"Young Master Huang is the richest man in Tianjing."

Dai Peishan turned around and asked, "Liu Meng, are you going to take us to the Yuelai Hotel of the richest man Liu today?"

"How do you know? Why are you more informative in the palace all day long?" Liu Meng asked in surprise, but his question was ignored by Dai Peishan. He was used to being a background and could only shrug helplessly. It became a habit to ignore it too much.

"Young Master Huang, Liu's richest man is from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. When he first came to the empire, he became the richest man in Tianjin with his own strength. Now he involves countless business projects, big and small. The one we want to have lunch now is what he has to offer. It is said that his seafood meal tastes great."

Everyone walked through the streets and alleys, and among the pedestrians who could see white people speaking poor Mandarin from time to time, and more were white European elites who came to the empire to consume.

When we arrived at the entrance of Yuelai Hotel, it was lunch time, and there were endless customers at the entrance of the tall hotel, in groups of three or five.

"The word "Yuelai" has been throughout the history of our civilization for thousands of years and can be seen anywhere. It may be the chain hotel and inn with the widest coverage and the longest experience in history."

Standing under the huge plaque, Yun Yi said with emotion.

"Welcome to everyone, Mr. Liu, you are here again. What this gentleman said is that our boss has always claimed to be a rough man and has no education. He just took the name with the crowd and didn't expect it to be so successful." The waiter standing at the door came up to greet him with a wink, and even flattered the words Yun Yi, who was standing among the crowd.

"A rough man can't be the richest man in Tianjing. Your boss is modest. Please arrange a seat for us in the lobby. Then we will have two tables of seafood meals and pick up the ones we have."

"Gentlemen, please, I will ask Master Dou to give you my own hands to ensure that you are worth the trip."

The waiter took Yun Yi and his party to their seats and sat down, poured a cup of tea in person, and then hurriedly said goodbye and left.

The people living in the imperial capital, no matter which country they are, will say a few words to national affairs. Before Yun Yi and others can start eating, the guests around have already discussed it.

"Brother Huang, why did the Empire recruit hundreds of thousands of troops again? With the current strength of the Empire, even if the whole Europe unites, it cannot cross the Atlantic to deal with us?"

"What are you worried about? The Empire must have a purpose and it is impossible to increase national defense expenditures meaninglessly. I believe that His Majesty the Emperor and the officials of the State Council must have their considerations. This is called planning ahead. As long as the Empire needs it, an old guy like me who is almost forty can go to the battlefield."

"Take it down. Now I feel tired if I ask you to walk a few steps. I'm going to the battlefield to deliver food?"

Before my old friend could refute, a guest at the next table said, "Two, the world is very big. Who knows whether there are enemies on earth that are difficult to deal with by empires. It is not easy for us to have a life now. Of course, it is necessary to have strong military forces to protect our lives. My boy asked me to be a soldier. The young man just enjoyed two years of blessing and forgot what life he had lived in the Ming Dynasty. As this brother said, when it is necessary, we can also go to the battlefield. Such a large territory of the empire needs more troops to protect it. There are hundreds of thousands of troops to recruit again, not many."

The guests heard around echoed: "There is definitely not much, the territory of the empire is too large."

"If we use the traffic conditions of the Ming Dynasty, I think we will never go all over the country if we spend our whole life."

The tone of everyone talking was full of pride.

"Hello boss."

The waiter at the door greeted the crowd and saw the thin man in his forties stepping into the door with a smile on his face and patted the waiter on his shoulder kindly.

Along the way, I greeted the familiar guests warmly, and it took me a long time to walk to the front desk of the hall.

"My friends who know or don't know, welcome you to have dinner at a hotel run by me, a rough man. Today I received a letter from my family, saying that he had made a small third-class merit in the army. Taking this opportunity, all the consumptions present today are 50% off. Thank you for your support."

After saying that, the richest man Liu kept bowing to the cheering people around him.

Taking this opportunity, the diners who knew him all brought him a glass of wine. Perhaps today, the richest man Liu was really excited and refused everyone. After a while, his face was flushed.

I wandered around the hall, drank a circle of wine, and came to Yun Yi's table with a blushing face. At first, I just glanced at it, and suddenly felt that the man in front of me was very familiar, and then I looked at it carefully.

"Sir, I always think you are kind-hearted. Have we ever seen you?"

Yun Yi said with some amusement, "Liu, richest man, I think we have never met before."

"When you laugh, laugh, the richest man is just a big guy. I am just a poor boy from the countryside. You can call me Lao Liu or Liu Ming directly." Liu Ming bowed to Yun Yi again, and the client was confused and said in confusion: "Sir, why do I think you are kind-faced the more I look at you? No, I must have seen you."

"Then I will call you Lao Liu. If you don't mind, sit down and have a drink. Why bother to worry about whether you have seen him before?"

"Of course, this is my honor. Judging from the gentleman's temperament, you can tell that he comes from a wealthy family at a glance."

Dai Peishan immediately arranged a seat for the richest man Liu, and he bowed his hand again before sitting down.

"Sir, meeting is fate, so I wish you a cup first." Liu Ming raised his glass without saying a word and drank it all.

"The richest man Liu, my son's surname is Huang." Dai Peishan introduced on behalf of Yun Yi.

Yun Yi also simply accompanied a glass of wine and said, "It is better to meet than to be famous. Lao Liu, your style of success is not accidental. Can you tell me about your experience?"

"Mr. I was laughing at me. My experience was clearly revealed by my old acquaintances. There is nothing I can't say. I was born in a small village in the mountainous area of ​​Wenzhou. My parents died early. I grew up with the villagers and ate a hundred families. Later, I found an opportunity to go around the country with a business peddler for a while. When I grew up, I started working alone and saved some wealth. I married a wife and gave birth to two boys. A few years ago, I was targeted by a local official. My family was almost destroyed. I had no choice but to escape with my family. I happened to meet an official who arrested the population and exchanged money.

The soldiers were sent to the empire ship. They started their business with a few pieces of gold hidden in their crotch. They sold the seafood from the coast of the empire to the inland, gradually accumulating their current wealth, and involved other businesses of different sizes. They asked their friends for their blessings. The life now seems to be in heaven. I sent them to the army to serve in the army. The eldest brother became a company commander in the Third Army, and the second brother served in the First Fleet of the Pacific. We ordinary people can only send their own boys to serve the empire's grace."
Chapter completed!