Chapter 261: Big Profit

Zheng Chi sat down in the middle hall, and then taught people to invite that Changde House to come.

The man bowed down, called Zheng Gong, then said: “Student Yang Xi, see Zheng Gong. My home master is the Changde Province Zhu Wenjie, has always been by Zheng Gong your care, grateful, I can not repay, recently the day is cold, then ordered the students, escorted some charcoal tribute, specially come to offer, I hope that Zheng Gong do not suspect.”

Saying this, he worshiped again.

Zheng Chi sized up this person called Yang Xi, this person should be a downtrodden scholar, and was that Yang Wenjie’s curtain call friend.

He nodded and sipped his tea before slowly saying, “These days, the capital is not peaceful ……”

His words, point blank, just waiting for this Yang Xi to take it.

Yang Xi was sent by Zhu Wenjie to do this errand, and naturally he is also very well versed in the ways of the world.

“Yes, the capital is not peaceful right now, everywhere is catching thieves, several times they have been interrogated, the student was thinking, Zhu Zhifu’s gift, it is inevitable to attract people’s attention, so he pretended to be a cargo merchant.”

“Cargo merchant?” Zheng Chi gazed at Yang Xi, his heart was overflowing with curiosity, so he immediately said, “What’s the name here?”

Yang Xi knows that at this time, he is not the time to show off, the other party is also a human savant, so to win favor, he must make peace with the situation.

So he said, “students to the capital, almost unable to enter the city gate, but thinking of the governor’s invitation, really unwilling, so around to probe, when someone face to face, said that …… since this road is not work, why not look for another way, and said that there is a kind of wine in the capital, the price is high, the princes and ministers love it. So …… the students then exchanged some wine, in fact, it is only some of Zhu Zhifu’s mind, but also ten boxes.”

At this instant, Zheng Chi seemed to understand something.

His mind began to race.

That’s a good calculation for a five-two bottle of wine.

A case of six bottles, that’s thirty taels a case, and for a dozen cases, the price is between five hundred taels.

Five hundred taels wasn’t much, but it wasn’t little either.

After all, it’s just ice respecting charcoal respecting, and just like the Song Dynasty, things like what’s the flower stone outline, the birth outline, and so on, are really just one of the names of gift-giving.

And this governor, nine times out of ten, may not be sent to one family.

The gifts that Zheng Chi received were not just one family either.

Every year, when there is not an endless stream of gift-givers, the door is full of them.

It was just that in Zheng Chi’s heart, he still had doubts.

He continued to stare at this Yang Xi, and his mood could not be described as good or bad.

You say well, at last someone has sent a charcoal tribute.

But you say it’s no good. What does the old man need so much wine for?

After a moment of contemplation, Zheng Chi still smiled and said, “Thank you.”

After saying that, he said towards the steward at the side, “Prepare a meal for this gentleman, he has had a hard journey.”

When Yang Xi heard this, he was overjoyed and busily said, “Many thanks.”

To know, in the past, Yang Xi for his family governor to do these things, people do not give you to prepare food ah, after all, you are just a subordinate, not to mention that even if the Yang governor personally, may not be able to see Zheng Zhi, the court ministers, have their own ministers of the ministers of the ministers of the instrument, would not be the next head of the people say to see see the see?

You sent a gift, the gift list can be sent to the front of Zheng Zhi, so that Zheng Zhi raised his eyes to see a glance, see your name, your efforts are also even if it is not in vain, the other, which dare to hope?

For Yang Xi, he is also overfulfilled after the task, and so back to the Changde Province, that the governor asked, he will be this a say, not less than the governor to be pleased, he must be more reliance on him.

Yang Xi was also very sensible, and without further ado, he made another salute, and then obediently went away in broken steps.

Once this Yang Xi is gone.

Zheng Zhong then came out and said, “Father, I went to the treasury and looked, it’s wine from Qixia, the kind that costs five taels of silver a bottle, and according to the market price, there are five hundred and fifty taels.”

