Zhou Qichen's whole eyes lit up, he thought that the wine here was already very good, and the quality was enough to make the royal wine, but it was better, Zhou Qichen felt excited when he thought about it, "Better?" What could be a better wine? ”

In fact, the Zhou family is infinite in the eyes of businessmen, but there are also crises. The position of the imperial merchant, which businessman is not blushing, although he is only a businessman, but after adding the imperial character, the status has become noble, Shinong industry and commerce, although he is still a businessman, but the status has become more transcendent than ordinary businessmen.

Although the Zhou family has many restaurants in various places, the best things provided to the palace are silk silk, rice paper, and later with the prosperity of the sea route, there are rare these things.

But in recent years, the nobles in the palace like new tricks, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs has purchased a lot of things from other families, and several are taking advantage of this momentum and rising rapidly.

And the Zhou family's imperial merchant has been doing it for a few years, and next year, it will be a year to re-elect the imperial merchant, you know, it is not so easy to want to maintain the identity of the imperial merchant, if you can't take out something very eye-catching before this, next year, the Zhou family is not good, it is also a bit dangerous.

That's why Zhou Qichen attaches great importance to Tong Xue's wine, and the quality of today's wine is significantly higher, which is an unexpected joy for Zhou Qichen, but he didn't expect that in addition to these, there are better ones.

Zhou Qichen felt that the world was bright.

Even if Zhou Qichen concealed it very well, but he was too excited, he was still caught by Tong Xue with a trace of affection, Tong Xue said with a smile, "There is indeed one." It's just that it may take some time for that sake to come out, and the yield is not high. ”

Tong Xue looked at Zhou Qichen with a little disappointment, so she said, "It's better to come back in seven or eight days, and then you will know the truth of what I said." ”

Zhou Qichen was excited just now. After the excitement, he had returned to normal, and after his IQ returned, he immediately began to talk seriously about Tong Xue's words, "There is good wine." Since it is another way, if it is really as good as Mrs. said, Sanchengli is completely negotiable. ”

Zhou Qichen said, "But good wine is good wine, on these wines." But this share is uncompromising. Madam, in fact, you are divided into sixty percent, and you definitely earn a lot, and I can sell as much wine as you can make, but except for me, who can play such a package ticket with Madame. ”

As soon as Zhou Qichen said this, Tong Xue also nodded, of course she understood what Zhou Qichen said, just like you have a good thing to sell at your doorstep. It is sold in major chain supermarkets, and it must be sold in large supermarkets.

Seeing that Tong Xue was a little shaken, Zhou Qichen hurriedly said, "I don't think it's as easy as my wife thinks." Madam, you must know that if you want to sell this wine to various places, it will not only cost me to open shops in various places, but also transportation, loss, and transportation of this wine. You need to be careful the most, if you are not careful, you will be damaged, and this wine is good. But it is not known, I still have to help this wine to make a name, this process is complicated, I want to make a profit, not too much. ”

At this time, Xu Wenda walked in. sighed with emotion, "Zhou Gongzi is really a shrewd and calculating businessman." ”

Zhou Qichen looked at Xu Wenda who walked in, Xu Wenda was not wearing an official robe, but he sat directly on the chair next to Tong Xue, it must be Lord Xu, "This is Lord Xu, right?" ”

Tong Xue nodded, "It's my father-in-law." ”

Zhou Qichen saluted Xu Wenda, in fact, Xu Wenda's impeachment case was a bit big before, otherwise Zhou Qichen would not know who this one is, but after paying attention, Zhou Qichen felt that things might not be so simple.

When people in the court mention Xu Wenda, they feel that people who have been exiled to the land of exile, what can they do when they go to Lingnan, they are disgusted by the emperor, maybe the emperor will think of this person recently, but three years later, there will be new people, and there are better talents, who will remember Xu Wenda, who was once exiled, I don't even remember the imperial history that impeached him, after all, the imperial history has been impeached all his life.

But Zhou Qichen has his own ideas, if he is really exiled, it is more appropriate to be a county official as Xu Wenda's newly promoted son, after all, most of the scholars came in this way, and they rose step by step from the Jiupin county official, but Xu Wenda became a party member as soon as he came.

