Chapter Twenty-Seven: Knowing Liu San
Li Qin's good words made the shopkeeper's face pile up a smile like a chrysanthemum, he stretched out his hand to Li Qin and made a gesture of please, found a fairly good position for Li Qin to sit down, and whispered in Li Qin's ear: "The guest officer is so considerate of the old man. The pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info the old man is grateful, if the guest officer needs it, the old man can give the guest officer a 20% discount. ”
"Discounted?" Li Qin shook his head with a smile. He thought in his mind that this was another trick by Susan. He's not very useful, but it's always refreshing. However, for his own purposes, Li Qin still shook his head gently, "Forget it!" I'm not short of that money yet. You just have to be a little more careful. ”
"Hehe, the guest officer laughed. Our delicacies here are prepared with the best care by our masters, and you will definitely be satisfied. The shopkeeper defended softly, and then turned away, thinking that he had gone to order the kitchen to serve the food.
Glancing at the back of the shopkeeper leaving, Li Qinhun shook his head absently.
At this time, he narrowed his eyes slightly, carefully searching for the voice from the entire Yunyang Building. Perhaps it is because his exercises are to exercise all the acupoints in the human body at the same time, although the growth rate is very full, but the development is very even.
After practicing for more than half a year, he found that his five senses had improved significantly compared to before, and his strength and body reactions were not to mention, but to talk about the body's vision and hearing.
Li Qin had tested it slightly, he could clearly see the veins of the elm leaves three zhang away when he stood on the ground, and in such a noisy restaurant, he could clearly hear the voices of everyone within a radius of six zhang - this was a very keen perception, Li Qin was not very used to it at first, but after a period of time, he was able to control the influence of some chaotic information on himself.
Now, he is just using his extraordinary hearing to listen to some useful news.
It is now the fourth quarter of the unitary hour, the lights are on, the moon is on the treetops, and the huge Yunyang Residence is also ushering in the busiest scene of his day at this time.
Li Qin sat quietly by the window, pondering, probing, waiting quietly, filtering the news that he needed, and probing the answers he needed.
As for his own target, he has already found out through the power of the Huangfu family today. He knew that Liu Kuan's little servant, Liu San, had been urged by his master recently, and he would come here almost every night to try to get the results of the "White Dew Wine" auction. Yes, after the trade route from Yanzhou was cut off, the white dew wine in Yunyang Juli in the capital city became a scarce thing.
In order to maximize profits, Yunyangju adopted the auction method of selling the Bailu wine in stock. Only five bottles a day were given for everyone to compete for - this naturally raised the value of white wine and made it precious.
The auction has been going on for more than ten days, and in order to obtain Bailu wine, Liu San has come almost every day, but his luck does not seem to be good, and he has not grabbed a bottle for five consecutive days. For this, he has been scolded several times by his master.
Everyone knows that Dazong Zheng Liu Kuan loves to drink the most. On one occasion he even fainted while lecturing to the emperor due to excessive drinking, although he fooled the emperor with his wit and saved himself from being held accountable, but ...... His reputation for a long time has become louder and louder among the nobles because of this. It's just that such a reputation doesn't have much effect on his competition for good wine.
Yunyangju has a great background, he is also a good old man's character, and the Zongzheng he holds is also a relatively noble position, so even if he has a lot of dissatisfaction with this, he is unwilling and unable to get some weird means to get what he needs. He still bids on everything according to the rules.
That is to say...... Liu San will definitely come. Li Qin muttered to himself, but he paid more and more attention to his ears, trying to find out that Liu San before the auction began.
Li Qin didn't recognize Liu San, he had just heard the name from others.
Of course, he also asked people about Liu San's appearance, and learned about Liu San's appearance in detail, ensuring that Liu San stood in front of him and could confirm that he was him.
But none of this has any effect on Li Qin at the moment. After all, although his ears are sharp, he still hasn't reached the point where he can distinguish the appearance of a person just by listening to the sound. Therefore, he could only listen attentively, hoping to find out Liu San from the words of those people.
