While Luo Zhang was observing the Tang Dynasty Royal Barbecue Shop, the prince came down from upstairs in casual clothes, looked at Luo Zhang with a smile and said, "Luo Zhang, how about my barbecue shop?"
Luo Zhang greeted the prince and said, "His Royal Highness!"
"You don't need to be polite to me here. Tell me, how is this barbecue restaurant?" Li Chengqian asked.
"Your Highness, do you want to hear the truth or lies?" Luo Zhang asked.
"Of course it's the truth." Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows. From Luo Zhang's words, he could tell that he didn't seem to think much of the barbecue shop.
Sure enough, Luo Zhang pondered for a while and said: "This shop is indeed good. It is luxuriously decorated, grand and stylish. It is a pity that it can be used as a barbecue shop. I am afraid that your highness does not understand the purpose of the barbecue shop. It is also my fault that I did not tell you before." Let me make it clear, I have misunderstood you. The purpose of the barbecue shop is to serve ordinary people. After all, the people are the most numerous. Think about it, no matter how rich a tycoon is, he cannot eat barbecue every day, right? But ordinary people There are so many people, and there will be guests every day. Although the rich can also eat and the prices can be very high, in general they still do not make as much as the common people. But if you decorate it like this, ordinary people will not dare to come in at all. This It’s a waste.”
Hearing Luo Zhang's words, Li Chengqian was dumbfounded and said: "I don't understand this either. This is all done by the people below. It seems that I should ask you. So what should I do now? Decorate this place again?"
Luo Zhang shook his head and said: "That's not necessary. This place can be used as the first restaurant of the Royal Barbeque Shop of the Tang Dynasty. It is specially used to entertain dignitaries and wealthy businessmen. As long as they want to eat barbecue, they can be entertained here. As for For other shops, it’s best not to decorate them so extravagantly, but to be more ordinary, so that the people of Chang’an can accept them, what do you think?”
Li Chengqian nodded and agreed: "It's so good. It not only wastes the decoration here, but also makes use of it. You are really a genius at making money. I don't think there is anything that can't stop you!"
"Your Highness is ridiculous. I am just a little clever. I am not good at really big things!" Luo Zhang said modestly.
"Don't be modest. I have already heard from my father about the war in the north. If it weren't for you, even if we sent troops to attack the Turks, we would still have to spend a lot of manpower and material resources. Now that the Turks and Xue Yantuo are fighting, there will definitely be consequences. With the losses, we can then wait for work and deal with the Turks at the minimum cost. In addition, with the help of the sled and igloo you contributed, my father is quite confident in this Northern Expedition!" Li Chengqian praised.
Luo Zhang smiled bitterly and shook his head. He didn't want to be famous, but things often pushed him to become famous. As the saying goes, people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. It's not good to be too famous. People will be jealous, and naturally there will be many. But now that it's like this, Luo Zhang doesn't care too much. The soldiers will come to cover up the water and the earth. Even if something happens, it's a big deal to face it.
Under the leadership of the prince, Luo Zhang took a good tour of this luxurious Datang Royal BBQ restaurant. It was indeed very luxurious. It seemed that the people below were really trying their best to curry favor with the prince! This left Luo Zhang speechless. Having a good father and a good birth are all different!
After Luo Zhang taught the barbecue master some skills, he said goodbye to the prince and left.
The barbecue shop has been built. The next step is to open the business and make money. Luo Zhang only provides ingredients. How to run this business is completely left to the prince himself.
Let the prince fight with the king of Wei, and he can hide behind the scenes and watch the tiger fight from the mountain.
When Luo Zhang left the barbecue shop, Prince Wei's Mansion and Li Tai also received the news immediately. He hated Luo Zhang to the core. If it weren't for Luo Zhang, how could he have been sent back to the fiefdom? If it weren't for Luo Zhang, BBQ How could the shop's business be bad? He had gone to him so humbly before to apologize to him, but Luo Zhang just refused to give up.
Seeing that he was about to leave the wealthy Chang'an and lose the chance to fight for the throne, it was strange that Li Tai was not angry.
It's just that he wanted to make trouble for Luo Zhang, but he couldn't do it. At this time, Luo Zhang was already full-fledged, and he was no longer the kind of person he could be manipulated by anyone.
