Chapter 60: Anxi's Old Pawn (1)

"Da Lang's idea is so good!" Wang Qun hadn't spoken yet, and Wang Sheng on the side smiled and said: "Others say that the literati of Kechang High School are Wenqu stars, I think Dalang is not only a Wenqu star, but also the God of Wealth, no one else can come up with these ideas, I am convinced!" ”

Zhen Qian is not complacent, let alone fluttering, these things are not invented by himself, but he has accumulated thousands of years of knowledge more than others, even if he does not have himself, these things and things will also appear, and he does not feel that he is smarter than others at all.

"You're holding me up to the sky, if I really had what you said, I would still be here to show my hands! Well, since everyone says that this business is feasible, I will go to Zuixian Building tomorrow, take advantage of this summer to make a big profit, and strive to double the scale of Zuixian Lou by the end of the year! ”

Although Zhen Qian said this, he knew in his heart that his thoughts were a little difficult, now it is not as easy as when the two capitals were in the early Tang Dynasty, and it is not easy for Hengzhou to govern the place.

Think about the population of the Tang Dynasty has skyrocketed to eight or ninety million, although the city will not be overcrowded, but it is also an inch of land, even Song Yi's inconspicuous small restaurant, it will take two or three hundred to take it down, if the location is a little better, and the area is a little larger, how can it be thousands of yuan, do you have any money to spare now?

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning a group of people came to the back door of the drunken fairy building, and now the drunken fairy building has become famous, and it is no longer appropriate for them to often enter and exit the main gate.

Song Yi's family usually lives in the backyard, and they are preparing ingredients for the whole day early in the morning, when they saw Zhen Qian and his party walking in from the back door, they were surprised for a moment, and immediately bowed forward to greet them: "Zhen Lang is here, but come to see the woodcutter sent yesterday?" ”

Zhen Qian smiled and nodded, "How is that person now, what does the doctor say?" ”

Song Yi pointed to a hut next to him and said: "People are inside, after Zhen Lang sent someone to send it over yesterday, I invited a doctor to come over, and after diagnosis, it was found that it was overwork, plus there were old injuries on the body, and the body was very empty, and because of the heat stroke in the hot weather, he was unconscious, and he had already prescribed a few pairs of medicines, and I woke up this morning and drank a little porridge at a time, and took a bowl of soothing soup, and now I fell asleep again, I am afraid it will be difficult to wake up for a while!" ”

"Have you asked if you are from there, where you live, do you have any relatives at home?"

"Asked?" Song Yi's face froze, but he still replied: "This person said that he is from Chengxi Village, he is four in his Chinese New Year's Eve, has no children and no daughters, and has a younger brother and sister, but he has been away from home for many years, and there are clansmen within five suits in the village, but there is no contact, I am worried about whether to let people notify his clansmen to come and bring people back?" ”

Zhen Qian's face also became delicate, and he continued to ask: "Since there are no relatives at home, and the younger brother who does not seek refuge outside, is there another hidden situation?" ”

"Did I ask about that?" Song Yi sighed deeply and said: "I have seen this person twice before, I bought soju twice in the store before the opening of the Drunken Immortal Building, and I had a little impression, or he asked what kind of place this is, and only remembered this person when he talked about soju." This person doesn't talk much, it seems that people are very busy, and after asking, I found out that it was an old soldier who was dismissed from Anxi two months ago, named Yan Ming, who is now old, and has no skills, and has no work to do for a while, so he went into the mountains to chop firewood and sell it in the city, not wanting to be rescued by Zhen Lang after heat stroke! ”

"Anthy old pawn!"

Zhen Qian only knew that there was a battle of Talas last year, the Tang army was defeated, Gao Xianzhi was transferred to the court, and Feng Changqing was named the envoy of the Anxi Festival.

History has a high evaluation of the two, but Zhen Qian knows that some things are not recorded in the official history, and military exploits and people are two different things, so it is not surprising to generalize and cover the face with points.

As for what happened to Anxi's dismissal of the old soldiers, Zhen Qian couldn't help but be curious, when he saw Yan Ming who was in a coma from heat stroke yesterday, Wang Peng on the side reminded him that this person seemed to be a soldier in the army, and he didn't want to be like that.

