Xinyue Tea House is located in the most prosperous area of ​​Kyoto. If the Imperial Palace is the first ring, this place is in the second ring of Kyoto. Apart from the East Market and the mansions of princes and nobles, this ring only has high-end consumption places.

Otherwise, I would not be able to afford the rent of one thousand gold pieces a month.

There was an unsmiling middle-aged man standing outside the door of the tea house. When he saw Zhao Hao coming, he hurriedly came up to him and said respectfully: "Master Hao! You are here!"

Zhao Hao knew this person, and the royal family had a lot of land in Kyoto that was only for rent but not for sale, and they were all handled by Manager Zhang.

He had met Guanshi Zhang several times before, but they were not familiar with each other.

"Manager Zhang! Please show me around first!"

"okay!"

Then Manager Zhang took Zhao Hao around Xinyue Tea House, introducing them while walking around.

This teahouse has a total of two buildings. The side facing the main road is no different from other high-end teahouses. The other building is a semi-open-air arched building facing the inner city river.

There are two bridges built over the river, with several exquisite boxes on each bridge. On the other side of the bridge is a relatively high terrain, which together looks like a grand theater.

This was also the reason why Zhao Hao chose it. With this terrain advantage, bad business would not be tolerated by nature.

To sum it up in one sentence: Expensive things have no shortcomings except that they are expensive.

"Master Hao, are you satisfied?"

"Of course I'm satisfied, just sign and pledge it!"

Zhao Hao didn't waste too much time talking to Manager Zhang. After all, he was just a tool for the royal family's industry. No matter what he did, he was very strict. Driving with him was a waste of gas.

When Manager Zhang heard this, he took a thick stack of contracts from his arms.

"Master Hao takes a look!"

"Let me take a look first!"

Zhao Hao took a cursory glance and raised his eyebrows when he saw the price.

Good guy!

It was actually reduced to 500 gold a month.

Xinyue Teahouse is the king of restaurants in the entire capital, and the only person who controls its pricing is Emperor Jiang Zheng.

Why is this leek farmer so generous all of a sudden?

Could it be that he feels sorry for his future son-in-law’s money?

He glanced at Manager Zhang and felt that this old brother was waiting for something.

This old brother is here with a mission!

An idea came to his mind, so he smiled slightly, signed the two contracts, pressed his fingerprints, and pushed the bag of gold over.

Manager Zhang: "..."

Zhao Hao: "..."

Two people, you looked at me and I looked at you, neither of them spoke.

After a while, Manager Zhang finally couldn't help it anymore: "Master Hao? Are you going to sign it now?"

"ah!"

Zhao Hao looked puzzled: "You brought the contract here just to get me to sign it, right?"

Manager Zhang was a little confused, but there was nothing wrong with his answer.

But he still felt something was wrong, and finally asked: "Don't you want to ask why the rent suddenly dropped so low?"

Zhao Hao was even more inexplicably clever: "The emperor has doted on me since I was a child, and now he is my father-in-law. Shouldn't my father-in-law lower the rent for my son-in-law?"

Eh?

It seems like there is nothing wrong with it.

But if you say that, I can’t lead the topic!

Why doesn't this dude understand the artistry of my words?

Manager Zhang rubbed his head and then roughly introduced the topic: "The Emperor asked me to bring you a message!"

Zhao Hao subconsciously asked: "What did Taijun say?"

"ha?"

Manager Zhang was stunned for a moment.

Zhao Hao patted his mouth: "What did the emperor say?"

Manager Zhang bowed: "The Emperor said that the current situation in the wilderness is delicate. If the literary world rises and can compete with the five countries of the Central Plains, it will be no less significant than conquering ten cities. Mr. Hao, you are the consort of Princess Anyang after the meritorious service. You are also the consort of Princess Anyang."

Dahuang Wenquxing, so the emperor has high hopes for you, please be sure to uphold the cultural heritage of the wilderness."

Ah this...

Could such a long list of prefixes be the legendary sweet critical hit?

As expected of Jiang Zheng, he actually understands his own persona so well that he can be easily flattered by a few words of praise.

And you will definitely be working for nothing!

He immediately said excitedly: "So... I'm going to be a hero too?"

Manager Zhang laughed dumbly, thinking that he was the most handsome man in the deserted country. Sure enough, after a few words of praise, he went on to say, "So the emperor hopes that you will stop visiting brothels these days. I won't mention whether the impact will be good or not, and do more work at home."

A few poems and plays can help me deal with the literati from the four countries."

"Huh? The emperor cares so much about me that he even knows about my script?"

Zhao Hao looked a little proud: "But, if you don't care about me as your son-in-law, who else can you care about? If you don't know that I am acting in a script, how can you lower the price for me?"

Manager Zhang: "..."

As expected of Zhao Hao, he always wanted to show the emperor's love for him no matter where he went.

He coughed lightly: "So, Master Hao, you agreed?"

"Natural, natural!"

Zhao Hao agreed: "The Huangguo is the Huangguo of my father-in-law. The face of the literary world in the Huangguo is the face of my father-in-law. If others want to come and fight, can I agree? Don't say it, I really don't care these days.

Wrote several plays."

"oh?"

Manager Zhang's eyes lit up. When Eunuch Cao came over to explain this morning, he specifically mentioned that Zhao Hao's script was good and he really wanted to listen to it.

"Master Hao, I wonder if I would be lucky enough to hear it?"

"That's natural!"

"I don't know what the name of this play is."

"Eighteen touches!"

"Um?"

Manager Zhang was stunned for a moment, why is the name different from the one I heard?

"I'll sing it to you!"

Zhao Hao was as excited as if he had met his close friend. He immediately cleared his throat and sang: "Stretch out your hand, touch my sister, touch my sister's head, oh, my sister's head is fragrant with osmanthus, here it is.

Gentleman~Oh no oh oh~ oh no oh~..."

Manager Zhang turned blue upon hearing this. When he heard the seventeenth touch, he finally couldn't help it anymore: "Master Hao! I don't want to be touched like that!"

I'm afraid you can't protect your father-in-law's face with these 18 touches.

It would be nice if you don’t give him the batter!

Zhao Hao frowned: "Manager Zhang, do you think my singing is not good?"

Manager Zhang shook his head repeatedly, wiping the sweat from his temples and said: "No, no! It's just that Lord Hao, the lyrics and writing of this play are brilliant! It's just that the writing is too advanced. I'm afraid it's hard for the appreciation level of the five countries in the Central Plains to reach this level.

High! You, please see if you can compose another song!"

"Why!"

Zhao Hao sighed: "If you can write poetry, who would want to write a play? But Manager Zhang, you don't understand that our poets, especially graceful poets like me, are inspired by affluent life and women.

Now I have a princess in my heart, and other women are just vulgar in my eyes. I have rented Xinyue Tea House, and I am already heavily in debt. How can I write poems when I am exhausted mentally and physically? But something like a playbook can make money.

Things, inspiration comes endlessly, don’t you think it’s strange?”

Manager Zhang: "..."

Zhao Hao said sincerely: "It's really not that I don't want to write poems to serve the country. Why don't Manager Zhang ask the emperor if the rent can be completely waived? It would be better if we could subsidize it more!

Of course... it’s okay without subsidies. Although the state of poetry is not good recently, I feel that just four literati can compete with my "Eighteen Touches". When my people come, I will take them to rehearse for a while.

.”

hehe!
To be continued...