Chapter 312;(1/2)
Shining appearance
Liu Qi led the convoy and rushed to the scene. At noon, he finally arrived outside Chang'an City.
"Stop, everyone rests and then goes into the city."
After all the teams stopped, the big bull Agui ran to the front and Agui asked;
"General Secretary Liu, which door should we enter? When we came, the husband told me that we would go around Chang'an City twice before going to the Imperial City to complete the delivery procedures."
Liu Qi thought briefly and replied;
"I will lead a team, enter from Chunming Gate, you and Daniu will lead a team, enter from Yanxing Gate, and then meet at the gate of Zhuque Gate of the Imperial City and go into the Imperial City to unload goods together.
There is no need to delay deliberately. As you walk along the way, many people will naturally know that you have to rush back and don’t delay too long.
The last convoy, when you come, you can stay for a night of rest. Then, let them have a great time driving around the city. We will be the first team, so it is more important to do it."
"Yes, then let's follow the general account. Daniu and I will lead a team."
Liu Qi nodded and got off the carriage. Today he did not wear casual clothes, but was wearing the orthodox sixth-rank official uniform. After getting off the carriage, Liu Qi then ordered;
"Yanxingmen is in the middle. You can take the Eighteen Cars over to make a living, so that the people can see clearly that our Wuliangye is back.
Chunmingmen where I left was a little north. Ten carts of white wine were enough to be dazzling. Okay, please distribute it quickly and set off into the city after that.”
A group of people shouted and shouted, but it took a long time to divide into two teams. Liu Qi led a team and headed straight for Chunmingmen.
The big bull and Agui rode a tall horse, brought eighteen carts of fine wine, entered from Yanxingmen, paid the city entry tax, and marched wildly on the streets of Chang'an City.
The swelling on the big bull's face had not completely disappeared. Looking at the lively scenes on the street, he grinned and felt so painful again. He couldn't help but start to complain about Agui again;
"Look at you that you came up with this bad idea and asked me to be beaten like this, and I'm just a big deal."
Agui immediately retorted;
"Oh, I said my surname is Niu. You have eaten and drunk. Being an old man in a restaurant is more powerful than anyone else and you have a lot of fun. Now I'm talking sarcastic, haven't I been beaten?
My uncle was still pressed to the ground, and I slapped five or six big mouths. When I got home, your sister-in-law even blamed me for being a prodigal son. Why don’t you talk about these things?
Besides, who knows that Old Man Wang has a relationship with the restaurant who is doing odd jobs. If he hadn't reported the news, my uncle would never have known in his life. Can this be my fault? Really?"
The same is true for the big bull. He couldn't blame Agui all and said soft words with a smile;
"Agui, don't be upset. I just said casually. Next time, Old Man Wang's family has any more work, we can't help. This Turtle Sun is just a broken mouth. He either sued this or another. We will ignore him in the future."
"Damn it, this old man, oops, I can't blame them all. Who told us that we were greedy? But then again, we have too much food. We have to eat more than 300 yuan a meal. It would be fine if you Aye didn't get angry to death..."
The big bull said honestly;
That's right? This is the restaurant run by Langjun. They are all from the countryside and from the country villagers, so the price is cheap.
If I switched to Chang'an City, I would probably be able to stand out all the time?
Agui, tell me when will I be the old man again? It’s really satisfying to eat the table on the big table!
I can still remember the scene where we were eating and drinking a lot. We can’t forget that even if we were beaten up, it was worth it.”
The one riding on the horse is expensive, and he keeps nodding, and he also feels it's worth it...
The two were talking, and the people watching on both sides of the road had already followed hundreds of people to watch the fun. A good man shouted;
"Where did you get the wine from the horse riders? How come there is so much?"
Agui was waiting for someone to ask, and immediately grabbed the reins;
"Wow..., this brother invited me and came from Lantian County. This is the Wuliangye liquor handed over to the Ministry of Revenue of the Court, not a turbid wine."
After Agui finished speaking, the people on the street immediately burst into pieces and the nest was blown up on the spot. A woman on the roadside said;
"Oh, look at it, I'll say that Wuliangye will be brought to Chang'an City for sale?"
A man next to the woman kept nodding;
"That's it, that's it, a thousand jin per kilogram, if anyone else would continue to sell..."
The shopkeeper of a restaurant across the street said to the middle-aged man in the rice and grain shop next door;
"Hey, I said Zhou Sanlang, your uncle is a famous wealthy family in Chang'an City. I heard that he has some tricks. He even got five pounds a while ago, but he didn't ask you to eat it?"
Zhou Sanlang from the rice and grain shop returned immediately after a stuttering on his neck;
"Why didn't I eat? I'm just this aunt, and I'm a pretty wife. Of course my uncle wants to ask me to eat it.
But I just ate one of them, and I don’t know how much better it is, it’s so damn strong and spicy, it’s really better than the turbid wines in the past. I don’t know how many times better…”
The restaurant shopkeeper smashed his mouth a few times and said sarcastically;
"It's a pity that a thousand pounds per pound, so the people will never be able to afford it in their entire lives?"
