Jiang Xingchen, the youngest second-class viscount in the history of the Empire, has a unique scenery, but for him, he cares more about tea planting!
Tea containing vital energy is simply a tool for making money, which has extraordinary significance to him. Now he uses money not only to build towns, but also to develop formations. The easiest way is to use Yuanshi. Although the speed is slow, it is always better to develop. Unlike monster meat, if it is less than the level, it will not play any role.
Therefore, for Jiang Xingchen, the reward for being able to develop the hilly wetland twenty miles northeast of the territory is more important than the second-class viscount.
But now, Dingbei Hou told him that there was better news, which made him extremely puzzled.
"There is better news?" Jiang Xingchen asked subconsciously.
"The Emperor wants to marry the Sixth Princess to you. Is this good news?" Dingbei Hou picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. His mouth was full of fragrance. He narrowed his eyes with aftertaste and said slowly: "The Emperor's thirteen children love this Sixth Princess the most. Marrying her to you shows how much he values you!"
Jiang Xingchen's pupils instantly shrank into a little, and he murmured: "This... is this good news?"
He had previously clearly expressed his rebelliousness and stubbornness by asking for rewards, just to make his adult life at the age of 18, and someone would come to formally propose marriage. Who would have thought that before other nobles moved, the emperor actually jumped out first.
"Nonsense!" Dingbei Hou said, "The Emperor's Sixth Princess is not only extremely smart, but also unparalleled in talent and appearance. Among the children of the upper class nobles, she is compared with Tang Chuxue... Don't be born in blessings and don't know how lucky you are. I don't know how many people want to marry the Sixth Princess... You took the Sixth Princess. Even the royal family members, no matter how jealous others are, they will not do anything to you. And your territory..."
"Mr. Marquis, stop talking!" Jiang Xingchen waved his hand suddenly, forcibly interrupted the words of Dingbei Hou, and asked, "Tell me really, how did you know that the Emperor had made this decision!"
"Haha!" Dingbei Hou smiled and asked back, "What, the emperor's thoughts, aren't you willing?"
"Marty! Don't disagree with me. What I want to know now is whether the emperor has made the decision!"
When he said this, Jiang Xingchen had only one shadow in his mind, which was Mei'er. At this time, he finally made a decision in his heart. The thorn that had been lying in his heart was removed.
"Boy, taking the Sixth Princess will do you well or badly, so why are you so stubborn?" Dingbei Hou did not answer, stared at Jiang Xingchen and asked solemnly.
"Marty, I just want to know. Is this the emperor's final decision?" Jiang Xingchen also stared at Dingbei Marquis, his eyes full of determination.
"Hu~" Dingbei Hou let out a long sigh. Then he laughed, from the beginning to the beginning, and then he laughed loudly, and he didn't stop for a long time.
Jiang Xingchen was stunned, completely unsure what Dingbei Hou meant. He stared at him in surprise and didn't know how to speak.
"Jiang Xingchen, it's really stubborn..." After a while, Dingbei Hou finally spoke: "I knew this was the result... Let me tell you, the Emperor just had this idea, but was persuaded by the Marshal and the others! Sixth Princess, the proud daughter of God, you boy have no such blessing at all..."
Hearing Dingbei Hou’s words, Jiang Xingchen also blew out a long breath, and his heart slowly lowered when he reached his throat.
It was not until just now that he knew his heart. His feelings for Mei'er were not simple family affection. He couldn't tell clearly when it started. Maybe it was the little girl who showed him the galaxy map, maybe it was Mei'er standing on the hills in the scorching sun waiting for him to come back, maybe it was her dying and wanting to see her identity card... Maybe it was earlier that he had just come through time and knocked on the strong smile that closed his heart, and the scarred hand handed to him to black bread...
At this time, the proud daughter of heaven and the princess of the Empire were not as beautiful as the Meier who had been with him this year!
In the past, Mei'er might have been too young to make him unable to have any other thoughts, but in his heart, he always wanted to keep the little girl by his side and never let her leave.
Just now, he was ready to turn against him. If the emperor really forced the marriage, he would have really gone far away and even thought about the way to retreat!
Fortunately, this was just the emperor's idea, and he had been dissuaded by the marshal, so he would not give up the territory he had worked hard to build.
"Hehe!" Dingbei Hou let out a sinister smile and said, "Boy, you're scared!"
Jiang Xingchen rolled his eyes speechlessly, ignored Dingbei Hou, and felt a whisper in his heart: "You can't be a little bit like a lie in your fifties and sixties? You are so slight like a big lord..."
At this time, he felt that his pressure suddenly increased. This pressure came from Emperor Qiankun. As a young man who grew up in the new century, no matter how he adapted to the environment, his ideological cognition he had established since childhood would not change easily, and he lacked inner respect for the rulers... Only when he knew that this happened now, did he truly feel that the pressure of a king of a country was truly a joke!
