Chapter 44 The First Genius of Qingzhou
Liu Xu has been very busy recently, busy preparing with Cui Ye to open a wine shop.
The Cui family's old winery is very large, much larger than the small winery that he originally planned to open in the backyard of his father-in-law's martial arts hall, according to Cui Ye, this winery used to have more than 100 helpers alone.
In fact, Liu Xu's liquor is also a raw hand, just its simple fermentation, and then steamed in a pot, that is, it occupies a strange word, and it has a market. The old wine brewed by Cuijia Distillery is better than Liu Xu's simple fermented wine.
Liu Xu tried it, using the old wine fermented by the Cui family, without filtering off the lees, steaming in a pot, the taste is more mellow than the soju he made before, Liu Xu can't help but be more confident in his wine-making business.
In the past few days, Liu Xu has been directing in the winery, and he has completely found the feeling of being a big shopkeeper. And Cui Ye asked for money for money, asked people to give people, gave full support, and tried to make the wine shop a hit.
Liu Xu led the two pillars and bolts, commanded a group of people, and busily prepared related matters.
Erzhu and plug, last time Liu Xu was about to open his own small wine shop, he was a helper, and he was already familiar with this soju matter, and this time it just came in handy. Although Liu Xu is the shopkeeper, but this helper is all the servants of the Cui family, although Liu Xu and Cui Ye have a good relationship, but maybe the servants of the Cui family have something to think of themselves. I may not be in the wine shop every day in the future, but don't be deceived and set up by these servants of the Cui family, and bring the two pillars and bolts to make them have some worries when they do this kind of thing. Of course, Liu Xu doesn't want this kind of thing to happen, but he still has to be just in case.
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Since Liu Xu left Yunzhu that day, he has been busy with the affairs of the wine shop, and he has no concern about the affairs outside, Liu Xu does not know that the song "Fixing the Storm" written by Liu Xu that day has been circulating in Qingzhou recently, and now he is famous in Qingzhou.
Many dignitaries and scholars who went to visit Yunzhu couldn't help but praise the author of this song after listening to Yunzhu sing this elegant and free "Fixing the Storm". When I learned that the author of this word was Liu Xu, the talented man who made "When Will the Bright Moon Be There" at the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Conference, I couldn't help but be even more impressed by Liu Xu's talent.
Although it is said that since ancient times, literati have been inferior to each other, but if a literati can make such a wonderful word that can tell his talent at first hearing, it is quite admired. As for Xiang Qing, it was something that happened between two people who were almost as talented as two people. Just like Su Qingpin, the first talent in Qingzhou, although he is very famous, many people praise him as the first talent in Qingzhou, but in the eyes of people such as Huayu, a talented man in Qingzhou who also made good poems at the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Li Jiang, a student in the state school, Su Qingpin may not be comparable to them.
Those literati and scholars are all knowledgeable people, Liu Xu's "Fixing the Storm" is a wonderful word when you hear it, plus Liu Xu's previous Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting "Water Tune Song Head" and now the song "A Cut Plum" that has gradually spread, today's first talent in Qingzhou, who else can besides Liu Xu deserve it? Although the talent of Su Qingpin, the former No. 1 talent in Qingzhou, is also very high, it is far from being comparable to Liu Xu, and the rest of the people's lyrics can be compared with Su Qingpin at most, and in front of Liu Xu's lyrics, it is really not worth mentioning.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting, Liu Xu made the song "Water Tune Song Head", many people think that Liu Xu, a person who has never heard of any talent and obscurity to sell wine, may not have this poem really done by him, or it is unknown that he invited someone to compose lyrics in order to become famous. However, with the gradual spread of Liu Xu's "A Cut of Plums", many people think that Liu Xu seems to be indeed talented, and after everyone listened to Liu Xu's "Fixing the Storm", most of the literati in Qingzhou have already recognized Liu Xu as the first talent in Qingzhou, and it is difficult to make such a masterpiece with their own talent.
Liu Xu was busy making wine, and he was still at a loss about the fact that he had become the number one talent in Qingzhou in the hearts of many people. However, many people who have heard about this have different ideas in their hearts.
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Fuguifang, Ningfu.
Today is Ning Xin'er, Xu Jin'er and other girlfriends gathering to chat, talk about literature and poetry.
But today they are not writing poetry reviews today, but they are all talking about an interesting thing.
Today, Ren Yuyan accompanied her husband to Dayun Temple to make incense and did not come. However, the absence of the eldest sister among the sisters did not affect everyone's conversation at all, because the matter they were talking about was a very topical matter. This incident is about the new No. 1 talent that the whole Qingzhou is talking about now, and it is the future of their good sister Xu Jin'er.
