Chapter 207 Business Prodigy
On the first day of the barbecue restaurant's opening, Emperor Mingxi, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and Xia Miaoyuan all changed into ordinary people's clothes and went to the barbecue restaurant.
The ten barbecue restaurants were located in different prosperous areas of the capital.
On the opening day, all of them arranged dragon and lion dance performances.
The front of each barbecue restaurant was surrounded by people who came to watch the excitement.
The Emperor Mingxi family went to the largest one.
After the dragon and lion dance ended and the firecrackers were set off, the shopkeeper stood in front of the door and spoke.
"Everyone, today our Royal Barbecue Restaurant Headquarters is officially open. During the three days of the opening ceremony, all the dishes in the store will be 40% off!"
As soon as these words came out, all the onlookers cheered.
"We at Royal BBQ adhere to the principle of reasonable prices and fair competition. All dishes are absolutely not sold at sky-high prices."
"The mutton skewers are only five cents each, please feel free to come in and taste them."
When the people heard the reasonable prices, they cheered again.
At first, the people thought that this Royal BBQ restaurant would be like the BBQ restaurant run by Yao Jinse and his wife before, with sky-high prices under the gimmick of the royal family.
Therefore, ordinary people did not dare to come in to eat, and just planned to watch the excitement at the door.
After hearing the shopkeeper say that the mutton skewers were only five cents, fair competition, and reasonable prices, they also became interested.
"A steamed bun costs one cent, but a kebab of mutton only costs five cents!"
"Five cents a kebab, then we coolies can also go in and try two kebabs to taste the flavor."
"It's really fair to everyone, the kebabs only cost five cents!"
After the shopkeeper finished speaking, the onlookers flocked into the barbecue restaurant in groups of three or five.
The five members of the Mingxi Emperor's family stood in the private room on the top floor of the barbecue restaurant, looking down through the window, all with smiles on their faces.
"It's so lively on the first day of opening, I believe that the Royal Barbecue will be a big hit in the future." The prince laughed.
"Yes, yes! If the Royal Barbecue does well in the capital, we can also open it all over the country!" The second prince looked forward to it.
[Yes, open it all over the country, and open it as a national chain store! 】Xia Miaoyuan clapped her hands and laughed so hard that she couldn't close her mouth.
Emperor Mingxi and the empress looked at each other, and they all showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.
So this is what chain means.
"Our Miao'er is really the light of Daxia. I didn't expect that she not only has good luck, but also has such a good business mind!" Emperor Mingxi hugged Xia Miaoyuan lovingly and praised her.
[What kind of business mind do I have? If there is a business mind, it should be Zhu Qi in the book. 】
When Emperor Mingxi heard this, he was overjoyed.
A few days ago, my daughter mentioned in her heart that there was a man in the book who was very good at making money. Could it be this Zhu Qi?
Emperor Mingxi rolled his eyes. Whatever I say today, I have to ask about this Zhu Qi.
"Chengwan, Chengnian, you brothers, tell me, who are the most business-minded people in the world today?"
The Crown Prince and the Second Prince had just heard their sister mention Zhu Qi in their heart, and then heard Emperor Mingxi ask them this question, and they immediately understood their father's intention.
The Crown Prince thought for a while and replied, "I think the most talented business person today is Liang Xin."
Xia Miaoyuan curled his lips, [Tsk, in front of Zhu Qi, the boy surnamed Liang is nothing.]
The eyes of the four people of Emperor Mingxi all lit up, but in order to lead Xia Miaoyuan to continue speaking, they suppressed their excitement and continued to discuss, but their voices were lowered.
"Why does Chengwan say that?" Emperor Mingxi asked gently.
"Liang Xin is only in his early thirties, and it is really rare for him to become a royal merchant. It shows that he must be a business genius."
[Hahaha! I didn't expect that people with the surname Liang are so awesome in the eyes of others! ] Xia Miaoyuan just wanted to laugh.
[Liang Chaozong's ability to make money is actually limited. Many of his ideas for making money were actually thought up by Yao Jinse, the time-traveling girl. ]
[If Liang Chaozong leaves Yao Jinse, he will be nothing in business. ]
[If we talk about business geniuses, it has to be Zhu Qi! ]
[Even Liang Chaozong admires Zhu Qi. He tried every means to recruit Zhou Qi to his team, but Zhou Qi was unmoved. 】
Emperor Mingxi's palms were slightly sweaty with excitement. Great, my precious daughter, please continue. Tell me where he is from so that I can go find him.
The second prince took a look at Emperor Mingxi's expectant expression, understood what he meant, and decided to lend a helping hand to his father.
"Brother, in my opinion, Liang Xin is nothing. Li Qianyou is much more powerful than him. After all, Li Qianyou became an imperial merchant before he was 30 years old." The second prince argued.
When the prince heard his brother say this, he immediately understood his brother's intention and immediately retorted: "Although Li Qianyou became an imperial merchant at a younger age, he relied on the power of his family. The Li family has been engaged in business for generations, and Li Qianyou has been influenced by them since he was a child, so he naturally knows how to do business."
"But Liang Xin's ancestors were not from a merchant family. He worked hard on his own."
Xia Miaoyuan rolled his eyes in disdain and picked up a piece of crab powder cake from the table and started eating.
[No matter how powerful these imperial merchants are, they are all younger brothers in front of Zhu Qi. ]
[Zhu Qi is a business genius. He is from Jiangsu and Zhejiang and comes from a scholarly family. ]
[His family let him concentrate on studying, take the imperial examinations, and pursue a career in officialdom. In the future, he can get a job as an official and bring honor to the family. 】
【It turns out that Zhu Qi was not interested in taking the imperial examinations, but was particularly interested in business. 】
【In the first year of Grand Tutor Jiang's attempt to usurp the throne, a special examination was held. The Zhu family forced Zhu Qi to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination. 】
Emperor Mingxi and his two sons were all shocked.
According to his sister's previous thoughts, the first year of Grand Tutor Jiang's attempt to usurp the throne would be this year!
In other words, would Zhu Qi go to Beijing this year?
【Zhu Qi is a smart person. Although he doesn't study very hard, he has read the classics, history, and collections quite well. If he answers well, he will definitely pass the imperial examination. It's just that he himself is very lazy about the imperial examinations. 】
【During the exam, he dozed off after finishing the test paper and knocked over the inkstone. As a result, the test paper was contaminated and invalidated.
Hearing this, the emperor, empress and the other two sighed in their hearts.
Alas, according to the imperial examination system of Daxia, no matter how brilliant the answers are, once a test paper is stained and dirty, the test paper will be considered invalid.
The candidate's test was in vain.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Qi failed the exam because of this.
Xia Miaoyuan ate a few bites of crab meat cake and continued to recall, [After failing the exam, Zhu Qi did not dare to return home, fearing that he would be scolded by his father and brothers, so he stayed in the capital. ]
[But his family was not rich, and the silver he was given was not much. Soon he spent all the silver he had. ]