I have mentioned Zhang Maocai's impression on Lu Yao before, and the reason why Zhang Maocai so readily agreed to Lu Yao's request for cooperation was also because of his impression of Lu Yao.
In Zhang Maocai's view, Lu Yao is an all-rounder in business, official career, and even food. At least in Zhang Maocai's social circle, except for Lu Yao, he cannot find anyone who can do all these three aspects.
A person with high achievements.
Zhang Maocai has personally experienced these achievements of Lu Yao, especially the new Cuju competition held by Lu Yao. Originally, Zhang Maocai thought that Lu Yao was just a business person. However, since witnessing it with his own eyes,
After participating in the two warm-up matches of the new Cuju competition, Zhang Maocai can be said to have a completely new understanding of Lu Yao's ability to do things.
Because of this, when Zhang Maocai learned that Tang Xi, the housekeeper of the Lu family, had come to his inn lobby to talk about the situation in the outer city, Zhang Maocai had already expected that Lu Yao must want to do something in the outer city.
. And Zhang Maocai felt that he had been living in this outer city for many years, and his achievements and connections were pretty good. If Lu Yao really wanted to do something in this outer city, he would probably come to him.
Talk about cooperation.
Zhang Maocai's wife, because she had a good relationship with the Xu family, once suggested that Zhang Maocai should take the initiative to find Lu Yao and talk to him. After all, it would be better to strike first. However, Zhang Maocai rejected his wife's suggestion. He felt that this
It's just a wife's view of a woman.
"If you go to others to discuss cooperation first, your posture will become much lower. In this way, when it comes to negotiating prices and proposing other conditions, you will appear humbler."
This is Zhang Maocai's way of doing business. He feels that Lu Yao will come to him sooner or later. Therefore, these days, Zhang Maocai basically walks around the outer city every day, just to wait for Lu Yao to come to him to discuss cooperation. However, although Zhang Maocai knows this
Lu Yao has some ideas about doing something, but he is also more interested in what kind of business Lu Yao will do in the outer city. In fact, normally, the most profitable thing in the outer city is the inn business. After all, people from all over the Song Dynasty came to visit
There are still a lot of officials working in Bianliang who are either students, or they are out on business, or, like now, they stay in Bianliang to take the imperial examination. And after they become independent, more of them will choose to study in the outer city.
The reason for food, clothing, housing and transportation is also very simple. Consumption in the inner city is still relatively high. Since Lu Yao wants to cooperate with him, it should not be for the inn business. So what kind of business does he want to do in the outer city? It is the same as his business in the inner city.
, to build a new factory? However, with Lu Yao’s financial resources, there should be no need to place the factory in the outer city. Although I was doubtful, when Lu Yao just said that he wanted to build a catering hot pot restaurant
, Zhang Maocai was still a little surprised. Zhang Maocai knew the relationship between Lu Yao and the Pan family very well, so he also felt that even if Lu Yao was engaged in catering, he would cooperate with Pan Yuanwu instead of finding himself. However, after listening to
After Lu Yao explained the nature of hot pot, Zhang Maocai also understood that this type of catering was indeed different from Fan Lou. Later, although Lu Yao did not tell Zhang Maocai why he chose to open this hot pot restaurant in the outer city, but
, he still reached an agreement with Zhang Maocai, that is, all the members of the Wangcai team will be the staff of this hot pot restaurant in the future. The members of Zhang Maocai's Wangcai team are from both inner and outer cities, but they are all composed of
Before this, Zhang Maocai had never thought about how to deal with their problems after the competition. However, since Lu Yao could find something for them to do, Zhang Maocai treated Lu Yao as a favor.
, agreed.
Zhang Maocai didn't pay much attention to Lu Yao's choice of location for catering in the outer city, and why he suddenly wanted to start the hot pot industry. For him, what he was more concerned about was that Lu Yao needed to make himself
You can also get yourself rewards for what you do. After listening to what Lu Yao said, Zhang Maocai felt that the price of 20% was very reasonable and fair. After all, he did not need to participate in the operation of the store on a daily basis, as long as he did a good job
You will get money every month for your own marketing work, and marketing work is very easy for Zhang Maocai, who has a huge network of contacts. If you want to get a full house in the hot pot restaurant in the early stages of opening, the effect is still relatively good.
Easy. The price is reasonable and it is very simple to complete the business yourself. Then there is only one question left. No matter how good your marketing is, how does the hot pot taste? Is it worth Zhang Maocai’s time and energy?
Getting those people to come here to eat is a very important issue.
