Chapter Seventy-Four: Departure to the South

But as soon as Zhang Shuting wanted to turn around and dodge, he saw that Xiao Zhang had seen him from a distance, and then saw him holding the official letter in his hand from a distance and shouting excitedly at himself:

"Zhang Dongjia, Zhang Dongjia, a letter from Baoding Provincial Government, asking you to attend the meeting in Baoding Provincial Mansion the day after tomorrow!"

When Zhang Shuting heard this, he couldn't help but beat the drum again in his heart. In his understanding, as the owner of shochu, he has little to do with the government. In other words, needless to say, the meeting of the Baoding Provincial Government is the meeting of the county office, and he has not participated in it a few times. The key is that every time they participate in the conference, there is nothing good, not to ask them to donate money and materials, but also to donate money and materials, or to increase taxes.

Therefore, when Zhang Shuting heard this, he couldn't help but beat the drum in his heart, and even had some disgust. However, this Xiao Zhang is no one else, he is the son of Mr. Zhang in the tent, and when he saw that Xiao Zhang had already seen him, he couldn't help but stop.

At this time, I looked at Xiao Zhang again, walked a few steps quickly, and came to Zhang Shuting's approach:

"Baoding Provincial Government is going to hold a meeting of business people, and Qiao Dao first asked Zhang Dongjia to participate!" As he spoke, he also handed over a large envelope in his hand to Zhang Shuting.

Zhang Shuting took it and couldn't help but open it. I saw that the envelope was indeed an invitation letter written on red paper, to the effect that Baoding Dao will hold a tea party for business people in Baoding Daofu on March 9, 1915 in the Gregorian calendar, and Mr. Shuting will be invited to participate in the Runquanyong Burning Pot Advocate Shuting.

Of course, Zhang Shuting has never participated in this kind of foreign-sounding tea party, and he has never heard of it. For a while, I couldn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of Daofu. Xiao Zhang, who was standing on the side, saw it, and couldn't help but encourage him on the side:

"It's a glorious thing!"

Said and said:

"I'm afraid Zhang Dongjia still doesn't know, I heard that in the states and counties of Baoding Road, Qiao Daoshou only invited the Runquanyong Burning Pot family to participate."

But Xiao Zhang didn't say that he only invited his family, Zhang Shuting's heart was already bottomless, and as soon as he heard that he was only invited to his family, for a while, Zhang Shuting's heart was even more bottomless. I couldn't help but ask what Xiao Zhang's tea party was, and what he was only invited to do.

Xiao Zhang also touched his head, he couldn't say why, he only heard that the people who participated in the tea party should be some famous tycoons on the ground in Baoding, and the general owners are not qualified to participate.

But as he spoke, March 9 was the end of the day. Zhang Shuting never inquired about Qiao Daoshou's reasons for letting him attend the meeting, mainly because he was too lazy to inquire.

It was precisely because he was too lazy to inquire, so early in the morning, Zhang Shuting took matters into his own initiative, asked Lao Sun to set up a carriage, loaded a few baskets of good wine on the car, and set off. What he meant was that it was a big deal to send Qiao Dao the first few baskets of good wine.

When he arrived at the Taoist Mansion, not only because Lao Qiao had to prepare for the meeting, he didn't have time to see him, but he also sent a message to Lao Qiao to send him to the kitchen. But when it was sent to the kitchen, the kitchen man insisted that he pay the price, and paid him the ocean, so he accepted the wine.

For a while, Zhang Shuting became even more uneasy in his heart. But when I arrived at the meeting, I saw that the participants were indeed some famous factory owners in Baoding City, and for a while, the young Zhang Shuting had a feeling of inferiority in his heart.

However, at the meeting, Daoshou Lao Qiao did not mention the Runquanyong pot, especially the solemn announcement of the Runquanyong pot wine as a sorghum sprinkle in Zhili Province, participated in the American International Exposition Competition and won the first prize of the news, and specially took the medal from the Zhili Mansion for everyone to enjoy.

Not only did he want everyone to appreciate it, but he also asked Zhang Shuting to stand up and introduce it to everyone, and asked everyone to learn from Runquanyong Pot, and strive to produce good items to win glory for the Republic of China...... Wait a minute

Thirteen years later, Zhang Shuting remembered that attending the tea party in the spring of 1915 with the name of "Yangli" was very important for him to be able to accomplish several major things in the future.

In other words, if he does not participate in this tea party, and does not mention the fact that Zhili sorghum wine won the American Medal by Lao Qiao at this tea party, he has always thought that the burning pot is his family's burning pot, and the wine is just his family's good wine, which has nothing to do with Ansu, Baoding Road, Zhili Province, and the country.

But participating in this tea party, coupled with the enthusiastic letter written by the old governor Wang Qintang before, especially from the old governor Wang Qintang and from the Taoist head Lao Qiao, he suddenly felt that he still has his Runquanyong pot, which has a great connection with Ansu, Baoding, Zhili and the Republic of China. Although in his mind, the connection was still very vague.

It is precisely because of this connection that he also realizes the importance and urgency of promoting the development of Runquanyong Pot.

Of course, to develop, Zhang Shuting understands that the most important thing is to bring forth the new. He still understands this truth.

Since Lao Huo's youngest son, Huo Jinglin, destroyed his own cellar and was recovered by Lao Yang, not only has the taste of the wine not decreased, but it has become more delicious. This made him already start to suspect that blindly following the rules left by his ancestors could really ensure that the pot could be burned for a long time?

If you go further, about pushing through the old and bringing forth the new, in the Runquanyong pot, it is definitely not from him.

At that time, in order to expand the sales of Runquanyong Shaoguo liquor, his ancestors encouraged the chief shopkeeper of the store to set up a branch in other places.

In Baoding City, Daimyo's Mansion, Hejian Mansion, Shunde Mansion, Zhengding Mansion, Beijing City and Tianjin Wei, each semicolon should represent the development of Runquanyong Pot. It can also be said that without these ancestors, there would be no existence of these semicolons and the development of Runquanyong pot.

Therefore, when he came back from the meeting, Zhang Shuting suddenly felt that his understanding was more profound, and his thinking was broadened.

His first idea was to renovate all the cellars on Cui Dahai's mouth according to Lao Yang's method, although it was risky and expensive, but he was still determined to find a way to complete this matter in this year.

There is another thing, he wants to discuss with Qi Zhankui, he wants to prepare to go south along the line of Zhengding, Shunde, and Daming, and see if there is any possibility of setting up another semicolon in Wuding and Jinan.

Of course, this kind of idea has been mentioned several times since Qi Zhankui became the chief shopkeeper of the store, but because of such and such changes in the pot, he failed to make the trip or was simply stopped by him.

But this time, he decided to do what Qi Zhankui wanted, not only agreed to Qi Zhankui to go to Wuding and Jinan, but he was also ready to go with Qi Zhankui.

Of course, Zhang Shuting went not to help Qi Zhankui set up a semicolon together, but to go to the old governor Wang Qintang's hometown in Handan to visit the old governor.

In the past, when the old governor was in office, due to the defects in his understanding, he did not realize how advanced the old governor's thinking was, and even when the old governor took the initiative to talk about his ideas from home, he categorically rejected him.

At this time, think about it, what is young and vigorous, and what he did at that time was called young and vigorous. Of course, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is naïve.

Immediately afterwards, when Zhang Shuting told Qi Zhankui about his thoughts, the two hit it off, and Qi Zhankui was even a little impatient. Because according to the old rules of the Runquanyong pot, expanding the business and successfully establishing a branch overseas is the responsibility of the chief shopkeeper of the store.

So, for a while, the two decided to set off for the south.