Chapter 4: Beginnings (2)

"Shoot Tiger Lang, I heard that you have good wine here, bring me a jar!"

"What...... Oh, indeed, this is a wine made from the secret recipe of our Cao family. Seven dollars and one jar, to ensure that you drink cool! ”

Cao Xuan smiled and held a wine jar and handed it to a big man, who was five big and three thick, covered in sweat, and looked like he had just come back from a short job.

However, when the big man took the wine jar and weighed it, the whole person was furious, looked at Cao Xing, and scolded in a deep voice: "I said that you little baby, why are you so unkind, only such a little wine, you have to sell it for seven yuan." ”

As soon as the big man said this, the onlookers standing behind nodded one by one, and then there was a noisy sound one after another, anyway, the content of what he said was the same as what the big man said, such a small jar of wine actually sold for seven yuan.

In the face of everyone's shouting, Feng Yun, who was standing next to Cao Xing, raised his hands and signaled everyone not to quarrel first, but Cao Xuan just stood aside and smiled silently.

Indeed, Bingzhou is a bitter cold place, but the people are fierce, everyone is martial, and there is no ambiguity about drinking, so there are many good wines for sale in restaurants, but those wines cost almost seven yuan per ten catties, but Cao Xing's wine jar adds up, and it is only ten catties, excluding the weight of the wine jar, which means that Cao Xing raised the price of his wine to the point of one penny and one catty. This is really a bit expensive, so it also arouses the dissatisfaction of these people.

After everyone's voice was a little quieter, Cao Xuan took a wine jug, poured a bowl of wine, and handed it to the chest of the big man, only to hear Cao Xuan say: "This uncle, I see that you are strong and strong, I believe that the amount of wine must be very good, dare to ask how long you can drink when you buy ten catties of wine before!" ”

Listening to Cao Xing praising himself for his good drinking, the big man also raised his head, with a look of pride on his face, and said without modesty: "Not much, I drink a maximum of six catties a day, and ten catties of wine in my house can't be kept for two days!" ”

Looking at Dahan's confident look, a subtle smile flashed in Cao Xing's eyes, and he directly handed the bowl full of wine to Dahan's side.

"There are almost one or two wines in here, and please ask the uncle to taste one or two!"

"Hehe, boy, I'm afraid you want to test my drinking, okay, I'll show you a hand today!"

The strong man confidently took the wine bowl, and then prepared to drink it all in front of everyone, everyone felt that with the physical fitness of this big man, it was simply easy to drink this bowl of wine, but they did not expect that the speed of the big man pouring wine was very fast at first, but as he drank, the wine bowl gradually rose to the air, and he could no longer pour it down.

And the look of the big man also changed, from the confidence at the beginning, to a red swell, and finally there was some purple feeling, the big man put down the bowl directly the next moment, his face frowned, and the sip of wine in his mouth almost didn't spit out.

Everyone was amazed, and looked into the bowl, and there were almost 2/3 left.

The big man wiped his mouth and reddened, looking at Cao Xuan as if he didn't know how to speak, but Cao Xuan was not ready to embarrass the strong man, he looked at everyone and said with a smile.

"Everyone, maybe the wine you usually drink is just a very light rice wine, but the wine we sell is an authentic spirit, just now this uncle also proved that it is not easy to drink my bowl of wine in one go, these drinks I sell, mainly for everyone to eat, of course, this wine is very strong, please pay more attention when you drink it!"

Looking at the strong man's expression, coupled with Cao Xing's confident words, everyone was a little suspicious at first, but soon a young man walked up to Cao Xing's stall, put Qiwen Qian on the table with a snap, and finally directly picked up a wine jug and walked aside, ready to start drinking.

The young man just opened the wine jug and took a small sip, and he felt a little on his face, but his face was full of pleasant words, and the crowd of onlookers here were all amazed, and they all ran to Cao Xing's stall to buy wine from him.

In this way, today's events and yesterday's publicity, Cao Xing's wine gradually opened up the market, until dusk, and all the 100 small blanket wines brought out by Cao Xuan were sold out.

On the way back, Chen Hu pushed the car, while Cao Xing and Fengyun walked in front, Fengyun looked at the strings of five-baht coins in his hand, and the whole person's face was about to laugh, there are a full 700 Wen five-baht coins here, to be honest, he doesn't seem to have seen so much money since he was a child, how can he not smile.

"Cao Xing, we have made it completely this time, I just roughly calculated, the cost of making those wines, and the money removed from the purchase of spies, is only 200 Wen, which means that we have earned a full 500 Wen on this day!"

As soon as he heard this, even Chen Hu, who was pushing the cart behind him, showed a heartfelt laugh.

Cao Xing looked at his two brothers and smiled, but his smile was not so excited, because there was already a grand plan in his heart, and this was just the beginning.

Cao Xing's liquor has completely opened the market, and the next day, Cao Xing's three brothers pushed another 100 jars of liquor out for sale, and the liquor has been sold out before dusk.

The more liquor sold, the more Cao Xing's reputation for this kind of liquor will also spread widely, and soon the entire Bianyun County will know that Cao Xing has this kind of liquor for sale in his hands, and the taste of this liquor is excellent, and the lens is very large, which is very in line with the fierce style of the men in Bingzhou, so the people who come to buy it every day can be said to be flocking.

On this day, Cao Xing and his three brothers continued to take 100 jars of wine out to sell, and the stall had just been set up, and immediately a group of people rushed over like flowing water, shouting to buy the wine in Cao Xing's hand.

Cao Xing asked Chen Hu to organize the order and make the order of the people not appear too chaotic, while he sold one jar after another of wine, and Feng Yun was responsible for collecting the money.

Under the maintenance of Cao Xing, the order gradually improved, but in less than half an hour, the crowd suddenly became noisy again, only to hear a thick voice from behind the group of people.

"Get out of the way!" Three or five family members squeezed out a road in the bustling crowd, and a middle-aged man with a mustache strolled to Cao Xing's stall.

Looking at this middle-aged man with a mustache, the wine buyers next to him who were originally in high spirits couldn't help but shrink their necks, as if they were very afraid of this middle-aged man with a mustache.

"You're Cao Xing, aren't you? Bring me ten jars of wine here! The middle-aged man with the eight-character beard said to Cao Xing as soon as he came.

Cao Xing's eyes narrowed, and Feng Yun next to him hurriedly whispered in Cao Xing's ear: "This guy is Master Qin's butler, everyone calls him Hu San!" ”

As soon as Feng Yun said this, Cao Xuan immediately understood, the so-called Master Qin, in fact, is the former county lieutenant of Bianyun County, and he has a lot of prestige on the marginal line, so everyone has to call him Qin Ye, how much assets there are in the family, it is said that after retirement, he stays at home all day and has nothing to do, and only likes to drink for fun.

A few days ago, he happened to come into contact with the spirits made by Cao Xing, and he was a little unaccustomed to drinking them at first, but after tasting them, he felt that Cao Xing's wine was called real wine, so he no longer drank that kind of rice wine, but began to buy the spirits made by Cao Xing.

This Qin Ye is also a fanatic who is addicted to alcohol, and the amount of alcohol is excellent, and he feels that drinking a jar every day is not enough, so he sent his housekeeper to buy it with his family today.

Cao Xing looked at this Hu San and smiled and said: "It turned out that Hu Sanye was here, but it's a pity that our kind of small jar wine is limited to one per person per day, and the excess is not sold, otherwise other people won't be able to drink at all!" ”

Hu San heard Cao Xuan call him Hu Sanye, and his heart was very useful, but as soon as he heard Cao Xing's words, he suddenly felt a little unhappy, he took a step forward, looked at Cao Xuan with a majestic face, and seemed to warn Cao Xuan not to give him face, that is, not to give Qin Ye face, and then there will be Cao Xing's good fruit to eat.

But before Hu San could speak, Cao Xuan took the first step, directly took out a larger wine jar from under the frame and put it on the table, looked at Hu San with a smile on his face and said.

"But for a noble person like Hu Sanye, we have other preparations, this is the liquor I carefully prepared, the purity is a few points stronger than those small jars of wine, and this jar has a full 20 catties, but this price is a bit expensive!"

Cao Xuan said this, but aroused Hu San's interest, Hu San looked at Cao Xuan suspiciously and said: "The wine in this wine jar, whether there are 20 catties, I will naturally go to the scale, I believe you don't dare to lie to me, but what you said about this wine is different from the wine in other jars, so why!" ”

Cao Xing didn't say much, he opened the wine jar directly and immediately smelled fragrant, he scooped a small bowl and handed it to Hu San, asking Hu San to taste, Hu San did not refuse, took the wine bowl and poured it down, but his complexion changed greatly after drinking.

The subordinates brought by Hu San were all startled when they saw Hu San's face change, thinking that Hu San was highly poisonous, and they had to ask Cao Xing for an explanation, but at this moment, Hu San spit out a breath of turbidity, and his face showed a trace of comfort.

"The strength of this wine seems to be a little stronger than the previous wine!" Hu San's face directly showed a look of great joy, and he reached out to grab the huge wine jar, but the jar was suddenly held down by Cao Xing.

Cao Xuan looked at Hu San with a smile on his face, and said lightly: "Hu Sanye, didn't I say it just now?" My jar of wine is much stronger than the previous wine, and the amount is also enough, I believe that Qin Ye can drink one enough, but in terms of price, it will be more expensive, this jar of wine is 40 yuan! ”

"Hehe, you young man is quite good at business, okay, 40 yuan will be given to him for 40 yuan, as long as Qin Ye likes it, next time I will buy it from you, remember to prepare more of this wine!"

Hu San beckoned, and immediately two family members came up to offer the money with both hands, and then a few more people carried the more than 20 catties of wine and slowly walked into the distance.

It didn't take long for the drinks in Cao Xing's hands to be sold out again.

On the way back, Chen Hu didn't show much performance, he was still honestly pushing the cart, but Fengyun was different, his eyes were full of surprise and disbelief when he looked at Cao Xing, and even he didn't expect that today he thought that Hu San would come to buy wine, either he would buy a lot of wine directly from bullying the market, or he would fall out with Cao Xing, but he didn't expect Cao Xing, and he also prepared such a hand, which easily resolved today's situation, and looking at Cao Xing's appearance, it seems that he has been prepared for a long time. This has to be admired.

"Cao Xing, I think you've changed!" Feng Yun looked at Cao Xuan and said.

"Oh, yes, I don't feel it!"

However, Feng Yun nodded firmly and said: "Since you fainted for no reason, your whole person has changed since you woke up, I feel that you have become deeper and more shrewd!" ”

Cao Xing's heart was a little helpless, his two brothers Chen Hu were still easy to deal with, honest, and would not have any more ideas, but this Fengyun was a ghost and a ghost, and it was a little difficult to deal with, Cao Xuan didn't want to be more entangled in this matter, if he said too much, he would be exposed, so he casually played haha, and covered up the past.

In this way, Cao Xuan prepared almost five jars of spirits for those dignitaries every day, the concentration of this kind of liquor is about fifty degrees, which is a little higher than ordinary distilled spirits, and Cao Xuan also feels that about fifty degrees of spirits, that is the best taste, so he is not ready to add more, if you want to carry forward this wine better, then you can only continue to improve the precision.

Half a month passed like this.

On this day, Cao Xing and his three brothers did not go out to sell wine, Cao Xing held a piece of paper in his hand, which looked a little sallow, Cao Xing kept walking in this Bianyun County according to the address written on the paper, and Chen Hu and Fengyun followed behind him.

Chen Hu and Feng Yun were a little ignorant at first, so they knew what Cao Xuan was going to do, but when Cao Xuan pushed open a gate, three houses were placed in the huge courtyard.

Feng Yun and Chen Hu both opened their mouths wide, and their faces were full of disbelief.

"Brother Cao, this house is quite big, there are three rooms, and there seems to be a warehouse in the back!" Chen Hu looked at the big houses in front of him, and the area encircled by the surrounding walls was about seventy or eighty, which was many times larger than the wooden house they had made before.

And Feng Yun looked at Cao Xing and directly hit a spirit and said: "Cao Xing, could it be that the piece of paper in your hand is the title deed of this house?" ”