After a whole morning of quarreling, many housekeepers from the mansion came in high-spirited, but left in disgrace.
They all followed their master's instructions last night and came here to buy ren tea today. But they didn't expect that this ren tea was not only ridiculously expensive, it was twenty times that of ordinary tea. (Li Zhang learned about the purchase restriction measures and then
Not only that, but there is also a purchase limit. Each household can only buy one pound of tea per month.
Among them was a wealthy businessman from the capital who wanted to buy more and claimed that he had enough money. Who would have thought that after the steward of the tea shop asked his name, he was put on something called a blacklist on the spot.
He said that Rencha would not allow his family to buy it in the future.
The steward was so forceful, so he naturally followed Li Zhang's orders.
Rencha is for his own exclusive use, and Emperor Renzong's interests are involved in it, so why should he be afraid of a small merchant's butler coming to cause trouble?
After this scene happened, the housekeepers who were still dissatisfied ordered them to stop.
It was not that they were afraid of the manager, but they were worried about how they would explain it to the master in the mansion if they were really put on the blacklist. They had to swallow their anger one by one and prepare to go back to report the matter to the master at night and wait.
The master’s decision.
The Li family has always been relatively low-key, just because their interests are not involved. But once they really want to take money from them, you can see them turning into tigers on the spot. This is true human nature.
Just like in reality, when you have been wronged or unfair, your friends will often advise you to endure it or let it go. But if the matter is put on their head, they may not be calmer than you, and may have already done something more outrageous.
thing.
Shi Fo's detailed report on Rencha was given to Su Shi.
Since Qian Bao disappeared, Shi Buddha has also left the public eye. Su Shi gave him a sum of money and asked him to secretly explore the capital's intelligence, and also allowed Shi Buddha to establish a department called Yin.
After getting the money, Shi Fo has been looking for suitable people. He thanked Su Shi for trusting him. Even so, the "hidden" organization must be absolutely loyal to Su Shi. Everyone who enters must put their abilities first.
aside, loyalty must come first.
"Young Master, many people have criticized the Li family's style of work." After Shi Fo reported, he summed it up in one sentence.
"Don't worry about him. Since Li Zhang dares to do this, he naturally has his own thoughts and considerations. With the official's love for them, nothing will happen. But Shao Dao, hasn't it been listed today?"
Su Shi didn't focus on Rencha. Even if the matter had been handed over, he would just pay the money.
On the other hand, it has been two days since the knife was burned, but there has been no movement at all. Miao Xiu has not even gone to Qianzhai to pick up the goods, which makes him a little confused.
It is said that based on the quality of the roasted knife, once it is taken out, it will definitely be more popular than Rencha. After all, in this era, there are far more people who are good at wine than good at tea, and they may not be able to taste tea.
Whether the wine is good or bad can be felt by everyone, but whether the wine is strong or not is strong.
There was just no movement from the Miao family, so there was only one possibility, that is, they didn't drink the Shao Daozi at all, so naturally they didn't know its powerful advantages.
"Forget it, we're not short of money anyway, so it won't delay anything if we go early or late." An indifferent expression flashed across Su Shi's face.
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Yubei Street, Miao Mansion.
Miao Xiu is treating guests to dinner.
As the right-hand admonishment official of the current dynasty, Miao Xiu still had many friends and colleagues.
Today we all got together to talk about Rencha. During the meal, everyone criticized Li Zhang's domineering attitude.
Miao Xiu wanted to be less involved in such matters and didn't say anything during the whole process. He just smiled and persuaded everyone to drink. In fact, he also had some opinions in his heart. In his opinion, why wouldn't Rencha be left to the Miao family?
How about making a Shao Daozi, a bad wine that I have never heard of?
Yes! Miao Xiu has always believed that Shaodao is bad wine.
This can be seen from the name. It is too vulgar, which makes it tasteless. When I think about Su Shi just coming from a small place like Yingchang, what good thing can there be? Even this wine must be like that
It's just local wine that's good in the countryside.
"Hey, Brother Miao, I've drank all the wine, why don't you bring new wine? Are you afraid that I won't be able to drink more if I wait?" A colleague who was very good at wine drank two jars (just three kilograms) by himself in this moment.
In the Song Dynasty, it was thirty-two taels, and now it is just over three kilograms. Considering the alcohol content, it is equivalent to drinking less than four bottles of beer). When I wanted to pick it up, I found that there was no wine in the wine jar.
He asked in a louder voice.
"Yes, yes, how come there is no wine? Butler, go to the wine cellar to get wine." Miao Xiu accompanied him with a smile, which vividly showed the host's heroic attitude.
The butler who was waiting on the side rushed to the wine cellar. Because he was anxious about the dark, he and the servant brought out ten more jars of wine without making too much difference. Among them, two bottles were sent by Su Shi, just because the outer packaging was similar.
, I couldn’t see it very clearly under the dim light.
"Here comes the wine," the butler said quickly as soon as he arrived.
"Come, pour wine for these friends of mine." Miao Xiu greeted him hurriedly, then opened a wine jar and filled several people's glasses.
