Chapter 34: The Sommelier
"It's just that the production of that kind of wine is very low, and it can't be transported out of Europa at all, so it was wrapped up by the nobles, and the one that can really be brought by Hu Shang on the way is the wine eaten by ordinary people, although the wine taste is relatively sweet, but it loses the most essential taste of wine,..."
Depend on! is really a connoisseur, Gu Zhiqing never dreamed that thousands of years ago in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he would meet a wine taster-level person, you must know that the Western Regions wine is an absolute luxury in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, who can buy it and drink it often, and only the kind of people who drink this thing as water will distinguish this slight taste difference.
Thinking of it, Gu Zhiqing also stared at Brother Ma with curious eyes, and said in his heart, "What kind of rich family are you, dare to be so extravagant and extravagant, even if the Gu family is the richest man in Loucheng, but you don't dare to drink the wine of the Western Regions as water so extravagantly, it is really three thousand taels and one bottles, not your own self-brewed wine worth a few dollars of silver..."
"How much silver is this wine Brother Gu going to sell?" Brother Ma stared at the wine bowl in his hand with a longing expression, and the porcelain jar in Gu Zhiqing's hand.
Gu Zhiqing stretched out five fingers and came out, and Brother Ma said with a stunned face: "Five thousand taels? ”
Gu Zhiqing shook his head and continued to stretch out five fingers.
Brother Ma hesitated for a moment before he said, "Could it be five hundred taels", he was a little incredulous.
Gu Zhiqing was still shaking his head.
Brother Ma finally held his breath and said, "You shouldn't sell a jar for fifty miles, right?" ”
Gu Zhiqing continued to shake his head and said: "It's not fifty taels, it's five hundred yuan, that is, five taels and one altar."
Whew, Brother Ma squirted out in one breath, almost spraying on Gu Zhiqing's face.
"What? Five hundred dollars? You.... You ......" Brother Ma's finger almost poked Gu Zhiqing's head.
"What? Is there anything wrong? Gu Zhiqing narrowed his eyes and stared at him with a smile.
"Brother Gu, don't open your winery, I have purchased all the wines here, I will collect as much as you have in the future, how can such a precious wine be so wasted without a bottom line..."
It seems that he is really a person who likes to taste the wine of the Western Regions, and only this kind of person will have such a cherishing of the real wine of the Western Regions.
If it was in his previous life, Gu Zhiqing would be like this, after all, he had been a wine taster.
It's just that at the moment, this is the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and wild grapes are almost no different from pig food.
For wine made from such cheap things, Gu Zhiqing's charge of five hundred yuan is already a high price.
Moreover, the output of this winery is extremely high, and it can produce thousands of catties in one day.
Even if there is only five taels and one jar, it is enough to earn more than 3,000 taels of silver.
This kind of violence made Gu Zhiqing feel a little hot.
Why are you embarrassed to continue to increase the price?
"Brother Ma... Forget it.... You can't accept that much wine," Gu Zhiqing shook his head at him.
"How many jars of this wine can you produce in a day?" Brother Ma was still unwilling to ask.
"About 1,500 altars a day" As soon as Gu Zhiqing said this, Brother Ma instantly sat down at the threshold.
Crying and sad face, he said: "Brother Gu, you are really harmful, if you do this, you will smash the wine, and then the pawns everywhere can drink this cheap wine, and at that time, how can you let us drink it?"
Hearing Brother Ma's words, Gu Zhiqing said with a mocking expression: "Brother Ma, are you born to be more noble than others?" Is it a good thing that can only be consumed by you, and a lowly thing that can be consumed by those peddlers and pawns? ”
"If there are no these peddlers and pawns in the world, what do you natural nobles eat and drink, will it be possible that grain will really come out of the ground for no reason, or can rice fall from the sky?"
Hearing Gu Zhiqing's words, Brother Ma's expression was slightly stunned, and he got up solemnly and said: "Brother Gu, I don't mean to look down on those peddlers and pawns, it's just that I have loved Western Regions wine since I was a child, and I regard it as a great hobby in my life, so I also set up a wine cellar at home to store these Western Regions wines to taste.
"Brother Ma...."
Gu Zhiqing stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder and said: "Wine tasting is the state of mind, not the wine itself, if you have a good heart, even if you drink bitter wine, it is a liquid of elixir and jade."
As soon as these words came out, Brother Ma's expression froze. After a long time, he said slowly: "Brother Gu is a good word, in vain I have considered myself a famous wine taster for many years, but compared to Brother Gu, it is still a little inferior."
"I'm going back to smash the wine cellar, and from then on, just like Brother Gu, I will taste the wine of this Mingyue Winery."
Hearing that he was going to smash the wine cellar, Gu Zhiqing hurriedly stopped: "The wine cellar still has a role, the wine is getting thicker and thicker the older it gets, if Brother Ma can keep those wines for hundreds of years, it will be rare treasures."
Brother Ma nodded in agreement and said, "Okay, let's save it according to Brother Gu's wishes."
While the two were talking, a servant in Tsing Yi rushed into the courtyard and shouted, "Where is Old Madam Gu? Old Madam Gu."
Hearing the sound, several singers greeted them, and Gu Zhiqing also walked into the courtyard with Brother Ma.
At this time, Gu Zhiqing found out that the little servant was not hired by himself, but from the Gu family in Loucheng.
"What are you looking for Old Madam Gu?" Gu Zhiqing strode up to him, stared at him and asked.
He used a micro-expression again, this was the critical moment for the Gu family and the forces behind him, Gu Zhiqing didn't want to be drilled by others.
The servant hurriedly said, "Master Gu has an accident."
"Nonsense" Gu Zhiqing snorted angrily, he had just received a secret report from Loucheng, and he saw that Master Gu was very healthy in the courtyard and sighed.
The servant said, 'It's true, just now he had lunch, and suddenly he fainted and fell unconscious.'
Hearing this, Gu Zhiqingzai carefully stared at every subtle change in his expression, and finally became convinced that what he said was true.
Gu Zhiqing frowned slightly and said, "Why is there no news from Fengming?"
Just when he was stunned, Old Madam Gu had already rushed out of the backyard and came to the little servant and said urgently: "Hurry up and prepare the carriage, I want to review the old mansion"
Gu Zhiqing immediately instructed the old singer to go to the car shop and hire some carriages to come over.
Then they set foot together in the direction of the Gu family's old house.
Naturally, Brother Ma couldn't accompany him, so he still stayed in the mansion and followed those old singers to talk about the world.
On the way, Gu Zhiqing asked the little servant Gu in detail about the condition of Master Gu.
"In the beginning... Everyone thought that Master Gu was angry, but who knew that after a day and a night, he still didn't wake up, and then the aunts and wives invited Lang Zhong to go, but they still couldn't wake up Master Su."
"Is this the force behind it?" Gu Zhiqing's eyes were cold, and he looked at the water system of the Qinhuai River that stretched through the car.
At this moment, his mind was completely brought into the thinking of the agent in his previous life, he was no longer Lou Cheng, but agent Xiaohe.
"Okay, let's really compete in Loucheng, and see who is better in this thousand-year-old secret spy duel."