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Chapter 366 Chapter 359 You have to find someone to cover you (ask for a monthly ticket)

Chen Nian saw Hai Mingxian's joyful expression, and he was familiar with the customer's mood, and he knew that this was not a fake but an expression of emotion from the heart.

"How?" Although he knew that the other party thought it was delicious, Chen Nian asked again.

"It's so delicious. I've never eaten pastry with this taste before. Give me another piece." Hai Mingxian said excitedly.

Then Chen Nian cut another piece and handed it to Hai Mingxian: "Young Master Hai, use it slowly." After speaking, he looked at the other person, "Then I wonder if this thing can be given as a gift to my grandfather?"

"But, that's amazing, such a big birthday peach can definitely be placed in the most conspicuous place, so that everyone who comes can see it." Hai Mingxian said.

Although in Lu Ke's eyes, he is a bit idle and idle all day long, but at least he comes from a family of officials, so he can naturally tell the difference between good and bad.

Seeing the other party opening his mouth like this, Chen Nian couldn't help but said: "I can make it bigger, it's only the size of a washbasin now, and when the time comes, there will be a lot of guests in your house, I'm afraid it won't be enough..."

"Okay, okay." Hai Mingxian was very excited, "Then I have Brother Lao Chen, how about this, I will get you any materials you need, otherwise making such a big birthday peach is probably worth a lot of money, even if it is you It’s a gift, but I also want to express my heart.”

After hearing this, Chen Nian was even more pleased. He didn't expect that Mr. Hai would be so upright. Not only did he accept the birthday peach very quickly, but he also offered to pay for the materials.

"It's not so good, after all, it's a gift from us. If you ask Mr. Hai to buy materials..." Although Chen Nian was eager to agree at night, he still needs to be reserved, so he said deliberately.

"Where is there, usually you need to pay for some dim sum, not to mention such an important occasion? And it's just some materials, how much money can it cost? In my opinion, even several times more materials are worth the money." It’s not as good as Brother Chen’s skill.”

Seeing this, Chen Nian had no choice but to agree: "Okay, then there will be Mr. Lao Hai, but the formula and method of this longevity peach are confidential, and I hope Mr. Hai will not tell it. After all, Lu Wanxing Dim Sum Shop has been targeted by many people now. Now there are thousand fruit cakes in dim sum shops all over Chang'an, which is the best example."

"Don't worry, someone in my sea will keep his mouth shut."

"I believe in Mr. Hai." Chen Nian said with a smile.

Although Hai Mingxian had been talking to Chen Nian throughout the whole process, his mouth never stopped. He saw that he had to continue to cut it himself after eating a piece.

Chen Nian didn't say anything when he saw that the other party liked to eat it. Although the cake was expensive, it was worth giving it to the other party.

However, this cake was made and hadn't been given to his cousin for a long time, so he let Hai Mingxian eat it in the kitchen first, and he cut another piece and put it on a plate, and brought it to the front for his cousin.

Lu Ke was full of joy after seeing the cake, his eyes lit up as he ate it.

After a while, the old age returned to the kitchen again, and at this moment, the cake just now has lost almost one-third of it!

This startled Chen Nian.

"Master Hai, why did you eat so much?"

Hai Mingxian raised his head and grinned at Chen Nian: "This food is so delicious. It's sweet on the outside and sweet and sour on the inside. The dim sum in the middle is soft and delicious. I think I can eat some more."

"Don't! Mr. Hai, let's not be like this. No matter how delicious the food is, you can't eat like this. You just had lunch at noon, and now you eat so much cake. I'm afraid your stomach will burst by then. "

"If you keep the green hills, you don't have to worry about lack of firewood. There will be more opportunities in the future, so don't eat any more today." Chen Nian hastily advised him, he was really afraid that Mr. Hai would eat his stomach like a hole, When the Hai family came to find him, he would be in distress.

But Hai Mingxian still wanted to continue to defend something, but in the end it was because of Chen Nian's determination, so he didn't continue to eat, but even so he got up and took two steps, suddenly felt a little nauseous, but at least he could control it .

"It's true that I didn't feel much sitting just now, but now when I stand up, all the food falls down, filling my stomach full."

