Chapter 400: Good Wine

The guy brought the tea, everyone drank it slowly, and Du Dalei asked, "Have you ever been to Bianliang before?" ”

Chen Sanshi and Pang Xu both shook their heads, but Cui Daoming said, "Mr. Du, I came to Bianliang once a few years ago. ”

"Then you are very familiar with Bianliang?"

"I'm not very familiar with it, I stayed for five days that time, and I went back after finishing my errands, so I didn't have time to wander around Bianliang."

"Didn't your Cui family sell spirits to Bianliang?"

"Mr. Du, don't you know that the Great Song Dynasty implemented a * system for wine, and the management was extremely strict. Now private brewing is not allowed at all, and if the people are caught by the government by making their own wine, they will be killed for five catties of koji. ”

Du Dalei couldn't help but speak: "So strict? Who makes and sells the wine? ”

"Of course, it was the government that organized the manufacture and trafficking. Now there are dozens of main stores and many foot shops in Bianliang City. ”

"The main store, the foot shop? What is it? ”

"The main store is a store that is allowed by the government to make sake and sell alcohol. They bought koji from the government's Tokoji Temple, then returned to make sake and sold it. A foot shop is a small shop that does not have the qualifications to make sake and can only buy sake from the main store, and then sells sake on a small scale. ”

"What are you talking about?"

"Duqu Yuan is a place opened by the government to make koji, and now only the government can make koji, and ordinary people can't make koji privately, and if they catch it, they will be killed."

Du Dalei nodded: "Lao Tzu understands, it is the source of the government's control of winemaking----- the manufacture of koji." Then sell koji to the big merchants, that is, the main store, and then the main store sake brewing, and sell the sake to the foot shop. In the end, the foot shop sold the wine to the people. Isn't that so? ”

"Mr. Du, that's what happened. Therefore, if we want to sell the spirits of the Cui family to Bianliang, it is absolutely impossible without the permission of the Great Song Dynasty government. ”

Du Dalei waved his hand: "Hey, what a big deal." After a few days, after Lao Tzu met with the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, he asked Zhao to make a large number of notes, and the matter was done. ”

The three of them looked at each other, this guy is bragging again.

Seeing that the three of them didn't believe it, Du Dalei snorted: "You don't have to be like this, Lao Tzu will settle this matter in a few days." ”

At this time, the shopkeeper came over with a few men and began to bring food to everyone.

Du Dalei asked, "Shopkeeper, do you sell wine in your store?" ”

The shopkeeper replied, "Sell, guest, what do you want to drink?" The cheapest wine in our store costs 5 wen a catty, and the most expensive wine is 70 wen a catty. There are seven or eight kinds of sake. ”

Du Dalei rolled his eyes: "In this way, you can come five catties of each and let everyone taste Bianliang's wine." ”

"Wait a minute, the guest officer, I'll get it."

Du Dalei said to everyone: "Eat something to cushion your stomach first, and we'll drink some good wine from Bianliang in a while." ”

The guards were delighted, and everyone ate immediately.

Du Dalei also grabbed a meat steamed bun and ate and drank it with mutton soup.

After a while, the shopkeeper and his fellows came over with a few wine jars and began to pour wine for everyone.

Du Dalei saw that the color of the wine poured out was white, and the wine was very turbid, similar to the rice wine of later generations.

Du Dalei picked up a bowl of wine, smelled the wine, and found a slightly sour smell. He took a sip and found that the wine was very low, and it was similar to the rice wine of later generations.

Du Dalei said to himself: "It seems that Wu Song Jingyanggang fights the tiger, and what he drinks is this thing, which is lower than the degree of beer." No wonder Wu Song drank eighteen bowls in one go. ”

Tai Qin, who was next to him, saw that he was talking nonsense again, so he stabbed him a few times.

Du Dalei came to his senses, saw that Chen Sanshi, Pang Xu, Cui Daoming, and the shopkeeper of the restaurant were all looking at him, so he smiled and said: "This wine is the same as water, it's too weak, let's drink more." ”

Pang Xu also took a sip, and then shook his head: "Yes, compared to the liquor we have there, it's too much worse." ”

The shopkeeper listened to Pang Xu's words and was a little unhappy.

"This guest officer, the wine in this store is a famous good wine in Bianliang City, why is it like water?"

Du Dalei asked, "Shopkeeper, where did you buy this wine?" ”

"Our wine is purchased from the main store, Pan Lou, which is one of the best stores in Bianliang City, and it will not sell inferior wine."

Du Da Lei Le: "Shopkeeper, you wait a while, I'll let you see what it means to make good wine today." Pang Xu, you go to the carriage outside and bring a jar of our liquor. ”

Pang Xu agreed, and went out with two guards.

The shopkeeper obviously didn't believe it, he squinted at Du Dalei, looking unconvinced.

Soon Pang Xu returned, and the two guards behind him carried a jar of spirits.

The two guards placed the jar on the table, and then opened the seal.