"Okay, boy! Just a joke just now, the emperor was just gossiping, he couldn't take it seriously! Let's talk about the serious matter now... This is not good news!" Dingbei Hou's smile was restrained and his expression became serious!
"Hmm?" Jiang Xingchen was slightly stunned, got rid of the pressure from the emperor, frowned and asked, "What bad news?"
"The second food festival held by our Hongyuan Chen this year is a bit bad!" Dingbei Hou's voice fell down. During this period, he had been depressed by the food festival. If Jiang Xingchen had not made another shocking move, he would probably not have been in a good mood.
"No way?" Jiang Xingchen shook his head in confusion, looked at Dingbei Hou and said, "I received a letter from Sister Wanrou in Linshui City. Didn't I say that there were a lot of people coming to the food festival in the past few years?"
The second food festival in Hongyuan City was held on May 20th. At that time, he was dealing with the teahouse in Linshui City and had no time to come back.
However, he has been paying attention to the situation of the Food Festival and wrote a letter to ask Wanrou. Similarly, it was because of the Food Festival that Jiang Xingchen decided to suspend the opening of the teahouse in Hongyuan City, for fear of conflict with the Food Festival and stealing the limelight.
"Oh!" Dingbei Hou lamented and whispered: "Wanrou said it right. There are many people coming, but in terms of profit, this class is three times less than the previous class, which is not enough for us to invest in the early stage."
"Why are there so few?" Jiang Xingchen was also a little confused. He didn't know why there were many people coming and there were a lack of money.
"You are working in teahouses in Linshui City and the Imperial Capital, so you should know the reason!" said Dingbei Hou.
Jiang Xingchen thought for a while, raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Marquis said that there is a restaurant in Hongyuan City that has passed on the secret recipe for delicious food?"
Dingbei Hou said: "It is impossible for hundreds of big restaurants in the city to be very prosperous all year round. It is impossible for no one to be moved when buying secret recipes at high prices!"
"Not bad!" Jiang Xingchen said lightly: "The snacks in other teahouses in Linshui City are indeed not much different from ours!"
"Not yet, since the promotion of the push-pull bellows, some restaurants have often been able to innovate and produce new dishes... In this regard, our Hongyuan City has fallen behind!" said Dingbei Hou.
Jiang Xingchen pondered for a long time, with an extremely unhappy expression and said coldly: "I have passed on the method of cooking broth to the chefs of Furongzhai and Cuiyuanlou. With the seasoning of broth, even if the temperature is not as good as that of the empire, the starting point is one level higher than that of other restaurants. Have they not developed a new dish? They are all working on their old capital this year!"
"Not this!" Dingbei Hou shook his head and said, "The profits of this year's Food Festival rely on two major restaurants! But it is hard to make a journey alone. No matter how popular they are, they will never be able to drive the entire Hongyuan City!"
"What about Hongyuan City's current reputation?" Jiang Xingchen asked again.
"This is what I worry about the most!" Dingbei Hou sighed: "After many people came, they left disappointed, saying that we had some names... Especially many people who came here, they even disdained and said that they had eaten what we had here, and that the food festival was just a cheating money!"
"I understand!" Jiang Xingchen breathed slowly and said lightly: "Originally, I only thought that catering could become larger and stronger in scale... But now it seems that if you can't control your core things, sooner or later there will be problems!"
Dingbei Hou nodded and said, "Fortunately, it's not too late to have problems at this time. There are no mistakes in the two major restaurants, especially the method of making soup has not been leaked. Otherwise, our reputation as a food city will be really ruined!"
Jiang Xingchen narrowed his eyes and said lightly: "Mr. Marquis, don't worry, this matter is easy to deal with. In a short while, I will find a way to recover our losses!"
Dingbei Hou smiled slightly and said, "I know you must have a solution! But the purpose of my words to you is not to let you recover the losses..."
Jiang Xingchen was slightly stunned and said in surprise: "It's not to recover the losses, what is that?"
"I want you to move the focus of your diet to your starry deity!" said Dingbei Hou.
"Why is this?" Jiang Xingchen was even more surprised. Hongyuan City is a city of food, so why should we move our diet focus?
In fact, as early as the last time he chatted with Dingbei Hou, he had all kinds of doubts, not understanding why the Marquis transferred some key industries... Now, he can't understand even more.
Of course, Dingbei Hou could see Jiang Xingchen's doubts, but ignored them and said, "You Xingchen leader is now under my jurisdiction. What's the matter? It's up to you... This matter is settled!" (To be continued...)
ps: I won’t say much, I’ll say the same thing, please forgive me! I just finished the first chapter, and I didn’t even check the typos. I’m now the second update of the garlic code. Brothers don’t have to wait! Upload it before 12 o’clock, just watch it tomorrow morning!