Zheng Ci sat down in the middle hall and then taught people to invite people from the Zhangde Mansion to come.

This person bowed down, called Zheng Gong, and said: "Student Yang Xi, I have seen Zheng Gong." My master is Zhu Wenjie of Zhangde Mansion, who has always been taken care of by Zheng Gong, and is grateful to the tears, and has nothing to repay. ”

Say goodbye, goodbye.

Zheng Ci looked at this person named Yang Xi, this person should be a down-and-out scholar, and he was Yang Wenjie's friend behind the scenes.

He bowed his head, took a sip of tea, and then said slowly: "These days, the capital is not peaceful......

His words will stop at the point, just waiting for this Yang Xi to take over.

Yang Xi was sent by Zhu Wenjie to do this errand, and naturally he was also very sophisticated.

"Yes, the capital is not peaceful now, thieves are being caught everywhere, and they have been interrogated several times, and the students are thinking that the etiquette of the Zhu Governor's Mansion will inevitably be eye-catching, so they pretend to be merchants."

"Merchant?" Zheng Ci stared at Yang Xi, his heart was overflowing with curiosity, and he immediately said, "What is the name here?" ”

Yang Xi knew that at this time, he was not playing tricks, and the other party was also a human spirit, so if he wanted to win favor, he had to talk to him.

So he said: "When the students arrived in the capital, they could hardly enter the city gate, but they were really unwilling to think of the prefect's request, so they searched around, and at this time, someone gave a face-to-face lecture and said that it was ...... Since this road is not passable, why not find another way, and say that there is a kind of wine in the capital, the price is high, and the princes and ministers love it. So...... The students changed some wine, but in fact, it was just a little bit of Governor Zhu's thoughts, and there were only a dozen boxes. ”

At this moment, Zheng Ci seemed to understand something.

His mind began to make calculations at a rapid pace.

Five taels a bottle of wine, that's a good calculation.

A box of six bottles, this is thirty taels of one box, more than a dozen boxes, the price is between five hundred taels.

Five hundred taels is not much, but it is not too little.

After all, it's just Bing Jing Tan Jing, and like the Song Dynasty, like what kind of flower stone gang, birthday gang and the like, in fact, they are just one of the names of gifts.

And this prefect, nine times out of ten, may not be sent to a family.

Zheng Ci received gifts from more than one family.

Every year, which time is not an endless stream of gifts, and the door is like a market?

It's just that Zheng Ci still has doubts in his heart.

He continued to stare at this Yang Xi, and his mood couldn't be said to be good or bad.

You said okay, someone finally sent Tan Jing.

But you say no, what does the old man want so much wine for?

After pondering for a moment, Zheng Ci still smiled and said, "Thank you." ”

After that, he said to the steward on the side: "Prepare a meal for this gentleman, he has worked hard all the way." ”

Yang Xi was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "Thank you." ”

You know, in the past, Yang Xi did these things for his prefect, and people didn't prepare food for you, after all, you are just a subordinate, not to mention that even if Yang Prefect comes in person, he may not be able to see Zheng Ci, the minister of the court, and the ministers of his own minister, how can it be that the next person will see him?

You gave a gift, and the gift list can be sent to Zheng Ci, so that Zheng Ci can raise his eyelids and take a look, and when he sees your name, your hard work will not be in vain, how dare you hope for the rest?

For Yang Xi, he also overfulfilled the task, and when he returned to Zhangde Mansion, the prefect asked, and he said this, and he didn't know that the government was going to be happy, and he must rely on him more.

Yang Xi was also very knowledgeable, and without saying much, he saluted again, and walked away obediently.

This Yang Xi left.

Zheng Zhong came out and said, "Dad, I went to the treasury to see, it was Qixia's wine, the kind that costs five taels of silver a bottle, according to the market price, there are five hundred and fifty taels." ”

Zheng Ci stroked his beard, frowned, and then said: "Well, I know, the old man knows that it's the wine, Zhang Anshi's guy..."

I wanted to scold, but after thinking about it, forget it.

What's the point of scolding? The more you scold him, the more excited this guy will be!

