Today's Dengxian Building is particularly lively, the sky is not yet bright, there are already people queuing outside, and as soon as the restaurant opens, these people in line will rush up and start scrambling to the counter to book a seat. However, to everyone's great disappointment, the smiling and amiable shopkeeper behind the counter told them that the seats in the restaurant had been booked yesterday, and there were really no seats today.

Hearing that the seat has been booked, these people can't help but be a little depressed, and some unwilling people go to other restaurants around to try their luck, but most of them still accept the shopkeeper's suggestion and order a meal here in Dengxian Building, after all, here is not only famous for wine, but also a must-do dish, other restaurants can not compare here. Chapter 47 Prince of Taiyuan

The restaurant opened for a while, yesterday the reservation of seats in groups of three or five people came in one after another, after a while, the hall on the first floor and the second floor of the seat are almost full, the third floor of the private room can not go up, but no one knows the situation inside, but in today's situation, it is estimated that the inside will not be empty.

The sharp-eyed guys in Dengxian Tower found that most of the guests who came today were some fresh faces, and judging by their clothing and accents, most of them were not from Chang'an, and there were even many Hu merchants mixed in. Listening carefully to what they said, they were talking about nothing more than some business dealings, and looking at their mannerisms and dresses, experienced people could immediately see that almost all of them were merchants.

It is already a very strange thing for so many businessmen to gather in Dengxian Tower, but if someone goes out for a walk, they will find that the surrounding restaurants are almost full of merchants now, but Dengxian Tower has the most people here.

"Two top Chang'an roast ducks, three catties of good roast mutton, plus two pots of superb five kings drunk~"

"Hot pot for ten people, three pots and five kings drunk~"

"A full set of five kings banquet for one table, and the wine should be double~"

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So many guests Chapter 47 Taiyuan Wangzi came in, making Dengxian Lou busy inside and out, the sound of announcing dishes in the hall on the first floor was one after another, and the little guy serving the dishes kept coming and going like a butterfly wearing flowers, and they were so busy that they couldn't even breathe. But even so, no one has any complaints, because compared with other guests, these merchants are very generous, not only ordering only the most expensive food, but even the reward for the little guy is also very rich, so the people up and down the upper and lower floors of Dengxian today seem to be particularly quick.

When he was busy in the hall, the door suddenly darkened, and a team of masters and servants came in from outside. The leader is a white-faced and short-bearded young man, this person looks no more than twenty years old, with a long figure, handsome appearance, always with a looming smile on his face, which makes people feel good at a glance, wearing a very decent cyan round-necked robe, hanging a round jade at the waist, if the sharp-eyed person can find that the workmanship of the jade is extremely exquisite, and there is a seal in the middle of the carving of the word 'Wang'.

"Prince Wang! I didn't expect you to come too! As soon as I saw the arrival, many people in the hall stood up with a 'whirl' and greeted them respectfully.

The young man known as Wang Gongzi gestured to the greeting person, smiled and said in a magnetic voice: "Wang Mou came today for the same purpose as everyone else, all to get the batch of goods of Wuwang drunk as soon as possible, presumably everyone is like me, and they are about to be driven crazy by the big customers behind him, right?" ”

Wang Gongzi's words with a bit of a joke resonated with all the businessmen present, whether they knew or didn't know, they all had a good impression of Wang Gongzi. These people are all merchants who come and go from all over the world, and the reason why they all gather here today is because today happens to be the day when the five kings are drunk and pick up goods.

Now the name of the five kings drunk with the spread of good deeds, not only in the Tang Dynasty in the country is known, but even in the northern grasslands and even the Western Regions, there are many people who have heard of its name, such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make a fortune, these businessmen will certainly not miss it, they have already negotiated the price with the big customers around the place behind them and received the deposit, and then a month ago, they have placed an order in the Chamber of Commerce, but they have been waiting for almost a month, but they still can't pick up the goods, and those customers behind them are constantly urging, and even some customers threatenIf the wine doesn't arrive again, they will have to pay double compensation, and today they can finally be relieved.

The address of the Prince Hao Liquor Chamber of Commerce is next to Dengxian Building, the reason why this location was chosen is to facilitate the running of the Prince Hao Restaurant Chamber of Commerce on both sides, and he is also the popularity of the Chamber of Commerce, so as to increase the passenger flow of the restaurant. Now it seems that the effect is good, but the first time I started to pick up the goods, it has already filled Dengxian Building, and even some restaurants around it have also benefited.

