Domineering husband

Chapter 137

British government.

The seventy-year-old lady was sitting in the middle of the flower hall, looking at the stewards kneeling in front of her, her face was gloomy, and she smashed the crutch in her hand to the ground.

"You trash, Li Qiao has come up with a new way of gambling, but you can't even make a duck, what use is this old man to you?!" Several stewards lowered their heads and groaned secretly

.

They have already sent people to track down the Li family who are in charge of purchasing the duck seasoning, but the duck seasoning needs to use dozens of seasonings. With so many seasonings, it will take a lot of effort to mix them in proportion. .

It's not their fault.

They also employ celebrity chefs.

But these celebrity chefs have been pondering for two months and haven't figured it out. What can they do? They can't do it by themselves.

Seeing that these stewards were silent, the old lady became even more angry.

They are a dignified British government, but they can't afford to be a small fifth-rank official. The face of the British government has already been trampled on the ground by Li Qiao once. If they don't fight back this time, the British government's face will be really serious. The ones will completely stick to the ground and cannot be lifted up.

Besides, in addition to face, there is also money!

The combined profits of all the shops in the British government are less than half of that of the casino. Now that the number of visitors to the casino has plummeted, this month's profit is unprecedentedly low.

The wallets of their British government are going to be deflated!

No money to spend, this is a more serious matter than losing face, what should I do?

The old lady was worried, and felt that just scolding was not enough to make these stewards remember the predicament of today, so she ordered someone to give these stewards ten slaps.

Just finished beating people, the British Duke returned home.

The British Lord went to the fifth prince to discuss countermeasures.

I didn't expect Li Qiao to be able to jump, but the Fifth Prince promised the Holy One that he would not retaliate against Li Qiao.

So tricky!

Seeing the British Duke's frown, the old lady understood immediately.

This is not a good way to recover!

"The fifth prince said, don't touch the one surnamed Li for now. Our shop will open as usual.

" Diners can't buy what they want at Li's duck shop, so they will naturally go to our shop."

The British father said with a sullen face.

This is the solution he and the Fifth Prince discussed for a long time, and finally came to a solution.

I have already bought so many ducks, so I have to use them.

Moreover, apart from duck products, those hot drinks are actually very easy to make, and those few famous chefs have already made several kinds of drinks.

You should be able to earn a lot of money just by drinking.

Customers who are lost in the gambling house, nine out of ten can be found on the duck shop.

When the old lady heard this, she was really angry and her heart ached: "In this way, he is riding on our heads again, maybe how many people are watching our house's joke!"

Hearing the words, the British public glared, and said angrily: "Whoever told you to find it is trash. If you figure out the recipe for the duck product earlier, then there will be nothing wrong with it?" "You! Who am I doing this for?

" Huh? If it weren't for the family's money not being able to pay for your extravagance, I would have the idea of ​​killing ducks?!" The

old lady raised her hand to rub her heart, she has no conscience!

"Who is extravagant? That's the necessary expenses for the fifth prince to win over people! If you want to be a dragon, but don't want to spend money, how can there be such a good thing in the world?" "Don't use this to fool me

. I don't know what you are all doing with your money? The dignified Lord, he is 80 years old, and he is going to go to the 16-year-old girl of Huo Huo's family, bah! Shameless!" The old lady grabbed the crutches in her hand angrily, wishing she

could Draw on the British Duke.

The British man was exposed, and he felt a little uncomfortable. He flicked his sleeves, said the words "unreasonable" with a dark face, and then went straight out the door.

Just seeing this kind of tigress with teeth and claws at every turn, he felt blocked when he saw it.

Of course he had to find a gentle and pleasant Xie Yuhua.

The British Duke flung his sleeves and left, and the old lady was so angry that she wanted to wipe away her tears.

However, thinking of the situation in the mansion, she could only calm down and prepare to open the shop early.

As far as the current situation is concerned, a quick counterattack is necessary.

One is to earn back the lost money as soon as possible, and the other is to let the people of Shengjing take a look at the method of the British government.

Save as much face as you can!

At the end of November, a duck shop that was bigger and better decorated than Li's duck shop appeared in Shengjing City.

This duck shop is the same as the Li's duck shop, selling duck products, vegetarian dishes, and drinks. The difference from the Li's duck shop is that this duck shop is open from morning to night, and customers can go there whenever they want go.

Soon it was the twelfth lunar month, and just after entering the twelfth lunar month, there was a heavy snowfall, the snow was knee-deep. In the middle of the night, Li Qiao went to court in an ox cart, and was almost late.

There was supposed to be a court meeting today, but Sheng Hong was sympathetic to all the officials and did not let them go to court. If there is anything to do, you can pass him a booklet.