People like to see you jump.

"Let's find a way to dispose of it."

Zheng Zhong was stunned and said, "Deal with it? This...... This...... Son...... I haven't done anything before! ”

Zheng Ci glared at his son with hatred, and then said: "You can sell it cheaply, find a way to find someone, of course, you have to avoid people's eyes, don't let people know that it is our Zheng family who wants to sell." ”

Zheng Zhong had no choice but to say, "That'...... My son has been trying to find a way to find it these days. ”

"Hey......" Zheng Ci shook his head and said, "What kind of thing is this?" Good ministers, but now they have to do business. ”

He was angry and helpless.

It's just the next day.

And he heard from the steward, and some of them brought wine.

When Zheng Ci heard this, he was even more unhappy in his heart, and said angrily: "Our Zheng family is not a wine shop...... Hmph, do you want to open a restaurant? What about Zheng Zhong? Call that guy Zheng Zhong to me. ”

Not long after, Zheng Zhong came happily, he drank, drunk, and his legs were shaking.

"Daddy, daddy......" Zheng Zhong grinned drunkenly and smiled at Zheng Ci.

Zheng Ci was immediately furious, stepped forward, raised his hand, and gave him a crisp slap.

Syllable...

Zheng Zhong was suddenly woken up, covering his mouth, and was so aggrieved that he wanted to cry.

Zheng Ci said angrily: "You brute, you don't do good things, tell you to sell wine, what are you doing, you drink all day long?" You've never been motivated, that's all, it's better now, do you still have bad habits? Brute! ”

Zheng Zhong wailed, "Dad...... This wine ...... This wine can't be sold, can't be sold. ”

"Can't be sold?" Zheng Ci was stunned, looked at Zheng Zhong, and said suspiciously: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Zheng Zhong said: "Dad, my son is worried about his father's instructions, and he goes out early in the morning to inquire and see who wants to buy wine." But who knows...... That Qixia's wine was sold out overnight.

"Sold out......" Zheng Ci was stunned again, and couldn't help but feel jealous of Zhang Anshi again.

This dog thing...... He...... He earned it again.

Thinking of Zhang Anshi making money, Zheng Ci felt more uncomfortable than killing him, and he shouted angrily: "So what? ”

"Dad......" Zheng Zhong said: "Although it is sold out, but now everyone in the world knows that there is a kind of wine called palace imperial wine, and there are people everywhere who are asking for it...... I heard that some merchants have begun to directly hang up signboards, saying that they have purchased a bottle of six taels of silver. ”

"Six...... Six taels ......" Zheng Ci was still in the clouds, and he trembled suddenly.

He looked at Zheng Zhong in disbelief.

Overnight, the price rose by one tael, and the price of five taels of silver for a bottle was already sky-high, how could it still rise?

"This must be Zhang Anshi...... It's a trick they play, and the old man knows a kind of deception, which is to deliberately make people buy at a high price......"

"Nope." Zheng Zhong shook his head very firmly and said: "This is not a deception, my son didn't believe it at first, but early in the morning, didn't someone come to our house to give gifts?" I specifically asked them where the wine came from, and they said...... There is no goods on Qixia's side, and they finally collected them with six taels of silver on the market. ”

"Dad, if these people are instructed by Zhang Anshi, will the people who are instructed come to give this wine to our family for nothing?"

Zheng Ci's body was shocked, he was shocked, but he couldn't understand it in his heart.

I saw Zheng Zhong say again at this time: "If my father wants to sell it, then sell it, now as long as I sell it, I am sure that I am not afraid that I will not sell it without a bid, and my son will go to ......."

"Come back!" Zheng Ci's face suddenly became more gloomy, and because he was in a hurry, he shouted: "It's not for sale." ”

"Not for sale?" Zheng Zhong felt that his father was really more difficult to serve than his mother-in-law.

