After listening to what Lu Xu said and analyzing it, Lu Yao felt that he still had a lot to learn. He had to admit that even Yan Shu politely greeted him during the morning meeting this morning and gave him a message in advance.
It was Yan Shu who had taken the vaccination himself. But because he appeared in front of Lu Yao along with Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, it was inevitable that Lu Yao would not think that Yan Shu was in the same group as Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi. However, as the husband-in-law, Yan Shu
, naturally they will not go to Xixia. Therefore, when they learned that the three of them came to Lu Xu together and extended an invitation to Lu Yao, Lu Yao naturally thought that this should be Fan Zhongyan's subordinate.
Those people want to discuss the countermeasures for the peace talks in Xixia before traveling, and want to ask their own opinions.
However, Lu Xu bluntly pointed out that Yan Shu was most likely not from Fan Zhongyan's faction. He was following the emperor's orders, and this gathering was probably held under Zhao Zhen's private instructions.
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Lu Xu's analysis was very reasonable. Lu Yao thought about it carefully. Although he had agreed with Lu Xu's statement, Yan Shu was indeed someone close to the emperor, and this party was also held by the emperor, but Lu Yao had a problem.
I couldn't figure it out, so I asked: "Since it is something the emperor has instructed or knows about, why don't you find a time to call all these ministers to the palace directly, and I am also present, so that everyone can discuss it together?"
When Lu Xu heard that Lu Yao actually said such innocent words, he couldn't help but smile and said: "After all, he is still someone who has never been involved in officialdom. Let me ask you, if this meeting was nominally organized by Fan Zhongyan,
Will everyone be more active and speak out freely, or will everyone talk more because this meeting was organized by the emperor?"
Lu Yao replied without thinking: "Of course Fan Zhongyan held it better..."
At this point, Lu Yao figured out the reason and continued: "I understand, if it is a meeting organized by Fan Zhongyan, those close followers of Fan Zhongyan and officials who dare not express their opinions in court and are afraid of the imperial power can do it.
Speak freely, after all, Fan Zhongyan is a guy who is very able to listen to other people's suggestions."
"Yes," Lu Xu nodded and said, "But even you know the truth. Do you think the emperor himself can't understand it? Because of this, the emperor asked Yan Shu, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and other three people to follow Fan Zhongyan
Hold a gathering in the name of Fan Zhongyan. In this way, if someone interferes with Fan Zhongyan because of this matter, the emperor can explain to Fan Zhongyan. Otherwise, I don’t think Fan Zhongyan has the guts to ask so many officials to hold a gathering to study and make suggestions. After all, last time
It was because of forming a clique for personal gain that he was demoted from Bianliang."
After Lu Yao heard what Lu Xu said, and combined with the reasons behind this matter, he had to admire Zhao Zhen's superb political methods. Of course, it is normal for Fan Zhongyan to obey Zhao Zhen's orders. Compared with being demoted before, Fan Zhongyan is now
He knew his status and what he couldn't do, so this was a gathering under Zhao Zhen's instruction.
"In this case, I think I should go, just to gain some experience and see what their big shots say."
After figuring out the nature of the party and the real organizer, Lu Yao was no longer afraid. Anyway, it was the emperor who held it, and they also came together to invite him, indicating that the emperor actually wanted him to attend this party.
"I think you should be the official with the lowest official position and the youngest age among all the people attending this gathering. After all, your imperial examination results haven't come out yet." Lu Xu thought for a while and said, "So, at this meeting, if there is no
If you have special ideas, don't take the initiative to speak out, lest you make enemies when you enter the official career."
What his father said was very reasonable, and Lu Yao also knew that there were two completely different sets of rules in official circles and shopping malls. He couldn't be too conspicuous, so he said that he would follow Lu Xu's advice this time.
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Lu Xu went on to say that when these three people found him, he also asked some people who would attend the meeting. Cao Yi and Han Yonghe were not invited. Instead, their sons, Han Wenyuan and Cao Yudu, were invited.
Be invited to attend.
"This shows that Fan Zhongyan feels that people of the younger generation will have better ideas." Lu Yao said, "It may be that these two people have already expressed their opinions when they were at Han Qi's house before."
Lu Yao was not surprised by the attendance of Han Wenyuan and Cao You.
The father and son continued to chat for a while, until Tangxi came back from outside, and Lu Xu ended his conversation with Lu Yao.
Lu Yao called Tang Xi to his room and asked him about his achievements today.