The search is a complicated matter, Li Qin listened, carefully distinguished, repeatedly compared, and let time pass little by little. After not knowing how much time had passed, he still hadn't found any trace of Liu San.
At this time, Xiao Er of Yunyangju had already sent Li Qin's green pei wine, Li Qin sighed helplessly, and could only take the wine jug to him, pour the wine, and gently sip the taste of the green pei wine carefully.
Green wine is a low-alcohol plum wine, its degree is not very high, and there is a faint sweet and sour fruity flavor of green plum at the end, which is quite comfortable to drink. It seems to have been filtered a few times, and the taste is very clear, and it does not have the rustic earthy flavor of ordinary drinks of this era, and it looks very clear.
But...... Is it wine? Is alcohol that doesn't have 10 degrees of alcohol? Li Qin disagrees with this.
He didn't study much about wine since the end of the world, but he also knew that what was called good wine was a liquid with a high alcohol content. That...... It's the real wine. Similar to green wine, it can only be regarded as a drink at best.
"Sure enough...... The wine in Yunyangju is almost at this level. Li Qin frowned, shook his head slightly, and took a sip of the green pei wine in the cup. At this time, he was about to say something, but he heard a commotion from downstairs, as if something big was about to happen.
Li Qin curiously leaned on the window and looked down, but saw that the corner of the street in front of Yunyangju had been given up by countless people, and a simple stage was set up in the middle of the crowd.
Everyone gathered tightly around the stage, stretched their necks, and eagerly looked at the five bottles of white dew wine on the stage, which were brightly illuminated by the light of several large white candles - it was obvious that today's wine auction in Yunyangju was about to start now.
The auction of the Yunyang Bureau has begun, which means that Liu San must have arrived here, unless he didn't come at all today. However, this is unlikely. Li Qin believed that Liu Kuan couldn't help it, knowing that he had been off drinking for several days.
"Most likely, Liu San is waiting below...... Gathered full of fire, just waiting for a blockbuster. Looking at the enthusiastic Li Qin below, he couldn't help but have such a guess in his heart. It's a possibility, after all, constant grievances will always make people want to explode.
"Don't die in grievances, you explode in grievances...... Liu San estimated that this was it. Li Qin smiled, but took out a bottle of Moutai from his personal space and prepared it.
Upstairs, the clever Xiao Er had already served the meals ordered by Li Qin one by one.
Yunyangju's junior two seemed to have been trained, and although a crystal glass bottle filled with transparent liquid suddenly appeared on Li Qin's desktop, which looked very conspicuous, he still endured it and didn't ask questions. Even Li Qin could see his curiosity in the way he looked back from time to time.
With his departure, Li Qin has begun to taste the cuisine of this era.
I have to say that the dishes of Yunyangju are really good, unlike the simple cooking methods and monotonous seasoning products of this era, the dishes of Yunyangju may have been taught by Susan but have the style of later generations.
Not only that, frying, frying, stir-frying...... These cooking methods from later generations were used, and richer seasonings were also used, which greatly satisfied Li Qin's taste buds. Li Qin ate very comfortably. As he ate, he carefully watched the auction downstairs.
Li Qin didn't know if there were auctions in the Han Dynasty, nor did he know what their original auction process was like. He only knew that the auction that appeared in front of him now already had too much flavor from the afterlife under the training of a reincarnation person from the afterlife.
The fierce atmosphere and the coaxing of the crowd always make many people dizzy and pay a high price. For the competition for white dew wine, people who are interested in it can be said to spare no effort. They vividly showed the truth of the highest price, and pushed the white dew wine, which was originally only 100 gold, to a high price of nearly 1,000 gold. It invisibly tells the rich money and arrogance of the people in the capital.
The auction proceeded quickly, and in less than half an hour, the five bottles of white dew had their own owners.
And from someone's joke below, Li Qin can clearly understand that Liu San still didn't get the white dew wine that his master wanted in this auction. Although Liu San had prepared 500 gold in order to photograph this bottle of Bailu wine, today's Bailu wine is at least 800 gold. With such a stark gap, even Liu San was helpless.
