Chapter 12: An Amazing Move
Besides, Zhang Shuting, after talking to the master Fu Cui Dahai at his own mouth, was about to come to the east mouth, when he heard Qi Zhankui calling him at the door, saying that Governor Wang was coming.
When I turned my head to look, I saw that there was one person standing at the opening of the retort, except for Qi Zhankui, and there was really one person, and if you looked closely, this person was none other than Governor Wang Qintang. I saw that there was another person beside Governor Wang, and this person was none other than Xiao Ma, the deputy chief of the county industrial department.
Seeing that Qi Zhankui had shouted Zhang Shuting, Wang Qintang didn't mean to stop, and still walked inside. When Zhang Shuting saw it, he also hurriedly went out to greet him. The first county lord can come to Nanyao pot in person, in his memory, I am afraid it is the first time. In other words, the Zhang family of the South Burning Pot has never been interested in the government, and the government has always been too lazy to pay attention to the Zhang family, although the South Burning Pot is a good burning pot, although in the spring of the founding of the Republic of China, his father Zhang Genmao was also elected as a member of the county council. Regarding this, it is the opposite of Zhang Lianqi, the owner of the North Burning Pot.
Because of this, as soon as he saw Governor Wang coming to burn the pot in person, and he was coming to the mouth, Zhang Shuting felt a little panicked in his heart. Speaking of which, this is not the same as the last time, when he and Qi Zhankui went to the door of the county office to intercept Governor Wang's complaint, the main reason is that the mood is different. According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, every time the county lord comes, he must splash the road with clean water, wash his face with clean water, and dress neatly.
But at this time, not only did he not have time to clean the courtyard and wash his face with clean water, but he also forgot to wear the jacket that was thrown on Cui Dahai's mouth, and only wore a white cloth gown; I wanted to wash my hands, but I forgot to wash them; In other words, Zhang Shuting was going to wash, but when he saw that Wang Qintang had been coming in, he couldn't care about washing, so he hurriedly went up, but he was also panicked, and there were several steps apart, so he hugged Wang Qintang and said like in the play:
"The governor came to Runquanyong to burn the pot, and the small citizen Zhang Shuting was very honored! Welcome, welcome! ”
When Wang Qintang saw it, he hurriedly shook his hand and said:
"It's the Republic of China, the title must be changed, there is no adult here, you can call me Governor Wang."
After that, he glanced at Zhang Shuting again, and said briskly:
"I'm here today, and I'm here to take a look; Second, Ansu Shochu is famous far and wide, how to further develop the Ansu Liquor Industry, I also want to listen to the opinion of the shopkeeper. ”
As mentioned earlier, because the Zhang family is not interested in the government, few people in the government come to cook the pot. Therefore, seeing Wang Qintang coming suddenly, on the one hand, Zhang Shuting had no experience in receiving government personnel, and he didn't know how to receive this county lord: on the other hand, he didn't understand what the county lord meant by taking a casual look, and he didn't know what the county lord wanted to listen to in order to further promote the Ansu liquor industry, and for a while, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Seeing that Zhang Shuting was a little stunned, Wang Qintang couldn't help but smile and said:
"Why don't you take me around the pot first, we can watch and talk!"
Wang Qintang didn't say to take him around the pot, Zhang Shuting was still a little stunned, and didn't know how to answer the county master, seeing Wang Qintang say that he would take him around, he couldn't help but perk up and said:
"Governor, please!"
They were originally at the mouth of the retort, but Zhang Shuting first took Wang Qintang to see the cellar and talked about how to ferment wine with grain, and how to steam wine from fermented fermented ferment Wang Qintang was very interested, although he didn't like to drink too much, he still tasted the wine flowing out of the "Liuzi", not only tasted the wine flowing out of the "Liuzi", but also in the mill with ten large mills, in the gap between the ten hooded donkeys pulling the grinding disc and rotating rapidly, and the guys next to the grinding plate jumped up and down, and saw how to crush sorghum, millet, corn and other grains into granules.
This mill is said to be located on the northernmost side of the retort and is connected to the kokuba, or in other words, the northwest corner of the north side of the retort is the mill, and the northeast corner is the kojifang. Because of the close proximity, not only did I see the donkey pulling the mill in the mill, but also in the steaming koji mill, I saw how the guy who was so hot that he could only bare his buttocks mixed together the crushed soybeans, barley, wheat, and bowls to make the brick-shaped koji blocks and let them ferment.