Luo Zhang, who left the barbecue shop, did not return home, but headed outside Chang'an City. He went out alone a few days ago and was worried about his safety so he did not go to Yushan to visit.
I originally planned to go to Yushan today to see the construction situation. If it hadn't been for the prince, I might have already arrived in Yushan by now.
But I didn’t delay much, it’s not too late to go now!
Naturally, the purpose of going to Yushan was to check the construction status of Yushan. The ratio of gunpowder was about to be studied and the production would be moved to Yushan. If we didn't check it carefully, it would be a big deal if something went wrong. Luo Zhang couldn't help but worry about it. !
Luo Zhang's movements have always been the focus of many people's attention. After he left Chang'an, news was fed back to each family one after another.
Especially the Changsun Mansion, as soon as the news was received, it reached the ears of Changsun Wuji, who had just returned to the home.
Compared with before, after hearing the news that Luo Zhang left Chang'an, Changsun Wuji didn't express anything, and he didn't even convene people to discuss it. It wasn't that there was no discussion, but that the elders of the family were dead and disabled. Someone discussed with him, and as mentioned before, Luo Zhang has grown up, and it is no longer as easy to intercept Luo Zhang as before!
In addition, Changsun Wuji also had his own selfish motives, that is, after he learned that Luo Zhang had mastered the secret of Penglai Immortal Island, he sent Zhao Laodao to investigate, but Zhao Laodao disappeared without a trace after he went there. This made Changsun Wuji hold a grudge. He thought that Zhao Laodao must have gotten the news and went there on his own instead of sharing it with him.
So from then on, Changsun Wuji no longer believed in those offerings, and he never let those offerings interfere with Luo Zhang's affairs. He had his own plans, and no one should know about this matter, otherwise nothing would happen to him. !
So many times, Luo Zhang ran around and no one intercepted him.
As for the last interception in Chang'an City, it was just Changsun Wuji pushing the situation and using other people's hands to catch Luo Zhang.
It just failed in the end and did not succeed, but there was no loss for Changsun Wuji!
The company commander, Sun Wuji, has all stopped, and the other family members are even less active. The two brothers, the Dugu family and Yan Lide, are all honest and have never thought of any evil intentions!
This also caused Luo Zhang to come to Yushan without any trouble. Under the leadership of craftsmen sent by the Ministry of Industry, Luo Zhang inspected the construction status of Yushan.
Overall, it's not bad. In Jade Mountain, the big cave that was taken out at this time has been almost repaired, and the road into the cave has also been renovated to be intricate. Only people who are familiar with it can walk in from the outside. This approach is What Luo Zhang came up with was not to deliberately make things difficult for others, but to prevent theft. In this way, even if someone breaks into Yushan, they cannot go to the place where the gunpowder was built in the first place!
This gives the people inside time to move.
They can take away the gunpowder, but not the people. Once they participate in the production of gunpowder, these people will naturally know the formula. This matter is extremely confidential. How can it be leaked? If the people are taken away, wouldn't it be possible for others to make it? gunpowder? This was a devastating disaster for the Tang Dynasty, so when Luo Zhang was building it, his first priority was to protect talents!
Of course, it is not easy to work in Yushan. Luo Zhang has already told His Majesty that he needs to find people who are helpless and have no worries to come here. Only in this way can the secret be kept!
As for whether these people can leave from here in the future, it depends on Your Majesty. He is not prepared to interfere too much. He can give His Majesty the gunpowder formula in detail. Luo Zhang feels that he has done enough. It is better to do less than to do more. , it’s better to avoid dealing with gunpowder as much as possible to avoid His Majesty’s suspicion. That would be bad!
When Luo Zhang checked the situation in Yushan, there were people who were not afraid of death and wanted to trouble Luo Zhang.
King Wei couldn't help but be overjoyed when he learned that Luo Zhang had left Chang'an City. He had just been worried about how to take revenge, but Luo Zhang gave him a chance.
Of course, King Wei was not a fool. He had been in contact with Luo Zhang for so long and he knew Luo Zhang's strength very well. After learning in detail how many people Luo Zhang had brought and who he left with, King Wei smiled.
"Luo Zhang, I'll see how you die this time!"
Immediately, Li Tai sent out his most capable people. These people were recruited by him at a huge cost. They had handled a lot of dirty work for him on weekdays and were very effective. Naturally, they were the ones to go this time. Li Tai has absolute confidence in these people.
