Chapter Eighty-Five: Xiangzhong Renhe Building
When Wang Bi entered the palace to talk with Renzong, Wang Anshi and Bao Zheng were fighting in Kaifeng Mansion. At this time, if nothing else, just for the marriage next to the king, who will host it.
Master Bao and Wang Anshi are also worried about the wedding next to the king, and they are both vying to host it, but no matter which side it is, it can't be done. This kid has made a lot of friends in both officialdom and shopping malls. There is no way to put this marriage in any side of the house, Kaifeng Mansion is a big place, but only the south side of the house is the private residence of Lord Bao. If it's in Meyer House, it's a bit of a toss.
It is impossible to say that there is no banquet, but the banquet is roughly calculated to have forty or fifty tables, and the king suggested that the banquet be set up separately, and Lord Bao said that the groom could not ride back and forth to toast.
Bao Zheng proposed to do two batches on separate days, but Wang Anshi said that it was impossible to salute twice.
While the two were arguing, a servant came and reported: "General Right has been summoned by the emperor." ”
Hearing him say this, Bao Zheng, who was originally on the bookcase, put down the pen with a pen on the straw paper and didn't know what was written. He and Wang Anshi looked at each other for a while, and the person who was waiting to report the news exited the room and said, "I said Jiefu, you have also heard about the burning of the boat next to the king." “
Wang Anshi sighed and said helplessly: "Look, my lord, I really hope that this son next to Wang is your parent-child." This kid's idea is not ordinary. ”
Master Bao said: "I still tell this kid to keep a low profile, he still always does something unexpected for you." ”
Wang Anshi smiled slightly: "Forget it, everything is just fate, I will resign if he tosses it too much." According to the current law of the imperial court, the imperial court will not be overly implicated. It's just that my only concern is that it will affect Yuan Ze in the future. ”
Bao Zheng asked: "Yuan Ze is going to take the autumn exam this year, so it would be good if I took the exam with him." ”
Wang Anshi shook his head: "You don't know that kid yet, first, he doesn't like to study, and second, he doesn't like to be an official, and he is crazy all day long." At the moment, this basket is not small, and at this time, the grandfather does not know what the result will be when he enters the palace. ”
Bao Zheng beckoned to Wang Anshi: "Come, you and I drink tea and wait, I'm afraid it's useless to be in a hurry, and besides, I will see you and I discuss his marriage for a long time, and in the end he will make up his own mind, your father and my father-in-law have no idea about him." ”
Wang Anshi was also helpless, what Master Bao said was not wrong at all, even so, the two of them also sweated for Wang. Waited left and right until the noon king, but still did not come back.
Master Bao couldn't sit still, either because he had a verbal disagreement with the grandfather in the palace, or he was punished by the emperor. He stood up and wanted to enter the palace to see what was going on, but he saw that someone reported that the emperor had dinner with the right general in the palace by the king's side. When Bao Zheng and Wang Anshi heard the news, they let out a long sigh.
The news on their side is fast, and the people waiting for the moon in Meyer's Mansion are even more anxious.
The king was busy, accompanied the emperor to eat the imperial meal, and then went to Kaifeng Mansion to report that he had seen the two elders. Sure enough, as they expected, the king's words were astonishing.
"I'm going to do it myself."
Master Bao glanced at him: "You are capable, your father and I don't have to worry, we just have to pay the money, we don't care if you mess it up." ”
Wang next to him smiled: "Starting a family is to let the children do it themselves, and the second elder is already very troublesome about me, so let the children come by themselves." ”
Hearing him say this, Wang Anshi and Master Bao didn't say much, but just made a plan, if he did it hastily, it would be a big deal to set up a banquet in the house to invite colleagues.
After returning from Kaifeng, Wang Bi first returned to Meyer's house, and when he saw that everyone told him that he was safe, he took Xiao Lu He Libo to get the silver ticket and hand over the son. Even the silver ticket was full of boxes, and Xiao Lule's mouth couldn't be closed. I've never seen so much money when I'm so big.
Go back to the king of Mayer's mansion and ask Xiao Lu to return the money from all places. Xiao Lu was crackling and making calculations, checking the accounts and writing the account books. Finally, he stared at the abacus in a daze.
The matter of the banquet that Wang Fang was thinking about in his heart was almost in his mind, and when he turned around, he saw Xiao Lu's eyes wide and in a daze, so he asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”
Xiao Lu pointed to the abacus, and pointed to the cost of removing the cost and the last remaining silver tickets: "Kedu." It's all right. ”
Then what are you in a daze, the king came over and looked at it in confusion, to be honest, his heart beat when he saw the number. This money was clearly given to him by Jianzhou. If it weren't for Cai Xiang's guarantee, I would never have thought of the cost of such a large number and so much profit.
Originally, Wang Fang didn't think that tea would be so capital, even if he had money during his lifetime, he would drink tea for more than 100 yuan, and he had calculated an account before leaving, and the purchase of the first batch of tea for the inner courtyard of the palace was nothing. But during the trip to Jianzhou, I found that the Song Dynasty people drank tea as a luxury, but it made Wang look very exaggerated, and the original simple and fragrant things made it complicated.
As a result, after a whole trip to Jianzhou, the gross profit was about six or seven thousand taels of silver. No wonder Renzong said at the time that he was not rewarding, and the business of handing it over to the king was enough for him to go to Western Xia.
