Datang: Empress mother-in-law sent Li Er to test me

Fang Xuanling asked again: "What about the box?"

Hu Guang coughed lightly, "I don't want it."

"..."

Nonsense, if you can ask for it, there will be ghosts.

Li Er didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he pointed to Zuixianlou and said, "Since you're back, I'll leave this to you."

Hu Guang nodded, glanced at the diners in the lobby, and asked in surprise, "Why did everyone have dinner today?"

At this time yesterday, the drunken building was full of people, but half of them were still waiting for food.

But now, on every table, there are fried dishes.

Li Er said casually: "There are two more people in the back kitchen."

Hu Guang became even more curious, "A new cook?"

"temporary."

Li Er didn't explain too much about the real identities of the two new temporary cooks, he waved his hands and said, "Don't talk about that, I'll go find Zhang Dun."

"He must be holding back some ideas when he comes home at this time, I have to go and see."

"Stay here and wait for me to come back."

Empress Changsun said softly, "Second brother, be careful."

Li Er hummed, and quickly walked towards Yongyangfang.

After Li Er left alone, Hu Guang cupped his hands at Empress Changsun and said, "My sister, I thank you for your hard work when I'm not around."

sister?Empress Changsun smiled, but she didn't care, and said crisply: "It's hard enough, helping you Zuixianlou is also helping Zhang Dun."

"You put it that way," Hu Guang scratched his head, "I doubt whether Zuixianlou belongs to him or mine."

"Thank you anyway."

Hu Guang cupped his hands at Empress Changsun.

Empress Changsun smiled and nodded.

"Huh?" Hu Guang greeted the diners who came to eat with a smile on his face. Suddenly, he found two middle-aged people in the corner who were looking at the food on the table without moving their chopsticks.

Hu Guang walked over curiously, looked at the two well-dressed middle-aged men, and asked, "My lords, the food is already on the table, why don't you eat it? Is it not to your liking?"

The two middle-aged men looked up at Hu Guang and remained silent.

And in their hearts, the two secretly slandered, do you know who made this food, how dare we eat it!

They are not ordinary people, but officials in the court. Specifically, they are small officials of the Jinbucao and Duzhicao who belong to the Ministry of Households.

This is the first time to visit Zuixian Tower, I heard that the food inside is good, so I came here to taste it.

Who would have thought that as soon as they came in, they would see the present emperor and eldest grandson empress sitting behind the counter!

That's all, but Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were the ones who greeted them!

Two current prime ministers!

The two of them panicked at that time, how could they eat this meal safely.

But Li Er refused to let them go, insisting that they stay for dinner.

It was nothing more than a meal, the two of them really didn't expect that it was Li Junxian, the emperor's close servant, who served them food!

The one who cooks for them in the back kitchen is their immediate boss!

Both of them wanted to cry, and now when they heard Hu Guang's question, they didn't know how to answer.

Hu Guang frowned, thinking that the food was not tasty, "You guys wait!"

After finishing speaking, Hu Guang ran to the back kitchen, and soon came out with the directors of Jinbu and Duzhi.

With a stern face, Hu Guang pointed to the food on the table in front of the two household officials, and asked, "Did you cook their food?"

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Directors Jinbu and Duzhi nodded in confusion and asked, "We followed the recipe."

"Then why don't they eat it?" Hu Guangguang scolded loudly.

With a swipe, the directors of Jinbu and Duzhi looked at the two people who were eating, and their eyes froze. Isn't this the person under his own hands?

In an instant, the heads of Jinbu and Duzhi's faces darkened, and they stared straight at them.

The head of the Ministry of Finance asked: "Is it not delicious?"

The two household officials panicked and said in unison: "No, the food is very good!"

"Then don't eat it!" The director of Jinbu and the director of Duzhi scolded at the same time.

"Eat, eat!" The two household officials smiled apologetically, "Let's eat now!"

"Slap!" Suddenly, Hu Guang raised his palm and slapped the head of the Ministry of Finance and the head of the Ministry of Finance with two slaps. Amidst the pain of the two, he said angrily, "Do you talk to diners like this? Apologize to me!"

