Chapter Twenty-Three: Wealth
"The owner of the natural home?" Sun Shao rolled his eyes for a long time, and finally remembered the rosacea shopkeeper in the natural residence. These days, he was busy inviting Xiaoqiao's family to dinner, and he was improving the matter of steaming wine, so he forgot about it, anyway, after extorting ten gold from rosacea, Sun's financial difficulties were temporarily alleviated, and even the funds for his experiments were sufficient, and he was not short of money for a while, so he didn't remember that rosacea had not come to visit as he expected.
Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper didn't come to the door, and the owner came.
Sun Shao sent the bridge into the backyard and returned to his main hall, which allowed Dunwu to invite people over. After a short time, a middle-aged man with a smile on his face and a short beard strode in, and as soon as he saw Sun Shao, he greeted him, and when he was far away, he arched his hand, and when he rushed to Sun Shao, he just bent down and bowed.
"Lu Qing pays a visit to Sun Jun."
Sun Shao returned the salute in the same way, but he couldn't remember who this Lu Qing was, he knew Lu Bu and Lu Meng with the surname Lu of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Bu had already hung up in Baimen Tower, could this be Lu Meng's family in front of him? Although Lu Meng has not yet become the governor of the capital, he has been in the limelight recently, and he is the favorite general of his uncle Sun Quan.
Sun Shao welcomed Lu Qing into the hall, sat down the guests, and drank a few cups of tea, Lu Qing kept gossiping, not mentioning the truth, Sun Shao didn't mention it, and lived with him in vain about the weather and other nonsense, but to see what the owner of the natural residence meant. Sure enough, seeing that Sun Shao hadn't mentioned it, Lu Qing couldn't hold it anymore, put down the teacup and smiled: "When I entered the door, I smelled the aroma of the East Kitchen wine, could it be that Sun Jun's mansion was making that new wine?" ”
Sun Shao nodded with a smile, but still didn't speak. Seeing that he didn't speak, Lu Qing rubbed his hands in some embarrassment, and pondered for a moment before saying, "Sun Jun doesn't know, the natural residence is a little property of my brother, and I just manage it." I heard from the shopkeeper Huang that there is a new wine in Sun Jun's house, which is violent, and I am happy to see the hunt, so I came to the house to ask for advice, but I don't know Sun Jun's ......"
"You mean new wine." Sun Shao smiled, waved his hand to Shuai Zeng, who was standing on the side and waiting, Shuai Zeng understood, withdrew, and after a while, he walked back with a pot of wine, put an ear cup in front of Lu Qing, and then poured some wine into the cup, Sun Shao signaled: "Lu Jun, this is the new wine, since you have been operating a natural residence for many years, you are naturally a connoisseur of wine tasting, look at this wine can still be drunk." ”
Lu Qing picked up the ear cup with both hands, took a breath first, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face, then took another shallow sip, closed his eyes and tasted it carefully for a while, then opened his eyes and arched his hand and said: "The wine in the house is really surnamed Lie Ruhu, admire and admire." ”
Sun Shao modestly said a few words of "pass the prize", and then remained silent again, waiting for Lu Qing to make an offer. Lu Qing hesitated for a moment, put on a sincere look and said: "Sun Jun, you are a prince, and you have allocated money and grain every year, unlike a businessman like Qing who was born for profit, and ran a cheap business like a wine shop, it was just a joke to think about it." However, if Sun Jun can tell him generously, Qing will not dare to get it for nothing, and is willing to give some small gifts and talk about his heart. At the brother's place, Qingzi will tell Sun Jun about his good intentions, and presumably his brother will also be grateful to Sun Jun. ”
After Lu Qing finished speaking, he looked at Sun Shao without blinking, his expression was steady, as if he believed that his words would definitely impress Sun Shao, and a shallow smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Sun Shao was very confused, who was the brother he was talking about? Seeing that he is so sure, is it really Lu Meng? He hesitated for a while, but still couldn't think of it, and finally had to ask:
"Forgive Shao's clumsiness, I don't know who my brother is?"