"Alas...... I'm going to be scolded by my lord again this time! Liu San sighed, and there was too much helplessness in his words that should have been calm and powerful.
"It's okay, there's another time. Just next time you need to be a little more prepared. If you want me to say that as long as this yellow turban thief is not pacified for a day, and the connection between Yanzhou and Jingshi is not opened up for a day, the price of this white dew wine will increase day by day. The person who teased Liu San in front kindly reminded him.
"I understand this, but you know my master...... He's just Zongzheng, and he doesn't have a lot of money. Liu San sighed helplessly. Listening to his words, you can clearly feel the anxiety in his heart.
This anxiety is not for himself, but for his master. As Liu Kuan's follower, Liu San should belong to the first-class son of Liu Kuan's family, and his loyalty to Liu Kuan is already engraved in his bones. Listening to Liu San's words, Li Qin's face showed an inexplicable smile. He knew his calculations could begin.
At that moment, Li Qin took the Moutai he had placed on the table, and gently unscrewed the golden wine cap on the wine bottle, but he did not pour it out, but held the wine bottle itself with both hands, secretly lucky. A wave of concussive power passed through the crystal-like wine bottle to the wine, and the crystal like water wine boiled all of a sudden, and a rich aroma of wine suddenly volatilized, which soon made Yunyangju smell salty.
"Good...... What wine! At first glance, when they smelled such a strong aroma of wine, the people in Yunyang Curry couldn't help but exclaim. Many guests on the second floor looked at it in surprise, they thought it was a new wine from Yunyangju. But after seeing the crystal wine bottle in Li Qin's hand and Li Qin's cold and unearthly temperament, they didn't dare to step forward.
In a trance, they all saw the idler's do not approach label on the door of Li Qin's head. Most of the guests on the second floor are scholars with no status, maybe they have a great future, but now they are still just a loach. Li Qin's performance was enough to deter them.
They didn't dare to move, but the wealthy servants on the first floor who had participated in the auction of white dew wine and had not dispersed were not so afraid. They looked at each other, and their hearts moved slightly.
It's just that before they finally took action, Liu San, who was attracted by the drink, had already rushed out impatiently. He tried his best, and walked up to the second floor of Yunyang Ju in three steps and two steps to Li Qin, and looked at the Moutai in Li Qin's hand with straight eyes.
"Good wine...... It's a great wine! Liu San said in a daze.
"This is indeed a good wine...... Li Qin nodded approvingly, he looked at Liu San who rushed to him, and asked him to sit down with a smile: "Brother Tai seems to be a good wine person." It's rare that you can rush to me desperately, why don't you sit down and taste this wine together? ”
"This ...... It's not good. Liu San was stunned by Li Qin's words, and he replied curtly: "Speaking of wine, I don't know much about it." I'm just buying wine for my family. Speaking of good wine, my family Zongzheng is a person who really loves wine. If you sell me this wine, my family will be overjoyed. ”
"Your lordship? Which one is that? Li Qin asked puzzled.
"Zongzheng Liu Gong is lenient!" Liu San replied solemnly.
"But Liu Zongzheng, who is worried? I've heard of his name. is really the best wine person in the Han Dynasty. Li Qin nodded happily: "If you can, can you let me visit him?" I'm willing to offer this good bottle of wine. ”
"You...... There won't be any attempts. Suddenly hearing Li Qin's request so strange, Liu San couldn't help but be a little suspicious.
"I don't have anything to look at, I'm just an ordinary scholar, where is there any intention. I just want to meet Liu Zongzheng. Li Qin replied with a chuckle.
"This ......" Liu San pondered for a while, admitting in his heart that what Li Qin said was also very reasonable: "Since this is the case, then I will take you to see my family Zongzheng." ”
Saying that, Liu San turned around and led the way in front. Li Qin hurriedly followed, ignoring the uneaten leftovers on the table, and naturally carried his eye-catching bottle of Moutai in his hand.