Don’t Show the Son

Lin Xiu's guess was right. After Lingyin returned to the capital, he lived a life of being exhausted every day. Apart from practicing, he was sleeping, let alone going to Lihuayuan to listen to music, or to cultivate a relationship with Xue Ning'er.

But it's useless to develop a relationship with her now, after all, the number of abilities Lin Xiu copied has reached the upper limit, and everything has to wait for him to break through again, that is, when he saves up to 100,000 taels of silver.

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

In Lin Xiu's study, he put a small altar of wine in front of Lin Xiu, and said, "The thing you made is really miraculous. In just one day, those bad wines that taste as light as water will become Great tasting wine..."

Lin Xiu asked, "How much inventory do we have now?"

Since he talked about this with Li Bozhang last time, Li Bozhang has set aside a manor outside his city and specially built a winemaking workshop. Now, there are already some stocks.

Li Baizhang said: "It will take some time for us to brew our own wine, but I have bought two small workshops and can use ready-made wine. After the craftsmen are busy these days, there should be about 500 altars."

Alcohol is a very common drink in this world, and 500 jars of wine are not enough to sell, but the two of them planned to take the high-end route from the beginning. In this case, these 500 jars of wine are enough for the store to open.

Lin Xiu asked again worriedly, "Your people are all reliable, if the secret recipe is leaked out, we won't be able to make any money."

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

Li Baizhang said: "Don't worry, the craftsmen in the workshop are all my confidantes and they are absolutely trustworthy. I have already chosen the address of the shop. It is on the street at the gate of the palace. It is the only way to go, and it will open in a few days, 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 Zayuelou can be sold for a few taels of silver, but our wine is only sold for ten taels, which is still a bit of a loss, should we increase the price... ..."

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

Their wines are not priced uniformly, but graded.

The most distilled, the most top-notch wine, one hundred taels of silver per jar, a limited supply of one hundred jars per month, while stocks last.

Afterwards, according to the number of distillations, the price of wine ranges from ten taels to dozens of taels per jar to meet the needs of different groups of people.

A bottle of wine of one hundred taels of silver costs a full hundred thousand in RMB. This price is still far from that of later generations of famous wine that can easily be hundreds of thousands or millions of bottles, but in this world, it is definitely sky-high price.

Even if the dignitaries are rich, they will not be so mad that they spend a hundred taels of silver on a jar of wine.

But these expensive wines were originally regarded as the treasure of the store, in order to raise the store's standard.

If you think it is expensive, there is still ten taels of silver for a jar. This kind of wine has been distilled several times. In terms of aroma and taste, it is not comparable to other wines. In terms of quality alone, it is definitely worth ten taels of silver.

A few days later, a restaurant named "Red Niju" quietly opened in the capital.

This restaurant is located on the main street of Wangdu, near the palace gate, and it is the only way for officials and dignitaries to go to court.

There are twenty-four divisions in the Great Xia court, which are in charge of all affairs in the court. Every five days, His Majesty will hold a court meeting. Matters that cannot be decided by the officials of each division can be raised at the court meeting and discussed by all officials.

The court meeting starts at Si time, and usually lasts for an hour.

In fact, the time for the court meeting was very early, but after His Majesty ascended the throne, he delayed the court meeting for two hours. This considerate move won the praise of the officials.

In the past, when they went to court, they had to get up before dawn, and they didn't even have time to enjoy breakfast.

It's all right now, I can sleep until I wake up, eat breakfast, and then walk slowly to the gate of the palace, look at the time, it's still a while before morning.

Of course, everyone also knew that His Majesty's delay in the morning court was not because of his sympathy for the officials, but because he himself could not get up in the morning.

He postponed the morning time by two hours just to sleep a little longer in the morning with the concubine.

All officials are well aware of this point, and dare not point it out.

After the court meeting, it happened to be lunch time. Officials and dignitaries went out of the palace. They would either go home for lunch, or find a restaurant with their friends to have a few drinks, or go home, or go back to the Yamen.

The imperial court did not strictly prohibit officials from drinking alcohol, as long as they did not drink and showed up in the yamen when they were drunk, the small gatherings after court meetings had become a long-standing habit of officials.

Just at noon today, the officials who had left the early court came out of the palace gate one after another.

"My lords, at noon today, I will treat you to the Yueyue Building. Please respect me."