Li Qiao couldn't help but praise Sheng Hong fiercely in his heart, Ming Jun!

In this kind of weather, if he went to court, he would at least have to stand at the entrance of the main hall facing the cold wind for half an hour, luckily!

However, even if there is no court, today is not very warm.

After he was promoted, he was still in the same room with Mr. Li and Mr. Duan. The room was large and empty. Under such circumstances, even if there was a charcoal basin by his side, it would not be warm.

Today is still reading.

Since he was promoted to an official, he has been studying full-time, one book after another, and he has read almost one-tenth of the books in the Hanlin Academy.

Seriously see noon, it's lunch time.

Holding the tray, Xin Zhi came to meet him for dinner again.

It was cold today, so in addition to the regular two dishes and one soup, his meal also had a bowl of hot and sour soup to drive away the cold.

There is enough vinegar and chili in the hot and sour soup, and the taste is quite strong when you drink it in one bite.

Xin Zhi grinned and took a sip, but immediately refused to drink.

He looked at Li Qiao who was holding a spoon and drinking one after another without changing his face, and he felt admiration in his heart.

Although Brother Li has had a lot of hardships in the past, but now that he is rich, he can still eat clean food every time, which is really precious.

However, such a pure and harmless person has been being bullied all the time.

"Brother Li, why don't you temporarily change your duck store to something else? Although your lo mei is still selling well, it's still not as good as when you sold ducks in the past." Since I can't buy

enough Duck, Lijia Duck Store sells other braised meat, such as braised pig's head and trotters, roast chicken, etc. They taste good, but because they are not the only ones, the business is not as good as before.

Moreover, with the opening of the duck store in the British government, the business of Li's duck store is even worse.

Because the taste of the drinks from the British duck store is similar to that of Li's duck store.

Although the taste of the duck products in the British government's duck shop is not as good as that of the Li's duck shop, who knows that only his shop has duck products.

Coupled with the drinks that taste almost the same, and they are open all day long, the business of the duck store in the British government is not bad.

According to the observation of his subordinates, in just seven or eight days, the daily net profit was almost two hundred taels.

This number is not small, it is six thousand taels a month.

Although this profit cannot catch up with the heyday of the British government gambling house, it is definitely not small.

well.

Just thinking about it makes me angry!

Even if Li Qiao crushed the gambling house of the British government, but relying on a duck store, the British government made up for a lot of losses.

Although the British government is still losing money, but the so-called first teaser is cheap, since the British government is shameless first, it should not be able to earn a penny!

Li Qiao looked at Xin Zhi, who was frowning for a while, and filled with righteous indignation for a while. The two drank the hot and sour soup left in the bowl, and then smiled and said: "I plan to do other things. I will start making hot pot from tomorrow. I am free." , you have to join us."

"Hotpot?" Xin Zhi was taken aback.

"Yes, it's very suitable to eat hot pot in such a cold day."

"No problem." Xin Zhi immediately snapped his fingers: "Tomorrow happens to take a rest,

so I will definitely go!" What are we going to do over there? Just watch them make money?"

"Cold salad first, I have asked the Han family to raise ducks for me, and when these ducks grow up, the plight of my shop will be solved."

However, in Before that, he certainly couldn't just watch the British government imitate him to earn money.

A price war can start.

There is still a wooden sign for buying ducks hanging in front of the Lijia Duck Store, but the price per catty has increased a lot, which is 30 Wen higher than the duck store in the British government—30 per

catty Wen, then a duck weighing two or three catties can cost sixty to ninety Wen.

With the launch of the hot pot, the news of this wooden sign quickly spread. Those who have ducks in their hands should hurry to deliver them to the Lijia Duck Store.

However, just an hour later, the duck store in the British government also announced a new purchase price, five cents per catty higher than that of Li's duck store.

Naturally, Li Qiao was not afraid, and changed the wooden sign again. The price per catty was thirty cents higher than that of the British government.

As a result, the purchase price of the duck was raised by Li Qiao to nearly a hundred cents a catty.

According to the situation of the Lijia Duck Store, the net profit of a duck is about 300 renminbi, and now the purchase price of a duck is as high as more than 200 renminbi. There are twenty or thirty texts left.

Even if it is calculated on the basis of thirty taels, even if one day makes a thousand ducks, the profit is only thirty taels.

Doubled, that's only sixty taels!

Just when a group of people in the British government were panicking and hadn't decided whether to follow Li Qiao's price increase, in the evening, Li Qiao made another move that was even more ruthless.

He directly announced the practice of several drinks.

Anyone who has a stone mill at home can do it by himself.

