Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

Time passed quickly, and ten days or so went by in a flash.

Guo Tianyang tiptoed into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where Emperor Jing was meticulously studying a huge report on his desk.

Guo Tian respectfully said softly, "Your Majesty, I have thoroughly investigated the news about the Ken De Ji Restaurant."

Emperor Jing's eyes paused, and after a moment of recollection, he suddenly remembered.

Since the end of the court meeting that day, he had not inquired much about the restaurant, only secretly sending people to investigate.

Originally, it would have been most convenient to directly find Fang Zheng Yi and the Crown Prince to discuss it.

But what could he do by calling them over?

Directly order them to stop and change the name?

Stopping it was not an option, and changing the name was not an option either. He couldn't restrain the Crown Prince too much in what he was doing now.

After all, he was already an emperor at the Crown Prince's age.

It wasn't a bad thing for him to have his own ideas.

Besides, even if he tried to control it, he probably wouldn't be able to. He and Fang Zheng Yi, those two stinkers, would cause trouble today or tomorrow. This matter wouldn't end easily.

The most crucial thing was... this matter involved Fang Zheng Yi, and it felt like it could make a lot of money...

In his impression, it seemed that every business Fang Zheng Yi got involved in made money.

This restaurant was unremarkable... but what if they could come up with some new tricks?

He had to admit that although he was annoyed that the Crown Prince opened a restaurant, he was also a little curious.

So, he only sent the East Depot to investigate, without even involving the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Because he had forgotten about it over time, Guo Tianyang's mention reminded him.

"What's the situation of the investigation? How's the restaurant's business? What's special about it?" Emperor Jing asked curiously.

Guo Tianyang said seriously, "Reporting to Your Majesty, the East Depot sent people to guard outside the restaurant day and night for fifteen days. There have been amazing discoveries. The restaurant opened by His Highness is indeed extraordinary."

"Through observation, more than two thousand commoners come to the restaurant every day, and many people can't even get in. Most people buy and leave at the door. The people from the East Depot also bought food inside. There aren't many varieties, only five or six, and the most popular is the cheapest set meal called the Chicken Burger. Carriages come to transport live chickens in the evening, and the daily consumption is probably several hundred."

"Two thousand people, even if they all buy the cheapest food, the daily sales would be seventy-eight taels, and a month would be two thousand three hundred and forty taels."

Emperor Jing gasped.

More than two thousand people enter the store every day? That's almost as much as Jingxing Bank!

A monthly turnover of two thousand three hundred and forty taels, less than a year, ten months, twenty-three thousand four hundred taels, could a restaurant that has been open for less than a month without any reputation achieve this?

Although it was only turnover, it was calculated based on the cheapest food!

And many people couldn't even squeeze in... What if ten such stores were opened?

Wouldn't that be a turnover of hundreds of thousands of taels a year? Even if they only earned 10%, that would be tens of thousands of taels a year!

Is the restaurant business so easy to do now? It's like picking up money!

However, he could understand the number of people and the income, but he didn't know much about how many chickens they consumed.

"Consuming hundreds of chickens a day... is that a lot?"

Guo Tianyang nodded vigorously: "It's more than just a lot, it's scary! Ordinary restaurants can't sell that many in a few months. This servant also found out that the price of live chickens in the capital has risen a lot now, probably because His Highness bought too many chickens... so there aren't as many live chickens on the market as before."

"However, His Highness's restaurant hasn't raised prices because of this, and it's still as popular as ever, because it's cheap and delicious, and the restaurant is beautifully decorated, it's simply bustling with activity."

Emperor Jing fell into deep thought.

Seventy-eight taels a day sounds like a lot, but it doesn't include the cost.

"If the ingredients have gone up but the food hasn't, wouldn't they be losing money to attract customers?"

Guo Tianyang thought for a while and said cautiously: "According to this servant's observation, it might be losing money to attract customers, but it's also unlikely to be losing money to attract customers."

"Are you even making sense?" Emperor Jing said expressionlessly.

Guo Tianyang chuckled: "This servant is clumsy with words... The East Depot once sent people to sneak into the back kitchen of the restaurant to investigate. The back kitchen of Ken De Ji is actually connected to the next room and courtyard, where live chickens are piled up, and many people are slaughtering chickens. After slaughtering and cutting them up, they are sent to the back kitchen."

"The chicken's internal organs, feathers, and blood, as well as the chicken skeleton with meat, are discarded and not used. Only large pieces of meat are used. The parts that are removed, as well as the oil and water used during the day, are collected by others at night."

"The people who come to collect this waste are diverse, and even Taoists come... Every part of a live chicken is sold off completely."

"The restaurant's things are very cheap, but this servant doesn't think they are losing money to attract customers, and besides, think about it, Marquis Jianye is also involved, he would never do a losing business..."

Emperor Jing glanced at him, and Guo Tianyang immediately straightened his back and became as if nothing had happened.

Emperor Jing rubbed his eyebrows, his mind full of doubts.

Let's not think about the issue of making money or not for now....

"How can a restaurant be so popular that people line up to eat... Besides being delicious and cheap, are there any other advantages? Even if it's delicious, is it that delicious?"

Guo Tianyang nodded: "This servant has tasted it and it is indeed delicious! The chicken is all deep-fried, how many commoners can afford to eat deep-fried food?"

"In addition, the decoration of the restaurant is extraordinary. This servant feels that it is even more beautiful than Jingxing Bank. If they have nothing to do, they would also be willing to sit inside, and the commoners feel fresh when they see it, so they are naturally willing to go."

"The most important thing is that they also give away cups for drinking tea, and the commoners feel that they have taken advantage."

How can an ordinary restaurant have so many tricks, and there is a strange feeling inside and out.

Emperor Jing sighed.

If he had known, he should have directly detained Fang Zheng Yi and asked him carefully what was going on.

Now it's so troublesome.

"Alright, go buy one of each of the things they sell in their store for me, and I'll see how delicious it is."

Guo Tianyang was a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty, there are too many people, I'm afraid it won't be easy to buy, and the main thing is that it will be cold when I bring it back."

"It doesn't matter, I just want to take a simple look, you go."

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In a flash, it was already dark.

Emperor Jing was still working at his desk in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

At this moment, Guo Tianyang walked up to Emperor Jing with a tray of things.

He said uneasily, "Your Majesty, this servant has bought the things back."

Emperor Jing raised his eyes, his expression a little displeased: "I asked you to buy something, and you bought it from dawn to dusk! Is there a storm outside, or has the sky fallen?"

Guo Tianyang said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, the situation is special. The Ken De Ji Restaurant is crowded with people outside, and it's completely blocked!"

"They say that today the restaurant and Taoyuan County jointly organized an event, and the commoners told each other about it and went to participate in the event."

"What event?" Emperor Jing asked, turning his head.

Sure enough, Fang Zheng Yi and the Crown Prince were causing trouble again!

"Buy a set meal, shout a slogan, and get a free commemorative coin for the opening of the restaurant. Next year, you can use the commemorative coin to buy a set meal at half price, or use the commemorative coin to buy watches at a discount in Taoyuan County... Now some people have already started buying this commemorative coin, one tael each!"

"Shout slogans, what slogans?"

Guo Tianyang swallowed, looking hesitant.

Emperor Jing slammed the table: "I'm asking you a question! What, is it not enough that you are slow to do things, and now you can't even speak?"

Guo Tianyang hardened his heart and shouted in a shrill voice.

"Meet in Taoyuan, enjoy delicious food!"

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(Warmly celebrate the release of Chapter 1111.)