Zheng Chi stroked his beard, frowned, and then said, “Well, know, I knew it was that wine, Zhang Anshi that guy ……”

I was going to curse, but on second thought, forget it.

What’s the point of scolding him? The more you scold him, maybe the more excited the guy gets!

People love to see you jumping up and down.

After a moment of contemplation, Zheng Chi suddenly said, “So much wine, there is no point in keeping it, leave a box, and find a way to dispose of the …… rest.”

Zheng Zhong was stunned and said, “Deal? This …… this …… son …… hasn’t done the deal!”

Zheng Chi hatefully glared at his son before saying, “You can sell it cheaply, find a way to find someone, of course, to avoid people’s ears some, don’t let people know that it’s our Zheng family that wants to sell it.”

Zheng Zhong then had to say, “Then …… son these days, find a way to look for a look.”

“Hey ……” Zheng Chi shook his head and said, “What kind of thing is this. A good minister, but now he has to do business as well.”

He was exasperated and helpless.

Just to the next day.

And I heard the steward say that some people had brought wine.

Zheng Chi heard, the heart is even more unhappy, annoyed, said: ”Our Zheng family, is not a wine shop …… hum, do you want to open a restaurant? Where is Zheng Zhong? Call that guy Zheng Zhong to me.”

It did not take long, but Zheng Zhong came cheerfully, he was drunk, drunken, and his legs were wobbling.

“Father, father ……,” Zheng Zhong drunkenly grinned at Zheng Chi.

Zheng Chi was instantly furious, went forward, raised his hand, and gave him a crisp slap.

Snap ……

Zheng Zhong was violently awakened and covered his mouth, so aggrieved that he wanted to cry.

Zheng Chi said angrily: “You animal, you do not do good, told you to sell wine, what are you doing, you drink all day long? You’ve never been progressive, that’s all, now you want to get into bad habits? Bastard!”

Zheng Zhong then wailed, “Father …… this wine …… this wine, can not be sold, can not be sold ah.”

“Can’t sell?” Zheng Chi froze and looked at Zheng Zhong, saying suspiciously, “What do you mean by that?”

Zheng Zhong said, “Father, son mindful of father’s command, early in the morning went out to spy, see who wants to buy wine. But who knows …… that Qixia’s wine, actually overnight, sold out.”

“Sold out ……,” Zheng Chi froze again, and couldn’t help but start to grow jealous of Zhang Anshi again in his heart.

This dog …… he …… he earned it again.

When he thought of Zhang Anshi earning money, Zheng Chi felt worse than killing him, and he bellowed with vajayjay fury, “So what?”

“Dad ah ……” Zheng Zhong said: “Although it is sold out, but now the world knows that there is a wine called Palace Imperial Brew, everywhere people are seeking to buy, son early in the morning when I went, I heard …. …I heard, has begun to have merchants directly hanging out signs, said six taels of silver a bottle to buy.”

“Six …… six taels ……” Zheng Chi, who was still in the clouds, shivered violently.

He looked at Zheng Zhong incredulously.

Overnight, the price went up by one or two, before five taels of silver for a bottle, it was already sky-high, how can it still go up?

“This must be Zhang Anshi …… is a trick they play, old man know a kind of deception, is to deliberately let people ask for a high price ……”

“No.” Zheng Zhong was very certain and shook his head, “This is not a trick, son at first did not believe it, but early in the morning, is not someone to our home to send gifts? I specifically asked them where the wine came from, and they said …… that there was no goods on the Qixia side, and that they had collected it on the market, with six taels of silver with great difficulty.”

“Father, if these people were instructed by Zhang Anshi, would the person who was instructed still come and give this wine to our family for nothing?”

Zheng Chi’s body shook, he was greatly shocked, but in his heart, he was unable to understand.

Only to see Zheng Zhong at this time and said, “Father if you want to sell, then sell well, now as long as the sale, guaranteed not afraid of selling price, the son of this will go …….”

