Chapter 171
Wine is a good wine, and a batch of Erguotou produced in the winery. It has been sealed in the wine cellar of the workshop for a year. Although it is not as pure as the aging, it can already bloom some full fragrance on the tip of the tongue.
Vegetables are naturally good dishes. In October, it is the time to eat sea bass. The fat and beautiful four-gilled sea bass was made into a translucent fish sashimi with extremely sharp knife-making pieces. Some pepper was sprinkled with a few drops of soy sauce from Aunt Yang's house in Dongguan. The fresh and sweet taste made people want to swallow their tongues.
Singing and dancing are naturally also good. The dance troupe was already famous all over the world when he was in the Grand View Garden of Luoyang. In addition, there were several big dramas in Yangzhou City, and they sang so well. Several protagonists enjoyed the treatment of celebrities. The degree of being surrounded by shopping is no less than that of later Internet celebrities.
But even these rare enjoyments are a bit overshadowed in front of the absolute protagonist today.
"Everyone~ everyone. This time I call you all to respond to the call of the governor Wei Gong to deal with the recent riots. Secondly, the King of Japan accidentally got a set of wine utensils. You are all knowledgeable elders. I want to ask you to taste it together. I hope you will give me some advice."
Li Chongrun held a glass of wine in his hand, and a little yellow wine was filled with it. It was extremely dazzling under the dazzling lights around him.
Several girls with very slim figures each held a tray in their hands, and each was an equally crystal clear glass, which reflected a confusing light among the light and shadows of the torch.
Several girls presented a wine glass to each visitor. The last palace maid dressed in Gohuang Palace dress came up with a glass wine pot filled with wine. The slender goose-necked bottle was as fascinating as the slim figure of the palace maid.
"Prince, is this the rumored set of glass wine utensils?"
The person who spoke was a bit bald and obese businessman. He didn't seem to be able to squeeze the tone of his words, which sounded ridiculous.
"Well, that's the set." Li Chongrun looked indifferent and twisted the thick glass with his hands drunk. "Two days ago, my close maid met two fellow villagers while shopping, and they collected it casually. It was not easy to use, it was too big, so I couldn't finish it in one sip of wine."
Hearing a very subtle exhalation sound around him, without looking up to confirm, Li Chongrun knew that his deliberate pretending had achieved his goal.
"This thing is only produced in the extreme west, and it is very expensive. Lei has been making wine utensils for many years, and he has only seen a complete set of this thing here at the prince, especially this wine pot, which can be called a masterpiece."
This fat businessman is the merchant who sells porcelain from Yuezhou. Since Li Chongrun’s winery started producing Erguotou, his business is like a pig lying in the wind, making a lot of money.
As a vested interest, Lao Lei flattered Li Chongrun's flattery.
"Fortunately, our little maid is just right to say this, and she gave a lot of money."
Li Chongrun held the wine glass and sipped it carefully. The indifferent expression on his face did not seem to be a fake at all.
"Your Majesty, don't blame me. We are all a bunch of rough people who do business, and we value money the most." The old Lei said in a rough manner, but his eyes were fluttering and very slippery. He just heard Li Chongrun's few words and guessed that the little prince wanted to show off his new treasure. "It's rumored that the prince spent a huge sum of 300,000 yuan to collect this set of wine utensils. I wonder if the rumors are true or false?"
"Thirty-hundred thousand guan? They really dare to say that even my cousin, King Jianchang who turned stones into gold, could not get the money out at once." Li Chongrun mentioned Wu Youning intentionally or unintentionally, as if he was competing with this famous expert in making money. "It only cost 130,000."
It seems to be to emphasize that I don’t care much about this price, Li Chongrun even added the word “Yu”.
"The prince is indeed the best in our business. I heard that there was a glass cup in the Wei palace that cost 20,000 yuan. The prince actually spent only 130,000 yuan to buy a whole set. It really has vision!"
The gentry and wealthy businessmen who came with them were all very talented, and they all heard that Li Chongrun seemed to be showing off his own style and slapped Li Chongrun like a slut, as if he didn't have any money.
