Seeing that it was almost noon, Wang Xiaolie called Gao Ying and asked him to order a banquet at "Wuwen Xidong" to welcome Ma Kuanfeng.

In his previous life, Wang Xiaolie listened to a song called "Wuwen Xidong". For some unknown reason, he was moved by the song and kept remembering it. Just because of this song, when he paid attention to the movie of the same name, he just watched it

After reading the introduction, I am no longer interested.

When the country was in crisis, some of those high-ranking people cared about national affairs, and some sacrificed their lives for the country. Their deeds should be remembered. But at that time, the real protagonists were obviously not them, but leading people in patchwork clothes in the valley.

Those who fight against the enemy. If the protagonist were them, there would be no new China, and the Chinese people would not be able to stand up.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wang Xiaolie couldn't figure out why he liked that song. Maybe it was the sentence "Outside the world, in time, no matter what the west or the east. Just work hard to be a hero."

Don’t ask about the West or the East. When people learn knowledge, they shouldn’t ask about the West or the East. The knowledge they just learn must be correct, must be useful, and must correspond to reality. Instead of others wearing a suit, you also wear a suit.

; When others wear hats, you also wear hats; when others eat Western food, you also eat Western food; when others write their first name in front and last name in the back, you also write your first name in front and last name in the back. What can you learn by learning in this way?

thing?

"Wuwen Xidong" is a top restaurant, where the government entertains guests. The minimum standard for eating there is five guans per person, and the same is true for government banquets. Of course, the restaurant itself belongs to the Xuanfu Division, but it is the left hand

It's just the right hand. But for the officials below, their funds are certain, but it doesn't mean that the left hand is the right hand. It really costs money. They don't go there unless they are entertaining guests of high status.

There is an official discount, starting from five guan per person. There is no discount among the private sector, and the price starts from 10 guan per person. However, the guests of "Wuwen Xidong" are still mostly wealthy businessmen and outsiders. There is no other reason to go there because they have status and have a lot of money.

Face, businessmen sometimes pay attention to face.

Half an hour after Gao Ying left, Wang Xiaolie said to the horse: "The defense came from afar. It was a hard journey. Let's go to the banquet and catch the wind for you."

Seeing that Ma Kuo was a little stunned, Wang Xiaolian said: "My place is different from other places. The banquet is not held in the government office, but in the restaurant outside. I govern dozens of states and counties, and the best restaurant is 'Wuwen'

There are only three cities in the west and east, Xiangyang, Dengzhou and Luoyang. If I am not an important person, I will not go there."

Ma Kuo nodded, without asking any further questions, and left the government office with Wang Xiaolie.

Next to Huitong Bridge, a new three-story restaurant was built, which was magnificent. There was a colorful building in front, and several female prostitutes sat below, playing various musical instruments. Occasionally, singers would come and sing as they pleased.

A few songs always filled the front with people watching.

When he arrived outside the restaurant, Wang Xiaolie said to his horse: "Defense is here."

Ma Kuo looked up at the restaurant and then at the colorful buildings outside. He said: "The restaurants under Xuanfu's rule never had colorful buildings, and there were no female prostitutes to attract customers. Why is it different here? Is it because it is expensive here and they have these here?"

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Wang Xiaolie said: "That's not the case. But there are always people telling me that there must be a colorful building outside the restaurant, and there must be female prostitutes to attract customers. Some people say it during the day, and some people say it at night. It makes me noisy.

I got fed up, so I tried to build a restaurant as they said."

Ma Kuo smiled and said, "What's the result?"

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "It's true that business is better, but what can I do? They can only leave it to them. It's just that the female prostitutes here are neither official prostitutes nor camp prostitutes. They have their own business and choose

They are responsible for daily chores. The government only collects taxes and supervises its guilds. No one is allowed to hold power. It is the so-called private government governor. Many of us here act like this, but it is different from other places."

Most of the industry and commerce in the Song Dynasty had guilds, including general commerce, handicrafts, and guilds. Without joining a guild, it would be difficult to do business. Wang Xiaolie set rules for these guilds, and even restricted it in big cities.

The number of people. The government will have special officials to manage the tours here, called private officials. Generally speaking, the government will limit the power of the tour leaders to prevent them from getting bigger.

After entering the colorful building, he walked dozens of steps before arriving at the door of the restaurant. Gao Ying had been waiting here and led everyone from the corridor next to the hall to the backyard.

There is a place in the backyard surrounded by bamboos, called "Green Shadow Spring", taken from Li He's poem. It is very large, with a pool in the middle, and a pavilion built next to the pool. A little further away from the pavilion

, set the table.

Wang Xiaolie said to Ma Kuang: "The others haven't come yet, let's go to the pavilion to talk."

When I entered the pavilion, I saw that the lotus in the pond was past its flowering period and the stamens were beginning to wither. Under the lotus, several red fish were swimming around. A pomegranate plant next to it, close to the pavilion, was already bearing numerous fruits.

Ma Kuang said: "I didn't expect that there would be such a quiet place in this restaurant."

Wang Xiaolie said: "The prices here are incredibly high. Is the money wasted?"

While the two were talking, the boy served tea.

Wang Xiaoxing said: "This is the loose tea produced by the Xinyang Army this year. It has a sweet aftertaste and is the best. Try it for defense."

Ma Kuo drank the tea and said, "Although it is loose tea, it tastes really good. Doesn't Xuanfu make group tea here?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Tuancha is too troublesome and cumbersome to drink, so it was gradually banned."

Ma Kuang said: "Compared with others, what Xuanfu uses daily is quite simple. But it is the simplicity you use that can truly enrich the country and strengthen the army."

Wang Xiao lied and said with a smile: "It's just a matter of temperament. There's not much to pay attention to."

Ma Kuo shook his head: "You can't say that. If Xuanfu loves wine, food, and beautiful singers, the people below will naturally imitate him and cannot be simple even if they want to. Xuanfu doesn't like it, whether it's false love or not.

If you pretend, the people below won’t like it.”

Wang Xiaolie thought for a while and said: "This may be the truth. However, I really don't think about it that much. I just follow my own mind."

While they were talking, Wang Ruohai and Li Yanxian arrived and saluted Ma Kuo.

Ma Kuo returned the gift and asked Wang Ruohai and Li Yanxian to take a seat.

Wang Ruohai looked around and said: "I rarely come here, and I didn't know there was such a place in the courtyard. It is indeed much better to entertain guests here than other places. By the way, do you like listening to music if you like it?

?The people who sing here are few and far between."

Ma Kuo shook his head: "As a martial artist, I don't like those things. We are just chatting here, and there is no need to find more idle people."
Chapter completed!