Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

"That's right, it's the result Cao Lan brought back. As long as Jia Xu is not a fool, he will know that I am warning him."

Chen Yang took the paper back and looked up at Jia Xu's busy back not far away.

Cao Ang said: "I finally understand what is the use of you adding Jia Xu's name. This is equivalent to telling him that everything he does cannot escape our eyes."

Chen Yang walked towards Jia Xu and the others, and said: "This is the benefit of shadows, but it is only the benefit of the early stage. If it can develop later, it will shock you even more."

After finishing speaking, Chen Yang came to Jia Xu and said, "Wenhe, what do you think of the salt here?"

Jia Xu had recovered from the surprise just now. He looked at the snow-white crystals of salt and said incredulously, "Shopkeeper Chen, is this the salt we want to sell?"

Chen Yang said, "That's right, do you think my salt is easy to sell?"

"Okay, absolutely good!"

Jia Xu said excitedly: "Shopkeeper Chen, your salt is better than all the salt I have seen before, and the price is even cheaper than ordinary salt. I believe all the people will rush to buy it."

Chen Yang said: "From now on, I will hand over the salt to you to sell. As for how you plan to sell it, I won't ask, but you just need to pay attention to one thing, you have to follow the rules we set, what do you think?"

Of course, Jia Xu knew the role of salt in the court, and he could be responsible for selling salt. It could also be considered that this was Chen Yang's way of testing.

Therefore, Jia Xu quickly said: "It's absolutely no problem, leave this matter to me."

With Jia Xu's affirmation, Chen Yang can finally be the hands-off shopkeeper of the salt mine.

All he has to do is to delegate power and let Jia Xu toss about it. Anyway, Cao Ang is watching, so Jia Xu doesn't dare to mess around.

In the following time, Cao Ang and Jia Xu transported the refined salt here back to Xudu.

They also used the status of the imperial court to gather various salt merchants together and began to sell new salt to boycott the extremely poor-quality private salt sold by aristocratic families.

Chen Yang also went back to Xudu with them, but instead of watching how they sold salt, he went outside his two restaurants to watch for a while.

"After preparing for such a long time, it's time to open!" Chen Yang said, and ordered Wang Yue to open the door of the restaurant.

The former restaurant of Sima's family and the restaurant bought by Chen Yang happened to be opposite each other. Although they were separated, it was not troublesome to manage.

At present, he has enough food in storage, and Sima's winery has also become Chen's winery, and he has started to help him continue to brew wine.

In addition, some time ago, Chen Yang also completed the renovation of the two restaurants, which have sufficient conditions for opening.

As for the back kitchen, Chen Yang invited more than a dozen cooks back. He first taught those people how to cook, and then let them learn from each other.

After the restaurant opens, as soon as the new dishes are launched, Chen Yang believes that most of Xudu's competitors will be killed in seconds.

After thinking so much, Chen Yang laughed with satisfaction: "Wang Yue, go back and tell Lao Fang to bring someone over to clean the restaurant first, and then prepare all kinds of ingredients. I decided to open tomorrow."

Although this decision was rushed, as long as you have the strength, it is not difficult to prepare.

"Yes!"

Wang Yue nodded and went back to find Fang Hua.

For the layout of the opening of the restaurant, Fang Hua and others only needed one afternoon to complete.

In addition to the cooks in the back kitchen, other people are also recruiting on the same day.

Because Chen Yang's wages were not low, he soon filled up the staff.

During this day, the two restaurants were busy, many people came in and out, very lively.

But this lively scene was noticed by some caring people.

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In the evening, inside the palace.

Liu Xie looked at the secret reports sent back by the guards, his brows furrowed for a while, and then widened again.

At this time, Zhang Gonggong, who was with Liu Xie, came to report, saying that it was Dong Cheng who asked to see him.

"Let him in!" Liu Xie put down the things in his hands, and told Eunuch Zhang to put them away.

However, he took out two secret reports from it and put them in his sleeves.

After a while, Dong Cheng walked up to Liu Xie with his head down, and first knelt down to salute: "I see Your Majesty!"

"Get up, sit down!"

Liu Xie waved his hand and asked, "Uncle Guo is here, what's the matter?"

Dong Cheng took out a stack of papers from his bosom, offered them with both hands, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, a few days ago you asked your ministers to investigate that Chen Yang, and now you have some results, all of which are written here. There are also such things It's called paper, and it was also invented by Chen Yang."

As he said that, Dong Cheng put down the paper and continued: "This kind of paper is really easy to use. It can not only be used for writing, but also can be stored for a long time. It is better than all the papers that have appeared before."

After hearing what he said, Liu Xie picked up all the papers, looked at them carefully for a moment, and suddenly said with a smile: "This kind of paper is really amazing. In the past, the things we used for writing were either bamboo slips or cloth. This kind of paper It can completely replace those two things. Not only is it convenient to carry, but it is also not as expensive as cloth, which shows that this person is a great talent."

Dong Cheng said in disapproval: "According to what I see, this person may not be that powerful. The paper may have been made by him unintentionally. After all, he is just a businessman and cannot be on the stage."

In fact, Dong Cheng also knew everything about Chen Yang, and he also knew that the crisis in Xudu was resolved by Chen Yang, but he was hiding something by saying so.

As for the reason for concealment, it is actually very simple.

Cao Cao wanted to control Liu Xie in the entire Xudu, but Dong Cheng wanted to control Liu Xie in the palace.

As long as he can control the emperor, Dong Cheng thought in his heart that sooner or later he would have the opportunity to become the second Cao Cao, coercing the emperor to make the princes.

"Really? Uncle Guo might as well take a look at this!"

Liu Xie also took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, which recorded Chen Yang's participation in the Xudu crisis.

These are no secrets. Although Liu Xie is the puppet emperor, it is not difficult to find out if he wants to investigate.

"Your Majesty, why do you have this kind of paper?" Dong Cheng was stunned.

He only thought that Liu Xie was trapped in the deep palace and didn't know much about the outside world. Just looking at the densely packed characters on it, his heart suddenly sank.

Liu Xie smiled and said, "This kind of paper has already been circulated in Xudu, why can't I have it? Then take a look at this..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he took out another piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Dong Cheng. It was written about Chen Yang's sale of salt and the opening of the restaurant.

"Your Majesty, is this true? Chen Yang can also make salt?"

Dong Cheng looked at the paper, and said with trembling hands: "This news, I have never heard of it, where did you get it, Your Majesty?"

Most of the salt merchants in Xudu sell salt from Dong Cheng.

With the strength of the Dong Cheng family, they can directly contact the salt producing areas in Qingzhou, sell the salt at a low price, and wait for several cities in Xudu to sell it at a high price.

He has his industries in Jingzhou, Jizhou, and Bingzhou, and can even be exported to the Southern Huns.

Because of the chaos in the world, the imperial court has no control over salt. Dong Cheng sells private salt without tax, and makes a lot of money. The same is true for other salt merchants.

Suddenly learned that Chen Yang can also sell salt, and the quality is better and the price is lower. Isn't this going to cut off Dong Cheng's source of income?

"Why can't I get the news?"

Liu Xie sneered: "Does Uncle Guo think that if I live in the palace, I have to know nothing about Xu Du? Let others manipulate me?"

Dong Cheng forgot how shocked he was to Yan, he quickly knelt in front of Liu Xie, kowtowed and said, "I dare not, it's my fault!"