The governor Wei Anshi was also invited over and was siping the wine glass carefully, but his smile was a little confused. He didn't know what he was selling in his distant cousin?
"Mr. Wei, the little prince is not as boastful as he is on weekdays."
Li Chongrun's high-profile show-off naturally made several shopkeepers who had some interactions on weekdays confused. It just so happened that Wei Anshi was also present, so someone asked Wei Anshi.
"Mr. Wei is so free and easy today like the prince. Maybe the child has a new treasure, so he wants to take it out and play." Wei Anshi, as an old fox who has been in the officialdom for many years, has vaguely guessed Li Chongrun's intention.
But if you can pretend to be unaware of many things, you must pretend to be unaware of them. Wei Anshi still understands this common sense of saving lives.
"Why is he fishing with a straight hook?" Wei Anshi smacked his lips and tried to figure out some of Li Chongrun's intentions from the wine. "Is it because he wants to earn more fame and fortune for himself before the Princess's Palace came to Yangzhou?"
"Mr. Wei just made arrangements?"
The shopkeeper of the Longxi Li family next to him didn't hear what Wei Anshi was muttering, and wanted to find out what he said.
"Oh, Mr. Wei said that drinking is really good, much better than what the prince gave last time."
He hit the shopkeeper with no slightness or hardship. Wei Anshi changed the plot on his face, and also smiled flatteringly, flattered Li Chongrun.
The matter was indeed as Li Chongrun expected. The next day, the spies sent by Fengyiwei to collect folk verbal talks spread a lot of rumors.
For a time, Wang Xin of Linzi got a rumor that a set of ingenious glass wine utensils was quickly robbed the number one hot search among the people of Yangzhou, just like the white-haired wind blowing from the north in the past few days.
It’s just that spreading rumors is just a word, refuting them is broken. What’s more, the victims of the rumors not only fail to stop such unreliable rumors, but even secretly contribute to the fire.
"Prince, the fishing boats on the river have been parked there for two consecutive days."
Uncle Yang San, who was in charge of safety, called Li Chongrun to the top of the bell tower, pointed at the two black-panned boats by the river and looked at Li Chongrun.
Li Chongrun stared at the two inconspicuous boats carefully, and vaguely saw two fishermen pretending to cast nets to catch fish.
"Okay, the fish are on the bait!"
Li Chongrun clapped his hands excitedly, "Let the guys go around outside for more, give them some pressure, and let them spread a few days of sky net first."
"Yes, Prince. Do you want to call everyone from Jianzhen and the others here?"
"Wait a little longer, don't let too many people here all at once, scaring the fish away, so we can't eat the fish."
After saying goodbye from Yang San, Li Chongrun turned around and went to Dongchang.
The bronze workshop has been producing Napoleon cannons all the time these days. Knowing that this is what his boss values the most, Wang Rong has been squatting on the scene these days. As soon as Li Chongrun entered the factory, he saw him wearing a melon-skin hat and a dirty and gray robe, directing several craftsmen to lift the cannon seat.
Last time, Li Chongrun reminded him about the leverage principle he had mentioned in the Imperial College, and Wang Rong cleverly made a version of the Tang Dynasty crane.
In fact, it is just a large rod scale, with heavy objects hanging on one side, and a pulley set was made of solid wood and iron pillars. A few people could easily lift the copper cannon weighing thousands of pounds.
"Oh, this set of things is good and can save a lot of time." Li Chongrun did not rush to look at the bronze cannon, but instead praised this set of cranes. "Who invented this? It's amazing."
"That must be invented by me, my uncle." Wang Rong raised his face high, and his face was filled with the words "Praise me quickly".
"It's true that Rongrong is still our family. His cleverness is almost catching up with me." Li Chongrun smiled and patted the melon-skinned hat on Wang Rong's head, "Tell me, what do you like? I can hide the moon in the sky and catch turtles in the five oceans. As long as you open your mouth, we can get anything for you."
"Even if it's Qian Fan?"
Chapter completed!