Chapter 365: Who's and Who's Game (1)

A new song called "Rain Alley" lingered in the minds of everyone attending the banquet for a long time, and the song was accompanied by ten graceful and exquisite cheongsam girls. Kong Sheng's painstakingly organized cheongsam launch and book launch were a great success.

The results and effects of the promotion are actually better than he imagined.

And when the upgraded version of the Confucius series of self-brewed spirits free of charge in the Marquis of Chang'an, the Confucian Home Brew (Tianzihao), was delivered to the small table in front of everyone, when the liquor with an endless aftertaste of fire entered the throat and reached the heart, the whole banquet invisibly entered a certain high tide.

From now on, the series of self-brewed spirits produced by Confucius Distillery will be officially divided into three types, Tiandiren (trade size). The first to be launched is the human font distilled from the three pulp on the market, the second distilled is the ground name, and the self-brewed one that has undergone secondary fermentation and secondary distillation is the highest grade Tianzi brand.

Correspondingly, the price has also been repositioned.

The herringbone size contains a gourd (or porcelain bottle) per catty, and the price is 200 yuan; Half a catty of a gourd (or porcelain bottle), priced at 200 yuan; The capacity of the Tianzi size is halved again, and the price is also 200 yuan.

As a kind of self-entertainment and a little fortune, Kong Sheng has never thought of investing in large-scale production and sales, the winery, according to the current output of 100 catties of each sunrise in the winery, deducting various costs, can bring more than ten yuan of income to the Chang'an Houfu every day, and a year, it is thousands of dollars. If you add the income of the bookstore and the soon-to-be-opened clothing shop, Kong Sheng's income from "doing a little business" is really not a small number.

It's not that I don't know, but I'm shocked. If Kong Sheng's wealth can continue, it won't be long before he becomes the richest of the Tang magnates.

It is no wonder that the Chu Wangfu and many powerful people have set their sights on this piece, which is an incomparably huge benefit.

Because they are usually accustomed to drinking light and tasteless low-alcohol wine, many of the Chang'an nobles present are a little overwhelmed with a glass of spirits, and they are drunk and hazy. And some people who drink a lot of wine, two or three glasses of wine are in the stomach, and all the wine is surging. However, everyone was intoxicated by this feeling of drunkenness, which was half sober and half confused – and this was an important factor in the unwavering popularity of the Confucian spirits in Chang'an.

If this continues, in the future, the Tang magnates will definitely abandon the shoddy low-alcohol liquor on the market, and all of them will drink the high-alcohol liquor promoted by Kong Sheng. It's just that when it comes to all the market, Kong Sheng must firmly grasp his exclusive secret recipe and not leak secrets. After all, this method of distillation and secondary fermentation does not have too deep technical content, and it is easy to lead to imitation.

Li Jiao, the king of Chu, took a small sip and tasted the liquor provided by Kong Sheng, and there was a strong desire to take the right to make and sell this liquor for himself. In terms of his power, if he is really determined to snatch it, I am afraid that no one will be able to resist it, including Kong Sheng, the idle Chang'an Hou.

But the king of Chu could not do this. At least until he successfully settled in the East Palace, he couldn't be so unscrupulous. And Kong Sheng is not easy to mess with.

Li Jiao sipped the liquor, squinted his eyes and glanced at Kong Sheng, and the murderous intent in his eyes flashed.

Because of the rising wine, the atmosphere on the field suddenly became enthusiastic. The merry young scholars exchanged ears and talked loudly, and the courtiers also gathered in groups to discuss the world's major affairs, and the topic with the most overlap was nothing more than the current court's counterinsurgency cause.

When it comes to counterinsurgency, many scholars and courtiers got up with the intention of drinking to praise Li Jiao with great flattery and flattery, and put the mainstay of the entire Tang Dynasty counterinsurgency on Li Li's body, as if if it were not for Li Li's existence, the Li Tang Dynasty would have ceased to exist a long time ago.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu turned the tide, and Kuang Fu Sheji was in danger......"

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu is a martial artist, leading the army to calm the national disaster, welcoming His Majesty back to Chang'an, and establishing an immortal meritorious ......"

"That An's Hu'er traitor and thief, in front of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, is as vulnerable as a chicken, tile and dog, and His Royal Highness the King of Chu will lead the army to level Hebei and Hedong, and return the Tang Dynasty to a bright and prosperous ......"

And so on and so forth.

The banquet turned into a personal flattery for Li Jiao, the king of Chu, which made Kong Sheng's brows furrow, and King Li of Zhao and Ning Guo Jiguo were also a little unhappy, but they were helpless. In time, people are not in the mud, and there is no shortage of high-ranking people who are in power, which is an unbreakable iron law.

The above is a tout without any technical content. For these praises, Li Jiao smiled at most and returned the salute slightly, but in fact, he didn't remember the names and surnames of these messy touters. Of course, it's impossible to remember them all.

He certainly wasn't going to get dizzy because of that. Besides, this kind of talk touted that he was usually at ease, but it was not as concentrated and dense as it is now.

In comparison, the praise of Li Kuo, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and others is quite level. not only achieved the purpose of flattery, but also maintained his dignity and reserve as an important minister of the court.

