Tang Ping didn't say much and drove to Luoyang City. He went directly to Bazhenlou's branch in Luoyang without going anywhere else.
"Shopkeeper Tang, with your arrival, our Bazhen Tower will be in full bloom!"
"Okay, Fatty Liu, it would be nice if you don't scold my Xihelou for squeezing your Bazhenlou out of Chang'an City."
"That's not possible, Shopkeeper Tang. The dishes made by our Bazhenlou can't compete with the chefs trained by Miss Xiaoluo. That's because our skills are inferior to others. Besides, the business of Bazhenlou in Luoyang is no worse than in Chang'an. Thanks to Miss Xiaoluo for training our cook!"
After Fatty Liu first bought MSG from Tang Ping, the relationship between the two has always been very good. Later, the Xihe Building opened by Tang Ping in Chang'an City became so popular that Fatty Liu asked Tang Ping if he would open a branch, so he just went out to develop it. .
Now not only is Bazhenlou the largest restaurant in Luoyang, but also branches of Bazhenlou in Taiyuan and Yuezhou, and it has even opened in Dongyue.
It relies on the chefs trained by Xiao Luo and the various condiments purchased from Tang Ping.
"Okay, no more joking. Have you invited all the people I asked you to invite?"
"Hey, you want to treat me, why don't you guys hurry up? I, Fatty Liu, went to knock on the doors of each family last night. Those guys were quite dissatisfied at first when they saw me coming so late and went to knock on the door, but I heard that it was Shopkeeper Tang, you’re treating me to a treat, everyone’s faces are smiling like flowers, they’re all upstairs in the private room on the second floor, I’ll take you up right now.”
After Tang Ping planned to buy something yesterday, he directly invited Lao Cui to come to Luoyang. It was estimated that it would be midnight, so although Fatty Liu's words were a bit exaggerated, they were probably not much different.
Coming to the private room on the second floor, even the decoration style here is modeled on that of Chang'an Xihe Building.
As soon as he opened the door and walked in, the originally noisy private room suddenly became quiet.
The people inside were talking about why Tang Ping wanted to invite everyone here today. The people here were basically the top figures from the largest chambers of commerce in Luoyang.
If Tang Ping hadn't invited them, it would have been difficult to get them together.
"Hello, shopkeepers!"
"Hello, Shopkeeper Tang!"
"Long time no see, Shopkeeper Tang looks good!"
Everyone was greeted with greetings, and just because Tang Ping kept asking the businessmen to call him Shopkeeper Tang, everyone was naturally able to get closer to each other.
"What were you guys talking about just now?"
"Hey, I'm just chatting, but I'm mainly guessing. Shopkeeper Tang called some of my brothers over today to introduce some profitable business to everyone."
Everyone was not idle. The person who spoke was President Zhang of the Luoyang Chamber of Commerce. He turned around and asked what everyone wanted to know.
"Haha, that will disappoint everyone. This time when Tang comes, not only will there be no profitable business, but he will have to ask everyone to contribute some money."
"Pay?" Several people looked at each other, unable to figure out what Tang Ping meant.
It was President Zhang who said, "Shopkeeper Tang is just kidding. Who doesn't know that Shopkeeper Tang's business has spread all over the surrounding countries? If there is any place in Luoyang that needs our help, Shopkeeper Tang can just say it."
This sentence was also cleverly said. First, he praised Tang Ping's business scale, and then he happily agreed to help, but the scope was limited to the surrounding areas of Luoyang, and they would be out of reach no matter how far away he was.
"President Zhang, have a great time. Tang will give you a drink!" Tang Ping took a sip of the wine in front of him, and then said to Fatty Liu from Bazhenlou: "Fatty Liu, you are not authentic. I remember that I sold one Can I give you a box of five grains? Are you going to use this wine to fool our shopkeepers today?"
"Oh, my Brother Tang, Grandpa Tang, you only sold me one box a year. There are only two bottles in Luoyang. These uncles here have already finished them. Where can I find more?"
"Really no more?"
"Really... ok, there's still half a bottle left, I'll get it right now."