Xiao Lu could be speechless in surprise, he had never seen so much money in his life, and the net income of this year's palace tea was basically equivalent to the income of Lord Bao for a year. However, Wang Bian knew that this was just Maori, and now it was a big house, so many people were fed by horses, and a tea factory was going to be added, and he was going to buy a tea base in Jianzhou. Basically, there is nothing left for the first year or two.
He patted Xiao Lu and said, This is nothing, Xiao Lu stared at him, how did he know that the son in front of him was seventeen or eighteen years old and in his thirties; He didn't even know what kind of past life the king had.
At this time, there was another person in the room, who had been sitting there silently. That person was under the moon, and the king saw that under the moon was sitting opposite Xiao Lu, and he didn't look at Xiao Lu to settle accounts, but just looked out the window. The window was open and the night was very bright, as if these money matters had nothing to do with her.
Knowing that Xiao Lu called him: "Boss lady, boss lady?" ”
At first, Yuexia didn't understand, but then I heard two or three calls that didn't look like calling someone else, and then I came back to my senses. Xiao Lu had already placed the silver ticket and other things in front of her.
Yuexia took it and frowned: "It must be your son-in-law who asked him to call it that, it sounds weird." ”
Wang next to him smiled: "You have to worry more in the future"
Lu Shenyan saw the two talking, and his own affairs were completed, so he got up and retired. Before leaving, he wrote a note of payment, and the king stamped it with a seal, and paid the money from under the moon for the decoration of the house before the king's wedding. I took the money and gave it back to the rouge tiger.
Seeing Lu Shenyan leaving, Yuexia put the silver two Jiaozi in the box in the dark pavilion of the room and locked it, and Yuexia handed the key to the king. The king said, "Just put it away." "That's right, but this ancient lock king has long seen it, and it's basically nothing.
Yuexia asked: "I don't know if you're busy with getting married, I'm afraid you're going to travel far again." ”
Wang said: "This is not in a hurry, I still have some things to do, now this waterway is convenient, and it will be a matter of one or two days to go back and forth to Jincheng." There is no need to go to Najianzhou for the time being this year. I can only finish what I want to do in the capital, and then go to Naxixia in the autumn, the time is just right. ”
Yuexia didn't ask much when he heard it, but he was curious, why didn't he see the king start the banquet when the wedding date was set.
Wang Fang had his own plans, and on the second day, he called Shang Xiaolu to go around the capital, and he wanted to find a hotel that could set up a banquet. The ancients set the table on the house for banquets, which was very troublesome, and the king was ready to make an innovation.
The two of them walked around the street and did not make Wang Fang very satisfied, or the store was too small, or the dress was too tacky. After walking two streets, I walked to the door of Renhe Building. I haven't been here for more than half a year, and this notice was posted at the door of Renhe Building, saying that the shopkeeper wanted to go out of this wine building.
Wang Bean didn't know what it was, he had always had feelings for this Renhe Building, and this was the first time he had seen a place under the moon. Looking inside, the shopkeeper and Xiao Er were napping. The hotel was empty. Wang stood at the door and coughed, Xiao Er opened his eyes first and saw Wang next to him. He greeted him, rubbed his eyes and asked, "Childe is here to find the shopkeeper." ”
Cui Zhangguan of Renhelou also woke up, he had known Wang for a long time, and hurriedly greeted him. "Prince Wang, you haven't been here for a while."
Wang next to him arched his hand and said: "Shopkeeper Cui, I also went out and just returned to the capital, I don't know why this Renhelou is going to quit?" ”
The shopkeeper invited the king to sit down, ordered Xiao Er to serve tea and said: "Childe doesn't know, you see my Renhe Building, although it is not the first brand restaurant in the capital, but both the area and the reputation of the dishes are still said in the past." Just because it is a time-honored brand, it is probably not as good as those new restaurants. ”
He said and pointed to the sign with the name of the dish on the wall, and said: "In the past six months, there have been many fresh shops in the capital, and the dishes are always renovated. Our chef here is old, and the price of hiring a new chef is high. A cook with a firewood is more expensive.
This ordinary dish attracts fewer customers. ”
The king listened to him, and when he saw the shopkeeper, he said, "Our decoration is not as good as those new hotels, and there are no famous courtesans stationed there, so the color products can no longer keep up, so it will decline." ”
Wang Bian nodded: "If the shopkeeper doesn't go out now, if he insists on it for a few more months, it will be the autumn exam, and the business will be easy to do." ”
Cui Fu said: "This is not to go out, to open the door is to pick a fee, now I can't stay up, just this little two have been following, everyone else is gone, this can't open the door to pay taxes, anyway, I'm afraid I can't stay up for a few months, it's better to go out and drop some silver, find a small place for the two of us, open a snack." ”
Wang Bei saw that Cui Fu was disheartened, so he asked Cui Fu to show him this restaurant, which has three floors, the first floor is scattered, the second floor has fifteen or sixteen tables for ten people, and the third floor has nine private rooms. Wang next to the sum up, the wedding banquet is enough for the same.
Xiao Lu and Xiao Er of Na Ren and Lou were chatting quite lively, and Xiao Er asked Xiao Lu: "This prince has such a big business, what are you doing in our restaurant." ”
Lu Shenyan pouted and said: "You Cui are blessed to be in charge this time, our son is like this, and he doesn't think there is too much business." Most likely you'll be following us in Mayer. ”