Daming Military Empire

Chapter 493 Prosperity Chang'an

The reason why Zhu Cijiong came out for private visits on Weibo was not on a whim. In fact, he had long wanted to see the living standards of the common people in person, but he couldn't find the time.

With a huge empire, even if he doesn't need to review the memorials, he still has a lot of things to deal with in a day, and he has to accompany his two precious sons, so it is difficult for him to find time for it.

It happened that the capital city and the local yamen were all on holiday, and the two precious sons were tired from playing in the afternoon and fell asleep, so he had to come out to have a look.

Since it was a private visit in micro-clothes, naturally he couldn't bring too many guards, so he only brought Cao Huachun and Wang Zhengnan with him, while the other Jinyiwei and Dongchang masters were wearing casual clothes to guard along the way. He was like a rich man with two entourages Stroll slowly on East Chang'an Avenue.

He visited many shops along the way, learned about the prices of various goods, and secretly observed the purchasing power of ordinary people. He even secretly followed behind a few ordinary people who came out to buy new year's goods, and walked for a long time, just to see See what they buy for the New Year.

After an afternoon of observation, he came to the conclusion that the people in the capital are really rich. Generally, people who buy more than ten taels of New Year’s goods don’t even blink their eyes. .

This spending power is already quite terrifying. You must know that the population of the Ming Empire is more than 2 million. If every commoner can spend ten taels, that would be more than two billion taels!
Of course, the people in the capital must be richer than the people in the local area, but they can spend more than a dozen or 20 taels on New Year's goods, which is enough to prove that their spending power is far more than that.

The more Zhu Cijiong watched the journey, the happier he was. Unknowingly, he followed the flow of people to the vicinity of the Four Headquarters. It happened to be evening and he was hungry. He simply found the largest restaurant to see the rich people eating and drinking. And what level.

But as soon as he entered Chang'an Restaurant, he found another problem, he had never eaten outside, what kind of dishes should he order?

When he asked Cao Huachun and Wang Zhengnan, they also shook their heads blankly. Cao Huachun basically ate in the palace, and Wang Zhengnan basically ate and lived with Jin Yiwei. Little, how can there be time to come out and eat and drink!
Zhu Cijiong was so touched in an instant, the two of them almost put all their thoughts on doing things for themselves, and Wang Zhengnan didn't even get married, and stayed by his side all day long!

He decided to treat the two of them to a good meal, and Wang Zhengnan's marriage should be arranged for him as soon as possible.

As for this order, it doesn't matter if you don't know what to order. Naturally, there are foodies who can order. When he turned his mind, he immediately thought of Luo Yangxing. This food eats the same as Maitreya Buddha. He is definitely a foodie. It's just right here It's not far from the four major headquarters, so simply, send someone to pass him on.

Just like that, Luo Yangxing was invited over.

Luo Yangxing looked at the menu pushed by the emperor, and was immediately stunned. He could and would eat, but he didn't know what the emperor liked to eat.

Flipping through the menu nervously, he finally couldn't help asking: "Here, Mr. Huang, what would you like to eat?"

Zhu Cijiong has read the menu carefully. The prices of the dishes are not outrageous. There are a few taels of money, and the highest one is only more than ten taels. You can order a table with just a hundred taels of dragon coins. There is a large stack of one hundred taels of dragon coins in it.

He said indifferently: "You can order whatever you want, a few for a few dollars, a few for a few taels, and a few for more than a dozen taels, just pick up the delicious ones."

How could Luo Yangxing dare to order casually? He turned to the most expensive page, thought for a while, and asked carefully: "Does Mr. Huang eat fish?"

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said helplessly, "Eat."

Luo Yangxing immediately suggested: "How about some steamed Songjiang perch, the most delicious fish here is this."

Serve it up if it’s delicious, why do you always ask, Zhu Cijiong is so helpless, there is no way, who calls himself the emperor, he can only nod again and say: "Well, let's have one."

Luo Yangxing is indeed a foodie. This Chang'an Restaurant is opened by his brother-in-law. He has eaten almost all the delicious dishes in it.

But, the emperor is here, how dare he make a claim, the two asked and answered, and it took nearly a quarter of an hour to finish counting.

Ten dishes can almost fill a table, Zhu Cijiong doesn't want to waste it, as an emperor, to treat a guest, this order really can't be less.

At this time, the sky was gradually getting dark, but the business of Chang'an Restaurant was getting better and better, because there were also electric lights inside!

Looking at the bright lobby, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help admiring: "Is the owner of this restaurant quite capable? He installed the lamp before it was sold to the public, and it can still be powered on. Not bad, not bad."

Luo Yangxing broke out in cold sweat when he heard the words, the emperor couldn't be ironic!

He struggled in his heart for a while, but still bit the bullet and said: "Huang, Mr. Huang, this restaurant was actually opened by my brother-in-law. I saw that he was idle all day, so I just paid some money to help him open this restaurant. I found the electric light." Someone installed it for him, and I asked someone to pull the wires for him. I also saw that the restaurant is almost dimly lit at night, and the business should be good if it is connected to the electric light, so I presumptuously advocated to have the electric light installed."

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong looked at the guy curiously for a while, then slapped his hands, and suddenly said: "So it's you, I'll tell you, where did this common people come from, you have a good brain, this idea is very good, very good."

At this moment, beads of sweat dripped from Luo Yangxing's fright, but the emperor looked like this, it really didn't seem like he was going to be punished.

He plucked up his courage and asked weakly, "Young Master Huang, don't you blame me?"

Zhu Cijiong shook his head and said, "Why do I blame you? You are no longer an official. This is not considered to be a power for personal gain. Besides, I am planning to set up an electrical company, which sells electric lights. Isn't this a good advertisement for you?" .”

Hearing this, Luo Yangxing couldn't help wiping off his sweat, but it's okay, it's okay, the emperor is not talking ironically.

Only now did Zhu Cijiong realize that this guy was already sweating profusely, and he couldn't help but smile and said, "It's hot, so you just take off your coat. What kind of leather is this? It's a bit weird to wear on you."

Hearing this, Luo Yangxing quickly took off the mink fur coat, and said with a smile: "This is sable fur. It's a bit nondescript to wear on a rough man like me, but it looks pretty on a woman, and it's also very warm."

Sable?High-end goods, Zhu Cijiong curiously reached out his hand to come over, touched it, it was really soft and warm, but, such a big coat, I am afraid that it needs a lot of sable fur, he asked curiously: "So much sable fur how come?"

Luo Yangxing explained: "These sable furs are all bought from Siberia, and they are not very rare there, but it is different when it comes to the capital. Before, they were all sold in thousands of taels. For such a good quality, Erjue and the others bought a lot there, and they want to set up a special workshop to do this, but they are afraid that the sales volume will not be good, so let me sum it up, I can't make up my mind, Mr. Huang, what do you think?"

This is a hidden flattery, which means that the emperor knows everything.

However, Zhu Cijiong really likes this. It just so happens that he has heard of this mink coat in later generations. up?

Zhu Cijiong nodded contentedly and said: "Well, this idea is very good. Don't worry about doing it. In this prosperous age, there is absolutely no need to worry about sales."

(End of this chapter)