Chapter 44: The Golden Mountain
Chu Zhong looked at the jar of wine in front of him, about five or six catties.
Prime Minister Daki, is this confused?
Such a jar of wine, an ordinary man, which one can't drink three or four jars?
But Chen Chao didn't seem to be lying, Chu Zhong was really puzzled, what kind of medicine was sold in Chen Chao's gourd.
Just when Chu Zhong was puzzled, the envoys of several other countries had already lifted the oil paper that sealed the wine and drank the wine in large bowls, and they all wanted to get the reward that Chen Chao had just said.
Chen Chao saw that Chu Zhong hadn't made a move yet, so he took the initiative to step forward and personally opened the wine jar for this prince from Chu State.
As soon as the oil paper is opened, the strong aroma of wine fills the entire private room.
Chu Zhong's eyes lit up for no reason, and his nose couldn't help but suck in.
Wine!
What a strong aroma of wine!
The crystal liquor flowed out and poured it into the bowl, Chu Zhong's eyes widened, looking at the clear liquor poured out of the wine jar, a little incredulous.
So translucent? Is this still wine?
"Please!"
Chu Zhong subconsciously held the wine bowl with both hands, but before his lips could touch the wine in the bowl, there were "poof" and "poof" sounds in the box one after another.
When I looked over, I found that it was the envoys of those small countries.
Already drunk on the table, unconscious.
After drinking less than three bowls, you got drunk?
Shaking his head, Chu Zhong stopped thinking nonsense.
He held the wine bowl, held his breath and sniffed lightly, subconsciously admiring the good wine.
Under Chen Chao's gaze, Chu Zhong took a small sip.
The wine entered his throat, and the spicy liquor made Chu Zhong a little uncomfortable.
He puffed out his eyes and swallowed the liquor as his face turned red at a rate visible to the naked eye.
"Good wine!"
"Good wine!"
After saying it twice, Chen Chao's hanging heart finally let go.
"Since it's a good wine, let's drink more ......"
……
……
It's late at night, and I don't know what the hours are.
The snoring in the box did not affect Ning Baizhi's mood in the slightest. Under Chen Chao's gaze, the girl stood at the table, holding chopsticks in her hand, and after a while, the dishes in the bowl were stacked in the shape of a small mountain.
"Xiangye, don't you eat? It's delicious. ”
"Nope."
Chen Chao waved his hand, supported his head with one hand, and looked at the envoys of various countries who were sleeping on the table in the room, feeling a little bored.
No one has the power to take that reward.
After drinking a five-pound jar of spirits without getting drunk, in this era, no one has yet been able to finish.
"Eat, eat, eat, eat more, you can only eat one bowl of rice per meal in the future."
Chen Chao said boredly.
Ning Baizhi's mouth was full, and she said vaguely, "Xiangye, you haven't won yet?" I really don't know why you say that wine is a mountain of gold. ”
"Do you want to stop raising the bets?"
Chen Chao raised an eyebrow.
Ning Baizhi took a sip of fish soup, swallowed the food in her mouth into her stomach, and wiped the oily corners of her mouth casually, "Add it, whoever is afraid of whom." If I win, Xiangye will take me to the palace for a royal banquet. ”
Chen Chao smiled, "Okay." ”
"But Ben Xiang won, you ...... How about warming the bed for the photo? ”
Ning Baizhi was stunned on the spot, wrinkling her nose.
Obviously, it's all said, the maid only serves tea and water, grinds ink, why does she have to warm the bed again? Men really don't have a good thing.
However, in order to be able to eat the royal banquet, Ning Baizhi was ruthless and agreed.
Two high-fives!
Repentance is invalid!
While waiting, Chen Chao looked at Hou Ji who was guarding the door, this guy stood straight, and he refused to relax for a moment, but his eyes would fall on Meng Yue, the envoy of the Qin State who was already drunk at the table.
"Acquaintance?"
Hou Ji shook his head, "I don't know, but I have seen it from afar, the Meng family is a family of military generals in the Qin State, and before the accident, his subordinates had fantasized about serving in the Meng family's army and becoming a member of the Meng family's army!" ”
"Why do you have to serve the Meng family?"
"Because it's strong!"
Chen Chao was silent for a moment and looked at Hou Ji, "Long Wuwei will be stronger!" ”
Hou Ji didn't speak, just lowered his head, the Meng family army was invincible, would the newly established Long Wuwei be stronger than the Meng family army? Will Long Wuwei led by himself really defeat the Meng family's army?
The answer is......
The next moment, Hou Ji suddenly knelt down on one knee.
He raised his head, a pair of bright eyes shone brightly, and said firmly:
"Long Wuwei!"
"Invincible!"
Chen Chao looked at it and nodded with satisfaction.
What people are most afraid of is that they have no fighting spirit and are cowardly before they fight, so they will never become stronger.
Although Long Wuwei is still very weak now, he can't be compared to the sharpest sword on the battlefield, the Meng family army.
But Chen Chao believed that many years later, there would be an army on the battlefield called "Long Wuwei" that made the enemy fearful, and it was truly invincible!