Although he is a member of the Lingnan penal colony, it is also a big member, how many people struggle for a lifetime can not do things, but he is a disgusted official but he has done it, maybe he is too shallow, he does not have a keen political consciousness, he can't understand what chess the emperor is playing, maybe it is really as he thinks in his heart, the emperor still wants to use this person, and every qiē in front of him is a grind.

After all, when the saint of the pilgrimage is particularly tolerant of the children of the poor family, everyone knows that the emperor is the most partial to the poor scholars.

"Lord Xu, look up for a long time."

Xu Wenda also stood up and saluted back, "Zhou Gongzi doesn't have to pay much attention, please sit down." ”

As soon as Zhou Qichen sat down, he heard Xu Wenda say, "What Zhou Gongzi said is indeed very reasonable, and it sounds like that. The cost of transportation does need to be borne by Zhou Gongzi, but this is a difficult thing for others, but for Zhou Gongzi, it is not. ”

As a local official, he still has a certain understanding of some of the Zhou family trading houses that are mainly directly related to the economy, "The Zhou family's merchant ships will pass through the wharf every few days to transport things to all parts of the country, as far as I know, the Zhou family's merchant ships, some ships often transport some exquisite and strange things, and can be sold at high prices elsewhere, in fact, the ship itself is still very rich, and transporting some wine is just a trend, and it does not increase the cost too much." ”

Before Zhou Qichen could continue, Xu Wenda continued, "As for this halfway loss, I just want to discuss this matter with my son." We can find someone to fix the jar with rattan weaving, and on the boat, as long as there are no major accidents, the jar will not break. ”

Zhou Qichen paused after hearing this time, and felt that this mention seemed to be worth considering, and then Xu Wenda continued, "As for fame, as long as you can get on the tribute table, the fame of this wine will naturally come out, and as far as I know, the competition for imperial merchants should be in the past two years, and the number of imperial merchants is limited." Someone goes up, naturally someone will come down, Zhou Gongzi is so active, obviously it's not just for the silver, isn't it. ”

In the end, Xu Wenda made a final decision. "Sancheng, it can't be more."

Zhou Qichen was not angry, he still smiled and began to discuss, "When Lord Xu said this, it seems to be." Our Zhou family has nothing, just like earning forty percent of the silver for nothing, Lord Xu said that it is the most ideal state, but we businessmen always have to leave some leeway for ourselves, because there are always sudden situations, and these are my losses. ”

In order to become an imperial businessman, the Zhou family almost gave up a lot of net worth, and they were injured for a while, and then slowly came back. It was only in the past two years that it began to be extraordinarily prosperous, and it can be seen that if you want to provide something to the palace, it is definitely not just me who provides it, but there are many joints in the middle, "My Zhou family has this way to offer imperial wine, but if it is really successful, the complex joints in it are not as simple as Lord Xu knows." ”

Zhou Qichen looked at Xu Wenda's somewhat oppressive gaze, and his face was still calm, unchanged at all. "Lord Xu is a foreign official, so naturally he doesn't know the twists and turns between the officials of the internal affairs department in this palace, if we want to be recognized. The investment in this is not huge. ”

As a person who has watched a lot of court dramas, although Tong Xue doesn't know how much of this drama is true and how much is false, it should indeed be some doorways, and they are not known by laymen.

Probably only an imperial businessman like the Zhou family can know a thing or two.

Tong Xue nodded unconsciously. Expressing his agreement, Zhou Qichen looked at Tong Xue's appearance, and said in his heart, this Mrs. Xu looked very calm and behaved like everyone when Lord Xu had not yet appeared, but at this moment, why did she look a little absent-minded.

What she said, she nodded so obviously.

But this is better, the negotiation is like this, you go back and forth, each saying his own thoughts, in order to achieve a balance, so that both parties can be satisfied, "Moreover, how good this wine is, even if it becomes a tribute wine, it is only widely circulated within a certain range, it may be near Jianye, or some well-informed officials." ”

In this era, a thing became popular in Jianye, and then became popular all over the country, maybe half a year or even two or three years have passed, the message transmission is too slow, for people near Jianye, tribute wine is a gimmick, but for people from afar, it is not necessarily, they may prefer to buy local time-honored brands.

