"I can understand the first two lines, but I don't know what the third line means about cooperating with the stores.”Luo Yanran looked at Yang Qian curiously.
"A cooperative store is to allow other merchants to give us a joining fee and allow them to open a branch under the same name and business model. Different from ordinary branches, the stores are operated independently, and the income and expenditure have nothing to do with us.”Yang Qian explained casually.
"I see!" Luo Yanran nodded, but she was very curious. Would someone really give this joining fee for nothing?
Even if others wanted to make locust snacks, they could just name the shop. Why would they want to be a sucker?
Unless, Luo Yanran suddenly thought of a possibility... Young Master's shop was famous enough to be known throughout Chang 'an!
That way, there would be people willing to pay the joining fee to become a member store!
However, this kind of strange snack bar would be fine if it did not lose money. How could it be famous in Chang 'an?
Luo Yanran obviously didn't believe that someone would spend money to eat locusts with such a strong taste.
Several thick stacks of flyers were quickly distributed.
The simple Chang 'an people had never been poisoned by junk advertising flyers. When they saw the flyers printed beautifully in the Tengda theme store, they took them regardless of whether they could read or not. They put them into their sleeves as if they were treasures and then listened to the literate passersby explain the advertising content on the flyers.
When the passersby heard that Tengda's Flying Locust Shop was willing to buy live flying locusts at the price of one penny per catty, they were shocked.
The Tengda-themed Flying Locust Snack Bar became popular throughout the entire western part of the city in the blink of an eye!
Countless passers-by were saying,
"Have you heard? There's a shop in the west of the city that specializes in eating locusts. It's so rare!”
"I heard that the shop even sells locusts for a penny per catty!”
"Oh my, this price is even more expensive than white rice. If it weren't for the fact that locusts are rare, I would even want to make a trip outside the city to earn some money!”
"Who wants to eat locusts? Wasn't he a fool to spend money to eat in a restaurant?”
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When the passers-by thought that the boss of the locust snack bar was a fool, in the political affairs hall of Taiji Palace, a flyer for the meteoric rise theme snack bar was handed over to Li Shimin by Empress Zhangsun.
At this moment, Li Shi Min was racking his brains over the locust plague that was about to break out.
Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui were among the officials in the hall. They had all received accurate news that a large number of locust eggs had been found in many lakes and rivers outside Chang 'an City.
The outbreak of the locust plague was already set in stone.
When Li Shimin saw Empress Zhangsun suddenly walk in, he subconsciously asked in a low voice," Guanyin maid, what is this?”
Li Shimin picked up the flyer curiously. He knew that Empress Zhangsun had always known when to give and take.
Unless something very important had happened, he would never rashly enter the Political Affairs Hall, especially when he was still discussing the important issue of preventing the locust plague with several important officials.
Zhangsun Wuji and the other ministers saw the flyer in Li Shimin's hand and were also curious about what it was.
However, they were afraid that it was a private matter between the empress and the emperor, so they did not dare to pry carefully. They could only pretend to look at the ceiling.
" Second Brother, this is the flyer from the Taoist priest who gave the order to Changle City. He opened a shop in the west of the city that specializes in eating locusts..." Empress Zhangsun sounded a little excited. She knew what Li Shimin was worried about recently, and she also understood the significance of this flyer to him.
"A shop that specializes in eating locusts?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment and subconsciously asked the ministers," Dear ministers, do you know that locusts can be eaten?”
Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and the others were stunned by this question.
Eating locusts? This was something that the ministers had never thought of.
In this era, those who could become officials were all born in prestigious families or descendants of official families. No one would think of eating locusts.
Zhangsun Wuji and Du Ruhui were speechless. Fang Xuanling braced himself and replied," Your Majesty, I heard that during the locust plague in the previous dynasty, there were records of starving people devouring locusts. It was said that there were no symptoms of poisoning, but they were insects after all…"
What Fang Xuanling meant was that eating locusts wouldn't cause death, but those things were so disgusting, who would eat them?
"Naturally, you can't eat it raw, but if it's cooked, that might not be the case!”
" Hahaha!" Li Shiming said with a strange expression, and a bright smile gradually appeared on his face." If this can be done, I'll be a public official!"”
Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui were all stunned.
What was His Majesty laughing about?
Why did he suddenly mention Little Daoist?
Was it the Taoist master who had predicted the drought and locust plague?
What did he do this time? Why was His Majesty so agitated?
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