Although Zhang Mao has great faith in Lu Yao's ability, with Lu Yao's cooking skills, he shouldn't make anything very unpalatable. But after all, business is business, and it is still necessary to be on the safe side, so Zhang Mao raised the price and other matters.
The talks are almost complete, but we can't formally sign a contract with Lu Yao until we taste the hot pot.
Lu Yao said there was no problem, and then the two parties began to agree on a time. Lu Yao directly set a date for two days later, and asked Zhang Maocai to meet him at his restaurant Jiuzhongxian and invite him to taste hot pot. Because Lu Yao felt that his relationship with Zhang Maocai
That is to say, in general, there is really no need to let him go to his home to eat. Of course, preparing the hot pot is relatively simple. It is different from when he had hot pot before. This time, he only needs to find someone to take the copper pot to Jiuzhongxian.
As for the preparation of ingredients and meat, it can be solved by just giving it to Zhao Hu.
Thinking of this, Lu Yaoxin said that when he made this hot pot for the first time, he did not ask Pan Wen and Chen Chen to taste it, but chose to eat it with his family. Since it was a treat, it would be better to treat Pan Wen to it that day.
Call Chen Chen too. Chen Chen doesn't care, but here at Pan Wen, although Pan Yuanwu didn't express anything about Lu Yao's decision to open a hot pot restaurant, Lu Yao knew that Pan Yuanwu still wanted to confirm what kind of hot pot this was, so
, letting Pan Wen come and taste it was convenient for him to return to his home to report to his father, which also reassured Pan Yuanwu.
Last time we made a clear soup pot base, this time Lu Yao is already planning to ask Zhao Hu to make a buttery spicy pot base.
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Seeing that Lu Yao had agreed on a time, Zhang Maocai was relieved. Everything had been settled. Now that the two parties had begun to talk about cooperation, Lu Yao also asked Zhang Maocai about the location. Although
He had already sent Tangxi to the center of the outer city to inquire about the news, but he wanted to hear an analysis from Zhang Maocai, a professional businessman.
Zhang Maocai said that more than 80% of the people in this outer city are ordinary refugees, and their spending power is actually very limited. The remaining 20% are people who come to Bianliang from other places to do business.
, more people basically go to the central area for shopping or recreation, so Zhang Maocai gave great support to Lu Yao's idea of choosing a place to build a hot pot restaurant in the central area, and
, since the two parties are already partners, Zhang Maocai does not mind helping Lu Yao more. He said that he will use his connections to help Lu Yao find a suitable place in the central area.
The two then agreed on what would happen in the next two days. Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Lu Yao didn't want to stay any longer at Zhang Maocai's inn. After all, his relationship with Zhang Maocai was not that good, so Lu Yao just
He rejected Zhang Maocai's request to stay for lunch.
However, before Lu Yao left the inn after waiting for Tang Xi to come back, Zhang Maocai asked Lu Yao a question, that is, if he could give some advice to the current Wangcai team, at least not to make the game so ugly.
In response to Zhang Maocai's question, Lu Yao could only smile bitterly, and then said that even now, the other seven teams are basically training normally every day. Moreover, the opponent the Wangcai team encountered in the first round was still the Han family.
The Wenyuan team, headed by the core trio, basically had no chance of winning.
However, since Zhang Maocai asked the question in good faith, Lu Yao could not directly tell Zhang Maocai to give up hope. So Lu Yao could only say that there are no absolutes in everything. The current Wangcai team had better choose one direction from the two directions of offense and defense.
To the extreme, and because the Wangcai team did not appear in the warm-up match, there are many possibilities. You can refer to Chen Chen's grassroots team and design some unexpected tactics for the Wenyuan team, which may achieve better results.
effect.
Lu Yao said this. He felt that he had told Zhang Maocai a lot. If the Wangcai team could really implement the two points he said, at least the game against the Wenyuan team would not be very ugly.
After Lu Yao and Zhang Maocai finalized the cooperation, they took Tangxi out of the inn. Tangxi then introduced Lu Yao to the situation in the center of the outer city, and then asked Lu Yao where to go next.
Lu Yao thought for a while, and then expressed his desire to go to Jiuzhongxian. Tangxi felt a little surprised. It had been a long time since Lu Yao mentioned that he had not been to Jiuzhongxian. Based on Tangxi’s understanding of Lu Yao, Lu Yao would be upset every time.
When he was confused, he would not choose to go home. Instead, he would go to Jiuzhongxian to calm down and sit for a while. So, Tangxi drove his carriage towards Jiuzhongxian.