The sisters were talking about their future husbands, which made Xu Jin'er blush, less lively and hearty in the past, and more cowardly, but Xu Jin'er's heart was full of joy and pride.
Yuan Wanqing, who likes to wear an embroidered silk light yellow shirt and comb her full moon bun, pouted two very cute dimples, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Sister Jin'er's father-in-law to be a great talent, that time I saw my brother-in-law on the painting boat of Sister Xin'er's house, and I saw him stupidly and stupidly being trained by Sister Yuyan, it was funny to think about it." ”
Yan Ziyu also teased Xu Jin'er and said: "Sister Jin'er is so happy, my brother-in-law is so talented, and he is so kind and funny, I really envy my dead sister." Alas, if the one in my family had half the talent and half the humor of my brother-in-law, I would be content. Yan Ziyu wore a smoky blue dress today, covered with a water-green thin smoke gauze coat, which looked both delicate and a little charming. Ren Yuyan is not there, among several girlfriends, she is the biggest. Thinking that his father-in-law, who was about to get married, was a businessman, although he also had some talents, but he was far from being able to compare with Liu Xu, and he couldn't help but be a little really envious of Xu Jin'er.
Xu Jin'er said ashamedly: "Ah, don't laugh at me, aren't you going to talk about literature and poetry today, why do you talk about my brother Xu!" ”
Yuan Wanqing smiled: "Oh, you are the lady of our first talented man in Qingzhou, how dare we compose poems in front of you?" ”
Xu Jin'er suddenly turned her face into a red cloud, and she couldn't help but step forward to squeak Yuan Wanqing's armpits, wanting to stop her from laughing at herself again, the two of them hid and chased each other, giggling and making trouble for a long time.
Among several people, Ning Xin'er is the most talented and the most quiet, Yuan Wanqing and the three of them are giggling there, and Ning Xin'er has been watching with a smile.
Ning Xin'er was wearing a light green long skirt today, with a few delicate lotus flowers embroidered on the skirt, and a cyan belt tied around her waist, sitting there quietly, looking as elegant and delicate as the lotus embroidered on the skirt.
At this time, seeing that a few people had enough trouble, Ning Xin'er said with a smile: "Liu Gongzi's words are really talented, the song "A Cut Plum" brought by Sister Jin'er that time shows Liu Gongzi's talent, and the song "Water Tune Song Head" at the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Conference is even more amazing. ”
Xu Jin'er said with a slight annoyance: "Xin'er, you also laugh at me!" ”
Ning Xin'er smiled and said, "Xin'er really envy her sister!" Although Ning Xin'er had a smile on her face, there was an inexplicable lament in her heart, she didn't know that her future Lang Jun could have Liu Xu's chic and talented.
Although the concubine is not married, the king has a wife, and he can't get to know him early!
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Dusk is always gloomy, fog fills the land, and dim light gives way to darkness.
In the west Balipo of Nanyang City, in a somewhat dilapidated small restaurant.
Under the dim light, Su Qingpin was whispering to a thin middle-aged man while drinking. Although the middle-aged man was thin and thin, he seemed to be full of strength and his face was full of fierceness, but his eyes were extremely gloomy.
Qingzhou City has been a big city since ancient times, and now the Great Song Dynasty is peaceful, Wufu is abundant, and the population in the city has also increased rapidly, and now the entire Qingzhou City has a population of 300,000 people. Although there is still a gap compared to the million population of Bianliang Kaifeng, looking at the Great Song Dynasty, it can definitely be regarded as a big city. But even so, a Qingzhou city is still not enough to accommodate those who want to come to the city to live a mixed life. So near the city, a few small towns gradually emerged, like satellite cities in later generations, people from all over the world came to Qingzhou, and most of them could not find a place to settle in Qingzhou, so they would most likely settle down in these small towns first. And this Balipo is named after the town named after the eight miles west of Qingzhou City. In this kind of town, people of three religions and nine streams, mixed fish and dragons, and self-esteemed and valuable literati will not easily set foot here.
And Su Qing, as the first genius in Qingzhou, came here to drink, obviously because he came to do something, looking at his posture, it seemed that he was waiting for someone.
In the small restaurant, the voices of people are noisy, the lights are dim, all kinds of people gather in the lobby of this hotel, some look like people from the rivers and lakes, with weapons in hand, while eating and drinking while talking, while some gangsters dressed people are dancing with their companions on the side, occasionally making fun of the women who are looking for the gold lord from the side, there are also down-and-out scribes snoring and burying their heads in eating, some people look like emperors, while eating vigilantly and nervously look left and right, some people are drunk and vomit out, and children are playing in it. There are many kinds of beings, and so on.