The recipes of several drinks are all clearly written on the wooden signboard, which is hung at the door of Li's duck shop.

As soon as this move was made, a group of popular people in the British government gasped and gasped, so they can't see them making money?

I would rather announce the practice than let his family make money, ruthless, the surname Li is too ruthless!

It hurts others!

Have you ever thought that in this way, the drinks in the Lijia Yahuo shop will not be sold anymore!

idiot!

Wait for the shop to close down!

However, everyone in the British government who was looking forward to the closure of the Lijia Duck Store was stunned by what happened next.

Li's Duck Shop changed to sell hot pot, but the business is not inferior to when it sells ducks?

Moreover, Liqiao has launched new drinks, and several drinks are selling very well!

Not to mention closing down, the whole shop just swept away the decline of last month and became prosperous again.

No wonder he dared to announce the recipes of the original drinks, it turns out that there are new drinks.

However, the hot pot at Lijia Yahuo Shop is so delicious?

On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Qiao officially had a holiday.

After the holiday, Li Qiao finally lived the life of his husband and children.

Every day I accompany Tao Zhu to tease the two cubs, and teach Li Xiaorui by the way, and at night, it is a fixed time to play cards.

Zheng Qianqian is obsessed with playing cards, whether it is Doudizhu or Mahjong, he likes it very much, and he must play every day.

Although there are many people in the family, Li Ershan, Li Dashan and Zhao Shen need to go out to take care of the shop during the day, while Li Xia, Tao Zhu and him need to take care of the children.

Li He, Li Le, and Li Yu were busy cooking and washing, so the time for him to play cards was basically at night.

That night, when it was still time to play cards, Li Xiaorui was given to Li Xia, and the two cubs were given to Li Qiao.

Zheng Qianqian took Tao Zhu and Li Dashan to play Doudizhu together.

Tao Zhu also liked playing Doudizhu and mahjong, but his addiction was not as great as that of Zheng Qianqian. He played a few games and turned to see Li Qiao sitting on the kang, explaining a small abacus to Li Xiaorui, while the two The little cub crawled around on Li Qiao's body, he couldn't help but smile.

Li Xiaorui really likes Li Qiao, his uncle, so he went to Li Qiao's side after playing around.

"Uncle Bamboo, let's play the cards."

Zheng Qianqian urged him.

"Okay, okay." Tao Zhu turned his head and looked down at the cards in his hand.

Li Dashan also looked at the kang, seeing this, he was a little worried: "This little guy is so interested in abacus, does he want to do business in the future?"

He and Qianqian hoped that this little guy could be as good as his uncle The title of the gold list for reading.

"There's nothing wrong with doing business. Making money is a very important thing. Look at my uncle, the duck shop is booming again soon. Isn't that bad?" Zheng Qianqian has changed his mind a bit

. up.

Being able to deal with all kinds of complicated situations randomly, and being able to spend money at home all the time, is also very powerful.

Speaking of the current duck store, Li Dashan immediately wanted to laugh.

No, the business of the duck shop is not inferior to that of the duck shop in the past. The pot bottom prepared by his uncle tastes very good.

Moreover, unlike other hot pot shops, there are dozens of small ingredients in the duck shop, and customers can mix them as they like.

This alone is enough to attract many customers.

Hot pot is salty, spicy and spicy. If you eat too much, you will get thirsty. This is the best time to have a bowl of drink.

His uncle has launched a new drink: soy milk.

Peanut soymilk, walnut soymilk, hot or hot, iced or iced. Compared with the previous soup-like drinks, this soymilk is more suitable for hot pot. When the mouth is spicy and hot, a bowl is the most suitable up.

Excellent hotpot + new drinks, can this business be bad?

"By the way, Uncle, Uncle Zhu, I saw Brother Meng and the Seventh Prince at the shop today, and they went to eat hot pot."

Even Brother Meng, who has always been frugal, invited the big man, the Seventh Prince, to eat hot pot , which is enough to explain the excellence of Lijia Hot Pot!

"Huh?" Li Qiao, who was teaching Li Xiaorui with her head down, couldn't help but look at Li Dashan when she heard the words: "When did the two of them go?

" 30% off, family price."

"Yes, how does the Seventh Prince look?" Li Qiao asked.

"It looks quite friendly, but it's just that you haven't said anything.

" "Then you should pay attention, if the two of you go next time, treat them well." Li Qiao reminded.

"Don't worry, I'm sensible."

Li Dashan immediately patted his heart.

The Seventh Prince is his uncle's backer, and Brother Meng is his uncle's best friend, so he will definitely not neglect these two.

Soon, the game is over.

Li Xiaorui and the two cubs couldn't bear the drowsiness and fell asleep a long time ago.

