Chapter 15: Rival Lovers
The capital seems to have been a little lively recently, the princess is married, the prince of Dingyuan Wangfu is healed, and the prime minister kneels in front of King Dingyuan......
Before the turmoil of one thing after another had passed, there was news that the prince of Nanyue was going to envoy to the Great Zhou.
Now, what interests the people the most is that among the three major restaurants in the capital, Yunlai Restaurant and Xinyue Restaurant, a new wine has suddenly been launched, which is stronger and spicier than any wine ever before.
If you don't drink well, you can even get drunk and unconscious.
Relying on this new wine, Yunlai Restaurant and Xinyue Restaurant have an endless stream of guests, and in comparison, Yuanlai Restaurant is very crowded, and it no longer has the strength to compete with the other two major restaurants.
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In the courtyard, Bai Luo lay on the rocking chair, took the silver ticket handed by the servant, glanced at it casually, and handed it to Chaoyang.
For such a thing as managing money, he is too lazy to pay attention to it, just leave it to Chaoyang.
These silver taels are the profit share of Yunlai Restaurant and Xinyue Restaurant's drinks this month.
Bailuo alone occupies fifty percent, for this, the two major restaurants are naturally not unhappy, although Bailuo only provides a method of alcohol purification, but the restaurant makes money, relying on wine.
Spirits attract more customers to the two major restaurants, and the more profits they can make, compared to the profits of the drinks alone, which is insignificant.
Bailuo's purpose is not to make money, but to break the edge of the restaurant.
As the prince of Dingyuan Wangfu, how can he be short of money.
Although no one is disgusted with more money.
It is naturally impossible for the Great Zhou Dynasty to have only one general in Dingyuan, and the king of Dingyuan alone is in charge of fifty percent of the troops, and the remaining fifty percent of the troops are in the hands of the emperor, and three percent are in the hands of Xu Yuan.
Although the emperor did not have many troops in his hands, Xu Yuan had no possibility of rebellion.
Even if King Dingyuan doesn't intervene, if thirty percent of the troops want to destroy two percent of the troops, there is not much left.
As for why the emperor trusted King Dingyuan so much, Bai Luo was not very clear, but after this month's investigation, Bai Luo was already convinced that it was only the crown prince who wanted to harm him, and it had nothing to do with the emperor.
And the backer behind Yuanlai Restaurant is Xu Yuan, or in other words, Xu Yuan is the real owner of Yuanlai Restaurant.
This is also the real reason why Bai Luo dealt with Yuanlai Restaurant.
Because of the matter of military power, Xu Yuan and King Dingyuan have always been on the same page.
The courtyard door was suddenly opened, and the voice of the maid servant came into my ears, "Lord Wang! ”
Bai Luo slowly opened his eyes and saw King Dingyuan coming from outside the door, and the whole person stood up from the rocking chair and shouted softly: "Dad! ”
King Dingyuan nodded slightly, "You did the matter of coming to the restaurant?" ”
"Hmmm......"
King Dingyuan patted Bai Luo's shoulder, "Well done!" ”
Bai Luo: "......"
"Although I have no interest in power, I will guarantee your absolute safety, as the son of my Dingyuan King, you don't need to do anything, everything is with me!"
Bai Luo raised his head and looked at the mighty man in front of him, this is a father, a commitment and responsibility to his son.
Seeing King Dingyuan stride away and turn away, Bai Luo exhaled lightly, lay back in the rocking chair, and closed his eyes, but a smile on the corner of his mouth couldn't be calmed.
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Yuanlai Restaurant naturally sent someone to inquire about the methods of alcohol purification of Yunlai Restaurant and Xinyue Restaurant, but the three major restaurants can be equally famous, which proves that the backers of Yunlai Restaurant and Xinyue Restaurant will naturally not be bad.
Under the protection of alcohol purification, it is impossible for Yuanlai Restaurant to steal the purification method.
Xu Yuan angrily smashed the porcelain in the general's mansion, a huge source of funds, and it was gone......
The three major restaurants in the capital have become two major restaurants, and the time for this change is only one month.
Although most people think that the fall of Yuanlai Restaurant is because of the drink, some people have linked the prince of Dingyuan Wangfu with Yuanlai Restaurant.
Moreover, the source of the spirits of Yunlai Restaurant and Xinyue Restaurant is too mysterious, and in the capital, there are only two places that can be undetectable, that is, the Imperial Palace and the Dingyuan Palace.