A strong aroma of wine wafted out, and the shopkeeper and the guys all sniffed, and their faces showed disbelief.

Du Dalei made a gesture, and the guard immediately poured some liquor into the empty bowl.

The shopkeeper saw that the wine was as clear as water and the wine was fragrant, so he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Du Dalei said: "Shopkeeper, how about you taste this wine." But you can't take a big sip, just take a small sip. ”

The shopkeeper thanked Du Dalei with his hand, and then carefully picked up the wine bowl and took a sip.

"Ahh The shopkeeper screamed, his hands trembled, and he almost threw away the wine bowl.

Pang Xu hurriedly held his hand, and then took the wine bowl.

The shopkeeper was obviously very surprised, and he asked eagerly, "Guest, where did you buy this wine?" ”

Du Da Leiyun said lightly: "Wu Yueguo in the south, how is it, is this wine okay?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded: "This wine is too strong!" I drank a little bit and I felt like the fire was burning. I guess if it's in a bitter cold place, this wine will be very popular. But in Bianliang City, it is estimated that there will not be too many people who like it. ”

Du Dalei asked: "Shopkeeper, if you let your restaurant sell it, what do you think of the prospects?" ”

The shopkeeper lowered his head and thought: "Guest officer, it's hard to say now." I guess there are some guests who drink a lot of alcohol and will like this wine. However, if you have a small amount of alcohol, you probably won't like it. ”

Du Dalei asked again: "If you are asked to sell, do you dare?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head like a rattle: "This is not good, if you are caught by the government, you will be killed." If this kind of sake is sold by the government, we will dare to sell it if we buy it from the government. ”

Du Dalei felt that the shopkeeper was telling the truth, so he waved his hand: "It's okay, this jar of wine will be given to you." If you have anything to eat, just serve it. ”

The shopkeeper was very happy, and he immediately said: "Guest officer, since you are so generous, we will invite you to have a meal today." Man, hurry up and bring up the fat chicken, fat goose, mutton, and dog meat, and then take some side dishes with wine. ”

Du Dalei saw that the shopkeeper was very good, so he invited him to sit down and drink with everyone.

The shopkeeper sat down happily, and then took a sip of liquor, and his face turned red after a while.

The shopkeeper couldn't help but be a little stunned when he saw Du Dalei and Taiqin gulping down the liquor.

Tai Qin glanced at the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper hurriedly smiled: "Master, you are really a lot." This guest officer, I don't know how much this liquor sells for in the south? Who made this wine? ”

Du Dalei took a bite of mutton and said casually: "This wine sells very well in Wuyue Kingdom, and the cheapest wine can also be sold for fifty wen a catty." The kind we drank today is about the same amount of money a pound. ”

The shopkeeper was very surprised: "It's so expensive?" Guest, you look like a person who does big business, and you give away such expensive good wine without even thinking about it. You're so bold! ”

Du Dalei smiled secretly, this wine is our own production, not to mention how much or how much, anyway, don't worry about not being able to drink it.

Tai Qin asked, "Shopkeeper, how much do you think this wine can be sold for if you take it to Bianliang to sell?" ”

The shopkeeper thought about it and said, "It's hard to say, if this wine can be respected by the big people, it will be easy to sell." ”

Du Dalei nodded: "What you said is right, it seems that we should go to the big man to dredge up." ”

The guys brought a lot of meat one after another, and some side dishes with wine, and everyone began to eat it.

When the shopkeeper saw that these people drank their own wine, it was like drinking water, and soon drank up the seven jars of wine.

The shopkeeper hurriedly instructed the man to bring a few more jars of good wine, but was stopped by Pang Xu.

"Shopkeeper, thank you for your kindness, after we finish eating, we still have things to do, we can't drink more."

Du Dalei also said: "You bastards, hurry up and eat, we will have business in a while." ”

When the shopkeeper saw that everyone was no longer drinking, he had to give up.

Tai Qin didn't drink much liquor today, but Du Dalei was half drunk. It turned out that when he was on Qishan Island, Fu Hongyu had been managing him and didn't let him drink casually. So after Du Dalei came out, he finally broke his fast and got over a handful of alcohol.

After everyone was full of food and drink, Du Dalei waved his hand boldly: "Shopkeeper, settle the account, we are leaving." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "I am honored to meet you today, sir, don't mention the matter of money, just treat the store as a treat." ”

Du Dalei shook his head: "Shopkeeper, how can you do it?" It's not easy for you to do business, we can't eat and drink for nothing. ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Don't be polite, a jar of liquor you gave us is twenty catties, and according to the calculation of one catty, this jar of wine is worth twenty pounds." Speaking of which, we took advantage of Mr. The food we served was far less than twenty times. ”

Du Dalei saw that the shopkeeper insisted on this, so he had no choice but to give up.

The shopkeeper then arched his hand: "Gentlemen, my surname is Yu, my name is Zhengyi, please ask your names." I'd like to get acquainted with all of you. ”