Text Chapter 13 The Wind Rises in Chang'an
The distilled spirits in the distillery finally began to be sold, but when it came to naming the distilled spirits, Li Sheng and Cheng Yanjin had an argument, and the result of the dispute was that both sides won. The distilled liquor blended by Li Sheng is called fairy drunk, and the brewer in the distillery is called Cheng Biting Jin called five-step pouring.
After friendly negotiation between the two parties, the wine shop was finally named Xianjiufang, and Li Sheng's sales plan was also affirmed. That is the sales plan of tasting first and then buying, and the final result is that the distilled liquor, which has been priced at 200 yuan a bucket, has been sold for more than 2,000 buckets in less than a day, and this sales volume makes Li Sheng and Cheng Yanjin both laugh and crookedly. The daily income can not describe the speed of this kind of money, everyone understands the windfall profits of wine, the Tang Dynasty is only four or five dollars for a bucket of rice, and in the face of the price of a bucket of wine of two hundred yuan, the cost is negligible.
The reason why the new wine was chosen to open for sale at this time was to store the wine. The second is because of the return of the Northern Expeditionary Army. When today's son Li Shimin issued an order, the Tang Dynasty's northern expedition was victorious, and Chang'an lifted the curfew for three days, and the whole country celebrated. Chang'an is not only selling Li Sheng's distilled liquor, but other liquors are also selling well.
On the second day, just after the wine was sold in the morning, Li Sheng asked Cheng Fu to close the store and stop selling. This is also what Li Sheng wants to do in this stall, wanting to engage in hunger marketing.
"Xiao Langjun, close the door now, you see that there are at least 100 people outside the door who have not bought it, if you can't take out the wine and sell it, these people will not be able to send it away. Xiao Langjun will offend people like this. ”
The person who talked to Li Sheng was Cheng Fu of the Cheng Mansion, and he was also the shopkeeper of this wine shop. Li Sheng has been cooperating with him for more than a month, and the relationship between Li Sheng and the two is also very familiar. Li Sheng is a humble and polite person, and he is very popular with people in wine shops. Cheng Fu is also dominated by Li Sheng, and when he is the shopkeeper with Li Sheng, he will take the initiative to report anything to Li Sheng. Li Sheng didn't understand why Cheng Fu wanted to do this, he thought it was Cheng Yanjin who confessed, so he didn't take it seriously. But the wine that is so easy to buy, as for Li Sheng to stop selling, although Cheng Fu can't understand it, Cheng Fu only persuaded him well, and did not take out the shelf of the major shareholder of Cheng Fu.
"Listen to me, close the door today! I'll go and say where the Gonggong Mansion is. ”
"Xiao Langjun, what about the people outside?"
Cheng Fu knew that in Chang'an, the people who could buy distilled liquor were all high-ranking officials. These people are not easy to offend, if the wine is not available, they can't buy distilled spirits, it's not a problem of not being able to buy alcohol, it's a matter of losing face. Cheng Fuke didn't have the courage to offend people by Cheng Biting Gold.
Li Sheng smiled, and also knew Cheng Fu's scruples. Li Sheng suddenly thought of another way, so he walked to the door and said, "Everyone, the kid is the owner of this wine shop, I'm really sorry today, the small shop has limited drinks, and it has been sold out." Please come back, everyone! The boy is here to make amends. ”
At this moment, the hundreds of people in line exploded at once. Most of these people who bought wine were stewards or subordinates of various prefectures, and everyone came to buy wine under the control of the head of the house, and if they could not buy the wine, they would be punished when they returned. They certainly don't want to go back.
Li Sheng wanted this result, looking at the restless crowd, Li Sheng said: "Everyone should know that winemaking takes a long process, and ordinary wine needs a year of fermentation to have a good taste." Not to mention our immortal drunkenness and five-step pouring of this kind of spirit, it will take more time to ferment. The kid didn't expect the wine to sell so well, and he emptied the store's inventory in Chang'an in less than two days. Fortunately, the boy has cooperation with Lu Guogong, and he still has inventory there, so the boy will go to discuss with Lu Guogong to transfer some wine from him, and give priority to you tomorrow. The kid made amends again. You can pay some deposit first, let the shopkeeper register, and give priority to those who have paid the deposit tomorrow? ”
As soon as everyone heard Li Sheng say that they could give priority to buying wine tomorrow after registration, they would be able to explain when they went back. Now they are all scrambling to pay the deposit for registration.
Li Sheng blocked the people who came to register, and Li Sheng said again: "The kid hasn't finished talking yet, everyone don't be impatient." ”
"Xiao Langjun, if you have something to say, I'm still waiting to go back and make a difference." Someone said, and many people agreed.
"The kid is not Li Sheng, a man from Xianyang County, who presented a Quyuan plow and a new-style cocoon to His Majesty some time ago. I'm sure you've all heard of it. ”
As soon as these words fell, the lowly person was stunned for a moment, and soon someone said: "It turned out to be Li Gong in person, and the Quyuan plough and the cocoon car made by Li Gong were meritorious, but I didn't expect the villain to see Li Gong in person, please accept the villain's worship." Most of the people who bought wine at a low level gave Li Sheng a salute.