"Shall I apologize to him?" Director Jin was furious, and Director Duzhi even shouted, "Do you know who we are?"

"Ahem!" At this moment, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Empress Changsun coughed lightly at the same time.

Chief Duzhi's breath was stagnant, and then he straightened his neck and blushed and said, "We are the cooks of Zuixianlou!"

Hu Guang was taken aback for a moment, and then he said in a bad mood: "You are quite proud of being a cook? Hurry up and apologize!"

The corners of the heads of Jinbu and Duzhi's eyes twitched, but seeing Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and Empress Changsun cast unkind glances, they could only blushed and cupped their hands to the two household officials: "I'm very sorry."

"It's okay, it's okay!" The two small officials from the household department cried out, Hu, you're letting us die!

"Two guest officials, if it doesn't taste good, I'll ask them to make it again!" Hu Guang looked at the two household officials and smiled apologetically: "You can eat as much as you like today, and I'll treat you to this one!"

"..." The two household officials forced a smile on him, thank you so much!

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At this time, Li Er was walking quickly towards Yongyangfang, but on Zhuque Street, looking at an ox cart coming towards him and the driver of the ox cart, he said in surprise: "Zhang Dun!?"

Chapter 53 Replace all the things in the West Market with mine

Hearing the sound, Zhang Dun looked up at the place where the sound came from, and said in surprise, "Second Uncle, why are you here?"

"I was going to Yongyangfang to find you."

Li Er walked up to him, looked at the twenty wooden boxes on the bullock cart, and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"I'm planning to go to the West Market."

Zhang Dun smiled and said, "Second Uncle, Brother Hu, have you told me everything?"

Looking at Li Er's expression, he nodded, "Zhang Dun, you went to the Five Surnames and Seven Wangs, and fell out with them..."

Zhang Dun waved his hand and said, "I didn't ask for money in the past. If I could apologize so easily, wouldn't my father-in-law be here soon?"

"That's why I'm going to the West Market."

Li Er pondered, "Second Uncle will go with you."

"Okay." Zhang Dun smiled.

Datang West Market is located in Chang'an County, between Qunxian Square and Yanshou Square.

Whenever the morning bell rings and the curfew is lifted, people from both inside and outside the city will come here to buy goods.

There were not a few people driving ox carts on the road, and some businessmen from other regions even drove camels in the West Market.

Zhang Dun drove the ox cart and brought Li Er to a salt shop.

The salt that Datang eats is all green salt, the color and taste of green salt are not very good.

In addition, vinegar cloth is also sold in the salt shop.

Although the green salt is not very good, the price remains high. People who cannot afford salt will buy vinegar cloth instead of table salt.

The owner of the Qingyan shop is a middle-aged man in common clothes, wearing a headdress, and is sorting out the goods that have just come in.

Seeing Zhang Dun and Li Er walking in, the owner of the Qingyan shop hurriedly put down the work in hand, walked out with a smile and said:

"You two gentlemen, do you want green salt or vinegar cloth?"

Zhang Dun looked at the green salt on the shelf and asked, "Shopkeeper, where did you get your green salt from?"

The owner of the Qingyan shop smiled and said, "Where else can I come from? Naturally, the five surnames, Qiwang, followed me to buy the goods. Don't say that my family's Qingyan, that is, most of the other salt shops in the West Market and the East Market buy from them. .”

Just as I thought, Zhang Dun nodded slightly and said, "How much do you earn for that bucket of salt?"

"You can make a living." The owner of the Qingyan store said helplessly, "Most of them are from five surnames and seven Wangs."

Zhang Dun asked, "I have salt here, do you want it?"

Hearing this, the owner of the Qingyan shop was stunned, and then looked at him vigilantly, "What salt? Don't fool me with mineral salt, it's poisonous!"

"I'm from Zuixianlou." Zhang Dun asked with a smile, "Have you heard of Baiyan from Zuixianlou?"

Hearing the words Zuixianlou, the eyes of the Qingyan shop opened a little bit, "I own a salt shop, have you never heard of white salt? Zuixianlou is now selling salt?"

"If you want, I can sell it." Zhang Dun nodded and said: "What is the price you buy from Wuxing Qiwang, and it is the same here."

