Chapter 69: A Million Taels!
After hearing such words, Li Changkong's table fell silent again, and everyone looked at Liu Yu.
"It turns out that Your Highness, you are the real thief saint!"
"Dare to touch the "Mountains and Rivers Society Map", if Your Majesty knows, wouldn't it be the end!"
Zhu Ben was amazed, and he was ashamed of himself!
"I thought I was shameless enough, but I didn't expect that you are all great talents in this way!"
"I, Zhu, am willing to bow down."
"Don't talk nonsense, just say whether this silver was earned by my ability, and whether it was paid out of the East Palace!" Liu Yu was annoyed and ashamed, and slapped Zhu Ben on the head, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he had the intention of killing people if he didn't agree with him.
Seeing this, Zhu Ben was immediately silenced.
At the critical moment, he still spared his life.
"Ahem, okay, okay, I'll accept this silver first, and the people will follow the agreement before."
"But there are a few more things I want to tell you." Li Changkong interrupted the two living treasures and said.
"You say!" Li Changkong's words still have a lot of weight, after all, it is related to making money, and when he opened his mouth, everyone suddenly became concentrated.
"One of them, it's this banner!"
"Doing business in Qiandu City is not only about having money, but also about having power behind it!"
"Although we are all good, it must be more than enough to do some ordinary business."
"But this time the business is too big, and there are only a few of us, so I'm afraid it's not enough. So..."Speaking of this, Li Changkong paused, glanced at Liu Yu, and then said: "So, I mean, just hang out the banner of the prince!" ”
"In the entire Qiandu City, apart from Your Majesty, who can have the crown prince?"
"At that time, even if our business makes money again, I'm afraid no one will dare to covet it."
"What does Your Highness think?"
"Good! All for business, this palace is willing to sacrifice! Liu Yu looked like he had suffered a big loss, but in fact, he was already smiling in his heart.
It's good to hang his name, and when it reaches the ears of his father, then even if he can't be the first to take the lead, at least he can be about the same as Li Changkong.
After making such a big career, my father can't be impressed with me?
"Okay, then let's move on to the second thing!"
"We need cooks! Plenty of cooks! ”
"In addition, the more sophisticated the cooking, the better, it's best to have one or two imperial chefs, Your Highness, can this be done?"
"Huh?" When Liu Yu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little difficult for a while, that was the imperial kitchen!
Each one is registered in the imperial dining room, and each imperial chef has his own palace in charge, either cooking for the harem concubines or cooking for the father.
He pried one away, in case the other party found out, and sued his father...
This is not bad, in case one of them accidentally pries away his father's imperial kitchen, then it is really a lantern in the pit - looking for death.
"This..."Liu Yugang wanted to say that it was not easy to do, but he heard Zhu Ben say in surprise: "No, no, no, it won't be a prince, and you can't even handle an imperial chef, right?" ”
I don't know why, when Liu Yu heard such a tone, he couldn't help but want to beat Zhu Ben.
At the same time, anger surged into his heart, and he agreed without thinking about it: "Who said that this palace can't handle it, the imperial kitchen, right?" Three days later, Lao Li, you will come to the East Palace of the Imperial Palace to pick up people! ”
"Okay, that's it. In the next few days, Your Highness, you will be mainly responsible for getting the imperial kitchen, and the others will follow me to find cooks, build workshops, and recruit men. Li Changkong assigned tasks to everyone.
After saying this, the five of them got up and left Tianfu Restaurant.
At the same time, the Royal Palace.
Emperor Jing Xing looked at the bare walls of the Ganlu Hall and was a little surprised.
If he remembers correctly, there is a "Picture of Mountains and Rivers Society" here, which is the masterpiece of the former dynasty painting Saint Wu Daozi, and its value is incalculable.
It is also his favorite painting, which is hung in the Manna Temple, and he often looks at it to relieve his fatigue.
But when I came back today, where was there still the shadow of "Mountains and Rivers Society Map", only the bare walls remained.
But he didn't worry about losing it, after all, this is the palace, and there are countless masters in the 50,000 Imperial Forest Army, and the thieves who can steal things in the palace are afraid that they haven't been born yet.
"Zheng Ying, where is this "Mountains and Rivers Society Map", do you ever know?"
Zheng Ying, as the chief administrator of the Great Inner and the attendant eunuch of Emperor Jingxing, basically couldn't hide anything from him in the palace.
At this time, when he heard Emperor Jing Xing's question, he hurriedly lowered his head and said, "It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who took it." ”
"His Royal Highness said that although this painting is good, over time, it will inevitably have some traces and be slightly damaged."
"I also remembered that this was a very favorite of His Majesty, so I took it and asked someone to frame it."
When Emperor Jing Xing heard this, he was silent.
After a long time, he sighed lightly: "Even if he has a bit of filial piety, it seems that Li Changkong's child is really good!" ”
"Even a stubborn person like the crown prince can learn filial piety with him!"
"The previous reputation was not very good, but I am afraid that the world will misunderstand it."
Hearing this, Zheng Ying nodded, and said, "General Li Lang is indeed an extremely talented person. ”
"How long does it take to frame? Tell the prince that after the installation is completed, he will hang it back, without this painting, he is not used to looking at it. ”
"Your Highness said that the short is three to five days, and the long is ninety days."
"After all, this "Mountains and Rivers Society Map" is too precious, and there are too few people who dare to sell the frames."
"Even if you really dare to frame, I'm afraid you have to be careful, don't dare to make the slightest mistake, it's been a long time since you think about it."
When Emperor Jing Xing heard this, he nodded and said, "It should be so!" ”
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Zhu Ben is 100,000 taels, Zhang Han is 120,000 taels, Lao Jia is 90,000 taels, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is 200,000 taels, adding up to 510,000 taels, and Li Changkong also has 450,000 taels, all in all, it is already nearly a million taels!
With such a lot of silver, let alone the ordinary marquis' mansion, I am afraid that even if the duke's mansion is emptied, it will not be able to make it up.
Once the money is in place, the rest is much simpler.
Li Changkong directly played the prince's signboard and began to recruit people!
It doesn't matter where you come from, as long as you have the strength and can cook, you will be hired!
What? Monthly money?
It's all calculated at twice the market price!
After recruiting guys to do the basic work, all that's left is to hire some famous chefs.
But in these years, all the chefs who have some cooking skills have basically been taken over by major restaurants, and they are not good at all as unemployed chefs.
So what to do?
Go straight to the door and kick the restaurant!
The first stop is Tianfu Restaurant, who made it the signboard of Taipingfang.
Li Changkong and Zhang Han dressed as scholars and sang with white faces.
Jia Taisui and Zhu Ben dressed as martial artists and sang red-faced.
At first, Li Changkong and Zhang Han talked to the shopkeeper of the restaurant, and if they agreed, they were naturally happy.
If you don't agree, don't gossip, just let Zhu Ben go!
As the second in the school parade martial arts test, Zhu Ben is still very good at fighting, and more than ten people can't get close!
It's really not good, there is also Lao Jia pressing the formation, this guy, even if he doesn't have a silver halberd in his hand, just standing there, it is also an iron tower, full of deterrence!
In this way, with the tacit cooperation of the white-faced group and the red-faced group, coupled with the monthly price twice as high as the market price, most of the chefs in the restaurant gave in.
After all, where to cook is not cooking, is it?