"Brother Miao is so polite." Seeing the wine coming, the colleague who was a good drinker didn't say anything and laughed instead.
"Come on, let's just talk about romance and friendship today, don't worry about anything else, let's drink!" Miao Xiu, who was talking, picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp, with the air of swallowing the Tianhe River.
But after drinking this bowl of wine, my face turned red quickly, and then I didn't say a word for a long time. It felt like it was just one word - spicy.
Two words - exciting!
The other three colleagues did not notice Miao Xiu's performance, but laughed loudly and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. Then the two of them sat there in silence, and one of them, who was not a drinker, opened his mouth directly.
He squirted out all the wine.
flutter!
Like raindrops all over the sky, it was all over the table. But what is surprising is that no one blamed anything.
The housekeeper saw it, but he didn't dare to say anything. After all, he was a servant and he didn't dare to interfere with his master's affairs.
As for Miao Xiu and the other three, they were feeling the thrill of burning a knife into their stomachs, and now a spiciness still filled their bodies, leaving them speechless.
The atmosphere passed in silence for nearly ten breaths, before the person who sprayed the wine spoke first: "What... what kind of wine is this? Why is it so spicy?"
"Ah! It's so good, so good. Hahaha, Brother Miao, you have such good wine, why didn't you take it out earlier? Is it because you dislike me and don't deserve it?" It was the colleague who was a good drinker who was the first to obey the rule.
After waking up from the drunken state, he said this sentence.
"No! That's not it. This is not wine from a wine shop. It is wine sent by a friend yesterday. I told you at the time that this wine was very strong, but I didn't take it seriously. Now I know that what he said was indeed true.
"Miao Xiu reacted and immediately thought that this was a burning knife. Only in this way could he be so drunk.
"Oh? It's a gift from a friend. Do you have a name?" a colleague who loves wine asked curiously.
"Yes, it's called Shao Knife." Miao Xiu quickly added.
"Burn the knife! Burn... the knife, haha, the wine is just as its name suggests. Drinking it feels like a knife entering your stomach. It's extremely pleasurable." After hearing this, my colleagues kept saying in admiration.
"Yes, it is indeed burning in my stomach and makes me feel uncomfortable, but after thinking about it carefully, it is extremely refreshing. Brother Miao, I would like to ask how many more are there in the house? Can you give me two jars as a gift? It is not possible, but it is okay to buy two jars.
, just pay the price." Another colleague was also conquered by the burning knife, and he said as if he was addicted.
"Yes, there are many more, we all want them, we all want them." The drunk colleague said belatedly.
"Ah! This...my friend indeed bought it on consignment, but the price is also very expensive, costing...five guan per jar." Miao Xiu tried to tell the price of the burning knife.
Originally, what Su Shi told him was two guans and one jar, which was already twenty times more expensive than the wine on the market that cost about a hundred yuan per jar. But after Miao Xiu took a sip, he felt its power and decided on his own.
The price increase has more than doubled.
"Wuguan? It's not cheap, but it's really worth it. In this way, I'll go to Shitan first, and then go back and drink slowly, hahaha." After hearing this, the colleague who was a good drinker just hesitated a little and decided to still have it.
Buy.
He wasn't short of money originally. Although the price of Wuguan was really high, he couldn't afford it. At worst, he would just drink some at banquets and festivals, and just drink ordinary wine at ordinary times.
"Yes, we want it too. I want eight altars."
"I want five jars." The other two colleagues also immediately made the decision to buy wine.
When all this fell into Miao Xiu's ears, he was very excited. Originally, he had the mentality of trying to raise the price, thinking that if his colleagues counter-offered, he would lower the price appropriately, which can be regarded as a sale.
They lose face.
Unexpectedly, they just made a decision after hesitating for a moment, without any intention of counter-offering. What does this mean?
This shows that Shao Knife is delicious.
Before, I was envious of Li Zhang for making a lot of money from Rencha. Now it seems that Su Shi is not too kind to himself, and he even made such a strong drink. Fortunately, he was so comfortable in the golden mountain that he didn't know about it.
After enjoying the burning knife, the three colleagues were carried back to the sedan chair by the servants they brought with them, all looking very drunk. After seeing off the guests, Miao Xiu called the butler and said: "The matter at the wine shop
How's it going?"
"Still selecting a location." Looking at Miao Xiu's excited face, the housekeeper said with an anxious look.
"What? I'm still choosing. This won't work. I need to confirm the address tomorrow. It really doesn't work. I remember that there is a spice shop in the house that is being renovated? Then it can be renovated directly into a liquor store."
After understanding the power of the burning knife, Miao Xiu immediately changed his attitude.
How could he not be in a hurry if such a good wine could be sold for just one day and a lot of money would be lost?
"Yes, I will do it early tomorrow morning." The butler promised repeatedly. But he did not question the owner's intentions at all. Although he did not have the opportunity to take a sip of Shao Knife, he saw the appearance of those people after drinking, and knew that this must be the case.