Tangxi then began to report to Lu Yao. As for the old house of Lao Chen's family, Tangxi said that people had already started to renovate it. Because they only changed the structure of the inner fabric, it would not take too many days, and what he found was the one he had given him before.
The craftsmen who are renovating the bank are still good at construction, so they should be able to complete the renovation of Lao Chen's old house as quickly as possible.
In addition to the house, Tangxi also went to see Lao Chen. The purpose was very clear. He wanted to confirm with Lao Chen a few people who would meet with Lu Yao tomorrow. Tangxi said that Lao Chen had found a total of three families, all of whom were his friends.
They are similar in age to Lao Chen. From Tangxi's perspective, these three families are also honest people, and Lao Chen has vouched for them, ensuring that there will be no problems in terms of safety. They will never
The method of making delicious food has been leaked. Just looking at people is not enough. Lu Yao said that after meeting these people tomorrow, he will ask Tangxi to check their economic situation and how they behave. Although Lao Chen
You are a guarantee, but you know the person but not the heart, so you still have to be careful in everything.
Then there is the aspect of Zhao Hu and Zhang Maocai. Lu Yao made an appointment with Zhang Maocai before to go to Jiuzhongxian to have hot pot tomorrow night. For this, the first thing to solve is the problem of ingredients. Lu Yao also wants to take this opportunity to test
I wonder if there are any problems with the people I selected from Zhao Hu. In this regard, Tangxi said that those people worked very hard after hearing the wages. They are not stupid. The meal tomorrow night will be theirs.
The first time I made ingredients, it was natural
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Needless to say, the two meat-cutting masters basically use some mutton to hone their knife skills every day. They also learned the method Lu Yao taught them before and wrapped it with white cloth strips.
A thumb of his own. Lu Yao is not too worried about the two knife masters. He is more concerned about the guys who are responsible for screening and cleaning the sewer ingredients. Tangxi said that Zhao Hu is now in charge of Lu Yao Hot Pot.
There are a total of six employees in the store, two meat cutters, and two who will be responsible for delivery in the future. According to Zhao Hu, these two delivery personnel were selected from among the servants who had previously delivered ingredients to Fan Lou.
The two most reliable people have no problem with their experience. Moreover, they were both residents of the outer city a long time ago and are very familiar with the roads in the outer city. They will not have any problems with transportation. After all, Zhao Hu
As an experienced businessman, Lu Yao felt that he could still consider these aspects.
There are still two people left, who are responsible for cleaning and packing the sewer food. Tangxi told Lu Yao that Zhao Hu has found two young people to take charge of this aspect. This is the only thing Tangxi feels a little bit about Zhao Hu's selection of people.
Inappropriate place.
However, Lu Yao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard from Tang Xi that the two young people responsible for handling the sewer ingredients were the two young people. It seemed that he felt that Zhao Hu was right to use two young people to do this work. Tang Xi was right
This is very incomprehensible. In his opinion, older people would be more experienced in doing this kind of work, but young people are impatient and it is difficult to do such detailed work.
"Young people, Boss Zhao is quite experienced. Young people are needed in this area. Hot pot restaurants will use a lot of it, and the most important requirement for the sewer ingredients is to wash them very clean. Although older people may
It is indeed safer than young people at the beginning, but you have to know that after the opening of our hot pot restaurant, the supply will be very large. At first, their physical strength may be able to support it, but if they do this thing repeatedly in a high-intensity work cycle every day, I
I can guarantee that the final overall quality will definitely be better for young people than for older people.”
Tangxi still didn't understand the reason, but since Lu Yao trusted Zhao Hu's choice, he didn't say anything anymore. Zhao Hu had already received the news that Lu Yao was going to entertain Zhang Maocai tomorrow night, and said directly
Tomorrow, all the ingredients Lu Yao needs will be fully prepared.
"I forgot to tell you just now. I will try my best to pay you a visit to the Zhao Mansion later. This time I am not looking for Zhao Hu, but Yang Tao. You should have seen him before."
After talking about Zhao Hu, Lu Yao suddenly interrupted and said to Tang Xi.
Yang Tao, Tangxi has met him a few times, but he is not very familiar with Yang Tao. He only knows that he is the leader of the Tigers, and from Pan Wen and Chen Chen, Tangxi feels that Yang Tao is a very difficult person to contact. Listen
After Tangxi expressed that he knew Yang Tao, Lu Yao said that after letting him report the matter later, he would go to the Zhao Mansion again, find Yang Tao, and tell him that he would also come to Jiuzhongxian tomorrow night.
Tangxi was a little confused, but then he said that maybe because of Yang Tao's character, he wouldn't come. However, Lu Yao was very confident about this and said that Tangxi only needed to bring the message.
