[Red House] Release a concubine and have children

The Zhougong hot pot restaurant exploded, and quickly swept the entire capital city at an astonishing speed, and quickly spread outwards

Because Chuan Chuan Xiang and Malatang are cheaper and taste similar, although Zhougong Hot Pot Restaurant is more profitable than all the stores under Fu Li's name, it is not comparable to other stores when it comes to the number of customers in the store.But a poem by a university scholar instantly made men, women and children in Daxia, people who have never read a book, know the reputation of hot pot. Along with the title of "Xi Shi Cuisine", the monthly turnover of Zhougong Food Chain Store doubled The ones that have doubled the most are hot pot restaurants.

First, there are various ingredients for hot pot, and the requirements are quite high, so the price is more expensive than other shops. Second, there is a poem about a bachelor’s degree. Anyone who has a little extra money wants to eat it once. money, even willing to go hungry for it.

That's a bachelor, he said delicious food, could it be worse?

Because the reputation of hot pot is so widespread, some officials even couldn't help mentioning the deliciousness of hot pot when writing memorials to Emperor Yonghe.

The official didn't write a memorial for hot pot, but Fu Li opened Zhougong's food chain stores all over Jiangnan, and whenever he went to a place, he would prepare a taste that is more acceptable to the local people according to the local eating habits, so Zhougong's food The business of the chain store has always been very good, and there has never been a situation where it does not make money.

So Fu Li transferred a lot of money, which is unimaginable.

And Fu Li has always been a law-abiding person. No matter how much money she earns and how much tax she needs to pay, she never hides and evades, but pays taxes in full accordance with the law.It's not so obvious in rich places like Jiangnan, but in less wealthy cities, Fu Li's taxes are a bit exaggerated.

According to the past situation, the tax paid to the imperial court by this official's prefectural city is almost at the bottom every year.Because the local area is so poor, that official actually broke the rules of the officialdom, and he was the prefect who had been re-elected in that prefecture city for nearly ten years, which really made the listeners cry and saddened.

But after Fu Li opened his shop in the local area, he revitalized the local economy instantly.

Although that place is poor, it is not the local rich and middle class that are poor, but the local people.After Fu Li opened the store to the local area, among other things, at least the store brought a lot of jobs to the local people.

And more importantly, because that prefecture was too poor, businessmen from other places rarely set up shop there, so even though there were many rich people there, they didn't have much enjoyment at all, and naturally they couldn't spend much money.After Fuli's gourmet chain store opened in the local area, it took a lot of money from those people's pockets in no time at all. Although it is still not as good as other places, it also allows foreign businessmen to see the local consumption potential. .

At least when Fu Li passed the news to other businessmen from the Bazhou Chamber of Commerce, many merchants from the Bazhou Chamber of Commerce came to the local area to set up shop.

The more people there are, the more jobs will be provided to the local people, and the more money will be drawn from the pockets of the rich local households, the more taxes the magistrate will naturally get.

If it was just like this, the official would at most praise Fu Li in his heart, and would not specifically mention her in the memorial.

But the point is, because this official wants to be promoted so much, he has never been greedy for a penny of the taxes he pays from below every year. He even strongly suppressed the officials from the underground not to be corrupt, and handed over all the taxes to him. imperial court.

But he is not corrupt, does not mean that officials in other places are not corrupt, right?So the official soon discovered that the taxes he had handed over to the court in the past few years were not only at the bottom, but instead ranked in the middle.

With such a great achievement, how dare the officials block his way to promotion and let him die of old age in the local area?

Not only was he promoted to an official, but he was also directly promoted to an official in Beijing.

This made him very happy. First, he was really happy, second, he wanted to flatter Emperor Yonghe, and third, he wanted to reciprocate. It just so happened that during this period of time, Fu Li’s hot pot restaurant became famous because of a poem written by Gu Xueshi. It is popular in the capital, so when he wrote the memorial, he naturally praised the emperor, and then he also mentioned Fu Li's hot pot restaurant at the end.

