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Chapter 137 The British government has become a joke again Li Qiao’s counterattack
British government.
The seventy-year-old lady was sitting in the flower hall, looking at the stewards kneeling in front of her, her face gloomy, and she banged the crutch in her hand on the ground.
"You losers, Li Qiao has come up with new ways to play gambling, but you can't even make a duck, what use do I need from you?!"
Several stewards lowered their heads and complained secretly.
They had already sent people to follow the Li family who was responsible for purchasing the duck seasoning. However, the duck seasoning actually required dozens of seasonings. With so many seasonings, it would take a lot of effort just to mix them according to the proportions. .
You can't blame them.
They also hire celebrity chefs.
But these celebrity chefs haven't figured it out after two months of thinking. What can they do? They can't go on their own.
Seeing that these stewards were silent, the old lady became even more angry.
Their majestic British Duke's government had nothing to do with a small fifth-rank official. The British Duke's face had already been trampled to the ground once by Na Liqiao. If they didn't fight back this time, the British Duke's face would be really lost. It will be completely stuck to the ground and cannot be lifted up.
Besides, in addition to face, there is also money!
The combined profits of all the shops in the British government are less than half of those of the gambling houses. Now the passenger flow of the gambling houses has dropped sharply, and the profits this month have been unprecedentedly low.
The money bag of their British government is about to be emptied!
If you have no money to spend, this is a more serious matter than losing your face. What should you do?
The old lady was worried and felt that just scolding the stewards was not enough to make these stewards remember today's predicament, so she ordered people to give these stewards ten boards.
Just after the beating, the British father returned home.
The British Duke went to find the fifth prince to discuss countermeasures.
I didn't expect that this kid Li Qiao could jump very well, but the fifth prince had promised the Holy One that he would not retaliate against Li Qiao.
So tricky!
When the old lady saw the British Duke's frown, she suddenly understood.
This is no good way to recover!
"The fifth prince said not to touch the man named Li for the time being. Our shop will open as usual."
"Although the taste is a bit inferior to that of the one named Li, the daily duck supply at Li's Duck Shop is much less now. Those diners who can't buy what they want to eat at Li's Duck Shop will naturally go to our shop. "
The British father said solemnly.
This was the solution he and the Fifth Prince finally came up with after discussing it for a long time.
I have bought so many ducks, I have to use them.
Moreover, in addition to the duck products, those hot drinks are actually very easy to make, and the famous chefs have already made several drinks.
You should be able to earn a lot of money just by drinking.
Nine times out of ten, the customers lost in gambling houses can be found in duck goods.
After hearing this, the old lady was really angry and her heart ached: "In this way, he is riding on us again. Who knows how many people are watching the joke in our house!"
When the British public heard this, his eyes widened and he said angrily: "Who told you to find rubbish? If you had figured out the recipe for the duck products earlier, wouldn't this problem be over?"
"You! Who am I doing this for? If it weren't for the money at home that can't support your men's lavish spending, I would have the idea of cheating?!"
The old lady raised her hand to rub her heart, she has no conscience!
"Who is lavishing money? Those are necessary expenses to win over people for the fifth prince! If you want to achieve the merit of serving the dragon, but don't want to pay for it, how can there be such a good thing in the world?"
"Stop fooling me with this, pretending I don't know what you are doing with your money? Your Majesty, you are eighty years old, and you still go to the Huohuo family for a sixteen-year-old girl, bah! Shameless!"
The old lady angrily grabbed the crutch in her hand, wishing she could hit the British male.
The British father was exposed, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable. He shook his sleeves, said "unreasonable" with a dark face, and then walked out the door.
Seeing this tigress's appearance of showing her teeth and claws at every turn, he felt heartbroken when he saw her.
Of course he had to find a gentle and lovely interpreter.
The British Duke threw up his sleeves and left, and the old lady was so angry that she wanted to wipe away tears.
However, thinking about the situation in the house, she could only pack her mind and prepare to open the shop early.
In this current situation, a quick counterattack is necessary.
One is to quickly earn back the lost money, and the other is to let the people of Shengjing take a look at the British government's methods.
Just get as much face back as you can!
At the end of November, a duck shop that was larger and better decorated than Li's duck shop appeared in Shengjing City.
This duck shop is the same as the Li Family Duck Shop, selling duck products, vegetarian dishes, and drinks. Unlike the Li Family Duck Shop, this duck shop is open from morning to evening, and customers can go whenever they want. go.
Soon it was the twelfth lunar month, and there was a heavy snowfall just after entering the twelfth lunar month. The snow was as deep as the knees. In the middle of the night, Li Qiao went to court in an ox cart and was almost late.
There was supposed to be a court meeting today, but Sheng Hong was considerate of the officials and did not let them go to court. If anything happened, he could give him a note.
