Among the one hundred and eight squares in Chang'an City, there are Li Yunze's restaurants, and there are naturally some in this East Market.

A group of people waited for a huge number of people to come to the chain hot pot restaurant called 'Hedi Lao', and rushed in to directly occupy the entire storefront.

Hedi Lao is the most popular restaurant in Chang'an, not only because of their state-of-the-art iron pot stir-frying, not only because of the abundance of seasonings, but more importantly, because they support the takeaway business.

You don't need to go to the restaurant yourself, you just need to send someone to place an order, and when you get to the meal, you can directly deliver a hot and delicious meal, this novel way of dining is a new way of eating that many people flock to.

"Your Majesty."

During lunch, Li Yunze took the initiative to start the conversation: "I discussed with Fang Gong before about providing working meals to various yamen in the imperial court. Fang Gong has been shirking the need to study and research, and he has been studying for several months, and I don't know if he has ever studied the results. ”

Saying this, Fang Xuanling was almost choked by the scallion beef.

If it is said to be a research study, it is naturally a tactful refusal.

This Li Langjun didn't know anything about it, and he actually poked it out in front of the emperor, he really didn't understand the rules at all.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were working meals, but they would not appear until the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

Now, Li Er immediately frowned.

Because it is impossible to provide working meals to officials in vain, it is necessary to pay for it.

Under the current financial situation of the imperial court, a large amount of money was taken out to buy food for the officials... Li Er even wanted the officials to tighten their belts and bring him to work for free and eat working meals?

Li Yunze continued to say, "The ministries and temples of the imperial court can send what they want to eat to the restaurant a day in advance, so that they have time to prepare the ingredients. ”

"It's a good thing that you can get a good price for a large number of purchases."

Having said that, there must be no problem, and the whole court must be very welcome.

But the problem is that the emperor doesn't want to pay this money, and Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and other elders don't want to set this precedent.

After all, it is the instinct of the elders to stick to the old ways, and there will inevitably be new incidents when new rules come out. At that time, whether it is the trouble of checking out or the good food here, it will be a troublesome thing to eat there or something.

Li Er, who was holding the wine glass, groaned slightly, and then said, "This matter is very good, the secretaries serve the country, and it is natural to arrange for them to have lunch..."

Li Yunze immediately interjected: "There is also dinner." ”

Li Er twitched the corner of his eye, and continued again, "It's right to have lunch and dinner, and this matter will be arranged by Fang Qing." ”

Everyone suddenly understood, and the pot was thrown onto Fang Xuanling's broad back.

When the matter is done, it is natural that the emperor is sympathetic to the officials, the credit is the emperor's, and gratitude is also thanks to the emperor.

But the matter spread out but it couldn't be done, and the dissatisfaction of the hundred officials naturally fell on Fang Xuanling, the head of the hundred officials.

Li Er's move is to retreat into advance, and he is really perfect.

No one looked at Fang Xuanling with a black face, everyone was busy eating and drinking.

It is the season when summer retreats and autumn comes, and there are many melons and fruits in season.

It's just that everyone's favorite food is cold melon.

The so-called cold melon is actually a watermelon.

It is called cold melon because it is cold, and it is called cold.

Later, Xu Guangqi thought that it came from the west through the Silk Road, so he called it a watermelon.

The watermelons grown locally in Datang are not too sweet, not to mention small.

What everyone is eating now is a big watermelon grown from the seeds brought by Li Yunze.

It is large, sweet in taste, and red in flesh.

It's really delicious at this time of year.

"I've eaten this cold melon before." Wei Chi Jingde, who was bearded over there, held the watermelon on the plate after the meal and bit it and said, "Compared with here, that is, there is too much difference between a half-sized man and a strong man." ”

Saying that, Chi Jingde looked at Li Yunze and greeted, "Master Li, the gap is so big, is this thing really a cold melon?" ”

"It's actually called 8424, but it doesn't matter."

Li Yunze waved his hand, "The fields are everywhere, if Wu Guogong likes it, he will let someone send a car to the house later." ”

Wei Chi Jingde laughed heartily, "You kid is atmospheric, I like it." I heard that you are not married yet, and the old man has a daughter in his family..."

Over there, Cheng Biting Jin had already directly scolded him, "If you want something, you want something, and you have to marry your daughter." You have a daughter in your family, but I don't have one? Boy, I have a lot of daughters in my family, you can pick whatever you want..."

The nobles immediately coaxed, and almost everyone wanted to marry their daughter to Li Yunze.

are all old fritters with vicious eyes, and Li Yunze's ability can be seen as long as he is not blind.

If you can recruit him as a son-in-law, you can really wake up with a smile in your dreams.

Li Yunze didn't talk, and watched the excitement with a smile.

Li Er on the side was thoughtful, and he had a lot of daughters.

At noon, the banquet was over, and everyone moved to the West Market.

There are two large markets in Chang'an City, one is the East Market and the other is the West Market.

The positions on both sides are symmetrical, and the area is about the same size.

It's just that the vicinity of the East Market is a gathering place for high-ranking officials and dignitaries, where shops are adjacent, merchants gather, and industry and commerce are very prosperous.

Li Yunze put Baibao Zhai, which sells high-priced luxury goods, in the East Market, which naturally focuses on the business of these rich and noble families.