"How is the matter about the Cao family that you were asked to investigate before?" After getting off the car, as soon as he sat down at Jiuzhongxian, Lu Yao asked about Tangxi.
Tangxi was stunned for a moment. Obviously, he couldn't figure out for a while what kind of thing Lu Yao was talking about investigating the Cao family. Lu Yao smiled bitterly. He knew that he couldn't blame Tangxi. After all, he and Cao Han had an affair.
Tangxi knew very little about the matter. From Tangxi's point of view, anything related to the Cao family was basically inescapable of being related to Cao You. So when Leng Buding heard himself asking this question, Tangxi would definitely want to think about things related to Cao You.
, but it seems that the investigation is almost complete.
So Lu Yao could only say: "Last time I asked you to send someone to check on Cao Han. Is there any progress?"
Only then did Tangxi react, and she just remembered that Lu Yao had explained this matter before, but in Tangxi's view, it was a trivial matter. After all, Lu Yao was already engaged to Han Yunyu, the eldest lady of the Han family.
, There should be no major incident on the side. ‐‐”. Tangxi did not do much.
Keeping this matter in mind, of course, because there have been a lot of things recently, I have never found a chance to ask those subordinates about the investigation results.
When Lu Yao asked about this matter today, Tangxi could only tell the truth, before he had time to listen to the report from the people below. Lu Yao also expressed his understanding, and then he asked Tangxi to ask now what the Cao family has done to Cao Han recently.
Make arrangements and stop any rumors.
After Tang Xi left, Lu Yao asked the shopkeeper of Jiu Zhongxian to find a separate private room, prepared some wine, meat and side dishes, and started drinking by himself.
At this moment, Lu Yao suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of loneliness. Since he traveled through time, although he has made a lot of relatives and friends, the only thing he lacks is someone who can give Lu Yao some intimate words.
The person did not appear. Originally, Lu Yao thought that his true love was Han Yunyu, and after Han Yunyu stood up for him and confronted Cao Han, Lu Yao became more convinced of this. But from then until now, Lu Yao
It seems that although Han Yunyu is about to become his pillow, in the final analysis, she is just a wife in name only. After all, this Han Yunyu is not the one who can understand her and be in tune with her soul.
As for Cao Han, what is she doing now? In fact, from what Cao Yu said when he saw her the last few times, Lu Yao has been able to analyze that Uncle Cao Guo has already begun to write about his daughter. After all,
The marriage contract between the Cao family and the Lu family no longer exists, and Cao Han is actually not young in terms of age. Because of the special status of the Cao family, it is reasonable for Uncle Cao Guo to start preparing for Cao Han's marriage now
However, if it was a normal plan, Cao You would not have said such things to him. Because of Cao You's identity, he would naturally not be able to tell Lu Yao all about his father's arrangements. That's why Lu Yao asked him to
Tangxi went to inquire about the Cao family's actions. In Lu Yao's opinion, with Cao Han's character, it would be impossible for him to marry another stranger easily. If Cao Han agreed to this decision, then she would not
It’s only right that I still keep in touch with Lu Yao until now.
Now that we have decided, we must marry Cao Han.
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, then he should take action. After drinking a bottle of wine, Tangxi finally appeared in front of Lu Yao again. It could be seen that Tangxi was a little out of breath. This should be because he found his subordinates and understood the situation just now, and then he started working non-stop.
He returned to Jiuzhongxian to report to Lu Yao. Through Lu Yao's expression just now, Tang Xi already knew that this matter was very important to Lu Yao, so he naturally did not dare to neglect it.
When Lu Yao saw Tang Xi coming back, he waved to Tang Xi to sit down, and then asked about the situation of the Cao family.
Tangxi said: "According to the observations of my men, Cao Han and Cao Ping, the second son of the Cao family, spent a day in the inner city. During this day, on their route, Miss Cao Han seemed to encounter someone
There were many strange men here. Logically speaking, the Cao family should not let these men get close to each other. However, it seems that all this was arranged by Cao Ping. He asked Cao Han to meet him by chance within one day.
I have met many men in this way, and I don’t know why.”
Lu Yao smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "So that's it."
Tangxi didn't understand, and then Lu Yao explained to Tangxi. These men should be the candidates chosen by the Cao family for Cao Han to become a son-in-law. However, it is obvious that Cao Han should not know these things.
In terms of status, naturally one cannot just choose a man as a son-in-law, one must be a well-matched man, so these men should have been preliminarily selected by Cao Guojiu.