After Wang Gongzi, who had just come in, greeted the people he knew, he confessed his guilt and went straight to the second floor.

"This brother, seeing that this prince seems to be from an extraordinary background, how can he mix with us businessmen?" The appearance of such a figure like a prince of a family in the merchant pile aroused the curiosity of many people, and a thin businessman asked the people around him to see what the origin of this prince was.

"Hehe, brother, you walk south all year round, right?" The person asked was a burly middle-aged man, with a dark face full of wind and frost, and at a glance he knew that he was a businessman who worked hard outside all the year round.

"Hey, brother, how do you know?" Thin businessman Qi Dao, although he has been walking the southern business road all the year round, but he is a person from Luoyang, and the words spoken in Guanzhong are also very standard, how can this big man know his details as soon as he hears it?

"Haha~, this is not simple, if you are a businessman who goes north, how can you not know the prince of Taiyuan?" The middle-aged man laughed and said, those merchants who were going north like him heard his words, and they all had a look of reverence on their faces, these people were all people who traveled south and north, and it was rare to see them so sincerely admire a person.

"Prince of Taiyuan? Could it be the Taiyuan Wang's? Someone immediately exclaimed, Taiyuan Wang is a generation of gate valve nobles, the Tang Dynasty has five surnames and seven wangs, of which the five surnames are 'Cui, Lu, Li, Zheng, Wang', and seven wang refers to the most famous of the five surnames of the seven representatives, namely Boling Cui, Qinghe Cui, Fanyang Lu, Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li, Xingyang Zheng, Taiyuan Wang, these seven children are all over the Tang Dynasty Lin Zhengtang, many people are in important positions, whether in the court or the people, have great prestige and influence.

"Yes, Wang Gongzi is from the Taiyuan Wang family, and he is also a brother of the eldest house, I heard that he was very smart when he was a child, he was very smart when he was a child, he was able to write poetry at the age of three, and he was admitted to the examination at the age of less than twenty, but unfortunately I don't know why, a few years ago, he suddenly became interested in business, and threw away his identity as a person to take care of the business affairs for the Wang family?" The middle-aged man was proud at first, after all, he was a lowly businessman, and he could know a brother of the Wang family, and it was really face-saving to say it. But at the end, his tone changed to doubt. You must know that although the Taiyuan Wang clan is all over the world, the position of the patriarch has always come from the Wang family's long house.

"What Brother Hong said is good, but thanks to the stewardship of Wang Gongzi, after taking office, he changed the domineering of the Wang family sitting on the ground and exploiting the land in the past, not only changed the commission from the original three percent to one percent, but also came forward to gather the small caravan into a large caravan to act together, you must know that the northern grassland is not very peaceful, if there are few people and weak strength, when you meet those poor and crazy small tribes, you will definitely swallow the people and goods together, only the large caravan with many people does not dare to make up your mind!" An old man with a scar on his face said slowly, this old man has a deep eagle nose and blue pupils, obviously a Hu merchant in the Western Regions, but the words spoken in Guanzhong are correct and round, which is more standard than ordinary Han people.

Taiyuan is the most important hub of the northern trade route, and it is also the border market with the most frequent exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and the northern grassland. After generations of operation, although Taiyuan is nominally under the management of the Tang Dynasty, but in fact it is the Wang family in charge of Taiyuan, among which the most lucrative business is firmly controlled by the Wang family, as long as all goods enter Taiyuan, they must go through the Wang family's commission, and the Wang family comes forward to find buyers for all parties.

"That is, last time my goods were robbed by a small tribe of Tiele, fortunately, Wang Gongzi led a team to pass by, and that night he led people to kill the small tribe and snatched the goods back, I was going to give half of the goods to Wang Gongzi, but people just didn't accept it, saying that since I have the Wang family's road guide, then we will definitely ensure our safety." Another northern merchant said with a grateful face.

Listening to these people talking about the kindness of Wang Gongzi, other people who have received favors can't help it, and they all talk about Wang Gongzi's high righteousness, and those merchants who go to the south also listen to it with relish, and at the same time they are also lamenting in their hearts, why didn't this Wang Gongzi appear on the southern trade route? Otherwise, where do you still need to suffer from the birds of those toasts and headmen.