Zhen Qian wanted to ask a few words in person, but thinking that this person was weak and had just drunk the tranquilizing decoction, he was afraid that he would not wake up immediately after a while, so he said: "Uncle Song, the weather has been hot these days, has it affected the business of the store?" ”

Hearing Zhen Qian ask about the business in the store, Song Yi's expression became unnatural, and the smile on his face was a little more bitter: "Zhen Lang happened to be out of the city two days ago, and the Hu merchant who bought more than 100 stones before January suddenly sent someone over and asked if the store could provide 500 stone of the strongest liquor every three months, and some other soju should be needed. ”

In addition to the more than 100 stone soju purchased by Hu Shang last time, Zhen Qian thought of a lot of ways to sell soju, and asked Wang Qun to go to the local businessman to contact the merchant in Zhending, but the reply was to give it a try, obviously the heat is not high, and he is not optimistic about the soju, and at the same time, the sales of soju in the drunken immortal building have not improved much, and it has been tepid, so he asked Song Yi to burn a lot of wine utensils for later generations, but there was still no big reaction.

Song Yi also asked those guests who had tasted soju, and their evaluations of soju were mixed, but they all said in unison that they were very jealous of the spicy soju, and some people liked this sip, but unfortunately the reputation was not obvious, the reaction was not big, and the promotion became extremely difficult.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the previous Hu Shang returned and wanted to buy the strongest soju of 500 stone again, which made people feel strange.

"But I can inquire, where did these Hu merchants sell their soju?"

"I inquired, I personally entertained the people!" Song Yi finally showed a smug smile on his face, this thing doesn't need Zhen Qian to teach at all, although he used to do a small business, he still knows how to observe words and looks, and knock on the side, so he said: "This time it was a Han person in charge, I pulled him to taste a few famous dishes in the store, a few glasses of soju in the stomach, although the steward did not say who he sold the soju to, but he said where he came, it should be those Hu people in the north, and said that the soju sales are good, this time I came with a hundred taels of gold, and I want to buy all the soju in our store, Come once in the next three months, and ask us to prepare more ......."

Zhen Qian opened his mouth and didn't know what to say, because of the taste of soju, the sales of soju during this period of time can be described as bleak, and he didn't dare to produce more, after all, if he couldn't sell it, he could only store it, which was tantamount to piling up funds, and he naturally didn't dare to gamble on himself who was not very rich.

"What a mistake!"

I had already guessed that soju might sell well in the Northland, but there was no market in the Northland, especially the intricate tribal relations in the Northland, so I naturally didn't dare to touch it now, but I didn't expect this to be the result now, and I was really a little caught off guard.

"How much stronger shochu is there in the store right now?"

This time, Song Yi's face was a little unnatural, and he coughed dryly: "Last time, I sent sixty jars of the strongest soju, and less than ten jars were sold during this time, and there are still fifty jars left in the warehouse?" ”

In almost a month, ten jars of soju were sold, if it weren't for the large order that Hu Shang purchased last time, Zhen Qian really thought that his soju business was not whimsical.

Shochu can be said to be against the trend, fundamentally incompatible with the drinking habits of the Tang people, which has been said very clearly in several parts of the family, tastes and habits can not be changed by saying that they can be changed, Hunan people love to eat spicy, Chongqing people love to eat hemp, Wuxi people love to eat sweet, these are not habits developed in a day, Tang people's wine is light and sweet, and the spicy of soju is not the same thing at all, it is not easy to change.

This was taken into account when the shochu was brewed, so the main recommendation was also the three songs with a low degree, so the sales volume did not become popular, of course, there is a brand relationship, and there are also reasons why the price is too high, but the main factor is the recognition of shochu.

Although I secretly warned myself that everything has a gradual process, and it is not realistic to achieve new things overnight, but even so, I have some expectations in my heart.

Unexpectedly, now it has really become a flower inside the wall and a fragrance outside the wall, which makes Zhen Qian still a little embarrassed.

"I still have more than 100 jars of the strongest soju there, adding up to almost 200 jars, and I can brew some more in the next few days, you go and negotiate with him, if you can sign a long-term contract, the quantity of 500 jars in three months can guarantee the supply, by the way, continue to listen to the other party's tone, ask them what goods are in the trade exchanges with the Northland, and say that we want to buy some from them and sell them locally, can there be any discounts?"

Song Yi snorted, not knowing what Zhen Qian was thinking in his heart, but he didn't bother to ask, so he said again: "During this time, the business of the restaurant is as usual, it's not that there is anything wrong with our dishes, but that the guests feel that the environment here is not as comfortable as other places, plus the temperature has risen sharply these days, other restaurants have placed a lot of ice cubes in the store to cool down, and our restaurant sells spicy soju, so many guests are complaining that it is too hot here!" Do we also buy some ice cubes in our restaurant and come back, otherwise if this continues, it will be difficult for business to improve this summer? ”

Zhen Qian also felt this in hindsight, and he didn't expect the summer in Hengzhou to be so hot, because he didn't know the climate of the Tang Dynasty.

"It's because I didn't think about it, I don't need to go outside to buy ice, I'm here today for this matter, you called your two sons and daughter-in-law over, I have something important to tell you?"