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

The little two in the store have been waiting carefully on the side since Wang Ke and them entered the store. The new military uniforms and ranks have also been implemented in the army for a while, so as soon as Xiao Er came in, he knew that there were two big officials coming.

At this time, seeing the two of them sitting down, he hurriedly asked, "What do you want to eat?" ”

Wang Ke looked at the decoration of the restaurant and threw the order to Li Ke.

Wang Ke's eyes swept the upstairs layout, and asked Xiao Er: "I said, you don't have any private rooms or anything here, are they all seats in this kind of lobby?" ”

Xiao Er was remembering the dishes that Li Ke wanted, and when Wang Ke asked him, he didn't react for a while, and asked in a daze: "What private room?" It's like this in our store. ”

Wang Ke nodded slightly and didn't ask again.

After Li Ke finished reporting the wine and food they wanted to Xiao Er, he asked Wang Ke, "What did Brother Wang think of again?" ”

Wang Ke said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just strange, how can there be a few private rooms here, if there are 'female' relatives who come here to eat together, can they also sit in the lobby like this to eat?" ”

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

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

In fact, in Chinese history, before Ercheng of the Northern Song Dynasty and Zhu Xi of 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 open in dealing with this issue, as long as it did not touch the traditional bottom line, no one would be able to compare.

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

As soon as he entered, Wang Ke frowned, he felt that the wine was too light, sandwiched a clip of vegetables, and put it in his mouth, Wang Ke felt that it was not a little worse than what he made at home.

Wang Ke's expression, Li Ke saw it in his eyes, and waited for the food in his mouth to be swallowed before he slowly spoke: "Brother Wang, do you feel that your wine is not as strong, and the food is not as good as your taste?" ”

Wang Ke nodded and said, "Yes." But why do so many people come to eat it, and does it mean that the taste here is good? ”

Li Ke didn't answer Wang Ke immediately, took a sip of wine, and took another bite of food before saying: "This restaurant has just opened not long ago, and it is said that the chef invited is also very famous, and everyone who has come to eat said that it is good. Today is also the first time I have been here, I have also eaten a lot of restaurants in Chang'an City, and the taste here is really good. But if you want to drink Brother Wang's mansion, it will be far worse. ”

After Li Ke finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass and signaled to Wang Ke, and after the two of them drank all the wine in the wine glass, they took the wine jug and filled the wine glasses of both of them.

Li Ke put down the wine jug and said: "Brother Wang, to be honest, since I have eaten wine and rice in your house a few times, I feel that it does not taste good anywhere in your house, and I often want to go to your house to eat, but this is also impossible." I've been wondering if I can send my cooks to your house to learn how to make them taste so good. But I've been busy, so I put this matter off. ”

Li Ke was immersed in drinking and eating, and at the same time talking about the taste of the food he tasted at Wang Ke's house, how good it was, how strong the wine was, and how enjoyable it was to drink.

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

Li Ke followed Wang Ke's line of sight and saw what Wang Ke was looking at, but it was opposite the restaurant, a restaurant with a transfer sign.

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

Wang Ke turned his head, looked at Li Ke and said, "Look, the environment here is very good, people come and go, and it seems to be a good place to do business, why don't you do the restaurant opposite?" ”

Li Ke beckoned Xiao Er to come, pointed to the opposite side and asked, "What's going on with the restaurant opposite, why did you close the 'door'?" ”

Xiao Er said proudly: "The two adults don't know, since my shopkeeper opened this restaurant, the business on the opposite side is poor, basically all the customers run to our store, no one goes there, what can I do if I don't close the 'door'!" ”

After Li Ke waved his hand to let Xiao Er leave, he said to Wang Ke: "You know the reason." ”

Wang Ke asked Li Ke with some hesitation: "You say, if you use my chef's skills, will anyone come to patronize the restaurant?" ”

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

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

Li Ke nodded solemnly, indicating that he was very sure.

Wang Ke relieved himself at this time, and said happily to Li Ke: "Then let's eat quickly, go to the opposite side after eating, take down the storefront, and I will also open a restaurant, not to mention stealing the business of this restaurant, at least it will not be worse than this one." ”

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

Li Ke couldn't help but be a little curious, and asked, "Why did Brother Wang think of opening a restaurant?" That's not what people like us do! ”

Wang Ke glanced at Li Ke with his eyes, and said disdainfully: "What can't be done, as long as you can make money, what can't you do!" ”

Li Ke said bitterly to Wang Ke: "Shinong businessmen, businessmen are the lowest, the most despised, Brother Wang, with your current identity, to do such things, not to mention losing the face of the court, isn't it losing the face of your Wang family?" ”

Wang Ke was speechless, he really didn't understand how people at this time despised businessmen so much. They also don't want to think about how they would have been so rich in what they usually eat and use without merchants.

