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Chapter 16 The marriage has been decided

"Old Su, I'll arrange for you to buy a restaurant. How are you doing?" Zhang Nan picked up his purple clay pot and took a sip of Longjing and asked. He changed the Longjing tea and purple clay pot from the system, because Zhang Nan was really unacceptable to the local sencha from the Tang Dynasty. Su Wen once served him a cup of tea and almost vomited Zhang Nan.

After all, people in the Tang Dynasty mostly drank a large-scale tea, or to quench their thirst, they would drink it, or they value the medicinal function of tea. When drinking, they also had to add many seasonings, such as onion, ginger, jujube, orange peel, dogwood, mint, salt, etc., and they would eat and drink it. As a modern person, Zhang Nan usually did not produce the deliciousness of the tea in the Tang Dynasty, so he changed a few bags of tea and a small purple clay pot to satisfy his appetite.

"By the master, the negotiation has been made, it fully meets the master's requirements, and the price is fair." Su Wen said.

"That's good. This matter is a top priority. You must not slack off. When will the handover be completed, tell me that I will completely renovate the restaurant." Zhang Nan said with a mouthful of tea.

"It's the master, but the master..." Su Wen said halfway.

"Speak whatever you have and don't hesitate." Zhang Nan couldn't help feeling a little strange when he looked at Su Wen's look of wanting to speak.

"Yes, I want to say, your face doesn't matter."

After Su Wen reminded him, Zhang Nan remembered his face and said quickly: "Hurry up, take a mirror to show me. I want to see what Cui Shao has made for me, so I can ask him to pay for it."

Soon, Su Wen took a small bronze mirror, Zhang Nan took it, and looked at it carefully.

"Cui Shao, you are so terrifying. You've beaten me like this. I'll make you pay for it." Zhang Nan shouted in horror with his pig-like face. It was really hard to connect the pig's head in the mirror with his handsome and handsome self. Of course, this is Zhang Nan's own idea.

"Hey, that's all." Zhang Nan sighed and had to accept his fate. After all, Cui Shao should not be much better than him.

Just as Zhang Nan was holding the small bronze mirror and was pitying himself, a voice came from outside the door: "Mr. Zhang is really interested."

Zhang Nan looked up and saw that it was Liu Bing.

"Eunuch Liu, don't make fun of me. Look at what my face is." After saying that, Zhang Nan pointed to Liu Bing, which was swollen like a pig's head.

Liu Bing covered his mouth and smiled, "I'm not here today to see Lord Zhang. The emperor has an order. Lord Zhang should follow me into the palace."

"Ah, I've entered the palace again? I've just been back for a while." Zhang Nan was surprised.

"Hey, the emperor said, I have no choice. Lord Zhang should follow me into the palace." Liu Bing said with no choice.

"Okay." Facing the capricious Li Er, Zhang Nan had no choice but to let him be the emperor.

Following Liu Bing into the palace, the meeting place that Li Er chose this time was not the Imperial Study Room, but Li Er's Imperial Garden. At this time, Li Er and Empress Changsun were sitting in the long pavilion to enjoy the flowers. They were so happy. Seeing Zhang Nan coming, Li Er waved and said, "Clean Qingquan, come on."

Zhang Nan walked up to the two and said, "See the Emperor, Empress." Although Zhang Nan was not familiar with ancient etiquette, he had always watched TV series.

"No need to be too polite. I'll ask you to come 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 me?" Zhang Nan asked excitedly. After all, Zhang Nan has no plans to get married yet, even if the other party is the Cui family's legitimate daughter.

"No, the emperor has agreed to this marriage, and it will be announced in the morning court tomorrow." Empress Changsun said from the side.

"What? Your Majesty, why did you agree?" After hearing this, Zhang Nan even changed his tone.

"Qingquan, you don't understand. There are too many concerns here. The emperor agreed to this marriage, which is actually for your own good. In this Chang'an City, you are alone and weak, but outside the palace, there are always places that the emperor cannot see, so the emperor still agreed to this marriage."

"Qingquan, tell me truthfully, what do I do to you?" Li Er did not ask about the marriage again, but suddenly asked this question in a daze.

"The emperor is naturally very good to me." Zhang Nan also answered truthfully. After all, Li Er is really good to him. He gives him money and a house, and wants to bring him into the court as an official. He still protects him when facing Cui Shao. There are probably not many people who can do this to a commoner.

"It's fine if you understand, so, this time you're doing me a favor."

"Help? How can I help you, the emperor?" Zhang Nan became confused again for a moment.

"I just ascended the throne, my foundation is unstable, my national strength is not strong, and even my national treasury is very empty. Faced with such a giant family, I am willing but not strong enough. Moreover, people from aristocratic families are almost unable to accommodate outsiders. If you marry Cui Shao's daughter this time, you can divide the tightly held families, so it is easier for me to attack the families in the future. Besides, after all, you have ruined their reputation first, so it is not a mistake for me to do this."

"How do you say it feels like a spy?" Zhang Nan complained.

"What is a spy?" Li Er learned another new word.

"Well, the spy is, the person who performs special missions is called a spy." Zhang Nan gave a reasonable explanation.

"Well, it's almost the same, but what you need to do is to help me control this business. To put it simply, it is to help me make money."

"So, Qingquan, you can prepare for it yourself. The emperor agreed to this marriage, but the Cui family will decide when the ceremony will be held." Changsun said again.

"By the way, Qingquan, what are your plans for business? If there is no silver, I can help you advance part of it first."

"No need, Master, I already have a preliminary plan."

"Oh, what is the plan? Let's talk about it." Li Er became interested when he heard that Zhang Nan had already made a plan.

"My initial plan is to open a bar." Zhang Nan said confidently.

"What's this? I've only heard of restaurants, taverns, etc. I've never heard of this bar."

"It's just a place that specializes in drinking, but this bar is unique in terms of decoration style or type of wine."

"Can this make money?" asked Empress Changsun.

"Of course, there are too many ways to make money, such as the membership card system, and the activities of giving away as much as you pre-sales." Zhang Nan said.

Although Li Er didn't understand, he felt very powerful, so he pulled Zhang Nan and asked in detail.
Chapter completed!
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