Chapter 23: Let's Drink Wine Together
In the middle of summer, although the weather is relatively hot, it is also bearable, and the best thing here is that you can eat a lot of fresh and delicious fruits. And there is no destruction of various pesticides, completely natural and pollution-free.
"Sister Sisi, these are grapes sent by the prince."
"It's grapes again!"
In just a few days, several boxes of grapes have been delivered, Qin Si is tired of eating, and she gave all the remaining grapes to the courier boys.
"What's going on here, grape-rich!"
"No, I heard that Zhaojia Village, where grapes are grown, suffered a natural disaster this year, and the big stones rolled down from the mountain blocked the road, and all the grapes could not be transported, so the imperial court ordered the ministers to transport grapes to support them."
"No wonder, it's all about supporting the disaster area." This is called the rich contribution, the powerful contribution!
"Sister Sisi, Sister Sisi, I'm here!"
"Ann.... Song, I.. At.. This.. Village... Qin Si waved his hand lazily at him.
"Here, eat a grape!"
"Don't, don't, don't!" An Ge hurriedly covered his mouth, "The entire palace is about to be flooded with grapes, I won't eat it." ”
"What are you doing here, I couldn't see you for the past few days, what are you busy with?"
"I've been busy helping my father deal with affairs all day, but today I'm looking for you to go out with me."
"Where to play, I'll go, I'll go!"
"It's not playing, it's investigating the people's feelings!" An Ge pretended to convey his thoughts to Qin Si with his hands behind his back, "Father Emperor Ming, I will investigate the situation in Zhaojia Village and see if there is any way to alleviate their difficulties." ”
"Oh, that's okay, I'm okay anyway, I'll just go with you!"
Qin Si simply cleaned up and embarked on the road of a private interview with Weifu.
"The mountain road here has eighteen bends, and the waterway here has nine links..."
I don't know how many turns I turned, and finally I turned on flat ground.
"Oh my God, this road is too difficult to walk, don't you want to clear the way?"
"Sister Sisi, what you said is easy, but it takes a long time to build the road, and when the road is repaired, the grapes will have already rotted."
"That makes sense!"
Qin Si sat in the carriage and watched the scenery, there were vineyards along the road, and even the wind was carrying the fragrance of grapes.
"At this time of the year, even the small countries next to it sent people to buy grapes, but look at it now, hey."
"Don't worry, there must be a way."
After walking a distance, I saw that there were already a large number of people waiting at the entrance of the village.
"It's coming, it's coming again!"
"Great!" When the villagers saw a carriage coming, they ran over to greet them.
"Welcome, welcome, it's really a blessing for our big guy to let the little prince come in person!"
A middle-aged man stepped forward, "I'm the village chief here, everyone has worked hard all the way, let's rest and drink saliva first." ”
"It's okay, let's go and see the situation in the village first." An Ge looks reliable, completely different from the usual childishness.
"Okay, then please come with me."
"Village chief, how much food do you have left?"
"Back to the prince, the court sent some food a while ago, and now life is okay, but in the future... Ay..... Now that each family has no source of income, everyone is not living steadily. ”
"Don't worry, please tell the village chief that the court will help everyone through this difficulty, and there is still some food on the car behind, and the village chief will find someone to share it with each family in a while."
"Oh, great, on behalf of all the old and young masters, I thank the court!" The village chief was so moved that he almost shed tears, and Qin Si felt uncomfortable watching from the sidelines.
This situation also exists in modern times, when agricultural products are unsalable, which means that the farmers' hard work for a year has been wasted, and watching their vegetables rot in the ground is more painful than physical injury.
On the way back, Qin Si kept thinking of a way. How can we motivate everyone to buy grapes? What can grapes do? Grape.... Grape.... Until she got home, she was still repeating these two words.
"Sister Sisi is cooking!" The girl brought fragrant food, but Qin Si didn't have much appetite.
"Sister Sisi, is the food unappetizing? Why don't I get you some wine? Big Brother Bai took it last time he came, and now there are some left. ”
"Bai Jane? By the way, if you don't say that I have forgotten, what about others? Where did you run again? ”
"I don't know, maybe I'm going out again."
This Bai Jian, the dragon saw the head and the tail, and came and went without a trace.
"Sister, do you drink? Brother Tingbai said that he bought it from another country. Would you like to try it? ”
"Wine ..... Wine!! Yes, wine, you can make wine!." Qin Si suddenly remembered, grapes can make wine, there is no wine here, this trick can be tried!
Wine, wine!
Qin Si ran back to the room, she seemed to remember that she had bought a bottle of wine in Hong Kong, and was going to take it out when someone celebrated her birthday.
"Girl, I'll go out, don't wait for me to eat."
"Oh....", the girl watched in confusion as he rushed out.
"Cui Zidu, where are you, Cui Zidu?"
Qin Si hurriedly ran back to the palace with a bottle of wine, and happened to meet Qing Fei who had just returned.
"Miss Sisi, are you looking for the prince? The prince is now in the palace and discussing with the eldest prince. ”
"Brother Qingfei, I have something very important to look for him, can you take me into the palace? It's really important! ”
Qing Fei looked at the sweat on her face and her eager expression, and directly brought her to Cui Zidu with a fast horse.
"Why are you here?"
Qin Siran was out of breath, and Cui Zidu handed him a glass of water to relieve her.
"Great, you're all here.... I can think of a way... Finish. Hey, I'm tired. ”
"What's the way, sister? Could it be grapes? An Ge looked excited.
"Bingo!" Qin Si was so proud. The wine was placed directly on the table.
"Look, that's my way."
"It's just a bottle, what kind of solution?" An Ge lost interest in an instant.
