Chapter 504： detain a guest

Chapter 504 Keeping customers

Lin Jinxiao came out of the pavilion and went straight back to the small courtyard to the west.

The most important thing in his heart today is to help the lady entertain the second elder and the two teachers.

As soon as I arrived at the door of the kitchen, I heard Chu Nanzhi's voice in the room: "Sanlang, today the captain and the nobles from the palace came to the restaurant to join us, you can go over and offer a few bottles of wine to everyone for me later. Lord Captain is your boss, and sister Zhou is the second innkeeper of the restaurant, so don’t neglect Lord Captain.”

Lin Jinxiao sounded a little annoyed.

Even if Li Ce enters the Captain's Mansion, he is still her brother. Why is she so foolish to ask San Lang to please Tang Ru? This is not like her style.

He walked in with a sullen face, and found that besides Chu Nanzhi and Li Ce, there was a familiar face in the kitchen. It was Peng Pai, the new county magistrate of Luyan Port who had just been transferred.

It's not good to reprimand the uncle and sister-in-law in front of outsiders, and immediately changed his face, facing Peng Pai and asked gently: "Is everything in Haikang County handed over properly?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, Mr. Zhu arrived in Haikang County two days ago, and the subordinate officials have already handed over all the affairs of the county to him."

Peng Pai bowed his hands respectfully and replied.

"Um."

Lin Jinxiao nodded in satisfaction: "It's a helpless move to transfer you out of office in a hurry. I also hope that Mr. Peng will continue to benefit the people and relieve the king's worries when he arrives at Luyan Port."

"Your Majesty will remember His Highness's instruction today."

Peng Pai did not expect to be promoted again so soon.

Although they are both county magistrates, Luyan Port is now the seat of the state capital, and the post of county magistrate is still in the fifth rank, which is the same as that of Gyeonggi county magistrate.

The two met by chance, and to be so appreciated by Lin Jinxiao, but let his old friend Zhu Youan take over as the magistrate of Haikang County, Peng Mei felt terrified.

Chu Nanzhi looked at Lin Jinxiao's expression sour, and guessed that he had heard what she said just now.

Letting Li Ce to cling to Tang Ru is a long-discussed countermeasure, and she is also somewhat psychologically prepared, not worried that he will be unhappy.

Staring at the uneasy Li Ce, Chu Nanzhi calmly ordered Peng Pai again: "Master Peng, you are new to this post, so you should live in the small courtyard of the restaurant for the time being. This small courtyard has just been completed today. Yes, it won't be too late for you to move there after the county government offices are cleaned up."

"Thank you, Princess."

Peng Pai replied gratefully.

The housing prices in Luyan Port are already outrageously expensive, but now that the state capital has been promoted, all boats have risen even higher. A small courtyard once entered costs hundreds of taels of silver, let alone a luxury house like Qinghefang.

Several posthouses are now inhabited by dignitaries and envoys of the imperial court, and he does not want to join in the fun.

And the county government office, King Pingning, has not yet sent someone to clean it up, so he can only live elsewhere at the moment.

Living in the mansion in Qinghefang made him somewhat uneasy.

Meifeng looked at Chu Nanzhi lightly, and he asked weakly: "I don't know how the other courtyard in Wangfei's garden collects the money, so I can get the money ready."

"No need."

Chu Nanzhi glanced at Lin Jinxiao who was expressionless, and said with a smile: "Master Peng won't be staying here for long, and many of the foreign officials who will go to the state capital in the future probably haven't bought farms and houses in Luyan Port. Mr. Peng, please tell your colleagues that the other yards of this restaurant can be rented to them for a long time. The smaller courtyards cost two taels of silver per month, and the more luxurious ones cost three to five taels of silver per month. I will waive the rent for the first month of stay. "

Most of the officials in the prefectural capital are of high rank. High-ranking officials such as governors, captains, and county magistrates all have corresponding government offices, but those low-ranking officials and officials can only rely on renting houses to survive.

Originally, she wanted to rent these small courtyards built in the garden to those merchants who came to Luyan Port to do business, but now that the state capital is newly built, there are quite a lot of officials to be resettled at once, and she can't do it for every official. In terms of resettlement, we can only help some people solve the housing problem as much as we can.

After thinking about it, she considered and added: "There are still some guest rooms in the restaurant. If the post house is not enough, we can also arrange for some small officials to come and stay temporarily, and one hundred Wen per day is enough."

For her arrangement, Lin Jinxiao was very grateful, knowing that she was helping him to share his worries.

Although she is in business, she is not mercenary at all.

An inn in the east of the city can be any one, no matter how simple the guest room is, it costs 150 Wen per day to stay overnight, let alone an independent courtyard like Qinghefang.

Thinking back to what he heard just now when he entered the door, he lost his breath and waved his hand at Peng Pai: "Master Peng is here for the first time, and he will inevitably have to deal with Lord Captain in the future, and I will go with the Deputy Captain to meet all the nobles. Bar."

"Yes, I will take orders."

After Peng Pai returned, he and Li Ce walked out one after another.

Watching the two go away, Chu Nanzhi's eyes froze slightly.

Peng Pai is not a sycophant. If the boy called this guy over to toast, he didn't mean to be against himself.

Let Li Ce try to curry favor with Tang Ru, but he is always unreasonable, and he can’t tell him his intentions for the time being, so he can only pretend not to care and ask him: "Why did you come back so soon?"

"Could it be possible that the lady still wants your husband to serve these nobles in the palace with ulterior motives?"

Lin Jinxiao scoffed resentfully, but thinking that today was the opening day of her restaurant, he didn't want to upset her, so he immediately slowed down his tone, and said in a warm voice:

"You don't have to worry, Concubine Yue and the two imperial uncles are not foolish people. Even if they want to pick on your thorns, they will not make things difficult for you because of such trivial matters. They always want to find some high-sounding reasons. They came here in casual clothes and didn’t disturb anyone, which means they just wanted to join in the fun, and it made them feel uncomfortable that we and Saburo were going to accompany them.”

"That's true."

Chu Nanzhi nodded and said.

The people in the pavilion are not easy to deal with. She still hasn't figured out who instigated Lin Jinhong's assassination.

Presumably I came here today just to see my own jokes.

This is probably going to disappoint them.

My old lady not only needs to make the restaurant's business flourish, but also let them know that the lady of this official family can not only sit around at home and pretend to be decent, but also go out and do a lot of great things on her own.

Looking down at the cut salmon in his hand, Chu Nanzhi couldn't help but smiled sinisterly: "Lin Dalang, please send me a few dishes of big maha, so that Concubine Yue Gui and the two emperor uncles can try it."

"Why waste such a good thing."

Lin Jinxiao felt a little distressed: "It's already done enough to treat them with good wine and good food in the restaurant. This big horse is hard-won, so let's keep it."

"That's not going to happen."

Chu Nanzhi took a deep breath: "The top-grade ingredients in this restaurant have to be enjoyed by dignitaries like Tang Ru and others. Since they are willing to come to join us, how can the restaurant be without them in the future? The figures of these people."

After thinking about it, she changed her mind again: "Forget it, I'd better go there in person, after all, they are coming for me, and it's not appropriate for me not to show my face, so you take the remaining half of the chopping board for me." The fish is cut up."

After finishing speaking, he ordered people to come in and set up a plate, took some sauces and went to the garden.

(end of this chapter)