Chapter 84 Hot Spring Villa 1◇

◎ Time flies, like a white horse passing by, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye! After half a year of preparation, Zhou Yu

Time flies like a white horse passing by, and half a year has passed in the blink of an eye!

After half a year of preparation, Zhou Yu and his friends finally completed their hot spring villa. When they finally tallied the bill, they found that they had spent a total of 83,000 taels.

This number is neither too much nor too little (for Zhu Xi). (For Zhou Yu and Mr. Zheng)

But the result after construction was very satisfying to everyone!

There were twelve small gardens built in the villa. At Zhou Po's suggestion, they were named after the twelve flower fairies: Plum Blossom Garden, Apricot Blossom Pavilion, Peach Blossom Valley, Peony Pavilion, Pomegranate Residence, Lotus Pond, Orchid Valley, Osmanthus Garden, Chrysanthemum Hall, Hibiscus Pavilion, Camellia Pavilion, and Narcissus Pavilion...

Among them, the Hibiscus Pavilion, Camellia Pavilion and Narcissus Pavilion are specially used to entertain female relatives. The entrance and direction are different from the other gardens.

Each of these twelve gardens covers two to three acres and features flowers representing their respective names. Each garden also boasts unique landscape layouts, making you want to visit another garden after visiting one.

Each garden has four or five separate hot spring pools for guests to soak in. In addition, there are rooms for accommodation, beds, desks for drinking and writing poetry, pens and ink, tables and chairs, chess and cards for entertainment, pitching pots, etc.

Beyond these gardens, there are pavilions, terraces, and gurgling springs. The garden designer who was invited is truly talented. The ordinary peach and pear trees planted by the Zheng family have become interesting after his design. There is a scene every five steps and a view every ten steps...

Even if you don't soak in the hot spring, walking around the garden will make you feel relaxed and happy!

Anyway, Zhou Yu was extremely satisfied after his tour! !

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After the villa is built, it’s time to figure out how to attract customers...

In Zhou Jin's previous life, before the apocalypse, when he was still in school, he had done a lot of small businesses and was quite experienced in this area. After taking the time to visit the garden built by several people, and hearing them say that this hot spring was unique in Kyoto, he immediately thought of hunger marketing!

When he told Zhou Luo about his idea, his eyes lit up immediately. He had never thought that business could be done this way?!

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Three months before the opening, the Hot Spring Villa began recruiting workers. First, more than a dozen famous chefs who specialized in various local dishes were invited to the villa. Then, all the women of the Li family who had worked in Zheng's workshops in Taohua Village were arranged to work in the garden of the villa specifically for entertaining female relatives. Zhu Xi also specially found two maids from the palace to train them.

After about a month of training, those who were generous, well-mannered, and outstanding, like Li Gui's daughter-in-law Yang, were assigned by Zhou Yu to entertain the female family members in the front. Some who were shy or incompetent were only responsible for cleaning the courtyard...

As for the servants who entertained the male guests, Zhou Yu followed the advice of Zhou Luo and Zhu Xi and bought them directly.

There was no way around it, this was the way the times were. The hot spring villa would only be hosting the rich and powerful, and neither Zhu Xi nor Zhou Luo would feel at ease without holding the indentures of the servants.

Even with the indentures, the forty or so male servants who were bought underwent two months of training. In the end, twenty of them with outstanding performance were selected to go to the front and be responsible for entertaining and welcoming guests. Those who were eliminated were arranged to less important positions.

Zhou Yu also didn't let Zheng's three uncles and cousins ​​idle around. He captured them and made them responsible for the security of the villa...

This was a perfect match for them. Zheng Yong had been a bodyguard with his father for many years, and Zheng Wen and Zheng Wu were both skilled in martial arts...

Because it was their own business, the uncle and nephew worked extremely seriously and responsibly. Before the business even opened, they started patrolling the villa with a dozen strong male servants...

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Three days before the opening, Zhu Xi began to send out invitations to heroes according to Zhou Jin's arrangement. He first invited several of his uncles, cousins, and other royal children in Kyoto who had not yet been sent out.

The next day, he invited all the dukes, marquises, and prime ministers, as well as all the super-class first and second-class bigwigs...

On the third day, the Earls and Viscounts, who were once again the first class, invited another wave of...

Given Zhu Xi's current level of favor and his near-miss right to the throne, there was no need to worry about any negative repercussions from being too close to him, so everyone was willing to give him a favor. Although no one understood why Zhu Xi would even entertain guests for a bathhouse, most people still attended the banquet.

Now everyone has opened their eyes!

How could this be a bathhouse?! This is clearly an exquisite garden! It's no less beautiful than the plum garden at the Princess's residence!

Everyone sighed as they entered the villa.

But you called it a garden, right? It even has a restaurant inside! During dinner, everyone discovered that Zhu Xi's dinner wasn't a fixed meal. Instead, there were hundreds of dishes from both northern and southern China, all cooked to order!

The food is served very quickly and tastes amazing! The roasted whole lamb here is even better than the one at Zui Xiang Lou, the most famous restaurant in Kyoto!

There were also a few strange dishes, made with a unique seasoning from their hot spring resort. They called it something like chili pepper?! They served a few to every table, regardless of whether they ordered them or not, saying they wanted to give them a try!

Everyone couldn't help but try it. How can I describe the taste? It was a little spicy at first, but the more they ate, the more addictive it became! The more they ate, the more they couldn't stop eating!

Therefore, after finishing the meal, everyone felt that this was simply a private restaurant disguised as a bathing place!

But once I took a dip in the hot springs, I finally understood why this villa is called Hot Spring Villa! It turns out that soaking in this hot spring is very different from taking a bath at home or in a bathhouse!

After soaking in this hot spring, you will feel refreshed immediately, right?!

