Chapter 285: Good News Bad News
The youngest second-class viscount in the history of the empire, Jiang Xingchen's scenery can be described as unique for a while, but for himself, what he cares more about is the cultivation of tea!
Tea leaves containing vitality are simply a tool for making money, which has extraordinary significance for him. Now the place where he uses the money is not only the construction of the town, but more importantly, the development of the formation, the easiest way is to use the Yuan Stone, although the speed is slow, but the victory will always develop, unlike the demon beast meat, if the level is not enough, it will not play a role at all.
Therefore, for Jiang Xingchen, the reward of being able to develop the hilly wetland twenty miles northeast of the territory was more important than that of the second-class viscount.
But now, Dingbei Hou told him that there was even better news, which couldn't help but make him extremely puzzled.
"Is there even better news?" Jiang Xingchen asked subconsciously.
"The emperor wants to marry the sixth princess to you, is it good for you to say this news!" Dingbei Hou took a sip of the teacup on the table, his mouth was full of fragrance, his eyes narrowed with a retrospective taste, and he said slowly: "The emperor's thirteen children love this sixth princess the most, and marrying her to you shows how much he values you!"
Jiang Xingchen's pupils instantly shrank a little, and he muttered, "This...... Is this Nima good news?"
He had previously made it clear that he was unruly and stubborn by asking for a reward, that is, for the sake of his eighteen-year-old adulthood, someone would come to formally propose marriage. Who would have thought that before the other nobles moved, the emperor actually jumped out first.
"Nonsense!" Dingbei Hou crooked the most, and said: "The sixth princess of the Great Emperor is not only extremely smart, but also unparalleled in talent and appearance. Among the children of the upper class nobles, she is compared to Tang Chuxue...... You kid don't be born in the blessing and don't know the blessing, I don't know how many people want to marry the sixth princess but can't marry it...... You took the six princesses. It's the royal family, no matter how jealous others are, they won't treat you well. And your territory ......"
"Master Hou, don't say it!" Jiang Xingchen waved his hand violently, forcibly interrupted Dingbei Hou's words, and asked, "You really tell me, how did you know that the Emperor of the Dao Dao had made this decision!"
"Hehe!" Dingbei Hou smiled. Asked rhetorically: "What, the emperor's thoughts, kid, are you still unwilling?"
"Master Hou, don't divert from me. What I want to know now is whether the Emperor has already made a decision!"
When he said this, Jiang Xingchen had only one shadow in his mind, and that was Mei'er. This time. His heart finally made a decision. The thorn that had been lying in his heart was pulled out at once.
"Boy, taking the sixth princess will have no harm in you, why are you so stubborn!" Dingbei Hou did not answer, stared at Jiang Xingchen, and asked solemnly.
"Master Hou, I just want to know about Lu Dao. Is this the final decision of the Great Emperor?" Jiang Xingchen also stared at Dingbei Hou, his eyes full of determination.
"Whew~" Dingbei Hou let out a long sigh. Then he laughed, from the beginning of the chuckle, to the later hahaha hada laughing, and he didn't stop for a long time.
Jiang Xingchen was stunned, he didn't understand what Dingbeihou meant, and stared at him in astonishment, not knowing how to speak.
"Jiang Xingchen, he is really stubborn enough to ......" After a long time, Dingbei Hou finally spoke: "I know that this is the result of Lu Dao...... Let me tell you, the emperor just had this idea, but he was persuaded by the marshal! Sixth princess, the proud daughter of the sky, you kid doesn't have this blessing at all......"
Hearing Dingbei Hou's words, Jiang Xingchen also breathed out a long breath, and his heart slowly lowered when he mentioned his throat.
It wasn't until just now that he knew his heart, and his feelings for Mei'er were by no means simple family affection. He couldn't tell when it started, maybe it was the little girl who showed him the galaxy map, maybe Mei'er was standing on the hill under the scorching sun and waiting for her to come back, maybe she was dying and wanted to see her identity card...... Maybe it was the strong smile that he had just crossed over and knocked on the strong smile that closed his heart, and the scarred little hand that handed him the black bread......
At this time, what the proud daughter of the sky, what the princess of the empire, in his heart, is not as beautiful and beautiful as the charm that has been with him this year!
In the past, maybe Mei'er was too young to have any other thoughts, but in his heart, he always wanted to keep the little girl by his side, and never let her go.
Just now, he was ready to turn his face. If the emperor really forcibly suppressed this family business, he would really go away, and he would even think of a retreat route!
Fortunately, this is only the emperor's idea, and he has been dissuaded by the marshal, and he will not give up the territory he has worked so hard to build.
"Hehe!" Dingbei Hou let out a sinister laugh and said, "Boy, you're scared!"
Jiang Xingchen rolled his eyes speechlessly, ignoring Dingbeihou, and slandered in his heart: "Fifty or sixty-year-old people, can't you have a little bit of a spectrum, you look like a big lord......"