Li Sheng couldn't be calm, he didn't expect that he had such a high reputation among the people, and he was also called Li Gong. This public character is too self-exalted. The ancients called the person who respected Delong as a certain duke. Li Sheng thinks that he can't afford it, this public word.
"You must not be like this, the boy is too young to be so respectful to everyone. The public character will never dare to bear it. Li Sheng bowed in return, and his body flashed to the side.
Cheng Fu walked in front of Li Sheng, also bowed, and said kindly: "Xiao Langjun, although you are young, you can still bear it this week." This year's spring ploughing in the world is very few, Xiaolang Jun Quyuan plough only needs one ploughing ox, can achieve the previous two ploughing oxen two days of work, so that the world land can be sown as scheduled. lest all the nations be afflicted, do you say you will not be able to bear it? ”
Li Shengxuan understood why Cheng Fu was so respectful to himself, it turned out that he was the reason why he built the Quyuan plow and the cocoon car. Li Sheng secretly sighed, the ancients were really upright. Li Sheng doesn't say anything more about this matter, just worship, at least I'm still very useful. Li Sheng is here again in the future generations of dick silk psychology.
"Ladies and gentlemen, let's go on, because the kid made another kind of wine some time ago, this kind of wine can reach the degree of a strong wine when put into ordinary wine, although it is not as good as the fairy drunk and the five steps are poured, but it is also much stronger than the ordinary wine. So from today onwards, as long as you take three catties of ordinary wine, you can exchange it for the fairy drunk in our store and one catty in five steps. I call it shochu, and it costs 900 yuan, and it is now in stock. You can redeem it now and buy it. All are available at our store. ”
This caused another uproar, but none of them wanted to buy it, because they were assigned by the head of the family to buy the Immortal Drunk and the Five Steps. As for the soju, they drank it, and if they bought it back and gave it to the head of the house, they might be punished. So they chose to pay a deposit, so that they could pay the difference when they went back.
Li Sheng's soju is also blended with the first pot of wine, and now the immortal drunk and the five steps are all second-distilled two-pot wine, and it must be much better after two distillations. As for the soju, it is also prepared for the slightly better family background, as well as the housekeepers of various prefectures, these middle-level people. As for the immortal drunkenness and the five-step down, Li Sheng was ready to starve the marketing and sell it to those real dignitaries and wealthy businessmen.
Lu Guogong's Mansion, Li Sheng swaggered in through the side door, and the porter saw that it was Li Sheng, not only did not stop him, but also gave Li Sheng a salute. As soon as Li Sheng gave his hand, he walked into the courtyard.
A burst of humming sound in the courtyard reached Li Sheng's ears, and Li Sheng didn't need to think about it to know that Cheng Yanjin was playing with an axe. Cheng Biting Jin is also an idle egg, in addition to drinking and messing around, he is playing with an axe, and he doesn't do anything serious. This is also the reason for the military system of the Tang Dynasty, except for the generals on the border, all the soldiers as long as they finish the battle, the soldiers return home to farm, and the generals go home to train their children.
"Uncle Cheng, what a Yaxing!" After Li Sheng waited for Cheng to bite the gold and received the supernatural powers, he saluted him.
"Fart Yaxing, the old man offended the Manchu Dynasty because of your kid, don't you go out at home to find a beating?" Cheng Yanjin handed the axe to the general beside him, and said angrily while wiping his sweat.
Li Sheng didn't know why, so he said, "The kid hasn't caused trouble!" ”
Cheng Yanjin knew that he had leaked his mouth, so he didn't answer Li Sheng's words, and said, "Since you're here, go drink with the old man." ”
Li Sheng was about to refuse, but was stopped by Cheng Yanjin. Li Sheng was also helpless, so he had to let Cheng Yanjin drag him into the living room. Drinking with Cheng Yanjin is to find guilt, the old man drinks surprisingly much, and he is very rude when he drinks, one time is a big glass, and he is unwilling if others don't finish drinking. The first time Li Sheng drank with him, he was poisoned by him and vomited for two days in a row. This time he was dragged and couldn't run away, so he had to get drunk with him, and it was a big deal to vomit for two days, which was better than vomiting for two days after being beaten.
Cheng bit the farmer in the Jin Mansion, and two days ago, another cow fell and broke its leg. So there was beef again today. In the two months since Li Sheng met Cheng Yanjin, Cheng Fu has had problems with nearly ten farming cattle. I don't know how Li Shimin doesn't care about him, let him eat like this, Cheng Biting Jin's family will have more than 50 ploughing cattle a year. In ancient times, ploughing cattle were an important production tool, and in an ordinary village of 100 households, there were only 50 ploughing cattle, and Cheng Biting Jin ate up the cattle in a village in a year.
"Uncle Cheng, is your cow disabled again?" Li Sheng asked with a smile.
"Boy, who lent you the guts to dare to mock the old man, do you eat it? Don't eat the fuck off. Cheng Yanjin looked at Li Sheng angrily.