Chen Nian felt a little speechless, why does this person look so stupid, he doesn't even know how hungry or full he is?
But Chen Nian doubted the other party's sexual orientation, so he was unwilling to go forward to help him, otherwise, if he really fell for him, would it be okay?
Now there are only myself and my cousin left in my family, and they were all harassed by this guy, so the capital couldn't stay any longer.

Coming to the front hall, Hai Mingxian praised Chen Nian again, and also said that Lu Wanxing Dim Sum Shop will be responsible for their Hai family's birthday banquet in the future.

Lu Ke was happy when he heard that, although she never liked this man very much, at least he is now praising his younger brother.

In the end, Chen Nian wrote down the weight of various materials needed to Hai Mingxian and asked him to take it back and prepare it.

Then just wait for the old man of the Hai family to celebrate his birthday in half a month.

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Chen Nian feels that Lu Wanxing Dim Sum Shop is about to become a real hit in the capital!
If the plaque bestowed by His Majesty was just a honor and a gold-lettered signboard before, then this time, if it goes well, it will be able to successfully enter the upper class circle in Chang'an.

Compared with the two, one is to continue to bring attention and traffic here, and the other is to actively start spreading in that circle.

It is foreseeable that after they come back from the birthday banquet, they will definitely discuss this, and some people may also start to inquire about it. When they find out about Lu Wanxing Dim Sum Shop, they will order from here if they need it next time.

It seems that the puffs and sour plum soup that I have researched now also need to speed up their entry. When the birthday banquet is over in half a month, it happens to be the time when the weather in Chang'an starts to gradually heat up.

At that time, more and more people will come to buy dim sum, just like the original Honghong Restaurant, it was only a small fire at the beginning, but with the spontaneous promotion of customers, more and more people came to eat, and the latter has arrived Had to expand the extent of the storefront.

Now if Lu Wanxing Dim Sum Shop has really reached that level, it will definitely need to expand the store.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian turned his head and asked Lu Ke: "Sister, if I want to buy the shops on both sides of us, would they be willing to sell them?"

Lu Ke probably understood what Chen Nian meant. She thought for a while and said, "Not necessarily. I usually have some contacts with the shopkeepers on these two sides, but I don't seem to have heard that they have the idea of ​​selling the shop recently."

Chen Nian nodded: "Then I'll go back and ask. If they are willing, then we can just expand the scale."

Lu Ke knew that Chen Nian had this idea: "It is okay to expand the scale, but there are only two of us. If the store expands, only the two of us may not be able to handle it."

"It doesn't matter if you're too busy, Chang'an City is so big, why can't you find anyone?"

"What if they are our opponents? Wouldn't we let them learn our craft?"

"This possibility is not small." Chen Nian nodded and thought for a while, then he suddenly thought of someone, "By the way, I'll go find Fu Xin, and let him take a stake when the time comes, so that we have a background , although he has to share part of the money he earns, people can also ask him to pay for it.”

"Okay, then I'll leave this matter to you." Lu Ke patted Chen Nian on the shoulder and said solemnly.

Now she feels that her younger brother is getting more and more reliable, and even in a short period of time, she has become the level that she needs to rely on, but this feeling is actually not bad.

She has no objection to Chen Nian's proposal, because the more famous Lu Wanxing's dim sum shop is, the more money it makes, but it is easier to be targeted by interested people. Now it is just another dim sum shop in Chang'an City, and there will be more in the future. After the aristocratic families of those imperial officials are eyeing, I may have to weigh some things.

After all, it couldn't be easier for them to destroy a shop in Chang'an City
Moreover, the current Lu Wanxing dim sum shop basically makes money for whoever buys shares. Asking Fu Xin for help is undoubtedly tantamount to giving him money. Fu Xin helped her find her younger brother before, and he often came to take care of the business, even if it was to share some profit with him. nothing.

It's just that Fu Xin may be a little busy recently. Chen Nian plans to look for Fu Xin again in a few days. In the past few days, he will study puffs and sour plum soup, and then go to the shops on both sides to see if they are willing to sell the shop.

After Chen Nian came to the capital, he spent a lot of money. Now he still has nearly a hundred taels of silver in his hand, while his cousin still has more than 600 taels in his hand, and the total is about 700 taels.

Their store is located in a relatively prosperous place in Chang'an, and the courtyard next door is bigger than theirs. If you want to buy it, it will cost about 300 taels.

This price also fully takes into account the advantages of the location, and the homeowner may raise a part of the price when selling, otherwise, if it is a normal purchase, about 200 taels is enough.

