When Emperor Hongzhi came, it was just after noon, and when his dishes were served one by one, and then when he ate slowly, the people in the store were already gone.

The lively restaurant became deserted, and several shopkeepers were cleaning up the cups on the table.

Zhu Youzhu covered his sleeves, wiped his mouth clean with a handkerchief, and greeted Xiao Jing: "Little Er, settle the bill!" ”

"Eh, here we are."

One of the shopkeepers answered, and hurriedly ran over, with a warm smile on his face, "Honorable guest, how are you eating?" ”

Zhu Youzhu bowed his head slightly and said with a smile: "Yes, your dish is delicious." ”

"That's not it, it's not a little one to brag to you, the imperial meal that the emperor eats is not as good as our dish."

After that, the shopkeeper paused, and then continued: "Don't believe it, the stew that the guest just ate has never been eaten by the emperor and his old man, do you believe it or not?" ”

“.”

Zhu Youzhu was silent for a while and said, "Believe." ”

He really hadn't eaten it, and the dishes in this restaurant were indeed better than the imperial food in the palace.

Then he frowned and asked, "I want to ask you, how are you sure that the imperial food in this palace is not as good as the dishes in your restaurant?" ”

"It's not that it can't be compared, the villain is talking about the taste, although the imperial food in the palace is exquisite, but the taste is ordinary."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongzhi was even more surprised, and then asked, "Could it be that you have also eaten the imperial food in the palace?" ”

"The honorable guest is really good at laughing, how can the villain have this blessing, but the villain has not eaten it, but the villain's owner must have eaten it."

"The owner?"

"Aang."

The shopkeeper straightened his back, with pride on his face, "The villain's proprietor is famous, and there is no one in this eastern suburbs who doesn't know, it's Master Xia, do you know Master Xia?" ”

"Yes."

"You know it's easy to do, and it's not just that, His Royal Highness the Prince has come to eat this dish in our family, and he just came to eat it once two days ago."

“.” Emperor Hongzhi suddenly realized that since the prince had eaten it, the taste of the imperial meal was commonplace, and it must have been shouted out by this kid.

"Has your restaurant always done so well?"

"Not only our restaurant, but also the rest of the restaurants in the eastern suburbs are also doing very well, full every day, and those teahouses and cloth shops are also booming."

"Why is that?"

"What else could it be? These shops are all opened by Master Xia, and the big guys are willing to spend money in these places, and they also have silver in their pockets. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhu was already stunned, he really didn't expect that the shops in the eastern suburbs were all that kid.

He gave out the money as wages, and then bought and sold it to earn it back.

Isn't this's abacus too fine?

"Let's take the small one as an example, a month's salary is one or two or five yuan, if you put it in the rest of the place, where to find such a high salary, I am afraid that you will not be able to earn a few taels of silver a year.

This person has money, and he is willing to spend money, not to mention that these days are the New Year, and he still has three times the salary, this business is surprisingly good. ”

After that, the shopkeeper raised a smile and said: "Honorable guest, Chenghui, a total of six hundred and twenty-seven yuan, the one who is small in twenty-seven yuan will wipe it for you, you can give six hundred yuan." ”

"Six hundred dollars, but it's also affordable." Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Xiao, and Xiao took out a money bag in his arms, and took out a broken silver of about one or two weights, "Give." ”

The shopkeeper took it and tossed it in his palm, and took out a bunch of tools from his arms, what are the scales, scissors, pliers.

Before he could start to speak, Emperor Hongzhi waved his hand and said: "That's it, it's your reward, you have to talk to me for a long time, and it has also delayed your efforts." ”

Hearing this, the smile on the face of the shopkeeper came true, nodded and said: "Thank you, thank you, thank you, I wish you the princess Wandai!" ”

The corner of Emperor Hongzhi's eyes twitched, Gonghou Wandai, this sounds really unlucky.

At this time, forty-five kilns had been built here, just east of the shipyard, a large area was enclosed with a courtyard wall, and there were thousands of people working around.

Some were smashing the limestone with hammers, and some were pushing carts loaded with coal to the kiln.

In full swing, it was so lively, Emperor Hongzhi just came rushing to cement ash, watched those people smashing stones for a while, and followed behind those who pushed coal trucks, intending to enter the kiln factory to take a look.

At the gate of the kiln factory, a few men guarded there, and the coal trucks entered quite smoothly, but when it was their turn, they were blocked at the gate.

Xia Yuan also just came back from the Imperial Prison, and at this time he was holding a big bowl and inspecting the newly poured cement floor, Zhu Houzhao was also holding a big bowl, with a full amount of meat on the top and white rice at the bottom, eating while walking.

At this moment, a man ran over and shouted: "Master, His Royal Highness the Prince, it's terrible, there is someone making trouble in the kiln factory!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao was angry at first, "It's against the sky, you dare to make trouble in this eastern suburbs, arrogant!" ”

As he spoke, he wanted to drop the celadon bowl in his hand and have a rice bowl to increase the atmosphere, but he remembered that the meal was not finished yet, so he held back.

Xia Yuan just frowned, "What's the matter?" ”

"That group of people had to enter the kiln factory, but our people didn't let them in, and they also let the old man and the prince pass, and there was a lot of trouble after this back and forth, and the group also showed their knives."

"How dare you bring a knife?" Zhu Houzhao was furious, "Go, order all the soldiers and horses, take the guys, the palace is going to meet them!" ”

The man was stunned, how could there be soldiers and horses?

Xia Yuan's expression also sank, "Didn't you hear!" Still stunned, go, quickly gather people, call all the guards of the East Palace, and dare to show their knives, but the sky is reversed. ”

At the sound of an order, the guards of the East Palace stationed in the eastern suburbs were all called over, and hundreds of people, Xia Yuan and Zhu Houzhao, carrying a bowl, took the group of people to the direction of the kiln factory.

If it's just an ordinary trouble, you dare to show your knife, what is the nature of this?

When they arrived at the kiln factory, it was already surrounded by water, and many strong men who smashed stones surrounded the group.

There are three layers inside and three layers outside, and you can't see the situation inside, you can only hear the noise inside.

"Bold! What are you trying to do? Blind your dog's eyes, even my lord dares to offend! ”

"What are you calling! Among these people, you are the most ugly old Wang Ba, I think you are blind! Don't look at what kind of place this is, you dare to make trouble here, you wait, wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Master Xia to come over, and see how to clean you up. ”

"You tell them to get over here."

"Heh, you old man is very tough, wait, you will cry in a while."

Listening to the noise inside, Xia Yuan always felt that the voice there was a little familiar, and before he had time to think about it, Zhu Houzhao was already angry, the person with the sharp voice was bold enough to speak, and there was actually a master who didn't know whether to live or die, so let the palace and the master get over quickly.

"Bold, so daring! Open up, open up to this palace, let this palace go in and teach these dogs a lesson! ”

Seeing that the person who came was His Royal Highness the Prince, the crowd of onlookers hurriedly got out of the way, and Zhu Houzhao walked in with a bowl.

Striding forward, striding meteors, majestic and high-spirited, waiting to see the troublemakers who were surrounded inside, and then waiting to meet the eyes of Emperor Hongzhi there, Zhu Houzhao's footsteps stopped suddenly.

"Why don't you stop, go?"

Xia Yuan followed him, and just as he wanted to ask him why he stopped, he saw the person there, and stopped asking.

(End of chapter)