The night is quiet, the wind is cool, and there is the fragrance of flowers.

In the study room of Huo Mansion, Huo Xi, the head of the Huo family, sat at the tea table with a dry cigarette in his mouth.

A maid next to him lit the tobacco leaves in the pot with a fire stick. He took a deep breath and then exhaled a long line of white mist.

Sitting opposite him was his nephew, Huo Chuanming, the general magistrate of Guangling.

"He didn't even sell the wine. Tell me...then what does Li Chenan mean?"

"Back to my uncle, I think one is that he doesn't have the money to expand the business, and the other is that the Shen family has issued a warning to all grain merchants in Guangling City not to sell grain to him."

"Of course, his tavern sells ten kilograms of wine every day, which does not require much food. He can also secretly buy it from some small vendors. But if he wants to grow bigger, it is absolutely impossible, so his painting screen Spring will not pose any threat to our Guanglingsan."

Huo Xi took another puff of cigarette, and the smoke blurred his old face.

He squinted his eyes, looked out the window, and asked after a moment: "Shen Qianshan... Shen Qianshan has done a good job in these years. But in Guangling City, he still can't control all the grain merchants, such as His old enemy Cai Zhengyao."

"Uncle, Shen Qiaoxi mentioned that Cai Zhengyao went to that tavern, and my nephew also sent someone to check it out. It is true that Cai Zhengyao went to his tavern to drink in the past few days."

"But... Cai Zhengyao's business in Guangling City is quite big. I guess he can't afford the dozens of kilograms of grain that Li Chenan needs."

"Even if he can get in, it doesn't matter if he really cooperates with Li Chenan."

"As long as Shen Qianshan manages this year's Jiangnan autumn grain harvest, Cai Zhengyao's business will have no supply of goods. By then, it will be too late for him to protect himself, let alone sell grain to Li Chenan."

"Well," Huo Xi nodded and asked again, "Has Mr. Cheng Guogong left?"

"Back to uncle, I heard from Zhongli Qiuyang that Duke Cheng Guo will probably stay in Guangling City for three to five days."

"Say... It's been five or six days since Cheng Guogong brought his grandson Cheng Zhe to Zhongli Mansion to propose marriage. Why haven't you heard any news?"

"Well... after all, the third Miss Zhongli has a tough temper. She shouldn't like Mr. Cheng either, otherwise she wouldn't have engaged in the matter of recruiting a son-in-law with literature."

"This is obviously a loss of face for Mr. Cheng Guogong. It is normal that no news has spread."

Huo Xi took another puff of cigarette. The tobacco leaves in the pot had burned out. He turned the pot over, tapped his heel, and handed the tobacco stem to the maid behind him.

"This is still a bit strange. I'm thinking that since Duke Cheng has arrived in Guangling City, the Huo family should pay him a visit. After all, Duke Cheng's Palace, one of the five major palaces, still has great influence in our country of Ning."

"Ming Yang has a close relationship with the Duke of Luo in Kyoto, but if he can get closer to the Duke of Cheng, it will be somewhat helpful to his career."

"But I asked the chief steward to send the greeting card to Zhongli Mansion... He didn't send it out. He didn't even see Cheng Guogong."

"It has been said that Duke Cheng Guo has been in Guangling City for a few days, and he has been living in Zhongli Mansion without even leaving the house... What does this mean?"

Huo Chuanming thought for a while, "Maybe he is talking to Zhongli Su about the marriage, or maybe my nephew is trying to find out what Zhongli Qiuyang says someday."

"Well," Huo Xi nodded, "Zhongli's Mansion is too high, and Duke Cheng's Mansion is too high. If they really get married... it will put a huge pressure on Duke Luo's Mansion."

"Fortunately, the third lady of the Zhongli Mansion has no intention of doing this. This is actually a good thing. Let's not talk about it anymore. After all, the current strength of the Huo Mansion is still far behind them."

Huo Xi picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and asked Huo Chuanming another question:

"Has Mr. Hua Man Ting Hua left Guangling City?"

"Hua Lao has left Guangling City for Kyoto today. Liu Zuo saw him off personally."

Huo Xi pondered for a moment and then nodded. He sat up straight on his chair and said, "Then let's wait until Duke Cheng Guo leaves Guangling City, and then... I will make Hua Pingchun's brewing method."

"My nephew knows!"

"Also, although it's only the end of March, Shen Qianshan must be told to pay close attention to the autumn grain in Jiangnan. There must be no mistakes in that matter!"

"Write two letters, one to Lao Wu in Huyin County and one to Lao Ba in Yi County. These two counties are major grain-producing counties in the south of the Yangtze River. Tell them to keep an eye on it."

"In addition, I also got news that Mr. Cao's daughter from Jiangnan Weaving Co., Ltd. happens to be a hairpin. The meaning of fame is that... I am asked to go to Pingjiang to propose marriage to Huo Zigui."

"Please prepare some more gifts in the next few days, and I will bring them to you when the time comes."

Huo Chuanming's eyes suddenly lit up. Although Jiangnan Weaving was only a fifth-rank official, he was one of the two biggest fat men in the entire Ning Kingdom!

The other one is salt iron.

