As soon as he decided to refine the medicine himself, Li Kuan ran into big trouble!

No money!

Since he bought that necklace a few months ago, his pocket has been empty!

And to refine potions, not only do you need medicinal materials and materials, but you also need a large amount of gold gallons to buy the tools needed to refine potions, such as crucibles and the like.

No way!

Li Kuan can only return to the Chu Palace, ready to get some gold and exchange it again!

However, as soon as he came back, Li Kuan bumped into Zhao Shi, who was about to report things to him!

"Your Highness, now our food is for the sky, in addition to Chang'an City, in the more affluent cities around Chang'an City, the county has opened ten more restaurants!"

"And because we will choose the location of the restaurant according to the flow of people, consumption level and other factors, so the revenue is also good, basically catching up with Chang'an!"

Zhao Shiyu reported, his face gradually became serious, and said, "But... These days, there are some restaurants in Chang'an that offer dishes that are exactly the same as ours! ”

"I specifically asked someone to try it, these restaurants are the same in terms of taste and added materials, and the price is half cheaper than ours, which has begun to affect our business in Chang'an, I suspect that there is a chef in our restaurant who leaked secrets!"

"Chef leaks?" Li Kuan raised his eyebrows.

In the past year, there have been many restaurants in Chang'an City that have launched dishes that imitate food for the sky, and the taste is very similar to that of food for the sky.

He never imagined that the dishes he had improved would always be unique to food!

After all, the people of this era are not as knowledgeable as him from the era of information explosion, but his brain is not bad!

As long as those chefs or people with a more sensitive sense of taste eat a few more times, taste the taste of the dish, and see what is added to the dish, they will always be able to imitate it!

But imitation is one thing, identical is another!

"Yes!" Zhao Shi nodded solemnly.

After pondering for a moment, Li Kuan asked, "Which restaurants have exactly the same dishes as ours?" Who is behind it, have you found out? ”

As the king of Chu, ordinary restaurants dare to imitate the recipes of food for the sky, but they really dare not use any means behind the scenes to make the recipes of food for the sky!

Even if the chef is willing to give, they don't dare!

Because Li Kuan is the king of Chu!

Of course, even if there is someone behind him, he is not afraid of offending Li Kuan's restaurant, and under normal circumstances, he will not use any means to get the recipes that are good for the day!

There are many ways for a restaurant to make money behind it, for a few dishes, for the sake of a little business in the restaurant, and offend a king of Chu, it is obviously not cost-effective!

Even if the King of Chu is only three years old this year!

And daring to do it shows that not only is he not afraid of him, but he may even have a little enmity with him or for some reason!

"There are about seven or eight restaurants headed by Zhengde Building, all of which are old shops that have been open in Chang'an City for decades, and behind them is the Xingyang Zheng family!" Zhao Shi obviously did his homework when he came, and he answered it all when he asked!

"Xingyang Zheng's?" Li Kuan frowned slightly.

The Xingyang Zheng family is not a small family, but the top family in this era, one of the seven families with five surnames!

"It seems... During this time, the struggle between my cheap uncle and my cheap father became more and more intense! Li Kuan thought about it carefully, and probably understood what was going on.

The Zheng family in Xingyang is a family that supports his cheap uncle.

His cheap aunt, that is, Zheng Guanyin, is the daughter of the Zheng family in Xingyang!

Now the reason why Xingyang Zheng is making his recipes and selling dishes at cheap prices to hit the business of his restaurant is probably because he wants to fully crack down on his cheap father!

Li Kuan, who was born in the Qin Palace, can be regarded as being affected by the pond fish!

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, as one of the five surnames and seven restaurants, it would not be possible to use any means in order to get a recipe, and the seven or eight restaurants in Zhengde Building, as decades old, will not reduce the price under normal circumstances.

Because then it would seem that they are a little out of standard!

"In this way, you go to find out which chef leaked the secret, and after finding out, if the other party is coerced, then let Wu Laosi dispose of him, if the other party is greedy for money or power... Then dispose of it for the whole family! After Li Kuan groaned and ordered, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes.

Li Kuan is not a murderous person.

But, he hates betrayal!

Whether coerced or not, betrayal is for someone to pay for it.

Of course, the reason why he ordered it like this is that he has the intention of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys!

Only when people know the fate of betraying him, others will not easily betray him because he is a three-year-old child who is easy to fool!

"Understood!" Zhao Shi nodded heavily in his heart.

He naturally understood what was the handling in Li Kuan's words!

And he doesn't have any opinion on this!

This era is very backward and barbaric.

But it's also moral!

Something as morally unethical as betrayal is very despicable, and no one will sympathize with someone who is killed because of betrayal.

"Do it cleanly, and then find a homeless person who has a family and is seriously ill and dying! Tell him that when he dies, his family will be well taken care of, and that he will be fed as he can work! Li Kuan added.

In fact, even if he doesn't do this, he is not afraid, as the king of Chu, even if he finds out about him, he will definitely not be able to do it in the end.