In the hall, when the personable prince was talking about the personable prince, suddenly the light of the door dimmed, and another group of people walked in. I saw that the leader of this group was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, born with red lips and white teeth, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, very handsome in appearance, although not very old, but the size was no worse than that of adults, and the clothes and ornaments on his body seemed ordinary, but these experienced businessmen found that whether it was clothes or accessories, they were all carefully made by skilled craftsmen.

Immediately behind the young man were two handmaidens with extremely beautiful faces, and their every move carried the dignified and elegant grace of everyone's ladies, if you didn't look at the clothes, you couldn't tell that they were serving people. Followed at the end were four strong guards, with horizontal knives hanging from their waists, and a pair of indifferent and murderous eyes shooting in all directions, it seemed that as long as there was any abnormality around them that threatened the safety of the young man, it would immediately cause them to fight back to the death.

Seeing the young man and his party come in, the businessmen who were still talking just now immediately closed their mouths, as long as they have a little eyesight, they can see that the identity of this young man is definitely not ordinary, it is likely that the children of the nobles of which family came out to play, they can not afford to provoke these businessmen, in case any sentence accidentally offends the other party, it is really a disaster from the sky, so everyone has a tacit understanding to shut up together. However, they also wondered in their hearts, the demeanor of the prince just now has made people feel impressed, but this young man feels a little more noble than the prince in terms of temperament and demeanor, although Chang'an is the imperial capital, I haven't heard of any family whose tutor can compare to the Wang family with the fifth surname?

"Ouch, little old man, see the sixth son, please go upstairs, the seats have been prepared according to your instructions!" As soon as he saw the boy come in, the shopkeeper who had been smiling at the counter just now ran out with a 'whoosh~' and said to the boy with a flattering face.

"I said Lao Liu, I'm also a frequent visitor here, you don't have to greet me so exaggerated every time you see me, right?" The young man smiled helplessly, he just did the other party a small favor, but the old man took it to heart, and every time he was too enthusiastic, people couldn't accept it.

"Little Lao'er is really grateful to the sixth son, if it weren't for the son's help, where would my boy be able to throw himself into the land?" The smile on the shopkeeper Lao Liu's face remained unchanged, but he said very sincerely.

This young man is naturally Li Su, almost everyone in Dengxian Tower knows him, but Li Su doesn't like others to call him King Liang, so others generally call him the sixth prince outside. Today is the day when the five kings are drunk and shipped, of course he wants to come and see, anyway, there are Li Yifu and others watching from the Supervision Institute, as long as he grasps the general direction, he has nothing to do with the rest.

"Okay, Lao Liu, you better stay here to greet the guests, I'll just go up myself!" Li Su couldn't stand Lao Liu's enthusiasm, and hurriedly got rid of him and walked up to the second floor. Lao Liu's son used to keep accounts in Dengxian Building, and then Li Su saw that this young man was clever and studious, and he was short of manpower in the Supervision Institute, so he gave him the identity of a small official, and transferred to the Supervision Institute to help, who knew that after the old Liu shopkeeper knew, he was grateful to Li Su, although a small official was nothing in Li Su's eyes, after all, the little official was not an official, and there was no grade, but it was equivalent to the temporary workers hired by the government in later generations, but it was different in the eyes of Lao Liu. No matter how you say it, it is much better than doing a bookkeeping in a restaurant, and even for the old Liu family, who has worked for the Wang family for generations, it can already be called a glorious ancestor.

The second floor is different from the hall on the first floor, where there are some private seats, the so-called private seats, in fact, is a set of separate tables and chairs, surrounded by screens, in the four outer corners of the second floor, there are musicians playing music, although not as luxurious as the private rooms on the third floor, but also have a unique flavor.

Today, Li Su is alone, and there is no need to occupy a private room alone, so he instructed Lao Liu to leave a private seat by the window for himself, and he can see the sales of the Chamber of Commerce next to him by sitting there.

Wen'er and Hua'er served Li Su to sit down, and then asked the guy to prepare wine and food, and after a while, the wine and food had already come up, Wen'er raised his hand lightly and poured a glass of wine for Li Su. Li Su picked up his wine glass and looked out the window, there was already a long queue of people outside the Chamber of Commerce, those were all men or servants sent by the merchants below, of course, the drudgery of queuing did not need to be done by the master's family.

When Li Su was looking at the crowd queuing outside, secretly proud, thinking about the huge profits brought by the drunken sales of the five kings, he suddenly heard a magnetic baritone next to him say: "Little brother, look at your extraordinary bearing, in the situation of the king of Taiyuan, can you have the honor to have a good time with the little brother?" ”！！！