After a massage from the specially invited masseur, the old Duke Xiahou, who was already in his seventies, was so happy that he just stayed in Taohuawu of the villa and refused to leave. He yelled at his eldest son who came with him to go home quickly to get him some clean clothes, saying that he was too old to attend court now, and he wanted to stay in Xi boy's hot spring villa for a few more days!

Later, it took his eldest son's persuasion for a long time before he agreed to go back first and come back after the opening in two days...

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After a few days of banquets, both the host and the guests were completely delighted. Not only did everyone have a great time, eat well, and soak in the hot springs, but before leaving, Zhu Xi even gave everyone a free gold-stamped VIP card...

Then, Zhu Xi followed Zhou Jin's instructions and said that since there were limited hot spring pools in their hot spring villa, they could only be used to entertain VIPs!

This VIP card is the symbol of their VIP status at the hot spring resort! With this VIP card, you can reserve their garden a day in advance and enjoy VIP services. Without this card, even if you come with money, they will not accept you!

"Then how dare you refuse to receive your great uncle when he comes?!"

Emperor Chengqian's sworn brother, Duke Lu, laughed and scolded upon hearing this.

"Haha, great uncle, look at what you're saying. Your face is the symbol of our villa's VIP guests. If you come here in person, you don't need to bring the VIP card. Just bring your majestic face! If anyone dares not recognize you, just kick him!"

Zhu Xi replied with a smile, and then said:

"However, if other people from your mansion want to come, they must follow the rules. As I said before, we have limited hot springs here, and now that the weather is getting colder, everyone wants to soak in hot springs to relieve fatigue. If they come without telling us in advance, it will be awkward for everyone if there is no place to stay, right? It's better to make arrangements in advance!"

"Fifth Prince, you're putting so many restrictions on your business, saying you won't let anyone in even if they have money without a VIP card. Aren't you afraid that people will think you're snobbish and look down on others? How can you run a business like that? If you refuse to take business that's right to you, and if no one comes in the future, won't your business fail?"

Hu Xiang's best friend Wang Xiang asked with a smile, but the meaning behind his words was not at all smiling...

Everyone...

Everyone knows that Prime Minister Hu and the late Crown Prince were not on good terms, but the Crown Prince is gone. Why is Prime Minister Wang still being sarcastic and deliberately finding fault with the Fifth Emperor's grandson's new business? What does he mean by that?

Isn't he afraid of being beaten up by the Fifth Emperor's grandson? He used to be known for being a scoundrel!

Little did he know that Prime Minister Wang was really hoping that Zhu Xi would beat him up. Although he had almost no chance of becoming the emperor after the death of the crown prince, he was the crown prince's legitimate son after all. In terms of status alone, he was the first legitimate grandson of the emperor.

As the saying goes, it's better to be safe than sorry. What if the emperor doesn't want to establish his sons as the heir apparent, but insists on establishing a weak grandson?

That's why Wang Xiang just wanted to deliberately pick a fight and provoke Zhu Xi...

The purpose is to provoke this man's violent temper, so that his previous reputation for being violent and stupid will continue to spread. By then, even if the current emperor wants to establish him, the ministers will not support a violent and irritable king to take the throne!

But after these years of hardship, how could Zhu Xi be the same Zhu Xi anymore?! After hearing Wang Xiang's words, not only was he not angry at all, but he immediately realized his intention and said with a smile:

"Haha, Mr. Wang, you are wrong. The reason why I have so many restrictions on this business is because I respect the distinguished guests who come to us.

Just imagine, if we do as you said and don't impose this restriction, and if you come, and a rich butcher also comes with money and insists on taking a bath in the same hot spring with you, what do you think we should do?

If you let him go to the bar, it would be disrespectful to you. If you don’t let him go to the bar? And he’s rich?! Haha, isn’t it a dilemma! ?

"Hahahaha!! When did you become so humorous, kid?! Haha! You actually let Old Wang bathe with a pig... Oh, wrong, wrong, bathing with a butcher... I'm dying of laughter!"

The Duke of Zhenguo was the first to laugh. He was also one of the few people who did not have to consider the thoughts of the Hu Xiang Group!

What a joke! You, a descendant of the Zhu family, can let a guy named Wang tell you about it? Aren't you afraid that his grandfather will kill you if he finds out?

Then I thought, Xi boy seems to have achieved a lot more success than before. He can bear it without getting angry even when Wang Youde picks on his business! He would have cursed him out in the past!

When the Duke of Zhenguo laughed like this, Prince Kang and others who used to be friends with the Crown Prince also started laughing...

For a moment, it seemed that Wang Xiang was in a difficult position...

Minister Wang couldn't help but glance at Minister Hu in the crowd. Seeing that Hu was standing there calmly and had no intention of supporting him, he angrily threw his sleeves and was about to leave...

As a result... Zhu Xi stopped him again!

"Hey... Hey! Mr. Wang, don't leave yet! Since you despise my business so much, please leave your VIP card to me!

We've only made 300 of these VIP cards, and only 300 people in Kyoto can receive them. They're incredibly valuable!"

Wang Xiang...

After being slapped in the face by Zhu Xi in public, he really wanted to throw that broken card directly at Zhu Xi's face!

But he didn't dare!

No matter how bad Zhu Xi was, he was still the grandson of the emperor. It was nothing for him to mock him with a few words, but if he really dared to throw something in his face in public and slap the royal family in the face, then Emperor Cheng Qian would dare to chop him with a knife in public!

Therefore, he could only let his followers put the card down respectfully and then left angrily!

But after taking two steps, he heard Zhu Xi shout again:

"Throw that VIP card away and I'll make a new one tonight! I won't be able to give it away tomorrow if someone has touched it!"

Mr. Wang...