The ancients all paid attention to wealth and righteousness, and this is especially true of the bold warriors. Li Xiang and Shi Ah pushed for a long time, and finally decided that the two sides would be divided into three sevens, Shi Ah San and Li Xiang seven, which made both parties satisfied.

After discussing, the two sides said goodbye, and Liu Guanzhang returned to his residence. Behind closed doors, Liu Bei pulled the two brothers together and discussed in a low voice: "Second brother and third brother, we discussed giving gifts before, and we were going to give them to the general He Jin, but now I suddenly have a new idea, it is better to give it to the general, it is better to give it directly to Your Majesty!" What do you guys think? ”

Li Xiang patted his thigh and said, "Good idea!" In terms of greed for money, His Majesty the Emperor is much more greedy for money than General He, and in terms of power, there is no comparison. As long as His Majesty is impressed, there is no need to worry about the future of our brothers! ”

Zhang Fei said suspiciously: "Big brother, if you give it to General He, we are still worried that we can't find a way, Your Majesty lives in the deep palace, we can't see each other, and we can't send it out if we want to, right?" ”

Liu Bei laughed and said, "Why did you forget who we met today?" Wang Yue, the prince's teacher! Although his official position is not high, he can enter and leave the palace at will. Wouldn't it be easy to ask him to give us a message? ”

Zhang Fei patted his brain shell and said, "Yes, why didn't I think of it!" In this way, we have to befriend Wang Yue. Second brother, this matter will be handed over to you! I think that Wang Yue values you very much, if you go and tell him, you will definitely not refuse. ”

Li Xiang nodded and said, "This is no problem, I'll go tell him." ”

In the turn of the day, Li Xiang and Zhang Fei came to the Hero Building again with four jars of wine. Shi A had been waiting here for a long time, and as soon as he heard that Li Xiang was coming, he hurriedly went out to greet him. Li Xiang said in surprise: "Brother Shi, you don't need to be so polite, right?" ”

Shi A smiled bitterly: "You're welcome, no!" Go in and see. ”

The three of them entered the Heroes Building, and at a glance, they saw that the building was full of people and full of seats. It's just that almost no one drinks, and everyone stares at the door. As soon as Li Xiang and the others came in, they suddenly let out a cheer that broke through the roof, startling both Li Xiang and Zhang Fei.

Shi A explained: "I released the news yesterday that you are willing to sell Chiyang wine, but I didn't expect so many people to come today, all waiting to taste Chiyang wine." Being stared at by so many people and asking when Chiyang wine will start to sell, do you think I can't expect you to come soon? ”

Li Xiang also shook his head and smiled, he didn't expect high-altitude wine to be so popular. However, the more popular it is, the greater the reputation of Chiyang liquor, and the higher the value of the secret recipe. Now, Li Xiang plans to add another fire to it. asked in a low voice, "Brother Shi, how are you going to sell this wine?" ”

Shi Adao: "Naturally, it is divided into wine jugs, and one pot is sold." ”

Li Xiang shook his head and said, "I mean, what price are you going to sell?" ”

Shi Ah looked at the expectant eyes, rubbed his chin and said, "I originally planned to sell it for a hundred yuan a pot, but now it seems that the price can go up." But how much is it appropriate? What is Senior Brother Yun's idea? ”

Li Xiang said: "Although there are two hundred catties of wine in the four jars, there are so many guests now, and I don't know how many people will come next, and this wine is definitely not enough to sell." Since everyone is rushing to buy it, it is better to get the one with the highest price! Take out the pot by pot, let the drinkers quote on the spot, whoever pays the highest price will give it, everyone looks at it on the spot, and no one will be unconvinced. If someone can't drink because they don't have money, that's easy, our brother will still set up the ring, and whoever can win us with a punch and a half will give him a pot. If you don't have the money and the ability, then you can't help it, and you can only wait to see if there is any wine that has not been sold out in the end. ”

Shi Ah laughed loudly, immediately agreed, and then announced this method to everyone. Everyone agreed that this is the Heroes Building, and it is the heroes of the world who are entertained, and it is natural to win wine in the ring. If you don't have the ability to fight, you can only buy wine at a high price, and if you can't even afford it, you naturally don't have alcohol.

Two ways to drink alcohol, of course, wine won without spending money is more face-saving. It's just that Li Xiang and Zhang Fei have been fighting here for two days, and many people know the martial arts of these brothers, and it is too difficult to win wine from them, so many people simply pay directly, and they have to spend money in the end if they lose the competition, which is both a loss of face and a loss of money.

This price is incredible, originally Shi A wanted to sell a hundred yuan of wine, but in the end it was sold for two or three yuan, and the highest was even called five yuan. You must know that the consistent money in this era is enough for an ordinary family of four to live for two or three months, and five times the money is enough for a year to spend, and there is still a surplus. Now for a pot of wine, it takes a year of living expenses.

And a pot of wine is about half a catty, and two hundred catties of wine is four hundred pots, with an average of three per pot, totaling 1,200 yuan. This made Shi Adu, who was not bad for money, a little shocked, he had never seen a business that came in so quickly.