“Come back!” Zheng Chi’s face suddenly became more somber, and because he was in a hurry, he bellowed, “It’s not for sale.”

“Not for sale?” Zheng Zhong felt that this father of his was really harder to serve than his own mother-in-law.

Zheng Chi said, “All the wine is properly sealed and hidden in the cellar, and if anyone else comes to deliver it in the future, they will do the same.”

Zheng Zhong frowned and said, “Father, this is all hidden? Isn’t our family going to expand and build a mansion in the coming year?”

“Build my ass.” Zheng Chi laughed coldly, “What’s the point of having to live so big when your home is so spacious like this? You bastard, you just know how to enjoy yourself, loser!”

Zheng Zhong looked aggrieved.

Zheng Chi took a deep breath before saying, “Prepare the old man with court clothes, today the old man is going to be on duty, he can’t stay at home all the time, when people stay at home, their ears and eyes don’t work well anymore.”

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

Inside and outside the capital, it can be said that all people are watching.

Not only stores selling wine, even those selling paper fans and even pork vendors have put up signs to collect wine.

At Qixia’s place, there were quite a few traders there early on, surrounding Qixia Liquor’s external contact store.

“You guys take the goods and sell them instead.”

“I want …… I want ……”

“Shopkeeper Liu, I am a neighbor of the cousin …… of the aunt of his third uncle of Shopkeeper Zhu, you have to be accommodating and accommodating ……”

“Really no goods ah, do not believe, you can go to see the back of the warehouse, a little bit also no, not only here, even the workshop side, also no goods. Gentlemen, gentlemen …… don’t make trouble, if there is goods, then it will be widely announced, everyone don’t crowd …… ah …… help, help ah, quickly go to call the lieutenant to come here to people make trouble, how you How also hit people, know do not know what this place?”

It’s been a mess here for a long time, and there’s been a lot of commotion, and a lot of people are getting antsy.

Whoever gets the goods and turns them around makes money immediately.

But the merchant bank here also has no way, this wine …… is not out of thin air.

Who would have thought that in this one night, the stores of the agents, all the wines are almost sold out.

Zhu Jin was hiding early and was really shocked to see this scene.

What s even more frightening …… is that now all of a sudden, all those three great aunts of his seem to have popped out of the crack of a stone.

Various relatives, long ago, surrounded his house.

Jukin didn’t dare to go home or to the liquor store.

Even the money changers do not dare to go, simply hide in the coal yard, wait until the day gradually dark, only first let a fellow go out to explore around, to ensure that no one, only swineherd out.

He catapulted himself into an ordinary, no longer ordinary carriage and lowered the curtain before anxiously saying, “I want to see the Duke of Wei, I want to see the Duke of Wei.”

…………

“Wei Guo Gong …… days can not live ah, my own nephews are going to turn over with me, the wine industry side, but also made a mess, injured a few fellows, these people crazy, all crazy.”

Zhu Jin wiped his tears with an aggravated look on his face.

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

Zhang Anshi was obviously in a good mood, smilingly looked at him and said: “What’s to be afraid of, you see me outside to catch the rebels, have you ever been afraid? A man is a man, seeking fame, building a career, has long put his life and death at risk, don’t be afraid! ”

Zhu Jin said with a bitter face, “But this is not a long term solution, this production is too limited, only a few thousand bottles a day, can we find a way to increase the production?”

Zhang Anshi, however, said, “Three thousand bottles a day, that’s one hundred thousand bottles a month, isn’t that enough? You think this wine is so easy to make? Our wine …… is not crude, it is nine hundred and eighty-one crafts, all the wine makers, are two hundred and eight years old, very good-looking girls hand-made! Our wine shop, so many rules, in order to provide you with good wine, what the woman who makes wine, come to the menstruation may not work, what if you are pregnant will have to be transferred to ensure that it is to be in the boudoir.”

