The woman in the room put down the book in her hand, pulled over the excited little Lori, gently stroked the little Lori's somewhat messy hair, and said gently: "Ernan, tomorrow we will go back to our hometown with our mother to seek refuge with relatives, don't make trouble for your mother today." ”

"Oh." Hearing the woman's words, the excitement in Xiao Lori's heart went to most of it, and she responded dejectedly.

Seeing that the little Lori was in a low mood, the woman couldn't bear it, and asked with a smile: "I heard you shouting just now, why are you so happy?" ”

The corners of Xiao Lori's mouth curled, and she smiled mysteriously: "I saw my brother-in-law just now." ”

The woman's face turned red, tapped Xiao Lori's head, and said angrily: "What nonsense, when did you have a brother-in-law?" ”

Little Lori said with a smile: "Really, it's the prince who made Yongxue poems, didn't my sister marry her, he just regarded me as a sister, it's really fun." ”

The woman's heart was confused when she heard this, the prince is new? Why did he get here?

"What is he here for?"

"He said he was coming to see his fiancée, but he didn't want to see his sister."

The woman's heart was even more confused, although she had not met, but she did not have a good impression of the famous gentleman in Chang'an City, and originally thought that the new marriage with her mother to her hometown and the prince would naturally be stopped, but she did not expect him to come to the house today.

"My brother-in-law said that the Yongxue poem was written by himself, and he also said that he wanted to participate in the Jinguang Lake Poetry Club, sister, let's go see the poetry meeting too, okay?" Little Lori took the woman's hand and sprinkled coquettishly.

"Don't talk nonsense, what brother-in-law, we haven't gotten married yet." The woman tapped Lori's head again.

"We're going back to our hometown tomorrow, and the poetry club won't be able to go." The woman has been fond of poetry since she was a child, and she is also very interested in the Jinguang Lake Poetry Club, and there is a trace of regret in her tone, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to have the opportunity to return to Chang'an City after this departure.

The two sisters were silent, and Xiao Lori did not say anything about her bet with Wang Xiang, nor did she tell the woman that Wang Xiang gave her a bottle of very fragrant perfume.

……

When Wang Xiang returned to the Hou Mansion, he was still secretly proud, and he was also disappointed that he had no brains to purchase indiscriminately when he hoarded daily necessities, in addition to the necessary food and living materials, he also purchased a lot of miscellaneous things such as crystal jewelry and perfume, and he really didn't know how he planned to spend the end of the world at that time.

As soon as he thought of the appearance of Xiao Loli's eyes shining when he took out the perfume, Wang Xiang felt secretly refreshed, that was the legendary Wu Meiniang, and she could do it with a bottle of perfume.

"Young master, you're back, something happened to Zhuangshang!"

As soon as Laifu saw Wang Xiang coming back, he trotted over breathlessly.

"What's wrong, don't worry, speak slowly."

Seeing Wang Xiang's calm appearance, Laifu became even more anxious, "Young master, today Steward Wang went to Zhuangzi to inspect the granary, and found that the granary was flooded, and the grain inside was soaked!" ”

"Isn't it just some food, if it's broken, it's bad."

Wang Xiang didn't care, but Laifu wanted to cry, "Young master, that's not a little grain, a whole two thousand stones of grain!" ”

Wang Xiang really didn't know how much the two thousand stone grain was, since Laifu was so anxious, it must be a lot, although he still didn't care too much in his heart, and when he saw Laifu, he knew that he was helpless and said, "Take me over to see." ”

When he arrived at the granary on the village, Wang Xiang knew how much two thousand stones were, good guy, two thousand stones of grain were piled together like a hill, Steward Wang sat on the ground with a blank face, his clothes were wet with muddy water on the ground, and when he saw Wang Xiang coming over, he immediately cried: "I'm sorry for the Hou Mansion, I'm sorry for the young master!" ”

"Steward Wang, what are you doing, get up quickly, how dirty the ground is."

"Due to my negligence, the entire two thousand stone grain has been soaked, and I don't have the face to see the old marquis after I die."

Steward Wang didn't want to get up, Wang Xiang shook his head helplessly, and asked Laifu on the side: "How much is the price of rice now?" ”

Laifu thought for a while and replied: "A bucket of corn costs four yuan, and if it is a better rice, I am afraid it will cost six yuan a bucket." ”

"How many buckets is a stone?"

"One stone is ten buckets."

"According to six wen and one bucket, one stone and ten buckets are sixty wen, and two thousand stones are twelve hundred thousand wen, which sounds quite a lot, in fact, it is one hundred and twenty yuan, one hundred and twenty taels of silver."

Steward Wang and Laifu were stunned when they listened, when did the young master's arithmetic become so powerful?

Wang Xiang pursed his lips and said disdainfully: "I thought it was too much, but it was only one hundred and twenty taels of silver, and it cost me more than one hundred and twenty taels to go to Yicui Tower." ”

What? Steward Wang and Laifu were shocking their young master's arithmetic ability, and the next words directly stunned them.

Wang Xiang was a little marquis as soon as he arrived in the Tang Dynasty, and in his memory, the previous prince's new shot was dozens of taels or hundreds of taels of silver, plus he casually took out some fungus and exchanged it for six hundred taels of silver, so he naturally didn't care much about the grain of more than one hundred taels of silver. But I don't know that the income of ordinary people in Datang is less than one tael of silver a month, and one hundred and twenty taels of silver they have to save for more than ten years without eating or drinking.