If the Huo family in Guangling can marry with the Cao family in Jiangnan, it will certainly be of great benefit to the Huo family.

Cousin Huo Baiyang is in Kyoto. Although he is a close minister of the prince, he still needs a lot of help.

He suddenly thought of another question, so he leaned over and asked in a low voice:

"Uncle, my nephew heard that in Kyoto...His Royal Highness the Second Prince seems to have surpassed His Highness the Crown Prince?"

Huo Xi raised his eyes, his eyes a little sharp.

"Don't ask, don't say, and don't care about these things!"

"You only need to do your part, and Baiyang will take care of the rest."

"The most important thing now is our Guangling City affairs. Huapingchun is pressing on our Guanglingsan, which makes me a little uneasy, uncle!"

"Li Chenan also makes me a little uneasy!"

"Although you can't touch him now, you can still lick and gag him. For example, aren't there a lot of gangsters in Guangling City?"

Huo Chuanming bowed and said with a hard expression: "My nephew knows what to do!"

The Huo family in Guangling is plotting against Li Chenan, and there are also people in Zhongli Ruoshui's Peach Blossom Villa plotting against him.

"Your Highness the Fourth Princess, you really don't want to try it?"

In Peach Blossom Villa, a large area of ​​red lanterns hangs in a large peach forest.

In one of the pavilions, Zhongli Ruoshui looked at Ning Chuchu across from him with a smile, and said happily: "It's really delicious. That guy Cheng Zhe and Qi Zhixue almost had a fight over that wine. This In the past few days, the two of them have been eagerly waiting in front of the door of his tavern to open."

"Because if it's a little late, it won't be there."

"Hey, let me tell you, what do you think of him...him?"

Ning Chuchu curled her lips, "What?"

"How does it compare with Shang Buqi Shang Cheng?"

Ning Chuchu immediately glared at Zhongli Ruoshui, "Didn't you just make a pretty good wine? This is just a small way, what Prime Minister Shang did is the real way!"

Zhongli Ruoshui shrugged his little nose, "But Qi Zhixue said that if you can find a big road from the small road, it is also a great skill!"

"Besides..." Zhongli Ruoshui bit his lip, "Everyone in Guangling City once thought he was a fool. Who would have thought that he could make such good wine?"

"Now everyone thinks that he is just the shopkeeper of a tavern. Who knows if one day he gets a chance, he will also have the ability to govern a country and bring peace to the world?"

Ning Chuchu felt that Zhongli Ruosui had been poisoned by that person these days.

However, if you think about it carefully, although Zhong Li Ruoshui's fantasy is somewhat unrealistic, Li Chen'an does have some abilities.

Since he brewed such good wine in one go, it means that he already knew this better wine-making technology than Ruilu. However, he kept a low profile for seventeen years and would rather sell steamed cakes and grass cakes with extremely low profit than this.

A book of profitable wine.

He knew how powerful it was.

It wasn't until he had the identity of the Lijing Division's Embroidery Envoy that he brewed the wine. This was planning and then acting.

So his temperament is really as calm as Mr. Hua said, and his actions are not as frivolous as most teenagers in the world.

In this way, the difficult task of Lijing Division can be given to him.

Ning Chuchu leaned over Zhongli Ruoshui, her face did not have the seriousness of the leader of Lijing Division, and revealed a playful look unique to a girl: "Hey, let me tell you, if you really like him, in order to show your unique vision of Zhongli Ruoshui,

Also in order to prevent the entire Zhongli Mansion from gossiping about you..."

"Should you help him?"

"If he can really become a marquis and prime minister, I think that would be the most perfect. After all, his identity as the owner of a small tavern... Even if you don't dislike it, don't you feel a little regretful after all?"

When Zhongli Ruoshui heard this, he thought for a moment and nodded, "Who among the women in the world doesn't want her husband to be dazzling? But how can I help him?"

"Think about it, is his painting screen spring in short supply now?"

"yes!"

"Huapingchun is so good, but his backyard is so small..."

Zhongli Ruoshui understood.

She exclaimed in sudden realization, and a bright light suddenly flashed in her eyes.

“Build a winery!!”

"Build a big winery!"

"Improve the output of Huapingchun above that of Guanglingsan!"

"Higher selling price, higher profit, bigger market... Even if he has no ambition to become a prince or prime minister, there is no problem in becoming the richest man in Guangling... What a great idea!"

Ning Chuchu laughed.

Zhongli Ruoshui fell into the girl's fantasy: "I will give him all the thousands of acres of land outside to build a workshop!"

"It's just...it's definitely not possible to sell it in a tooth shop. Firstly, he doesn't have that much money, and secondly, what if other merchants want to buy it?"

"By the way, you can lend it to him."

"But he doesn't like receiving favors from others. What if he doesn't want to?"

The girl was talking to herself, sometimes frowning, sometimes smiling, and finally she rolled her eyes and said, "I almost forgot, I can be his friend!"

"He doesn't know my name, and I can't let him know my name for the time being."

"The scene of the hero saving the beauty hasn't been performed yet... He has already met Cheng Zhe... In the past two days, I have arranged for a few generals to have Cheng Zhe put on a scarf, and we will go to the front of his tavern to perform it.

This drama!”
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