Wang Ke had no choice but to repeat what he had said to Wang Si before, and said: "Your Highness, have you thought about it, without the existence of merchants, how much the court's taxes will be lost." How do you get the things you make into circulation? ”

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

Wang Ke said: "In fact, being a businessman is not lowly, think about it, how much wealth is concentrated in their hands." How smart these people are, and how can their money be gathered if all these people are fools? So, don't underestimate them. These people are not stupider than those who are officials, and they are many times smarter than many people who are officials. ”

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

Wang Ke stopped talking, he knew that Li Ke needed time to understand the meaning of his words now, he was drinking and eating food, while quietly waiting for Li Ke to understand.

After a long time, Wang Ke had already eaten, and the remaining dishes on the table were no longer hot, so Li Ke raised his head and said to Wang Ke: "Brother Wang means that there is no distinction between high and low, only because of the different things they do, there is a difference in status, in fact, what everyone is engaged in is interchangeable." Therefore, don't look down on other people's careers, as long as it is good for you, you can do it! Brother Wang, do you mean that? ”

Although Wang Ke felt that what Li Ke said was a little different from his own meaning, he had already understood the general meaning and did not delve into it, so he nodded and said, "That's pretty much what it means." Do you still eat it now? If you don't eat it, let's go now. ”

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

Wang Ke didn't know what he was going to say to himself, so he said noncommittally: "You say it first, wait for me to see what is the matter." ”

Li Ke said with a thief on his face: "Brother Wang must have already figured out how to open this restaurant. Ke doesn't know anything about this business, and he wants to learn. It's better to let Ke also pay some money for this restaurant, even if Ke and Brother Wang opened it together. How is it? ”

Wang Ke was taken aback, he never thought that this was what Li Ke wanted to discuss with him.

Wang Ke's mind quickly turned, in fact, Li Ke's request is a good thing for Wang Ke, with Li Ke's identity, there will be no one to patronize, there will be more natural customers, and of course the money will not be worried. But Wang Ke was still afraid that if Comrade Li Er knew about this matter, would he be taken seriously by Comrade Li Er's words.

Wang Ke asked tentatively: "If the emperor knows, will he trouble me?" ”

Li Ke said with a look of no worry: "I don't come forward, if I really let my father know, let me say it, anyway, I won't embarrass Brother Wang." ”

Wang Ke thought about it, it was not a big deal, but it was just to open a restaurant, tying himself to Li Ke, maybe it would be really good for him in the future. So he didn't shirk anymore, and agreed to partner with Li Ke, and the specific matters were not too late for the two to discuss slowly after the restaurant was discontinued.

After settling the account, the two of them went downstairs and went straight to the restaurant opposite.

When he came to the restaurant and found the shopkeeper, Wang Ke explained his intention. The shopkeeper looked at the two of them as if he had seen a monster, and his face showed an incredible expression.

Thinking about it, two people in officer uniforms came to me and said that they wanted to take down their own restaurant, and no one would believe it when they heard it, and the person who came was obviously drunk.

The shopkeeper asked cautiously: "The two adults are saying that you want to take down the villain's restaurant." It's not like you're making fun of the villain. ”

Li Ke took advantage of the wine and said impatiently: "Who is playing with you, I don't have that time." Just tell me how much money you want. ”

Wang Ke frowned unconsciously, Li Ke's tone and style were completely like the second ancestor.

The shopkeeper saw that the person who came didn't seem to be joking with himself, but there was still some uncertainty in his heart, so he hesitantly stretched out a finger and said, "Together with the house, this number." ”

Wang Ke grabbed Li Ke, who wanted to speak again, and said to the shopkeeper: "You can report the number directly, I can understand you as consistent." ”

The shopkeeper laughed and said: "The adults are joking, how can it be consistent, the villain means a hundred yuan." ”

Wang Ke silently calculated the area in his heart, how can a floor have three or four hundred square meters, and the price of a house on the first floor and one bottom is not expensive.

Wang Ke is also a little rich now, and with Li Ke as a shareholder, he didn't go to bargain again, but just told the shopkeeper that he would send someone to go to the ya'men to change the sales documents tomorrow, and then 'hand' the money to him, and he went home with Li Ke.

They also have to negotiate the proportion of their contributions.