Don’t Show the Son

  Chapter 80 Enduring

  Lin Xiu’s guess was correct. After Lingyin returned to the capital, he lived a life of being squeezed dry every day. Apart from practicing, sleeping, let alone listening to music in Lihuayuan, or developing relationships with Xue Ning'er.

  But it’s useless to cultivate relationships with her now. After all, Lin Xiu’s ability to replicate has reached the upper limit, and everything has to wait for him to break through again, that is, when he saves one hundred thousand taels of silver.

   Half a month later, Li Baizhang came to Lin Mansion.

In Lin Xiu’s study, he placed a small jar of wine in front of Lin Xiu and said, “The thing you made is really magical. As long as a day’s time, those inferior wines that taste as light as water become Very fragrant wine..."

   Lin Xiu asked: "How many stocks do we have now?"

  Since he talked to Li Bozhang about this last time, Li Bozhang has set aside a manor outside his city and built a wine-making workshop. Now, he has some stocks.

   Li Baizhang said: “We brewed our own wine, it will take some time, but I bought two small workshops, you can use the ready-made wine, these days the artisans are busy, it should look like five hundred altars.”

  Liquor is a very daily drink in this world. Five hundred bottles is not enough to sell, but the two of them planned to go high-end from the beginning. In this case, these five hundred bottles are enough to open a store.

  Lin Xiu asked uneasyly, "Your people, are you reliable, if the secret recipe is leaked, we won’t be able to make any money."

  Ordinary distillation equipment does not have much technical content at all. If the technology leaks, this business will not have to be done.

Li Baizhang said: "Don't worry, the craftsmen in the workshop are all my confidants and they are absolutely trustworthy. I have chosen the address of the shop. It is on the street at the gate of the palace. It is the officials and the powerful and powerful. It’s the only way to go, and it will open soon. I came to you this time to discuss the price of wine with you."

He looked at Lin Xiu and said, "I thought about it. Even the broken wine like Zhanyuelou can sell a few taels of silver. Our wine is only sold for a dozen taels, and there is still some loss. Should we raise the price more... "

  Lin Xiu and Li Baizhang discussed the price of wine for a long time, and finally decided on a plan.

  Their wines are not priced uniformly, but tiered.

  The most frequent distillation, the top wine, one hundred taels of silver per jar, a limited supply of 100 jars per month, while stocks last.

After   , according to the number of distillations, the price of wine ranges from twelve to two dozen per jar to meet the needs of different groups of people.

One hundred taels of silver per jar of wine would cost a full one hundred thousand when converted into RMB. This price is far from the famous wines of hundreds of thousands and millions of bottles of later generations, but in this world, it is definitely Sky-high price.

  Even if the rich and powerful are rich, they won’t be so frenzied to spend a hundred taels of silver on a jar of wine.

  But these expensive wines were originally regarded as the treasures of the town shop, and they were forced to raise the shop floor.

  If you think it’s expensive, there is still a jar of twelve taels of silver. This wine has also been distilled several times. In terms of aroma and taste, it is not comparable to other wines. In terms of quality, it is absolutely worth twelve taels of silver.

  A few days later, a wine shop called "Hongniju" quietly opened in the capital.

  This restaurant is located on the main street of the capital, close to the gate of the palace. It is the only way for officials and dignitaries to go to court.

  The Daxia court has twenty-four divisions, which are in charge of the affairs of the central government. Every five days, your majesty will hold a court meeting. Matters that cannot be decided by the ministers can be raised at the court meeting and discussed by all officials.

  The meeting begins at the time of the meeting. Under normal circumstances, it will last for an hour.

  Actually, the meeting time was very early, but after the enthronement, the present-day His Majesty delayed the meeting by two hours. This thoughtful act was highly praised by the officials.

  Before, they had to get up before dawn, and they didn’t even have time for breakfast.

  It’s fine now. You can sleep until you wake up. After breakfast, you can walk slowly to the gate of the palace. See the time, it will be a while before the morning.

  Of course, everyone knows that your Majesty’s delay in the early court is not sympathetic to hundreds of officials, but he can’t get up in the morning.

  He postponed the morning time by two hours, just to sleep with the concubine for a while in the morning.

  This point, Baiguan knew well, and they didn't dare to break it.

  After the court meeting, it was lunch time. The officials and dignitaries went out of the palace and either went home for lunch, or three or five friends looked for a restaurant, had a few drinks, or returned home, or went back to the yamen.

  The imperial court does not strictly prohibit the officials from drinking, as long as the drunk that does not drink appears at the yamen, the gathering after the imperial meeting has become a long-established habit of officials.

  As soon as it was noon today, the officials who had left the morning dynasty came out one after another from the palace gate.

   "Several adults, today noon, pick up the moon tower, this official treats you, everyone must enjoy your face."

   "Hey, Lord Wang had a treat last time, this time it's the official's turn, right?"

  "Don’t fight, for today’s meal, I’m here to invite..."

  ...

