Reborn I want to be a giant

Chapter 57 Mid-Autumn Festival
Emperor Chengqi originally wanted to lift the punishment of concubine Zhu Xian's mother and son and Zhao Yanran and his wife, but he gave up after receiving a serious memorial from the prince.

Not only did Prince Zhao Yantao not slack in his tour this time, but he performed beyond his imagination.Everything related to civil affairs and military affairs will be reported in great detail, and at the same time, he will also attach his own disposal opinions. Some of them will be reported first and then played according to the situation, and they will also truthfully report the truth afterwards.Emperor Chengqi couldn't pick out the slightest mistake.If I had to say it, every time I sent a memorial to Beijing, I would get a "letter from home" that would piss him off.

It is even worse today, saying that some people enjoy the glory beyond the reach of ordinary people in front of the sons and phoenixes with peace of mind. It’s okay to be ungrateful, and they want to usurp the throne without paying attention to their father at all. Here, put him as the crown prince in your eyes, and put the common people in the world in your eyes.He also said that among the many sons of Emperor Chengqi, he was the only one who shared the worries of his father and dedicated himself to the great country, and the others were moths.After talking about it later, Emperor Chengqi insisted on cleaning up Zhao Yanjin, even though the other party hadn't done anything bad during this time.

The prince really didn't have such a straightforward and absurd temperament before, and Emperor Chengqi suddenly missed his son's good times in the past.In his eyes, the prince at that time was more like a prince than he is now.

"What are you laughing at?" He stared at Xu Ze.

Xu Ze looked around, and the other ministers lowered their heads and said nothing, "Is it so obvious?" He touched his handsome face.

Emperor Chengqi pretended to cough a few times, and threw the memorial on Changshun, "For Zhao Yantao's birthday next month, send me the two horses I just got."

Chang Shun saluted with a smile on his face, and ran out briskly.

Except for Xu Ze, the others didn't know the contents of the crown prince's memorial, but the reward from Emperor Chengqi made them speechless.Those two horses were gifts from foreign countries thousands of miles away from Dai Viet. It is said that it would take eight months to get there on the fastest horses.

Emperor Chengqi liked them very much. He often groomed them himself and fed them horse grass. He hadn't ridden them himself once, but now he simply gave them to the prince. It can be seen that the prince fell out of favor outside, and how unreliable he was if he didn't keep the position of prince. Spectrum.

Jinling
The Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching when the brothers and sisters of the Cheng family received Gu Yanya's letter. They were so busy these days that they didn't have time to follow up on many things in the capital.Thanks to Gao Sheng's conscientiousness and Xu Ye's help, the industry in the capital is running smoothly.

Gu Yanya said in the letter that he would not go to Jinling for the time being, and he was going to Shu.At first, Cheng Fu didn't understand why he was going to Sichuan so well, but it was his little brother who explained to her that the crown prince is now in Shu, and Gu Yanya probably wanted to work hard to find a future.

Everyone has their own obsessions, and the little brothers and sisters who can understand Gu Yanya's state of mind will naturally not obstruct it.

"Are there any more mooncakes?" Wu Ying knocked on her door with a dark face.

"I don't know." Cheng Fu was puzzled.

Last month, she drew the style of the Mid-Autumn Festival gift box in the tavern, and asked the stewards in the capital and Jinling to go to workshops to make batches. Then, according to the tastes of the people in the two places, she designed four mooncakes, [-] copies in Jinling, and [-] in Jinling. Five hundred copies.After the matter was explained, she didn't care about it, anyway, they didn't keep a box.

"I'll go find Qian Shan." Wu Ying turned and left again.

"..."

Qian Shan and Zhou Zhengping were also very worried. When Cheng Fu said they were going to make moon cakes, they didn't pay much attention to it, so they reported the number of [-] copies.How do you know that their master will either not do it, and it's best to do it if they want to.In addition to the beautiful design, the moon cake box can also be flexibly deformed.

Take out the moon cake and pull it into a solid wooden table lamp. The light passes through the hollow and shines on the table, and a pattern will appear, with six different sides.But the ingenuity is not limited to that, using lights to illuminate from the outside and passing through the hollows will also present interesting pictures.

It turned out to be good now, and eight boxes were going to go from the magistrate's yamen; the regular customers who had records in the tavern each gave away one box, and more than 200 boxes went out in just half a day.There were more than 50 boxes left, and the two stewards discussed to keep them for those guests who didn’t spend a lot of money but have been actively participating in the mini-games, and the guests who spent the most money that night.Unexpectedly, before they had time to send it out, the people who got the mooncake gift box first came to the door one after another clamoring to buy it.

Wu Ying went from Lianghexuan to the tavern with a dark face, and when she saw the noisy crowd surrounding Qian Shan and Zhou Zhengping, she immediately scolded Jing Yuanze again in her heart.

"Master Jing?" Qian Shan flipped through the list, "I sent him off the day before." It was clearly written on it, and it was under the prefect's yamen list.

