Chapter 58: Merge Brew (2/5)
Luoyang, in the courtyard of Cai's mansion, Cai Yan was sitting there in a daze.
"Ahem......" Cai Yong, who was passing by, coughed lightly twice.
"Father!" Cai Yan came back to his senses and turned his head to look at Cai Yong.
Cai Yong smiled playfully: "Who is our family Yan'er thinking about?" ”
"I ......" Cai Yan opened his mouth, then closed his mouth again, didn't say anything, his cheeks were crimson, and he lowered his head.
"If you don't say it, I have a letter here, who is the one who specially asked me to hand it over to Yan'er, then who is here?" Cai Yong scratched his head, as if he couldn't remember Xiang Han's name.
"Brother Zimo wrote to me?!" Cai Yan hurriedly raised his head and looked at Cai Yong expectantly.
However, Cai Yan was greeted by Cai Yong's playful gaze.
"Oh, father!" Cai Yan's cheeks turned red and she was coquettish.
"Hehe, don't tease you, this is from Zimo for you, read the letter, I'm going to drink! What kind of beer is the wine brewed by Zimo, it's really delicious! With that, Cai Yong turned around and left.
Cai Yan ignored Cai Yong's words, and couldn't wait to open the letter after receiving it.
The content of the letter is not much, and Cai Yan read it quickly, and smiled slightly, Cai Yan held the letter in his arms, which was very sweet.
"What's the right letter to reply?" Cai Yan muttered, then got up and ran to the study.
Xun You's trip to Luoyang was very smooth, although He Jin intended to obstruct it, but this time the Ten Standing Servants unexpectedly joined Xiang Han's camp, unlike the previous meeting when Xiang Han just came to Luoyang, and the two did not help each other.
The reason is very simple, under the instruction of Xiang Han, Xun You took the initiative to get close to the ten permanent servants and gave the ten permanent servants some benefits, including beer! It was precisely because of this that the Ten Standing Servants would come forward to restrain He Jin, and Liu Hong's reward was quickly distributed to Xun You.
After Liu Hong drank the beer, he directly called it immortal brewing, and handed over the task of inscription directly to the calligrapher of the dynasty, Cai Yong!
In this regard, the beer brewed by Xiang Han was officially renamed Bingzhou Xianjiu!
As for other gold and silver money, Xun You didn't ask for it, even if Liu Hong rewarded it, according to Xiang Han's meaning, Xun You also gave it all to the ten permanent servants.
This is also Xiang Han ambushing eyeliner for himself, and asking the ten permanent servants to report some major and minor affairs in the palace for themselves!
There is money to be made, and some things are instructed by Liu Hong, so the ten permanent servants headed by Zhang Rang naturally agreed happily.
In this regard, Xiang Han was also completely made a eunuch by He Yan! But what can this be? It's just a relationship of mutual use, Xiang Han doesn't care what He Jin says at all, anyway, since the first time they met, the two have been hostile!
And after Xun You just returned to Bingzhou, Xiang Han ordered the craftsman to engrave Cai Yong's inscription "Bingzhou Xianjiu" on the four big characters of "Bingzhou Immortal Brewing" on the barrels that had been made a long time ago, which was regarded as the trademark of the current era!
"Lord, now our beer, no, there is enough immortal brew, you see......" the old craftsman asked.
"Well, I see that the publicity in the city is almost done, so let out the news, and start selling on time the day after tomorrow, and only sell five hundred catties a day!" Xiang Han thought for a while.
"Five hundred pounds?" The old craftsman also worked in the winery before, and he knew how much wine a winery could sell in a day, let alone five hundred catties, even if it was two or three hundred catties, the boss would be happy. What's more, the price of this immortal brew is much more expensive than ordinary rice wine!
"That's right, in terms of pricing, just follow the original set, and I have already taught the guys' rhetoric, you pay attention tomorrow and don't let the scene get out of control." Xiang Han admonished.
"Yes!" The old craftsman nodded, but there were some doubts in his heart, the scene was out of control? Is this really the case?
Xiang Han divided the beer into different size packages, such as five catties and ten catties, which were packed in wine barrels, and small ones such as half a catty and one catty, and used wine gourds to ensure the tightness of the beer!
No matter what others say or think, Xiang Han is absolutely confident in the sales of beer, after all, in later generations, the annual sales of beer are not covered!
"Eh, do you know that our Lord Thorn Shi brewed a kind of wine, and even His Majesty called it immortal brew!"
"Really? How do you know? ”
"My second uncle's cousin's nephew's neighbor's brother-in-law is on an errand in the Yamen, this is gossip! It is said that it will be sold the day after tomorrow! ”
"Really? Where, where? I'm going to check it out! ”
"It's in the wine shop on the north side of the city, you have to go in advance when the time comes, otherwise, you will definitely have to queue for a long time!"
"Yes, yes, I'll go early the day after tomorrow!"
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In the market, some people mentioned this matter intentionally or unintentionally after the people's tea and dinner, and the news that the day after tomorrow the wine shop began to sell immortal brew also spread throughout Jinyang City!
As soon as the day of the opening of the brewery arrived, and before the opening time came, there was a long queue in front of the brewery! From the winery, all the way to the gate of the city, and there are people around! Everyone wants to see what kind of wine this fairy brew is! It was able to get the praise of the current emperor!
Soon, the old craftsman opened the door of the winery, and said aloud:
"Everyone can come to cheer, the little old man is very happy, today is the first day of opening, all the villagers who come to the winery can try a bottle of immortal wine for free, and there are free gifts!"
The old craftsman's words were all taught by Professor Xiang Han, and this simple way of opening a reward was very common in various shops in later generations!
"I said shopkeeper, don't say anything here, let's see the immortal brew! We can't wait! One of the people in the crowd shouted.
"Hehe, okay, then I'll let everyone see the immortal brew!" The old craftsman smiled and waved his hand, and his apprentices brought out a wooden barrel containing beer.
Turn on the simple faucet, and the beer will flow out with bubbles.
This......
When they saw the beer, all the people were stunned.
Is this fairy brew?
This seems to be the same color as urine! It can't be that these guys are mistaken, right?
"Hehe, you don't have to panic, this is immortal brewing, pure wheat flour brewing, the taste is extremely mellow!" As he spoke, the old craftsman drank the poured bottle of wine directly into his stomach.
Seeing the intoxicated expression of the old craftsman, the people put their minds at ease and went into the store to taste wine or buy.
There are free tastings, as well as free gifts, all the people present are very happy, but now the people, thin-skinned, always feel that they are so cheap, so those who have money buy more, those who have no money buy less, more or less, everyone will take away some wine.
The goal set by Xiang Han, five hundred catties, was quickly sold out. And now it's just a moment of time! (around 3 o'clock) Even the sun hasn't set yet.
Seeing this, the old craftsman couldn't help but be surprised, which he didn't expect at all!
But soon he reacted: "I'm sorry, folks, we only prepared five hundred catties of immortal brew today, and it has just been sold out, if any folks still want to buy it, please come back tomorrow!" ”
The old craftsmen said so, although everyone was disappointed, but they didn't say anything, but secretly made up their minds in their hearts that they would come and line up early tomorrow morning!