"But for most people, the richer people, they may not know that we need to do it." Zhou Qichen also didn't give in, "Forty percent, it's insurance for me." ”

Xu Wenda said with some regret, "Then if we each insist on it, it will be difficult to achieve this cooperation." ”

Tong Xue secretly clenched her fists a little nervously when she heard this, she knew that this was Xu Wenda's strategy, but she was still a little worried, Zhou Qichen tore his face, after all, the Zhou family is a great emperor.

Zhou Qichen also said in a somewhat regretful tone, "Lord Xu knows that cooperating with me is the best choice, but he still insists on it, is it determined that I will definitely compromise?" ”

"It's because I have faith in my wine." Xu Wenda said with a smile, as if he was sure of victory, not worried at all, "I may not have drunk as much wine as Zhou Gongzi, but I can also distinguish between good and bad, there is no doubt that my family's wine is good wine, as for the spirits in it, it is needless to say, have you seen anyone who has such wine, only this one, there is no semicolon, just for this one, isn't it precious enough?" ”

So both of them were silent, and after a while, Xu Wenda said, "I believe that Zhou Gongzi will make the most correct choice." ”

Zhou Qichen sat there and thought for a while, then said, "Then let's take a step back and divide it into three, this is my bottom line, and I can't let it go anymore." I'll show the bottom line first today, and I'll see if the two of you can accept it. ”

Xu Wenda also took a step back when he heard Zhou Qichen say this, "Since Zhou Gongzi said so, then let's take another step back, this wine-making grain, I think sorghum and wheat will be better, I don't know if Zhou Gongzi can provide some convenience." ”

"Of course there's no problem with that." Zhou Qichen said with a smile, "I will only charge my wife the cost price of all the grain transported by my Zhou family's merchant ship." ”

Xu Wenda said with a smile, "Okay, deal." ”

Xu Wenda took out a pen and paper on the spot and began to write the document contract, which was written clearly and clearly. This kind of thing must be explained in advance, so as not to have any disputes because of this in the future.

Zhou Qichen looked at the contract written by Xu Wenda, and signed his name after no problem.

Zhou Qichen signed this order, and he was also relieved in his heart, and when he was relieved, he thought of the good wine that Tong Xue said, and immediately looked up at Tong Xue, "Madam, don't forget that you told me about good wine." ”

Tong Xue naturally agreed, she also wanted to know what the wine tasted like, after all, according to her previous experiment, as long as the well water in the space was added, the thing would become slightly more delicious, and the effect should be better if it was poured into the wine.

Zhou Qichen immediately said, "If it is really as good as you say, we will have three or seven points, and I will make three percent profits." ”

Tong Xue was naturally happy, "Okay, I will wait for you at any time when the time comes." ”

Zhou Qichen looked at the sky outside, and then looked at Xu Wenda and his wife, "Our Zhou family's boat will leave for Jianye in about ten days, and I will leave together at that time. ”

Because everyone discussed the sharing of profits before, not directly from Tong Xue, so when the negotiation was completed, Zhou Qichen remembered and asked, "What is the price of this drink?" What do you think? ”

Tong Xue shook her head, Xu Wenda was also a layman, so he said, "This Zhou Gongzi is an expert, of course Gongzi has the final say." ”

Zhou Qichen likes such a non-pointing partner, "I have a preliminary idea, what about this ordinary wine, in the shops in the capital, the average price of ordinary wine is fifteen wen, and our wine is better, according to the new wine of the local time-honored brand, it is counted as fifty wen." But what about this spirit, naturally it is not for ordinary people, so it can't be cheap, so it is calculated according to the price of aging, I think fifty taels and one jar are very suitable, which is more in line with the preferences of rich people. As for the good wine that Madame said, these things are expensive, so they are naturally more expensive. ”

Tong Xue grew her mouth in surprise, can these two kinds of wine, after distillation and non-distillation, be so much different in price? It's unbelievable.

Zhou Qichen looked at Tong Xue who was surprised, and said, "But this is just my idea, the specific situation, I have to wait for me to go back to Jianye, first look at the market market, and then make adjustments, maybe it will be higher, maybe it will be lower, but the profit in the middle, how many cents should be, I will not lose a cent." (To be continued.) )