Chapter 16 The Marriage Is Settled
"Lao Su, I arranged for you to buy a restaurant, how did you do it. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info," Zhang Nan picked up his purple clay pot and took a sip of Longjing and asked. Longjing tea and purple clay pot were replaced by him from the system, because Zhang Nan was really not used to drinking Datang's local sencha, Su Wen once served him a cup of tea, and almost vomited Zhang Nan without drinking it.
After all, people in the Tang Dynasty mostly drank tea extensively, or to quench their thirst, or to drink to promote the bucket, or to value the medicinal function of tea. When drinking, you should also add many condiments, such as green onions, ginger, dates, orange peel, dogwood, mint, salt, etc., and eat and drink when drinking. As a modern person, Zhang Nan really doesn't usually come out with the delicacy of Tang Dynasty tea, so he changed a few bags of tea and a small purple clay pot to satisfy his appetite.
"Back to the master, it has been negotiated, it fully meets the requirements of the master, and the price is fair." Su Wen said.
"That's good, this matter is a top priority, don't slack off, when the handover is over, tell me that I want to completely renovate the restaurant." Zhang Nan took another sip of tea and said.
"It's the master, but the master ......," Su Wen said halfway through.
"Say whatever you want, don't ramble." Zhang Nan looked at Su Wen with a look of wanting to speak and stopped, and couldn't help but feel a little strange.
"Yes, I want to say, it doesn't matter your face, sir."
Waiting for Su Wen to remind him, Zhang Nan remembered his face, and hurriedly said: "Hurry up, take a mirror and show me, I want to see what Cui Shao has done to me, so I can find him to lose money." ”
Not long after, Su Wen brought over a small bronze mirror, Zhang Nan took it, and looked at it carefully.
"Cui Shao, you it, you actually beat me like this, I must make you lose money." Zhang Nan covered his pig-like face and screamed in horror, it was really difficult to associate the pig's head in the mirror with his handsome and handsome self, of course, this was Zhang Nan's own idea.
"Eh, that's all there is to it." Zhang Nan sighed and had no choice but to accept his fate, after all, Cui Shao should not be much better than him.
Just as Zhang Nan was taking pity on himself with the small bronze mirror, a voice came from outside the door: "Lord Zhang is really interested." ”
Zhang Nan looked up, it was Liu Bing.
"Father-in-law Liu, don't make fun of me, look at what has become of my face." After speaking, Zhang Nan pointed to Liu Bing's swollen head like a pig's head.
Liu Bing covered his mouth and smiled: "I didn't come here today just to see Lord Zhang, the emperor has a decree, Lord Zhang should follow me into the palace." ”
"Ah, entering the palace again? I've only been back for a while. Zhang Nan was surprised.
"Eh, what the emperor said, I can't help it, Lord Zhang, let's follow me into the palace." Liu Bing also said helplessly.
"Okay then." In the face of the capricious Li Er, Zhang Nan also had no way, who made the family the emperor.
followed Liu Bing into the palace, this time Li Er's choice of meeting place was not in the imperial study, but Li Er's imperial garden, at this time Li Er and the eldest grandson queen were sitting in the long pavilion to enjoy the flowers, so unhappy, seeing Zhang Nan coming, Li Er waved and said: "Qingquan, come and come." ”
Zhang Nan walked up to the two and said, "See the emperor, the queen." Although Zhang Nan is not familiar with ancient etiquette, he has always watched TV series.
"There's no need to be polite, I called you over, I just want to tell you about Cui Shao's daughter." Li Er waved his hand and said.
"Oh, don't I have to marry?" Zhang Nan asked excitedly, after all, Zhang Nan has no plans to get married now, even if the other party is the daughter of the Cui family.
"No, the emperor has already agreed to this family business, and it will be announced tomorrow morning." Empress Eldest Sun said on the side.
"What? Your Majesty, why did you agree? After Zhang Nan heard this, even his tone changed.
"Qingquan, you don't understand, there are too many calculations in this. The emperor allowed this family business, in fact, it is also for your own good, in this Chang'an City, you are alone, and you are weak, but outside the palace, there are always places that the emperor can't see, so the emperor still allowed this family business. ”
"Qingquan, you tell me the truth, what I do to you." Li Er didn't mention the family matter again, but suddenly asked such a sentence without a head.
"The emperor is naturally very good to me." Zhang Nan also answered truthfully, after all, Li Er was really good to him, gave him money, gave him a house, and wanted to pull him into the court as an official, and protected him when facing Cui Shao.
"It's good if you understand, so this time you are marrying, you are actually doing me a favor."
"Help? How can I help the emperor? Zhang Nan was confused again for a while.
"I have just ascended the throne, my foundation is unstable, my national strength is not strong, and even the treasury is very empty. In the face of a behemoth like the family, I also have more than enough heart but not enough strength. And the people of the family intermarry with each other, it is almost impossible to accommodate outsiders, if you marry Cui Shao's daughter this time, it can be regarded as dividing the family that is hugged tightly, so that I can do it to the family in the future, besides, after all, you have ruined the reputation of other people first, so it is not wrong for me to do this. ”
"How do you say I feel like a spy?" Zhang Nan complained.
"What is a spy?" Li Er learned a new word again.
"Well, a spy is a person who performs a special task, and he is called a spy." Zhang Nan gave a reasonably reasonable explanation.
"Well, it's pretty much the same, but the first thing you need to do is to help me manage this business, to put it simply, to help me make money."
"So, Qingquan, you can prepare yourself, the emperor has approved this marriage, but when the ceremony will be held, it is up to the Cui family to decide." The eldest grandson said again.
"By the way, Qingquan, what are your plans for business, if you don't have silver taels, I can help you pay some of them first."
"No need, Your Majesty, I already have a preliminary plan."
"Oh, what a plan, tell me about it." Li Er heard that Zhang Nan already had a plan, and immediately became interested.
"My initial plan was to open a bar." Zhang Nan said confidently.
"This? What is a bar, I've only heard of restaurants, taverns and the like, but I haven't really heard of this bar. ”
"It's a place for drinking, but this bar is unique in terms of the style of decoration and the type of wine."
"Is this going to make money?" Empress Eldest Sun asked.
"Of course, there are too many ways to make money, such as the membership card system, and the activity of saving as much as you want to get it away." Zhang Nan said.
Although Li Er didn't understand, he felt that it was very powerful, so he pulled Zhang Nan and asked in detail.