The weather was hot, Sheng Hong didn't want to stay in the Seeking Talent Palace, and when he saw that Li Qiao had dealt with all the excerpts and there were no government affairs that he needed to decide, he let Li Qiao leave the palace and return to the household department.

He himself went to Ning Cuixuan in the harem.

Ning Cuixuan was a cold palace in the previous dynasty, and after the establishment of Dasheng, he didn't care about this place. Later, when he ascended the throne, Sheng Jun abdicated, and the concubines of the two generations of emperors all lived in the harem, and the harem could not live, so he sent someone to clean up Ning Cuixuan.

Because it has been uncared for many years, there are several century-old trees in it, which shade the sky.

On weekdays, he felt that there was little sunlight in that place, and he didn't like to go.

But now that his body can't stand the heat, he senses the benefits of less sunlight, which is cool.

Now Ning Cuixuan lives in Shen Liangren, the father of the Seven Princes, Shen Liangren has a gentle temperament, and his sense of existence has not been strong, far compared to the Seven Princes who can especially pull hatred values.

In the past, he thought that Shen Liangren was dull and boring, but at this time, the scorching sun was scorching, and he was particularly prone to irritability, and Shen Liangren's dullness was exactly what he wanted.

Therefore, he has been running diligently to Ning Cuixuan recently.

Sheng Hong went to Ning Cuixuan, but Li Qiao did not go back to the household directly, he went out of the palace gate and went straight to the gate of the inner city.

Dasheng has an attendance law for officials, and the daily noon break is very short, so if nothing else, once the officials enter the inner city, they usually stay until the end of the day.

If you don't leave the inner city in the middle, then the officials' coachmen and subordinates will go home in the morning after dropping off their adults at the gate of the inner city. In the afternoon, when their own adults were about to get off work, they would come and pick them up with ox carts and horse-drawn carts.

Only the charioteers and retinues of the central government will always be at the gate of the inner city.

In the past, Li Qiao's family was small, and his official position was low, so Li Dashan, Li Dao and others would go home after sending him to the gate of the inner city.

Now that he has been promoted and has more family members, the personal guards who accompany him to work every day will stay at the inner city gate to prevent him from calling them.

Today he came with the six of them who were full of losses and humble benefits, and the cement workshop was almost recruiting people, and Tao Zhu didn't need to go by day by day, so these six people began to escort him to and from work again.

"Dawn."

Standing at the gate of the inner city, he beckoned to Li Man not far away.

Li Man trotted over: "What do you command?" ”

"Go find the nearest logistics stall, and ask the errand boy to go to our duck shop to buy ten cans of drinks, one for each can, remember, it's a ten-pound clay pot, and I want to invite the adults in the household to drink."

Li Qiao commanded.

"Yes." Li Man heard his explanation clearly, and trotted away.

He went back to the household.

At this time, it was not the wheat harvest or the autumn harvest, and he didn't like to get involved in the affairs of the Twelve, plus his immediate boss Cao Taizhuo didn't arrange things for him, so he went back to his small office and was lazy in the open.

Of course, he was actually cultivating abilities.

Soon, it's time for lunch.

has been promoted, the specifications of his meals have improved a lot, and the taste is better, but it is definitely not as good as the imperial kitchen in the palace.

After lunch, he continued to cultivate his abilities, and about half an hour later, an errand came looking for him:

The drink he ordered had been delivered to the gates of the inner city.

So, he went to the gate of the inner city with a few servants and carried the drinks to the courtyard of the household.

In the household department, his official position is second only to the household department Shangshu and the household servant.

He went to greet the two bosses and asked them if they would like to have some drinks, some iced and some at room temperature.

The two bosses were a little surprised, but they didn't wipe his face, and each picked a drink.

The rest of the household will not wipe his face.

Moreover, the drinks in the Li family duck store are notoriously delicious, and the price is not cheap.

For three days in a row, Li Qiao ordered his own drinks at noon every day, and on the second and third days, he ordered not only the people in the household department, but also the people in the Hanlin Academy.

Xin Zhi tasted the cool peach juice, and deliberately ran from the Hanlin Academy to the household to thank him: "Lord Li, your bowl of chilled peach juice saved my life, I have to thank you." ”

In the inner city, he naturally had to call according to Li Qiao's official title.

He has a low official position, and although he has a daily supply of ice basins, there is only one basin, which cannot relieve the heat at all.

Therefore, the cold drink sent by Li Qiao is too precious, and every pore is comfortable when you pour it into a bowl.

After hearing this, Li Qiao said with a smile: "It's nothing, if you want to drink, you can order it tomorrow." ”

"Huh?" Xin Zhi was a little surprised: "Just like you, are you looking for someone from Royal Logistics?" ”

"Yes. I specially said hello to the saint, the saint said that you can find the royal logistics people to buy food, and he said that if there are more officials who use the royal logistics, he will set up a stall at the gate of the inner city, so that if the big guy wants to eat or drink at noon, he can find the royal logistics. ”

“…… Can it still be like this? ”

Xin Zhi's eyes widened.

It was a bit out of his mind.