Of course, Emperor Yonghe was curious about what this hot pot was, so he asked people to come in and ask questions, and soon found out that it was Fu Li's restaurant.

If he wanted to eat, of course there was no need to go out of the palace, but someone called Wei Yan directly, and soon after, Fu Li tossed out the hot pot ingredients and sent them to the palace.

But Emperor Yonghe's diet has always been very healthy, not to mention chili, even pungent seasonings such as onion, ginger, and garlic, he doesn't eat much, and this character has extremely low desires. Apart from work, he has almost no other hobbies , so after the hot pot base material entered the palace, the red soup hot pot was directly discarded by him like a shoe. Although the clear soup hot pot got him a little like, it didn't surprise him. After eating three or four meals, he put it aside. Down, didn't take it to heart at all.

But even so, Wei Yan still spread the news. With the reputation that the emperor would like to eat it, Zhougong Hot Pot Restaurant passed the initial period of explosion, and the business that should have calmed down has picked up again. , even better than when Gu Xueshi's verses were first published.

Emperor Yonghe heard about it, but he didn't mind

After all, the clear soup hot pot was really good, and compared to the food in the palace, it really suited his appetite better.

He didn't pay attention to the affairs outside the palace, but took out the official memorial again.

At first, he just felt that there was something unspeakable about the official’s memorial that he couldn’t help paying attention to, but it was hidden in the long paragraphs of rainbow farts. At that time, his attention was focused on the hot pot at the end, so he was not sensitive He quickly found out what was wrong.

But after he finished eating the hot pot and looked through the memorial again without distraction, he immediately found out what was wrong

Is what is written in this official memorial true?The prefecture where he was an official had so much more tax revenue, all because Fu Li opened his own chain store there and attracted many businessmen there?

but……

Because of the potatoes and sweet potatoes, Emperor Yonghe had people staring at Fu Li for a long time before. Naturally, he knew that Fu Li's Zhou Gong gourmet chain stores had already spread all over Daxia.However, although these shops make money, Fu Li also pays taxes in accordance with the law meticulously, and has never evaded taxes, so he has never taken Fu Li's business too seriously.

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, although he didn't suppress businessmen, he didn't think much of those businessmen.He almost never asked how much money he made from the businesses under the Queen's name, and he would only reach out to the Queen when he asked for money. For him, the greatest significance of those businesses was actually to inquire about information.

Now, however, he sees the benefits of Fury's business for the country.

No, Fu Li's shops have already started preparations years ago, and they have been slowly expanding over the years. If there are really such great benefits, they shouldn't wait until they are in power, but should be revealed when the Supreme Emperor is still in power.

With such a great achievement, the emperor of the ether is so overjoyed, it is impossible for him not to boast about it, and he may even ask the historian to write a special book about it as his own credit.

But in fact, when the Supreme Emperor was in power, he never heard of this matter.

But that official's achievements will not be faked.

Emperor Yonghe squinted his eyes, and then directly asked people to call Gu Xueshi and Wei Yan into the palace together.After some instructions, the two finally understood why the emperor asked them to enter the palace

It turned out that the emperor wanted the two of them, one in the open and the other in the dark, to investigate the tax situation in various places together.

Both of them have experienced wind and rain with Emperor Yonghe, and they are both truly capable people, so within half a year, the two sent back news one after the other.

Emperor Yonghe's worst guess has come true

Except for that official, more than half of the prefects and their subordinate officials in other places withheld most of the tax paid by Fu Li in accordance with the law.And those taxes are used as accounts, which are naturally shared by everyone.

Of course, not all of them want to be greedy, but sometimes they are in their positions and are forced by other people. In order not to be squeezed out, not to be excluded, and not to be concealed and killed by potential informers, they can only accept money.

Some people collected it themselves, while others donated it to charity, leaving most of it.

Although the remaining officials did not greedy for that batch of money, they were also worried that their honest payment of taxes would arouse the hatred of others, so they withheld most of it, and then invested it all in the local infrastructure.Because of their actions, the local economy is better, but the results are not significant enough, and they cannot be recorded as political achievements by the assessment officials of the Ministry of Officials, so

Therefore, he has never been noticed by the Supreme Emperor.