This is still the first day, and the second day has more customers, and they have all heard that yesterday's wine was sold out before noon, and the further back it goes, the more expensive it becomes, and the more they compete for it. So today, the sparks that were grabbed at the beginning were full of sparks, and when the accounts were settled after the sale, the price rose again, and a pot was sold to four times!

And this is not the end, you must know that although the name of the hero building is very atmospheric, in fact, the people who come and go are reckless, and many dignitaries and nobles do not come to this kind of place at all. When they heard about it, they also sent people to get involved, further pushing up the price. With so many wealthy people joining the auction, the price of course continued to rise, and finally it reached 12 guan a pot before it stabilized. After that, there was a slight decline, and finally it stabilized completely around 10 times. The drinkers have a tacit understanding that they will not ask for a high price, but they don't dare to call a low price, otherwise they won't be able to buy it.

Since Chiyang wine is so famous, there are naturally many people who want to keep the secret recipe for themselves. So the three brothers Liu Guan and Zhang also became famous, and many people came to the door to threaten and lure them to hand over the secret recipe. Li Xiang saw that the time had come, so he begged Wang Yue to complain to him, saying how he was persecuted by dignitaries during this time. It's not that he is reluctant to give up this cash cow, but no matter who the secret recipe is handed over, he will offend a large number of people who don't get the secret recipe. Therefore, their brothers discussed, and simply offered the secret recipe to His Majesty, and asked him to help tell His Majesty.

Wang Yue has been in Beijing for so long, of course he knows the faces of those dignitaries, and after listening to Li Xiang's request, he agreed without saying a word.

Two days later, the palace sent someone to summon Liu Guanzhang and the others. This made Liu Bei extremely excited, bathed and changed clothes, dressed himself up beautifully, and then followed the messenger into the palace. When meeting Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei first offered the secret recipe. The emperor had already heard the value of this wine from Wang Yue, and it was a miracle that it could sell four thousand guan every day! Ten days is 40,000, a month is 120,000, and a year? What about ten years? How much is that? And when this secret recipe is in the hands of the emperor, it will definitely not be brewed only four jars a day, even if four hundred jars or four thousand jars can be brewed, how much is it?

After receiving such a big gift, the emperor was of course very happy, and chatted with the three of them very gently. Since it's a small talk, it's inevitable to ask them where they come from, what kind of official position they currently have, and so on. Liu Bei took the opportunity to report his clan identity after King Jing of Zhongshan, and then detailed the contributions of his three brothers in the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

The emperor was greatly surprised when he heard this, it turned out that these three brothers had made such a great contribution, and Liu Bei was still a relative of the Han family. Is this worth it? How can I not be rewarded for such a great contribution made by my Han clan relatives? Immediately passed the decree and crowned Liu Bei as the Qingzhou Thorn History, Lou Sang Pavilion Marquis. Li Xiang served as the governor of Qingzhou, and Zhang Fei was the governor.

With a stroke of the emperor's pen, Liu Guanzhang and the three of them were directly in charge of a state. They were still white before, and they are simply on the rise. But the emperor had already said so, and no one could object, and soon it was made clear to the world in the form of a holy decree.

Since it was his own person, the emperor's attitude was even more cordial, and he even called the prince out to meet Liu Bei's relatives. It's just that what to call it is still a problem, because the person who went to check the genealogy came back and said that Liu Bei's branch had long been dispersed, and there was no record in the genealogy. Liu Bei hurriedly defended, saying that he was indeed a relative of the Han family, and his father had also been filial piety and a small official. It was only due to the early death of illness that the family was ruined and the genealogy was lost. But the villagers in the village can testify, as long as they send someone to investigate, they will know, and they will never dare to pretend to be a clan.

The emperor was in a good mood at this time, and waved his hand again: "Forget it, what to check?" I believe in Xuande. ”

So the case was decided, and Liu Bei was the real clan.

Since there was no physical genealogy, the emperor asked Liu Bei to recite it, and then compared the royal genealogy, and found that Liu Bei and the emperor were of the same generation, and the prince should call Liu Bei an uncle.

Liu Bei's title of "Uncle Liu Huang" was obtained in advance, which added another boost to future development.

After talking for a long time, Liu Guanzhang finally left the palace. After returning to his residence, Liu Bei couldn't hold back the joy in his heart anymore, and shouted that he wanted to get drunk. Li Xiang and Zhang Fei naturally wanted to accompany them, but it turned out to be another big drunk. After waking up, Liu Bei was impatient to go to work. Fortunately, they didn't have many relatives and friends in Luoyang, only a few people such as Huangfu Song and Wang Yue, and after a simple goodbye, the three of them went on the road.

When he arrived in Qingzhou, Liu Bei immediately fulfilled his responsibility to assassinate history with great interest. Zhang Fei is a lieutenant in charge of military affairs, and he also took office. Only Li Xiang, Changshi was originally a civilian, let him be a martial artist, where can he take on it? simply threw all the affairs to Liu Bei and went to mess with Zhang Fei in the barracks by himself.

After a few days of messing around, Li Xiang felt that it was not interesting. He is not in charge, why bother to grab work with Zhang Fei? So he began to ponder the cultivation of "Taiping Technique". Although the spells inside were all very simple, they were real spells, which Li Xiang had never touched before. If it can be practiced, it will be of great help to the future crossing.