Chapter 68: Wine and Zhao Jun's Conditions
The reputation of the Four Seas Restaurant is on fire again! Why do you say again? Because recently, a new batch of wine has been released in the Four Seas Restaurant. Originally, there was nothing curious, but people talked about it.
"Hero's Wine - Hunt for Blood!"
It is said that this wine is extremely strong, and it is not something that ordinary people can enjoy, and only true heroes can use their willpower and heroic spirit to resist the fierceness of this wine. Of course, this sake is not an ordinary sake, it is said that when drunk in the mouth, it is like a knife cut, and when it enters the stomach, it is like a fire in the internal organs. It is said that this sake can enter the bloodstream and devour people's blood, making people's blood slowly turn into spirits, hence the name 'blood hunting'. It is also said that this wine is brewed with a plant from the underworld, during which it has to be roasted in the underworld fire, and no one can drink a jar without falling over, not even the greatest heroes.
Of course, these are all passed on by Wu Laoer, and the so-called 'blood hunting' is also the batch with the highest degree in the newly brewed liquor, almost reaching more than sixty-five degrees. Never before in ancient times had there been such a high number of wines, and it is impossible to boast about it. The name 'Blood Hunting' has also been thought about by Wu Lao Er for a long time, borrowing the gimmick of a hero to talk about things. No one will think that they are a bad seed and a coward, whether ancient or modern, Chinese and foreign. As for drinking one jar instead of three bowls, isn't Wu Lao Er afraid that a Wu Song-like character will come out and slap him in the face.
Since the first time the craftsmen brewed liquor, after more than two months of research and accumulation, they finally have the results of taking a shot. Wu Lao Er was also excited, and after tasting it satisfactorily, he took out more than half of his money in his small treasury, which was not rich, as a reward.
Of course, there will definitely not be only this kind of wine, not to mention the wisdom of ancient experts, even Wu Lao Er is also familiar with various blending methods. After trying many other brewing methods, the degree and type of baijiu are already very objective. Wu Lao Er felt that the biggest source of income at hand had appeared, and Sihai Restaurant, as the most solid business partner, of course, had to taste the fruits first.
"Men's Liquor - Burn the Knife!"
As a person who travels through and studies liquor, how could Wu Laoer, who has such a famous name, abandon it. Although it is a little earthy, it is called simplicity in ancient times. As long as it's a male, I want to taste it. As the name suggests, the burning knife wine is really like a red-hot knife, making all men who claim to be more manly than other men blush and have thick necks.
In fact, Wu Laoer's positioning of the burning knife is not a fixed degree, 50 to 60 degrees can be, which also further raises the compulsion of 'blood hunting'.
At that time, Qian Jingwang was more unconvinced, thinking that the gimmick of 'men's wine' was not good, and it was impossible for the heroines to go to other bars? Therefore, Wu Lao Er specially launched other kinds of wine.
"A woman's wine - Mei'er is ashamed!"
"Women's wine - red face drunk!"
'Mei Er Shy' is about 20 to 30 degrees, and most women who drink alcohol can adapt to it, and the wine is green, which is more elegant. As for 'Red Face Drunk', it is a deep red color, very similar to the color of blood, and the degree is only slightly lower than that of 'burning knives', showing that women do not let their eyebrows go.
These four wines are Wu Laoer's first recommended brands, and he plans to make these four wines a world famous brand in the future, so he has spent a lot of effort to become famous. All the four kinds of wine in the Four Seas Restaurant, you don't need to pay for drinking it for the first three days. As long as you can drink it, the wine will be there.
People in the world are so strange, when it comes to things that don't cost money, even if you don't like it, you will go and see it and give it a try. And some people who are arrogant and disdain to take advantage of others are attracted by the fame of wine. Therefore, for a while, the business of the Sihai Restaurant in Daye City was extremely hot, and there was almost no rest from morning to night, because of the propaganda offensive that had been brewing for a long time, and many people from other places were also famous.
Of course, Wu Lao Er will not let himself suffer, he has no money to do such an atmospheric thing now, and the Sihai Restaurant will take the wine from him at the original price. Qian Ningwang is not a short-sighted person after all, through the publicity arranged by Wu Lao Er and a series of promotion methods in the future, she believes that liquor can help Sihai Restaurant to further occupy the market, so she doesn't think there is any loss in spending money to buy wine and letting guests drink for free.
In the past three days, the popularity of the restaurant has completely exceeded the expectations of Qian Ningwang and others, and even Zhao Wang Baiqi specially sent someone to let Wu Lao Er send several kinds of wine to the palace. The pampered King Zhao admired Wu Laoer's skills after tasting them one by one, and told his chief manager that he would bring himself a few jars every month in the future, and the money was easy to say.
