Sitting on the second floor of the Spring Breeze Triumphant Building, Jing Xiang's face was gloomy all the time, and Wu Jian, who accompanied him, was silent.

The restaurant they entered had three floors, and the first floor was the hall, with seven or eight large tables scattered around, and it was a meal at this time, and it was full. The second floor is divided into a single room with a screen, but the sound of each other's words, as long as the sound is a little louder, you can listen to a seven, seven, eighty, eight, eight, Xiao Er saw that these two people were dressed like ordinary people, and originally recommended the private room on the third floor, but Jing Xiang refused, and found a single room near the window on the second floor and sat down.

Chunfeng Proud House is the best restaurant in the outer city, and at this time, business is also the best time. The people who can come here to spend are basically the wealthier people in the outer city, and of course, the cost is not comparable to those small vendors outside. Like the single room where Jing Xiang sits, even if you come in and only sit for one seat, it will cost 100 yuan. It's called a service fee.

Of course, this money is not spent in vain.

Now that the weather is getting hot, just the white steam rising from the pieces of ice in the basin in the private room makes the whole private room feel a little cool, which makes people feel comfortable. As soon as I sat down, a pot of tea was brought to me, and although the green tea tasted ordinary, it was much better than boiled water.

Unlike Xuanwu or Chang'an, all the dishes are made into wooden signs and hung behind the counter, but here Xiao Er came over with a piece of paper, with rows of dish names and prices printed on it.

Although it is a printed matter, but the word is really extraordinary, Jing Xiang just opened his mouth to praise a sentence, Xiao Er is already eyebrows and smiled: "Mr. is really good eyesight, we are looking for the latest printing and dyeing workshop printed menu, I heard that it is the latest movable type printing, these words, are the printing and dyeing workshop to find the chapter back to the chapter to write the word model, this alone, let this printing and dyeing workshop business prosperous!" ”

Jing Xiang suddenly realized, no wonder this font looks so familiar, it turned out to be Zhang Hui's handwriting.

"You have all the dishes here?" Wu Jian looked at the dazzling array of dishes on it in disbelief: "Even beef?" ”

You know, oxen, in their place, are forbidden to be killed. Although this can't stop people who eat good beef from thinking about some sideways, it can't be blatantly written on the menu like Wuyi.

"This guest officer is from out of town, right? From the south? Xiao Er smiled and said: "We are not like the south here, beef is not a rare thing, although it is also a little expensive." ”

"Cows are of great use to farmers, so they just killed them?"

"The guest officer doesn't know, the beef we have here is all transported in from outside the mouth, those cattle raised by the Hu people, they don't wear noses since they were children, they haven't been domesticated, they can't plough the fields, they can't even pull carts, what else can they do except kill and eat meat? Who is willing to kill the cattle that can plough the land! Xiao Er said with a smile.

Wu Jian suddenly realized, he really didn't understand this truth, he always thought that it was a cow, and he could use it to plow the field and pull a cart! You can't plough the land, you can't pull a cart, you can't domesticate, so why don't you kill and eat meat?

"Are there any specials?" Wu Jian looked down at the menu.

"Since the two guest officers are from the south, they have seen the world at first glance, why haven't they eaten it? Nothing else, our smoked bacon and sausages here are a must, and you can't miss them. Speaking of this, he lowered his head and said in a low voice: "The preparation method of these two dishes was invented by Taifu himself." ”

"Taifu still gets these things?"

Xiao Er smiled: "We have a lot of dishes here, I heard that they were all invented by Taifu himself, our Taifu, it's best to eat this bite." In the past, we also made bacon here, but it was smeared with salt and then dried, but Taifu reduced the amount of salt, and then found good pine branches, cypress branches, smoked them, after making them, they could be put for several years to be bad, and the color was golden after cleaning, and it was okay to eat them raw. As for the sausages, they are even more troublesome to make, and the spices alone are worth a lot of money! ”

"Then take one of the same, and the rest, you can do it, and follow your local characteristics, and take the same one." Wu Jian said.

"So much, can you two eat?" Xiao Er was taken aback.

"If you can't eat, I'm not happy, I'll have my eyes full!" Wu Jian said a little angrily.

After driving away Xiao Er, Wu Jian turned around, only to see Jing Xiang looking at a cloth shop on the opposite street. The scale of this shop is not small, and even the eaves are filled with all kinds of fabrics of different colors and patterns, which is rare for the most common monochrome cloth. Next to this cloth shop is a ready-to-wear store, and the ready-to-wear garments are also hung under the eaves, and many people look at the ready-to-wear clothes first, and then run to the cloth shop next to them, and after buying the cloth, they go straight to this ready-to-wear store to make clothes.

Two, business is surprisingly good.

"Do you see what's coming?" Jing Xiang asked.

"There are a lot of color patterns, the patterns are complicated, this coloring and printing, the technical difficulty is not ordinary, where we are, it is impossible to get these." Wu Jian said, "Moreover, this ready-to-wear store and cloth shop are definitely opened by one owner, which is a good means." ”

"Not this!" Jing Xiang shook his head and said, "You see that a large number of those people who enter the store are vendors who come to the city to sell goods, and some are purely farmers who come to shop. ”

"How did the gentleman see that?" Wu Jian was a little strange, the hawker was okay to say, at least he was still carrying a flat pole and a basket, and those who were purely shopping in the street, how could they distinguish between city and country people.