Some people are wondering if the ending of the Yuanlai Restaurant is related to the prince of Dingyuan Wangfu?
Of course, they only dare to guess in their hearts, and they never dare to say it.
Next, the capital was quiet for a long time, and on this day, the crown prince of Nanyue arrived......
This time to envoy Da Zhou, in addition to the accompanying guards, the prince of Nanyue also brought two retinues, and this was also expected by Da Zhou.
The envoy is just a superficial statement, but in fact, it is also a provocation to the Great Zhou.
The two entourages of the Nanyue prince must be capable people, and once the Nanyue prince challenges him, no one in Da Zhou will be able to take it, which will inevitably make Da Zhou lose face.
After all, this is in the land of your Great Zhou, and all the citizens of the Great Zhou, can't you find someone who can compete with the two retinues?
In the evening of the same day, in the palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a reception banquet was held for the prince of Nanyue.
Bai Luo reluctantly took Chaoyang into the carriage and rushed to the palace.
Compared with going to the reception banquet, Bai Luo was more willing to accompany Lian Ning and Chaoyang in the palace.
Let him be a drunken dream!
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Performances are naturally indispensable at the reception banquet, which is nothing more than dance, music, and some poetry pairing, dancing swords and swords, etc., which are also novel to Bai Luo, but just after watching it for a while, Bai Luo felt boring.
Bai Luo began to concentrate on dealing with the food on the table, and the food in the palace was still very good.
And after the performance, the prince of Nanyue and the two people behind him finally stood up, and everyone understood that now is the main event.
However, the Great Zhou is vast and talented, and the emperor has long expected today's situation, so there are many talented people in the palace, and they are not afraid of it.
"Your Majesty, Da Zhou's performance is really wonderful, Yuan Yi has thanked His Majesty for his hospitality, but Yuan Yi's two subordinates have some questions that can't be answered, I hope Da Zhou's genius can give an answer."
Yuan Yi is naturally the name of the prince of Nanyue, after some polite words, there is no surprise challenge, behind Yuan Yi, a young man took the lead to walk out.
"There are two pairs of upper links below, and I can't think about the lower ones."
"The first deputy: Wangjiang Tower, Wangjiang Stream, Wangjiang Tower, Wangjiang Tower, Jianglou Eternity, Jiangliu Eternity."
"The second pair: the hook is old, the hook is the test, the old test is the child, and the child is old."
After speaking, the young man bowed slightly, "Please answer!" ”
Without waiting for the great Zhou genius to speak, the old man behind Yuan Yi also walked out and spoke directly, "There are pheasants and rabbits in the same cage today, with thirty-five heads on it and ninety-four feet on it. ”
"One hundred steamed buns and one hundred monks, three big monks are more indisputable, three small monks are divided into one, and how many small monks are each?"
What the old man left behind was the same two questions.
Yuan Yi's two subordinates, one is good at couplets and the other is good at arithmetic.
Bai Luo ate pastries with peace of mind, fed a piece to Chaoyang from time to time, and didn't care about others, several talented people stepped forward one after another, and there were some couplets coming up, but no one solved the arithmetic problem.
Moreover, even the couplets are not very fair, and the young man always has an imperceptible mocking smile on his face.
Time passed little by little, the emperor's brows furrowed, some disappointed, some lamented, these couplets, naturally someone can come out in a fair way, but the question of young people needs to be solved by young people.
If the older generation makes a move, it seems that Da Zhou has no bearing.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, Yuan Yi suddenly stepped forward and said in a respectful voice, "Your Majesty, in fact, Yuan Yi came to Da Zhou this time, and he also had something to ask for. ”
"Oh?"
Yuan Yi bowed slowly, "When Yuan Yi was a child, he once came to Da Zhou with his father, and he saw Princess Chaoyang, and it will be hard to forget it ever since. ”
"Your Majesty, Princess Chaoyang, married to Yuanyi, Nanyue and Da Zhou, have always been the best allies."
When everyone couldn't figure out the couplets and solve the arithmetic, Yuan Yi proposed marriage, which meant very obvious and had a sense of persecution.
But at this moment, no one was angry, but instead all eyes fell on Bai Luo.
Bai Luo finally stopped what he was doing, raised his head, and looked at Yuan Yi......
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(End of chapter)