The Song Dynasty shocked the world by earning 100 million at the beginning

"Old Zhao, please keep your voice down! Those who don't know think you have been assassinated! And can you tell the whole story? That's not to demolish the city wall! I plan to connect Wanguo Cuju Village and Bianliang City! Make a gap in the city wall, Then a ditch will be connected to the Bian River, so that people can take boats between Bianliang and Cuju Village! I will build city walls on both sides of the channel, so you can rest assured about the safety of the imperial city!"

"Hmm... It's a good thing for the people!"

"The main thing is that I don't need you to spend a penny, Lao Zhao. How about it? Is it approved?"

Song Huizong rolled his eyes and then said: "Well..."

Liu Yuanhui understood, and then took out a one million tael silver note from his arms and slapped it on the table.

Song Huizong glanced at the denomination of the bank note sideways, and then said: "I have to think about it carefully!"

Snapped! Another banknote worth one million taels appeared on the table.

Song Huizong swallowed and said: "It's not impossible, it's just that Taizu legislated that this city..."

Snapped! Snapped! Snapped! Liu Yuanhui took three more photos of one million taels in a row and then said: "The price is five million taels. Old Zhao, don't be too greedy. If it works, you can get it. If it doesn't, you can get it! What a waste!"

"Go get the real jade pen and cinnabar inkstone!" Song Huizong said decisively, and put the five million taels of silver notes on the table into his sleeve.

After Liu Yuanhui successfully obtained the imperial approval from Song Huizong, he walked in while there were still people from the Ministry of Works.

At this time, there was only a sixth-grade chief clerk in the Ministry of Industry, who was dozing on the table.

Liu Yuanhui came to him and said "Cough! Cough!" twice.

The young secretary woke up and found that the person who came was actually the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Industry. He was stunned for a moment and then hurriedly knelt down.

You must know that this is your immediate boss’s immediate boss!

"Master Liu, this villain deserves to die, please atone for his sins!" the young master kowtowed quickly.

"Get up! Where are the others?" Liu Yuanhui waved his hand casually and asked.

"To tell you the truth, they all...went home!"

"What time is it? Is it time to go home? Go and find them one by one now! The time limit is half an hour, and there is no delay. Even if they are shitting, they won't have time to wipe their butts. ! Go quickly, those who fail to meet the time limit will be demoted to serve the people!"

"Xiaguan obeys the order! Xiaguan, go now! Go now!"

The young clerk ran out of the Ministry of Works crawling on his feet.

Half an hour later, all 18 members of the Ministry of Industry, starting from Liu Yuanhui down, arrived. ,

Everyone stood groveling in front of Liu Yuanhui. They were all in a mess, their clothes were disheveled, and some even lost their official boots!

Liu Yuanhui sat on a chair and sipped tea leisurely, and said slowly: "Do you think that I, Liu Shangshu, can do whatever I want without my body being there? I came here to give you a surprise attack today, and you really surprised me!"

Everyone said in unison: "I have been waiting day and night for you, and finally you are here, Liu Shangshu!"

This looks like a rehearsed rhetoric.

Liu Yuanhui was very unhappy. He immediately stood up and reprimanded loudly: "How dare you! You dare to go home at this hour. As an official of the imperial court, you actually derelict in your duties? Do you believe that I will give you a copy in front of the emperor?"

The people below panicked for a moment and knelt down to beg for mercy: "Master Liu, please be lenient. I will never dare to do this again in the future! Master Liu, please be merciful!"

Looking at the people kowtowing on the ground, Liu Yuanhui curled his lips and said immediately: "Okay, okay, get up! Seeing as I have just taken office, I will have to rely on you in the future, so I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds this time!"

"We are determined to go through fire and water for Master Liu, even if we die, we will not give up!"

"This is what you said!" Liu Yuanhui said and threw the piece of paper on the ground: "These are the project notes and drawings approved by the Emperor. You are required to complete the work within two days with quality and quantity! You must work hard day and night and pay the debts owed to you before. All your working hours will be made up to me! If there is anything wrong, please report it to me! Do you understand me?"

Everyone picked up the drawings on the ground, and then said in fear: "Master Liu, this, this will take three days at the fastest to complete!"

Liu Yuanhui glanced at them: "What? You want me to say it again? You know that the project will take time, why don't you prepare it now? This way you can get one more night!"

"Subordinate to obey!"

Then all the staff of the Ministry of Industry hurriedly started preparing for the project.

Liu Yuanhui whistled all the way back home.

Liu Yuanhui, who had made a fortune, was so excited that he stayed up all night.

Seeing that the sun was rising, he simply jumped out of bed and did fifty push-ups. After freshening up, he changed clothes and went to the street, where he found a wonton stall for breakfast.

As soon as he finished eating, he noticed that many people on the street were running out of the city.

If you listen carefully, you can hear people talking: "There is a lot of fun over at Wanguo Cuju Village, hurry up! You won't be able to catch up in a while!"

Liu Yuanhui was puzzled, and then he stopped someone and asked, "Brother, I wonder what excitement there is in this Wanguo Cuju Village?"

The man hurriedly said: "I don't know the details. I heard that a beautiful cook from the south of the Yangtze River is going to challenge the top ten famous chefs in Bianliang! If I have nothing to do, I will go and watch the fun! I won't be able to take advantage of it if I'm late. We’ve arrived at a good location! I’ll say goodbye!”

Liu Yuanhui frowned: "The beautiful cook from Jiangnan? Could it be Dong Xiaowan? It's broken! It must be that the Bianliang cook brought by the butler was dissatisfied and did not want to be managed by her, so he challenged the competition! Why did the butler bring him so early? I have to Go and have a look quickly!”

Although it was early, the front square of Wanguo Restaurant in Cuju Village was already full of people.

There are more than a dozen stoves on the left side of the center of the square. There is a cook standing in front of each stove, and there is only one stove opposite it on the other side.

There was a woman standing in front of the stage, and there were various cooking ingredients on their stove.

Everyone below was bustling and talking: "This cook seems to be challenging a dozen people by herself! This is incredible!"

"These people opposite are all chefs from one of the best hotels in Bianliang City!"

"This cook is young, but she is quite pretty! It's a pity that no one will show mercy to her today!"

"..."

While everyone was discussing, they saw the female cook walking around to the stove and bowing slightly.

She was wearing a carp pattern scarf on her forehead, a red dress with a stand-up collar, the sleeves rolled up high, and a white apron embroidered with peonies in front of her.

After bowing respectfully, she said loudly: "My little girl Dong Xiaowan, the cook from Jiangnan! Haven't you asked your colleagues for their surnames?"