Compete for the Song Dynasty

Ever since he agreed to Su Xiao to open up the Shu tea business, Wang Pang's mind has changed. The ancient tea-horse road is not fun. In his opinion, it is much more difficult than building a pagoda on the two broken stones in the Liao Kingdom.

At this moment, Wang Pang began to miss modern life. Even though he had the ancient stone, the biggest advantage of this stone is that it can convey information to Wang Pang about everything from ancient times to the present. It is good to study history.But what Wang Pang needs now is not historical knowledge, he needs a map, and it would be great if he could have a GPS.Even a full-scale map of the Song Dynasty? !

Now that I want to go south, Wa Zhuang is a good guide, but if I want to go to Tibet, I am in the territory of Tubo. What I need is not only a guide, but also a customs clearance document.Renzong is no longer in power now, if he does not resign, it is estimated that it will be difficult to think of the capital under the eyes of the court.

Lu Shenyan was a good helper, and within a day or two, the deed of the house was settled. Mayer's mansion is no longer Wang's side, and a notice was posted in front of Mayer's mansion, and Wang's side's mansion was moved to the west of Zhengmen.Under Lu Shenyan's command, everyone worked together, and it was easier to do things with more people, and they all moved to the new house in less than two days.

Now next to the king is the shopkeeper, standing at the door of the new house, looking at the servants, servants and his subordinates who are busy with the decoration of the new house, but he has nothing to do.Not far across the street from Xinfuzhai is Tongwen Hall in Anzhou Lane. Since Li Enze came to the Song Dynasty to ask for help, and Koryo began to submit to the Song Dynasty, this place has become the Korean embassy. [

Wang Pang simply went to the Tongwen Hall to have a look. The Korean envoys in the Tongwen Hall saw Wang Pang coming, and rushed out to greet him.Although the people of Korea also heard that Wang Pang had resigned, but the country next to Goryeo was the Liao Kingdom, and it was unusual for Wang Pang to think that Yelu Hongji would borrow troops to help Goryeo fight Japanese slaves.The great benefactor of Goryeo who helped Goryeo break the Japanese slaves now holds a large amount of Goryeo bonds in his hand. To put it in an easy-to-understand way, the little place where Wang Pang stomped Goryeo trembled.

It is not really idle for Wang Pang to go to Tongwenguan. It is necessary to understand the situation in Koryo and the price of food in Koryo.If one day unfortunately Goryeo changes the dynasty, then he will have to lose a lot.Fortunately, the situation in Koryo is stable, and the Koryo envoy also revealed that some more tributes will be added this year.Those Korean sticks should be more honest, and Wang Pang can rely on this merit to keep Zhao Shu from acting rashly.

After the house was settled, it was Wang's side to have a farewell party with everyone at the Jinxiu Building. Walking eastward from Liangmen, it was the most prosperous East Cross Street in the capital. The Jinxiu Building by Wang's side was in this bustling market.Around noon, the people from Wang's mansion walked towards Jinxiu Tower, and they surrounded Wang, talking and laughing, and their talking and laughing attracted the attention of people on the street from time to time.

"Isn't that the original Wang Shilang?"

"You don't know yet. Now that Wang Shilang has resigned, he should still be called Wang Gongzi."

Wang Pang walked very conspicuous among the crowd. Now that he is not an official, he naturally does not need to wear an official uniform. With his plain color and his distinctive temperament, he stands out among this group of people.

"My lord, hello!" "Where are you going?"

Pedestrians on the road greeted Wang Pang from time to time, and Wang Pang smiled and nodded in response. Although these people knew Wang Pang, Wang Pang didn't know any of them.

"Young Master Wang, you have done a great deed for us!" Before reaching Jinxiu Tower, Wang was surrounded by passers-by on the road.Even if there were Zhe Kejun and others around Wang Pang, these people slightly blocked more and more people surrounding Wang Pang, but Wang Pang was still surrounded by passers-by.

"It's a little effort, a little effort." Wang Pang himself was a little confused by the situation. He had done too many good things, and he couldn't figure out which one at once, so he could only respond in such a general way.

"Prince Wang, I heard that you are going away again? Where are you going? When will you come back?" A group of elders and aunts kept asking around Wang.

The news is fast enough. Whoever said that ancient information was underdeveloped, gossip still spreads, and some are quite accurate.

"Ah! I'm going to the south. I'll be back soon." Wang Pang walked forward slowly and was surrounded by the crowd. While thinking about it, he finally understood why the ancient people used sedan chairs.It is difficult to be an ancient person, and it is even more difficult to be an ancient celebrity.

Just thinking about it, someone in the crowd said: "Before next winter, you must come back. We can count on you to buy coal!" There was a voice of agreement among the crowd.

It turned out that this was the matter, Wang Bang knew it in his heart, raised his voice and said: "Don't worry everyone, the affairs of Jinxiang Mansion have been taken care of, and next year we will let everyone use Jinxiang Mansion's coal."

There was a burst of applause from the crowd, "Everyone disperse, the young master has something important to do, thank you very much!" Zhe Kejun and the others said politely while leading a way for Wang Pang.Looking up again, he was already in front of the Jinxiu Tower, seeing the Jinxiu Tower, Wang Pang couldn't help but laugh.