Ma Ping, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, got up and bowed to Li Jiao, the king of Chu, shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu led the army to recover Chang'an, and the army deterred and dominated Henan, the rebels were defeated and frightened, Ma heard that the thief chief An Qingxu had fled to Hebei, and the destruction of the whole army was just around the corner, and it would be between these two months!" ”

It is now the early winter season, and in Ma Ping's view, at most, before the next spring, the overall destruction of the entire An Lushan rebel army will be realized. In fact, this is not just Ma Ping's opinion, most of the courtiers, including the ordinary people of Chang'an, maintain a super optimistic attitude.

After all, the current situation is that the imperial army is driving straight in, the Yan army is defeated, and most of the lost territory has been recovered by the Li Tang court, and the final victory is in sight.

Li Li smiled slightly: "What Ma Shilang said is very true, under the unified command of this king, Guo Fenyang and Li Guangbi two armies are approaching Hedong, Hebei, and this king is confident that before the Shangyuan Festival in the coming year, the imperial court will be able to end the counterinsurgency, so as to determine the world!" ”

Kong Sheng secretly sneered on the side, but ignored the stubble. No one knows better than Kong Sheng that it will take at least a year or two for this rebellion provoked by An Lushan to be truly and completely quelled. An Lushan is dead and An Qingxu is dead, An Qingxu is dead and Shi Siming is dead, Shi Siming is dead, and Shi Siming's generals and sons and many remnants of the party.

Therefore, for the Li Tang court, the current big trouble is not An Qingxu, but Shi Siming, who is far away in Fanyang. After Shi Siming returned to obedience, he rebelled again, and the military turmoil and turmoil caused to the Tang Dynasty actually surpassed An Lushan.

But Kong Sheng is not in his position and does not seek his own government, and this matter of counterinsurgency has nothing to do with him. No matter how excited and optimistic these courtiers and magnates are, let them go happily, why should they bother with such idle things?

Moreover, even if he speaks out and points out the catastrophe of Shi Siming, it may not be able to attract the attention of the emperor and the powerful people of the current dynasty, so why should he do more.

Princess Ji Guo was straightforward and fast-talking, she listened to everyone's flattery and flattery to Li Jiao, the king of Chu, and her heart was already very uncomfortable, and now she heard Ma Ping attribute all the merits of the entire court to Li Jiao alone, so she couldn't help but whisper to Zhao Wang Li and Princess Ningguo: "It's really shameless, the person who drove An Qingxu away was clearly Chang'an Hou, but he was robbed of his merits, and what did he say that the rebels were terrified, and the officials and soldiers were invincible, which is really ridiculous!" ”

Princess Ningguo's heart tightened, she quickly glanced at Li Jiao, quickly pulled Princess Jiguo's little hand, and threw a solemn look at her, suggesting that she should stop talking nonsense, so as not to cause a backlash from Li Jiao, the king of Chu.

Li Li is not only their eldest brother, but also the most powerful generalissimo in the world at present, even Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi are under his control, at least two-thirds of the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty stand behind him, if they offend the king of Chu, where can they have a good life as an unfavored princess?

Ji Guo pursed his lips and disagreed.

Li Ji sighed secretly in his heart, and also threw a hint to Ji Guo to be a little calm.

Li Li seemed to be intoxicated by everyone's praise and didn't hear Ji Guo's whispering behind him, but Kong Sheng, who was sitting next to him, clearly saw the anger and gloomy look on his face.

Among the many children of Emperor Li Heng, the ones who can have the courage to openly stand on the opposite side of Li Li are the Li family and Ning Guo Ji Guo. Most of the others now live in seclusion for the sake of self-preservation, and rarely provoke right and wrong.

Li Jiao had a bad feeling for the three of them, but he didn't take his second brother and two younger sisters too seriously. In his opinion, the Li family may have some ability and ambition, but it is completely foolish for the Li family to compete with him for the crown prince. If it really comes to the time when Tu Poor Dagger sees it, he will pinch Li to death as simple as pinching an ant to death.

Kong Sheng smiled lightly, picked up the wine cup by himself, slowly tasted the wine he had brewed, and laughed at all the flattering farce in front of him.

If it was just around Li Li's praise, then there would be nothing to do today. It's none of Kong Sheng's business, even if these people are drinking Kong Sheng's wine and doing the job of touting Li Li, Kong Sheng doesn't bother to care.

But unexpectedly, the next suspicious words of Li Kui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, directly led the spearhead to Kong Sheng.

"The old man heard that His Royal Highness had ordered Chang'an Hou in Luoyang that day, ordering him to lead the Xiayi army to pursue the remnants of An Qingxu, but unfortunately Chang'an Hou had selfish intentions to attack Chang'an to snatch the merits of the war, and disobeyed the order, which led to the delay of the fighter plane and missed the opportunity to completely annihilate the rebels in one fell swoop, otherwise, today's imperial court would not need to continue to spend a lot of troops and grain, grass and wealth to continue this protracted war." Li Kuo said loudly.

Li Kuai's words were chiseled, but there was a hint of complexity in his eyes. He didn't want to "provoke" Kong Sheng directly and continue to deteriorate the relationship between the two, but he didn't dare to resist Li Jiao, the king of Chu, because of his hints. (To be continued.) )