"He lives in my house now." Wu Ying has never seen such a shameless person, just for a box of mooncakes.

Qian Shan whispered in embarrassment: "Why don't you give him yours?"

"It's a good idea." He and Cheng Fu have such a good relationship and only one copy.

Qian Shan begged for mercy, "There are still 51 copies left this morning, and we took away another [-] copies just now. We have to save some for other customers." He couldn't imagine what the tavern would be able to earn if it was not a gift but a sale. Sample.

It should be said that this kind of ingenuity is not only figured out by their master, but it is very rare to use it directly on the moon cake box like her, and the quantity is small, and they are not sold.Practical, exquisite, and beautiful, it includes the tavern's emphasis on guests and the sense of ritual of the Mid-Autumn Festival.Just ask, who doesn't want it?He hadn't even thought about the tavern himself.

"As long as my boss opens his mouth, we can talk about anything." Qian Shan dragged Wu Ying to a place where there were few people, and muttered in a low voice.

So Wu Ying hurried back to Lianghexuan again in desperation.

"Is it so popular?" Cheng Fu was also puzzled.

She just thought that since the opening of the tavern, many customers have spent a lot of money in it, and her feedback should not be too shabby, so she designed this small Mid-Autumn Festival gift with heart.She didn't expect that she would be able to fight for the top just like this, which was far beyond her expectations.

"There will be a new year's gift in a few months, so I advise him to wait." A young master like Jing Yuanze can't be used to it.

"He's already staying at my house." Wu Ying was irritated.

Cheng Fu didn't even raise his head, "You go to live at his house too."

"???"

"Let's see who can consume more." The little girl clenched her fists and gave him an encouraging look.

Wu Ying has a bad face. I want to say that there is no need to be serious about this kind of thing, right?And he didn't want to live in Jing's house at all.Jing Yuanze didn't get separated, he lived with the old lady and the uncles in the house, and every day was no better than the Wu family.He didn't want to get into trouble out of nowhere.

In the end, Cheng Fu didn't ask how Jing Yuanze left Wu Ying's house, but the Mid-Autumn Festival ceremony in the tavern became a lively scene in the streets and alleys in Jinling again, which made her very helpless.Hearing that someone changed hands and poured out a hundred taels of silver, and it was still an empty box without moon cakes, she regretted it a lot, and she would have made this fortune if she knew about it.

In Yubei Academy, except for Ji Yan and two guest gentlemen who received mooncakes, no one else got a share.However, Ji Rui, Ji Yan's son, filled the academy with lychee mooncakes before he reached the fifteenth day, so that everyone looked at Cheng Han with sadness in his eyes.

Cheng Han could only ignore their gazes, because he didn't have one himself, and he was also curious about the taste of the lychee mooncakes invented by his sister.It's a pity that the Cheng family, the tavern, and Lianghexuan can only eat mooncakes given by others.

In a capital city that was not much better than Jinling, Gao Sheng was also in a state of desperation.Cheng Fu asked him to decide the quantity by himself, but he was busy at the time, so he just ordered [-] copies.The crown prince was not in the capital, so he gave three copies to the prince's mansion, the Xu family and the Weng family gave a total of twenty copies, and the village owner of Qingliangzhai gave two copies.The remaining number seemed to be quite sufficient, so he happily started to sort out the list of regular customers.As a result, the number of tragic discoveries far exceeded expectations.

There are more than 500 people who visit at least ten times a month and spend more than 300 taels, and more than 300 people who spend between 500 taels and 600 taels.There are only more than 400 copies left, which is not enough.As the holidays approached, it was too late to rush the production, and it was difficult to guarantee the quality of the boxes in a hurry.With a bitter face, he drew up the final list with deletions and deletions, and sent out the gift box in a low-key manner.

Keeping this lesson in mind, Gao Sheng knew that his master would still prepare for the New Year's ceremony, and he would definitely make more preparations next time.

But his low profile did not prevent the guests from comparing each other. After the mid-autumn gift boxes in the tavern were sent out one after another, some people with good intentions began to ask who received it and who did not, and it spread in a short time.In addition, the gift itself is thoughtful, and the guests who receive the gift can only praise it, and some people resell it at a high price, so the Mid-Autumn Festival mooncakes in "Youjian Tavern" have become a hot topic in Beijing.Gao Sheng was miserable.

Ordinary guests didn't receive the gifts, but there were clan relatives among those who didn't receive them.The old county king directly came to ask Gao Sheng if he looked down on him.Gao Sheng had no choice but to bite the bullet and say that the taste of the mooncakes was a new one. He didn't know if it would suit everyone's tastes, and he didn't dare to make more. He would definitely not lose his share next time. up.

Here in Xu's mansion, the eldest room and the second room received mooncakes from Xu Ze, and it was rare that they didn't compare with each other, especially when they heard that other people's homes only got one box, while their two rooms each got two boxes, and they heard rumors from outside that Anyone who receives mooncakes from "Youjian Tavern" is rich or expensive without exception.That's okay, Pang and Tian still have to go back to their natal homes to walk around.So the Xu family really stopped for two days.

