The next day, the city gates were wide open . Citizens flocked on both sides of Anning street to welcome General Chen to return .
Xia Liang’s plan to promoting General Chen’s heroic image throughout the city was part of the reason why people crowded to welcome him .
At the moment Chen Jingsheng was highly respected as a god of war .
“General, you are gaining more and more respect from people . Not even his majesty could be more popular than you . ”
General Chen’s deputy general had a big proud smile on his face when he saw the crowded people and their words of praise . He whispered to Chen Jingsheng as he drove the horse forward .
Chen Jingshen gave his deputy general a warning eye and said heavily, “watch your language!”
But it could be seen from the small smile on his lips that he was pleased .
No one would hate to be respected and adored like a god .
Thinking of the emperor, Chen Jingsheng narrowed his eyes . The Dongfeng Kingdom must be afraid of him . It was unlikely that they would provoke the boundary in a short time .
Chen Jingsheng knew it very well that the emperor had been trying to take his military power away . But as the emperor’s uncle, Chen Jingsheng refused to hand the power over .
In his plan, even the emperor forced him to take over his military power, he had to give it a through consideration since he was a prestigious general for soldiers and citizens .
When Chen Jingsheng and his soldiers arrived at the gate of the imperial palace, Baili Jue came out to meet him there in person, which was a great honor for a general . Baili Jue also walked him to the palace and prepared a banquet to entertain him .
And the citizens in the city flocked into every Xiangkelai restaurant right after they welcome General Chen in order to become the first five hundred customers .
Very quickly every Xiangkelai restaurant was packed with people and people even shoveled each other to get in front .
Luckily, the waiters were smart and securities were good at martial art . Thanks to them, everyone behaved and everything went in order .
On that day, every Xiangkelai was packed with customers . Waiters had been running around the dinning room from noon to night . So were the chiefs . The shopkeepers had been busy with dealing with every order and check .
When it finally came to an end on that day, the shopkeepers gathered to do account of the daily turnover . Surprisingly, the restaurant was actually profitable!
On the premise that five hundred guests’ bills were on the house and the rest got fifty percent off . It was a business that could earn a lot of money .
The shopkeepers couldn’t believe what happened . They did the math and calculated once again and finally made sure that they didn’t make any mistakes and it was true that they made money .
“Now! Hurry up! Send the message and the account book to boss . ” The shopkeepers said excitedly although they had been worried about their turnover because of those free orders .
When Xia Liang received the news, she was not surprised at all . Running a restaurant would make money as long as there are enough customers for the costs would be evened out on every customer .
Besides, as they had done a lot of work before, a third of citizens in the city fought over the first ones to have a taste of the cuisines in the restaurants . And among them were those who wished to eat as much as possible since their orders were free .
Besides, Pinxiang Ju was closed because she destroyed it yesterday . A lot of their customers came to Xiangkelai today .
There wouldn’t be so many customers from tomorrow on . But it was not a problem for Xia Liang . Even though Zhu Ruodie had so many fresh ideas, how could she have more than her?
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The next day when Pinxiang Ju reopened after they repaired the shop, they found that they only had a few customers even during lunch time . And the customers were regular ones who had deposited money into their membership account and had to come to spend it all .
Some of them even shouted that they wanted to refund their membership card and got their money back .
“Sir, you are so canning . Look at Xiangkelai! They have the same chicken dish but the taste is much better but cheaper than yours . They only charge one hundred and you charge two hundred . I want to refund my membership card . I won’t come here any longer!”
“Is it true?” One customer who was eating at the table asked . Obviously he hadn’t gone to Xiangkelai yet .
“Of course it’s true . I went there yesterday and they have the same dishes as what Pinxiang Ju serve here but cheaper . Better than that, I had a free meal yesterday . You know what? Their food is so much better than here . ”
“It’s true! I went there too yesterday . Their food is incredible! And their service is wonderful . And they also hire singers . The girl is pretty and her voice is out of the world . You get more than just a meal . ”
Those who stayed to eat here started to discuss about the two restaurants . All of them talked up for Xiangkelai and some regular customers even were convinced to give it a try at Xiangkelai .
The shopkeeper was mad at them for commenting on two restaurants . He even drove the customers out .
Anyone would choose to go to Xiangkelai since it served the same kind cuisines which tasted better and charged half price .
Besides, the two restaurants were very close . It was quite easy to change their ideas of where to go .
One of the reasons why Xia Liang chose to open restaurants around Pinxiang Ju was because she was provoking Baili Xi and the other reason was to steal his customers .
During dinner time, Pinxiang Ju was quiet . However, Xiangkelai was packed with customers, not to mention customers were even lining up for a seat .
It was quite obvious that Xiangkelai won .
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In Zhu Ruodie’s own room .
“What’s the matter, my lady?” Qiuhong, Zhu Ruodie’s maid, asked carefully as Zhu Ruodie is putting on a long face .
“I am fine . Off you go . ” Zhu Ruodie rushed her out . She looked awful as she was reading the reports in her hands .
Xiangkelai, a restaurant she had never heard of in her last life, served the same cuisines as Pinxiang Ju . How come?
Did they have chef who could make the same cuisines after he had one bite? Or was there anyone who time-travelled as she did?
But how come?
She was the main character since she was reborn time-traveler, meaning that she couldn’t die so miserable because of Baili Jue as she did in last life!