Their current money is completely enough, and there is even a lot of money left over to purchase goods, purchase materials and decorate the new courtyard.

At this time, Chen Nian would feel that the world is uneven. Those rich people spend thousands of taels and tens of thousands of taels of silver to go out, but now they have a few hundred taels and feel that it is a lot.

But, money is earned slowly, and if other people can have so much money, it is their real accumulation.

And Chen Nian felt that it was useless for him to earn so much money here. The reason why he continued to produce new products here and thought about merging and buying the yards on both sides was because he wanted to leave his cousin behind before he left this dreamland. something of value.

Here, Chen Nian began to think about buying land on the left and right sides. On the other side, Fu Xin got unanimous recommendation from Prince Jing and Prime Minister Yang Gongfu after chatting with him.

So now he told Emperor Xia Li Xu about his plan in the Imperial Study Room. Li Xu listened very carefully, and while Fu Xin was talking about it, Li Xu also kept asking questions.

By the time Fu Xin finished speaking, he was already sweating profusely. Sure enough, His Majesty would be much more difficult to deal with. Previously, regardless of the teacher Yang Gongfu or Prince Jing, although they would ask questions, they definitely would not be so frequent. If you ask questions, basically if you say a few words, your majesty will have problems.

"Yes, this method is very good, but is this what you came up with?" Li Xu looked at Fu Xin aggressively while talking.

Fu Xin just sat with his eyebrows lowered and did not dare to look up.

"Raise your head and answer me." Li Xu continued after finishing the sentence just now.

Fu Xin raised his head and saw Li Xu's serious and cold expression at a glance!
That's it, when I looked at it from a distance during my palace exam, His Majesty also had the same look at that time, but there were a lot of people in the palace at that time, and exams were what he was best at, so I wasn't nervous at all at the scene. But now there were only two people in the room, and he didn't know why he couldn't say the word "I am a minister" when he came to his lips.

Wouldn't that be cheating?
"He is a friend of the minister, but he is just a commoner. If he gets ahead from this, he may be killed, so the minister did not say so."

After Fu Xin finished speaking, he regretted it. Originally, he didn't want to confess Chen Nian, but His Majesty was too majestic just now, which made his mind go blank at that time.

At the same time, he also sincerely admired those senior gods who did not change their faces when they saw His Majesty.

"Who is it?" Li Xu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when she heard that this idea was not proposed by Fu Xin, but she was still a little curious about who is not an official in the court, who can have such an opinion, and this method is not only good, it is simply is great!
If she can suppress those families, then she doesn't mind using some thunderous means, but the result she wants is not only that the vitality of those families is severely damaged, but also that the foundation of the Great Xia Dynasty cannot be shaken.

In this way, they cannot be suppressed too hard, at least after they have been suppressed, they dare not resist in the open, and only dare to do small tricks behind their backs.

And she also quickly realized that although the method of obfuscating names is good, it is not enough to use this alone, and it must be done in multiple ways. Since Fu Xin's friend can come up with this method, it is impossible not to think of other things. I can't think of it for the time being, but there must be a direction.

When Fu Xin heard that His Majesty actually asked for his name, he thought in his heart that he could no longer betray Chen Nian, otherwise if His Majesty issued an edict, there would be old things like Chen Nian, and he would come if he didn't want to.

Wei Kang is a serious crime of beheading. Although it is said that His Majesty loves talents, he may not necessarily kill the other party, but if he is not soft, he may come hard.

So the best thing to do is to not talk.

"Your Majesty, the guilty minister has an agreement with his friend that his name cannot be mentioned, nor can it be caught in this vortex." Fu Xin summoned up his courage and said, and immediately knelt down without daring to lift his head.

The atmosphere froze for a moment.

But Li Xu suddenly felt a little funny: "Fu Aiqing, what are you doing? You have an agreement with that friend, so if you don't talk about it, don't talk about it. Do you think I want you to be that treacherous person?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" Fu Xin stood up again after speaking, and sat back on the stool Li Xu had arranged for him.

"If Your Majesty has any suggestions, I can convey them to you..."

Fu Xin originally wanted to say a few words to ease the situation, but who would have thought that before he finished speaking, Li Xu whispered a few words: "Is that your friend who makes dim sum?"

(End of this chapter)