It was almost noon, and Wang Xiaolie called Gao Ying and asked him to order a banquet at "No Questions to the West" to welcome the horse.

In his previous life, Wang Xiaolie heard a song called "No Questions About the West". I don't know what the reason is, but I was moved by the song and remembered it all the time. It was just because of this song, when I followed the movie of the same name, I only read the introduction and no longer had any interest.

When the national crisis was in the face of national crisis, some people were also concerned about state affairs, and some people sacrificed their lives for the country. Their deeds should be remembered. But in that era, the real protagonist was obviously not them, but those who wore patched clothes in the ravine to lead people to fight against the enemy. If the protagonist was them, there would be no new China, and the Chinese people would not be able to stand up.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Xiaolie couldn't understand why he liked that song. Perhaps it was the sentence "outside the world, in time, no matter what, you can try to be a hero."

No matter what, people learn knowledge, they should not ask whether it is West or East. The knowledge they learn must be correct, useful, and must correspond to reality. Instead, people wear suits, you also wear suits; people wear hats, you also wear hats; people eat Western food, you also eat Western food; people write their name in front, their surname at the back, and their surnames at the front, and their surnames at the back. What can you learn by learning like this?

"No matter how much you ask about the west and east" is a top restaurant, a place where the government entertains guests. When eating inside, the minimum standard is to start from five people per person, and the government banquet is also paid for. Of course, the restaurant itself belongs to the Xuanfu Department, but it is just a left hand to the right hand. But for the officials below, their funds are certain, but they really have to spend money. They do not entertain guests with quite identities, and they do not go there.

There is an official discount, which starts at five yuan per person. If there is no discount among the people, it will be ten yuan per person. However, the "no matter what the world is" are mostly rich businessmen. There is no other reason, if you go there, you have status and face. Businessmen sometimes pay attention to face.

Gao Ying went there for half an hour, and Wang Xiaoli said to Ma Kuo: "Defense comes from afar, thank you for your hard work along the way. Let's go to the banquet to welcome you."

Seeing Ma Kuo a little surprised, Wang Xiaolei said: "My place is different from other places. The banquet is not set up in the government office, but to go to restaurants outside. I ruled dozens of prefectures and counties, and the best restaurants are "no matters in the west and east". Only Xiangyang, Dengzhou and Luoyang have them. I will not go there if I am not an important person."

Ma Kuo nodded, and without asking any more questions, he left the government office with Wang Xiaoli.

Next to Huitong Bridge, a three-story restaurant was newly built, which was magnificent. There was a colorful building in front, and there were a few female prostitutes playing various instruments. Occasionally, there were songs and sang a few songs at will. This made the front always stand full of people and watch there.

When he arrived outside the restaurant, Wang Xiaoli said to Ma Kuo: "Defense is here."

Ma Kuo looked up at the restaurant, then looked at the Cailou outside. He said, "The restaurants under Xuanfu have never been decorated with Cailou, and there are no female prostitutes to recruit customers. Why is it different here? Could it be that this place is expensive, and there are these things specifically?"

Wang Xiaoliu said: "That's not. But there are always people who tell me that there are carved buildings outside the restaurant, and there are female prostitutes before they can attract customers. Some people also say that the nights say that I'm annoyed, so I will try building a restaurant as they said."

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

Wang Xiaoli shook his head: "It's true that business is better, what can I do? I can only go there. But the female prostitutes here are neither official prostitutes nor camp prostitutes. They have to establish themselves, choose a suit, and take care of daily chores. The government only collects taxes, and then supervises its guilds, and does not allow anyone to control authority. The so-called private official supervision. Many of us do this in this way, and there are different places in other places."

Most of the industry and commerce in the Song Dynasty had industries, generally called business, handicrafts, and also called groups. If you don’t join the group, business would be difficult to continue. Wang Xiaoli set rules for these groups, and large cities also limit the number of people. The government will have special public officials to manage the group here, called private officials. Generally speaking, the government will limit the power of the top-ranking people to prevent them from becoming bigger.

After entering Cailou, he walked dozens of steps before reaching the entrance 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 surrounded by bamboos in the backyard, called "Green Shadow Spring", taken from Li He's poem. It is very large, with a pool in the middle, and a pavilion is built next to the pool. A dining table is set up a little far from the pavilion.

Wang Xiaoli said to Ma Kuo: "The rest of the people have not arrived yet, so we will go to the pavilion to talk."

When I entered the pavilion, I saw that the lotus in the pond had passed its flowering period and its stamens began to wither. Under the lotus, several red fish swam around. A pomegranate next to it, close to the pavilion, was already fruitful.

Ma Kuo said: "I don't expect that there is such a quiet place in this restaurant."

Wang Xiaolei said: "The price here is surprisingly high. Is the money spent in vain?"

While the two were talking, the servant came to tea.

Wang Xiaoliu said: "This is Xinyang Jun's loose tea this year. It has a sweet aftertaste and is the best. Taste it for defense."

Ma Kuo drank the tea and said, "Although it is loose tea, it tastes really good. Xuanfu here seems to not make a bunch of tea?"

Wang Xiaoliu said: "The tomato tea is too troublesome and it is cumbersome to drink, so I slowly banned it."

Ma Kuo said: "Compared with others, Xuanfu's daily use is simple. However, it is precisely what you use to truly enrich the country and strengthen the army."

Wang Xiaoliu smiled and said, "Everyone has a temperament, but there are not many things to pay attention to."

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

Wang Xiaoliu thought for a while and said, "The reason may be this. However, I really didn't think so much, just do it according to my own wishes."

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

Ma expanded his courtesy and invited Wang Ruohai and Li Yanxian to sit down.

Wang Ruohai looked around and said, "I rarely come here, and I don't know that there is such a place in the yard. It is indeed much better to have a banquet here than other places. By the way, defense likes to listen to music? There are few people who sing here."

Ma Kuo shook his head: "I am a martial artist, but I don't like those. Let's just talk about some gossip here, so there is no need to find some idle people."

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!