Carefree Prince In Tang Dynasty

At lunch that day, Li Xin had only half a fish in his bowl. It is said that Wang Gui specifically confessed to the kitchen to do this, saying that the remaining half will be served when the prince wants to eat in the evening. Li Xin held a piece of chopsticks and fish with a speechless expression on his face, and thought as he put it in his mouth: "Damn, my Royal Highness of Chu is so poor that I need to cut down on food and clothing? It seems that the money must be spent, or even It’s too miserable to eat a fish in two meals, right? What's the point of being a prince?"

Two days later, the two blacksmiths asked to see Li Xin as scheduled. Li Xin was very excited to meet the two people outside the kitchen, his eyes went over their shoulders and landed on the cart behind them. Some things were placed on the pallet, covered with tarp, only the outline could be seen.

"The prince's things have been made, please have a look at the prince." The two said respectfully.

Li Xin nodded and walked to the side of the wagon, lifted the tarpaulin covering it, and the iron tools under the tarpaulin were displayed in front of him. He picked up an iron pipe and looked left and right, and nodded in satisfaction. The two blacksmiths were really skillful, and they were able to create such a suitable iron sheet without the assistance of a punching machine, and rolled the iron sheet into the kind of iron sheet that Li Xin wanted. It seemed to have a good airtightness and should be able to be used. .

"Not bad, not bad, very good. Wang Gui, everyone has always rewarded money!" Li Xin waved his hand and generously offered a large reward.

The two blacksmiths did not expect to get a consistent reward by hitting a set of pots and a few iron pipes. They almost fainted on the spot. The eyebrows and eyes were full of joy, and they quickly thanked them: "Thank you, the lord for the reward, thank you, the lord for the reward!"

Li Xin smiled and waved his hands, carefully inspecting the other parts.

The only person present who didn't seem so happy was Wang Gui.

Without expression, he took out two silver pancakes from his pocket, divided them one by one to the two blacksmiths, and then watched them leave thankfully. After that, he showed a bitter face and looked at Li Xin who seemed to be excited as if he had gotten a new toy, and silently calculated in his heart where the two sets of money should be retrieved.

"Lord, you really can't be so generous!" Wang Gui sighed in a low voice. However, lamenting and lamenting, even if he had any comments on the lavish behavior of the prince just now, he would never say it in front of outsiders, so as not to lose the face of the prince, this is the duty of the servant.

Li Xin was amused by the pitiful expression on Wang Gui's face, and said: "Okay, don't feel bad. When you see how powerful this thing is, you will feel that the reward for two tiers is really not much! "

Wang Gui expressed doubts about this. However, his prince was already busy assembling these things, and he couldn't help, so he didn't say more, and silently stepped back to work on other things.

When it was close to dusk, a maid came to Wang Gui and said, "Housekeeper, the prince wants you to go to the kitchen to find him." Wang Gui put down what he was holding and hurried to the kitchen.

When Li Xin saw Wang Gui, he immediately beckoned with a smile, and sent a bowl of scented liquid to Wang Gui, and said, "Try it."

His own prince would definitely not poison himself, Wang Gui did not hesitate, and immediately picked up the bowl of wine and smelled it. The strong aroma of wine entered his lungs along his nose, making him refreshed and happy. He looked at Li Xin in surprise and asked: "Is the prince made this? Use that pot?"

Li Xin nodded and urged: "Drink quickly, drink quickly."

Wang Gui was not polite. He raised his head and drank a big gulp, his face flushed immediately, and he exclaimed, "Good wine!" He has always liked spirits, so he can just drink three or five catties casually. Down, but the sip he drank just now was more vigorous than any other wine he had drunk before. Compared with it, I am afraid that most of the spirits on the market now can only be regarded as clear water with some alcoholic taste.

Li Xin laughed. He knew that Wang Gui, who was accustomed to drinking wine from the Tang Dynasty, would get embarrassed when he drank the famous Erguotou for the first time, so he urged Wang Gui to drink like that, which was a small prank.

"How is it? It tastes good?" Li Xin asked with a smile.

Wang Gui suffocated the rest of the wine in the bowl, and then let out a breath: "Good wine! It is the best wine I have ever drunk in my life."

Li Xin gave a thumbs up and praised: "Tasteful!"

That's right, in fact, what Li Xin asked the two blacksmiths to build was a simple device for distilling alcohol. After he assembled it, he sent someone to the wine shop outside to buy two or three buckets of wine, distilled it twice, and got the legendary Erguotou.

If it were not that the quality of the original wine was not high, Li Xin would not have time to cellar the wine well and wait for it to mature, and he would be able to make wine with a more perfect taste and flavor.

"Do you think that if I sell this wine, how much is it appropriate?" Li Xin asked with a smile.

Wang Gui thought for a while to answer: "At least eight or nine pennies per bucket."

Li Xin patted Wang Gui on the shoulder, and said triumphantly: "Do you still think I am rewarding the two blacksmiths too much?" Wang Gui's price is about the same as Li Xin expected. According to his estimation, the simple Erguotou he made cost about eight bucks per fight, but the cost was no more than 500 wen, which was simply a huge profit.

Wang Gui said convincingly: "Not much, not much. The prince thought, I really can't keep up with the horse."

This flattering made Li Xin feel comfortable, and even the exhaustion of a busy afternoon disappeared.

"Looking back, you can find out where there is a poorly managed wine shop in Chang'an City. If you buy it at a low price, you can find a blacksmith to play a few more sets of this distillation pot. It is easy to produce dozens of buckets of wine every day." , Said, "You can earn at least a few hundred guanxi a day, which is enough for our royal residence."

"Wang Ye wants to manage this wine by himself?" Wang Gui asked.

Li Xinbai glanced at him and said, "Yeah, otherwise I have worked so hard to create this thing. Is it possible that I want to give it to someone else to run it?"

Wang Gui hurriedly said: "I didn't mean that. I mean, this wine is really good. We are afraid that we can't afford such a big business in the Royal Mansion of Chu alone."

Li Xin frowned and asked, "Why?"

Wang Gui smiled bitterly: "These big restaurants in Chang'an are supported by big families. The wine tastes great. Once it is released for sale, it will definitely impact their business. At that time, they will be absolutely jealous. It would be very difficult to hug the group to deal with the prince."

Li Xin originally thought that he was backed by Li Shimin behind him, and he himself was an extremely noble prince, which was enough to support his ambition to monopolize the Chang'an wine industry. Now hearing what Wang Gui said, it doesn't seem to be the case.

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