Lu Qing was stunned for a moment, he didn't seem to expect Sun Shao to not know who his brother was, he thought about it, and was a little relieved, Sun Shao is a famous martial artist, except for practicing martial arts, it seems that he doesn't care much about other things, such nobles rarely go to the wine shop, and it is normal to not know the backing behind the natural residence.
"Dare to tell Sun Jun that he learned that his brother is a fool, and he is a lieutenant colonel." Although Lu Qing said modestly, his expression was somewhat proud. Sun Shao is even more confused, Lu Yi? Who is Lu Yi, and what kind of official is the lieutenant colonel? He didn't remember anything at all. However, since he is by Sun Quan's side, he has a Chinese character, so he must be Sun Quan's close minister. As the saying goes, the king of Hades is easy to provoke, and the little ghost is difficult, sometimes the emperor is not necessarily terrible, but the terrible thing is the eunuch next to the emperor, this Lu Yi is probably such a character. If you want to live a stable life, it's better not to mess with such a person.
"It turned out to be Lord Lu." Sun Shao showed a look of sudden realization, and smiled politely: "Since this is the case, then ask Lu Jun to make a price." ”
Lu Qing was not surprised to see Sun Shao's condescension, on the contrary, he felt that he should be like this. He lowered his head and thought for a while, and then said: "Sun Jun, I have two plans for Sun Jun to refer to, one is that I bid 100 gold, a surname buyout, and the other is that I leave 20 yuan for Sun Jun per bucket, and settle it once a year, I naturally live in all kinds of wine and sell about 100,000 buckets of wine every year, if nothing else, this new wine should be able to sell for 10,000 buckets, so that there are about 20 gold a year, Sun Jun is busy with affairs, and he doesn't have time to read those account books, so we will take 20 gold per year as the standard." Is it good for Sun Jun to look at it? ”
Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, his eyes glanced at Lu Qing, who looked relaxed, to say that he was not impressed, it was a lie, Sun Fu's total income a year was only twenty gold, and now he could get one hundred gold at once, which was equivalent to five years' income, how could he not see the money? Even if he doesn't buy out, he can earn an extra twenty gold every year, which is a big income for Sun Fu. However, Sun Shao is a person who has seen the world, on the one hand, he was surprised by Lu Qing's wealth, and on the other hand, he heard the huge profits of the wine industry, otherwise Lu Qing would not be so happy. Looking at Lu Qing like this, it is obvious that this is just a price that can make him excited, but it is far from his psychological capacity, and there should be room for him to bargain.
Since this is the case, let's have a good chat with him, anyway, I have no hope of becoming an official, so it's always good to make a little more money.
"Well...... Sun Shao smiled and shook his head: "Thanks to Lu Jun's kindness, it's just that I can't decide for the time being, please let me think about it." ”
Lu Qing frowned, and then said with a smile: "I don't know if Sun Jun is worried about the transfer method, or if he feels that the price is not satisfied, Sun Jun might as well say it, everything can be discussed." ”
Sun Shao looked at Lu Qing with a smile, was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked: "I'm a martial artist, I don't know anything about this, Lu Jun said this, I don't know if it's expensive or cheap, it's better to let me say a few words, wait for me to go to the wine market to understand the market, and then discuss with Lu Jun whether to transfer, and in what way is it appropriate, okay?" ”
Lu Qing was a little embarrassed. He was very clear about the situation of Sun Mansion, before coming here, he had inquired about the economic situation of Sun Mansion, and felt that although his price was far lower than the profit that this new wine might bring, it was a huge income for Sun Mansion, and Sun Shao was addicted to martial arts, he was a teenager who did not know the world, and he would definitely not know how much these wine could be worth, and it should not be difficult to convince him. Unexpectedly, he finished quoting the price, but Sun Shao was noncommittal, saying that he would investigate it. He regretted it a little, he knew that Sun Shao would say this, so he didn't show his hole cards first.
This time it was a little light.
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