Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 188 Suite
Jixianglou, one of the largest restaurants in Beijing, is full of guests today.

The private rooms on the second floor were also booked early, and the only room that no one went up at the moment was the suite on the third floor.

Shopkeeper Li separated the spacious third floor from the middle to make two independent suites.The two stairs from the east and west of the backyard directly go up to the third floor, and the front hall and the private room on the second floor do not use the same stairs, and it is even less likely that guests on the second floor will go to the wrong floor to enter the third floor.Even on the third floor, these two suites with very different styles operate independently without disturbing each other.

The two suites on the third floor are designed by Lu Yange.Divided into living room, private lounge and dining room.

Elegant Chinese style, dignified and majestic, opulent. In addition to precious calligraphy, paintings and antiques, the private room also has flowers and green plants that are extremely rare to see in winter. The whole space is quiet, quiet and warm.

There is a thick velvet blanket under the feet, and bright candles are lit in the glazed lamps hanging above the head.

In the living room is a mahogany sofa chair, surrounded by a mahogany tea table, it is very convenient for a dozen people to talk and drink tea.There is another square table and four chairs on the balcony at the side, which is more suitable for three or two friends to watch the scenery and chat.

The living room for private rest has not only a bed, a cloakroom, but also a toilet.The most amazing thing is the huge restaurant that can accommodate about 20 people without being crowded. There are seasonal flowers and green plants in the middle of the round turntable table, and there is a very small rockery on which the welcoming pine is slightly The probe sticks out obliquely, becoming a scene of the restaurant.

In the suite on the third floor, not to mention eating, even if you want to live here for ten days and half a month, it is okay.There are all the facilities that should be there.

Shopkeeper Li led Lu Yange to inspect the three rooms in the west suite carefully, and did not stop at the big round table in the dining room, but went to the small side hall separated by a screen, where there was a slightly smaller square table. Use tea matcha for guests.

Open oven fish head and belly soup, stewed lamb, salted goose and fresh bamboo shoots...

Everything on the square table is a winter season delicacy, and it is also the special dish of the chef of Jixianglou.

Shopkeeper Li and Lu Yange sat opposite each other, talking while eating, not even a waiter was left, and the entire third floor was only the sound of two people talking.

"The east hall has been booked long ago, otherwise I will take you to have a look. There are not as many tricks over there, but the layout is similar to here."

Shopkeeper Li talked about many tricks, that is, the round rotatable tray dining table and long wooden sofa chairs that appeared here.Everything in the West Hall is a product of this era, which is not obtrusive, but also more refined in materials.

The dignitaries, princes and wives prefer the east hall to the west hall, while the young people in the capital, including those merchants who can rank in the middle of the capital, are more receptive to new types of things and prefer to entertain guests in the west hall.

However, if you want to book a private room on the second floor in Jixiang Building, you have money and power.But if you want to book one of the two suites on the third floor, it's not just a treatment that can only be enjoyed by money and rights.

Of course, Song Yunfei and Tang Qishu are credited here. Without them, it would be impossible for Shopkeeper Li to develop to where he is in Beijing.

However, compared to the destruction of Lu's family, what Lu Yange got now can only be regarded as meager.

"There is no news from the palace yet."

Lu Yange picked up another fresh bamboo shoot: "No news is good news."

If the third prince dies, there will be news, which cannot be suppressed.

If there is no news, it must be that the third prince is still being treated.

As for the fight between Empress Shen and Concubine Zhou, whoever loses wins, and the shopkeeper Li's contacts are definitely not available for the time being.

At least, if the third prince is not dead, everything will turn around.

"Little Four."

Shopkeeper Li is an old man, and if he doesn't ask about some things, it doesn't mean he doesn't want to.

"With the current financial resources of the Lu family, you don't need to be involved in these turmoil at all. Power touches people's hearts, but it is also like a sharp knife. If you don't pay attention, you may hurt yourself."

"Thank you, Uncle Li, for your reminder. I still have a lot to do, and I won't overstep it."

Lu Yange smiled, her eyes were dim, and no one knew what she was thinking.

As shrewd as shopkeeper Li, he would not know why she was interested in things in the imperial city.

Just for power?

No.

Ever since she knew that she was the real Xiao Yange, all she wanted was revenge.

Otherwise, how could she be worthy of her father's sincerity, and how could she be worthy of her second brother who gave up his chance to escape in order to save her.

"That's good, that's good." Shopkeeper Li picked up the soup bowl, "You are too young to drink, so uncle will use this hot soup instead of wine, and I wish my nephew will shine in Beijing, and let me share it with you." A cup of soup."

Lu Yange also picked up the soup bowl, with a sincere smile on his face: "Uncle Li, the restaurant has been under your management for the past few years, and it is indeed flourishing. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is making a lot of money every day. But merchants have never been valued by others. , if we want the Li family and the Lu family to make further progress, we cannot be controlled by others, we must have reliance and bargaining chips."

"what do you mean……"

Shopkeeper Li remembered the matter that Lu Yange asked him to inquire about. Taverns and teahouses were places where news gathered. As long as he wanted to inquire, there would always be news that he didn't know, true or false.

However, Xiaosi of the Lu family paid more attention than he had imagined. He paid attention not only to the newly promoted princes and ministers in Beijing, but also the ninety-five princes in the imperial city, including everything in the harem.

And what he's saying now...

Shopkeeper Li lowered his voice and cautiously probed: "You mean, Lichu?"

Lu Yange smiled lightly and said nothing, only asked: "Uncle Li, do you dare to give it a try?"

The dazzling brilliance in the eyes of the young man is youth, self-confidence, and the fearlessness of a newborn calf.

Under such gazes, shopkeeper Li's heart was surging, and he couldn't help it for a while.

Ever since he came to Beijing, when Lu Xiaosi asked him to inquire about various sources of news, he had thought about what Lu Xiaosi wanted these news for.

The most likely reason for Lu Xiaosi to inquire about these news is to obtain useful information through the news.

They are just merchants. To be able to open a store in the capital, and to be able to have the Zhen Guogong Mansion and the Hou Mansion as the backstage is already the limit that shopkeeper Li can imagine.

What did Lu Xiaosi want to inquire about?
Shopkeeper Li had thought about it a lot, but he didn't think that Lu Xiaosi's thinking was more outrageous than he thought. He actually wanted to contribute to the establishment of the reserve, and then obtain monstrous glory and wealth?

If so...

Shopkeeper Li thought of the two young grandchildren in his family, and thought of himself from being a poor boy in the countryside of Yangzhou to being the owner of dozens of restaurants today.

He has nothing to dare.

Shopkeeper Li's face flushed, thinking of this, he immediately answered: "Of course I dare, why not?"

"Okay, Uncle Li is really generous." Lu Yange smiled at Yan Yan, but what he said was shocking: "However, if you establish a reserve, you can abolish the reserve. If you want everyone to be safe and have no worries, it's better..."

Not as good as what?
With a sound of "pop", the soup bowl that Lu Yan drank in the singer shattered, and pieces of broken porcelain scattered.

Shopkeeper Li was dumbfounded, feeling that his heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys had been hit by an invisible blow.

This... This idea is too bold.

If not, then it is not an exaggeration to destroy the Nine Clans.

Lu Yange raised his eyes: "Uncle Li dare?"

Li Guangming was full of pride: "Dare!"

(End of this chapter)