Tangxi thought to herself that although she didn't know much about Yang Tao, she had met Yang Tao before when she followed Lu Yao to the Zhao Mansion. It wasn't just because Chen Chen and Pan Wen had a bad impression of Yang Tao.
The reason is because Tangxi himself doesn't have much of a good impression of this somewhat arrogant guy.
From Lu Yao's point of view, he already had a suitable place for Yang Tao in his mind for Yang Tao's rather unkind character. In fact, Lu Yao had often heard Chen Chen and Pan Wen talk about this guy, and why Yang Tao didn't
Lu Yao could more or less guess the reason for how to integrate into his small group. Some people just don't belong to the same group. Yang Tao, Pan Wen and Chen Chen can't talk to each other no matter what, but this doesn't mean
It means that there is something wrong with Yang Tao's ability to do things, and it does not mean that his character cannot be trusted. On the contrary, it is precisely because of the neither humble nor overbearing attitude that Yang Tao showed in Lu Mansion that Lu Yao admires it very much. Considering that the hot pot restaurant may open in the future,
Lu Yao felt that his hot pot restaurant needed people like Yang Tao due to the problems he encountered. From Zhao Hu, Lu Yao also learned that Yang Tao was not actually a member of the Zhao family in the true sense, and although Zhao Hu was openly
The general left the Tigers in charge of Yang Tao, but Zhao Hu was still very concerned about this young man's performance.
After figuring out Yang Tao's straight temperament, Zhao Hu no longer wanted to spend more time and energy on Yang Tao. After the new Cuju competition is over, Yang Tao should become a young man looking for things to do in Bianliang City all day long.
.So, as long as Lu Yao makes this request, Zhao Hu will definitely agree to let Yang Tao work in a hot pot restaurant. But Lu Yao knows that Yang Tao hates being arranged by others. If he wants to let him work in a hot pot restaurant, he must
As long as he is willing. Therefore, Lu Yao decided to talk to Yang Tao in person about Yang Tao's arrangements and let him see that there was still a big gap between himself and the Lu Yao that Pan Wen and Chen Chen said.
After talking about these things, there is one more important thing for Tangxi to do during this trip, which is to go to the center of the outer city with Zhang Maocai to see the shops. This was something Lu Yao and Zhang Maocai had agreed upon before. Originally, Lu Yao planned to let Zhang Maocai
Tangxi chose a shop in the central area with suitable price and location for renovation. However, when he discussed this matter with Zhang Maocai last time, Zhang Maocai said that he had pretty good connections in the outer city, and he hoped that he could take Tangxi there.
Find a suitable place for a hot pot restaurant in the center of the outer city. Since you have decided to cooperate with Zhang Maocai, both parties are a community of interests, and Zhang Maocai will not choose an uneconomical place for him.
Today, Tangxi gave Lu Yao an explanation in this regard, which surprised Lu Yao.
Tangxi said that instead of taking him with him to find a suitable shop location in the center of the outer city today, it would be better to say that Zhang Maocai had already thought about the location of the shop. As soon as Tangxi arrived at Zhang Maocai's inn in the outer city today, he was attracted by it.
He took him to the location of the shop.
Lu Yao then asked what
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The location and price of a shop, but Tangxi said that the shop was not actually an open space. Lu Yao instantly understood the meaning of Tangxi's words.
"Let me think about it, what you mean by this is that he found a shop where he had done business before, but that shop later closed down due to bankruptcy, right?"
As a businessman, Lu Yao could think of this without any expectation of Tang Xi. Tang Xi later said that he was a little angry at Zhang Maocai's approach because he actually chose a previously closed shop for Lu Yao to make hot pot.
The business of the store. Lu Yao knew that it was an opportunity to start a business again in this closed shop. Ancient people always paid attention to Feng Shui. They must have thought that if this closed shop was given to others, it would mean that this place
It is an ominous place, and doing business will not make any money. However, Lu Yao does not believe this, and as a partner, Lu Yao believes that Zhang Maocai must have a reason for giving this position, so he asked Tangxi to talk about Zhang Maocai's choice of this position.
Reasons for location.
According to Zhang Maocai from Tangxi, this shop is a central store on the main street in the center of the outer city. The previous owner gave up the business because the consumption level in the outer city was really limited. He did the same thing as Fan Lou in the outer city.
The price of stir-fry restaurants is similar to that of Fan Lou, so it will eventually go bankrupt. Lu Yao's hot pot restaurant is completely different. Its main purpose is to benefit the people in the outer city, and most of its customers are from the inner city.
