Chapter 9: Sharp Knives
Both the Cao family and the Li family sell wine, and a sharp knife is naturally a better wine.
The cheap second grandfather has been a lot better to Yang recently, and when Yang Zheng went to him to ask for money, he generously put a thousand taels of silver tickets into his hand, and he was stunned.
"Boy, grandpa is incompetent, he can't help too much, get out of here"
Yang Shu waved his hand a little lonely, the Yang family is now taking Yang Wenguang, but Yang Wenguang is now just a middle-level officer of the forbidden army, and now he is following Fan Zhongyan to quell the rebellion in Guangxi, Yang Zheng was assassinated and his elder had to swallow his anger, and his mood can be imagined.
No one would think that Yang Zheng would be able to take revenge on the Li family, including Yang Shu.
There are many fine wines in the Great Song Dynasty, and the Yuchunxiang of the Cao family is not the best among the many fine wines, but it is also the first echelon, and the Cao family has a Yuchun building in Kaifeng Mansion for wholesale and retail Yuchunxiang.
Yang Zheng spent ten taels of silver to buy ten altars, almost a hundred kilograms, and asked Yuchunlou to deliver them to his small courtyard.
Yang Zheng didn't know if there were distillation tools at this time, but he searched all the liquor shops and liquor shops, and the strongest liquor was only thirteen or four degrees, and the distillation technology should not appear a few years later.
This technique is related to his revenge plan, so he is very cautious, and directly spent a hundred taels of silver to "buy" the old craftsman Lao Zhang's family who helped him build an iron pot, the old man has half a foot in the ground, a simple son and a diligent daughter-in-law, plus a ten-year-old grandson, a hundred taels of silver and freedom, they chose silver.
The kitchen in the small courtyard was used as a workshop, and after the small courtyard moved into Lao Zhang's family, it instantly became lively.
A set of exquisite three-dimensional design drawings of the distiller was placed in front of the anxious old Zhang, and Yang Zheng pointed to the drawings and began to explain to the old man Zhang:
"This cauldron is used on the stovetop, and this is the connecting part..."
As he spoke, he noticed that the old man's face was a little wrong.
"Can't understand?"
Yang Zheng glanced at the lifelike drawings and asked curiously?
"Young master, you don't have to insult me if you look down on the old man's skills, with this piece of paper, my ten-year-old grandson can type this thing..."
Lao Zhang said with a sad and angry face.
It turned out that he was short of knowledge and talked too much nonsense, Yang Zheng immediately corrected it, and after getting enough copper, he didn't care, and Lao Zhang's family lived up to expectations, and it only took two days for a set of stills that were not different from those marked on the drawings in the kitchen.
Everything was ready, and under the curious eyes of Lao Zhang's family, drops of liquid with a strong aroma of wine flowed out of the cooling pipe and flowed into the wooden basin below.
This should be the legendary head wine, after tasting a small sip, it should be forty or fifty degrees, barely reaching Yang Zheng's expectations, Yang Zheng is not a person in the wine country, he doesn't know what the quality of such a simple and rough distilled liquor is, whether this knife is sharp enough or not, someone has to judge.
After picking himself up, Yang Zheng walked towards Yuchun Tower with two wine jars of more than two catties each.
Light blue Confucian shirt, hair is simply tied with a cloth belt, a picture of an ordinary scholar's dress, even if Yang Zheng came to buy wine a few days ago when he was dressed as a short-fought samurai, the fat shopkeeper of Yuchun Building still recognized it at a glance:
"Young Master Yang, please inside, I don't know if I am satisfied with the Yuchun fragrance in the shop."
"Satisfied, very satisfied"
Follow the fat shopkeeper into the house and sit down, and immediately a small servant will bring hot tea, this tea Yang Zheng respectfully thanked Bumin.
"I wonder why Childe is coming to the shop today?" After the greetings, the fat shopkeeper asked enthusiastically.
