Chapter 44: Counterattack
Du's new tea has launched a new ingredient 'Red Cher', which is not a big deal for the well-informed people of Chang'an City.
Anyway, the red snow is soft and sweet, and it is delicious with milk tea, and there is no need to add extra money, everyone eats it, and at most praises Du's new tea shop for doing business and conscience.
It wasn't until two days later that there was an ugly incident in Changle Liquor Shop. This allowed Shopkeeper He to seize the opportunity and publicize it well.
There was a guest who went to Changle Liquor Shop to drink because he drank two more glasses of wine and missed the time when the Du's new tea shop was closed. Seeing the opportunity, Shopkeeper Wang hurriedly promoted his own milk tea, and said that it was sold 'jointly' with Du's new tea shop.
The guest bought a pot to take home for convenience.
Who knows, his child had diarrhea that night after drinking, and he was sent to the hospital for a long time before he barely picked up a life.
His wife felt sorry for her son, and the next morning she held her husband in one hand and a milk tea pot in the other hand to settle accounts with Du's new tea shop.
Du's new tea has been open for half a month, and it has robbed a lot of other beverage shops, and some people have long been jealous.
As soon as those people saw that someone had come to the new tea shop to make trouble, they immediately spread the word around, and after a while, a large group of spectators gathered.
Shopkeeper He saw that the opportunity had come, and went out to explain in person: "Please also ask this lady to know it!" The bamboo cups taken out of my shop are branded with unique marks and the date they were sold, and you don't have either of these things on this cup, so I don't think I bought them from my house......"
The drinker was afraid of guilt, and seeing that the situation was serious, he didn't dare to admit that he had bought a fake indiscriminately, so he stubbornly held on: "Nonsense! Aren't you 'united' with that Changle Wine Shop? I bought it at his house, why isn't it your milk tea? ”
"Okay, you!" When his lady heard this, she was so angry that she raised her eyebrows, and skillfully picked up his ears: "You bastard, swear to the sky that you won't drink, or do you drink secretly?" ”
"Li Niang, I was wronged!" The drinker grinned in pain: "I didn't drink!" I was originally going to come to this new tea shop, but halfway through the Changle wine shop, the shopkeeper Wang said that they and the new tea shop are 'united', and they also sell milk tea, so I just entered the shop! ”
"This Lang Jun doesn't know that my family and Changle Liquor Store are 'united', and they jointly funded the Chang'an Martial Arts Association, not a 'union' in business." Shopkeeper He hurriedly explained: "My shop sells this 'unique' feature, and you can't find a second one to sell all the drinks in Chang'an City." ”
As he spoke, he raised his head and arched his hand around and said, "My shop is running quite well thanks to the guest officials, and several counterfeit tea shops have popped up in the past few days." Today, I will teach you a trick, how to identify the authenticity of this milk tea. ”
"My new tea shop has always attached great importance to the innovation of drinks, and this red snow is the latest ingredient developed by my family, which is soft and glutinous, sweet and smooth, and melts in the mouth! Please look for 'Red Cher' and look for Du's new tea! ”
Among the visitors, there were customers of the new tea shop, who had already tasted Red Cher, and as soon as the shopkeeper He said it, he echoed in a loud voice: "That's right, Du's milk tea has this Red Cher'er." The sweetness of Red Cher and the fragrance of milk tea complement each other perfectly, which is ingenious, which cannot be imitated by other home drink shops! ”
When Shopkeeper He and the old patron said this, those passers-by who just wanted to see the excitement couldn't help but go to the store to buy a cup and taste what kind of fairy delicacy the 'Red Cher' was.
When the shopkeeper He saw it, he didn't forget to step on the Changle wine shop while he was happy: "This Lang Jun, it's a big deal that the drink is poisonous." Where did you buy this milk tea from? Let's go to that store! ”
The drinker was beaten by his own lady, and his face was full of red marks, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so he made trouble at the door of Changle Liquor Shop: "Good you Wang Debao, you hurt me!" ”
Shopkeeper Wang is taking inventory in the store. Since the martial arts club became famous, the liquor business in the store has become more and more bad.
Most of the daytime guests are at the venue of the martial arts association, and the six liquor stores are all competing on the table, and whoever has expensive wine and too much water can be seen at a glance, so it is not good to do those unsightly hands and feet. In the past, the wine shop in Chang'an City was dominated by the Changle family, but now it has become a six-point world!
As for the evening, it's even more infuriating. It was not easy to attract some new customers by relying on the title of the martial arts club, but in the best hours of business, the store was occupied by the martial arts master who had finished fighting, and only the elegant seat on the second floor could still accept some guests.
No matter how the abacus is pulled, this month's accounts are ugly, and I don't know how to explain to the owner.
Just as he was annoyed, he heard someone outside scolding him by name: "What's wrong?" ”
The guy who ran the errand came over and whispered what happened, and the shopkeeper Wang was even more angry.
What a scourge of that Rausch milk tea!
He originally planned to make a fortune with milk tea, and specially bought several buckets of milk from Zhuangzi in the suburbs. Who knew that after hanging the sign in the store for two or three days, the pots sold could be counted on dozens of fingers. The milk stinks, and it hasn't sold out a single barrel yet.
It's bad enough if you don't make money, why is there an accident today?
When I went downstairs, I was noisy by the troublesome drinkers, and dozens of passers-by were already surrounded in front of the wine shop.