Wu Lao Er also asked King Zhao, have you drunk it for so long? King Zhao despised Wu Lao Er very much, saying that even if this king can't drink it, can't he give it away? Every year on the emperor's birthday, the queen's birthday, the queen mother's birthday, or something, you have to give gifts to the palace, your wine is good, and it is a good gift after the name starts. Wu Lao Er nodded immediately, and said that if the palace needs it, he can not charge money, and he can specially brew a batch of wine that is only sent to the palace.
The royal tribute wine, thinking about this head Wu Lao Er is excited. Throughout the ages, as long as it is hung with this name, no matter what it is, even if it is toilet paper, then other similar things from this manufacturer can be sold at sky-high prices.
Of course, King Zhao could understand what Wu Lao Er meant, and highly praised Wu Lao Er's loyalty.
For a period of time, it was not only the Sihai Restaurant that became popular, but also the Wu Family Winery. Countless merchants across the country came to ask Wu Lao Er to sell them the recipe and brewing process of the liquor, but Wu Lao Er of course did not agree. It's just that some people are not so honest, while negotiating with Wu Laoer, while secretly sending people to buy and intimidate and other means, as long as they can get the formula and process, businessmen can also do everything. It's a pity, this is Daye City, and Wu Lao Er is not only the commander of Jinyi Weidu, but also the chief manager of Zhao Wangfu. It's just some businessmen who don't have deep roots enough, and it's not a problem for him. Black and white went hand in hand, and the craftsmen in the workshop were finally not harassed too much. As for those big businessmen with backgrounds and guys with the support of big families, firstly, because of the identity of Wu Laoer, they still have to give King Zhao some face, and secondly, they still have some face, and they can't do anything too unpopular. After all, they are people from a big family, and they don't want to be scolded by others, not to mention that shrewd people know that Wu Lao Er will cooperate with them sooner or later. If Wu Lao Er doesn't cooperate with them, the expansion plan of Sihai Restaurant can only lie on paper all the time.
When Wu Lao Er had money, the first thing he did was for all the craftsmen to sign the 'generation documents', not only the dozens of people in the original courtyard, but also almost all the free craftsmen in Daye City, and the subordinates in his own house also beckoned a batch, all of which were 'generation documents'. As for the question of money, the Four Seas Restaurant is so popular, will the Four Seas Gang still be short of money? After determining that Wu Lao Er would definitely be able to repay it in the short term, Qian Ningwang, Tang Qing and Liu Qingshan made the decision that no matter how much money Wu Lao Er borrowed, they would try to raise it as much as possible. Sihai Restaurant can exclusively act as an agent for the liquor of Wujia Distillery for one day, and it can earn an unknown amount of gold coins.
Wu Lao Er lacks not only people, but also land. After solving the problem of craftsmen and manpower, Wu Lao Er started Zhao Jun's idea again. After all, the current small workshop is no longer suitable, and Wu Lao Er also has a plan to buy all the houses nearby, but there are more problems involved. It's good to ask for more money, and even more so they actually asked Wu Lao Er to help arrange work, it's not enough to be a tenant, and some have to arrange their sons or grandsons to be on an errand in Jinyiwei.
Wu Lao Er can't stand it like this, although he has this power, he also has to report, these people don't have any martial arts, and they don't have any skills, he doesn't want to bury a time bomb around him. What's more, whether in his previous life or in this life, what Wu Lao Er looks down on the most is this kind of bottomless lion's big mouth, and what he can't stand the most is that others threaten him with dispensable things.
It's okay to live in strange goods, but it's really strange to want your goods. It's okay for the lion to open his mouth widely, but the bottom line is still to be at least. If you really can't take it, you don't have to have this house. Daye City is no less than the capital city of a province in the previous life, and as a city built for war, it is necessary to be large and empty, so that there is enough space to run supplies and garrison troops when war comes. Therefore, Wu Lao Er planned to discuss with the city lord Zhao Jun whether he could buy a piece of land to build his own brewing workshop.
Thinking of the various unreasonable demands of those neighbors, Wu Lao Er got angry, this is also the great cause of the city, if it is in other inland cities, he must have no other way than to take advantage of it, and the last thing he wants to do is to bully the weak. In fact, he had encountered a similar situation in his previous life, as a rising gang, the most important industry in the 21st century is the construction industry.
At that time, it was a plot of land to be developed as a commercial area, and all those in the industry knew how rare this opportunity was. Not to mention the unlimited business opportunities, Wu Laoer's plan at that time was to do it even if he lost money, after all, it was a good opportunity to contact the above. When Wu Laoer's gang went through all kinds of difficulties and obstacles, open guns and hidden arrows, and won the project in the midst of thousands of troops, they were stumped in the demolition.
At that time, the demolition price he gave was the highest known price in the city, and he thought that it would satisfy everyone, and even in order to give it a long face, Wu Lao Er even admitted to the illegal construction. It's a pity that people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, but there are those who think they are smart and feel that they see the weakness of Wu Laoer's eagerness to demolish, not only sit on the ground and raise prices, but even put forward unreasonable demands, and unite many sensible people to make nail households together, and also threaten to go to the city government to sit-in protest if the demands cannot be met.