Li Qiao couldn't help but praise Sheng Hong in his heart, Mingjun!
In this kind of weather, if he was going to court, he would have to stand at the door of the hall facing the slight cold wind for at least half an hour. Fortunately!
However, even without going to court, it was not very warm today.
After he was promoted, he was still in the same room with Mr. Li and Mr. Duan. The room was large and empty. In this case, even if there was a charcoal pot next to him, it would not be warm.
Today is still reading.
Since he was promoted, he has dedicated himself to studying, one book after another. He has read almost one-tenth of the collection of books in the Hanlin Academy.
Look carefully at noon, it's lunch time.
Xin Zhi took the tray and ran to him to eat together.
It's cold today, so in addition to the regular two dishes and one soup, his meal also includes a bowl of hot and sour soup to ward off the cold.
There is enough vinegar and chili in the hot and sour soup, and it tastes quite strong when you drink it in one sip.
Xin Zhi grinned and took a sip, but was reluctant to drink it immediately.
He looked at Li Qiao, who was holding a spoon and drinking sip after sip without changing his expression, and he felt admiration in his heart.
Although Brother Li had a hard time in the past, now that he is rich, he can still eat clean food every time, which is really valuable.
However, such an innocent and harmless person is always being bullied.
"Brother Li, why don't you temporarily change your duck shop to something else? Although your braised food is pretty good now, it's still not as good as the duck shop you used to sell."
Since they couldn't buy enough ducks, Li's duck shop sold other braised dishes, such as braised pig heads and pig trotters, roasted chicken, etc. The taste was good, but because they were not exclusive, the business was not as good as before.
Moreover, with the opening of the British government's duck shop, the business of the Li family's duck shop has become even worse.
Because the drinks at the British Gongfu Duck Shop actually taste similar to those at the Li Family Duck Shop.
Although the duck products from the British Gongfu Duck Shop are not as good as those from the Li Family Duck Shop, who is to say that he is the only one selling duck products.
In addition, the drinks taste almost the same, and they are open all day long, so the business of the British Government Duck Shop is still good.
According to the observation of his subordinates, in just seven or eight days, the daily net profit was almost two hundred taels.
This number is not small, it is six thousand taels a month.
Although this profit cannot keep up with the heyday of British public gambling houses, it is definitely not small.
well.
Just thinking about it makes me angry!
Even if Li Qiao squeezed out the gambling house of the British government, but with a duck shop, the British government could make up a lot of its losses.
Although the British government still suffered a loss after all, as the saying goes, he who flirts first is cheap. Since the British government is shameless first, it should not make a penny at all!
Li Qiao looked at Xin Zhi, who was frowning for a while and then filled with indignation. He finished the hot and sour soup left in the bowl in two mouthfuls, and then said with a smile: "I plan to make other things. I'll start making hot pot from tomorrow. Feel free." , you have to go and support me."
"Hot pot?" Xin Zhi was stunned.
"Yes, such a cold day is perfect for hot pot."
"No problem." Xin Zhi immediately snapped his fingers: "I have a bath tomorrow, so I will definitely go!"
But soon he frowned again: "What about the British government? Just watch them make money?"
"Cool it first. I have asked the Han family to raise ducks for me. When this batch of ducks grows up, the dilemma of my shop will be solved."
However, before that, he certainly couldn't just watch the British government imitate him to make money.
A price war can begin.
There is still a wooden sign in front of the Li's duck shop saying that they are buying ducks, but the price per catty has increased a lot, which is a full thirty cents higher than the British government's duck shop——
A pound is worth thirty cents, so a duck weighing two to three kilograms can be worth sixty to ninety cents.
As soon as the news of this wooden sign spread with the launch of hot pot, those who had ducks in their hands quickly went to Lijia Duck Shop to deliver it.
However, just an hour later, the British Government Duck Shop also posted a new purchase price, which was five cents higher per catty than the Li Family Duck Shop.
Li Qiao was naturally not afraid, and changed the wooden signboard. The price per catty was thirty cents higher than that of the British government.
As a result, Li Qiao raised the purchase price of the duck to nearly one hundred yuan per catty.
According to the situation of Li's duck shop, the net profit of a duck is about 300 Wen. Now the purchase price of a duck is as high as more than 200 Wen. As a result, the net profit of a duck is only reduced. There are twenty or thirty articles left.
Even if calculated based on thirty taels, even if a thousand ducks are made a day, the profit will only be thirty taels.
Doubled, that's only sixty taels!
Just when the people in the British government were feeling sick and panic, and had not yet decided whether to follow Li Qiao's price increase, in the evening, Li Qiao came up with another more ruthless move.
He directly announced the recipes for several drinks.
Anyone who has a stone mill at home can make it himself.