  Out of the palace gate, the officials gathered in twos and threes. They walked and talked and laughed. They were mostly discussing where to eat today. When they walked somewhere on the side of the street, someone's footsteps suddenly stopped.

   A look of doubt appeared on his face, he looked around, and muttered: "Strange, what smells so fragrant?"

  On the street, someone soon discovered the source of the fragrance.

   "It seems to smell like wine."

   "Fart, there are countless wine tastings by the official, there can be no such fragrant wine in the world."

   "There is a wine shop in front, and the aroma seems to be coming from there."

  "Go, go over and take a look, the official needs to see and see, what kind of wine is so fragrant, and all the horrors of the official are hooked out."

  ...

  The scent from that wine shop was so attractive that several officials were attracted and couldn't help but walk into this wine shop called "Red Niju".

On the left side of the plaque of the wine shop, there is also a line of poems.

  "Green Ant New Mojito, Red Clay Small Stove.

  If you come to the sky in the evening, can you drink a cup? "

  This is obviously the source of the name of the restaurant. I have to say that although this poem is short and simple, but it has a deep and deep taste, people can't help but give birth to the idea of ​​inviting three or five friends to have a drink.

  A few people walked into the wine shop. In the wine shop, the waiter had already walked forward with a tray and smiled and said: “This is the new wine in our shop. Several guests can taste it at will.”

  On the tray in the hands of the waiter, there are several wine glasses, and the glass is clear and transparent.

  Someone exclaimed: "It's really wine!"

The few officials present were all from well-known families. They had never drunk any good wine, but it was the first time they saw such a rich wine. Some could not help picking up a wine glass and drank the wine in one go. , And then he was speechless for a long time.

  The taste of this wine is extremely spicy. It is the strongest wine he has ever drunk in his life, but the aftertaste is sweet and mellow, and the aftertaste is long. It is a pity that this wine glass is too small and he just tasted the taste, but the wine glass is already empty.

  He stretched out his hand for the second glass, and the waiter apologized and said, "I'm sorry, the guest, this is a sample of wine for the guests. Each person can only drink one glass."

  Someone joked: "Master Liu, your family is not short of money, how can you even take advantage of other small wine shops..."

  The official laughed and said, “It’s fine, this wine is indeed a rare treasure. Give the official a bottle, and the official wants to taste enough!"

  The waiter brought a jar of wine and said, "Guest, your wine, one hundred taels."

  The official looked at the small wine jar in his hand, and he was not convinced: "How much do you say?"

  The messenger repeated: "This wine is the top wine in the shop, one hundred taels of silver per jar."

  The official said angrily: "One hundred two a jar of wine, why don't you grab it?"

  One hundred taels is nothing to him. One hundred taels can be used to buy a jar of wine unless he is crazy. Although this wine is indeed an unprecedented good wine, it is not worth the price.

At this time, the waiter patiently said: "The guest officer has misunderstood. This top-notch fairy drunk is extremely difficult to brew, and the quantity is limited. The small shop only sells a hundred altars each month, first come first served, sold out. That said, if you think it’s expensive, you can take a look at the ones here. There are fifty-two one altar, thirty-two one altar, twenty-two one altar and twelve one altar. You can taste all of them..."

   Strange to say, the official was still very angry when he first heard that the wine was sold for one hundred and two a bottle.

  But when he heard that this wine is only sold for 100 bottles a month, he felt that the price did not seem to be excessive.

  After all, the scarcity is the most expensive, and the king has no shortage of people who are willing to spend a hundred taels of silver to buy this kind of wine.

   But he was still curious in his heart, and said, "I want to see what is so extraordinary about your wine here, it is so expensive..."

  He walked to the side of several other waiters and tasted the wine in each tray, and then he realized that the wine here is so expensive, and there is no reason.

   Twelve taels of silver and a jar of wine, he also drank it in the Zhaiyue Tower, but compared with the twelve silver jars of wine here, it can't be regarded as wine at all.

After tasting a cup, he found that the wine of twenty taels of silver was stronger and more mellow than the one of ten taels of silver. The one of thirty taels of silver was better, and the one of hundred taels of silver, It is simply the best of the wines, and the quality is more than that of other wines.

  At this time, he no longer felt that a hundred taels of silver was expensive.

He was thinking about another thing. This wine only sells a hundred altars a month. People who are good at wine in the capital do not know how many, and those who can afford this hundred taels of silver are quite a lot, a mere one hundred altars. It's not enough. If you start slower, it may be gone.

   Thinking of this, he immediately said to the waiter: "One hundred taels of silver and one altar, two altars for the official, no, three altars..."

  The waiter shook his head again, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, the guest officer, a hundred taels of silver and an altar of immortal drunk, each person can only purchase one altar."

  The official frowned, and said displeased: "Why can you only buy one altar, do you think the official can't afford it?"

  The waiter hurriedly said: "The guest officer, don't get me wrong, this is the rule set by our shopkeeper, and we can't help it."

  The official said impatiently: "What **** rules, where is your shopkeeper, call him out."