Tsk, I don't think the sun is poisonous, and I panic! The shopkeeper Wang didn't make any money, his face was a little ugly, and he stood on the steps with his stomach up and looked down: "This guest officer, you have to tell a basis for what you say and do." Why do you say that Ling Lang only had a belly after eating my milk tea? ”
"My son has always been in good health, and he has never eaten anything else. If it's not your milk tea, what else can it be? The lady of the wine was a strong man, and as she spoke, she went to the back kitchen of the wine shop.
Seeing this, the guy in the wine shop wanted to stop, but the three were caught by passers-by who were watching the excitement, and two chased them in front of the lady, and were knocked down the steps by the lady one by one, and they all lay on the ground holding their legs and screaming "ouch".
The shopkeeper Wang's eyes twitched, and he stretched out his hand to stop it, but he was afraid that his old bones would not be able to withstand this lady's fall. After hesitating, the lady of the wine had already entered the back kitchen and walked back with two wooden barrels.
"Everyone, come and take a look at this black-hearted profiteer!" The lady of the drinker handed the two wooden barrels to the crowd.
It was the time of the heat, and when the contents of the barrel were steamed, it emitted an indescribable stench that made everyone take three steps back.
The lady of the wine guest put the wooden barrel on the ground and said, "Your milk is stinky, and you dare to say that my son is not because of this bad stomach?" ”
The evidence is ironclad, even if the king's shopkeeper is clever, there is nothing he can do when he meets this brute force lady. I had to pull out the guy who made milk tea: "What's the matter with you kid?" Can't you smell this milk? I dare to use it to make milk tea! ”
Seeing this, the guy hurriedly got off the donkey down the slope, and slapped himself in the face twice: "It's all a small fault!" I can't smell the smell of the cold in the past few days, and I have unintentionally hurt Xiao Langjun, please punish Mrs. ”
"I know that I will cause trouble, so I don't go back to the back kitchen!" Seeing that his henchmen were so clever, the king's shopkeeper was finally a little less angry. He smiled and said to the drinker: "Although the guy in the store is careless, it is I, the shopkeeper, who has made a mistake, that caused Xiao Langjun to suffer this catastrophe." I will pay for the money for Lang Zhonghe and the medicine, what do you think? ”
The drunkard lady has a strong temperament, and the shopkeeper Wang is soft, but she is not soft-hearted, and asks for a large amount of tonic money, so she pulls her husband away.
"Everyone, this is all a misunderstanding!" Shopkeeper Wang was already so angry that his teeth were itching, but he had to hold a smiling face in front of people, and took the initiative to take down the milk tea brand hanging on the board and throw it on the ground: "What happened was milk tea, and there is nothing wrong with my wine, so you can drink it with confidence!" ”
That is to say, but very few of the guests believe it. Now there is more than one prosperous wine shop, so why take this risk?
With that, the crowd dispersed.
The self-defeating guy saw that there was no one outside, so he quietly slipped out: "Shopkeeper, what should we do now?" ”
"What else can I do?" Shopkeeper Wang glared at the guy, pointed to the two buckets of rancid milk on the ground and said, "Don't hurry up and deal with this bad thing!" ”
He carried the account book in his arms and hurried to Yiyangfang in the east of the city.
Sun Fang, a maritime merchant appointed by the Tang Sage, lives in Kingfisher Lane in Yiyangfang.
Three or four years ago, he only occupied a small house on the corner of the street, but now he has purchased an entire street of houses in his name, and connected the courtyard walls with each other to make a whole house. The courtyard is carved with beams and paintings, small pavilions, white walls and black tiles, red flowers and green trees, and is extremely luxurious.
The shopkeeper Wang handed the sign to Sun's house, and after a while, he was brought to Sun Fang by the little servant: "Now that the wine shop has encountered a big trouble, I don't know how to deal with it, and I ask the master for advice!" ”
Sun Fang is only in his early forties this year, and because he often goes to sea, he is very dark and strong. If you don't see it in this mansion, I'm afraid that you will be regarded as a martial artist who practices fists and feet.
He had just finished practicing a set of boxing techniques at this time, and he was sweating all over. A couple of young maidservants were scrubbing him and changing into clean clothes.
After closing his eyes and listening to the description of the king's shopkeeper, he wiped the beard on his lips: "You say...... A daughter from a five-grade petty official suddenly started a martial arts club and ruined the business of the store? ”
"Exactly."
Although Sun Fang didn't show anger on his face, Shopkeeper Wang still sweated his back, clamped his arm and explained: "A certain reaction was quite fast, forcing her to hang up the banner of Changle Liquor Shop and barely find some customers. It's just that after this experience, I'm afraid that those wine shops that are about to collapse will be able to last for a while longer. ”
"This Du Baozhu is full of intrigues and tricks, if he is allowed to sit big, I am afraid that it will ruin the master's business."
"How capable can a little girl be? It doesn't become a threat. Sun Fang smiled disappreciatively: "Besides, what's the use of doing business with a little bit of cleverness and trickery?" The more you go up, the competition is not about personal ability, but about whose tree behind the house is thicker. ”
He touched the mustache on his lips and thought for a while: "There are distinguished guests coming to the restaurant tomorrow, you go back and take care of the private seat on the second floor, and prepare more high-quality wine." ”
It's time to come forward to solve the problem. Shopkeeper Wang was shocked, and lowered his head: "So-and-so, let's do it!" ”