Datang all-rounder

Chapter 101

When they came to the restaurant, Wang Ke followed Li Ke to the second floor and chose a seat by the window to sit down.

The waiter in the store has been carefully waiting on the side since Wang Ke and the others entered the store.The new military uniforms and military ranks have been implemented in the army for a while, so Xiao Er knew that two high-ranking officials were coming as soon as the two of them came in.

Seeing that the two of them sat down at this time, they hurriedly asked, "What do you two adults want to eat?"

Wang Ke looked at the decoration of the restaurant on his own, and left the ordering to Li Wei.
Wang Ke scanned the layout upstairs, and asked Xiaoer, "I said, you don't have any private rooms here, are they all seats in the lobby?"

Xiao Er was memorizing the dishes Li Ke wanted. When asked by Wang Ke, he didn't react for a moment, and asked in a daze, "What private room? We are all like this in our restaurant."

Wang Ke nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions.

Li Ke asked Wang Ke after reporting the food and drinks they wanted to Xiao Er: "What did Brother Wang think of?"

Wang Ke said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just strange, why don't there be a few private rooms here, if there are female family members who come here to eat together, don't they also sit in the lobby to eat like this?"

Li Ke thought for a while, and said puzzledly: "It's nothing, isn't it a normal thing?"

Although Wang Ke knew that the folk customs in the Tang Dynasty were very civilized at this time, he did not expect to be so civilized to this extent. It seems that what he knew before was quite different from the reality.

In fact, in Chinese history, before Er Cheng in the Northern Song Dynasty and Zhu Xi in the Southern Song Dynasty, the defense of men and women was not so strict.Especially in the Tang Dynasty, due to the frequent exchanges with the Western Regions, the scale was very liberal in dealing with this issue. As long as it did not touch the bottom line of tradition, no one would care about it.

The food and wine were delivered quickly, and the two of them were not humble, so they just picked it up and did it.

As soon as he took it in, Wang Ke frowned. He felt that the wine was too weak. When he put some vegetables in his mouth, Wang Ke felt that compared with his own homemade wine, it was not worse than 01:30.

Li Ke saw Wang Ke's expression, and waited until the food in his mouth was swallowed, and then slowly said: "Brother Wang, do you feel that the wine is not as strong as yours, and the food is not as good as yours?" ah?"

Wang Ke nodded and said, "It's ai, but why are there so many people coming to eat it? Does it mean that the taste here is also well-made?"

Li Ke didn't answer Wang Ke right away, took a sip of the wine, took another sip of the food, and said: "This restaurant has just opened not long ago, and it is said that the chef hired is also very famous. Okay. It's my first time here today, and I've eaten at many restaurants in Chang'an City. The taste here is really good. But if you want to drink from Brother Wang's House, it's not as good. "

After Li Ke finished speaking, he raised his wine glass to signal to Wang Ke, and after the two drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp, he took the wine pot and filled their wine glasses.

Li Ke put down the wine pot and said: "Brother Wang, to be honest, since I have eaten wine and dinner at your house a few times, I feel that there is nowhere that tastes as good as what I eat at your house. I often think about it. Going to your house to eat, but this is also impossible. I have been thinking, can I send my cooks to your house to learn, and see how the cooks in your house do things like that? It tastes good. But I have been busy all the time, so I delayed this matter."

While burying his head in drinking and eating, Li Ke talked about the taste of the dishes at Wang Ke's house, how good they were, how strong the wine was, and how enjoyable it was to drink.

After talking for a long time, I didn't hear Wang Ke's answer, so I raised my head to look at Wang Ke, but saw that Wang Ke put the wine to his mouth, but didn't put it in, and turned his eyes to the window, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Li Ke followed Wang Ke's line of sight and saw that what Wang Ke was looking at was a restaurant with a transfer signboard on the opposite side of the restaurant.

Li Ke pushed Wang Ke, and asked curiously: "Brother Wang, you don't drink, what are you looking at at the restaurant that is about to close?"

Wang Ke turned his head, looked at Li Ke and said, "Look, the environment here is very good. There are people coming and going, and it seems to be a good place to do business. Why doesn't the restaurant opposite open?"

Li Ke beckoned Xiaoer over, pointed to the opposite side and asked, "What's the matter with the restaurant opposite, why is it closed?"

Xiaoer said proudly: "You two adults don't know, since the shopkeeper of my family opened this restaurant, the business on the opposite side has been bad. Basically all the customers run to our restaurant. No one goes to him. What can I do!"

After Li Ke waved Xiao Er away, he said to Wang Ke, "You know the reason."

Wang Ke asked Li Ke with some hesitation: "You said, if my chef's craftsmanship is used, will anyone come to patronize the restaurant?"

Li Ke was taken aback, he didn't expect that Wang Ke would ask himself this, and after thinking about it, he said with certainty: "From my experience, if your cook opens a restaurant, the business of this family will be robbed. "

Wang Ke asked again worriedly: "Really? You can be sure!"

Li Ke nodded solemnly, expressing his certainty.

Only then did Wang Ke feel relieved, and happily said to Li Ke: "Then let's eat quickly, go to the opposite side after eating, sell that store, and I will open a restaurant, not to mention stealing all the business from this restaurant." , at least not worse than this one."

Li Ke was stunned, he didn't understand why Wang Ke was so keen on doing business.