Residents and officials, so choosing this place is actually the most appropriate, because the street that people in the inner city are most familiar with is the central street in the outer city where this shop is located.
If a hotpot restaurant opens here, it will actually be the most convenient for people from the inner city to go to the outer city. Lu Yao took out a map of the outer city of Bianliang and asked Tangxi to point out on the map the place where Zhang Maocai took Tangxi to today.
When Tang Xi pointed out the location, Lu Yao nodded frequently and said, "It seems that Zhang Maocai is right. This is indeed a very suitable location."
"However, the business of that shop was indeed not very good before. No matter what the reason was for not doing business, I still feel that this place is not very good. I always feel that Zhang Mao is trying to harm the young master..."
Lu Yao didn't expect that a rough man like Tang Xi would be superstitious about these things. However, even in modern times, there will still be businessmen who do business and find someone to calculate the fortune before doing anything. However, it is a pity that
Lu Yao is an atheist. Maybe Zhang Maocai only dared to recommend the current store location to Lu Yao after he knew about Lu Yao's character.
"Don't worry, the reason why the previous shop closed down was mostly due to their own business problems, because they did not identify the positioning of the people in the outer city. If you want to get the same benefits as Fan Lou from the people in the outer city, it is
It's impossible. The positioning of our hot pot restaurant is different. We make money from people in the inner city, so this problem doesn't exist. People in the outer city will only get more benefits from this hot pot restaurant."
Lu Yao explained very patiently, but although Tangxi is now Lu Yao's housekeeper, his emotional intelligence and thinking ability have improved to a higher level, but he still knows nothing about business professionalism as a bodyguard.
Seeing that he was a little confused, Lu Yao didn't explain anymore and asked Tangxi to find an opportunity to go to Zhang Maocai tomorrow and tell him that he agreed to build this shop. After saying this, Lu Yao remembered that he had forgotten to ask the price of that shop.
Tangxi said that because the shop was originally a restaurant, Lu Yao took it over and actually didn’t have to change too many things. Then Tangxi gave the price that Zhang Maocai had negotiated with the owner of the land.
When Lu Yao heard this, he immediately agreed. Sure enough, in the ancient people's opinion, the price was cheap in places with bad feng shui, and there were tables and chairs left in the shop that could still be used. Then,
Lu Yao said that tomorrow, he would first go to the old house of Lao Chen's family to gather. Of course, the craftsmen found in Tangxi would also go. They would start working from tomorrow, so the decoration of the hot pot restaurant could not be completed.
Finding the same group of people would waste time. Simply, since Zhang Maocai knew the outer city so well, Lu Yao thought that he could discuss the decoration matters with Zhang Maocai tomorrow.
After explaining what Tangxi had to do, Lu Yao was not idle. He found Mr. Xu and Lu Hao. After all, there were only a few days until the bank opened. In these days, Lu Yao planned to inquire as soon as he found an opportunity.
Mr. Xu and Lu Hao, let’s see if they have any questions about the bank business.
I have to admit that Mrs. Xu does have some talents in bank business. She just looked at the outline and rules given to her by Lu Yao for a period of time, and she has already summarized many of the rules and is also talking about them.
In it, he also talked about some of his thoughts on the future development of the bank. These thoughts made Lu Yao feel more reassured, and he would hand over the bank's business to Xu in the future.
Everything was almost settled. Lu Yao looked at the sky and saw that it was already evening. The rest should be trivial. Lu Yao went to the kitchen and gave Zhang Maocai the sesame paste that he would use when eating hot pot tomorrow night.
Done. The Lu family had dinner together today, and then Lu Yao went back to his room and started writing a novel.
After a while, Lu Yao will have to worry about the imperial examinations, Cuju competitions, and various restaurants, so while he still has the energy to do these things at night, Lu Yao plans to write more chapters of the novel. Different from before.
, In the past, Lu Yao only had to copy the Dream of Red Mansions, and then let Tangxi hand it over to Han Yunyu. The time and energy required for copying was much less than that of his own creation. But now, Lu Yao has more
He received a task, which was to write his own original novel for Cao Han. Although Lu Yao would feel a little confused every time he finished writing a chapter because he consumed too many brain cells, but when he thought about finally reading what he had written,
The novel will be written by Cao Han who looks happy, and Lu Yao will not feel so tired.
The next day, Lu Yao got up normally. He still had a lot to do today. After washing up, Lu Yao followed Tang Xi and left the Lu Mansion and went to the outer city area...