Chapter 39: The Hero Gets Drunk
In the blink of an eye, ten days have passed since Princess Gaoyang was born.
During this time, Li Kong has been busy preparing for the sale of spirits, this is his first battle after taking over Huangzhuang in Changle County, and he must make a name for himself beautifully.
Li Shimin's new daughter seems to have forgotten Li Kong directly, so he didn't summon him for ten days, and people who don't know think that Li Kong has fallen out of favor.
In Chang'an West Market, Li Kong specially pulled out Cheng Yanjin and Li Jing today, in addition to their two generals, there are also four central ministers, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Wei Zheng and Pei Lian.
"Huh? It's a strong wine, let's go, let's take a look! There were crowds of people around, but Cheng Yanjin, a drunkard, still smelled the smell of wine for the first time, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly ran towards the front after saying a word.
The corners of Li Kong's mouth were frivolous, the reason why he brought these people over this time, except that he only knew these few people, was to use them to advertise his newly brewed wine in Chang'an, these people are all masters of true temperament, and they have a good reputation in Chang'an, so there is no one more suitable to be the spokesperson of Xinjiu than them.
As for not asking Li Shimin to endorse, it is because Li Kong's wine is not only aimed at the upper nobles like tables, chairs and benches, this time he is going to make the new wine popular among the common people, the emperor ...... This position is too high, once Li Shimin endorses it, it will give the common people an impression, that is, this wine is a tribute wine, it must be very expensive, and even they will directly pinch out their thoughts of asking the price for this reason, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Li Jing is also a good drinker, so he also followed after Cheng Yanjin left, and the four ministers behind him were a little puzzled, but the so-called guest is convenient, this time it was Li Kong who invited them elders, so the four of them looked at Li Kong at the same time.
Being stared at by the four ministers of Lingyan Pavilion, Li Kong's heart was a little cautious, but he still said strongly: "In this case, you uncles might as well go and take a look together, if there is really good wine, you can also get drunk and rest?" ”
The four of them looked at each other for a moment before nodding.
At the entrance of a small wine shop, there are four huge water tanks, three of which are tightly wrapped in a layer of red gauze, and the middle one lifts the lid, and the rich aroma of wine wafts out from it, stimulating the people around to stop.
When Li Kong and the others arrived, they could even clearly hear some people swallowing their saliva impatiently.
At this moment, a middle-aged man dressed as a shopkeeper walked out of the wine shop and said loudly: "Everyone, today is the first day of the small shop's business, and it is also the first day of the sale of our owner's newly brewed wine. ”
Thirty wen a pour, this price is not low, but it is also within the range of people's acceptance, so for a while, some people in the crowd couldn't bear it anymore and began to walk towards the wine shop.
Cheng Biting Jin, the old horseman, directly spared, came to the front of the wine vat, and said to the shopkeeper: "Give me a pour first!" ”
The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, and then quietly glanced at Li Kong, who was standing beside Cheng Yanjin.
Li Kong pulled Cheng Yanjin and said, "Forget Uncle Cheng, people are in business, although you are a national prince, but now we should respect others, what do you say?" ”
Cheng Yanjin thought for a while, in the end, he was born with mud legs, so he didn't refuse, and said, "Then give us a pound first!" ”
After speaking, he walked towards the wine shop first, and Li Kong took Li Jing and them to follow.
There were more than a dozen tables in the small wine shop, and those who didn't know each other sat together under the greeting of Xiao Er, and began to talk.
Then, the shopkeeper served two dishes to each table, a plate of fried soybeans and a plate of peanuts, and there were only these two dishes in the entire wine shop, after all, the main dish here was wine, not vegetables.
What's more, under Li Kong's words and deeds, these two dishes have also been given a new taste, which is definitely something that people in this era have never tasted, even if it is not much worse than the so-called delicacies of the mountains and seas in this era.
After many people have eaten it, their eyes have lit up, so that before the wine comes up, the dishes are divided into seventy-seven, eighty-eight, as for the price of twenty wen per dish? Is that money?
"It's a chic taste, this wine shop is really good, I'll come here when I drink in the future!" Cheng Biting Jin bit a soybean and looked surprised.
Li Jing was relatively calm, but he was still a little excited under the impact of this novel taste, not to mention the four Fang Xuanling next to him.
Then, the shopkeeper began to serve wine, since he came in, basically he would not drink only one pour, after all, a pour of wine is only one or two dollars, and it is not enough to even plug the teeth, most of them are asking for half a catty, and some of them are directly asking for a catty.
Looking at these guys who fired the map cannon, Li Kong's heart was happy, now a pound is sixteen taels, that is to say, a pound of wine is five hundred Wen, and it will not be returned, if these guys find that they can't finish drinking after drinking, I don't know what will happen?
Li Kong began to look forward to it, you must know that nowadays, when people drink in wine shops, they definitely don't take it out to drink, even if they can't finish drinking, they just stay and hand it over to the store to deal with, which means that they have spent money, but they haven't bought enough goods, and the rest of the wine, as long as it is slightly processed, can be re-sold.
This is not Li Kong's black heart, but the times are like this, not to mention, these drinks are poured out and drunk, and the inside of the wine pot is still clean, unless someone blows at the wine jug, but this kind of person is very rare, drinking in front of the wine jar is just a thing in martial arts novels, and even if people are bold now, they are just changing a big bowl.
After the wine came up, Cheng Yanjin couldn't wait to pour it for himself, and then drank it in one gulp, followed by his face quickly turning red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his throat was even hotter, followed by the esophagus, stomach, and finally the whole body felt warm.
"Whew~ Okay! It's hard enough, that's what men drink! After a long time, Cheng Biting Jin yelled, and a large mouthful of wine spurted out of his mouth, bringing out a peculiar smell.
Li Kong pinched his nose and scolded secretly, he never thought that Cheng Yanjin would have bad breath...... Eh, or rather, people in this era basically have bad breath, and this situation will not be alleviated until the popularization of official salt in the Song Dynasty, after all, the main ingredient used by people to brush their teeth now is coarse salt, which is too expensive, even if Cheng Yanjin is the son-in-law of the Boling Cui family, it is rarely used.
"Little Er, what kind of wine is this?" Cheng Yanjin opened his throat and asked.
The shopkeeper quickly ran over and said with a smile: "If you return to the country, this wine is drunk by heroes!" ”
"What a hero is drunk, and his reputation is well deserved, bring me two catties, and by the way, two more dishes!" Cheng bit the gin wine and drank it all again after Li Kong poured it for him, and stretched out his tongue without any image and licked the wine in his mouth, which was called an ecstasy.
As for Li Jing and the others, their expressions were a little different, but their faces were extraordinarily consistent, they were all red, as if they had been smoked by something for a while.