.

The concept of Zhilu Dao was put forward by Li Han, and Zhou Yafu was even more deeply jealous of this extraordinarily human teenager, and even at the moment when he had never tasted the delicious food, the surrounding officials were amazed, and they all picked up their swords and slashed Li Han at once, lest he have the urge to poison the will of hundreds of officials with such a strange thing.

However, when he saw the servants who were shuttling endlessly with trays in the Grace Garden, and the neatly dressed maids kneeling in each private room, Zhou Yafu remembered what the emperor relayed about Li Han's capital chain problem, and felt that it was all true!

A large restaurant has to support at least hundreds of employees, and it can also feed farmers who grow vegetables, farmers who raise pigs, ducks and chickens, and butchers who kill pigs, so the capital chain is really turning.

And Li Han, the boss, after paying the costs and the wages of the helpers, and then paying a huge amount of taxes, the profits he earned are not so scary, but they just play the role of a bridge, or the axle that drives the capital chain to turn.

At the same time, the country continues to collect a large number of taxes, and the people who pay for all this are just these well-paid, or giant businessmen, who have a mountain of gold and coins at home, and take them out to satisfy their appetites, which can benefit countless people.

After figuring it out, Zhou Yafu completely let go of his heart, raised the wine bowl and drank frequently with his colleagues such as Wei Juan, Dou Ying, Yuan Ang and other colleagues present, and then said with a smile: "The old man completely agrees with the emperor's proposal, and tomorrow he will select talents who are proficient in accounts among Lang officials, establish a tax bureau, and officially start the approval and tax customization of various businesses." ”

At this moment, there was a loud laugh outside the door: "Hahaha, it's rare that Zhou Xiang is so interested, I wonder if Xiao Wang can come in and have a glass of wine?" "It turned out that King Liang had arrived.

Zhou Yafu hurriedly stood up to greet him, and Liu Wu walked in and said: "Xiao Wang has set up a special banquet in this big restaurant, and is ready to feast everyone in the evening, who knows that everyone can't wait for the evening, and they will come by themselves at noon?" In this case, Xiao Wang will pay for everyone's banquet today. ”

Zhou Yafu hurriedly excused himself and said: "I am waiting for the emperor's order to come to experience the profit-making situation of this hotel, how can we let King Liang break the bank, sit down quickly, and the old man will give King Liang a cup." ”

King Liang hated this Zhou Yafu and Wei Qihou Dou Ying, both of them opposed him becoming the prince, not to mention, the original rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, that is, Zhou Yafu and the emperor proposed to abandon the Liang State to attack Wu Chu, almost making him the target of the Seven Kings to vent their anger, if he hadn't persevered until the rebellion was quelled, he might have died long ago, so although he respected Zhou Yafu on the surface, he actually hated to eat meat and bedding.

However, Liu Wu is not stupid, knowing that if he wants to become a prince smoothly, the support and approval of these people is absolutely indispensable, and he can only sit down on his knees with a smile, and mention that Liu Rong was deposed, and the Queen Mother was very anxious, and specially recruited him to Chang'an to discuss major matters, in fact, it is to imply that everyone is determined to let him be the prince, and I hope that the acquaintances here will not be blocked.

Zhou Yafu and Dou Ying Yuan Ang exchanged glances with each other, and they were all perfunctory with Liu Wu in the mood of yang and yin, just persuading wine and food, but not replying to his words without a word, Liu Wu saw that they didn't eat oil and salt, and finally couldn't help but stand up and say goodbye.

At noon, Liu Wu went all over the ministers' banquets, some of them were gained, some of them were not, which made him extremely depressed. In his opinion, raising the respected mother, the ministers should support him one-sidedly, who would have thought that this would be the case, it seems that this matter has to hurry up to burn the bottom fire for his mother, and strive to let his mother force Liu Qi's neck to publicize this matter.

In fact, Liu Wu made a big mistake, he shouldn't have been in such a hurry, if he had planned according to the original plan, inviting the ministers to speak in the afternoon and evening, maybe he could avoid the eagerness of the ministers who had died to protect the prince, and now they were startled, so that they also discovered the urgency of this matter, after the banquet, Zhou Yafu and Dou Ying Yuan Ang entered the Changle Palace to see the Queen Mother.

The ministers' behavior brought an even greater crisis to Li Han.