Final Chapter. 62
Fan Laoqi said it to this point, just with the three words "goods", he had already straightened Su's eyes that day!
He originally thought that these four big truckloads of grapes from the Western Regions would be considered a fortune! Unexpectedly, this fat man misrecognized his identity, and even showed the dirty methods of Youbei officialdom to himself, a Mobei person!
This smell of corruption is really intoxicating!
After Fan Laoqi's careful introduction, Su realized what scale of the treasure cave he had hit that day!
Due to the virtue of the ancestors of Baoma Village, the selected geographical location is extremely superior: the terrain here is flat, the transportation is convenient, it is extremely suitable for the transportation of bulk goods, and it is not easy to attract the attention of others. To this day, not only these two unlucky merchant groups, but all the businessmen who come and go to Baoma Village are doing shady livelihoods. The two unlucky fellows, one who specialized in tobacco and salt, and the other who specialized in fine wine, were all in the business of pinning their heads to their belts.
Putting aside the private salt and tobacco leaves, the value of top wine and fine wine is basically determined by the age of the wine, and the older it is, the more valuable it is. In addition, the third road in Youbei is located in the wilderness, and it is very difficult to transport back and forth; The climate is extremely cold, and the means of cellaring are very cumbersome; So as early as more than three years ago, this group of moonshiner merchants dug a wine cellar near Baoma Village, specializing in cellaring top wines for more than 20 years!
After a nobleman delivers the fixed silver, it will be taken out from the cellar of Baoma Village, and sent a special person to send it to the other party's mansion, and the transaction can be completed. In this way, the cycle of transportation and sales is greatly shortened; It can also avoid unnecessary loss of wine in the process of long-distance transportation.
When Su heard this, his swallowing saliva became more and more intense! The so-called "goods" are all top-level aged wines that are more than 20 years old! I've heard people talk about it countless times before, but I've never been lucky enough to taste a drop in person! Now it's a whole wine cellar, and the happiness that comes from this overwhelming sea of happiness is really dizzying!
"Quick...... Well...... Take General Ben to uncover the stolen goods! ”
"General, forgive the small people for their shallow knowledge...... But even if you are a general, you are brave enough to win the three armies, and your strength is infinite; But the whole cellar of thieves is not something that we can uncover! ”
"Oh? In your opinion, how many men does General Ben have to bring with him? ”
"The villain told you so. In recent years, the internal and external situation has been turbulent, and the court has also been in the battle for succession...... Hey, let's not mention it if there's more! All in all, the best wines in the cellar didn't sell much at all! In the past three years, the belly of the mountain has almost been hollowed out by them, but there is still a full store! And haven't you tasted it yourself? Since the cellar was already full of good wines, the grapes they brought in this time were just ordinary goods! That kind of inferior liquor, even dogs in our village don't want to smell it......"
Speaking of this, Fan Laoqi seemed to wake up suddenly, immediately put away his deliberately show-off face, slapped himself vigorously, and said with begging in his mouth:
"Look at my foul mouth...... The villain is also an unintentional mistake......"
These two Mobei cavalrymen who are "not even as good as dogs" are still immersed in endless fantasies about top wines, and their minds have already flown to the stuffed mountainside wine cellar, and they don't care about the disrespect in Fan Laoqi's words at all.
"Good, good! Tell me, how many altars are there in that batch of high-quality goods? ”
"Where's that thing counted? After so many years of shipping here, but not much was sold, they seem to have forgotten about it, and they don't count it at all! Let me tell you the truth, the folks in our village, if anyone is hungry, they will sneak in to "borrow" to satisfy their hunger...... Hey hey ......"
"Oh? Do you have one in your village now? Take some and moisten our voices first! ”
"Oops...... I drank half a plate of fried soybeans last night, and I didn't have time to "borrow" it...... Wait, I'll ask you somewhere else! ”
Speaking of this, Fan Laoqi moved off the kang as soon as his buttocks arched, ran to the door and shouted:
"Lao Liang! Lao Liang! ”
After three or five sounds, a red-faced man with a red face and straight eyes walked to the door of Fan Laoqi's house in a leisurely manner; As soon as he stepped into the threshold, he pointed to the two Mobei cavalrymen on the kang and shouted:
"I said Fan Fatzi...... Belch...... These two kings and eight calves... Belch...... Where did it come from? ”
Fan Laoqi's face turned pale, and he hurriedly pulled him out of the house, with a smile on his face, and apologized to the two military masters in the room who were inexplicably scolded:
"I'm sorry! Lao Liang, he drank too much...... Wine talk, it's all wine talk, don't be like a drunkard! ”
The two of them pulled and pulled to the outside of the house, but the two Mobei cavalry on the kang were completely relieved! First of all, this Fan Laoqi is very good to his mother-in-law, although he was scared just now, he still does not forget to defend his wife, and he is obviously a man who values love and righteousness; Now there is a drunken Lao Liang who is quite familiar with him, which also proves that the people of Baoma Village are all local villagers; Coupled with his own group of 2,000 cavalry, it was purely accidental to enter Baoma Village, so it couldn't be the trap arranged in advance by the living immortal who knew everything like a god, right? Under comprehensive consideration, these two Mobei veterans can be regarded as completely lifting the defense in their hearts.
