Chapter 9: The Banquet
As the sun sets in the west, on a winding dirt road, a thatched carriage squeaks, accompanied by a dozen pedestrians.
A middle-aged man with a cyan turban and the appearance of a housekeeper was looking around nervously at this time, as if he was carrying something.
"Second Steward Xu, I said don't be so nervous, here at the foot of the Son of Heaven, at the root of the Imperial City, there is no problem." A young guy looked amused and said.
"Dead pillar, you poor mouth! Do you know how important the things in this car are, be careful, I'll be the first to ask you if something happens. Xu Er's housekeeper said viciously, ready to fight.
The "pillar" in the butler's mouth was not angry, but just grinned. He knows Steward Xu's temper, and he usually treats people kindly, but there are just some special circumstances.
"Isn't there still Chen Gongzi here, Chen Gongzi is a mortal immortal figure in the sky and stars, right?" The pillar turned his head to look at the other side of the carriage.
Steward Xu also looked at that person when he heard this, and did not refute, not only the pillar, but in his mind, how could it not be the same mind, even if he was the steward of the Qin family who was a businessman, he had seen and heard a lot for more than 20 years, but within a few days, he had conjured up a precedent of tens of thousands of taels of silver, which was unheard of.
Chen Feng shook his head helplessly when he heard this. More than a dozen people from the Qin family who came out of the Du family's miscellaneous line and helped count the copper coins in it seemed to have suddenly woken up from a dream, and along the way, they had already whispered similar words in his ear countless times, and he was speechless for a while.
After walking a little further, Qinjiazhuang was already in sight.
From a distance, in front of Zhuang is a human figure.
When he walked in, Chen Feng was also a little stunned.
I saw Qin Tiansheng as the leader, his two sons standing on both sides, and the rest of the relatives behind him.
Qin Sushan was also among them, and when he saw Chen Feng, a pair of wonderful eyes suddenly lit up.
There are also a lot of servants and maids standing around.
The entire Qin clan almost poured out of the nest.
……
"Master, it's 30,000 taels in total, not a single point." An accountkeeper.
Hearing this number, Qin Tiansheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
After he greeted Chen Feng and his party at home, the first thing he did was to leave all the irrelevant people, and then called a few meticulous henchmen, unloaded the money in the car, and counted them one by one.
He looked at Chen Feng, who was sitting quietly on the side, and stopped talking.
"This silver, Master Qin can take it and return it to the Gao family, temporarily relieving the urgent need." Chen Feng heard the wind and knew the elegance and spoke. "As I said before, Miss Qin has a life-saving grace for me, and I have always wanted to repay this kindness in my later life."
Qin Tiansheng raised his eyes and saw that Chen Feng was wearing a cloth coat and was sitting there so clearly.
Well-behaved, intelligent, empathetic, and gracious, he is a very good young talent.
I don't know if he is ...... with Su Shan.
It is said that the prince of the East Palace killed his entire family before......
In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Qin Tiansheng's mind.
"In this way, Qin Gongzi, we who are in business know that silver money is not easy to come by. Therefore, these 30,000 or 20,000 silver are borrowed from our Qin family and you, and I will make up the notes later. After thinking about it for a while, the old man spoke.
As the head of the Qin family, he can't help but think more about everything, and think about the worst. Since the young man in front of him has offended the crown prince of the dynasty, it is better for Su Shan to keep a little distance from him in the future. After all, in this kind of matter, if you are not careful, you may be implicated and exterminate your family.
"This, don't ......," Chen Feng said anxiously.
"Gongzi Chen, this matter is settled, once the turnover is over, I will return this money to you as soon as possible. I know you're at home now...... If something happens, you can rest for a few days at the old man's village. Qin Tiansheng waved his hand, "I don't know what Childe's plans are in the future?" ”
This is to provoke people, Chen Feng smiled slightly bitterly, and said: "It's not a plan to say that it's not a plan, it's just that tomorrow the shopkeeper of the Du family's miscellaneous store asked me to have something to talk about, so I have to go there." ”
"But the Du family of Du Mansion?" Qin Tiansheng's face could no longer hold back his coldness, and he could hold back the ecstasy in his heart.
"This is a rich official and businessman! If you have a good relationship, it will definitely be beneficial and harmless! The person who should be in charge of the Qin family on the side couldn't sit still, and he was amazed and excited.
Chen Feng bowed slightly, which can be regarded as a response.
"Good, good! Everyone has a busy day, so let's eat first. After speaking, Qin Tiansheng immediately stood up and instructed his subordinates to say, "Set up a banquet!" Bring out a few jars of the best apricot blossom brew in the cellar! Fast! ”
Qin Tiansheng stood up and put on an inviting posture, "Gongzi Chen, come, we won't get drunk today, haha!" ”
On top of the banquet, the planning was staggered, and the Qin family enthusiastically took turns to toast Chen Feng.
He refused to accept all of them, and soon became a little drunk.
"Sieve another bowl for Chen Gongzi. Chen Gongzi, how about our self-brewed apricot blossom brewing? Qin Junshi, Qin Sushan's father, looked at him expectantly.
In fact, he didn't say a word, apricot blossom brewing, famous in the nearby five towns and ten miles, but because it is self-brewed, there are only twenty jars a year, so it will only be taken out at the banquet for entertaining relatives and friends.
Unlike Qin Tiansheng's cautiousness, with his own daughter often mentioning this young man in front of him, Qin Junshi has a good impression of Chen Feng. In fact, he had already guessed her careful thinking from between his daughter's eyebrows.
Just like now, Qin Sushan is sitting on the woman's house, and his eyes are always looking this way.
"Very good, rich and mellow, sweet in the mouth, just ......"
"Just what?" At this moment, even Qin Tiansheng was interested.
"It's just too soft and not very refreshing to drink. I'm just talking nonsense in the next life, don't blame it. Chen Feng said.
saw that the Qin family was looking at him a little strangely.
"Isn't wine like this?" After a long time, Qin Junshi spoke.
Chen Feng patted his head and forgot that the wine of the Tang Dynasty was fermented, so that when he ate wine, he had to use a spinner to swing the wine and sift out the lees. Moreover, the fermented wine has a low degree, and probably the average person drinks only a few degrees. Like this kind of treasured apricot blossom brew, it is only about ten degrees. Unlike the distilled liquor that Chen Feng was accustomed to drinking in later generations, it was often fifty or sixty degrees, and it tasted like burning a knife to burn his throat.
In fact, not only in the Tang Dynasty, before the Song Dynasty, the degree of wine was very low, so that Wu Song drank eighteen bowls in the Water Margin, and he could also kill the big insects on Jingyang Gang.
Qin Tiansheng was taken aback by his movements, "My family's apricot blossom brewing is usually a few big bowls, and they all walk crookedly, could it be that Chen Gongzi has drunk a more refreshing wine?" ”
"Drinking is drinking, apricot blossom brewing is excellent, and they all have their own charm."
"Childe knows where to sell it, or how to make it? You must know that our apricot blossom brew is also an ancestral recipe, and it has been continuously improved, but it has come to an end today. Qin Sushan's second uncle, Qin Junyi, looked impatient. In the Qin family, he was a well-known drunkard.