Chapter 4 Righteous Knot Gold Orchid
Wu Dalang came back after selling the cakes. As soon as he entered the door, he smelled the fragrance of wine and praised: "What kind of good wine is this? It's so fragrant!"
Jinlian helped Wu Dalang remove the carrying pole, and then wiped his face and hands with a hot towel on the ground, saying:
"It was Mr. Jia who made some sour wine just now and said he wanted to treat you to eat."
"Create wine? Treat me?" Wu Dalang looked confused.
Jia Rui also walked up to say, "Thanks to my elder brother who took me in, I didn't sleep on the streets. I couldn't repay you, so I steamed some wine to taste it with my elder brother and sister-in-law."
Wu Dalang smiled honestly and said, "Hey, my brother is so polite. We hurt you, and you encountered difficulties again, so where can you ignore it?"
Jinlian had already made the wine and food neatly. The three of them sat down with guests and hosts, and Jinlian poured a bowl of wine for all the three of them.
Wu Dalang couldn't help but be amazed when he saw the wine in the bowl:
"What a smell! I smelled it as soon as I entered the house. How clear is this wine? It's like white water."
Jinlian smiled and said, "I said Mr. Jia is going to give you some good wine to thank you? Why don't you try it?"
Wu Dalang was also a wine lover, so he stopped refusing, thanked him, picked up the bowl and took a big bite.
I only realized that something was wrong when I ate it. The wine smelled fragrant, but it was so hot that it tugged my tongue when I ate it.
Wu Dalang was reluctant to vomit it out again. After a long time, he raised his neck and purred it and swallowed it. He felt a fire in his stomach, which caused a violent cough.
Jinlian clapped her hands and smiled, "How about it, I just said that you, Brother Wu, must be like this?"
"This...what wine is this?" Wu Dalang stopped coughing before asking.
Jia Rui said a little and asked, "Brother Wu tasted it, how about this wine?"
Wu Dalang took another small mouthful and praised: "It smells so good, it's just too strong!"
Jinlian said: "How can such a little essence be concentrated in a jar of wine not fragrant or strong?"
Jia Rui said again: "Brother Wu, I want to work with you to do this soju business. What do you think? Can you make money?"
Wu Dalang said: "This wine is so mellow, how can you not make money? But... you and I met by chance, why did the young master cooperate with me?"
Jia Rui smiled and said, "To be honest, this sour wine is a method passed down from my ancestors. It is not difficult to make. If it is spread, everyone can do it.
Therefore, if you want to make money, you must first keep the manufacturing method confidential.
I am not talented, so I have read a few photos of the photos and have a little knowledge of the photos. I see that Brother Wu looks honest and honest, so I must be someone who can be entrusted to you.
I have lived at my elder brother's house for a few days these two days and confirmed my opinion, so I wanted to join the business with my elder brother. I just wonder if my elder brother is willing?"
Wu Dalang smiled silly and said, "I, Wu Zhi, are just a stupid man. I don't know how to make wine and can't speak. I'm afraid I will let down the young master's will."
Jia Rui said: "As long as the elder brother can buy wine outside and sell the steamed wine to the winery and teahouse, you can leave the other things to me!"
Jinlian also advised from the side: "Since the young master is optimistic about Dalang's character, Dalang will give up and take the big one, so why not try it? Let's take the little head and give the big head for the young master!"
Wu Dalang scratched his head and said, "Since that's the case, I will obey the orders of the young master from Wuhan University! Please give me more advice and don't think I'm stupid."
Jia Rui smiled and said, "This is the best! Brother Wu should not call me a son one by one, and I will not be able to get rid of my life.
I am twenty years old this year. I think my elder brother is the eldest. If my elder brother respects me, how about we make friends with eight blessed friends?
We are blessed and difficult to share!”
Wu Dalang was willing, and the two of them really lit incense and bowed to each other.
After eating the wine for a while, Jia Rui told the method of steaming wine and the plate. He thought about improving the wine steamer and began his journey to make money in the Song Dynasty.
In order not to see the flaws of the wine, Jia Rui decided to blend the distilled soju with the loose white wine bought on the market and then take out.
This way, the cost will also be reduced, and the degree will be lower and more easily accepted.
More importantly, the blended wine looks exactly like the liquor on the market, and it is not easy for people to see any flaws.
Despite Wu Dalang's opposition, Jia Rui named the wine Dalang wine. Once it was launched, it was indeed popular. He earned ten or eight cents of money every day, and the wine often had a shortage of supply.
Wu Dalang thought about expanding production, but Jia Rui was not in a hurry.
Although the Song Dynasty encouraged and attached importance to business, it was difficult to gain a foothold with money alone.
If you want to live a prosperous life, you have to collude with officials and businessmen.
If Wu Song could come back, it would be fine if there was a reckless man to support him.
Jia Ruiwu and Dalang were powerless and powerful, and it would be eye-catching if they had endless money to spend.
Yanggu County is just a temporary place to settle down, and Jia Rui didn't think he would spend his whole life selling wine and seeking food and clothing.
He just wanted to take this opportunity to keep his body stronger and stronger, and accumulate some capital so that he could develop in Bianjing in the future.
Therefore, Jia Rui only blended a few jars of wine every day and asked Wu Dalang to pick it out for sale. After selling it, he would come back to rest.
On that day, Wu Dalang carried a load to sell wine again, and Jia Rui and Jinlian were still steaming wine in the kitchen.
While talking, Jia Rui deliberately asked: "Why did Brother Wu and his sister-in-law move to Yanggu County, where they are unfamiliar with each other?
I heard that Qinghe County is more prosperous than Yanggu County. Isn’t it better to do some business there?"
Although the Song Dynasty did not strictly control population mobility, most people were unwilling to leave their hometowns to seek life if they had a meal.
Jinlian couldn't help but sighed, "It's nothing, but she often has some worries in Qinghe County."
Jia Rui asked knowingly: "Worry? My elder brother has such a skill and his sister-in-law is beautiful and virtuous. He should have lived a good life, so how can he have trouble?"
Jinlian just lowered her head and said nothing.
Jia Rui said when he saw this, "Yes, it's me that's abrupt. I don't need to say anything about my sister-in-law."
Jinlian sighed, "There is nothing to say. Since my uncle has become a sworn brother with Dalang, he is not an outsider, so it's okay to talk about it.
I'm not afraid of you to joke. My family is poor, my father died early, and only my mother can't support me. At the age of age, I sold me to a wealthy family in Qinghe County as my adopted daughter.
I didn't suffer much at Zhang Dahu's house, and I also learned some piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
But as my family grew up day by day, the big family understood the bad ideas and wanted to bother me.
I didn't rely on him, so I went to tell the master. The master played Zhang Dahu for a long time, but although Zhang Dahu died, he held a grudge against me.
Because he couldn't succeed, he wanted to become a slave. He heard that Dalang was ugly and lost his wife, so he paid for his dowry, not Wu Da's penny and married his slave to him for free.
Seeing that Dalang was an honest and kind person, I wanted to live with him steadily.
Who would have thought that there were a few treacherous and prodigal children in Qinghe County. Seeing that Dalang was weak, he often came to the door of his house to rush and say something sarcastic.
There was no way, so Dalang took me away from Qinghe County and came to Yanggu County to make a living."
Chapter completed!