It's not that Lin Ruo is boasting, looking at the entire Donglu, there is not a restaurant that can be comparable to the gluttonous sea!

Not only does it gather chefs from all over Donglu to study how to satisfy the appetites of all kinds of tricky customers; At the same time, it also brought together all the dishes she knew, including the most valuable dish in the Manchu and Han banquets - Sibazhen.

However, it is not completely in accordance with the raw material formula of Sibazhen, mainly because the "Shanbazhen" is really too rare, and the materials are too bloody, such as elephant trunk, bear's paw, monkey brain, scarlet lip, etc., so Lin Ruo asked people to replace it with other Shanzhen; As for "Sea Eight Treasures", "Poultry Eight Treasures" and "Grass Eight Treasures", several rare ingredients have also been replaced, but the taste is not reduced.

These "four or eight treasures" are cumbersome and expensive, so they are available in limited quantities every day and have to be ordered three months in advance. But even so, there is still an endless stream of diners.

It's just that today, the gluttonous sea is not her destination.

The carriage stopped when it was close to the city gate, Lin Ruo took Lin Qi out of the carriage, and walked into the door of an inconspicuous shop near the city gate.

"Miss Lin, Young Master Lin, it's so early for the two of you to come today!"

Lin Ruoqian smiled and replied, "Is my place vacant?" ”

"Of course, even if you don't come, the small one won't let other guests pass by."

With that, he led them to the guest room on the third floor.

"Miss Lin, Young Master Lin, are you still the same today?"

"Yes!"

"Okay!"

After responding crisply, he ran downstairs with a puff of smoke.

In fact, this is also a shop of the Lin family, but it is not under the banner of the Lin family, except for Lin Qian, Lin Ruo, Lin Qi, Uncle Ping, Lao Qi and a few others, most people do not know.

This shop is just a small business for merchants to live in the store on weekdays, but it is actually the news station of the Lin family in Bian'an City, and the shopkeepers of the Lin family scattered all over Donglu and other countries come to Bian'an City, and they must come here to live first; The news from all over the country was also collected here first, and then handed over to the Lin Mansion by people.

Such inconspicuous inns are all over Donglu and other countries, some of which were renovated from shops that were too deficit-worthy, and some of which were used for this purpose after being bought. This was Lin Ruo's first suggestion to Lin Qian after he arrived at the Lin Mansion - for businessmen, news is the most important asset. Lin Qian analyzed the pros and cons and adopted, in the next few years, such shops opened one after another, like a starry sky all over the fortress passes of Donglu and other countries, all kinds of news came one after another, and the news in Beijing could also be quickly spread everywhere, so that the Lin family could grasp all kinds of information and important news as early as possible, and seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Of course, maintaining this huge news network is a huge expense, and it is also the biggest expense of the Lin family.

Fortunately, three years ago, Lin Ruo finally took action in person and created the "Xiangxue Sea" that made money every day, and this huge expenditure was not so heavy.

When the little second came back and came to them with a tray of food, Lin Ruo lowered his voice and asked, "Ah Xuan, is there any news about Li Bo and Uncle Ji recently?" ”

When he took the tea handed over by the man named "Ah Xuan", there was nothing wrong with his expression.

"Not yet."

Ah Yu unhurriedly put the refreshments on the table one by one, and answered Lin Ruo's question respectfully.

"If there is any news, leave the Lin Mansion to inform me."

"Miss Shao, don't worry, your subordinates understand."

Ah Xuan replied in a low voice, put the last plate of dim sum on the table, and then smiled enthusiastically: "Miss Lin, Young Master Lin, please use it slowly." ”

With that, he retreated.

While Lin Qi was eating a snack, he approached Lin Ruo and asked secretly, "Second sister, did you come out just to ask about Li Bo and Uncle Ji?" ”

In addition to the most basic counting method, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, he learned from Lin Ruo to use a simple line chart to simply verify the authenticity of the accounts, and use Lin Ruo's "balance sheet", "cash flow statement" and "income statement" to weigh the Lin family's shops, and he admired Lin Ruo very much.

Lin Ruo took a leisurely sip of tea: "No, it's just here, by the way." ”

"So what are we going to do here?" Lin Qi looked out of the window, the location of this room was excellent, and the movement on the entire north street could be seen clearly.

Lin Ruo watched the city gate official at the north gate stretch his waist and smiled mysteriously: "I'll see you soon, I'm guaranteed to open your eyes!" ”

These words aroused Lin Qi's interest, every time Lin Ruo sold Guanzi, he would see a lot of novel things, but every time Lin Ruo would deliberately hang his appetite and watch him suffer from curiosity.

This time, he really didn't let him wait too long, and with a long "open the city gate" from the city gate official, the heavy north gate slowly opened with a long "squeak" sound.

Because of the large number of vendors gathered in the North City, the opening time of the North Gate is a moment earlier than the other three gates, and during this moment, groups of vendors carrying burdens, pushing carts, and driving poultry and livestock raised at home will pour into Bian'an City. But today, the first to pour into the North City Gate is a special team - an army of nearly 10,000 pigs.

In the air, a stench began to permeate, and the sound of "coaxing and coaxing" came into the ears one after another.

Lin Qi's eyes couldn't help but widen: "Second and second sister, what you said was an eye-opener, wouldn't it be ...... They, right? ”

Lin Ruo smiled noncommittally, and did not show a disgusted expression like the young lady of the noble family.

Lin Qi knew that this was Lin Ruo's answer.

It is indeed unbelievable to get up early in the morning and guard the best viewing position of the north city gate, just to see such a mighty pig team entering the city. However, for Lin Qi, who has only eaten pork and has never seen a pig run, this pig team is really eye-opening for him.

The chickens, ducks, pigs, cows, muttons and other meat in the 100 shops and restaurants on North Street are all mobilized from outside the city of Bian'an to enter Beijing, although there are farmers who drive these livestock to the city to trade every morning, but the scale of more than 10,000 pigs is rare. What's even more amazing is that only one or twenty of the more than 10,000 pigs were driven away - it seems that in Bian'an City, even the pigs know how to obey the traffic rules and move in an orderly manner, so they don't worry about the pigs.

Lin Ruo had a light smile on the corner of his mouth, he didn't care about the unpleasant smell in the air, and looked at Lin Qi, who was lying in the window looking at this pig team with great interest, and his mood couldn't help but brighten.

"Oh, oh, oh", a rush of footsteps climbing the stairs came into his ears, and after a while, the door of the guest room was knocked, Ah Yu knocked rhythmically outside the door, Lin Ruo's eyebrows frowned, this is a code for urgent matters, let him in immediately.

Ah Yu brought the door and quickly handed a note to Lin Ruo: "Young Miss, please take a look!" ”

Lin Qi also quickly retracted his head from the window, looking at Lin Ruo, who was holding a note with a happy face, but when he saw the next note, his face sank again.

Leaned in to look at the words on the note—there was no secret language that had time to be translated, but Lin Ruo had taught him, so it was not difficult to understand the real news on it.

The first note reads: All the best; The second note read: Shangyu Displaced People Riot.