  His voice fell, and a figure walked out from the back hall, looking at him calmly, and asked: "Oh, Lord Liu, do you have any comments on the rules set by the king?"

   "Qin, His Royal Highness King Qin!"

   "See His Royal Highness King Qin for the lower officials!"

  Looking at the figure walking out from the back hall, everyone stood still.

  Several officials did not expect that this shop was actually the property of the Prince of Qin. When they saw Li Baizhang, they came forward to meet the courtesy. The officials who could see the court were not of low grade, so they naturally recognized the Prince of Qin.

The official surnamed Liu even complained in his heart and hurriedly said, "No, there is no opinion. The lower officials thought that the rules set by His Royal Highness King Qin are too good. The wine is limited, but there are many people who drink well, so they can only make this rule. In order to let more people taste this kind of wine, Your Highness is wise..."

  A moment later, when several people walked out of the shop, everyone was carrying a jar of wine in their hands.

  One hundred taels of silver and one jar.

  In fact, some people didn't want to buy it, but everyone else bought it, but they didn't buy it. Wouldn't it be set off to not take care of His Royal Highness King Qin's business and can only buy it with pain.

  Fortunately, this wine is indeed the best, even if it’s spent once, it’s worth it...

  They just left, and another group of officials also passed by the entrance of the wine shop.

  Someone paused and asked in doubt: "Hey, what smells so fragrant?"

  Another person found the source of the fragrance, pointed to the wine shop next to him, and said: "Go, go in and take a look..."

  Not long, they also walked out of the shop with a wine jar with a bitter expression...

  Then the next batch.

  ...

  Lin Xiu was sitting in the back hall of the wine shop, quickly counting the bank notes with her fingers, and sighed in her heart that it was a very wise decision to find Li Baizhang for cooperation.

  As the prince, he doesn’t have to do anything, just sitting in the shop is enough.

As long as the officials and nobles who are attracted to the shop by the fragrance of wine, whoever meets him shall not give him three points. Although King Qin is not a prince, he has no sense of existence in the court, but who is the mother of his majesty's favorite concubine? This Some face is still to be given.

  This also led to the extremely high retention rate of wine shops, but those who walked in did not go out empty-handed.

  Furthermore, when Li Baizhang appeared, he sat down on the first day. This is the property of the Prince Qin’s mansion, and it has completely eliminated the idea of ​​some people wanting to move their minds.

  As the boss behind the scenes, Lin Xiu doesn't have to worry about anything, as long as she sits and counts the money.

There is a stable, long-term and profitable business, but he has to make more money than he made ice, find people, and do secret investigations. No wonder so many people squeeze their heads and want to be capitalists. The money they made just a few years ago was ordinary. The wage earners who have worked without food or drink for thousands of years may not be able to catch up with them.

  Today is the first day of the opening of the new store, but Lin Xiu and Li Baizhang did not expect it.

As the saying goes, the aroma of wine is not afraid of the deep alleys. Their wine is not only fragrant, but the alleys are not deep. They are also on the most prosperous main road at the gate of the palace. King Qin himself sits in the town. There are about 20 officials, whether it is willing or not. I wish, when I left the shop, I bought a jar of wine.

  In the afternoon, the customer flow of the store began to surge.

Those who came here to buy wine were not from the So-and-So Hou’s Mansion, or the So-and-So Gong’s Mansion. Those 100 jars of top-quality wine were sold out in just half an hour, and the latecomers had no choice but to buy five. Ten two thirty two in one altar...

  In the end, even a jar of twelve silver jars of the lowest-quality wine was robbed. There were still many butlers and servants of the powerful and official's queuing outside the door, and they were disappointed in the end.

  In the beginning, everyone was looking after King Qin’s face before they came to take care of the business of the shop.

  In the future, the business of the wine shop got better and better, relying only on the quality of the wine.

When the last jar of wine was sold out, Lin Xiu and Li Baizhang closed the store door and stared at the full box of silver tickets and silver coins in front of them. Only those 100 jars of top immortals who were drunk could sell them for ten thousand taels. Even worse, it adds up to fifteen thousand taels. After deducting all costs, the net profit is definitely not less than twenty thousand taels.

  And this is just a day’s profit.

  Although half of the workshop’s inventory was consumed on this day, the workshops outside the city have begun to operate normally and can continuously supply the shops. It won’t be long before Lin Xiu can earn enough for a small goal.

  One hundred thousand taels of silver is just a small goal.

  Under normal circumstances, he would only earn so much if he didn’t eat or drink, made ice for a year for the Zhaiyue Tower, or met a hundred rich women like Chen Yuanyuan...

  ...

  Alternative Art Institute.

  In the small courtyard belonging to Zhao Lingyin alone, in the room, Zhao Lingyin and Lin Xiu sat cross-legged on the bed of Xuanbing. At a certain moment, she opened her eyes and looked at Lin Xiu and asked, "Why are you so long today?"

  　 Thanks to the leader of "Top of the First World" for the reward. He is a new leader who has never seen before, thank you!

  (End of this chapter)