After Li Qiao and Tao Zhu washed up, Zheng Qianqian picked up Li Xiaorui, Li Dashan and Li Xia and left.

Tao Zhu got on the kang, first glanced at the two cubs, seeing that they were sleeping soundly, then picked up a cotton towel to wipe their wet hair.

Li Qiao was standing by the kang, arranging the diapers of the two cubs.

These diapers were washed by Li Yu this morning, and after hanging in the house for a day, they were already dry.

There are no diapers in this time and space. Although Li Qiao is not short of money, he never thought of treating these diapers as disposable.

The skin of children is delicate. These diapers are specially made of cotton cloth, and each piece is quite soft, which will not make the two cubs uncomfortable.

Tao Zhu watched his movements, and finally asked after holding back the words for half the night: "What's the matter with Meng Yue and the Seventh Prince? The two of them went to eat hot pot again.

" We don't know, I'm afraid it's been many times."

"What does Meng Yue want to do? Could it be that he guessed that the Seventh Prince is actually the younger brother?"

Li Qiao couldn't help but move his hands after hearing those words. a meal.

"He guessed that the Seventh Prince is the younger brother?"

"Otherwise, why would he ask the Seventh Prince out for dinner so frequently? Even if there was one night, in the eyes of the world, the Seventh Prince is a man, and he still wants to have something to do with a man Is it?"

Tao Zhu asked.

Li Qiao: "..."

Brother Zhu's analysis makes sense.

However, the seventh prince is probably deceiving the emperor. Even if he knows that the seventh prince is a younger brother, can Meng Yue marry him back home?

What is Meng Yue going to do?

But Tao Zhu saw that Li Qiao didn't move, with a pensive expression on his face, he hurriedly wiped his hair a few times, then moved to Li Qiao's side, stretched out his hand and hugged Li Qiao's waist.

"I'm talking too much. We don't want to talk about it anymore. You should clean it up and go to sleep."

Meng Yue and the Seventh Prince, this topic is a bit heavy, he shouldn't bring it up.

Hearing this, Li Qiao rubbed his hair which was still steamy, and hummed lightly. At present, there is really no solution to this matter.

What is Meng Yue thinking?

This time, although he was curious, he couldn't ask Meng Yue.

The seventh prince is the little brother's business, he and Tao Zhu are rotten in the stomach.

After putting away the diapers of the two cubs, he got on the kang.

Tao Zhu wiped his hair half dry, and then the two of them lay down under the quilt.

The two of them didn't do anything else, they just went to sleep, and they had to get up early tomorrow because they had something to do.

Xin Zhi will come to play tomorrow, Li Qiao promised him during the holiday at the Imperial Academy that he would cook sausages for him himself, and the two of them had to get up early to cook sausages.

As soon as the sausage was ready, Xin Zhi came.

The business of the Taishanghuang and the eldest prince's gambling shop was so good that Xin Zhi could not be ranked high. Most people would not have the guts to imitate mahjong and poker at home, so Xin Zhi simply came to find Li Qiao to have fun.

Xin knew that after eating the grilled sausage, Li Qiao and Tao Zhu would love to hear what he spit out.

"You don't know, the atmosphere in the British government is very dignified now. When the servants of his house go out to buy things, they all have sad faces. I heard that now, some of the servants in his house are beaten every day."

"... so ruthless?" Li Qiao was surprised.

"It's that cruel." Xin Zhi kept rubbing mahjong in his hands, and kept talking: "Since you raised the price of ducks, his duck products have not had much profit. The practice of drinking, so the business of his duck store suddenly went bad."

Li Qiao raised the purchase price of the ducks to close to a hundred cents a catty, and the British government recognized it, and bought the ducks at a price higher than that of Li's duck store.

As a result, although the duck shop in the British government still sells duck products, the profit is not much.

"The ducks didn't make any money, so they worked for nothing. The business of the gambling house also plummeted. The family's source of money was cut off. Can

we not be in a hurry?

" Knowing that his face was full of gloating.

It deserves it.

The first to flirt is cheap, if the British government doesn't have the idea of ​​cracking down on duck shops, wouldn't it be as miserable as it is today.

The duck store didn't make any money, and even bought the gambling house.

This joke is enough for him to laugh until next year.

"Right now we are all watching jokes in the honorable circle. You don't know that this is the hottest topic at our gatherings." After

hearing this, Li Qiao looked at Tao Zhu.

Tao Zhu happened to be looking at him too.

The couple looked at each other and laughed together.

Although the process was a bit troublesome and a little bit of money was lost, it was good to make the British government a joke once again.

Let's see what the British government has to do next.