"Young Master......"

Wang Xiang interrupted Steward Wang, who wanted to speak, and said, "Isn't it just that some grain is soaked, and our Hou Mansion is not short of such food, not to mention that the bad grain is still useful." ”

What is the use of soaking bad food, Steward Wang thought that Wang Xiang was comforting him, and blamed himself: "Young master, this grain can't be eaten if it is soaked bad." ”

"Who said you want to eat it, although you can't eat the food when it's soaked, you can use it to make wine."

"Winemaking?" Steward Wang looked at Wang Xiang suspiciously, "This soaked grain can also make wine?" ”

"Don't understand, do you?" Wang Xiang said with a little pride: "Winemaking is originally to soak the grain until fermentation. ”

"Fermentation?"

"Well, fermentation is just that...... I will tell you the method of brewing wine, you go to the Zhuangzi to find a few diligent people, and this granary will be changed into a winemaking workshop in the future. ”

Steward Wang was still confused, but Laifu on the side had bright eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Young Master, are you going to brew the kind of wine you drank last night?" ”

"Hey, you're a clever kid." Wang Xiang looked at Laifu with some surprise.

Since he decided to set up a winemaking workshop, of course, it would not just brew ordinary liquor, the alcohol content of the Tang Dynasty was low, and the color was dark yellow and slightly turbid, Wang Xiang planned to use the method of distillation in later generations to make distilled spirits.

After returning to the Hou Mansion, Wang Xiang told Steward Wang about the method of making wine, and gave him another hundred taels of silver, so he asked him to go to Zhuangzi to find someone to renovate the brewing workshop, after all, two thousand stone grain is not a small amount, and it takes a lot of effort to make all the koji, Steward Wang saw that there was a chance to make up for his mistakes, and he was naturally full of energy, and hurried to Zhuangzi after receiving the silver.

After Steward Wang left, Wang Xiang drew the utensils for distillation on the paper and handed them to Laifu and asked him to find several different craftsmen to make the utensils painted on the paper.

"Remember, make sure you build it separately and don't let people know what it is."

He doesn't care about the method of winemaking, there are more people in Datang who can make wine, but only he knows the method of distillation.

Although Laifu didn't know what was drawn on the paper, he knew that it was a very important thing when he heard Wang Xiang's serious tone, so he was careful with the drawings along the way.

Laifu came at dawn as soon as he walked on the front foot.

"Brother Chu Liang doesn't have to be on duty today?"

Cheng Chuliang shook his head and said: "I heard that the granary in your house was flooded, so I took a leave of absence and came to see, if there is anything you need my help with, just ask, our old man said that it is really not possible, first move some grain from our house." ”

Seeing Cheng Chuliang's sincere face, Wang Xiang's heart warmed, and he smiled: "Don't worry, if you really can't eat, I will definitely go to your house to eat." ”

In this Chang'an City, if it weren't for Cheng Chuliang and Lao Cheng's care for the Marquis of Linchuan in the past few years, the Marquis of Linchuan Mansion would really not be able to survive today, and it would be impossible for him to live a leisurely life in Chang'an City. Lao Cheng is a very particular person, Wang Bing saved his life at the beginning, so he will protect the prince no matter what.

Wang Xiang's heart suddenly moved, and asked, "Brother Chu Liang, are you interested in doing a deal?" ”

He plans to count the brewing workshop as Cheng Chuliang's share, the first is to thank him and Lao Cheng for taking care of the Marquis of Linchuan all the time, and secondly, after this distilled liquor comes out, it will inevitably cause others to covet it, there are too many people in Chang'an City who can handle him Wang Xiang, and there are Cheng Chuliang and Lao Cheng behind Wang Xiang to support Wang Xiang in his heart.

Cheng Chuliang saw that Wang Xiang didn't care about the water in the granary, but mentioned what kind of business, and suddenly said strangely: "What kind of deal?" ”

Wang Xiang did not answer Cheng Chuliang's question, but asked, "What do you think of the wine you drank yesterday?" ”

Hearing the wine, Cheng Chuliang immediately came to his senses, smacked his lips and praised: "That's the best wine I've ever drunk, but it's a pity that the merchant from the Western Regions who sells wine is gone, otherwise I would have to buy hundreds of jars to have a good drink." ”

It turned out that when Cheng Chuliang asked about the bottle of Erguotou yesterday, Wang Xiang also deduced that he bought it from a merchant in the Western Regions, but he believed it to be true, and he was still worried that he would not be able to drink such a fine wine in the future.

Wang Xiang smiled and said, "Why buy it, we can't brew it ourselves." ”

Cheng Chuliang was stunned for a moment, then reacted and glared at Wang Xiang with his mouth wide open and said in surprise: "You mean you know how to brew that wine?" ”

"I wonder if Brother Liang is interested in the deal I am talking about now?"

"Interested, so interested! What is there to do for me! ”

Looking at Cheng Chuliang's excited appearance, Wang Xiang said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have asked Steward Wang to find someone to rebuild the brewing workshop, and we will discuss the specific matters in detail when we have dinner tonight." ”

Cheng Chuliang swallowed his saliva and asked, "Do you still eat hot pot?" Princess Qinghe went back yesterday and said that the hot pot was delicious. ”

Wang Xiang was speechless at Cheng Chuliang's shamelessness, obviously because he was greedy and wanted to get involved with Princess Qinghe.

"Okay, I'll eat hot pot tonight!"