Da Niu was stupid. He listened to the sarcastic words of the restaurant shopkeeper, and wanted to continue a few words, but he didn't know what to say. He was anxious and quickly pulled Agui.
Agui was not vague and opened his voice directly;
"These two brothers have invited me, I'm polite here."
Seeing that the carriage team stopped, the leader came to see the greeting, and quickly stood up straight and replied with a greeting.
Agui smiled and spoke out;
"The two brothers just said that things that the people can't afford is the past. Now my Wuliangye is placed under the Ministry of Revenue and belongs to the government.
Your Majesty now loves the people as much as his son and feels sorry for the people of the world. Because the wine is expensive, he cannot eat such a good wine, so he ordered my county uncle to make it good.
Reduce the cost and increase the amount of alcohol consumption. The court subsidized part of the money, so the price of the Wulang Liquid will be reduced a lot in the future."
The shopkeeper of the restaurant bowed his hand and said something disrespectfully;
"Brother, how much can your spirits be reduced even if the price of wine is reduced?
Is it reduced from one thousand jin per kilogram to one hundred jin per kilogram? Haha, the people still can't afford it. Please forgive me for offending me,
It is reduced to 100% per catty. Except for the rich, which family can afford to eat? Ask the men, women, young and old in Chang'an City, what a family said is the truth?"
As soon as the convoy stopped, more and more people were watching. Strangely, today the convoy that was driving wine almost blocked the entire street.
The military marquis who came out to maintain order in the past have not seen one yet, so of course no one cares about these...
The onlookers all started to scream in groups after hearing the restaurant shopkeeper;
"That's right, let alone one hundred jin per pound, if you lower it to ten jin per pound, we can't afford it?"
"Brother Wang's words are reasonable. Even if he is ten, he will be dead. You can't just lose everything just to have a good meal of wine, right?"
"That's right, unless your strong liquor Wuliangye is reduced to one pound, then you can still ask the people to come and try it..."
"Oh, Liu Balang, you said that I'm in my heart. He dares to lower it to a pound as long as he always has. I can eat him once or twice a year."
Looking at the hundreds of men, women, young and old around him, Agui was very happy. What the husband told him was that he said these words when there were too many people;
"Everyone, fellow villagers, listen to a certain sentence, let's be quiet, let's be quiet."
"The villagers are right. Even if you are ten thousand pounds per pound, you can't afford it. However, my county uncle changed the secret method of brewing in the pre-Qin period, and now the amount of alcohol consumption has increased a lot.
Before, my Wuliangye was not as expensive as that, but only one or two pounds per pound. It was just that I didn’t have enough experience in brewing and couldn’t make a lot of fine wine.
So those who bought wines raised the price and bought them privately. I’m right. Before the New Year, many people bought one pound. But everyone said it was not two pounds per pound?"
A middle-aged man in the crowd said loudly;
Not bad, I bought it once last year, and it was indeed two jin per catty, but your wine is too little and it is not enough to sell it.
Even if we ordinary people make up their minds to buy them once, they have no way and dare not compete with those high-ranking players. It will be extremely difficult to buy them once, so even if you still sell two cents of money, will it not be possible?"
"This brother said it well, but that's the past. At the beginning of this spring, my county uncle rebuilt the Twenty-Eight-Sitting Winemaking Workshop.
The brewing is constantly being done day and night, and it will no longer be lacking. Everyone can buy it to taste it. The key is that my county uncle and the court discussed that the price of Wuliangye should be lower than the previous high-quality turbid wine.
This was well known to everyone before, and now my county uncle has decided to sell a bucket of wine for 7,000.
In this way, can you still accept it? It is so delicious that it is better than the best turbid wine, and the price of the wine is 30% lower. This time, everyone should have nothing to say, right?
First, after the price of wine, it will be 7,000 yuan. Second, if you open your belly, you can buy it.
Please see, in our fleet today, eighteen carts of spirits come.
There is also a convoy in the north, which came in at Chunmingmen. Behind us, there is a convoy on our way. From now on, there will be such a convoy every day, and I am afraid that there will be not enough food to go to Chang'an City?
If this doesn't work, then there's no other way."
Agui finished speaking in a quick and easy manner, and like Li Yu, he put his hands helplessly in his position. Daniu also imitated Agui, then stretched out his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and said;
"That's right, that's not OK, so we won't sell it anymore, no one of you wants to eat it."
This statement immediately caused a considerable sensation, and the crowd immediately started to explode again.
"You guy, don't fool people. How can you do this kind of beauty?"
"That's right, isn't it here to deceive us?"
"Brother, do you take this seriously?"
Agui slapped his chest and made a loud noise;
"Young and young, it's true, and I'm not fooled by the old and the old. If I have a lie, I will definitely be punished by God.
To be continued...