“And ……” Zhang Anshi said, “They have a special great scholar in the middle of the production process, reading the Poetry and the Spring and Autumn Annals to them, they are listening to the sound of reading aloud eventually brewed! ”

Zhang Anshi said, painfully said: “chaste women, and our ancestors’ culture, the sage’s four books and five sutras, how come you here, so worthless? Not to mention, every bottle of wine, out of the workshop before, there are chicken temple monks to carry out the ceremony of enlightenment, this wine is not enlightenment, how to bring good luck to the drinkers? Can’t let a person’s spirit of dragon and horse, family happiness wine, you sell it, you lack of morality not lack of morality?”

Zhu Jin was directly dumbfounded by what he heard.

The manufacturing of the brewery was an absolute secret that even Zhu Jin did not understand.

When I hear it now, I just think it’s too much of a mystery.

He couldn’t help but murmur, “Dare I say that a few days ago, Your Excellency, you asked me to call up some random old daughters who couldn’t marry, as well as some failed Xiu Cai, and wild monks who couldn’t find a temple to settle down in, and that’s what this is for?”

Seeing Zhang Anshi’s face suddenly darken, Zhu Jin looked like he was suddenly awakened and shivered violently.

He immediately laughed and said, “No, no, no, your lordship you …… are really a great mercy, ah, the little one figured it out, yes, not even a little bit, we sell wine, we have to have a conscience, we can not have our eyes drilled into the eye of money. This wine …… can t be crude. If it is not a chaste woman hand made out, not heard the sound of reading aloud, not opened, such a wine, can give people to drink? The public master is honest and sincere, the small heart only admires.”

Zhang Anshi face finally eased down, and then proudly said, “What’s more, the water we make wine, is a special spring, is my Qixia’s clear spring ……….”

Zhu Jin immediately thought of the well that was dug when he created the wine workshop.

Zhang Anshi continued: “This clear spring, the daily production of water is only so much, we try our best. Three thousand bottles, is 500 boxes, less is less some, but does not matter, the second batch of goods on the market, we can raise prices! This is good, a bottle of ten taels of silver, one step, so that we do not have to scramble.”

“I see many people fighting for this wine, I have a hard time, there are already too many disputes in the world, can’t we just make peace? Now priced at ten taels of silver, at least the people fighting over it will be much less, and the world will be much more peaceful, for the sake of peace in the world, it will have to be so.”

Zhu Jin, on the other hand, frowned with concern and said, “Will ten taels not be sold?”

Zhang Anshi was calm and said, “It depends on the situation, you can sneak out a message to go first.”

Zhu Jin froze, “Letting the news go first?”

Zhang Anshi smiled, “You’ll know if you let it go and try it.”

Zhu Jin didn’t have a better idea, so he didn’t say anything more and nodded his head in response.

………

“Dad, Dad ……”

Zheng Zhi got off the duty.

When I was at the Ministry of Ceremonies today, no one talked about wine, as if that wine, had never been in the capital.

The Ministry of Rites up and down, we are happy, heard that Zheng Chi is well, all come to say goodbye, see Zheng Chi, but also only worry about the country, or talk about poetry, or talk about the wind and moon.

The only thing …… about this wine is that almost everyone avoids it quite tacitly.

Zheng Ci also did not mention it, as if each and every one of them, had reached some kind of agreement in advance.

Zheng Chi returned home, carrying his hands, just came to the middle hall of the home, but heard his son, again hysterical yelling.

He frowned in displeasure, thinking the son hopelessly unstable.

Look at those young people in the Ministry of Rites, which one is not as immovable as a mountain? Even if the house is on fire, as usual, can also talk and laugh, salute as a ritual.

Could this not be your own son?

A thought popped up, causing Zheng Chi to actually linger a bit.

“What again?”

Zheng Zhong is also just back, at this time the face is unable to hide the joy, excitedly said: “up, up, now the outside are with eight taels of silver received.”