Li Ke couldn't help being a little curious, and asked, "Brother Wang, why did you think of opening a restaurant? This is not something people of our status do!"

Wang Ke squinted at Li Ke with his eyes, and said disdainfully: "There is nothing you can't do, as long as you can make money, there is nothing you can't do!"

Li Ke said earnestly to Wang Ke: "Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants are the lowest and the most despised. Brother Wang, in your current capacity, doing such things, not to mention losing the face of the court, is not a loss." Is it the face of your royal family?"

Wang Ke was very speechless, he really didn't understand why people at this time despised businessmen so much.They also didn't think about it, if there were no merchants, how could they have such a wealth of food and use.

Wang Ke had no choice but to repeat what he had said to Wang Si before, and then said: "Your Highness, have you ever thought about how much the court's tax revenue will be lost without the existence of merchants? How will the things produced be obtained?" Circulation!"

Li Ke had never thought about such a problem before, he only knew that if there was anything lacking in the mansion, someone would go and buy it back, and he didn't have to worry about anything.

Wang Ke said again: "Actually, being a businessman is not cheap. Think about it, how much wealth is concentrated in their hands. How smart are these people? If all these people are fools, how can their money be used?" Gather together. So, don’t underestimate them. These people are not stupid than officials, and they might be many times smarter than many officials.”

Wang Ke's words shocked Li Ke, but after thinking about it carefully, Wang Ke's words were so reasonable, Li Ke fell silent.

Wang Ke stopped talking. He knew that Li Ke needed time to understand the meaning of his words. While drinking and eating, he quietly waited for Li Ke to figure it out.

After a long time, Wang Ke had already eaten, and the dishes left on the table were no longer warm, so Li Ke raised his head and said to Wang Ke: "Brother Wang means that there is no distinction between people, it's just because of what they cook." Different things lead to differences in status. In fact, the things everyone is engaged in are interchangeable. Therefore, don’t look down on other people’s occupations. As long as it is beneficial to you, you can do it Brother Wang, do you mean that?"

Although Wang Ke felt that what Li Ke said was somewhat different from his own meaning, but his general meaning was that he had understood it and didn't go into it. He nodded and said, "That's almost what it means. Do you still eat it now? Don't eat ours?" Go now."

Li Ke waved his hand and said: "Brother Wang, don't worry, I have something I want to discuss with Brother Wang, I wonder if Brother Wang can agree!"

Wang Ke didn't know what he was going to say to herself, so she said noncommittally: "Tell me first, let me see what it is."

Li Ke said with a wicked smile: "Brother Wang must have already figured out how to open this restaurant. Ke knows nothing about this business, and wants to learn. How about asking Ke to contribute some capital for this restaurant, even if it is Ke and Brother Wang opened it together. How is it?"

Wang Ke was taken aback. He never expected that this was what Li Ke wanted to discuss with him.

Wang Ke's mind turned quickly. In fact, Li Ke's request is a good thing for Wang Ke. As Li Ke, he will not worry about no one coming to patronize him. Naturally, there will be more customers, and of course he will not worry about not making money. .But Wang Ke was still afraid that if Comrade Li Er found out about this, whether he would be spoiled by Comrade Li Er who said, "Li Ke."

Wang Ke tentatively asked: "If the emperor finds out, will he cause trouble for me?"

Li Ke said with a look of no worries: "I just don't show up. If the emperor really finds out, let me talk about it. Anyway, I won't embarrass Brother Wang."

When Wang Ke thought about it, it was no big deal, but it was just opening a restaurant, tying himself and Li Ke together, maybe it would really benefit him in the future.So he no longer declined, and agreed to partner with Li Ke, and it would not be too late for the two to discuss the specific matters after the offer was placed in the restaurant.

After paying the bill, the two went downstairs and went straight to the restaurant opposite.

When he came to the restaurant and found the shopkeeper, Wang Ke explained his purpose.The shopkeeper looked at the two of them as if he saw a monster, with an incredible expression on his face.

Thinking about it, it is true. Two people in military uniforms came to tell themselves that they wanted to sell their own restaurant. No one would believe it if they heard it, and the people who came here obviously had a drink.

The shopkeeper asked cautiously: "The two adults are saying that you want to buy the villa's restaurant. You can't make fun of the villain."

Taking advantage of the wine, Li Ke said impatiently: "Who is playing with you? You don't have that time. Just tell me how much you want."

Wang Ke frowned unknowingly. The tone and style of Li Ke's words were completely like a second-generation ancestor.

The shopkeeper saw that the person who came didn't seem to be joking with him, but he still felt a little uneasy. He hesitated and stretched out a finger, and said, "Together with the house, this number."

Wang Ke held back Li Ke, who was about to speak, and said to the shopkeeper: "Just report the number directly, I can understand it as consistent if you do this."

The shopkeeper laughed and said: "My lord is just joking, how could it be consistent, the villain means a hundred guan."

Wang Ke calculated the area silently in his heart, no matter how one floor has three or four hundred square meters, the price of a house on the first floor and one ground floor is not expensive.

Wang Ke is considered to be a little rich now, and with Li Ke as a shareholder, he didn't go to bargain any more. He just agreed with the shopkeeper that he would send someone to go to the Yamen with him tomorrow to change the sales documents, and then send After handing over the money to him, he went home with Li Ke.

(End of this chapter)