Nor did he pay attention.

Emperor Yonghe was extremely angry, but he laughed out loud: "Come here, pass down the decree, just say that I love the taste of Duke Zhou's hot pot very much, and I also understand that you adults can't eat a bite of hot rice at the birthday banquet, so this year's Longevity Festival, Tete has prepared a hot pot for each of them, and I hope they can really! Heart! Congratulations!"

Eunuch Su trembled all over, silently mourning for those ministers who touched the emperor's bottom line

I hope that after the Longevity Festival, you adults will be safe and sound.

Not seeing each other for half a year, Wei Yan couldn't help hugging Fu Li as soon as he got home, and even leaned in to kiss her on the cheek in front of everyone.

Originally, he wanted to kiss the lips, but at the last moment he held back and moved away.

After washing up, Wei Yan came to the yard of the two elderly people. The whole family sat around the same table and ate the fresh food that Fu Li personally cooked for him.

After wolfing down the meal, Wei Yan rinsed his mouth with tea and let out a long breath: "Ma'am, pay attention during this time, especially around the Longevity Festival, your stores must not make any mistakes."

Because hotpot restaurants are so popular, Fu Li has already opened three hotpot branches in the capital in just half a year. In order to disperse the customer flow, she even opened a noodle restaurant and a Chuanchuanxiang shop like squeezing water into a sponge.

But that's not the point.

Fu Li was almost startled by Wei Yan's cold tone, and looked at him seriously: "Did something happen? What have you been doing these days? Could it be that you were sent by the emperor to perform some mission?" ?”

Wei Yan raised his head and looked around, and waved away all the servants in the room, and ordered his confidants to guard the door, not allowing anyone to approach.

Then, he said in a heavy tone: "I was sent by the emperor to protect Xueshi Gu, and I was investigating some things secretly. But the real decisive evidence is still in the hands of Xueshi Gu, and I am just a cover."

Because Xueshi Gu is the real boss of the intelligence collection organization in the hands of the emperor, as long as he gives the order, there will naturally be an endless stream of evidence sent to him.

It's just that Gu Xueshi's identity is a secret, so he didn't mention it

No one would have guessed that Gu Xueshi, who has a beautiful appearance, is obsessed with delicious food, and travels around the mountains and rivers, is actually the second in command of that secret organization that makes people fearful.

"Xueshi Gu holds a lot of evidence in his hand, and those evidences are enough to drive all those involved into the abyss. The emperor will punish him after the Longevity Day." Wei Yan's expression was unprecedentedly serious, "So during this period of time, try not to Don't make trouble when you go out. Even if you meet someone who comes to make trouble, just bear with it for now, and after the incident is over, I will redouble my efforts to get it back for you."

After speaking, he looked at Fu Li again, "Because this matter is related to Madam's shop, so there must be no mistakes in the shop during this period."

Fu Li nodded subconsciously, but his heart was at a loss

her shop?But in the past half a year, her shop has nothing worth noting except that the business is too hot, right?

Wei Yan mentioned vaguely: "Your shops can make a lot of money every month, right?"

Because he made it clear before getting married, after getting married, Wei Yan didn't rush to inquire about how much money Fu Li's shops make every month. He only knew that it was very profitable, and then he lost it.

Fu Li nodded, unable to comprehend the meaning of Wei Yan's words.

Not to mention Fu Li, the others couldn't figure out why he asked this question all of a sudden.

Wei Yan couldn't help but added another sentence: "Madam has always been law-abiding, and she must have contributed a lot of tax revenue to the imperial court."

Just as Fu Li was about to nod, his eyes widened suddenly: "You mean..."

Wei Yan nodded.

Fu Li took a breath: "No way?"

Because the account books of each store will be handed over to her for summary at the end of the year, she is very clear about the amount of tax paid by the stores under her name every year.She also knew that if such a large sum of money was handed over, those officials who could hold back their greed might be few, but it could make Wei Yan feel like an enemy, and make the emperor decide to have a fit at his birthday party...

