A few days later, the heavy snow stopped. The New Year was approaching, and everything was bustling behind the faint calm. The children playing on the streets and the aunts talking against the door, and the roaring and dogs came from where they came from. The yelling and scolding from the depths of the courtyard were scattered, and the scattering and scolding sounds scattered in the little bits and pieces, and together they sounded particularly friendly and lively.

Li Ye took Qiuer Yueer and two guards, and they were also the ones who helped him commit crimes before. One was named Yan Shen and the other was Ji Chunsheng. They were both good players in the Xiao Wang army in the past. Ordinary people were no match for them at all. Li Xingzhou's reputation was too bad, so he was still worried about going out alone.

The Jing Dynasty was like the Song Dynasty. In addition to its prosperity, the biggest feature was that bandits and thieves were rampant. Green Forest was powerful. If a chivalrous man could not stand Li Xingzhou's evil deeds, it would be impossible to sacrifice his life to be righteous for the people to eliminate harm. Therefore, you should be careful when going out.

At first, he didn't understand what the word "Li Xingzhou" means. The palace is surrounded by tall houses and courtyards, sparsely populated, and few servants rarely leave the palace. Others retreat to him.

Until he followed Qiu'er all the way into the bustling area of ​​Kyoto, he vaguely heard someone shouting in the distance, "Li Xingzhou is here!"

Then, pedestrians rushed in the streets by the river, and after a while, there were no people. Several children who didn't react and still played were dragged away by adults while crying. After a while, the streets were clean and some baskets were left.

Li Ye was stunned for a long time before Yue'er lowered her head and pulled his sleeves, as if she was afraid that he would be angry: "The prince doesn't pay attention to them..."

Li Ye didn't care, but he didn't expect Li Xingzhou to be so bad. He knew the small things. If ordinary people were afraid of this, like a flood, like a beast, then he would probably have at least had a life of death.

The sin is so serious that Li Ye couldn't help but think of this, but he couldn't say that, otherwise the two little girls would probably be worried so they rubbed the little girl's head: "It's okay, I don't care much."

Today he just wanted to go to the restaurant in the royal palace, which was also the only source of income for the royal palace to remove royal enshrinements. If he wanted to make the royal palace better, this was the only way out.

Although Yan Bi responded verbally, he could see that he did not believe that Li Ye could make money, and no one would believe it if he said casually. In fact, Li Ye was not convinced, but he just wanted more than 100 people in the royal palace to be cold for a winter, so that he would have a cold problem.

As for how to make up for it in the future, I can only say that I can do my best. Li Ye believes in his ability, but it must be based on the actual situation, otherwise it will be empty talk. Today he will go to see the restaurant in the royal palace.

After walking for about half an hour, they finally arrived at the restaurant in the city. I have to say that the scenery is good, the river bank is dark and the willows are shaded by green trees. From here, you can still see the palace on the other side of the river.

Li Ye did not go in. He first walked around the outside. In front of the restaurant was the river bank, there was a row of tall weeping willows with old branches. After experiencing vicissitudes, he was quite old. On the side was a pergola, and people should be selling things there on weekdays, but it was snowing now, so no one was coming. Next to it was a cleared open space.

The restaurant has three floors in total, and there are exposed balcony buildings on the second and third floors. You can see the river surface and the green trees are shady at the back because no one takes care of it, which looks a bit messy.

The area here is remote and quiet, with almost no people visible, and all the guests are naturally sparse, and not many people come here.

Qiu'er is kind-hearted and probably understands that Li Ye wants to do something in the restaurant, but the more he looks, the more he frowned, and his little face is almost turned into a rag.

Li Ye smiled and asked, "Qiuer, what do you think of here?"

Qiu'er shook her head: "The location and the remoteness of the city, there are no wealthy families nearby who can often come to restaurants. The prince often comes here when he is alive, just treating it as... as a pastime. Apart from that, no one comes, I'm afraid..."

Li Ye nodded and praised: "No, very smart girl." Qiu'er blushed.

