After hearing these words, Li Changkong's table fell silent again, and everyone looked at Liu Yu.
"It turns out, Your Highness, you are the real thief!"
"You dare to touch the "Mountains and Rivers Sheji Map". If your Majesty finds out, wouldn't it be the end?"
Zhu Ben was amazed and ashamed at the same time!
"I thought I was shameless enough, but I didn't expect that you are all great talents in this way!"
"I, Zhu, am willing to accept the defeat."
"Stop talking nonsense, just tell me whether I earned this money based on my ability and whether it was paid out of the East Palace!" Liu Yu became angry and slapped Zhu Ben on the forehead, with a fierce look in his eyes and something to say. If they don't agree, they will kill people and silence them.
When Zhu Ben saw this, he immediately fell silent.
At the critical moment, he still cherished his life.
"Ahem, okay, okay, I will accept the money first, and the share will be determined as previously discussed."
"But there are a few things I want to tell you." Li Changkong interrupted the two living treasures and said.
"Say it!" Li Changkong's words still carry a lot of weight. After all, they are related to making money. As soon as he spoke, everyone became attentive.
"First, it's this flag!"
"Doing business in Qiandu City requires not only money, but also the power behind it!"
"Although our families are all good, we must be more than enough to do ordinary business."
"But the business this time is too big, and there are only a few of us, so I'm afraid it won't be enough. So..." At this point, Li Changkong paused, glanced at Liu Yu, and then said: "So, what I mean is, simply Hang up the crown prince’s banner!”
"In the entire Qiandu City, besides Your Majesty, who else can be as big as the Crown Prince?"
"At that time, even if our business is profitable, no one will dare to covet it."
"What do you think, Your Highness?"
"Okay! Everything is for business, I am willing to sacrifice!" Liu Yu looked like he had suffered a big loss, but in fact he was already smiling in his heart.
It's good to carry his name. When the news reaches the ears of the father, then even if he can't take the lead, at least he will be almost as good as Li Changkong.
After I have accomplished such a big undertaking, my father must still look upon me with admiration?
"Okay, let's talk about the second thing!"
"We need cooks! Lots of cooks!"
"In addition, the more sophisticated the cooking skills, the better. It is best to have one or two royal chefs. Your Highness, can you handle this?"
"Ah?" Liu Yu couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he heard this. That was the imperial chef!
Each one is registered in the imperial kitchen, and each imperial chef has his or her own responsibility in the palace, either cooking for the concubines in the harem or cooking for the father.
He pried one away. If the other party found out, he could report it to his father...
This was pretty good, but if he accidentally pried his father's royal chef away, it would be like shooting a lantern in a manhole - courting death.
"This ..." Liu Yugang wanted to say it was not easy to handle, so he heard Zhu Ben's face surprised: "No, no, there is no prince in the hall, even the royal chef is not sure?"
I don't know why, when Liu Yu heard this tone, he couldn't help but want to beat Zhu Ben.
At the same time, anger welled up in his heart, and he agreed without even thinking: "Who said I can't handle it, the imperial chef, right? In three days, Lao Li, you guys can come to the east palace of the palace to pick me up!"
"Okay, that's it. In the next few days, Your Highness, you will be mainly responsible for taking care of the royal chef. The others will follow me to find chefs, build workshops, and recruit workers." Li Changkong assigned tasks to everyone.
After saying this, the five of them stood up and left Tianfu Restaurant.
Meanwhile, the Royal Palace.
Emperor Jing Xing was a little surprised when he looked at the bare walls of Ganlu Hall.
If he remembers correctly, there is a painting of "Mountains and Rivers and Sheji" here. This is the final work of Wu Daozi, the painting saint of the previous dynasty, and its value is inestimable.
It was also his favorite painting, so it was hung in the Manna Hall. He often looked at it to relieve his fatigue.
But when I came back from the afternoon, wherever there was any trace of the "Mountains and Rivers of the State", there were only bare walls.
However, he is not worried about losing it. After all, this is the palace. There are countless masters among the 50,000 imperial guards. Thieves who can steal things in the palace have not been born yet.
"Zheng Ying, do you know where this "Mountains and Rivers Sheji Map" has gone?"
Zheng Ying was the general manager of the palace and the eunuch accompanying Emperor Jing Xing. Basically, everything in the palace, big and small, could not be hidden from him.
At this time, when he heard Emperor Jing Xing ask a question, he hurriedly lowered his head and said, "His Royal Highness took it away."
"His Highness said that although this painting is good, it will inevitably have some marks and damage over time."
"I also thought that this was a painting that His Majesty liked very much, so I took it to have it framed."
When Emperor Jing Xing heard this, he fell silent.
After a long time, he sighed lightly: "He has some filial piety. It seems that Li Changkong is indeed a good kid!"
"Even a naughty person like the prince can learn filial piety from following him!"
"The not-so-good reputation before was just the misunderstanding of the world."
Hearing this, Zheng Ying nodded and said, "General Li Lang is indeed a very talented person."
"How long will it take to frame it? Tell the prince, and hang it back up after it's done. It's quite uncomfortable to look at it without this painting."
"His Highness said it could be as short as three to five days, or as long as ninety days."
"After all, this "Picture of Mountains and Rivers" is too precious, and there are too few people who dare to sell it for framing."
"Even if you really dare to frame it, you have to be careful and don't dare to make any mistakes. I think it will take a long time."
When Emperor Jing Xing heard this, he nodded and said, "It should be so!"
…
Zhu Ben has 100,000 taels, Zhang Han has 120,000 taels, Lao Jia has 90,000 taels, His Royal Highness the Prince has 200,000 taels, which adds up to a full 510,000 taels. Li Changkong also has 4 to 50,000 taels. It’s nearly a million taels!
Such a large amount of money, let alone an ordinary Duke's mansion, would not be able to come up with it even if the Duke's mansion was emptied.
After the money is in place, the next thing will be much simpler.
Li Changkong directly used his signature as a prince and started recruiting people!
No matter your background, as long as you have strength and can cook, we will hire you!
What? Monthly money?
All calculated at twice the market price!
After recruiting the guys who do the basic work, all that's left is to recruit some well-known chefs.
But these days, all chefs with some cooking skills are basically taken over by major restaurants. They are no better than unemployed chefs.
What to do?
Come directly to the restaurant to play!
The first stop is Tianfu Restaurant, which is the signature of Taipingfang.
Li Changkong and Zhang Han dressed up as scholars and made fools of themselves.
Jia Taisui and Zhu Ben dressed up as martial artists and became popular.
At first, Li Changkong and Zhang Han talked to the restaurant owner. If they agreed, everyone would be happy.
If you don't agree, stop talking and just let Zhu Ben go!
As the second best martial artist in the school review, Zhu Ben is still very good at fighting, and even more than ten people can't get close to him!
If it doesn't work, there is Lao Jia, who is standing there even if he doesn't have a silver halberd in his hand. He is still an iron tower, full of intimidation!
In this way, with the tacit cooperation of the white-faced group and the red-faced group, and with a monthly salary that was twice the market price, most of the restaurant chefs succumbed.
After all, it’s not about cooking, right?