"Hey, it was Master Wang's treat last time, so it's my turn this time?"

"Stop arguing, all of you, I'm here to invite you for today's meal..."

...

After leaving the palace gate, the officials gathered in twos and threes, chatting and laughing as they walked, most of them were discussing where to eat today, when they walked to a certain place on the street, someone's footsteps suddenly stopped.

Doubt appeared on his face, he looked left and right, and murmured: "Strange, what smells so good?"

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

"It seems to smell like wine."

"Fart, I have tasted countless wines, it is impossible to have such fragrant wines in the world."

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

"Go, go over and have a look, I want to see and see, what kind of wine is so fragrant, it hooks all the gluttons out of me."

...

The scent coming out of that wine shop was so enticing that several officials were attracted and couldn't help but walked into this wine shop called "Red Mud House".

On the left side of the plaque in the restaurant, there is a line of poems.

"Green Ant New Brewed Wine, Red Clay Small Stove.

It's like snow in the evening, can you have a drink? "

This is obviously the source of the name of the restaurant. I have to say that although this poem is simple and short, it is full of emotion and flavor. After reading it, people can't help but have the idea of ​​inviting friends to have a drink.

A few people walked into the restaurant. In the restaurant, a waiter had already stepped forward with a tray, and said with a smile: "This is the new wine fairy drunk in our store. The guests can taste it at will."

On the tray in the waiter's hand, there were several wine glasses, which contained clear and transparent wine.

Someone exclaimed: "It's really wine!"

The few officials present were all from famous families. They had never drunk any good wine, but it was the first time they saw such a rich wine. Some people could not help but pick up a wine glass and drank the wine in the glass. , Then he was speechless for a long time.

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

He reached out to grab a second glass, but the waiter apologized and said, "Sorry, sir, this is a wine sample for guests to taste, and each person can only drink one glass."

Someone beside him laughed and said: "Master Liu, your family is not short of money, why do you even want to take advantage of other small restaurants..."

The official laughed and said: "That's all, this wine is indeed a rare treasure, bring me an altar, and I will drink it all at once!"

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

The official looked at the small wine jar in his hand, and said uncertainly, "How much did you say?"

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

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

One hundred taels is nothing to him, he can buy a jug of wine with one hundred taels, unless he is crazy, although this wine is indeed the best wine he has ever seen, but it is not worth the price.

At this time, the waiter said patiently: "The guest officer has misunderstood. This kind of top-notch immortal drunk is extremely difficult to brew, and the quantity is limited. The store only sells a hundred jars per month. First come first served, sold out. That’s right, if you think it’s expensive, you can take a look at the ones here, there are also fifty taels, thirty taels, twenty taels and ten taels, you can try them all..."

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

But when he heard that this kind of wine was only sold for a hundred jars a month, he felt that the price didn't seem too exorbitant.

After all, scarcity is the most precious thing, and there is no shortage of people in the capital who are willing to spend a hundred taels of silver for this kind of wine.

But he was still curious, and said: "I want to see what's so special about your wine here that it's so expensive..."

He walked to several other waiters, tasted the wine in each tray, and then he realized that there was a reason why the wine here was so expensive.

He also drank the ten taels of silver a jar of wine in Zayue Tower, but compared with the ten taels of silver a jar of wine here, it was not considered wine at all.

After tasting it cup by cup, he found that the wine priced at twenty taels of silver was stronger and more mellow than the wine at ten taels of silver, and the wine at thirty taels of silver was even better, while the wine at one hundred taels of silver was It is simply the best of the wines, and the quality is more than a notch higher than the rest of the wines.

At this moment, he no longer felt that one hundred taels of silver was expensive.

What he was thinking about was another thing, this wine only sells a hundred jars a month, there are countless wine lovers in the capital, and there are quite a few who can afford this one hundred taels of silver, just a hundred jars, It's not enough at all, if you start slowly, it may be gone.

Thinking of this, he immediately said to the waiter: "One hundred taels of silver per jar, give me two jars, no, three jars..."

The waiter shook his head again, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, guest officer, each person can only buy one jar for one hundred taels of silver per jar."

The official frowned and said displeasedly: "Why can I only buy one jar? Do you think I can't afford it?"

The waiter hurriedly said: "Guest officer, don't misunderstand, this is the rule set by our shopkeeper, and there is nothing we can do about it."