Zheng Ci said: "All the wine should be sealed and stored in the cellar, and if someone comes to deliver it in the future, it will be the same." ”

Zheng Zhong frowned and said, "Dad, this is all hidden?" Our family, isn't it necessary to expand the bottom and build a house in the coming year? ”

"Build a fart." Zheng Ci sneered: "The home is so spacious, why do you want to live so big?" You bastard, you know how to enjoy, loser! ”

Zheng Zhong looked aggrieved.

Zheng Ci took a deep breath before he said: "Prepare court clothes for the old man, the old man is going to be on duty today, he can't stay at home all the time, people stay at home, and their ears and eyes are not well-informed." ”

After that, he ignored Zheng Zhong and hurriedly prepared to go out.

Inside and outside the capital, it can be described as a lot of attention.

Not only shops that sell alcohol, but even those who sell paper fans, and even pork dealers, have put up signboards one after another, all of which are collecting wine.

In Qixia, there have long been many vendors, and the external liaison shop of Qixia Liquor Industry has been blocked.

"You sell the goods."

"I'm going to ...... I'm going to ......"

"Shopkeeper Liu, I am the cousin of the uncle of Zhu Da's third uncle...... Neighbors, you have to be accommodating, accommodating........."

"It's really out of stock, don't believe it, you can go to the warehouse at the back, it's gone, not only here, but even the workshop, it's out of stock. Ladies and gentlemen...... Don't make trouble, if there is a stock, it will be widely advertised, don't crowd it...... Yikes...... Help, help, go and call the captain, there are people here to make trouble, why are you still beating people, do you know what kind of place this is? ”

It's been a mess here for a long time, and the scene is noisy, and many people are anxious.

Whoever can get the goods will immediately make money when they change hands.

But there is no way for the business house here, this wine ...... It didn't come out of nowhere.

Who would have thought that in this night, almost all the wine in the shops of various agents was sold out.

Zhu Jin had already hidden, and he was really startled when he saw this scene.

What's even more terrifying is ...... Now all of a sudden, his three aunts and eight aunts seem to have popped out of the cracks in the stones.

All kinds of relatives have long surrounded his house.

Zhu Jin didn't dare to go home, nor did he dare to go to the liquor shop.

Even Qian Zhuang didn't dare to go, so he simply hid in the coal yard, and waited until it was getting dark, and then let a guy go out to explore around to make sure that no one was there, and then the roe head rat came out.

He bent his waist, got into an ordinary carriage that could no longer be ordinary, lowered the curtain, and said anxiously: "I want to see Wei Guogong, I want to see Wei Guogong." ”

"Wei Guo Gong...... I can't live my life, my own nephews are going to turn against me, and there is a quarrel in the wine industry, and a few guys are injured, these people are crazy, they are all crazy. ”

Zhu Jin wiped his tears with a look of grievance.

He's just a seller, of course he's happy to earn silver, but it's too dangerous, it's a life for silver.

Zhang Anshi was obviously in a good mood, looked at him with a smile and said, "What are you afraid of, have you ever been afraid when you see me arresting the rebels outside?" Male husbands, seeking fame and meritorious service, have long put their life and death aside, don't be afraid! ”

Zhu Jin said with a bitter face: "But if it goes on like this, it is not a long-term way, this output is too limited, only a few thousand bottles a day, can you find a way to increase the output?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "Three thousand bottles a day, 100,000 bottles a month, is this not enough?" Do you think this wine is so easy to make? Let's ...... It's not shoddy, it's a ninety-nine-eighty-one process, and all the wine-making people are made by a girl who is twenty-eight years old and has a very good look! In our wine shop, there are so many rules, in order to provide everyone with good wine, what kind of wine-making woman, when the moon comes, she can't go to work, what if she is pregnant, she has to be transferred, and she has to make sure that she is in the boudoir. ”

"There are also ......" Zhang Anshi said: "In the production process, they have special Confucianism, and they read the "Book of Songs" and "Spring and Autumn" to them, and they are finally brewed by listening to the sound of reading aloud!" ”

Zhang Anshi said, and said bitterly: "Chaste woman, as well as the culture of our ancestors, the four books and five classics of the saints, how did they come to you, so worthless?" Not to mention, every bottle of wine, before leaving the workshop, there are monks from Jiming Temple to carry out the consecration ceremony, this wine is not opened, how to bring good luck to the drinkers? Can't let people dragon horse spirit, the wine of family happiness, you sell it, do you lack virtue or not? ”

Zhu Jin was stunned when he heard it directly.