There is such a good thing?The owner of the Qingyan store beamed with joy, and was moved by what he said, but quickly frowned again, saying:

"But in this way, won't I offend Wu Xing Qi Wang? If you compete with Wu Xing Qi Wang for business, can they let you go?"

"If you are knocked down, can I still do business?"

"Emwood head!" Li Er snorted coldly at the side: "Isn't it enough to buy from both sides? This way no one will be offended, what are you afraid of?"

The owner of the Qingyan shop patted his forehead and laughed awkwardly, "Then I'll try, Mr. Xiaolang, how much is the white salt from Zuixianlou?"

Zhang Dun said solemnly: "Whatever the price of green salt is, the price of white salt will also be sold. Remember, if you want to sell my white salt from Zuixianlou, you must do as I say, otherwise Zuixianlou will not sell it. Replenish you."

"No problem!" The Qingyan store readily agreed, and when Zhang Dun rushed into the bullock cart, he took out a bag of white salt and handed it to him.

The green salt store opened the bag of white salt, looked at the white salt inside, and said regretfully, "The texture of your salt is better than green salt at first glance, and the price is the same as green salt. Isn't it a pity?"

"The price is so high, who can afford it?" Zhang Dun shook his head and said, "You know the salt price best when you open a salt store."

"That's true." The green salt shopkeeper smiled, weighed the white salt, took out the money and handed it to Zhang Dun, and said, "Xiao Langjun, if I want to buy white salt in the future, where can I find you? "

"I come here twice a day." Zhang Dun said patiently: "How much do you want to enter, tell me in advance, and I will send it over."

"Okay!" The Qingyan store said with a happy expression, and the good news of home delivery.

After leaving the salt shop, Zhang Dun took Li Er to a grocery store in West Market.

Zhang Dun looked at the dazzling array of goods on the shelves, including willow branches used as toothbrushes, tooth powder used for brushing teeth, and bath beans, etc., and so on.

"You two gentlemen, what do you want?" A middle-aged woman who owns the grocery store hurriedly greeted the two of them.

"I'm not buying things." Zhang Dun looked at her and said, "I'm here to sell things."

Looking at the astonished expression of the store owner, Zhang Dun smiled and asked, "Have you heard of Zuixianlou?"

"You mean the Zuixianlou grocery store?" The grocery store owner suddenly said, "That's the largest grocery store in Pingkangfang. How can anyone who owns a grocery store not know about Zuixianlou!"

Li Er was stunned when he heard this, "Isn't Zuixianlou a restaurant?"

"The restaurant is a cover." The grocery store owner sneered, "Which restaurant have you seen that also sells groceries?"

"By the way," the grocery store owner looked at Zhang Dun curiously, and said, "Xiao Langjun, you just said that you want to sell goods, are you selling the sundries from Zuixianlou?"

"Yes." Zhang Dun nodded, and said in an unhurried tone: "Zuixianlou's soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, and general merchandise such as candles, as long as you want, I can sell them at the purchase price Giving it to you is equivalent to buying from my Zuixian Tower."

The grocery store owner beamed with joy and said, "That's a good relationship! Now in Chang'an City, who doesn't know that your department store in Zuixianlou is the best!"

"Then it's settled, Second Uncle will unload the goods for me!"

After Zhang Dun finished speaking, he took Li Er to the bullock cart, unloaded five wooden boxes, put them in the grocery store, and said, "Look carefully."

After the store owner finished counting and made sure there was no problem, Zhang Dun received the money and asked, "Shop, where do you usually buy the goods in your grocery store?"

"Five surnames, Qiwang, come here." The grocery store owner said casually, "Most of the goods in our West Market come from them."

"Understood." Zhang Dun smiled, and then made it clear to her that he would come to the West Market twice a day to replenish them, and then took Li Er to continue wandering around the West Market.

It wasn't until the twenty boxes on the ox cart were emptied that they drove the empty ox cart and left West Market with Li Er.

It's already afternoon after wandering around.

Li Er rubbed his shoulders, feeling backache and back pain, the twenty boxes were heavier than he imagined.