After a while, Fatty Liu came over with an exquisite glass bottle. It was the classic Wuliang that Tang Ping had sold to him. This wine is considered a high-end liquor in modern times, and it was naturally very popular in the Tang Dynasty.
Seeing Fatty Liu's expression of pain, Tang Ping said, "I'll sell you an extra box next year, just to see how you button up and search."
"Oh, Shopkeeper Tang, you're here now. We usually come here to invite people to drink. It's extremely difficult to ask him to sell a glass of this wine."
"That's right, Shopkeeper Tang, why don't you just sell us a box each, no, two bottles will do."
"Hahaha, thank you for your love." Tang Ping bowed his hands: "But this wine was signed at that time. Except for me, Xihe Lou, it will be sold exclusively to him, Fatty Liu. At most, I will sell him a little more, and everyone will come here to drink. I think the cooking skills of Fatty Liu here are passable."
This was Tang Ping's repayment of gratitude to Fatty Liu. The majority of his restaurant business came from these wealthy Luoyang businessmen.
While several people praised Tang Ping for his credibility, they asked Fatty Liu to keep a bottle for themselves when next year's wine arrives.
Now Tang Ping, the wine table culture can be considered to be fun. Just like this, the atmosphere has become harmonious.
Then Tang Ping said: "Actually, I came here today just to ask for your help. I have a group of people who need a batch of warm quilts and other things."
"So it's this kind of thing. I wonder how much Shopkeeper Tang wants?" President Zhang didn't agree rashly. Since Tang Ping came to hold such a banquet in person, the quantity must be quite a lot.
We are all businessmen. Tang Ping asked everyone to help, so this fee may be indispensable.
"It takes 20,000 people."
Several people's faces relaxed, and just as they were about to agree, Tang Ping continued: "We all want duck down!"
With this sentence, several people's expressions changed again.
You must know that Tang Ping made duck down quilts and duck down jackets.
At first, the government took it, but later private businessmen saw it as profitable, so they also took it.
But this thing, one duck only has so much duck down, so it directly leads to the high price of this thing.
Tang Ping directly asked for 20,000 people, which was really not a small expense.
"Shopkeeper Tang...here, 20,000 people, our family..."
You can definitely get it out, but if Tang Ping doesn't give the money, then it will be a big loss. Even if we have some friendship, that's not how friendship is used.
The reason why Tang Ping asked for the eiderdown quilt was actually because he had a plan.
At the beginning, people began to collect duck down. Li Shimin originally planned to ban it. He planned to use duck down jackets and duck down quilts in high-cold areas such as Tubo.
However, Tang Ping felt that ducks were raised by the common people at the time. If private acquisitions were prohibited, Datang did not have much money at that time. In this case, the common people's profits would be low, and it would even affect their enthusiasm for breeding.
Therefore, on the one hand, the prices for some government acquisitions have been increased, but on the other hand, private acquisitions have not been banned.
The consequence is that Tang Ping found through statistics some time ago that if he wanted to attack Tubo, including supply lines, etc., at least 800,000 troops and civilians would be dispatched.
Calculated in this way, there is a big vacancy in things to keep out the cold. Even if cotton is planted next year and wool is continuously purchased from Tubo, there will actually be a big gap.
The things that the Ministry of War considered to keep out the cold actually only considered the combat troops, and did not take into account other civilians at all.
It may seem a bit exaggerated, but the reality is actually so cruel. The first thing they need to ensure is the combat effectiveness of the combat troops.
But Tang Ping didn't think so. Although he was not a holy mother, he really couldn't bear to let hundreds of thousands of people go to the bitter cold on the plateau without anything to keep out the cold.
The longer he spends time with the people in Shanghe Village and the special zone, the more he understands that in the eyes of the Ministry of War, these hundreds of thousands of people are just numbers, but in fact they are the husbands, fathers and brothers of every family.
So he planned to use this incident to collect all the things to keep out the cold for a total of 800,000 people.
He had been planning this since Chang'an, and it was just an unexpected thing that he was tricked by that old guy Cheng Zhijie.
Even if he didn't fool him, he would still plan to do this.
Inviting these wealthy businessmen from Luoyang today is just an introduction.
But it’s impossible for Tang Ping to be an empty-handed wolf!