The manufacture of the winery is an absolute secret, and even Zhu Jin does not know about it.

When I hear it now, I just think this thing is too mysterious.

He couldn't help but murmured: "A few days ago, Grandpa, you asked me to summon some old girls who couldn't get married, as well as some talented people who couldn't get married, and wild monks who couldn't find a place to settle in the temple, for this?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Anshi's face suddenly darkened, Zhu Jin seemed to wake up suddenly and shuddered suddenly

。

He immediately smiled and said, "No, no, no, grandpa...... It's really great mercy and compassion, the little one has figured it out, that's right, it's not wrong at all, we have to have a conscience when we sell wine, and we can't get into the eyes of money. This wine ...... It can't be shoddy. If it had not been made by a chaste woman, who had not heard the sound of reading aloud, and who had never opened the light, could such wine be drunk? The grandfather is an honest man, and the little one only has admiration in his heart. ”

Zhang Anshi's face finally softened, and then he said triumphantly: "What's more, the water we use to make wine is a special spring water, and it is the clear spring of my Qixia......

Zhu Jin immediately thought of the well he had dug when he built the liquor workshop.

Zhang Anshi continued: "This clear spring only produces so much water every day, and we have done our best. 3,000 bottles, that is, 500 boxes, less is less, but it doesn't matter, the second batch of goods is on the market, we can raise the price! That's good, a bottle of ten taels of silver, one step in place, so that everyone doesn't have to fight. ”

"When I see many people fighting over this wine, I feel very uncomfortable, and there are so many strife in the world, can't we value peace? Now that the price is ten taels of silver, at least there will be a lot fewer people vying for it, and the world will be a lot more peaceful, so for the sake of peace in the world, it has to be like this. ”

Zhu Jin frowned and said with concern: "Will ten taels not be sold?" ”

Zhang Anshi was calm and said: "It depends on the situation, you can secretly release the news first." ”

Zhu Jin was stunned: "Release the news first?" ”

Zhang Anshi smiled: "You let it go, give it a try and you'll know." ”

Zhu Jin didn't have a better idea, so he didn't say anything more and nodded yes.

"Daddy, Daddy......"

Zheng gave the value.

When I was in the Ministry of Rites today, no one talked about wine, as if the wine had never appeared in the capital.

Hearing that Zheng Ci was well, they all came to say goodbye, and when they saw Zheng Ci, they only worried about the country and the people, or talked about poetry, or talked about Fengyue.

Only...... Almost everyone tacitly avoided this wine.

Zheng Ci didn't mention it, as if everyone had reached some kind of agreement in advance.

Zheng Ci returned home, with his hands behind his back, and just came to the middle hall of the house, but he heard his son yelling hysterically.

He frowned unhappily, feeling that this son was hopeless and unstable.

Look at the young people in the Ministry of Rites, which one of them is not as immobile as a mountain? Even if there is a fire in the house, you can still talk and laugh and behave like a ritual.

Could this not be his own son?

A thought popped up, which made Zheng Ci a little lingering.

"What's wrong again?"

Zheng Zhong also just came back, and at this time his face couldn't hide his joy, and said excitedly: "It's gone up, it's gone up, and now it's all collected with eight taels of silver." ”

Zheng Ci frowned and looked at Zheng Zhong and said, "So expensive? If so...... Yes...... Yes...... You can sell some, you go out and find a few buyers......"

Zheng Zhong shook his head like a rattle, and said hurriedly: "Dad, you are confused, although the price is eight taels outside, but ...... In fact, no one sells it at all, only fools sell it! ”

Zheng Zhong lowered his voice and muttered, "I heard the gossip, absolutely accurately, saying that it was this wine...... Qixia's side is going to increase the price, and it will ...... in the future Ten taels of silver for a bottle. ”

Zheng Ci listened, only feeling a little dizzy.

