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For the last dish, seaweed, Gu Changqing didn't have the kitchen prepare it and bring it out. Instead, he planned to demonstrate it on the spot. Since there are relatively few dishes that can be made with seaweed, and its selling point is its fresh taste, Gu Changqing decided to teach everyone how to make seaweed and egg drop soup on the spot.

Soon two waiters entered the health care room. One of them carried a large teapot filled with freshly boiled hot water, while the other placed a soup bowl on the table containing seaweed that had been broken into small pieces. He then cracked a few eggs into another bowl and quickly stirred them.

After all the preparations were completed, the two of them worked together to pour boiling water and egg liquid into a soup bowl containing seaweed, and a bowl of seaweed and egg drop soup was ready.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy this seaweed and egg drop soup."

"That's it? No need to cook it?"

"So convenient?"

Each person filled a bowl, took a sip, and showed a satisfied expression.

"This is even more delicious than the seaweed and pork rib soup we had earlier."

"Absolutely stunning."

Judging from everyone's expressions, Gu Changqing knew that the promotion of kelp and seaweed was a sure thing. With these people, Gu Changqing didn't need to worry about promoting kelp and seaweed anymore.

Following Zhou Wu's instructions, Gu Changqing also arranged for a complimentary kelp soup or seaweed and egg drop soup to be served to everyone who dined at the restaurant these past few days. The cost was minimal, but it greatly helped promote the kelp and seaweed products.

In just a few days, Gu Changqing became a guest of honor for owners of various restaurants and general stores, all inquiring about where to buy kelp and seaweed.

. . . . .

The Duke of Gu's Mansion.

"Brother, did you invite me here today for drinks? It's been a long time since we brothers have had a good drink. Today, I will definitely drink three hundred cups with you."

Lu Da and Gu Xinyuan were among the first to fight alongside Li Tiancheng. Now they have both achieved great success and been granted the title of Duke. However, despite both being Dukes, their lives are vastly different.

Every duke had a large family and property. The expenses for family members, friends, servants, ceremonial guards and carriages, as well as the food and supplies for people and horses, amounted to a huge sum each year. Some of them could make ends meet with their annual salary and fiefdom, but most of them never had enough money.

This led to the dukes engaging in small businesses in private to support their families. Duke Lu Da of Lu naturally had some businesses as well, but because he was reckless and lacked business acumen, he was the most destitute among the dukes, owning only a few general stores, which barely covered the monthly expenses of the shops.

Fortunately, Li Tiancheng knew his virtuous brother's character, so he would reward Lu Da from time to time as a way of making up for it.

I will not drink alcohol today.

Gu Xinyuan had no intention of making a fool of himself by drinking with Lu Da. Everyone in the court knew how much Lu Da could drink, and most importantly, Lu Da always liked to act crazy when he was drunk.

"If you don't drink, then why did you call me here, brother?"

Upon hearing that there would be no wine to drink, Lu Da immediately lost interest.

"How is everything at home lately?"

"It's great, everyone in my family can eat, drink and sleep well."

"I've heard that His Majesty intends to betroth Princess Xunyang to Jian'an?"

Lu Jian'an is Lu Da's eldest son. Lu Da had two sons and one daughter.

"Yes, His Majesty told me about this last time, it's probably going to happen next year."

Speaking of this, Lu Da looked very proud. Marrying a princess was such an honor.

"Does your family have enough money to cover expenses? When the princess marries into your Lu family, will you have the nerve to let her ask His Majesty for money every day?"

"Um... Brother, just say what you want to say directly, why beat around the bush?"

Although Lu Da was reckless, he wasn't stupid. Now that things had come to this point, he knew perfectly well that his elder brother must have something to discuss with him today.

"How's business at your family's grocery store?"

"It's neither here nor there, not as good as my brother's restaurant."

Although Lu Da's words were rough, his reasoning was sound. The general store's business was indeed not doing well, mainly because there were just too many general stores in the capital, and they all sold the same daily necessities, so none of them stood out.

"Brother has a good business opportunity for you."

"Oh, brother, what good business opportunity do you have? You don't mean to give me your restaurant, do you?"

Lu Da thought to himself that he was indeed his good brother, always thinking of him when there was good news.

"Forget about the restaurant, I have a whole family to support."

I doubt only Lu Da in the entire Dragon Kingdom would dare to say that.

"What else could it be but a good thing?"

Do you know what kelp and nori are?

"Of course I know that. I've been hearing about it a lot lately, and I'm planning to go to my brother's restaurant to try it out in the next couple of days."

"How about I give you the only sales channel I have in the city?"

"really?"

What business is the most profitable? Monopoly, of course. Kelp and seaweed are the hottest topics in the capital recently. The distribution channels used to be in his brother's hands, but now they're going to be given to him. Lu Da was overjoyed at the thought.

"How could this be fake? You're my brother, how could I abandon you?"

"Thank you, brother."

. . . . . . .

Qingzhou City received its first order for kelp and seaweed worth one thousand taels of silver. Ji Yongfeng felt like he was about to faint from happiness. This was the largest amount of external income that Qingzhou City had received since he became the county magistrate.

However, Zhou Wu felt that the amount of one thousand taels was lower than expected. In order to find out the reason, Zhou Wu wrote a letter to Gu Changqing to inquire about the situation. Only after seeing the reply did Zhou Wu understand.

It turned out that Gu Xinyuan had given this business to the Duke of Lu. The Duke of Lu had to scrape together the 1,000 taels of silver. However, Gu Changqing also told Zhou Wu that kelp and seaweed were very popular in the capital and would definitely sell well. Once the first batch of goods was sold out, the Duke of Lu would have more money to purchase more.

Everything in Qingzhou seemed to be developing in a positive direction, but unexpected things often happen when there are no surprises.

Zhou Wu was woken up from his sleep.

"Sir, the seaweed drying yard and the dock have been damaged to varying degrees."

"what!"

Zhou Wu was no longer sleepy.

"Sir, when the workers went to work this morning, they found that the drying yard and the dock had been extensively damaged. The damage to the dock was even greater, and almost all of the progress made during this period of time has been destroyed."

There may be casualties.

"Fortunately, the workers now return to the city to live every night, so there have been no casualties."

"It's good that there were no casualties. Do you know who did it?"

"My lord, it's unclear at the moment; we're currently investigating."

Sweat poured from Ji Yongfeng's forehead. In all his years in Qingzhou, although the city was poor, he had never seen such a heinous case.

"Then investigate immediately."

"It's an adult."

After Ji Yongfeng left, Zhou Wu fell into deep thought.

"It seems that Qingzhou City is not as simple as I imagined."