But then he looked at it, he had had enough of the food in the Hanlin Academy, if the royal logistics really set up a stall at the gate of the inner city, then he would definitely use it every day.

Two days later, there was really an extra stall of royal logistics at the entrance of the inner city.

Li Qiao went to patronize again, and continued to invite people from the household department and the Hanlin Yuan to drink.

Xin Zhi also went over to order in advance, he wanted to eat Baiweilou's food.

People in the officialdom are the only ones who have the unwillingness to suggest that all officials be cut in their salaries to reduce the expenditure of the national treasury, and they can't understand Li Qiao's intentions.

The other people learned that Royal Logistics had set up a stall at the gate of the inner city, and they had the heart to make friends with Li Qiao, so they went over to cheer.

Anyway, they are very expensive and are willing to pay this errand fee.

Takeaway is actually a novelty for people at this time.

A big reason why royal logistics could not develop before was because it was inconvenient to order, but now the stall is at the gate of the inner city, and the officials want to eat something, and they will place orders in the morning, and when it comes to noon, the meals they want will be delivered on time.

This kind of convenience is something they have never had when they used to go to work. Who would order takeout on such a serious occasion as the inner city gates?

No one.

Now that it's really ordered, the vast majority of officials find it novel and interesting.

I want to try again after trying it.

What's more, the taste of restaurants and restaurants outside can completely step on Sheng Hong's cooks.

In the past, they had no choice, and they had to eat the big pot of rice from their respective yamen.

Now the restaurants in Manshengjing are up to them to choose, and they naturally choose to order takeout.

What surprised them even more was that a few days ago, they had to go to the inner city gate to order, but just four or five days later, there were messengers with pen and ink, counting which food they wanted to eat at noon.

In this way, they don't even need to go to the inner city gate, they only need to move their mouths and take out the money.

Convenient.

It's very convenient.

To this extent, officials who were not interested in takeaway and were not interested in Bajie Li Qiao were also willing to try it, so Royal Logistics could have hundreds of orders of business every day just at the stall at the inner city gate.

There are few errand boys in Royal Logistics, and hundreds of orders are already a big number for these errand boys, and Royal Logistics' business is better than before.

But this is far from Li Qiao's expectations.

Chapter 186: Royal Logistics Makes Money and Prepares to Open a New Shop

Royal Logistics was able to steadily add more than 100 orders per day in a short period of time, relying on this special location in the inner city.

Most of the officials in Shengjing were confined to the inner city, and if nothing else, the officials could not go out at will.

Moreover, the officials are not bad for money, and they don't feel sorry for the errand fee.

In this case, the food delivery business is developing easily and rapidly.

But in the whole of Shengjing, except for the inner city, there is no place like it.

There are commercial streets in the east, north, west and south of the city, and the commercial streets have gathered a group of shop owners who have a decent family background and open and close their shops on time, but if they want to eat takeout, they will call their own guys to go instead of looking for royal logistics.

They use logistics, which is basically moving goods.

As for the families who are richer than them in Shengjing City, there is no shortage of people in any family, and if they want to eat takeout, they can just send their own people to buy them, and there is no need for royal logistics at all.

Yes, I want to make more orders from Royal Logistics......

Li Qiao set her sights on the gambling house.

Since the advent of mahjong and poker, the business of the gambling house has been booming, and the industry is too profitable, so the emperor and the prince quickly opened branches.

After the British public gambling house was seized, Sheng Jun took over the gambling house.

At this time, there were a total of five gambling houses in Shengjing.

Each of the gambling houses is quite spacious, with three storeys of buildings, with a large courtyard outside, and each one is doing very well.

At this time, there are too few pastimes, and the charm of mahjong and fighting landlords is too great, Moreover, no one dares to make mahjong and poker to play elsewhere selfishly, plus Sheng Jun and the eldest prince deliberately lowered the minimum consumption in order to attract more people to consume-

When gambling no longer looked like gambling, Sheng Jun and the eldest prince encouraged the people to go into the gambling house to spend.

In the past, in the case of the civilian bureau, the minimum bet per person in each game was 5 cents, and the maximum bet was 12 cents, but now it has been changed to a minimum of 2 cents per game and a maximum of 8 cents.

As always, the casino takes two cents per person per game.

In this way, if you only bet two pennies per game, then one tael of silver can play five hundred rounds.

If a family of four happens to form a table, then the money comes and goes in the hands of their own family, and the one or two silver can be played for a longer time.

Of course, each person has to pay a commission of two cents per game, but two cents per game, and only one or two silver for five hundred games.

This consumption is really low.

Therefore, after Sheng Jun and the eldest prince adjusted the price, the mahjong and landlord fighting of the civilian bureau can no longer be regarded as gambling.

The gambling house has become a good place to spend time, like some small rich families, who are willing to drag their families to play, even if they play all day, they only spend a few taels of silver.

As for the Bureau of the Rich and the Noble, Sheng Jun and the eldest prince also adjusted the minimum consumption.

The rich and noble have a separate private room, the environment is better, in the past, each game had to bet at least one tael of silver, the highest can bet five taels of silver.

Now, you can bet at least 200 wen per game, and you can only bet 3 taels of silver at most.