Chapter 26 Doing the Liquor Business

Li Shen's main purpose this time was to see how the wine in the Cui family restaurant was. I just heard from the guy that the Cui family's wine is sold all over the country. There are even some Hu merchants who buy and sell goods in the Western Regions and other countries. The Cui family's business is indeed not small.

The Cui family's most famous wine is called fairy drunk. It means that the gods have to get drunk when they drink. Li Shen opened an altar of immortal drunken wine and poured it into a bowl to turn slightly yellow. The rice wine is cloudy and yellowish. And the fairy drunk is only slightly yellow, which is enough to see that this wine is really good.

Li Shen doesn't know how to drink and doesn't understand the quality of wine. So he said to Xue Rengui:

"Rengui, how about you taste this immortal drunk"

Xue Rengui took a sip of the bowl, tasted it and said, "Lord Wang, this immortal drunk is really good wine, full of wine." When I was working in Dongshi, I often heard that the immortals of Yunlai Restaurant were full of drunkenness. Today, if this is the case, it is no wonder that this wine is sold so expensive, it is really worth the money. ”

Li Shen heard Xue Rengui praise this wine so much, and also took a small sip of the bowl. Smack your mouth and feel it. If the degree is not high, it should be more than 20 degrees. Li Shen and his friends often went out to eat and drink in his previous life. Although the amount of alcohol is average. Li Shen has drunk the lowest degree of liquor, which is also 32 degrees. It's also much more drunk than this fairy. In his previous life, Li Shen didn't know how to taste wine, but he could also drink whether the alcohol was high or not. Thirty-two degrees, forty-two degrees. Fifty degrees. Sixty degrees. He's drunk them all. I even secretly drank a friend's father's collection of seventy degrees once. As a result, a small glass of wine was confused.

Li Shenpin finished asking the stone. "How much does this wine cost a jar?"

"Lord, this jar of wine costs two dollars," the stone replied

"Two money? Is it so expensive? Li Shen was surprised, is this Datang wine so expensive. That's not how it works in TV dramas.

"Lord Wang, the gods are drunk at this time. The best wine. The palace all came here to purchase. Generally, it is drunk by nobles. Lan Yu'er explained

"Since they are all drunk by dignitaries, he can't sell much in a year. How many catties are in this altar," Li Shen asked

"The prince's jar of wine is a small bucket, about four catties," the stone replied

"What about the price of other wines," Li Shen asked again

At this time, Xue Rengui next to him replied: "Lord Wang, the wine that the people drink is one hundred and fifty wen and one bucket, and there are three hundred wen and one bucket. The most expensive is 500 wen a bucket"

"Yes, Lord Wang, even if this cloud comes to the restaurant. In addition to this immortal drunken wine, there are also immortals who are drunk and have a lot of money. This altar is a bucket. There are also 500 texts. Stone added.

Li Shen knew that the bucket they were talking about was different from the bucket for buying rice. The Tang Dynasty was divided into big fights and small fights. The big bucket is about 12 in. The small bucket is about four pounds. The big bucket buys rice, and the small bucket sells wine. A jar of wine is almost a bucket.

So Li Bai always said in his poems to drink one or two buckets. Because the people of the Tang Dynasty drank brewed wine with a very low alcohol content, such as rice wine, rice wine, fruit wine, etc., relatives and friends gathered together and drank in a fight, just like the later generations drank beer.

It seems that this fairy drunk can have an alcohol content of more than 20 degrees, which is really good wine. The common people drink more than ten degrees. Li Shen felt that this business could be done. It depends on how to do it.

If the Cui family doesn't dare to play tricks, they have to find allies. And also to build a workshop. It certainly can't be done in the palace anymore. Confidentiality measures should also be done well, and a trustworthy person should be found to manage them.

Xue Rengui is definitely not good. He is a military general, not Li Shenxin. It's Xue Rengui who doesn't have the business mind. And it's a bit of a waste of talent to let him run a business. The location where the workshop was built. Workers, people who manage sales. Partners. Doing business is not that simple.