Ten taels...... That's a bit of a shame.

A wine of this price must at least be a wine that has been stored for decades to be possible.

Zheng Ci couldn't help but scolded: "That Zhang Anshi, thinking about money is crazy." ”

"They don't have to worry about selling." Zheng Zhong said: "I heard that because of other factors in the spring water, the yield is very low, and almost one bottle can be sold quickly. Those damn female businessmen outside only received eight taels. Dad, wait and see, in a few days, you will get ten taels. I heard what the youngest son of Zhao Shilang's family at the end of the street said, but the supply is still in short supply. His Lao Tzu is from the Ministry of Industry, and he is most familiar with the mountains and rivers of the capital. ”

Zheng Ci listened, but said, "Hey, it sounds reasonable...... But I always feel like something is wrong......"

Zheng Zhongle said happily: "Dad, it doesn't matter if he's right, it's wrong."

Correct...... Earn it. I also heard ......"

Speaking of this, he lowered his voice: "Liu Du Yu Shi Jia, someone has found a way to buy a batch of silk to go, when this charcoal is respected, what do you guess Liu Du Yu Shi will do?" Directly returned this gift.

"Retreated?"

"Dad, you don't understand this, don't you, this silk, as long as there is silver, where can't you buy it? But this wine, you go out to buy it, it's rare and expensive! I also heard that there are many merchants who sell liquor, they are reluctant to sell it, and in the future, new products will be listed, and they can only find their own distributors in Qixia Commercial Bank, if not...... Don't even think about buying a bottle of wine. ”

The more Zheng Ci listened, the more mysterious he became, where is this wine, it's just ...... It's the elixir.

He felt that something seemed to be wrong.

But it seems that everyone around me is happy with this.

His own son, too, is like a baby, not to mention the expansion of the house, he began to talk about the opening of the light, about the yellow flower girl concocted, about the "Spring and Autumn" and "Book of Songs".

"Listen to this, this wine can still grow knowledge?"

Zheng Zhong said very seriously: "Everyone said so, saying that they invited the Great Confucian to read the Four Books and the Five Classics, and they still used Yayin, word by word, and a single frustration could not be wrong, the Great Confucian who studied had to bathe three times every morning, and he was not allowed to eat meat every day, and he should be light, such a great Confucian...... It's very draining, basically...... Ten years shorter. ”

The more Zheng Ci pondered it, the less it tasted.

But in his mind, it seemed that another voice came to mind.

This could be true, it's true...... After all...... No one can falsify it.

So, he began to tell himself over and over again.

Zheng Ci himself didn't know what was wrong with him, he consciously felt that he was a very smart person, but the voice in his heart became stronger and stronger.

He didn't seem to realize that even people like him were constantly hypnotizing themselves, probably not because he wasn't smart enough, but because ...... He really has a lot of that.

Sure enough, what Zheng Zhong said was not wrong at all.

Early the next morning, someone began to buy nine taels of silver.

All kinds of gossip are spreading.

Both applauding and scolding seem to be proud of owning the wine.

And this price is getting closer and closer to the price increase on Qixia's side.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty......" Yizha hurriedly entered Zhu Di's bedroom.

Early in the morning, this loss made Zhu Di, who was combing his hair, couldn't help but show disgust.

He raised his head, glanced at Yi Shiha, and said, "Why are you in a hurry, don't make a noise......

Yisha woke up, so he tiptoed to Zhu Di's side quietly, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, there is news outside the palace...... Wine...... It's all sold out. ”

Zhu Di was stunned. Looking at the bronze mirror, Zhu Di was quite self-pitying, as if he was beginning to have signs of aging, and the hero was a little shorter.

But all of a sudden, his eyes were like torches, and he was fierce.

Those eyes, looking at the bronze mirror, seemed to shoot two beams of light.

Zhu Di said: "What's the matter? How is it possible that so much wine is sold out overnight? He shouted loudly.

On the couch in the distance, there was a slight noise, and Zhu Di realized that he had woken up Empress Xu.

