Chapter 21 Drinking
"All sold out?" Gu Huai, who came out of the backyard, wiped his hands and looked at the bunch of maids blocking the door.
Plus the best made yesterday, a total of fifteen bottles of perfume, and it was actually sold like this? That's a full seventy-five taels of silver... In other words, the shop has only opened and has already returned its capital.
Xiaohuan's face was also a little confused, but it was more of a surprise, she pressed against the door panel, and her voice trembled a little: "Uncle... It's really sold out. ”
"It should be Miss Ziqing's advertisement that played a role," Gu Huai put down the towel, and there was an obvious wound on his hand, "It seems that he still underestimated Miss Ziqing's influence in the Qinglou... Worthy of a red card girl. ”
"Uncle, what's wrong with your hand?"
"I did some experiments, the equipment was not very good, and there was some accident," Gu Huai soaked his hand in the water, and hissed in pain, "And I wasn't very good at chemistry at the beginning, thanks to the fact that I went to the military forum a lot, and I have to thank the old brother who talked with me for three days." ”
"Uncle is talking nonsense again..."
"It's the joy of a wish coming true, you don't understand."
"Uncle, what about the people outside?"
"Don't put it in, I don't have any stock at all, but it reminds me that a bottle of perfume lasts at least a month, and if it is sold open, it will not be worth much, and it will have to be sold in limited quantities."
"Limited?"
"Only fifty bottles and the like are sold every day, and only when there is a price but no market can the price be raised," Gu Huai said with a smile, "And it's time to get a workshop, can't you say that you go to take inventory every morning, and then quietly run to the shop to make perfume?" ”
Xiaohuan looked at Gu Huai blankly, and always felt that his uncle's good-looking eyebrows and eyes were filled with the atmosphere of a profiteer today.
"But we'll have to wait until we're done... Let's do a little more today, sell twenty bottles a day, and close the door. ”
"Okay."
The shouts of the maids in the Qinglou were isolated from the door, and the most arrogant shop in the history of Peking appeared, the guests waved silver to buy things outside, but the shopkeeper and the guy slipped into the backyard and ignored the guests' demands.
Come to think of it, anyway, there is such a perfume shop in Peking now... Love to buy or not to buy.
"Xiaohuan, does Peking have to set off fireworks every year?"
"Yes, there will be a show on the New Year's Festival, a show in Shangyuan, and last year, Miss also went to put a lantern, so beautiful."
"That's very interesting," Gu Huai lifted the curtain and looked at the bottles and cans he had put away, "This year, my uncle will take you to see one..."
"The biggest fireworks in the history of Beiping."
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The twenty-seventh day of the thirty-first month of Hongwu is a good day with a clear sky.
Unfortunately, the winter sun is not very warm, and even the snow on the street has not melted much, and the pedestrians still wrap their clothes tightly, as if this will warm up a little and rush home early to welcome the New Year.
A pair of black-soled soft boots stepped on the dirt road outside the carriage, and Gu Huai, who got off the carriage, looked at the Yuan Dynasty palace city in the distance, looking at the scene of the red wall reflecting the snow, and sighed.
"Brother Pu really has financial resources, the carriage and horse shop can actually be driven in the most prosperous Dongcheng, only a few streets away from the palace city, if you want to change the past, I am afraid that this is where those old Yuan princes and nobles live?"
Pu Hong, who went out to greet him, just heard this, and a smile appeared on his face: "Brother Gu has a good vision, for my brother to bring more than a dozen brothers to Beiping to beg for a living, it took many years to buy such a piece of land, which is the place where the army was forbidden to raise horses, the land price in Beiping is not low, and there is such a piece of land, which is enough to ensure that the descendants of my brother have no worries about food and clothing." ”
"Brother Pu thinks long-term, but Brother Pu doesn't seem to be married yet?"
"I've been busy all these years, so I don't have much time to talk about love," Pu Hong stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Gu, please, let's drink slowly and talk slowly." ”
In the past two days, Gu Huai ran over to find Pu Hong to drink when he had nothing to do, and naturally he didn't just know that time, so he let the carriage of the Song Mansion go to the side of the road to wait, and he entered the gate of the carriage and horse shop with Pu Hong.
Pu Hong's house is on the edge of the carriage and horse shop, and it seems that it is estimated that it was also the residence of high-ranking officials and magnates before, and the two of them passed through the carriage and horse shop, all the way to Pu Hong's house, and the wine and food had already been prepared in the main hall, and the two sat down separately and began to chat.
"Tomorrow Yan Wangfu will go out of the city for a safari, I heard that Yan Wangye is unwell, so it will be presided over by Princess Yan, our northern atmosphere is not as good as that in the south, the people in the market are brave and ruthless, and the powerful officials also love to join in this excitement, even scholars have to wear swords, tomorrow people are afraid that it is indispensable, Brother Gu still goes out early, let's go out of the city to occupy a good position."
Gu Huaiyao raised his glass and took a sip: "Brother Pu, don't worry, the little brother will go out early tomorrow morning to meet Brother Pu." ”
"That's fine... In previous years, the winter safari, the most prey, Yan Wangye has never been stingy with rewards, I don't know what the situation will be this year, but Yan Wangye has always been prosperous in spring and autumn, how can you say that you are sick? It's quite puzzling, and there are different opinions about what kind of disease it is..."
Gu Huai's face did not change: "The younger brother has also heard about it, and it is rumored in the market that the prince is afraid that he has gone crazy and doesn't know anyone anymore." ”
Pu Hong leaned forward a little: "Is there any basis for Brother Gu's words?" It's true, you have entered the Yan Wangfu, how is the Yan Wangye? ”
"It's hard to say..."Gu Huai was a little taboo, "I didn't see Lord Yan that day, but the market has always liked to spread falsehoods, and I can't tell what the truth is." ”
"At this point, Brother Wei should really talk about you," Pu Hong's face showed some sincerity, "Brother Gu, you are good at everything, but you are too cautious to be a person, just you and me here, we are so secretive in our words, and there is no young man's vitality at all!" Our north is not as good as the south, the man should be bold, come, do it! ”
After drinking another glass of wine, Pu Hong at this moment is like a confidant brother, as if he is really a good person who is dedicated to planning for his friends.
Gu Huai thought to himself, if I didn't know that you wanted to slaughter me, I might still be a little grateful... But this was obviously unspeakable, so he simply raised his glass again: "Brother Pu, drink!" ”
"Why is Brother Gu so bold today? In the past, I didn't drink cleanly and neatly for my brother, but today I actually took the initiative to raise a glass? ”
"The New Year is approaching, and there is nothing to do, so it is naturally suitable to drink more."
"Well said, come, drink more."
"It's just that I'm going to go on a safari tomorrow, will it be a mistake?"
"It's okay, it's good to be drunk and sleep as a brother, your own brother, why do you have to be so angry?"
The wine glass covered the corners of his mouth, and Gu Huai gently sipped the wine: "Okay." ”