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

After he finished speaking, a figure came out from the back hall, looked at him calmly, and asked, "Oh, Lord Liu, do you have any opinion on the rules set by this king?"

"Qin, Your Highness King Qin!"

"Your Majesty sees His Royal Highness King Qin!"

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

Several officials did not expect that this shop was actually the property of Prince Qin's mansion. Seeing Li Baizhang, they all came forward to pay respects. Officials who can meet the court meeting are not of low grade, so they naturally recognize King Qin.

The official surnamed Liu complained even more, and hurriedly said: "No, I have no objection, I think that the rules set by His Highness King Qin are too good, and the wine is limited, but there are many people who love wine, so we have to set this rule. Only then can more people taste this fine wine, Your Highness is wise..."

After a while, when a few people came out of the shop, everyone was holding a jug of wine in their hands.

One hundred taels of silver per pot.

In fact, some people didn't want to buy it at first, but everyone else bought it, but they didn't buy it. Isn't it because they didn't take care of His Highness King Qin's business, so they could only reluctantly buy it.

Fortunately, this wine is indeed top-quality, even if it costs one time, it is worth it...

Just as they left, another group of officials also passed by the entrance of the restaurant.

Someone stopped in his footsteps and asked doubtfully, "Hey, why does it smell so good?"

Another person discovered the source of the fragrance, pointed to the nearby wine shop, and said, "Come on, go in and have a look..."

Not long after, they also held a wine jar, and walked out of the shop with bitter faces...

Then comes the next batch.

...

Lin Xiu sat in the back hall of the restaurant, quickly counting the bank notes with her fingers, and sighed in her heart, it was a very wise decision to cooperate with Li Baizhang in the first place.

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

Anyone who is attracted to the store by the smell of wine must not give him a three-point face. Although King Qin is not a prince and has no sense of presence in the court, who makes his mother the most beloved concubine of his majesty? Save face, I still have to give it.

This also led to the extremely high retention rate of the restaurant, but no one who walked in would leave empty-handed.

Moreover, the appearance of Li Baizhang was confirmed on the first day. This is the property of Prince Qin's mansion, which completely eliminates the idea of ​​someone trying to make a fool of himself.

As the boss behind the scenes, Lin Xiu doesn't have to worry about anything, she just needs to sit and count the money.

There is a stable, long-term and profitable business, which can make more money than he did in ice making, people hunting, and secret investigation. No wonder so many people are trying to become capitalists. The money they made a few years ago is ordinary The wage-earners in China have worked without food or drink for thousands of years, and they may not be able to catch up with them.

Today is the first day of opening of the new store, and the result is not what Lin Xiu and Li Baizhang expected.

As the saying goes, the fragrance of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley. Not only is their wine fragrant, but the alley is not deep, and it is on the most prosperous main road at the gate of the palace. King Qin personally sits in the town, and there are about twenty officials, whether they are willing or not. Wish, when I left the shop, I bought a jar of wine.

In the afternoon, the store's passenger flow began to surge.

Those who come here to buy wine are either the mansion of a certain marquis or the mansion of a certain man. The hundred altars of top-notch fine wine are sold out in just half an hour. Twelve, thirty-two, and one altar...

In the end, not even a jar of the lowest-quality wine, worth ten taels of silver, was robbed, and there were still many servants of the housekeepers of the dignitaries and officials who lined up outside the door, and they could only return disappointed.

If we say that at the beginning, everyone came to take care of the business of the store because of King Qin's face.

Then in the end, the business of the wine store 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, staring at the whole box of banknotes and silver taels in a daze. Only those one hundred jars of top immortal drunk could sell for 10,000 taels of silver. The ones that are slightly worse add up to 15,000 taels. After deducting all costs, the net profit will definitely not be less than 20,000 taels.

And this is just one day's profit.

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

One hundred thousand taels of silver happened to be a small goal.

Under normal circumstances, he would only earn so much if he would not eat or drink, make ice for the Yueyue Tower for a year, or meet a hundred rich women like Chen Yuanyuan...

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School of different arts.

In Zhao Lingyin's small courtyard, in the room, Zhao Lingyin and Lin Xiu sat cross-legged on the Xuanbing bed facing each other. At a certain moment, she opened her eyes with doubts in her eyes, looked at Lin Xiu and asked, "Why did you last so long today?"

Thanks to the leader of "Top of the World" for the reward, it is a new leader that I have never seen before, thank you!