So, not bothering to comb his hair, the cloaked man pulled Yizha out of the dormitory, and paced under the corridor with his hands behind his back: "Say." ”

"Slave maid...... The slave doesn't understand, if the slave and the slave do, the slave ......" Yisha glanced at his crotch in shame.

Zhu Di frowned: "Is it so fast?" The day before yesterday, Zhang Anshi's guy only sold 7,000 bottles, how could he ...... in a blink of an eye It's useless to ask you, you know a bird. ”

Yisha said aggrievedly: "The slave maid actually asks people to inquire, but what do people say about Qingquan, what do they say about the eldest daughter of Laoshizi, and what kind of great Confucian...... The slave listened very carefully, but the more she listened...... This...... The more confusing this becomes. ”

Zhu Di said: "Summoning Zhang Anshi, summoning Zhang Anshi immediately, you guy...... Go ahead. ”

Yisha didn't dare to slack off, so he went in a hurry.

Zhang Anshi heard the summons

, but it seems to be ready, with a planning book and account book, he immediately entered the palace for an audience.

When he arrived at the Wen Building, he saw Zhu Di looking at him with a smile.

In Zhu Di's eyes, he looked at his son's intimacy with the old father.

There was a slight smile on the corner of his mouth, this is a smile that Zhu Di rarely shows, most of Zhu Di's smile is rough, there is no such subtlety.

"Come on, come on, Zhang Qing's family, look at you, I just called you, why are you in such a hurry, look at it, sweat, young people, you must take care of yourself, when I was young, I just didn't care for my body, look at ...... now"

Zhang Anshi said: "Your Majesty is still very strong, and he can beat the minister to death with one punch." ”

"What are these words?" Zhu Di said slightly angrily: "You are my humerus, how can I be willing to beat you to death, I can't say these words in the future, it's too late for me to cherish you." ”

Zhang Anshi didn't know how to pick it up for a while.

If his brother-in-law said this, Zhang Anshi didn't feel any sense of disobedience.

But Your Majesty, he ......

"Come, give a seat. Oh, serve a pair of tea to Zhang Qing's house, he must be thirsty, you slaves, why don't you know how to do things, do you have to explain everything one by one? What I said, Zhang Qing's family is not only the emperor's family, but also my right-hand man, and I know his monarch and ministers, and the relationship is extraordinary. ”

The eunuchs were so frightened that their faces were as pale as earth, some served tea, and some handed water.

Zhang Anshi sat down, his heart was a little hairy, and he said cautiously: "Minister...... Minister......"

"Take a break, take a break, don't be in a hurry to reply first, I dreamed last night, I dreamed of you, I think when I was at the beginning, Zhang Qing's family was still young at that time, although it was only a few years ago, but I can remember the calendar, the so-called day and night dream, I don't see Zhang Qing's house for a day, it's like every three autumns."

Zhang Anshi shuddered: "The minister has a reluctant request." ”

"Zhang Qing said, Zhang Qing knows, I have never refused Zhang Qing's family.

ZHANG Anshidao; "Yes...... Can you talk well? ”

Zhu Di listened, and his face pulled down: "If you are in the fuck, you have to scold your mother to be comfortable, right?" ”

Zhang Anshi lowered his head in shame.

Zhang Anshi sat down, his heart was a little hairy, and he said cautiously: "Minister...... Minister..."

"Take a break, take a break, don't be in a hurry to reply first, I dreamed last night, I dreamed of you, I think when I was at the beginning, Zhang Qing's family was still young at that time, although it was only a few years ago, but I can remember the calendar, the so-called day and night dream, I don't see Zhang Qing's house for a day, it's like every three autumns."

Zhang Anshi shuddered: "The minister has a reluctant request." ”

"Zhang Qing said, Zhang Qing knows, I have never refused Zhang Qing's family.

ZHANG Anshidao; "Yes...... Can you talk well? ”

Zhu Di listened, and his face pulled down: "If you are in the fuck, you have to scold your mother to be comfortable, right?" ”

Zhang Anshi lowered his head in shame.

Although the reality seems to be a little cheap, to some extent...... For Zhang Anshi, this is indeed the case.