This shopkeeper Cui Fu is really interesting. Cui Fu came to ask a few days ago that restaurants in the capital use singers and prostitutes to attract customers and attract business.Officials' promotion rewards and punishments are also directly related to their wine taxation, so a large number of prostitutes are hired by the government to promote wine.Old Cui Fu said that although we have our own characteristics now, if we don't use these people in wine sales, we will inevitably be suspected of being high-ranking and out-of-group.Moreover, officials often come to collect taxes.Now the Jinxiu Tower is no longer the imperial signboard, and there are often many singing girls who come to ask for a job to promote wine. Now it is popular to "sing and accompany the banquet". Often the powerful class enjoy the music while drinking, and impromptu poetry when they are happy. endowment.

Wang listened to what Cui Fu said, but he also thought that it is better to keep pace with the times nowadays. Geisha are also talented and knowledgeable, with good looks, high skills, and outstanding intelligence, knowledge and artistic taste. Classes, literati and refined scholars are fascinated by it. Wouldn't it be very romantic and comfortable to sit at the same table with such a peerless beauty and talent to continue the story?I agree with Cui Fu's idea.

Walking on East Cross Street today, there are singers and prostitutes with heavy make-up in front of the restaurants in Kyoto and in the upstairs corridors. They are all shaking their handkerchiefs or inviting customers or waiting for guests to call, but they only walk to their own doors. Instead, there were a few pretty singing girls, who seemed to have been carefully selected by Cui Fu, but these people did not wave their handkerchiefs, but clapped their hands and hummed in unison, "Drinking and eating meat, hot pot is delicious, hi~yang~ Yang~; beauty~yang~yang; warm~yang~yang”[

This Cui Fu has no culture, but the arrangement of these few sentences is quite interesting.All these singing girls sang so well that passers-by couldn't stop.Seeing the people around the king walking in, some singing girls came forward to say hello: "These officials, come in to drink and eat instant-boiled meat, to ensure that the wine is fragrant and the meat is delicious. In our case, drinking and eating meat and hot pot are delicious, hi~yang~yang ..." Cui Fu, who was in the store, saw a group of people entering the restaurant, and hurried over to greet him: "Stop singing, stop singing, did you see that the young master is here?"

"My lord, your business is so good, why don't you let us sing a song today?"

"Go, go, go! I don't know that you are not good at this!" Lu Shenyan stopped these people and Cui Fu laughed and said: "Look, young master, this matter~~~"

"Haha, that's great, you all worked hard, Xiao Lu! Everyone give a little reward." Wang Pang walked in with a smile, and the cheers behind him made the passers-by in the lobby and on the street look even more curiously.

In Jinxiu Building, business has resumed briskly. Except for the private rooms that Wang Pang had reserved in advance, all the seats were full.Wang Pang thought in his heart, persist in this situation until after the beginning of spring, and think of a way by himself, then he should also return to the capital.

The more people in their room ate, the happier they were. They talked about interesting things in the past few years, and everyone burst into laughter.The place is bustling and lively, but someone in the private room next to them couldn't hold back because of their noise.

Lu Shenyan imitated Miss Su's effeminate appearance again, Lan Hua held the spoon with her fingers, came to eat breakfast every day, and was scalded by the hot soup again, everyone burst into laughter again.Before the laughter fell, the door of the private room was slammed open, and a man dressed as a servant stood at the door of the private room and said slightly angrily: "You group of people are making such noise that my son can't listen to the music and eat."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, who dared to ask such a bold question with so many tall and mighty men sitting in the room.But Wang Pang didn't speak. Although some of these people were brave on the battlefield, they really couldn't quarrel in the streets of Song Dynasty, where elegance was emphasized.Zhang Ping, Han Derong, and Wa Zhuang stared at the people who came, but the people who stayed in the house for a long time knew that Wang Pang was always modest, so they all gave Wang Pang a look.

After all, this is his own restaurant, and it's not right to make noise with the guests. Wang Pang nodded to Lu Shenyan with a smile, and Lu Shenyan hurriedly said: "Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, please go back to your son, let's just keep our voices down. .”

The man didn't even say a word of politeness, turned around and left with a glance at everyone.Lu Shenyan stood up, closed the door and returned to his seat.Everyone didn't take it seriously, and lowered their voices a little, but after all, there are so many people getting along, and there are too many funny facts. When talking about the Koryo Kingdom, the king was embarrassed by Li Enze, and everyone laughed again.

Just after laughing, the door was slammed open again, and it was still the servant standing in the doorway with his waist in his arms: "You people are so noisy, don't you know that my young master is drinking and eating next door?"

Wang Pang frowned slightly. It is often said that there are servants of whatever kind of master there is. After all, restaurants are noisy places, even if it is their own restaurant, it is not for one person.

Everyone put down their wine glasses and stared at the servant in unison. Wang Pang coughed, signaling to everyone to be calm, and then he said slowly: "Please tell your son, if you think this place is noisy, Just change places!"

"Okay, who are you, dare to talk like that?" The servant raised his eyebrows and asked Wang Pang in a sharp voice.

"Sorry, this restaurant is mine!" Wang Bang had a smile on his face.

"You can do it, you wait, don't you believe that my young master asked you to close this restaurant?" The man did not show any weakness, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely.