While Mi Zhu was looking at Su Xiu, Su Xiu was also looking at the head of the Mi family, who was trembling in the whole of Xuzhou when he stomped his feet casually. Seeing his elegant demeanor and good demeanor, a mustache shows the shrewdness and ability of this giant businessman in his early thirties, and his brocade not only shows his wealth, but also complements his temperament.

can have this temperament and dress, it is definitely not Mi Fang who dances with knives and sticks all day long, so he stepped forward and arched his hand: "This must be Mr. Zizhong, the master of the Mi family, the boy Su Xiu, the word Pingdi, took the liberty to come to disturb, and I hope that Mr. Zizhong Haihan." ”

As soon as Mi Zhu heard it, he knew that this person was not a person from the major families he was familiar with, but judging by his personable demeanor, he was definitely not a person in the market, but Su Xiu's name seemed to have been heard somewhere, and suddenly Mi Zhu seemed to think of something: "Could it be Su Xiu Su Gongzi who fought Yingchuan Academy and wrote 'But make Longcheng Fei general, and don't teach Hu Ma to do Yinshan'?" Look up for a long time. Su Xiu was stunned, she didn't expect that the spread of information in this era was not slow, it had only been more than a month, and such news had spread from Yingchuan to Xiapi. Mr. has an overreputation, but it is just a false name, and he took the liberty to come here today because he wanted to discuss something with Mr. Zizhong. ”

As soon as Mi Zhu heard this, this began to get to the point, so he was no longer polite, and said: "I don't know what is the matter with Su Gongzi looking for Zhu?" Zhu is just a businessman, except for doing a small business, I'm afraid he won't be able to help his son much. ”

"Mr. Zizhong is too modest, if you are doing a small business, then there will be no one to do big business in the whole Han Dynasty. That's right, I have a little thing, Mr. Zizhong will take a look at it first, and then we will continue to talk. So Su Xiu took the wine he brewed from Wang Hai and handed it to Mi Zhu. Mi Zhu opened it and took a look, isn't this the wine Mi Fang brought back two days ago? It seems that yesterday's speculation was correct, and the person in front of him was the person he was looking for in many ways, but Mi Zhu remained silent and asked, "What does Su Gongzi mean by this?" ”

Su Xiu has been paying attention to Mi Zhu's expression since he handed over the wine, and found that Mi Zhu's eyes suddenly straightened when he saw his wine, although it was fleeting, but Su Xiu still found out, and it could be seen that Mi Zhu should have known about the existence of his wine through some channel. I thought that the pot of wine he left in Pengcheng was discovered by the Mi family, after all, Pengcheng is not far away, and it is within the business scope of Mi Zhu, so it is not surprising that the Mi family can find out.

So he didn't reply to Mi Zhu directly, and asked rhetorically: "I don't know what Mr. Zizhong thinks of this wine?" ”

"Don't hide it from Su Gongzi, a few days ago, my brother also brought a pot of Gongzi's wine from outside, which is really good, Zhu has been in business for many years and it is the first time to see such a fine wine, I don't know where Gongzi got it from?"

Su Xiu smiled slightly and said, "I don't know what Mr. Zizhong's opinion is, how much is this wine worth?" ”

"If the value of this wine is concerned, it is ten gold, and if it is through the hands of my Mi family, the value can be doubled. If you go through some means, it is worth more than 100 gold. ”

is worthy of being a person who has been in business for generations, compared with Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu, he can see through the value of this wine at a glance. Su Xiu no longer detoured, and said bluntly: "This wine is made by me, but it has not been specially made yet, and this time I came to find Mr. Zizhong, also because the Mi family era was mainly engaged in grain trading, and had a good reputation in Qingxu, Yuyang and other places, so I wanted to discuss cooperation with Mr. ”

"I don't know how Su Gongzi is going to cooperate?" As soon as Mi Zhu heard this, he already had a plan in his heart, originally he wanted to take this brewing technology into his own hands, but after meeting Su Xiu, especially after this brief conversation, Mi Zhu concluded that it was impossible to get the other party to sell the secret recipe, but if cooperation could be reached, it would also be a win-win situation for both parties.

"Mr. Zizhong, I think so, since the Mi family is mainly engaged in the grain business in Qingxu Yuyang, then there must be a lot of grain reserves, I think the Mi family should also have its own brewing workshop, then I will pass on this wine-making process to the Mi family, in addition, the sales of this wine can also be handed over to the Mi family, but I want forty percent of the profit. I wonder what Mr. Zizhong thinks? ”

"Forty percent profit? Su Gongzi is a bit much, although this secret recipe is provided by Childe, but the materials, brewing, transportation and management are all operated by my Mi family, but Childe took forty percent of the profit without any effort, and my Mi family suffered a bit of a big loss. ”

Su Xiu knows very well that buying and selling is nothing more than shouting prices all over the sky and bargaining on the ground, and at the same time he also understands the value of his wine-making process, and the distilled liquor was brewed by him more than a thousand years in advance, which is definitely not worrying about no market in this era. So he said: "What Mr. Zizhong said is not unreasonable, but now there is only one company that can brew this kind of wine, and there is no semicolon, and I believe that Mr. Zizhong's vision will not fail to see how profitable it is." It's also my ambition not to be here, otherwise I would never have given this secret recipe to anyone so easily. But I'd better make friends, so let's do it, I'll take 30% of the profits, but I have two conditions, first, Mr. Zizhong will give me 3,000 gold first, and second, this wine will be supplied to me separately in the future. ”

"Oh? I don't know what Childe plans to do in the future? How much does this supply alone? Listening to Su Xiu's tone, he should have other plans, and the plan is not small, but I don't know what he wants this separate supply for, if it is used for business, although the Mijia channel will not be seized too much of the market, but there is competition, then it is not easy to control the market trend.

"Mr. Zizhong, don't worry, I just said that I am not here and will not sell this wine, but I have other uses, so it is inconvenient to disclose it for the time being. As for this amount, for the time being, 5,000 jars per year will be set first, and the profit of these 5,000 jars is not within the scope of my commission, and I will also pay the Mi family at a price that exceeds the cost price by 10%. I will not interfere with how the Mi family operates, you and I do our own thing, but the wine I want must be of good quality and quantity, of course, I may brew it myself later, but it will not flow out of the market. ”

Mi Zhu thought about it, this condition is completely within the scope of his acceptance, as long as this wine is his exclusive business, then the profit must be endless, as for the three thousand gold Mi Zhu didn't pay much attention to it, after all, with the value of this secret recipe, it is not only three thousand gold, even if it is more than ten thousand gold. Judging from the news I learned, most of this person will enter the ranks, after all, if he doesn't have this idea, he won't write the sentence 'But make the dragon city fly, don't teach Hu Madu Yinshan', the only worry is that I am afraid that this young man will not be able to go far in the officialdom. However, judging from today's contact, although this person is young, he is quite experienced in all aspects, and his future should not be too bad. Thinking of this, Mi Zhu agreed: "Then Zhu wishes us a smooth cooperation." ”

After negotiating the cooperation of distilled spirits, Su Xiu also breathed a sigh of relief, although he was full of confidence in this negotiation, but he still had to prevent variables before the results came out. The cooperation is completed, then the first pot of gold he came to this era can be regarded as successfully earned, and the next step is to start preparing for the donation of officials to Luoyang.

In the following days, Su Xiu brought Mi Zhu to the thatched hut where he temporarily lived, one was to teach Mi Zhu the distillation equipment and brewing secrets he made himself, and gave Mi Zhu some suggestions for improving the equipment, after all, he didn't want to put too much effort into brewing, so the equipment was roughly made of bamboo and wooden barrels, and the other was to hand over the furniture he made to Mi Zhu for production and sales.

Mi Zhu was also deeply surprised when he saw the furniture, and he didn't know what other whimsical ideas this young man had in his head. Although this furniture is easy to imitate, but it is the first to be produced, then it must occupy a large number of early markets, and if you eat meat, then it is harmless for later people to drink soup.

After the cooperation was finalized, Su Xiu was ready to go to Luoyang to donate officials. In fact, during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, because the emperor took the lead in selling officials, all states and counties actually had official post houses, but as soon as Su Xiu came to this beginning, he was ready to buy a Taishan county guard. Moreover, although Taishan County is rampant with thieves and relatively poor, the scope under its jurisdiction is really not small, including Tai'an, Zaozhuang, southern Dezhou, western Linzi and other places in western Shandong, under the jurisdiction of Fenggao, Bo, Liangfu, Juping, Ying, Shanchi, Laiwu, Gai, Nanwuyang, Nancheng, Fei, Mu 12 counties, and is at the junction of Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Yanzhou, its strategic location is still quite high. In such a place, if you donate officials in the local area, then you will report and exploit layer by layer, and you don't know how long it will take to appoint you, and you will have to spend more money; Second, Su Xiu's goal was not only to focus on one county and one city, but to plan for the future, he must now build his connections in Kyoto as soon as possible, so as to facilitate the expansion of his power in the future. Therefore, this trip to Luoyang must be completed as soon as possible.

But now there is a problem, which makes Su Xiu feel embarrassed, because the Eastern Han Dynasty generally uses five baht money, usually two thousand dollars in one gold, if it is a good gold can be exchanged for two thousand six or seven hundred dollars, and at the same time there was no money bank ticket number or the like, let him carry a huge sum of three thousand gold on the road, one to attract people's attention, and the other is too heavy (one gold is one or two gold at that time, and at that time sixteen taels were converted into one catty, and one catty at the end of the Han Dynasty was converted to about 256 grams, which is about half a catty now, Three thousand gold weighs nearly 100 pounds according to the current algorithm). In the end, I had to deposit 1,000 gold in Mi Zhu, and I exchanged 1,500 gold pearl agate and got on the road.