"Don't worry, listen to me tell you slowly." Qin Si picked up the teacup on the table and poured a cup for each of the three of them.
"This is the wine of our hometown, come, try it and see how it tastes."
"Can grapes still make wine?"
Cui Zidu took a sip gently, the sweetness of the wine instantly melted on the tip of his tongue, and the sweetness of the red wine and the faint aroma of the wine blended perfectly, which surprised him.
"It's really good wine!" He drank the rest of the red wine, carefully experiencing the smooth and delicate taste of the red wine like pearls, as smooth and lingering as silk.
"Then I'll go and give my father a taste!" An Ge was like a scud on his upper body, holding the bottle and running towards the main hall.
"That's why you're in such a hurry." Cui Zidu took out a handkerchief and asked her to wipe the sweat beads on her forehead, and she had to find a small guy to send it on a hot day, and she had to run it herself.
"It's okay, it's okay, this matter is more important!" Qin Si took the handkerchief with a smile and wiped it indiscriminately.
Cui Zirui on the side looked at the two of them with interest, I didn't expect that my younger brother would care about people like this, it seems that Sisi still has a set!
"It's so slow...."
Several people waited for a long time before waiting for Ange's figure.
"How? What did the father say? ”
"Hehe," An Ge deliberately sold a pass, "Sister Sisi, you have made meritorious service again this time!" ”
"yes, that's great!" Qin Si was overjoyed, it seems that this red wine is still right!
"My father praised this wine so much that he ordered me and Sister Sisi to take charge of this matter. Now let's discuss what we can do to promote this wine! ”
Promoting wine, this matter also stumped a few people. If you want everyone to taste the aroma of wine, just a bottle of wine is far from enough, and it is not realistic to ask Qin Si to go back to modern times to buy wine.
"By the way," Qin thought of a good idea, "Let's just let the owner of the winery taste it!" As long as they like it, they will definitely buy grapes to make their own wine, and then they can sell them to everyone! ”
"Great idea!" An Ge slapped the table and jumped up happily, "Big brother, I remember that you know several famous wine tasters, you call them all over, I'll go find the largest winery in Kyoto, let's have a wine tasting meeting!" ”
"No problem, I'll send someone to invite them now!"
"Great, the grapes of the farmers have finally fallen now, Sister Sisi, you are really our savior!"
"It's a trivial matter!" Qin Si was embarrassed to be praised.
"Then I'll leave it to you here," Cui Zidu said, "I'll take her back first." ”
"Huh? But I still want to stay here.... Feed... Let it go...."Before he finished speaking, Qin Si was directly pulled out.
"Big brother, do you think that the second brother is not normal these days?" An Ge seemed to vaguely ask about the taste of gossip.
"Okay, don't worry about their business, do your thing." Cui Zirui pulled An Ge into the house, looking at the noisy backs of the two people, he was also a little crying and laughing, "Both of them are dead ducks with hard mouths, hey." ”
Qin Si was forced out of the palace, and he was very irritable in his heart. The carriage slowly stopped at the door of the mansion, and she jumped out of the carriage directly. "Okay, I'm home, you can go back."
"Why, the eviction order was issued so soon." Cui Zi was a little displeased, and she was kind enough to send her back, and she had to drive herself away as soon as she got home, which was too hurtful.
"Then what else do you want to tell the prince?"
Qin Si didn't want to be alone with him for the time being, as soon as she saw Cui Zidu, she would think of the events of that day, and she was finally able to sleep well at night, she didn't want to cause anything more.
"The events of that day.... I have no intention of scaring you, and I hope you don't mind. ”
Cui Zidu has always been very remorseful, since that day, Qin Si has found all kinds of reasons to avoid him, he thinks that his reckless behavior has scared him, so he has been trying to find an opportunity to explain to him. Who knew that I happened to see him today, and of course I couldn't give up this opportunity.
"The prince doesn't have to take this matter to heart, I understand. That.... I went in first. ”
Qin Si looked up and smiled at her, then turned around and walked in.
The next day, the people all over the street ran to the drum tower to join in the fun, and they held the wine tasting meeting in the crowded place below the drum tower.
Qin Si was afraid that he would see Cui Zi again, so he stayed at home to pack the goods. Yan'er and the girl went to the street early in the morning to see the excitement.
"Sister Sisi, your method is too good, now the Manchu Dynasty has begun to order wine with the winery. Winemakers all over the city are figuring out how to make wine to see who can make the sweetest and most delicious wine. Now all the major wineries are going to the farmers to transport grapes, and I heard that the price is not cheap, and it is estimated that this village will make a fortune again this year! ”
"Yes," Qin Si felt very relieved, his meager strength could help so many people, which was also a meaningful thing.
"By the way, Yan'er, how are you feeling now... Is it better? I haven't been to see you since that day...."
"Don't worry, Sister Sisi," Yan'er gently took Qin Si's hand, "I'm fine now, and besides, I've figured it out, but there's nothing in it!"
"That's good, Yan'er, I'll be relieved if you're okay." Qin Si looked at Yan'er with an indescribable feeling in his heart. But I didn't expect her to be such an open-minded person, which made her a little surprised.
In the middle of the night, in the quiet courtyard of the house, there was a flickering candle flame.
"General, our plan has failed."
"Rubbish!" A man in black punched the messenger in the chest.
"I asked you to blow up the stones and block their way, the purpose is to cause resentment and break his people's hearts, you can't even do such a small thing, what use do I want you!"
"Forgive the General! Please also ask the general to let me and other generals make up for their mistakes and serve the country! ”
"Forget it, don't act for the time being, wait for this rumor to act, if you fail again, I will take your head."
"Yes!"