"There is indeed something, I don't know if the shopkeeper has any wine glasses here..."
Yang Zheng pointed to the two jars of wine on the table.
"Yes, Childe wait a minute"
Soon, the fat shopkeeper came back with a set of exquisite wine utensils, and Yang Zheng was not polite, opened the jar containing the first wine, took the wine glass and poured a full glass.
When Yang Zheng tore off the mud seal, the fat shopkeeper had already asked about the familiar aroma of wine, and he was sure that the smell was the taste of Yuchunxiang, but it was stronger.
Without waiting for Yang Zheng to greet him, he picked up the wine glass and put it on the tip of his nose to smell it, opened his mouth and drank it all.
Spicy, the fat shopkeeper only feels as if he has swallowed a fire, from the throat to the heart, after the initial spicy, the mellow wine fragrance permeates the lips and teeth, this taste is very similar to Yuchun fragrance, the quality of one day and one earth!
"Childe, this..."
The fat shopkeeper looked at Yang Zheng and stopped talking.
"I want to talk to someone who can call the shots."
"Childe, please wait!"
Yang Zheng was prepared in his heart, where did the fat shopkeeper report to the person in charge of the Cao family, it would take time, and he could still wait for a few days.
Within a few days, less than a quarter of an hour later, the fat shopkeeper reappeared in front of Yang Zheng.
"Young Master Yang come with me!"
Carrying two jars of wine, Yang Zheng followed the fat shopkeeper towards the backyard.
"Please!"
Coming to a pavilion, the fat shopkeeper stretched out his hand towards the pavilion and stopped stepping forward.
When Yang Zheng came to the pavilion, he saw a young girl in his twenties looking at him curiously, and behind the young girl, there were two burly women with long swords.
"The slave family is Cao Min, the matter of this restaurant, the slave family can be the master, I don't know who the son is?"
"I've seen Miss Cao, in Xia Yang Zheng..."
Yang Zheng didn't expect that this was the famous Cao Min, Cao Min is a celebrity in Kaifeng, not only because she is beautiful, but because of her personality.
The tiger girl, Cao Min does not love red makeup and arms from the heart, has a bold personality, loves and hates clearly, and gave birth to a daughter, but it is a man's character.
What made her famous in Kaifeng was that her fiancé was beaten by her in the Qinglou three days before they got married, and the family affair was blown up, and no one dared to come to the door to ask for marriage, and became a famous leftover woman in Kaifeng Mansion.
"You are Yang Zheng..."
Cao Min didn't expect that the handsome young man in front of him was Yang Zheng, who almost died some time ago, for this concubine, the elite circle has still heard of this name, some people regret it, some people are jealous, and some people don't care.
"Young Master Yang, please take a seat,"
After being shocked, Cao Min glanced at Yang Zheng a few times and said politely.
"If I'm not mistaken, is Young Master Yang trying to borrow my Cao family to deal with the Li family?" After Yang Zheng sat down, Cao Min pointed to the wine brought by Yang Zheng and said straight to the point.
Li Yonghe's assassination of Yang Zheng is already a well-known thing in this small elite circle.
"It's not about the Cao family to deal with the Li family, it's for us to deal with it together, the Li family is not just my enemy..."
Yang Zheng shook his head and said calmly.
"Our Cao family is just not dealing with the Li family in business......"
Looking at Yang Zheng's calmness that did not meet his age, Cao Min said noncommittally, business matters and the ugliness of life and death are naturally not the same thing.
"That's enough...... Yang Zheng nodded, saying that it was just business, and to eliminate Li Yonghe physically, that was a matter for the future, and it would definitely not work now.
"Okay, Yang Gongzi will give this recipe to my Cao family, and the Li family and my Cao family will deal with it..."
Cao Min smiled faintly.
Yang Zheng looked at Cao Min calmly.
"Okay, Cao Mansion's liquor business can give Yang Gongzi a percent molecule!"
"Deal!"