Zheng Chi frowned and looked at Zheng Zhong, ”So expensive? If this is the case …… instead …… instead …… you can sell some, you go out and find a few buyers …… ”

Zheng Zhong, however, shook his head like a rattlesnake drum and said sharply, “Father, you’re confused ah, although the outside price of eight taels, but …… in fact, there is no one to sell, fools only sell it!”

Zheng Chi then said suspiciously, “Why is this?”

Zheng Zhong lowered his voice and muttered, saying, “I heard the gossip, absolutely accurate, said that this wine …… Qixia side is going to increase the price, later …… ten taels of silver a bottle.”

Zheng Chi only felt a little dizzy when he heard it.

Ten taels …… That’s a bit cheeky.

A wine at this price would have to be a great wine that has been stored for decades, at least.

Zheng Chi couldn’t help but curse, “That Zhang Anshi, he’s crazy for money.”

“They don’t worry about selling it.” Zheng Zhong said, “I heard that because of the spring water and other factors, the production is very low, almost as if they make a bottle, they can sell it quickly. Those damn crooked merchants out there are only charging eight taels. Father, you wait and see, in a few days, you’ll get ten taels. I heard from the youngest son of Minister Zhao’s family at the end of the street that demand still exceeds supply. His old man is from the Ministry of Public Works, and he is most familiar with the mountains and rivers of the capital, and this good water, but it’s very rare.”

Zheng Chi heard, but said, “Hey, it sounds reasonable …… but always feel where it seems wrong ……”

Zheng Zhong cheerfully said, “Dad, what does he care if he is right or wrong, anyway, …… earn it. I also heard …… that”

Said here, he lowered his voice: “Liu all royal family, some people want to find a way to organize a batch of silk to go, when this charcoal respect, you guess Liu all royal family how to do? Directly this gift, returned.”

“Returned?”

“Dad, you don’t understand, this silk, as long as there is silver, where can’t I buy it? But this wine, you go out to buy look, rare is expensive ah! I also heard that there are a number of merchants selling wine, can not afford to take out to sell, the future of the new goods on the market, but also can only find the Qixia Merchant Bank’s own dealers, if not …… a bottle of wine also do not want to buy.”

The more Zheng Chi listens to the more mysterious, where is this wine, simply …… is the elixir of immortality.

He felt as though something was wrong somewhere though.

But it seems like everyone around me is willing to be happy about it.

His own son, too, seems to be like a baby, and no longer mentioning the expansion of the mansion, he began to talk colorfully about the opening of the light, about the yellow blossom girl concoction, about the Spring and Autumn Annals and the Book of Poetry.

“Listen to this… this wine can grow knowledge?”

Zheng Zhong very seriously said, “Everyone said so, said that the great Confucian to read the four books and five classics, with or elegant sound, a word, a staccato can not be wrong, that read the book of the great Confucian, early in the morning every day, but also have to bathe three times a day, daily shall not eat meat, to light, such a great Confucian …… is very consuming Mind, basically …… have to be short life for ten years.”

The more Zheng Chi thought about it, the less flavorful it became.

But then a voice seemed to come back to him.

It could be true, it is true …… after all …… no one can disprove it.

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

Zheng Chi himself does not know what happened to him, he consciously himself is extremely intelligent people, but on the contrary, this voice in the bottom of his heart, more and more strong.

He doesn’t seem to realize that even someone like him is constantly hypnotizing himself, probably not because he isn’t smart enough, but because …… he really does have a lot of this wine.

Sure enough, Zheng Zhong wasn’t wrong in the slightest.

Early the next morning, people began to buy it for nine taels of silver.

All sorts of rumors and gossip are spreading.

Both those who call it good and those who call it bad seem to be proud to own the town this wine.

And that’s a price that’s getting closer and closer to the price increase on the Sutra side.

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“Your Majesty, Your Majesty ……” Yiluoha entered Zhu Di’s chambers at a brisk pace.

Early in the morning, this is also lost ha will make is combing hair Zhu Di can not help but reveal the color of revulsion.