Everyone walked out of the restaurant after eating. Li Shen thought of a question. How to arrange Xue Rengui. It is definitely not possible to bring it back to the palace. You have to arrange for Xue Rengui to have a place to live first. And he still has a wife in his hometown, so he will definitely take it over. In this way, Xue Rengui can do things for Li Shen without worries.

"Rengui, I am still living in the Imperial Palace. There is no royal palace outside. I'd like to arrange a place for you to stay, as you see fit. Li Shen asked Xue Rengui

"Lord Wang, I plan to go back to my hometown in Hedong first. Look at the wife. Tell him that I have a future under the prince's door with scriptures. Let her not worry. It's good to live at home. Xue Rengui replied

"Rengui, why don't you take your wife to Chang'an together. I have two villages in Huangzhuang in the south of the city, and there are 5,000 acres of fertile land. I will divide you with 100 acres of fertile land. Let you be my food eater. I'm buying you a house in the city, and you can take your wife and live with you. Now I'll give you a monthly money. When I go out of the palace to live in the future, you will be my guard. I'll give you another long-term salary. You see how. "Li Shen is ready to take care of this future general.

"This... The prince is inappropriate. Although I worship under the prince's door now, I have not done anything for the prince. The prince is so loving that a certain can't afford it. Xue Rengui listened to Li Shen's house and land. And a consistent monthly money. He dared to work hard for only three or five hundred wen a month.

"Alright. Say no more. Listen to my arrangement. How much does the stone take out of the palace. Li Shen asked the stone after deciding.

"Lord, I went out of the palace with twenty habits. I used five habits just now. The stone replied

"What. Five habitual dollars for a meal? Is this Yunlai restaurant a black shop? Li Shen couldn't believe it. Five thousand words. One meal is gone. Is the rule of Zhenguan so expensive?

"Lord Wang, you ordered all the best dishes in other restaurants. I also asked for an altar of fairy drunkenness. The maid Haruka reminded.

"Hmph, that's too expensive. Never come again next time. Black shop. It's a black shop," Li Shen said stiffly

Li Shen thought about it, and suddenly thought that he thought of partnering with the eldest grandson Wuji to do business yesterday. Isn't the Zhao Guogong Mansion nearby? Go borrow some money. And let's talk about the cooperative business first. However, you must not talk directly with Zhao Guogong. You are a prince who has won over important ministers of the national court, what do you want to do. Li Shen wouldn't do anything taboo. He's already figured out a compromise.

"Let's go, go to Zhao Guogong's mansion." Li Shen said with a wave of his hand

A group of people went straight to Zhao Guogong's mansion. The mansion of Zhao Guogong is not far from the imperial city, covering an area of more than 20 acres. Generally, the state mansion ranges from five to fifty acres. It mainly depends on whether there is a free place in the neighborhood and the number of people in the family. An area of a square in Chang'an City ranges from 600 to 800 acres. Therefore, the princes of the country do not live in clusters. There is not that much of a place to build a government. Up to two or three together. I think Qin Qiong and Cheng Yanjin's mansion are next to each other. But Wei Chigong's house is not in the same square.

When he arrived at the Zhao State Mansion, Li Shen asked the stone to step forward and put his token on the ground. It's usually a prayer. But today Li Shen was not prepared, so he directly used the direct prince token. Moreover, Li Shen did not come to Zhao Guogong today. He came to find Princess Changle. Princess Changle is Li Shen's half-sister. So visit Changle. Nothing will be said. The porter hurried in to report it.

Princess Li Lizhen of Changle is married to the eldest grandson Chong, so she has to live in the Guogong Mansion. If it is Princess Shang, you can live in the princess's mansion. The eldest grandson Chong was the only one who married Li Shimin's daughter. It shows Li Shimin's trust and attention to the eldest grandson Wuji.

Li Lizhen was also stunned when she received the report from the steward. She had met Li Shen a few times, but she had never spoken. When she got married a few years ago. Li Shen is only five years old. I don't know why Li Shen came to her. But it is incomprehensible. I still have to greet him, after all, Li Shen is now the prince. She also saved her mother.