Chapter 67 Dining out

In the evening.

Liu Tao, Wang Tiezhu and several leaders from the Yun Provincial Defense Management Office left together and came to a hotel.

At this time, there are no private restaurants!

In fact, even individual industrial and commercial households do not exist.

All are either state-run or collective.

The hotel they came to was also state-owned and was one of the main reception venues for provincial and municipal affairs meetings.

After showing the letter of introduction, everyone found a box and sat down.

In a restaurant like this, it is impossible to eat here without a letter of introduction. It is difficult for ordinary people to come here to see and broaden their horizons.

Liu Tao ordered seven dishes, one soup, and three bottles of Maotai.

Moutai's output exceeded 1,000 tons for the first time last year, and the price was 7 yuan a bottle. Compared with 75 tons of wine produced in 1953, it was more than 13 times higher.

From 1953, Moutai began to be exported through Yangcheng, Xiangjiang, and Macau. In 1957 alone, the Moutai Distillery produced 183 tons of wine and exported 50 tons.

Wang Tiezhu watched Liu Tao come in with two bottles of Maotai and couldn't help but sigh: "During the Long March, I used Maotai wine to heal my wounds and wash away the dust!"

"Oh? Is there anything else like this?" Liu Tao asked curiously: "Director, please introduce me."

Wang Tiezhu then told the story of the Red Army and Moutai.

Since ancient times, wine has been closely associated with war. In order to win the war and inspire soldiers to fight the enemy bravely, soldiers on both sides of the war would drink Zhuangxingjiu before going to battle. After the victory, they would also drink heavily to celebrate. This is an ancient wine culture in the military. The custom has been passed down from ancient times to this day, and has also been continued in the ranks of the Red Army.

When the Red Army passed through Maotai Winery before crossing Chishui for the third time, the superiors required all troops to make use of the fine wines in the winery. Not only should they improve the food of the troops as much as possible so that everyone could eat well, but they should also intentionally bluff and build momentum with great fanfare. Confuse the enemy and create the illusion that the troops are drinking "camp wine" and are determined to cross the river.

And because of the lack of medicine, many injured soldiers used Maotai wine to clean their wounds to kill the virus and avoid inflammation.

"It is precisely because of this fate that on the eve of the founding ceremony of the People's Republic of China, Maotai liquor entered Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai. The leaders congratulated each other. From then on, Maotai liquor became known as the national liquor. As the country prospered, so did the fruit wine! "Wang Tiezhu said, full of nostalgia, this is the 'Founding of the Nation's Wedding Wine'!

Another leader, Chen Gang, said: "Later, from 1953 to 1958, the state allocated a total of 1.5 million yuan to the newly established Moutai Distillery."

There was a lot of money at that time, and 1.5 million yuan could be used to build a large state-owned factory.

"A bottle of this wine was 3.3 yuan back then, but now it costs 7 yuan. Normally I would be reluctant to drink it, but it would be great if I could drink it once a year!" Xiao Yunfei shook his head and said with emotion: "This is also Comrade Liu Tao's invitation to dinner, otherwise Maybe I won’t be willing to buy a bottle until the Chinese New Year.”

This time Liu Tao enthusiastically wanted to treat, not only Wang Tiezhu, but also three leaders of the Yun Provincial Defense Management Office, a total of five people.

These days, everyone is reluctant to go out to restaurants.

Nowadays, every household is in a state of poverty. Everyone is as poor as ghosts. Even if they have been busy for a year, they may not have spare money to support a single consumption.

Therefore, being able to go to a restaurant in this era is something worth showing off to people at this time.

In this era, people who can afford to eat in restaurants must not be ordinary people. People who can often eat in restaurants must have a certain amount of property in their hands.

People like Wang Tiezhu and others are considered high-income people, but you have to remember that they only go out to restaurants occasionally a few times a year, because they have five or six children, and each of them has five or six children, and they all have to rely on them. With support, I also live frugally in my daily life.

Like Liu Tao, he came directly to this hotel and ordered a table of dishes and three bottles of Moutai.

Three bottles of Maotai cost 21 yuan.

It all adds up to fifty dollars.

Fifty yuan is not that much a month's salary for many people.

The working class or cadres only get thirty or forty yuan a month, and ordinary people even get ten or twenty yuan a month!

Such a meal is equivalent to the monthly income of an ordinary family, or even more!

Liu Tao thought it was cheap, very cheap.

Although the environment and service quality are quite unsatisfactory, the ingredients are genuine. There is no need to worry about pre-made dishes, and the food does not have any additives. It gives an absolute sense of security.

Every dish is generously portioned and very fresh, with absolutely no fraud.

Liu Tao opened the wine cap and filled each bottle with a glass.

Others were reluctant to go out to restaurants, but Liu Tao had no such concerns.

Every time he arrived in Kunming or returned to the capital, he would always go to a restaurant to get toothpicks.

Under his leadership, the food in the canteen of Panshan Machinery Factory is very good, but after all, the funds controlled by each person are limited, and it is still not as good as having a restaurant by yourself.

As for Moutai, Liu Tao rarely drank alcohol before.

It was also this time that I went to Beijing and suddenly discovered that Maotai liquor was indeed delicious. In addition, Wang Tiezhu and others were very supportive of his work. Liu Tao was also bleeding heavily this time.

If he were alone, ten yuan would be enough to survive him!

A few people chatted while eating, and as they drank a few sips of wine, they almost became brothers, and there was no sense of age gap.

Wang Tiezhu and others will talk about some things on the Long March, as well as the battles fought in the Anti-Japanese War, or the wars participated in the Liberation War.

These people have all come from that era, and even if they are not on the frontline battlefield, they are still working in military factories or other logistics.

Liu Tao discovered that their backs were very straight, their spines were straight, full of pride and contempt for the enemy.

That is accumulated through victory after victory.

"If I went to the Liaodong Peninsula back then, I would definitely let the Yankees have a taste of my power." Wang Tiezhu took a few more sips and took off his hat.

His biggest regret is that he never went to the Liaodong Peninsula to fight.

Liu Tao secretly admired these old-timers. Their weapons and equipment were far inferior to the United Nations troops who were armed to the teeth, and their logistics supplies were even worse. However, they dared to show their swords to the enemy, and when they met on a narrow road, the brave would win, and defeated the invincible United Nations troops.

After thinking about it again, I don’t know how many people have broken spines and weak knees, and they just kneel and lick. The moon in foreign countries is rounder than that in China, and the air in foreign countries is sweeter.

In fact, I don’t know how many beautiful people have married low-level Yankees or old men just to get a green card.

This is true for female celebrities, and it is true for ordinary women too!

Even at that time, 84 combined brigades had been built, with three aircraft carriers, 10,000-ton large-scale engines, advanced third- and fourth-generation aircraft, and the conventional military strength had already ranked second in the world, but some people just had a straight backbone. If it is not straight, the knee cannot be stiffened.

Compared with these predecessors, it is simply inferior by an unknown amount.

Liu Tao suddenly discovered that spiritual power is so powerful. It is not enough to be rich in material things, spiritual power must also be strong!

Otherwise, he may be rich in material but weak in spirit, and he will always be a mental patient.