Qiu'er is very practical and smart. You can see the problem in this place at once, that is, there is no source of customers. If the environment is not good, you can plan slowly, and the management can be changed slowly. However, without source of customers, it is a big problem. It is hard for a good cook to cook without rice.

This is a very realistic problem, so the ancients often said that relying on the mountains and rivers to eat water, and geopolitical determines everything. This makes sense. In this era, such problems were almost unsolvable.

But Li Ye is not a person of this era. He has more experience, more knowledge, and knowledge is power. If he had any thoughts at the beginning, then he would not be worried at all after he really visited the place. His confidence made the restaurant prosperous and wealthy.

Relativity theory says that nothing is eternal and unchanging, and advantages and disadvantages can be changed. As long as there are corresponding conditions, Li Ye has already made a general plan in his mind.

Without further ado, Li Ye said, "Let's go in." He then took everyone into the wide front door of the restaurant, with a simple plaque on it with three big words "Tingyulou", which he once wrote in his own hand.

"Tingyu Tower...Tingyu Tower, a good name." Li Ye recited silently in his heart.

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Waiting in the hall for a while, Ji Chunsheng went to find the shopkeeper, and Li Ye observed the surroundings. The first floor lobby was filled with counters and tables and chairs, which were wiped cleanly, but were covered with grooves of wood chips that had begun to fall off. On the side were the stairs upstairs and the kitchen behind, and there was no guest.

Li Ye then went upstairs. The second floor was smaller and had a railing corridor. On the corridor, you could see the river outside, the river surface, and the vague high houses on the other side of the river, but it was still empty.

The highest one is the third floor. When he took Qiuer, Yueer, and Yan Shen to the third floor, he accidentally found someone on the third floor, but there were only two people, an old man and a young girl, at the closest to the corridor.

There was warm wine, peanuts, side dishes, mutton slices, and a small table. The girl seemed to be singing lyrics softly, while the old man was drinking alone.

It is illegal for Jingchao to kill plowing oxen because plowing oxen is rare and it is an agricultural country. Pork is considered inferior meat, and the upper class likes mutton.

Li Ye didn't expect to meet someone here, and the other party also found him. Li Ye bowed from afar. The other party was stunned for a moment, and then returned the gift. However, the girl stopped singing lyrics and sat next to the old man, blocking Li Ye's view.

Li Ye didn't care much. Maybe the old man was a wealthy family, and the girl was his maid or concubine. Although the two seemed to be at least 40 or 50 years apart, this kind of thing was not uncommon in this era.

After a while, Ji Chunsheng brought the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was a fat middle-aged man with a beard named Yan Kun. Most of the people under the palace were given the surname "Yan". In this era, many people had no names or surnames, and they just took a nickname for their lifetime. However, those who stayed inside and outside the palace were given the surname Yan.

If the surname is Yan, it means he is an old subordinate of King Xiao and can be trusted.

Li Ye asked him a lot, a small amount of restaurants, but most of them casually inserted some off-topic talks, such as living conditions, nearby geography, and even interesting things in Beijing.

Mixing 30% of the intelligence you want to obtain and 70% of the irrelevant things is an important means of reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance. It is very practical, so that people can relax, get what you want without knowing it, and improve the accuracy of the intelligence, because people are more willing to tell the truth when they are unprepared.

But this kind of conversation requires Li Ye to have a clear logic and center, and not to be confused by himself when he confuses people. This is the most common mistake that novices make.

After about half an hour, Li Ye knew everything he wanted to know, and he also felt that Yan Kun and Yan Bian were both old subordinates of King Xiao, but they were much smoother than Yan Bian.

I carefully reviewed the information I obtained in my mind, and when I looked back, I found that the old man and the girl were still there. The food was cold, but the wine was still warm and steaming. Li Ye raised his hand to apologize: "Sorry, I didn't pay attention to disturbing you two. Manager Yan changed them to a new table, and I'll invite them."

The old man was obviously surprised, but before he could speak, Li Ye had already taken his people downstairs.
Chapter completed!