The West Market is the world's largest commercial center and is known as the Gold Market.

The gold market in Li Bai's poem 'Wuling Young Gold Market East, Silver Saddle White Horse Spring Breeze' refers to this place.

Trade here was extremely prosperous, and merchants from all over the country who came to the Tang Dynasty through the Silk Road, from Roman merchants in the far west, to Goryeo and even Fuso merchants in the east, gathered here to do business.

The real starting point of the Silk Road is actually in this West Market.

There are many industries here, and it is said that there are more than 200 industries gathered here, and there are countless shops.

Compared with the East Market, which is mainly frequented by wealthy families, the West Market is the most important place for the people of Chang'an City to buy daily necessities.

Because of this, it is a place where real people come and go, and there is a constant stream of people.

Different from Baibaozhai in Dongshi, Li Yunze opened a big market here, covering an area of nearly 20 acres.

The entire West Market is only 2,000 acres of land, but it is crowded with countless shops.

Needless to say, it must be an extremely eye-catching place.

Under the leadership of Li Yunze, everyone came all the way to the spacious front gate of this big market.

Looking at the wall and gate composed of large clean and transparent glass, and then looking up at the 'Blessed Family' signboard on the door plaque, the nobles who were full of food and drink immediately rushed in.

The market is huge, and there is only one floor.

The interior is very spacious and bright, and in addition to the extensive use of light-transmitting windows and even glass ceilings, the sense of light is enhanced by kerosene lamps through light folding technology.

Modern people living in the era of lights everywhere cannot experience the living environment of the ancients.

Even if the sun is shining outside, and the roof and windows are sealed, the ancient house is still a black hole and terrifying.

A large and spacious house has always been the pursuit of the ancients.

To enhance the brightness of the room, even the roof was inlaid with polished transparent mica.

Li Yunze doesn't use mica here, just a large piece of glass.

The bright sunlight shone down from the sky and fell on the bustling pedestrians.

There are a lot of people in the big market, and almost every row of shelves is crowded with people.

Li Er squeezed past rows of wait-and-see.

The row in front of me was the largest number of people, and it was also the most crowded, and when I swept over, I saw that there were large baskets on the counter, and the baskets were filled with all kinds of food.

Seeing this scene, Li Er and the others raised their heads slightly, "Isn't it just a rice shop, at most it's a little bigger." ”

To be honest, when I was in Baibaozhai before, Li Yunze's endless stream of good things really suppressed them.

Now that I finally saw something I knew and understood, my mentality immediately changed.

Li Yunze smiled and said nothing, letting them look at it carefully and seriously.

After looking at it for a while, Li Er and the others gradually frowned.

First of all, this area sells grains, but compared to the gathered customers, the grains on the counter are too scarce.

Even if a basket of grain is filled with hundreds of catties, it can be sold to a few guests, after all, every household has a large population and a large amount of food, and it is common to go to the grain store to buy hundreds of catties at every turn.

But the problem is that there is no shortage of grains on the counter, and customers at most grab it and look at it and put it back.

The second is that everyone didn't pay for the grains and grains, just left their information and address on the counter on the side, and then the people left.

What kind of grain shop is this?

Li Er couldn't understand it and was very curious, so he immediately threw a look at it, and the eldest grandson Wuji immediately jumped out to explore the way.

When he came to a stall, the kind-hearted eldest grandson Wuji smiled and asked, "How do you sell it?" ”

The young man guarding the counter, who was also on his first day on duty, was obviously a little nervous, and he stretched out his hand to point to the wooden signs hanging from each basket.

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'Ji, seven wen per bucket. ’

'Millet, nine wen per bucket. ’

'Wheat, fifteen wen per bucket. ’

'Shuffle, every bucket...'

‘......’

Li Er lowered his voice and asked Fang Xuanling on the side, "Have you ever been expensive?" ”

"No, I didn't." Fang Xuanling immediately shook his head: "It's all the market price in the city at this time." ”

Hearing this, Li Er was even more puzzled, "Since the prices are all the same, why do you want to come here to buy them?" Are there no grain shops in the shops? ”

Without waiting for Fang Xuanling to answer, the eldest grandson Wuji quarreled with the guy.

Li Er was surprised, the eldest grandson Wuji was not an arrogant person, how could he quarrel with his buddy.

A few steps forward, I heard the eldest grandson Wuji shouting, "It's not that you don't give money, why don't you sell it to me?" ”

"Not for sale?" Li Er immediately looked back at Li Yunze.

"It's not that it doesn't sell." Li Yunze walked over and said with a smile on his face, "Yes, you can only buy a hundred catties per person at most." Qi Guogong wants to pack all the food here, of course he can't. ”

Li Er's doubts were even worse, and he simply walked to the counter and carefully inspected the grains in the many baskets.

Looking at this, I immediately understood why the eldest grandson Wuji wanted to buy all the grain.

Rice, millet and millet are all hulled polished rice.

Wheat is ground snow white flour!

The grain sold in the Datang grain shop is all shelled. But here it is all high-quality polished rice that has already been processed.

And the price is the same, no wonder the eldest grandson Wuji is impatient to wrap up.

After buying it and then selling it out, it immediately became a large amount of income from the price difference.