At this time, he felt that his pressure had suddenly increased, and this pressure came from the Emperor Qiankun. As a young man who has grown up in the new century, no matter how much he adapts to the environment, the ideological cognition he has established since childhood will not easily change, and he lacks inner respect for the ruler...... Zhilu Dao now has this matter, and he really feels the pressure of the king of a country, which is really a gentleman's joke!
"Alright, boy! it was just a joke, and the emperor was just gossiping, so let's get down to business...... This is not good news!" Dingbei Hou's smile narrowed, and his expression became serious!
"Huh?" Jiang Xingchen was slightly stunned, got rid of the pressure of the Great Emperor, frowned and asked, "What's the bad news?"
"The second food festival held by our Hongyuan Chen this year is not very good!" Dingbei Hou's voice was low, for a period of time, he had been depressed because of the food festival, if it weren't for Jiang Xingchen's earth-shattering move, he would not be in a good mood.
"Wouldn't it?" Jiang Xingchen shook his head suspiciously, looked at Dingbei Hou and said, "I received a letter from Sister Wanrou in Linshui City, didn't it say that there were a lot of people coming to the food festival in the past few years?"
The second food festival in Hongyuan City was held on May 20th, when he was dealing with the teahouse in Linshui City and had no time to return.
However, he has also been paying attention to the situation of the food festival and has written to ask Wanrou. Similarly, it was because of the food festival that Jiang Xingchen decided to suspend the opening of the teahouse in Hongyuan City, for fear of conflict with the food festival and stealing the limelight.
"Hey!" Dingbei Hou sighed and said in a low voice: "Wanrou is right, there are a lot of people here, but in terms of profit, this session is three times less than the previous one, and it is not enough for us to prepare for investment in the early stage." ”
"Why so little?" Jiang Xingchen was also a little puzzled, I don't know why there are so many people and a lack of money.
"You are in Linshui City and the Imperial Capital Dry Teahouse, you should know the reason for the Dao!" Dingbei Hou said.
Jiang Xingchen thought about it, raised his eyebrows, and said in a deep voice: "Master Hou is saying that we have a restaurant in Hongyuan City that has passed on the secret recipe of the food?"
Dingbei Hou said: "There are hundreds of big restaurants in the city, it is impossible for all of them to have a hot business all year round, and in the face of buying secret recipes at high prices, it is impossible for no one to be tempted!"
"Not bad!" Jiang Xingchen said lightly: "The snacks in other teahouses in Linshui City do taste similar to ours!"
"Not to mention, since the promotion of the push-pull bellows, some restaurants have often been able to innovate and come up with new dishes...... From this point of view, our Hongyuan City is already lagging behind!"
Jiang Xingchen pondered for a long time, his expression was extremely displeased, and he said coldly: "The method of boiling the broth, I have already passed it on to the chefs of Furong Zhai and Cuiyuan Lou, with the soup seasoning, even if the heat is not as good as the well-known of the empire, but the starting point is a level higher than that of other restaurants, haven't they researched a new dish, and they are all eating the old book this year!"
"That's not it!" Dingbei Hou shook his head and said: "The profit of this year's food festival all depends on the two major restaurants! But it is difficult to do it alone, no matter how popular they are, it is impossible to pull the entire Hongyuan City!"
"What about Hongyuan City's current reputation?" Jiang Xingchen asked again.
"This is what I'm most worried about!" Dingbei Hou sighed: "After many people came, they all left disappointed, saying that we have some worthy of the name...... In particular, many admirers came to disdain, saying that we have eaten what we have here, and the food festival is simply a fraud of money!"
"Understood!" Jiang Xingchen exhaled slowly and said lightly: "Originally, I only thought that the catering could be large-scale in order to become bigger and stronger...... But now it seems that if you can't control your core things, sooner or later something will go wrong!"
Dingbei Hou nodded and said: "Fortunately, it is not too late for problems to arise at this time, there are no mistakes in the two major restaurants, especially the production method of the soup stock, otherwise the reputation of our food city will be really ruined!"
Jiang Xingchen narrowed his eyes and said lightly: "Master Hou doesn't need to worry, this matter is easy to handle, and it won't be long before I find a way to recover our losses!"
Dingbei Hou smiled slightly and said, "I know that you must have a way! But the purpose of me telling you this is not to let you recover your losses......
Jiang Xingchen was slightly stunned, and said in surprise: "It's not to recover the loss, what is it?"
"I want you to move the focus of your diet to your star realm!" said Dingbei Hou.
"Why is this?" Jiang Xingchen was even more surprised, Hongyuan City is a city of food, how can he shift the focus of food.
In fact, as early as the last time he chatted with the Hou of Dingbei, he had all kinds of doubts, and he didn't understand why the Hou Ye transferred some key industries...... Now, he couldn't figure it out.
Of course, Dingbei Hou could see Jiang Xingchen's doubts, but he ignored them and said, "Your Xingchen Leader is also under my jurisdiction now, so what does it matter if you transfer the City of Food to you...... This is the end of the matter!" (To be continued......)
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