After a while, that Fan Laoqi walked back with half a jar of wine with a pale face, and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry for the two military masters, today the villagers all know that they are going to come out to pick up the goods, and they have already drunk all the wine that can't see the light, and it saves the family to catch it, right?" Just this half bottle of the burning knife produced in our Youbei was snatched from Lao Liang's dog's mouth, and I made amends for the two of you for him......"
The reason Fan Laoqi said was reasonable, but it just made the Mobei cavalry, who had already let down their guard and were about to have a drink, not very happy. They wanted to taste the taste of the top wine, and by the way, they judged how true or false the words in Fan Laoqi's mouth were; But now what is waiting for is the most worthless burning knife, 20 yuan a pot, all over the street, what is new about this?
Fan Laoqi put the small half pot of wine into the set of pots, shouted "at home, at home", and couldn't hear a reply for a long time, so he went straight to the back kitchen with the set of pots; Within a quarter of an hour, he was carrying an old tray with half a pot of warm wine, a plate of scrambled eggs with chives, a plate of fried peanuts, and a small plate of dried cut beef.
"Two military masters, I'm really embarrassed, my Hun family was frightened by the smell of blood, and I don't know if this hand is still steady, whether the dishes are made to the taste or not, so let's take care of them; I don't know if there are distinguished guests visiting, this dish is rough and rough, I Fan Laoqi is really ashamed, I will give you a glass first! ”
As early as when he brought the wine and food through the hall, the air was filled with a refreshing aroma of wine! Burning knives is the cheapest wine, and the sharp and rough smell is all too familiar to both the Nari Su and the bald horse bandits; But now the wine is so fragrant that it inevitably makes them wonder......
Fan Laoqi took out the small wine pot with water droplets hanging on the wall of the bottle from the set of warm wine, and began to distribute wine into the three wine cups with a big grin. The wine is pure and transparent, as clear as a mountain spring in the forest; In the flow of the wine, there is also a viscous feeling that is visible to the naked eye, and it looks like a silky visual experience......
"I, Fan Laoqi, report to the men, women and children of Ma Village, and thank the two military masters for saving their lives!"
After finishing speaking, Fan Laoqi drank first as a respect, and then lit up the wine cup towards the two military masters:
"The two military masters drink first, just shout if there is anything, I'll go to the back to take care of my timid and fearful Hun family......"
After finishing speaking, Fan Laoqi made a big bow and left; The two people sitting on the hot kang, you look at me, I look at you, at the same time picked up the small wine cup and hit it crisply, and then raised their heads and drank it all......
A small glass of wine slides into your mouth, and the flavor of the wine immediately evaporates! This wine does not have the spicy and bitter taste of ordinary burning knives, but also has a hint of softness and gentleness, lingering between the lips and teeth, giving people the feeling of being around the beam for three days. Occasionally, a drop of liquor will go down the throat into the abdomen, as if it is a never-extinguishing flame, falling in the lower abdomen dantian, immediately dissipating the cold accumulated in the body for a winter, the whole body becomes warm and dry, the forehead also begins to see beads of sweat, and even the breath from the nose is full of rich and fragrant aroma of wine!
The taste of this wine is indeed a burning knife; But if this kind of burning knife only needs twenty copper plates, then whether it is Su or the bald horse bandit that day, they will immediately return to the field and indulge in the scenery in the pot all day long, regardless of the years outside the window.
As soon as the throat moved, the smooth liquor like silk slid down into the abdomen, and immediately ignited a skyrocketing fire! The flame was extremely vigorous, scorching but not half sharp, and the two of them who were frowning were sweating, and immediately began to remove the heavy armor on their bodies.
At the beginning of this wine, it is gentle like a young woman in the water town of the south of the Yangtze River; But after the wine enters the abdomen and stretches out the waist, the sky-high wine contained in it will burst out in an instant! All of a sudden, it made these two old wine worms feel a little overwhelmed!
However, the more tenacious the opponent, the more interesting it is!
The climate of the Mobei grassland is cold, and the temperature difference between day and night is extremely large, so most Mobei boys have been taught the habit of drinking by their parents when they are young. This is not just a simple vice, but a means of survival summed up by the Mobei people who lack medical treatment and medicine and have an extremely poor living environment in the process of thousands of years of reproduction.
Therefore, Mobei boys are born with good wine, especially strong wine! Even those who have already achieved fame have always loved the burning knives of Youbei. There is no other reason than that this extremely cheap home-made shochu is the most powerful.
And these two military masters were both from ordinary families, and they had never drunk too good wine at all; So the half-pot of burning knives that Fan Laoqi snatched from Lao Liang's mouth really scratched the itchy flesh on their bodies!