With Su Qingpin's demeanor and temperament, it was obviously a little incompatible with this restaurant, and a few big men who were drinking looked at Su Qingpin and the others with crooked eyebrows and slanted eyes, but when they saw the gloomy gaze of the middle-aged man, they dispelled their interest in continuing to watch. The single fat sheep is easy to slaughter, but with such a person following, it mostly means that the other party has something to rely on.
"Childe, do you really want to do this?" The middle-aged man asked in a low voice.
"This person at the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting, I was humiliated, and now I made a poem lightly and skillfully, which made my name as the first talent for the first time a laughing stock, and it is difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart if I don't do this. The so-called talent, how can it be called only a few sour words, my name was earned by ability, and he was taken away by him with a disease-free moaning idle word, it is really difficult to swallow this breath. Fourth uncle, don't say it again, I've made up my mind, so let's do it. ”
The middle-aged man known as the fourth uncle nodded slightly, lowered his head and took a sip of his wine glass.
The middle-aged man's name is Gu Laosi, who was originally a thief in Xiangzhou, a martial artist, and was once arrested when he was doing work in Guangping County, Xiangzhou, and it was Su Qingpin's father Su Shuo who served as the commander of Guangping County at that time. Although Gu Laosi is a thief, he is filial piety, Su Shuo took pity on his mother, so he treated Gu Laosi lightly, so that he could be filial to his mother. Gu Laosi was grateful to Su Shuo, and after his mother died, he was willing to join Su Mansion as a slave. When Su Shuo was alive, he felt filial piety and attached great importance to him, and Gu Laosi was also very loyal. After Su Shuo died, Gu Laosi wholeheartedly helped Su Qingpin. Originally, he thought that Su Qingpin was a literati, and he was promoted again, and he was going to enter Beijing next year to take the exam, but it was really unnecessary, for some false fame, he was angry for a while, and hired a murderer to kidnap Liu Xu, if he accidentally showed his head and tail, he was afraid that it would be a big trouble. But thinking about his son-in-law's temper, he smiled helplessly in his heart. His son-in-law's talent and appearance are all excellent, but he can't stand the grievances, if this matter does not go his way, I am afraid that he will always be haunted in the future. Gu Laosi was secretly ruthless, just do this thing cleanly, it's not a big deal, it's good that the son is happy. He is really good to Su Qingpin, and he really takes care of him like a nephew.
The two were speechless for a while, and sat quietly opposite each other in the noisy voice.
The curtain of the restaurant was suddenly lifted, and two sturdy men in short clothes walked in. The two glanced at the people in the hall of the small restaurant, and finally their eyes stopped at Gu Laosi, and the two of them walked quickly to the table where Su Qingpin was and sat down.
Both of them are grown up and very strong. The first one, with a body of tendons and flesh, like an iron tower, has a pair of fierce eyebrows, and the other person seems to be full of meat, he is slightly shorter than the leader, but it also looks like an iron tower, with dark skin, a pair of triangular eyes, full of anger.
After the leader sat down, he showed a heroic smile and said to the two, "What is the matter with Fourth Brother Gu looking for our brother?" ”
Gu Laosi grinned and said, "Looking for your brother is from a business to do, fifty runs, tied to the fat sheep, how about it?" ”
The eyebrow man frowned and said: "My brother's cottage is short of expenses, and it is good to have a business, but now the government is staring at my cottage very tightly, this fat sheep is too tricky, and my brother can't do it." ”
Gu Laosi said: "This is not to be afraid, it's just a small role." ”
The eyebrows were raised: "That's good, that's the case, this business brother will take it." ”
The triangular eye who came with the eyebrow customer said: "You have to pay half of this money first, and after the deed is completed, when you come to inspect the goods, bring the other half." ”
Gu Laosi said: "Brother understands this rule, at this time, you can accept the silver ingots of thirty taels first." "At this time, one or two taels of silver is about the same amount of money, and Gu Laosi is considered to be overgiven.
Triangle eyes said: "Fourth Brother Gu is happy, but does this fat sheep want a live ticket or a dead ticket?" ”
At this time, Su Qingpin, who had been drinking with his head down, raised his head suddenly, his slender eyes showed a fierce light, and he said viciously: "I want a live ticket!" I can't cheapen him, I have to humiliate him a little bit before I can relieve the humiliation in my heart. The fourth brother told the two about the kid's situation. ”
Gu Laosi finished talking to the two of them about the detailed situation, and the two evil men went away.
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