Xu Ye and Guang Zhi were lying on the table like children playing with the table lamp turned into a moon cake box, while Xu Ze was eating the legendary lychee moon cake and looking at the case. Leisurely and quiet.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the taverns in Beijing and Jinling were closed for a day, so many guests who wanted to get drunk during the festival had to find other places.

Under Cheng Fu's guidance, several people from Cheng's small courtyard set up a stove to barbecue. Aunt Hua's family smelled the aroma and came to join in the fun after dinner.

"Brother, this meat is not cooked yet." Cheng Fu spat out the pork belly that the little brother fed into his mouth.

Wen Xiang hurriedly brought the baked goods to her mouth, "Miss, try the servant girl's."

Cheng Fu swallowed it in one gulp, chewed it, and gave Wen Xiang a thumbs up, Cheng Han was hit hard.

Compared with the Cheng family, Wu Ying's Mid-Autumn Festival is much more troublesome.Originally, the little girl invited him to spend the festival with him, and he agreed, but Wu Lingzuo sent someone to invite him back to his clan for a "reunion".You don't need to guess to know that there will be no good things. After he sent people away on the grounds that he was going out of the city to handle errands, he immediately packed his things and left the city in order to prevent the Wu family from giving up.He would rather celebrate the festival with chickens, ducks and pigs than with the Wu family.

Some aristocratic families in Jinling participated in the long-distance race, while others remained silent.The Wu family and the Yao family had a feud with Cheng Fu, so naturally they couldn't shame it.For other families, the reason for participating is very simple, they don't want to miss this opportunity, and the reasons for refusing to participate are also various, such as those who look down on nobles, those with a lot of ancestral wealth, and the clan does not have a suitable livelihood for long-distance running competitions, etc.But fortunately, most of them are restrained enough, and there is no obvious stumbling block.

Of course Cheng Fu will not take it lightly, the like-minded family has controlled Jiangnan for so many years, no matter politics or business, they are unwilling to hand over the right to speak.So she also had to prepare for the worst. This year's long-distance race may be the first and last time she holds it.

To put it bluntly, the aristocratic family is still on the sidelines. They want to see if it will succeed, which determines whether they will take this huge benefit for themselves next year.In their eyes, no matter how powerful Cheng Fu's background is, how can he beat the united family?

August 25

Three days before the long-distance race, Jinling City was full of traffic, even the most deserted restaurants on weekdays were overcrowded, and all the inns were fully occupied. Cheng Fu proposed a "short-term rental small courtyard" implementation plan for several partners with many houses. The effect also exceeded expectations.

Not to mention the tavern, even when the price was temporarily raised, there were still no empty seats.People from other places crowded at the door every night, waiting for a vacant seat while listening to books.Ma Xiaodong's supporters had to give way to them.

The race route has been marked with lime by the government. Every day, officials and enthusiastic people work together to clear the obstacles in the way. Now the stalls of various businesses have been set up one after another, and some people have begun to sell things.

However, the government is only responsible for inspections, strictly preventing people from leaking water and vigilant troublemakers, as for the items of the merchants, they are in charge of themselves.That's why every night, the two sides of the long-distance race route are full of merchants' buddies.

The business space in the tavern was negotiated by the neighbors on Shuimen Street to take turns to watch the night. Seeing that they insisted, Cheng Fu didn't care about it, and only told them to sleep at night and put on the bedding, so as not to catch cold.

"You want to be with the people from Yubei Academy?" Cheng Fu looked at the little brother in surprise.

We agreed to run together wearing clothes embroidered with Lianghexuan.

Cheng Han didn't expect that Ji Yan would suddenly ask all students with good physical strength to sign up on the registration deadline, and asked everyone to run together and support each other to the finish line. Among them, he was specifically named three times, so that he couldn't do it even if he wanted to fish in troubled waters.

"It's okay, I've made up my mind, and I will pretend to be alone to accompany you when the time comes." Cheng Han really made up his mind.

But my sister was even more upset when I said this, "Huh? You actually think I can't outrun those weak nerds in your academy?" What do you mean by being alone to accompany you? Do I need you to be alone in order to run together?Who do you look down on?
"Miss Cheng, I advise you not to underestimate them. Chief Ji Shan is both civil and military, and he also teaches some kung fu for physical fitness on weekdays." Cheng Han smiled.

The door of the study was open, but there was a lot of movement inside.Luo Xing, who was lying on the corridor eating fruit, turned his head and looked in, then continued to eat his own.

Aunt Hua just came to look for Wen Xiang, and when she heard the shouts from the study, she shook her head, "It's fighting again?"

Wen Xiang spread his hands, "It's a common thing." They are similar in age, and there is often no legitimate reason for quarreling and fighting.

(End of this chapter)