Sure enough, Li Hongzhang understood and replied to Mai Ke: "Brother Mai Ke, you have stumped me! Although I am a few years older than you, I am far inferior to you, you have not only received the holy decree, but also made the king, maybe when, I will come to you, please enjoy the food."

"You two listen to me: this holy decree will be kept by Prince Mai for the time being, if there is anything Zeng Qin needs to use, and then ask the prince, I think the prince will not help with this. Can you two see it okay?"

Zeng Guoquan naturally had no opinion, and nodded directly in agreement.

Don't look at the two of them cooperating very skillfully, that's just a formality, if there is no ghost, it can't be done like this, after all, Mai Ke's behavior is a great offense to Qin Cha and even to the emperor.

Lao Chongguang also came to be a peacemaker, and persuaded everyone to sit down, skip this matter, and start drinking and eating!

He was no longer polite, and instead of giving orders to the landlord Xiang Zhong, he let people serve wine and food!

Then the well-trained waiters put a variety of dishes on the table, although it is not a delicacies of the mountains and seas, but it can be regarded as a mixture of Shanghai and land, with good color and aroma, and the wine is yellow and white, and there is also red wine!

As the host, Li Hongzhang picked up his wine glass, welcomed the triumph of the expeditionary force, congratulated the army on its victory, and once again congratulated Mai Ke on his ascension to the prince, and wished him more saints in the future, and then tilted his neck and toasted the wine.

Through Lingxi's movement, Mai Ke had confirmed that there was no problem with the wine and food, so he no longer hesitated, and drank it all.

The other heavenly soldiers had been instructed in advance. Whatever Mai Ke does, they will do, and at this time, only Mai Ke is the first to look forward to it, and they also drink it all.

Subsequently, Zeng Guoquan and Lao Chongguang also rose up to toast one after another, and everyone also drank.

At the end of the day, Xiang Rong, the head of the old army, also stood up, swept away the depression that had been hanging on his face from the beginning, and said loudly: "I am a soldier, and I admire the husband who takes care of each other the most! Salute the heroes who were born and died and returned triumphantly!" Pick up the wine bowl in front of you. Dry it out in one bite!

Everyone was so proud that they all drank it all! It's a pity that there is no big bowl!

Mai Ke saw Zeng Guoquan's face suddenly gloomy, even if he pretended to be just now, at least he was still smiling.

Then it's time to eat, drink, and talk to each other.

The other two tables were all military. And basically they are all officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force. Only one is a border passer. It is counted as a representative of the host who entertains guests, so it quickly becomes lively.

And the five people at the main table, except for a pair that each looked unpleasant. It's also a good conversation. Except for Mai Ke, everyone is a veteran of officialdom, and the level of adjusting the atmosphere is unparalleled, and the atmosphere is also quite warm.

And Mai Ke is even more powerful, although he has little experience in old-fashioned officialdom, he is a highly talented student in business management, interpersonal communication is only one of the basic skills, he was proficient in mastering it as early as in college, coupled with his unparalleled knowledge, it has also made a lot of contributions to the harmonious atmosphere, and even attracted Zeng Guoquan and Xiang Rong to ask Mai Ke several questions.

When he was half-drunk and half-full, Zeng Guoquan stood up again and announced: "I still have a holy decree here, read it now." When everyone heard this, there was another burst of chickens and dogs, knocking over more seats, and kneeling on the ground! Only Mai Ke sat still.

When Zeng Guoquan saw this result, the corners of his mouth flashed a mischievous smile, and then said: "The emperor specially instructed that the holy decree be read in the middle of everyone's banquet, and also specially ordered everyone to be exempted from courtesy. ”

Seeing everyone kneeling stupidly, he continued: "Everyone get up and sit down, I'm good to make the decree." If you are willing to kneel, you can continue, I am not reluctant. ”

There was another bustle, everyone sat down again, and there was not a single kneeling person.

"Fengtian transported, the emperor said: 'Aiqing Zhennan Wang Mai Ke, hard work, three cups of imperial wine, accompanied by a soldier can be given the same gift. 'Chin. ”

Then three men with solemn faces and the appearance of guards entered, each holding a tray with a delicate flask on it, and two silver wine glasses.

Zeng Guoquan asked, "The prince has shown you, which of your subordinates do you want to drink the imperial wine with you?"

When Mai Ke listened to the holy decree, he already had a candidate, and immediately replied: "The head of the Ma Ranshi Group!"

After saying that, he beckoned him to come over.

Ma Lanshi was feasting, seeing Mai Ke beckoning to him, he hurriedly swallowed a piece of fat that had just been put in his mouth, strode to Mai Ke, and saluted: "Boss, the troubled times report to you!

Good guy, he copied his usual set, and there was no one else in his eyes at all!

"Okay! I order you to drink the imperial wine with me!" Mai Ke laughed inwardly and continued to perform with him.

"Guarantee to overcomplete the task!" This is also a mantra of Lao Ma, what to do, if it is just to complete the task, he will think that it is not completed, only the overcompletion of the task is the real completion of the task.

Mai Ke was amused by Lao Ma's lines, and said in his heart, why do you exceed the quota in this matter? If you exceed the quota, there will be no share of me!

said with a smile: "Just complete the task this time, don't exceed the quota!"

The other three people at the table were all smiling and watching the excitement, with smiles on their faces, and Xiang Rong was no exception, but the black lines on Zeng Guoquan's forehead were getting thicker and thicker, and they almost covered their eyes.

He held back his temper that was about to explode several times, and said to Mai Ke: "Are you finished?

Mai Ke said: "That's it for the time being, let's start! Hurry up, everyone is busy." ”

Zeng Guoquan almost fell down, what kind of person is this, he is pulling around, and his grandmother urged me to hurry up!

I secretly made up my mind that if I had such an errand in the future, I would never come, and I would lose my life!

Suppressing his anger, he said to the three guards, "Pour wine!"

I saw that the three guards lifted the jade pot at the same time and poured the wine into the silver wine glass on the plate, like a straight line, accurate, the cup was full of wine, and it was not bad at all!

When Mai Ke saw it, his heart moved--master!

Once again, I watched the wine in the silver cup, which was clear and transparent, without any turbidity, without the slightest discoloration!

There was no problem with the wine - this was in line with Mai Ke's previous judgment.

As soon as these three pots of wine came up, Mai Ke had already passed the identification of Lingxi's action, and the conclusion was that there was no problem at all; now looking at the reaction of the silver wine glass, and observing the color of the wine, there was no problem, so Mai Ke decided that the cat was not in this link.

So, Mai Ke picked up the wine glass, took one sip, and drank three glasses in the blink of an eye.

"Good wine!" Mai Ke approved!

Ma Lanshi has a lot of learning, and he drank three cups one by one, but after drinking, he asked, "Huh, what does it taste like?"

Everyone couldn't help laughing, this guy was too much, he drank the imperial wine, and he didn't know what it tasted like!

(To be continued......)