How much money did those people steal?

Wei Yan's eyes were gloomy: "Madam, do you know the final whereabouts of the taxes I pay each year?"

Fu Li smiled wryly, then shook his head: "I'm a businessman. Although I can't avoid dealing with those officials, I can't help but send some money to those officials for business before going to Beijing, but..."

As for the tax payment, isn't it enough to pay the amount and get the proof of paying the tax, and then you don't have to worry about it?

After paying the tax, she can't keep making people pay attention to where the money is used?Even if she wanted to, as an ordinary businessman, she would not be able to do so.

Does she still want to pay attention to the whereabouts of these taxes, and then use money to buy people in the government office as an internal response?

She's not crazy.

"I also thought it was strange that my business was so big. Although I sent a lot of money to the officials as usual, they didn't take care of my business that much. The officials in every place almost regarded my business as a The Bodhisattva offered offerings, and gave whatever he wanted, and specially sent many officers and soldiers to patrol nearby. If someone caused trouble, she hadn't reported it to the official, and the matter was resolved in advance..."

She originally thought that those local officials saw that her business was big and they were happy to send money, so they opened the door of convenience, but now it seems...

"Where did they worship me as a Bodhisattva? They clearly regarded me as the God of Wealth!" Let alone a person like Emperor Yonghe who couldn't rub the sand in his eyes, Fu Li was so angry after thinking about it. light.

I can't bear to think about the taxes I paid, but those officials pocketed them in the end.

It's not that she didn't manage magistrates as usual, and she paid a lot of money.

Let alone Gu Xueshi, the evidence that Wei Yan found is shocking enough. Thinking of his wife's tax payment being embezzled, I'm afraid he was regarded as no different from other businessmen all those years ago, tax evasion and tax evasion How could he not be angry?

But seeing that Fu Li was even more angry than him, Wei Yan was not so angry, and felt a little funny.

Fu Li met Shang Weiyan's eyes and couldn't help but rolled his eyes at him: "I was tricked like this, you still think it's funny?"

Wei Yan shook his head: "No. I was a little angry at first, but when I saw you so angry, I felt that it was not worth it. You forgot, on the Longevity Festival, the emperor will not let those people go."

Fu Li paused, and couldn't help raising his hand to his forehead: "I'm so confused, I forgot such an important thing."

The others were also angry at first, but after hearing Wei Yan's words, they were not so angry anymore.

It's just that Brother Jin still doesn't understand: "Isn't it right to pay taxes according to the law?"

Because Fu Li will take Jin Geer with him wherever he goes, such as paying taxes, which can not only increase Jin Geer's knowledge, allow him to deal with people in the officialdom, but also teach him to know the law and understand the law. Of course, she couldn't leave Brother Jin at home.

Brother Jing has always been educated that he must pay taxes according to the law.

But now...

Fu Li stretched out his hand and pulled Jin Geer to his side, paused for a moment, thinking that one should not favor one another, so he pulled Lang Geer over as well.

Lang Ge'er grew up in a duke's family, so he is very clear about this kind of thing, but he wanted to get close to Fu Li, so he hesitated for a moment, then followed Fu Li's strength and came to him, and Jin Ge Stand side by side.

Only then did Fu Li look at the two children seriously and said: "Some people in this world will indeed choose to abandon more people and even the interests of the country for their own interests, but we can't be such people, you know? Just like It was me, I was able to successfully open a store in Daxia, not only because the food in my store was really good and cheap, but also because the imperial court put a lot of effort into the security of the country, otherwise think about it, if the country is in turmoil, these stores of mine will still be Can it be opened so well and done so well? Don’t think that all officials in the world are like this because of the behavior of some corrupt officials. The taxes I pay are not for those people’s enjoyment. "

Brother Jing paused, looked at Fu Li: "What is that for?"

