However, the ministers were satisfied with the hot pot, but Li Shanchang, who was in the private room next door, was not satisfied with his meal.
In Li Shanchang's eyes, this hot pot is no longer simply delicious, but clearly poisonous!
Li Shanchang originally thought that Hu Changan would never be able to bring out fresh vegetables in the winter, but he didn't expect that Hu Changan would hit him directly in the face.
The plates of things placed on the table were clearly vegetables just picked from the fields!
There are everything from baby greens to spinach to carrots.
This simply made Li Shanchang angry.
Li Shanchang ate the hot pot mechanically, and he simply didn't know how to taste it.
Li Shanchang thought he would see Hu Changan get slapped in the face for speaking nonsense, but he didn't expect that his own face was now swollen!
More importantly, as an old fox who has been immersed in officialdom for many years, Li Shanchang has already seen what Hu Changan wants to do.
Hu Changan clearly wants to use these new things to win over neutral officials!
Li Shanchang naturally knew about the previous lipstick.
However, Li Shanchang didn't care too much.
After all, this lipstick is used by women in the inner house. Even if Li Shanchang dislikes Hu Changan, he will not hinder Hu Changan in this matter.
Without him, it would be too cheap.
However, after the launch of the lipstick, the attitude of Li Shanchang's people towards Hu Changan has obviously softened a lot.
Although none of them openly resisted Li Shanchang's orders, privately, none of them took the initiative to cause trouble for Hu Changan.
Only when Li Shanchang issues a death order, these people will execute it.
Even some neutral officials would sometimes praise Hu Changan.
After careful investigation, Li Shanchang found out that all the female relatives in these families had been captured by Hu Changan's lipstick!
We are all ordinary people, so naturally we rarely pick up the bowl to eat and then put the bowl down to curse.
As a result, all the women in the family wore Hu Changan's lipstick, and the reputation of Hu Changan became much better.
Only then did Li Shanchang realize that Hu Changan's promotion of lipstick was to use the influence of his female relatives to promote the development of the previous dynasty!
This made Li Shanchang very angry.
Now Hu Changan has launched this amazing hotpot again and advertises it on the only way to go to the morning.
Li Shanchang quickly realized that this was the method used by Hu Changan to build momentum in the previous dynasty!
But even though Li Shanchang knew it, he was helpless.
People can invent new things and open a store honestly. Even if you, Li Shanchang, are extremely capable, you have to let people open a store.
What's more important is that Hu Changan's hot pot restaurant has already received an inscription from His Majesty!
Even if Li Shanchang was given 800 more courage, he would not dare to openly trouble Hu Changan's hotpot restaurant.
But secretly...
Li Shanchang smiled slightly and thought of a wonderful idea.
After the group broke up, Li Shanchang took the initiative to find Xu Duo, the Minister of Household Affairs, and went to the Li Mansion to discuss it in detail.
...
These days, hot pot is undoubtedly like a bomb, detonating the entire officialdom of Yingtian City.
Everyone is discussing this magical hot pot.
"Hey, have you heard? Minister Hu from the Ministry of Industry has invented a new thing! It's called hot pot, and it's a dish. Everyone who has eaten it says it's delicious!"
"Is it really that delicious?"
"How can this be false? Our head of the Etiquette Department, Mr. Liu, is such an old-fashioned person. After eating, he was full of praises. He praised the hot pot as something that can only be found in the sky. I was a little annoyed listening to it."
"No way, even Mr. Liu thinks it's delicious? Then how delicious is this hot pot! Let's try it too?"
"You little official, how can you afford to eat? It is said that a hot pot meal costs less than a few dozen taels of silver. The last time Mr. Liu went to eat, it was also a treat by His Majesty, otherwise Mr. Liu would not be able to afford it by himself.
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"What, why is this hot pot so expensive? It seems that I will never be able to eat hot pot again in this life!"
"Hey, don't worry yet. According to Mr. Hu, he will open a cheap hot pot restaurant in a while, and you can eat all you want with only 500 Wen!"
"Really? Then I have to save my belly!"
This kind of dialogue is still happening in many places.
Everyone is looking forward to this hot pot.
The wealthy family members had already tasted this hot pot and were amazed when they came back.
Those whose families are not wealthy are looking forward to Hu Changan's cheap hot pot to enjoy the excitement.
...
On this day, Du Yan, a small official in the Ministry of Revenue, was sorting out paperwork.
But he was a little absent-minded.
After all, I have to get off work in a little while, and working now is just a formality.
At this time, a colleague suddenly rushed into their room: "Everyone, Mr. Xu, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, has reserved the venue today. He said that he would invite everyone to eat hot pot after the court!"
Suddenly, everyone cheered.
These people sitting here are all minor officials in the household department. They only receive a small salary every month, so naturally they cannot afford hot pot.
Now that they heard that an officer was paying the bill, everyone was immediately excited. They quickly put down the documents in their hands and started to pack their things and prepare to set off.
But Du Yan was a little hesitant.
Do you want to go to this banquet or not?
Previously, he did not listen to Xu Duo, the Minister of Household Affairs, and did things privately. I don't know if the superior officer annoyed him.
Just when Du Yan was hesitant, his colleagues on the side saw his hesitation and elbowed him directly: "Du Yan, since Mr. Xu is treating us, you can go."
"Although you had a quarrel with Mr. Xu before, Mr. Xu is inviting everyone from the entire household department to the banquet this time!"
"Everyone else is going, but it would be too conspicuous if you don't go alone."
When Du Yan heard this, he also hesitated.
Indeed, it would be too strange for him not to go when everyone else was busy.
Besides, he really wanted to try the legendary hot pot!
So Du Yan also packed up his things and prepared to go with everyone.
However, deep down in Du Yan's heart, he still had some doubts: "I heard that the prices in this hot pot restaurant are not cheap!"
"It is said that just a table of food costs dozens of taels of silver."
"Master Xu, inviting so many of us at once, wouldn't it cost a lot of money?"
"Can Master Xu really afford so much money?"
Hearing this, the colleague rolled his eyes at Du Yan and said, "Du Yan, don't be stubborn."
"If Mr. Xu asks you to go, just go."
"How can a person as rich as Mr. Xu care about a little money?"
Seeing that his colleagues were a little anxious, Du Yan stopped talking and followed the people from the household department directly to Hu's hotpot restaurant. This chapter has been completed!