"Hmm......"
The sudden sound made Hou Ji nervous, and Chen Chao waved his hand and told Hou Ji not to make a fuss.
Chen Chao tilted his head and looked at the source of the sound, and Ning Baizhi, who was eating, immediately put away the dishes and chopsticks, trotted back, guarded his post, and became a little maid.
She wanted to see how Xiangye, who was bound to lose, turned wine into a mountain of gold?
After a while, Chu Zhong, who made a sound, woke up from his hangover, he rubbed his dizzy head and slowly straightened up.
"Lord Chu is awake? Bai Zhi, serve this adult a bowl of decanting tea. Chen Chao commanded casually.
After drinking a bowl of sobering tea, Chu Zhong felt better, he patted his head vigorously, and completely sobered up, "Xiangye smiled, he was not strong enough to drink, not strong enough to drink......"
"No, no, no......" Chen Chao looked at Chu Zhong, "I thought that the first person to wake up would be Batur, or Meng Yue, but Lord Chu was the first to wake up, and he actually said that he was not strong enough to drink, and he was inevitably suspected of being humble." ”
Rong Di's envoy Batur and Qin's envoy Meng Yue, both of whom were military generals, and their alcohol consumption was also the best among several people, so they should be the first to wake up, but the inconspicuous Chu Zhong was unexpectedly the first to wake up, which made Chen Chao a little surprised.
His first impression of this King of Chu Qi was the kind of person who didn't talk much, but was absolutely scheming.
"Don't dare, don't dare."
Chu Zhong arched his hand.
Chen Chao got straight to the point, didn't beat around the corner, and asked directly:
"How's the wine?"
"Good!"
"Where's the good?"
"But the first in the world!"
Chu Zhong couldn't help but give a thumbs up, Fan Lou's famous wine March Chun could only bow down in front of it, he had never drunk such a strong wine in his life.
"That's fine." Chen Chao breathed a sigh of relief and waved his sleeves, "This minister intends to send this wine to the Chu State for sale, I don't know what Lord Chu wants?" ”
Chu Zhong raised his head, met Chen Chao's deep eyes, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"Really?"
"It's true!"
Hearing the definite answer, Chu Zhongxi was born from his heart, stood up and said:
"If Xiangye agrees to sell this wine to the Chu State, please also cooperate with the royal family of my Chu State, the business network of the royal family of my Chu State is all over the territory of the Chu State, and in half a year, we can make this wine famous, and we can sell as much as we want!"
Chen Chao smiled, but did not speak.
Instead, he looked at Ning Baizhi on the side.
Ning Baizhi was a little panicked now, her mouth was slightly round, and she looked very surprised.
She seems to understand what "Golden Mountain" is? There was an expression of remorse on his face.
The stinky face will deceive his little maid.
After waiting for a while, Chen Chao said lightly, "Yes, but the price of this wine is a bit high......
"How much?"
"One jar, five catties, two hundred taels!"
"What?"
Chu Zhong was a little surprised, was this price too high.
Fanlou's famous wine in March Spring, five catties of less than one hundred and thirty taels, is already a sky-high price, this wine is even more expensive than March Spring, and the price is two hundred taels?
"No, no, the price is too high."
Chu Zhong shook his head.
Chen Chao didn't think so, and said slowly, "Master Chu just said, the wine of the original phase is worthy of the first in the world, and the price of the first in the world is not high at all, not to mention that the wine of the original phase can be higher than other wines, and there is only one in the world." ”
"Degrees? What? ”
Chen Chao explained, "It's the taste, the wine of this phase is more spicy than any other wine." ”
"Five catties, two hundred taels, it's not expensive at all. The number of people who love wine in the world is countless, such as the mud and sand in the river, I heard that the emperor of your country is a person who loves wine, and has built a wine and meat pond forest in the palace, and the pool is filled with the world's famous wine, this wine, the emperor of your country must like it. ”
"What's more, if you can cooperate, the wine that you sell to the Chu State will only cooperate with your royal family. Rare is expensive, and the wine is shipped to the Chu State, how to price it? How to sell? It's not your royal family's decision? ”
Chu Zhong thought in his heart, and his heart loosened.
This wine is unparalleled in the world, and if it is sold, it will definitely be in short supply.
At the beginning of his request to the Chen Dynasty to cooperate with the royal family, he just didn't want to leave the fertilizer water in the fields of outsiders, the wine merchants of the royal family were all over the territory of the Chu State, it can be imagined that once this wine was shipped to the Chu State, it would set off a big wave, there was a long queue in front of the wine shop, and millions of jars would be sold every day, and how much tax could the Chu State increase? It's unimaginable.
Moreover, Chen Chao also promised to only cooperate with the royal family and not sell it to other wine merchants in the Chu State, which is equivalent to directly strangling competitors from the source, only the royal family has this kind of wine in their hands, how to set the price, is not their own decision?
No matter how high the price is! Five hundred taels, eight hundred taels, one thousand taels......
There are still people who are not short of money to buy.
The profits are huge!