"If the country is in trouble, such as the flood in the Yellow River some time ago, and many people were displaced, the silver that your mother handed over to the court can be used for disaster relief. It can be used to feed the people, rebuild their homes for the people, and restore the previous decision. The dam of the embankment was repaired again... In short, the use of these taxes is definitely not for those corrupt officials." Wei Yan was originally a court official, so he naturally knew the final destination of the money

.

He paused, then smiled, "If the person sitting in that seat is still the emperor, I might not be able to pat my chest to assure you, but since the person sitting in that seat is the emperor, I can still pat my chest." Let me tell you, all the taxes paid will eventually be taken from the people and used by the people.”

Brother Jin frowned and pointed out one thing: "But my mother has paid so much taxes over the years. When the treasury checked the accounts, there were only more than 100 million silver in it."

Wei Yan froze for a moment, shook his head and smiled wryly: "Because the one who was sitting in that seat at that time was the current Supreme Emperor. Moreover, since he took office today, the treasury's silver has long since risen from more than 100 million taels to more than 1000 million taels of silver. As for silver, there are still a lot of gold and silver jewelry and antique calligraphy and paintings in the national treasury, and the value is calculated, and there are more than 2000 million taels of silver in the national treasury.”

Brother Jin paused, and suddenly realized: "Some time ago, the emperor ransacked the house..."

Wei Yan nodded.

Brother Jin is still not very happy: "But with so much money stolen from the house, how can you guarantee that in the future..."

Fu Li smiled and pinched the flesh on Brother Jin's face: "At least when the emperor is still in power, what you worry about won't happen."

Not only will it not happen, but the corrupt officials of the imperial court may still be worried all day long, worrying that Emperor Yonghe would suddenly want to overturn the old account, and then confiscate all the family property they have "earned" through hard work over the years.

Brother Jin thought for a while, then nodded: "Then I can rest assured."

Fu Li looked at the two children with a serious expression and said: "Things in this world are always ups and downs. Maybe now the business of Dingweihou Mansion and I are booming. It seems that we can go on like this forever. After all No one knows what will happen. But no matter what, the two of you will be officials in the court when you grow up. Whether it is Brother Lang or Brother Jin, I believe you have the ability. But I hope you can remember that a gentleman loves money, get it in a proper way, and don’t go astray just for yellow and white things.”

The two children thought about it seriously, then nodded firmly.

After Wei Yan went home and vaccinated Fu Li, Fu Li personally went to the store under his name to give a warning, and fired all the lazy, slippery and suspicious guys, thinking that it was not enough to recruit people at this time It was all right, so he simply went back to Dingweihou Mansion and transferred a few servants who were helping in the kitchen to fill in the vacancy.

Cai Li and the others didn't know why Fu Li did this, but they became serious after being raised. They would go to Fu Li's shops almost every day to check if anyone caused trouble.

Xu is that Zhou Gong's gourmet chain store will take this matter seriously, so until the Longevity Festival begins, those who are interested have not seized the opportunity to make trouble.

Soon, Longevity Day will come.

In Dingweihou Mansion, the adults all put on court clothes and official clothes, and the two children also put on their best clothes as if they were celebrating the new year. The whole family was dressed neatly. They were divided into three carriages, and they entered the palace together in the carriage.

In the imperial palace, the Longevity Festival has always been a festival that can be compared with the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and even the Spring Festival.

A few people set out from Dingweihou and came to the street. They saw lights and festoons on the street, and there were already many hawkers hawking. Some greasy roadside stalls are also kept clean.

It was the first time that Fu Li knew that during the Wanshou Festival, the common people would take the Wanshou Festival seriously. In the past, when he was in Bazhou Prefecture and other places, he had celebrated several Wanshou Festivals, but the local people didn’t seem to feel much about it, and they still held their own. Living his own life, he never seems to think that the emperor's birthday has anything to do with his own life.

Fu Li quickly put down the car curtain: "The capital city is under the feet of the emperor, and the attitude is different."

Wei Yan also stayed in other places for a while, so he was very clear about why Fu Li expressed such emotion.However, he didn't think there was anything to be happy about what the common people did: "Some time before the Wanshou Festival came, the governor of Jingzhao and other Beijing officials had already tried to go door-to-door to notify them. Otherwise, how do you think these common people remember the emperor? When is your birthday?"

