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Li Er said: "My dear friends, I see that your complexion has improved a lot. Is it because you have eaten meat these days?"

Sure enough, at first glance, Wang Gui, Fang Xuanling and the others all had red faces.

Cheng Yaojin curled his lips aside, and said: "Your Majesty, I saw Mr. Wang come out of Pingkang Square with my own eyes this morning. It seems that he ate a lot of meat last night. No wonder his complexion is so good..."

"Pfft!"

"Hahaha……"

Everyone laughed.

However, Wang Gui blushed, waved his hands hastily and said, "I, I, I just drank tea and didn't do anything."

Everyone laughed again, but Wang Gui couldn't argue with it.

After the joke was over, Changsun Wuji stood up and said, "Your Majesty, although Chen Chu has sold the meat so that everyone can eat it, many people are complaining that the price of the meat sold by Chen Chu is very high." It is more than twice the previous market price. This move is unjust. A sage has a saying that a gentleman loves money and gets it in a right way. What Chen Chu did is making unjust wealth. If Chen Chu is just an ordinary merchant That's all, he has a marriage contract with the eldest princess and is deeply favored by His Majesty, how can such a person be an unrighteous person..."

Changsun Wuji's words woke up the others.

Everyone also expressed their views.

The general meaning is that Chen Chu can't do this.

Some people even suggested that they should use this matter to suppress Chen Chu.

When Li Er heard this, he nodded: "I know about this matter, and I will explain it to Chen Chu personally. My dear friends, although Chen Chu is a bit perverse, he is very talented and has made a lot of contributions to the Tang Dynasty. He was originally married to Li Zhi. In this matter, I have already felt very sorry for him, but it is a bit too much to suppress him now, so don't mention this matter again..."

When everyone heard the words, they all knew that His Majesty Li Er was protecting Chen Chu.

People are envious.

This Chen Chu is really lucky, to be able to get the king's heart.

So no one spoke ill of Chen Chu anymore.

Everyone withdrew from the Ganlu Hall.

Chen Yaojin walked at the end.

He waited until the others had gone far away before he walked slowly to the steps.

Just in time, Gao Chen came from below.

Seeing Cheng Yaojin, Gao Chen hastily moved to the right.

Who knows, Cheng Yaojin actually went to the right.

The two hit it off.

Gao Chen hurriedly turned to the left, and Cheng Yaojin also turned to the left.

Gao Chen turned to the right, and Cheng Yaojin turned to the right again.

The two confronted each other back and forth on the steps.

Snapped.

Cheng Yaojin was immediately annoyed: "Gao Chen, you eunuch, how dare you block Lao Cheng's way?"

Gao Chen's face turned pale with fright, and he stammered, "Lu Guogong... I, I, I don't, I just want you to go first..."

Datang didn't have the rule of walking on the right, so Cheng Yaojin could walk wherever he wanted.

As he spoke, he quickly lowered his head and stood aside, letting Cheng Yaojin go first.

Cheng Yaojin didn't leave, but roared unhappily: "You see me, old Cheng, and you don't even walk away. Do you think I'm like that tiger, leopard, and jackal in your heart?"

"No, no, Mr. Lu, you misunderstood, I respect you..."

Gao Chen wants to cry but has no tears.

Cheng Yaojin patted Gao Chen's face with his hands, and said, "Dog-like thing, next time, I'll drag you to the Martial Arts Field to fight..."

With that said, he walked away.

Gao Chen stood on the steps with a dazed and messy expression.

He sensed that something was wrong.

But didn't find anything wrong.

He shook his head, and was about to enter the Manna Palace depressedly. When he lifted his foot, he just stepped on it, and then he rolled down the stairs like a mallet. When he rolled to the bottom, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he screamed .

the other side.

Cheng Yaojin walked out of the palace gate, and said triumphantly: "A dog-like thing, a mere eunuch, dare to look down on my fifth younger brother, next time, I will break your leg..."

Anyone else would definitely be afraid of Gao Chen.

Because Gao Chen is Li Er's servant, his status is detached.

But Cheng Yaojin is not afraid!

Even if Gao Chen said bad things about him a thousand times in front of Li Er, Li Er would not believe him, let alone this guy didn't have such courage.

……

Chapter 203 There are policies above and countermeasures below

The heavy snow stopped.

The cold wind still howled.

Chen Chu didn't even bother to go back to Duke Lu's mansion, so he directly stayed on the tower of Chunming Gate.

Here, you can keep track of the progress of the mansion construction at any time.

Although it is said that the mountains are covered by heavy snow outside, everything is silent, and even the wild dogs on the street are hiding and disappearing, but on the construction site, it is full of enthusiasm.