Wang Qintang was originally very interested, but when he saw the retort, the mill, and the music room, his interest became more and more high. It's just that Zhang Shuting didn't know at this time that before coming to the south to burn the pot, Wang Qintang had already been to the Juheyong pot outside the north gate, the Jujiuxian pot in the west of the city and the Deyichang pot in the east of the city, and had a discussion with Zhang Lianqi, the owner of the Juhe Yong pot, Qi Fengchi, the owner of the Jujiuxian pot, and Zhao Zilong, the owner of the Deyichang pot.
These owners are much older than Zhang Shuting, all of them are forty or fifty years old. If it weren't for the fact that early that morning, because of Qi Zhankui's contract with the North Burning Pot, he and Qi Zhankui sued the county office, Wang Qintang still didn't know that the famous owner of the Runquanyong Burning Pot turned out to be a young man. I don't know that the owner of the South Burning Pot is a young man, Wang Qintang is still thinking about how to further develop the Ansu Liquor Industry, and talk to the owner of the South Burning Pot. Originally, I thought that next, I would first come to the south to burn the pot, and finally I went to the north gate outside the "Juheyong", the west of the city "Jujiuxian" and the east of the city "Deyichang", and when a set of ideas was basically formed, I decided to come to the south to burn the pot.
It is precisely because he knows that the owner of the South Burning Pot is a young man, even if he comes to the South Burning Pot, Wang Qintang does not have too much hope, but after all, the South Burning Pot is the most famous burning pot within a radius of 100 miles, not only famous, but even the elder Qiao of the Fan Yang Provincial Department drinks the wine produced by the Runquanyong Burning Pot. Therefore, Wang Qintang had to come again.
However, when he came, he was secretly taken aback. Such a scene has never been seen in other pots; In other words, "Juheyong", "Jujiuxian" and "Deyichang" also have retorts, mills and music houses, but none of them - in Wang Qintang's view - are not as spectacular as here. Not only is it spectacular, but the guys here also have an indescribable sense of action and eye-catching. Although he is a young man, he managed a pot like this, and for a while, Wang Qintang was impressed by this young man.
After going around, Wang Qintang also happily said his idea.
Wang Qintang's idea is also simple, before Wang Qintang arrived, the first thing he knew was Ansu soju, and after his arrival, he hoped that this industry could be further developed. Therefore, it is ready to mobilize the owners of the pot to further increase the cellar pool and expand the production capacity.
But what he never expected was that other pot owners did not oppose his idea, or in other words, whether it was Zhang Lianqi, the owner of "Juheyong", Qi Fengchi, the owner of "Jujiuxian", or Zhao Zilong, the owner of "Deyichang", did not give a clear attitude towards the governor's idea, and said that if other pots are cooked, they will follow suit and resolutely support the governor's work! But Zhang Shuting couldn't, and as soon as Wang Qintang finished speaking, Zhang Shuting shook his hand resolutely.
Zhang Shuting:
"That's not going to work! I'm the first to object! ”
When everyone heard this, not only Wang Qintang was stunned, Xiaoma was stunned, and even Qi Zhankui, who had been following aside, couldn't help but look at Zhang Shuting with a shocked face.
Wang Qintang:
"Why not!"
Zhang Shuting's reason is also simple, Zhang Shuting told Governor Wang that the most important thing in the shochu industry is the word "old", that is, the so-called the older the cellar, the better, the older the better, the better the wine, the better the price. The new cellar pool is not good, maybe it will be a good wine in the year of the ox, and if you don't get it, you will smash the old brand that has been built for hundreds of years.
After that, seeing that Wang Qintang was still puzzled, he said:
"Whoever wants to increase the output of other pots will increase, and Runquanyong will definitely not!"
Wang Qintang saw Zhang Shuting's resolute attitude, and couldn't help but be stunned. But Wang Qintang is Wang Qintang after all, although he feels embarrassed, he still smiles kindly:
"What I said is just an idea, in the end, everyone can sit down and talk about it, Wang Qintang still hopes that Shopkeeper Zhang can seriously consider it!"
Unexpectedly, when Zhang Shuting heard Wang Qintang's words, he shook his hand again and said:
"Don't think about it, Runquanyong Pot will never do this!"
If Zhang Shuting didn't shake his hand again, the atmosphere that had eased up just now would no longer be so embarrassing, but seeing Zhang Shuting opposing again, Wang Qintang's face suddenly became unpleasant, and he waved his hand at Zhang Shuting and said:
"Since there is no room for negotiation, Wang Qintang will also leave!"