Chapter 82: On Cup Selling
Even Zheng He, who has always had the most contact with Tang Ming and knows him best, is not optimistic about what will happen next, and it is estimated that Tang Ming will also die in his life.
But the person concerned is like a heartless bastard, and he can still be as calm as ever, standing there and smiling happily. Even Zhu Gaoxu and Li Xing, who had ulterior motives, could still be so relieved that Tang Ming could face such a dead end at this moment, and they had to admire their courage for a while.
To say that Tang Ming is not afraid of death is simply nonsense. He was only fifteen years old now, like a rising sun. There are still a lot of days to enjoy in the future, and there are still beautiful girls at home waiting for him to be lucky, with such a bright future, if he dies now, how can he be willing.
"Back to the emperor, Weichen will borrow this jar wine from you now and sell it on the spot. Wait for Weichen to sell out this jar of wine, if there are 1,000 taels of silver, is it even if Weichen is not boasting. When his eyes came into contact with Zheng He and Yao Guangxiao, Tang Ming knew that he couldn't go down with ink.
Especially Yao Guangxiao, the eyes staring at him were as if he was going to swallow himself alive, if he continued to ink, it would be difficult to guarantee that he did not die in the frame of Li Xing and Zhu Gaoxu, and was strangled to death by the angry Yao Guangxiao.
Zhu Di, who did not doubt it, said suspiciously: "Of course! As long as your jar of wine can be sold for a thousand taels of silver, you are not boasting. Also, I'm curious at the moment, how do you sell wine, I believe that among the ministers here, there should not be such a loser. ”
Tang Ming's self-confidence made Zhu Di puzzled and curiosity at the same time, especially now that he had the illusion of being led by Tang Ming's nose. This made Zhu Di very unhappy immediately, so he seemed to deliberately increase the difficulty for Tang Ming, and explicitly asked the people present not to pay for wine.
With such an obvious warning, the ministers present naturally understood it, and they were all full of curiosity about how Tang Ming and the others were going to sell wine.
Tang Ming cursed Zhu Di fiercely in his heart, but on the surface, he still said with a smile: "What method does Weichen use, wait for the emperor to naturally understand, it is useless to say more, Weichen will come and start selling now." ”
"Accurate!" Zhu Di sat down on the dragon chair with a golden knife, and ordered him to bring another jar of wine, and actually began to taste it with the queen.
Watching Zhu Di and the queen drinking a little wine, waiting to watch his performance with an intoxicated face, Tang Ming secretly said unlucky, muttering vaguely in his mouth, losing a big customer. However, after looking around at the ministers who were more than 100 people present, Tang Ming immediately turned his worries into joy.
With a smile on his face that he thought was very handsome, Tang Ming bowed to the ministers with his hands in fists, and then said loudly: "Good evening, my lords, before I sell wine to you, I think it is necessary to explain it to you!" ”
"The name of this wine is distilled liquor, which was learned by the boy when he followed the teacher's side, whether it tastes good or not, I think everyone here knows it in their hearts, and I will no longer sell melons and boast about it. Now I want to tell you that this distilled spirit is no longer in stock except for the eighteen jars I gave to the emperor. So if you're thinking about buying wine from me later, I'm sorry, no! ”
As soon as these words came out, I saw that among the military ministers, that is, the dozen or so people who had been restless by the wine worms just now, followed Tang Ming around twice. Their faces instantly turned extremely pale, and in front of the emperor, they naturally did not dare to pay for this jar of wine.
But they all planned it, and they all wanted to wait until after tonight, and then privately ask Tang Ming to buy wine. After all, with everyone's relationship with the court as officials, bargaining with Tang Ming in private will definitely be a lot cheaper.
But now Tang Ming had extinguished their illusions with a single word, which made them almost unable to accept it for a while. All of them had tense faces, as if they were considering whether to risk their lives to buy Tang Ming's wine. However, they still gave up the idea of trying yarn after weighing it twice.
After all, as long as you are alive, you will still have the opportunity to drink good wine in the future, and if you lose your life, no matter how much wine you have, it will be in vain.
Tang Ming saw that everyone's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl slightly, and he hooked a smile, and continued: "Tonight is your mouth, as I just said, this wine is only these eighteen jars, because of some reasons that everyone understands in their hearts, at this moment I specially asked the emperor to come to this jar of wine to prove it." ”
"But there are many people here, but there is only this one jar of wine, so that everyone can take a sip and taste it. Let everyone understand what the kid just said, and there is no hint of boasting. Therefore, the boy now decided to sell this wine cup, one small glass per person, only one cup per person, and the price was temporarily ten taels of silver. ”
At this point, Tang Ming took the opportunity to take a breath and looked at the reactions of the ministers present, and saw that most of them showed eagerness to try. 1,000 taels of silver to buy a jar of wine, not only is it a matter of too much money, but the most important thing is because the emperor is here.
Naturally, no one would be stupid enough to charge a large sum at such a moment, but each person can drink a small cup of silver for only ten taels of silver, and they can get over the addiction to alcohol, and they don't have to worry about the emperor's blame, it's the best of both worlds!
Tang Ming stopped talking, the atmosphere had been mobilized, it was up to the people to succeed, he had already done all the preparations that should be made, and the rest depended on the performance of the people present. Ten taels of silver for a glass of wine, he was sure that no one would find anything wrong.
The palace maid brought more than a hundred small wine glasses, Tang Ming used a spoon to take out the wine, he did not pour more than a hundred cups at once, but only filled ten glasses first. A breeze blew, and the back garden was filled with the aroma of distilled spirits for a while.
"These ten cups and ten taels of silver, who wants to try them first, please come to me?" As soon as Tang Ming's words fell, the few military attachés who were impatient just now shouted and stepped forward one after another.
Among them, including Zhang Yu, who has watched Tang Ming's performance for so long, he is also full of curiosity about this wine at this moment. If it weren't for the fact that the emperor was here and made it clear that he couldn't buy it in friendship, he would have endured it until now. A thousand taels of silver can be sold for Tang Ming's favor, and he has already paid for a whole altar.
There were just ten people who stood up first, and they were all military attachés, but Zhang Yuma was the first to look forward. And those who are not in Zhang Yu's lineage, they are all waiting to see what happens, waiting for these people to try, if the emperor has no objection, then they will consider whether to follow the trend.
Seeing that Zhang Yu was the first group of people to come up, Tang Ming naturally understood that it was Zhang Yu who was helping him, nodded to him gratefully, and each of them received ten taels of silver from them, and then served them the wine.