When it's snowing, don't worry, Chen Chu has already asked people to use coarse cloth to build a construction tent.

When it freezes, there is no need to worry, Chen Chu has already asked people to reserve a lot of coal.

At the same time, Chen Chu can also sell meat at this remote location.

Judging from the sales situation in the past two days, the profit is still considerable.

While Chen Chu was happily drinking tea and checking the design drawings of the mansion, the door was pushed open, a gust of cold wind came in, and Chen Chu shivered.

When he raised his head, he saw a young eunuch looking at him with a smile, and said, "Mr. Chen, please come here..."

Chen Chu asked, "We know each other?"

The little eunuch said politely: "Mr. Chen is so forgetful. You don't know the young one, but the young one knows you. The young one served His Majesty in the Ganlu Palace before. Now that Mr. Gao Chengao broke his leg, let him The little one became His Majesty's personal attendant..."

Chen Chu was taken aback.

That guy Gao Chen broke his leg?

I bother!

Live it!

He stood up and said with a smile: "This is really sad news, hahaha, isn't it?"

The little eunuch also said: "Yes, hahaha, Mr. Chen, you are so humorous."

Chen Chu asked, "What's the matter?"

The little eunuch said: "Your Majesty invites you to meet at Da Da Da Da Restaurant in Chang'an."

Father wants to see me?

Why not come to Chunming Gate?

But he quickly figured it out.

Near the Chunming Gate, there were many people, and Li Er was worried about revealing his identity because he had to go up the tower.

So he picked up his custom-made bearskin coat and followed the little eunuch out.

……

Chang'an Da Da Da Da Restaurant.

In the best wing.

When Li Er was putting meat into the pot piece by piece, Chen Chu came in against the cold wind.

Seeing Chen Chu coming in, Li Er put down his chopsticks, remained motionless, and asked in a neutral tone, "Chen Chu, you've made a lot of money just by selling meat these days, right?"

Chen Chu sat down, and said subconsciously: "It's okay, I made money... um, no, father, what you said is wrong, I didn't make a penny..."

"Nowadays, the meat in the Dongxier Market is sold by your people, and the price of a catty of meat is as high as several hundred yuan. You still say that you haven't made any money?" Li Er raised his eyes and looked at Chen Chu.

However, Chen Chu waved his hand and said, "Father, to say something disrespectful, you don't do business, and you don't know the difficulties of doing business. In fact, although people like me sell at a high price, they don't make any money at all."

Ok?

Li Er looked like you think I'm a fool.

He looked at Chen Chu with a sneer.

Chen Chu analyzed seriously: "First, the meat in my hand was bought at a high price...the price was already higher than the market price."

"Secondly, in order to store these meats, I also rented a piece of land outside the city and invited a group of people to patrol day and night. If it is cold today, I am worried that the meat will be frozen, so I have to take measures to keep warm ..."

"Then, in response to my father's call, I asked people to take out the meat and sell it, which also required a lot of troublesome procedures."

"One after another, labor costs, land rent costs, heating costs, thawing costs, add up, miscellaneous, I don't actually make money."

Chen Chu spoke very fast.

Li Er was stunned when he heard that.

He nodded subconsciously, thinking that what Chen Chu said was quite reasonable.

wrong!

He suddenly slapped the table and said: "Boy, if I didn't understand your temperament, I would have been cheated by you. What you said is very reasonable, and it sounds impeccable, but you forgot one thing, that is, I am right You know very well, would you do something that is not beneficial?"

As long as there is this premise.

That's enough.

According to the principle of simple reasoning, it can be said that:

Chen Chu would not do anything that was not beneficial.

There is no benefit for Chen Chu to do this now.

Obviously contradictory.

So Li Er concluded that Chen Chu would definitely be able to make money.

"will not!"

Since Li Er had preconceived this idea, Chen Chu didn't say anything.

Ugh!

He sighed inwardly.

Old Li learned badly.

Back then, when Lao Li heard the knowledge of economics, he listened attentively and worshiped it very much.

It's good now, I'm doubtful about learning bad.

Chen Chu looked up, just in time to see Li Er's smiling face.

Li Er smiled triumphantly, and said: "Since that's the case, I will give you a task today. From tomorrow onwards, the price of meat sold in the East and West Second Market shall not exceed [-]% of the previous market price. The shop price is too high, I can't spare you..."

Chen Chu: "..."

I'm such a straight guy.

The front is suppressed by the status of the emperor, let me sell meat.

Still using my status as emperor to get me to lower the price?

Is it reasonable?

unreasonable!

But Chen Chu nodded and agreed.