Wu Lao Er's temper at that time could not bear this, forced demolition, necessary, proper. Among them, there were inevitably casualties and the like, and Wu Laoer's company was also scolded miserably, and the relationship with the above was also very stiff for a while.
There is no need to say what happened later, but Wu Lao Er realized a truth from it: farmers are not necessarily simple, many things cannot be wishful thinking, and a slap really can't be slapped.
encountered this kind of thing again in this life, and the anger in Wu Laoer's heart can be imagined. It's just that he is no longer the fiery temper he had back then, and he doesn't want to be the black boss who bullies the weak anymore. Anyway, there is a lot of vacant land in Daye City, so I can spend more money to buy it and build one myself, and it can be more in line with the needs of the self-built one. That's what he thought.
For Wu Laoer's troubles, how could Zhao Jun, as the city lord, not hear about it. Facing the most popular young man in Bai Yuguo recently, Zhao Jun didn't speak, just looked at each other with a smile, and tasted the fragrant tea in his hand from time to time.
Looking at Zhao Jun's unbeaten face, Wu Lao Er was full of helplessness. The two can be regarded as having a bit of a friendship, although there are not many places to deal with each other, but there are still some after all.
Zhao Jun is a particular person, and the tea he takes out to entertain guests is also good tea, but unfortunately Wu Lao Er didn't have the heart to take a small sip. 'Goodong' poured the tea in the cup into his stomach, and Wu Lao Er saw a trace of the cunning of an old fox on Zhao Jun's smiling face like a peach blossom.
"Lord Zhao, I don't need to say much about things, you all know, what the hell is you going to say. It's not getting early, so I'm going to sleep in your house tonight, right? ”
Wu Lao Er came over after dinner, and talking about things at the wine table didn't work for people like Zhao Jun, so Wu Lao Er chose to kill Zhao Jun directly and talk about it in the study of the City Lord's Mansion.
The City Lord's Mansion, as the office of the number one leader of Daye City, is also his home. That huge area, even the Zhao Wangfu is not as good as it. Zhao Jun's study is also very exquisitely decorated, and generally people who come in for the first time are attracted by all kinds of antiques and books inside, but Wu Lao Er has no heart to study.
Hearing Wu Lao Er speak, Zhao Jun clapped his hands happily like a child who had stolen something fun: "Lord Wu, you and I are old acquaintances, you also saved the life of the official, it stands to reason that the official should try his best to help in such a trivial matter as buying a piece of land, but"
Wu Lao Er is most annoyed by this kind of old fox who speaks halfway, if you have any suspense in the second half of the sentence, it's okay, but this kind of thing without a little suspense, you will die if you say it directly, and it will hang people's appetites, who doesn't know that you are going to make a request.
"If you have any requirements, Lord Zhao, just say it directly, just like you said, we are so familiar with each other, presumably you won't make your old friend too embarrassed, right?"
After speaking, he rolled his eyes, and then stared at Zhao Jun. The heart says that I can't stand people like you the most, and the half-baked relationship has to let you say that you are an old acquaintance, but when you talk about it, you are more ruthless than anyone else.
Sure enough, as soon as he heard Wu Lao Er say this, Zhao Jun lowered his mouth without hesitation, "Okay, Brother Wu is a cheerful person, and the official doesn't have to bother much." ”
As he spoke, he went to the bookshelf and turned out a map of the distribution of Daye City, pointed to a large open space in the west of the city, and said: "This piece, the southwest corner can be set aside for you to use as a workshop, and you can even pay for the land." ”
Zhao Jun said the atmosphere, but Wu Lao Er twitched. As for how much land he needs and how much money he has to spend, Wu Lao Er has an estimate in his heart. A lot of money, I just borrowed it, and I have to pay it off at the end of the year. Now Zhao Jun actually said that he could give the land to himself if he didn't want to pay for it, so his condition Wu Lao Er felt that he had come to the wrong place. But since he has come and the words have been spoken, there is no reason to shrink back without listening to the conditions.
"You Lord Zhao are magnificent, and I, Wu Sangui, am not a bear, let's talk about your conditions!"
At this time, no matter what the outcome, the word must be in place!
Sure enough, hearing Wu Lao Er say this, Zhao Jun's eyes lit up.
"I want Brother Wu to rebuild Xicheng!"
"Huh?"
Faced with Wu Laoer's question, Zhao Jun said word by word: "Xicheng must be rebuilt!" ”
After softening his tone, Zhao Juncai continued: "The commercial routes of my Daye City are developed, and there are more and more people in the city, but they are all buying houses in the east, south, and north. Xicheng has always been called a slum, and the official doesn't like it! Why can't the West Side prosper as well as the other three cities? ”
Looking at Zhao Jun's scorching eyes, Wu Lao Er was speechless for a while.