But he is not afraid to return, the cautious Li Kuan still wants to be clean and never suffer in the future.

"Okay!" Zhao Shi agreed.

"Also, about the restaurant... In two days, you can get the chefs to come to the palace, and I'll teach them some new dishes!" Li Kuan said.

The leak of the recipe is not a big deal for Li Kuan.

At the beginning, he only improved the recipes of Food for Heaven based on the dishes of this era, but now as long as he teaches new dishes with his culinary insights that are more than 1,000 years ahead of this era, he can ensure the business of Food for Heaven.

If he really can't, he'll have a big deal to buy some spices on the Harry Potter plane!

Cooking can be imitated, and dishes can also be imitated, but in this era, there is no such thing as a variety of seasonings produced industrially in later generations, how to imitate?

"Well, okay, I'll call them over when I get back!"

Zhao Shi nodded.

"As for the Xingyang Zheng family..."

Li Kuan groaned, and said helplessly, "Forget it, don't worry about them for now!" ”

Li Kuan knows very well that Xingyang Zheng is a behemoth!

Even if he is the king of Chu, he can't retaliate against anything!

So, he decided to put this time down for now!

It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years!

In the future, after he obtains powerful power through various planes, he can directly let him experience what a dimensionality reduction strike is, which is the right way.

Zhao listened and nodded, there was no accident!

What kind of role Xingyang Zheng is, he naturally knows!

With the current power of the Chu Palace, it is basically useless to deal with them!

"By the way, how much gold do we have in our house?" Li Kuan asked.

"The words of gold... Your Highness took two ingots last time, and now there are eight ingots left! Zhao Shi said with a deep groan.

Gold is not a circulating currency, it is only a precious, jewelry-like existence, and there are naturally not many in the palace of the king of Chu!

"Give it to me later!"

Li Kuan said, got up and took out a small wooden box from the cabinet on the side, put it on the table, and said, "Besides, you find a shop in the East Market, buy it, open a Treasure Pavilion, and sell all these things to me!" ”

"What is this?" Zhao Shi stared at the wooden box and subconsciously asked!

Li Kuan smiled slightly, opened the small wooden box, and revealed all the contents inside!

"Hiss~"

Zhao Shi's pupils shrank, and he gasped violently!

What did he see?

Glass!

A box of glass!

And it's not an ordinary color, each one is crystal clear, and there are various patterns and flowers in it, which can be said to be the top of the top!

He had never seen such a color of glass on the market!

"It's... This... Your Highness, where did you get it? Zhao Shi said a little incredulously.

"You don't have to worry about that!" Li Kuan smiled and did not answer positively.

Could he still tell Zhao Shi that he bought it from the store and spent less than five pounds in total?

Well, that's right!

It's not glass, it's glass marbles!

Li Kuan bought it from the store!

Originally, he thought it would be good to buy a hundred for a pound, but it turned out that the glass marbles were cheaper than he thought.

One pound is enough to buy 200 pieces, and if you buy five pounds, the boss will give 500 pieces for free!

That is, one pound can make three hundred marbles.

However, after looking at the marbles that were exactly the same as the marbles he played with when he was a child, Li Kuan did not choose to buy the kind for three hundred pounds a pound in the end.

Instead, I turned my head and bought the kind of one pound one hundred, five pounds five hundred, more advanced, with all kinds of patterns, all kinds of flowers, and more beautiful marbles in them!

Well, fifteen hundred and five hundred are about the same for Li Kuan, and they are not worth much anyway!

The better it looks, he thinks it's easier to sell it!

"There are a total of 500 of them, when the time comes, you will only sell ten pieces a day, and the price of one piece will not be less than ten pieces, and you will come to me when you sell out!" Li Kuan said with a smile.

Ten runs?

"Isn't that too cheap?" After Zhao Shi glanced at the marbles, he couldn't help but say.

According to his opinion, it is not an exaggeration to sell this kind of beads for a hundred times!

"No need, Shiguan is just right!" Li Kuan shook his head and said.

It's not worth much, and Li Kuan's conscience will hurt if he earns too much.

All right!

In fact, he thinks that he will sell a lot of this thing in the future, and if it is expensive, the person who buys it first may feel that he has been cheated, so he will hold a grudge against him!

In order not to provoke the anger of the public, he chose such a similar price!

"It's... All right! ”

Although he felt a little pity, Zhao Shi didn't say much.

"When the time comes, one-third of the money will go into the account of the house, one-third will be used to buy gold in the market, and the last one-third will be used to expand the food for the sky, understand?" Li Kuanzheng said.

"Understood!" Zhao Shi nodded.

"Oh, by the way, you remember to ask me when you go back, see who has a thousand years of ginseng in Chang'an City, and find a way to buy it for me!" Li Kuan instructed again.

"Okay!" Zhao Shi nodded again.

"Okay, it's okay, you go and get busy with you!" Li Kuan waved his hand!

"Yes, Your Highness!" After Zhao Shi agreed, he left the room!