"The kid does have something at home, so he won't bother Uncle Cheng. Uncle Cheng said goodbye, you are slow to use it. Li Sheng rolled down the slope neatly, and was about to leave.
"Hold this little slippery head left and right, damn it, you're playing tricky with a drink. I think you're just not cleaning up. Cheng Biting Jin was angry, and he was taken advantage of by this kid again.
Li Sheng saw that the home general at the door blocked the door, and came back with a smile. Sitting back in his seat, he poured a large glass of wine for Cheng Biting Jin, and said, "Since Uncle Cheng is such a rare little nephew, the little nephew still accompanies you to drink bars." Otherwise, people should say that the kid is not filial. ”
"Damn, you slipped like a loach in front of the old man, how could I see you cowardly like a quail in front of Your Majesty. You don't dare to ask for your officer, tell me what you're afraid of? ”
Cheng Yanjin has always been interested in Li Sheng's refusal to be an official, it stands to reason that young people should be keen on being an official, take his eldest son Cheng Huaimo as an example, he will pester him every day to get himself a martial arts. However, Li Sheng had an improper official, which made Cheng Yanjin unable to figure it out.
Li Sheng sat up straight and said very seriously: "Uncle Cheng, the kid is not afraid of being an official, the kid also wants to be an official for the benefit of the people." But if you are not an official, you can't benefit the people? How about the officialdom, presumably my uncle must be more transparent than me, otherwise Uncle Cheng wouldn't be an official like this, right? The reason why the kid doesn't want to be an official is that he wants to be constrained, so that what the kid has learned can be useful. His Majesty attaches great importance to agriculture and mulberry and cares about all the people, and he is a rare emperor of the Holy Ming in ancient and modern times. The boy is proficient in agriculture, and everything he learns will be useful to all people, and I think that as long as the boy has achieved something in agriculture, His Majesty will definitely use it. The boy never doubted His Majesty's sanctity. ”
Li Sheng's sycophant is called a moisturizing thing silently, Li Sheng understands that every move in Cheng Yanjin's family must be concerned by Li Shimin, and Li Sheng also understands this, so he will say these words.
No, this time I didn't doubt Li Sheng's sycophancy, the ancients' loyalty to the king was imprinted in their bones, especially those who had read books. It is not difficult for Cheng Yanjin to understand Li Sheng's loyalty and patriotism, but Li Sheng's vision makes Cheng Yanjin have to doubt that a little doll of fifteen or sixteen can say words like a long-lived old man. However, Li Sheng said it, which made Cheng Yanjin have to call him a demon.
Cheng Yanjin raised his wine glass and said, "Boy, if nothing else, just for the ambition you said in front of Your Majesty that day, the old man will give you a glass." ”
Cheng Yanjin still believes that Li Sheng is a demonic genius, or a genius who cares about the people, is loyal to the monarch and patriotic, and has lofty aspirations. This had to make Cheng Yanjin look at it differently. From the quyuan plough and the car, to the distilled liquor, and the printing press that was disappeared without a trace by Li Shimin, which one of the mediocre people can do, if it is not a genius, then who can call it a genius.
"Uncle Cheng, this is going to break the boy's life? But since Uncle Cheng values the kid so much, the kid reluctantly accepts it! Li Sheng said with a grin.
Cheng Biting Jin's serious face froze instantly, and then turned into an angry color, and said, "Damn it." The first half of the sentence is still human, and the second half of the sentence is a slippery look of his mother. ”
Li Sheng couldn't help laughing a few times, and drank a few glasses of wine with Cheng Yanjin, and after seeing that Cheng Yanjin had a little bit of alcohol, he asked: "When the kid just entered the door, because the kid let Uncle Cheng offend the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the kid felt very guilty, I don't know what happened?" ”
Cheng Yanjin glanced at Li Sheng, he didn't expect Li Sheng to remember this sentence, it seems that Li Sheng is not exempt from vulgarity, and his curiosity is also very great. However, the affairs of the court could not be hidden, so Cheng Yanjin told Li Sheng about the grain offering. also told Li Sheng about Li Shimin's grain requisition. Li Sheng was very puzzled, this matter that had nothing to do with his own eight poles, how could it be because he offended people?
"Uncle Cheng, you have wronged the boy, can I intervene in this matter? Why did you rely on me? Li Sheng couldn't figure out what it had to do with him, so he asked.
"Aren't you very smart? There are still things you can't figure out! The old man wants to drink a cup for this. Cheng Biting Jin deliberately lost Li Sheng's appetite, and when he saw Li Sheng's blank appearance, he felt very comfortable.
"Please also ask Uncle Cheng for advice!" Li Sheng was very modest this time.
"Think about it, I waited for hundreds of officials to donate grain, and after the family lent His Majesty grain, are you embarrassed to ask for it? Besides, if they are not willing to give food, what do you think Your Majesty should do? ”
"The kid can't think of it when he's young."
Cheng Biting Jin drank it and said, "I can't think of it, let's go slowly!" I'm telling you that the wind is going to blow in Chang'an. ”