Chapter 268: The heart is more than enough but the strength is insufficient
"If I want to come up with tens of millions again, I really have more than enough heart but not enough strength."
Su Lang looked at Xia Yu, meaning to ask him to give him a trick.
Xia Yu didn't push back, understanding that the Chang'an City that Li Yuan took over was just an empty shell, if he didn't help him, there were still a lot of loyal people of the Great Sui lurking in Chang'an City, if they were allowed to make waves in Chang'an City, I am afraid that the Tang Dynasty, which had just been established, would soon be overturned.
While he was groaning, a cold electronic voice sounded: "Dear readers, you have read for 1,180 minutes, and you will be rewarded with a bar." Will I pick it up right away? ”
"Not for now."
Xia Yu was thoughtful: "Uncle Shi, with all due respect, it's better to borrow money than to make money." You say, whose hands are all the wealth of Chang'an City concentrated now? ”
Li Yuan pondered: "The officials of the old system of the Sui Dynasty, they should have a lot of wealth in their hands. He even suspected that Yang Zhao had disappeared first, and that the gold and silver in the treasury had been moved to his home by the old ministers of the Sui Dynasty.
Xia Yu shook his head and glanced at Su Lang: "Uncle Shi, you are saying this badly, the real money is precisely in the hands of the businessman you look down on the most." It is the wealth in their hands that they have the most in their hands. ”
Su Lang continued: "The most important thing a businessman wants to be a name is to deal with the official family. ”
Li Yuan's eyes lit up: "Nephew Xia Shi, do you mean that you want me to do the old things of Xihe County and reward them as well?" ”
"This plan is not feasible, the merchants of Chang'an City are not as easy to fool as the merchants of small places and small counties, they are all reluctant to have children and wolves."
Li Yuan hurriedly said, "Nephew Xia, what do you think?" Let's put it bluntly. ”
Xia Yu sold a pass and explained to Li Yuan: "Uncle Shi, you just have to feast the ministers again tomorrow." I'll bring something out and tell you about it. ”
Li Yuan believed Xia Yu: "In this case, I will do as you say." ”
The next day, Li Yuan held a banquet in the Taiji Palace, and the dinner bell rang, Xia Yu hadn't come yet, he stretched his neck and waited.
The ministers looked at each other, and after a while, Xia Yu Shanshan was late, holding a boxy thing wrapped in black velvet in her hand, and after uncovering it, it was ten bottles of liquor, packed in transparent glass bottles.
The crystal clear glass bottle shines brightly when illuminated by the light. This is the wine in the bar that Xia Yu is going to show.
Xia Yu looked at the stunned monarch and minister, they had never seen anything like this.
"Xia Yu, this is what you brought here?" Li Yuan asked dumbfoundedly.
Xia Yu stuffed a bottle of wine into Li Yuan's hand, his eyes were full of fascination, and his mouth kept muttering, like Elder Jinchi who saw Tang Seng's baby robe in Journey to the West.
"Such a treasure is really amazing, where did you get your nephew?" Li Yuanmo asked, holding the wine bottle.
He originally thought that this bottle was a treasure, after all, there were no glass products in the Tang Dynasty. Xia Yu's words below made his face hot: "Your Majesty, this bottle is not a treasure, the wine in the bottle is a good thing." ”
"How can wine be like this? I see it's water! ”
"I don't believe it's wine!"
Cheng Yanjin stretched his neck: "Brother Xia Shi, I'm a big boss, you won't lie to us." ”
Seeing that he was hungry to death, Xia Yu remembered that the best thing for Lao Cheng was wine, so he picked up a bottle and threw it to him: "If you don't believe it, you will know if you taste it." ”
Cheng Yanjin took the wine bottle and immediately caught it: "Brother Xia Shi, how do you open this wine?" He didn't dare to exert too much force for fear of breaking the bottle.
"I'll teach you!" After Xia Yu finished speaking, he picked up a wine bottle, twisted it at the mouth of the bottle, clicked the ground, and opened the cap. Cheng Yanjin followed and opened the wine bottle with a smile.
A rich aroma filled the noses of the ministers.
Li Yuan exclaimed: "This wine is so fragrant!" ”
"The entrance feels better." Cheng Biting Jin poured a small half bottle of wine in one gulp.
"Good wine, good wine, you see that when this wine is poured, the wine is like honey!" An adult's family used to be a beekeeper.
"The most important thing is that the entrance is soft, never spicy!"
The ministers are all drinkers, and they are already tasting fine wines.
In ancient times, because there was no distillation technology, the alcohol content was not high, and the color was difficult to be transparent. Even in the Song Dynasty, Wu Song went up the mountain to fight the tiger, drank eighteen bowls and three bowls, and his actual degree was only a little higher than that of beer.
While the ministers were drinking, Cheng Biting Jin fell on the table, and he didn't know what to do.
Li Yuan poured the wine into the wine glass, put it under his nose and smelled it, showing an expression of enjoyment, and after taking a sip, he praised it greatly: "This wine is so good, it can be called immortal wine!" ”
"Although this wine is good, don't be greedy!"
With such a good wine, everyone thought that Xia Yu didn't want them to drink freely, and they couldn't even eat the delicacies on the table. However, it didn't take long for the civil officials to change their previous appearance, and some people actually took off their boots and put them on their heads and ran around the Taiji Palace.
The generals even jumped outside the hall and played their own housekeeping skills, Cheng bit the gold and jumped on the table like a corpse, and danced a wide-sleeved dance. The whole scene was extremely chaotic.
Xia Yu didn't expect the scene to get out of control so much, it seemed that he couldn't talk to Li Yuan about business today, so he had to tell the Qianniu Guards outside the hall to take care of them and leave first.
When he came to the house, Li Rong was watering the flowers, and Xia Yu called "Mom".
Li Rong didn't raise his head: "Xia Yu, I didn't say you, as the son-in-law of our Su family, you see that your eldest brother has a prosperous business, and your second brother is an official in the DPRK and China." I've heard that you pushed the title that Li Yuan gave you, why aren't you motivated at all. If it weren't for the old man saying that you are of great use, I would have wanted to kick you out of the house right now. ”
The most reasonable person in the world is the mother-in-law, Xia Yu smiled bitterly.
This happened to be heard by Su Yuexin: "Mom, you should water your flowers, just water your flowers." Don't worry about me and Xia Yu. ”
Li Rong stomped his feet angrily: "Girls are outgoing." ”
"Mom, the house we live in was given to Xia Yu by His Majesty." Su Yuexin reminded.
Li Rong was unhappy: "Another day, I will live in your second brother's house." ”
Su Cheng coughed and said, "Wife, how many times have I told you about my son, my children and grandchildren have their own blessings, don't worry about our moon heart." What's wrong with Xia Yu, in my eyes, it's much better than our two sons. ”
Su Yue said apologetically: "Xia Yu, you also know that women love to nag after the age of fifty, don't blame her." ”
Xia Yu hugged her lightly: "What are you talking about, that's our mother." ”
In the afternoon, Li Yuan woke up and came to discuss with Xia Yu.
Xia Yu asked, "Uncle Shi, how is this wine?" ”