However, judging from Cao Han's character, even if Uncle Cao Guo wanted to arrange a marriage for her, it would be impossible to get Cao Han to agree without Cao Han knowing anything about her or having never met her.
It was possible, so in the end Cao Guojiu and Cao Ping joined forces and put on a show to let all the candidates meet Cao Han through chance encounters. In this way, Cao Han would have a good impression of whom.
, this can be judged, which will facilitate Uncle Cao Guo to make further judgments in the future.
"So, Cao Han actually still doesn't know what he was arranged by the Cao family?" Tangxi asked.
Lu Yao drank a glass of wine and said: "Do you think, with Cao Han's character, if she knew that she was arranged like this by her family, she would fulfill her engagement?"
Tangxi shook her head repeatedly. Obviously, Cao Han left everyone with the impression that she was a young lady with a fiery temper, so she would definitely not obey the arrangements of her family easily.
"But, does Mr. Cao You know about this matter?" Tangxi's question just hit Lu Yao's heart. Cao You did not follow Cao Ping to act for Cao Han, but Cao You may have hindered his identity.
The reason is that he did not tell his sister the truth of everything, otherwise Cao Han would never go out with Cao Ping. On the other hand, Cao You, who saw that he and Cao Han had the same mind, also indirectly revealed it to him
Regarding the Cao family's plans, I hope I can take action.
However, Tangxi then said that due to time constraints, his subordinates have only investigated these situations so far. As for Lu Yao, although he knew that Cao Ping and Cao Yi were going to arrange a marriage for Cao Han, he should still
It is in the primary stage, that is, the stage of selecting people, and the person he will marry has not yet been determined. This is what makes Lu Yao feel relieved now. However, he knows that this situation will not last long, and he does not know when.
Cao Yi will take the next step, but can he really remain indifferent?
Later, Lu Yao asked Tangxi to continue sending people to follow up on Cao Han's affairs. If possible, he could find opportunities for these subordinates to have more contact with Cao Yu, and maybe they could get more information.
Tangxi knew that it was not a good idea to ask such a question, but after agreeing, she still asked about Lu Yao.
"Sir, why are you so concerned about Miss Cao Han? Aren't you already engaged to Miss Han Yunyu?"
Lu Yao looked at Tang Xi and said, "If I want to marry Miss Cao Han, what do you think?"
Tangxi saw that although Lu Yao had drunk some wine, he was still conscious when he said this, indicating that the young master was not joking. So Tangxi said: "It is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and in my opinion, it seems that
Miss Cao Han is more suitable for a young master. However, the current relationship between the Cao family and the Han family is on the same level, not to mention that Miss Han Yunyu of the Han family will definitely become the first wife, so Uncle Cao Guo will definitely not be willing to let Miss Cao Han do it.
From the concubine’s room.”
Lu Yao smiled and said: "You understand the truth of this. This is also what makes me most embarrassed. How can I handle this matter well?"
The two of them were silent. Tangxi, a guy who had just learned about the ways of the world, definitely couldn't think of any good solution.
In this way, after a long time, Lu Yao decided to go back to his home. Although he now knew the arrangement of the Cao family, he could not find a strategy to deal with it for a while. Lu Yao could not rush to the Cao Mansion angrily to do this.
Let's discuss the matter with Uncle Cao Guo.
After returning to the palace, Lu Yao told Tang Xi to prepare official uniforms, which were the clothes Lu Yao wore the last time he entered the palace to attend court. When Tang Xi heard this, he felt a little strange. Why did this young master suddenly remember that he was going to court?
But I still did it obediently.
Then, Lu Yao came to his father Lu Xu's study and told Lu Xu that he was going to court with him tomorrow.
Lu Xu is not surprised by Lu Yao's actions, whether it is for the previous industrial changes, or for the food court and hot pot restaurant that Lu Yao will do next, and of course, the Cuju competition is about to start, and the football lottery
Everything requires Lu Yao to find Zhao Zhen to make a report.
Lu Xu suggested that Lu Yao should write a memorial when he went to see the emperor this time. This would save a lot of words, and because the emperor was busy with government affairs recently, he probably didn't want to hear Lu Yao talk a lot.
Lu Yao felt that what Lu Xu said made sense, so after returning to the room, he wrote everything that needed to be written into a memorial. However, in addition to the memorial, Lu Yao felt that there should be some practical things needed to meet the emperor.
So, Lu Yao got up early the next day and started working in the kitchen. Regarding the food court and hot pot restaurant, he not only needed memorials, but also some practical things to persuade Zhao Zhen to agree to his request.