Fu Li understood that it was formalism.

Although watching the excitement, the common people didn't feel how important the Longevity Festival was from the bottom of their hearts, and it was impossible for them to spend their savings just because of the emperor's birthday.She lifted the curtain of the car, and carefully observed the expressions on the faces of the common people this time. Although they were all smiling, they were not as contagious as they were during the Chinese New Year.

But it doesn't matter.

Fu Li put down the car curtain again, and his mood became uneasy: "When do you think the emperor will get angry today? Will it implicate innocent people?"

Wei Yan stretched out his hand to hold her hand, and shook his head: "I'm not a roundworm in the emperor's stomach, how could I know the emperor's plan? But today is his birthday after all, if you want to come to the emperor, even if you want to have a fit, you have to wait until after the meal." .”

"By the way, do you know what father's birthday gift is?"

Fu Li took a look at him: "The old man has been in the officialdom for so many years, and he has been reminded by you. How could he still make mistakes? I went to take a look before I left. The birthday gift that the old man prepared for the emperor was just two written by Gu Daru. A picture of Chinese characters, a picture of peace and prosperity for the people, and a picture of Songhe Yannian, it can’t go wrong, right?”

Nagu Daru is not the most talented person in Daxia, but he is the longest-lived celebrity in Daxia.

Ask him to write these two words for the emperor, not to mention that this gift has been delivered to the heart of the emperor, at least there will be absolutely no mistakes.

Wei Yan smiled: "It's not that I don't trust my father, but today... it's better to be careful."

Fury nodded.

While the two were talking, the carriage rumbled into the palace.

Soon, the family got off the carriage, and then led by the palace servants to the palace where the emperor used to entertain guests.The old lady and Fu Li entered the harem, while the old lady and Wei Yan were led to the main hall of the court.

Afterwards, the female relatives enjoyed flowers and talked in the harem, and also played some small games such as flying flower orders and throwing pots, while the men were led to participate in activities such as horse racing and wrestling. The atmosphere was right for a while, and everything seemed so Lively and happy.

But no one knew that there was a huge wave hidden beneath the excitement.

Soon it was dark and it was time to eat.

According to Emperor Yonghe's instructions, today everyone has a specially made small pot for hot pot. When they sat down, the soup in the pot was already boiling, and they were waiting for everyone to send congratulatory gifts and congratulations. , Emperor Yonghe gave another order, and everyone can eat.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner, but no one noticed that when Emperor Yonghe heard the names of the congratulatory gifts sent by these clan ministers, although Emperor Yonghe still had a smile on his face, his eyes turned dark.

Because Fu Li knew the information in advance, he has been paying attention to Emperor Yonghe's expression, so he naturally noticed the change in his eyes.

Several times, she thought that Emperor Yonghe was going to have an attack in the next second, but in the end Yonghe Emperor endured it, and did not have an attack before eating as Fu Li worried about.

Soon, the gift giving session is over.

Emperor Yonghe raised his hand and said with a serious expression: "It's cold today, if you don't eat it, this hot pot won't taste good, everyone, please eat it quickly."

I don't know if it's his own illusion, but Fu Li always felt that the last three words of Emperor Yonghe sounded a little gnashing of teeth.

She paused, not daring to look any more, but obediently put the meat slices into the pot.

The world is big, and the food is the biggest.

Who knows when Emperor Yonghe will have an attack, before then, she should try to eat as much as possible, so as not to be hungry later.

The rest of the Dingwei Hou Mansion were like Fu Li, completely ignoring the greetings from the left and right, and just focused on eating hard.

Emperor Yonghe was originally full of anger, but when he noticed the behavior of the family of six, he laughed dumbfoundedly.

He smiled, and the queen sitting next to him also heaved a sigh of relief.

But just when the queen thought that the anger in Emperor Yonghe's heart had calmed down, he suddenly said coldly: "My loves, I wonder if you think the taste of this hot pot is delicious?"

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