"Looking at the posture of walking, looking at the tone and demeanor of speaking, etc., in fact, there is a big difference." Jing Xiang glanced at Wu Jian and said, "Have you found out?" When these people buy cloth, they either buy several colors of cloth, or they buy a whole horse and a whole horse, what does this mean? ”

"Abundance!" Wu Jian hesitated for a moment before he said.

"When we were in Bianzhou, we boasted that the people were rich, with no worries about food and clothing, and the handsome man was proud of it, so he was supported by the people, but you say, can we compare the wealth there with here?"

"Can't!" Although he was a little reluctant, Wu Jian still nodded.

"The old have something to support, the young have something to rely on, clothes to wear, food and meat." Jing Xiang said slowly: "In the final analysis, this is the people's heart, and the people's desire is the foundation of the rule." At this point, we underestimate Li Ze, within us, many people still think that the northern Wuwei has been fighting for many years, and it must be that the people are not able to make a living, and they are unbearable, seeing this, I am really a little frightened. ”

"Sir, this is Wuyi, where Li Ze's base camp is located, and it is not surprising that some weather is not surprising, but in other places, I am afraid that it is far inferior." Wu Jian argued.

"I hope so! We don't know much about the north, and this time the two sides have become the biggest opponents, so we have sent more people into Wuwei to understand this opponent, and in the past, the focus was on Chang'an Luoyang, ignoring here. ”

"It's not too late to make amends." Wu Jian said with a smile.

"I wish what I saw was nothing but an illusion. It was Li Ze who deliberately created the mirror flower and water friend, if it was like this under his rule, Wu Jian, my confidence in the future will be greatly discounted. Jing Xiang sighed.

As he spoke, the dishes were already served at a running price, and a table was full.

"Strategist, let's eat first, no matter what happens, you can't always be in a hurry." Wu Jian said.

"Seize the day, seize the day." Jing Xiang took a sip of wine and said.

The two stopped talking, silently drinking and eating, the taste of the food was indeed unique and delicious, but in the mouths of the two, there was not much taste at the moment, but the sound of conversation behind the screen next door clearly reached the ears.

"Brother Jin, this time the political reform, the status of the six ministries has been greatly improved, I have heard, you have the hope of being promoted to the middle of the branch, if you really want to get what you want, you have to bring a brother." A voice said.

"It's hard to say that the competition is fierce!" Another voice rang out, but the words were full of pride.

"Brother Jin is valued by the superiors, this is obvious to all, you are the most selected to teach students, right? I've heard that if you can become a teacher, you can be a teacher in Mrs. Xia's own order, and you are in Mrs. Xia's eyes, and you can still run in this branch. ”

"Once in class, Mrs. Xia also went to listen to it, and she liked me." The official surnamed Jin laughed and said, "It's also my luck." ”

"Isn't that the end of it? Mrs. Xia's words, who dares not to listen to the Duzhi Division? ”

"That is, the Duzhi Division was established by Mrs. Xia, and the position of the head of the household department is Mrs. Xia's." An official surnamed Jin said. "If I get what I want, I will find a way to transfer you to me at that time, and I can rest assured of your business level."

"Then thank you Brother Jin first. By the way, Brother Jin, how did I hear that you stuffed your brother into the westward team, this critical juncture, I see it slowly, everyone knows that the westward journey is full of obstacles, you and your brother are not born to the same mother, there are rumors outside. ”

"That bastard, don't let him suffer some hardships, how to set up a door in the future." The official surnamed Jin was angry: "In the army, I bumped into the official and was beaten with fifty military sticks, if I didn't have the cheekiness to intercede, I was afraid that I would have to be removed, think about it, if he was removed from the army, in Wuwei, how would he mix?" But I couldn't stay in the original army, but fortunately, some time ago I met General Li Haili and gave him a generous gift, asking General Li to transfer him to be a personal soldier. General Li led the team westward, there must be risks, but when he arrived at that place, all the Wuwei people had to hug tightly to be able to return smoothly, which was still helpful to his character, and if he didn't grind him, he would become a harmful spirit in the future. ”

"Brother Jin, why don't you explain it and let people understand your mind? If this is not good, I am afraid that there will be obstacles to promotion at that time. ”

"What can you say? Wouldn't it ruin my brother's reputation to say it! The official surnamed Jin shook his head and said: "There must be risks, but on the way to the west, there are General Li Hai, Yuan Zhou's observation envoys, and thousands of elite soldiers accompanying them. ”

"I see, Brother Jin is still deaf and clear-sighted! If your brother becomes angry in the future, I have to thank you, this time to the west, I am afraid it will be easier than on our side, as long as you can come back alive, you will definitely soar. ”

On the other side, Jing Xiang and Wu Jian glanced at each other. Does Li Ze really plan to reopen Anxi Duhu?