He raised his head, glanced at Yiluoha, and said: ”Why are you in a hurry, don’t make noise to the Mother ……”

Also lost ha woke up, so tiptoe, quietly to the Zhu Di side, whispered: “Your Majesty, there is news outside the palace …… wine …… are sold out.”

Zhu Di froze. Looking at the copper mirror, increased some of the Chinese hair of their own, Zhu Di was quite a few points of self-pity, as if he began to have signs of aging, the hero is short a few points.

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

Those eyes, looking into the brass mirror, seemed to strike two beams of light.

Zhu Di said, “What’s going on? How can so much wine be sold out, overnight?”

He shouted very loudly.

On the far side of the couch, there was a slight rattling sound, and Zhu realized that he had woken Empress Xu up.

So, not bothering to brush her hair, she cloaked her hair and pulled Yilungha outside the chambers, and with her hands behind her back, she paced under this long corridor: “Speak.”

“Slave girl …… slave girl also don’t understand ah, slave girl if understand, slave girl ……,” also lost ha shame toward his crotch looked at.

Zhu Di frowned: “So fast? The day before yesterday, Zhang Anshi that guy, only sold seven thousand bottles of it, how to turn the eye …… just, ask you also useless, you understand a bird.”

Also lost ha aggrieved said:” slave girl in fact also asked people to inquire, but people and said what Qingquan, and said what Rausch big girl, and what big Confucian …… slave girl very carefully listen, but the more you listen to …… this …… this the more confused ah.”

Zhu Di said, “Call Zhang Anshi to come, immediately call Zhang Anshi, you this guy …… go.”

Yiluoha did not dare to be slow, and went off in haste.

Zhang Anshi heard the summons, but also seems to be ready, clamped a planning book and account book, then immediately into the palace audience.

When he arrived at the Wen Lou, he saw Zhu smiling and looking at himself.

Zhu’s gaze carried the intimacy of an old father looking at his son.

The corners of his mouth were slightly tinged with a light smile, a smile that Zhu rarely revealed; the vast majority of Zhu’s smiles were brash, with no such subtlety.

“Come, come, Zhang Qingjia ah, look at you, I also just call you to come, how do you so anxious, look at you, a sweat, young people, must cherish their own ah, I was young, is not cherish their own body, look at you now ……”

Zhang Anshi said, “Your Majesty’s dragon spirit is still strong, still strong enough to kill me with a single punch.”

“What is this word.” Zhu Di slightly angry: “You are my humerus, how can I spare to beat you to death, in the future you must not say these words again, I love and cherish you are too late.”

For a moment, Zhang Anshi didn’t know how to take it.

If this had been said by his brother-in-law, Zhang Anshi would not have felt any sense of incongruity.

But His Majesty he ……

“Come, give a seat. Oh, give Secretary Zhang a set of tea, he must be thirsty, you slave girls, how can you be so bad at doing things, do you want me to explain everything one by one? What did I say, Secretary Zhang is both an imperial relative and my right-hand man, I know him as a gentleman and a minister, the relationship is extraordinary.”

The eunuchs were scared to death, some serving tea, some handing out water.

Zhang Anshi sat down, a little hairy in his heart, and carefully said, “Minister …… minister ……”

“Rest a break, rest a break, don’t be in a hurry to reply first, I dreamed last night, dreamed of you, think of the beginning of the time, Zhang Qingjia was still young at that time, although only a few years ago, but the past is vivid in my mind ah, the so-called day thought and night dream, I don’t see Zhang Qingjia for a day, it is like three autumns apart.”

Zhang Anshi shivered, “I have an unkind request.”

“Zhang Qing said it, Zhang Qing is aware of it, I always will not refuse Zhang Qingjia.”

Zhang Anshi said; “Can …… you talk properly?”

Zhu Di heard, face pulled down: “into his mother, have to I scolded mother you only comfortable right?”

Zhang Anshi lowered his head in shame.

Although the reality seems to be a little bit guilty, to some extent …… for Zhang Anshi, it really is like this.