The wine is good wine. The first batch of Erguotou produced by the winery has been sealed in the wine cellar of the workshop for a year. Although it is not as pure and pure as the aged wine, it can already bloom some full fragrance on the tip of the tongue.
Naturally, the food is good. October in the golden autumn is the time to eat sea bass. The fat and beautiful four-gill sea bass is sliced into translucent fish meat by extremely sharp knife skills, sprinkled with some pepper, and drizzled with a few drops of Dongguan Aunt Yang’s house.
The soy sauce has such a fresh and sweet taste that makes people want to swallow it with their tongues.
Of course, singing and dancing are also good. The dancing troupe was already famous all over the world when it was in Luoyang Grand View Garden. In addition, there were several big plays in Yangzhou City, and the singing was so popular that the leading roles all enjoyed the stardom.
The treatment and the level of being surrounded when going out shopping are not much worse than those of later generations of Internet celebrities.
But even these rare enjoyments are somewhat overshadowed by today's absolute protagonist.
"Everyone, everyone. The reason why we are called here this time is to respond to the call of Governor Wei Gong and deal with the water bandits who have been causing trouble recently. Secondly, today the king accidentally got a set of drinking utensils. You are all well-informed.
Elders, I would like to find you all to taste it together, and I hope you will give me your advice."
Li Chongrun was holding a glass wine glass in his hand, which contained a little yellowish wine. It was extremely eye-catching under the bright lights around him.
Several very slim girls, each holding a tray in their hands, on which was placed a similarly crystal clear glass. In the light and shadow of the torch, it reflected a confusing light.
Several girls brought a wine glass to each visitor, and the last palace servant in goose-yellow palace clothes came up with a glass flask filled with wine. The shape of the slender goose-neck bottle was similar to the one in the palace.
The slender figure of the palace lady usually makes people fascinated.
"Your Majesty, is this the rumored glass wine set?"
The speaker was a fat businessman with a somewhat bald head. His tone of voice seemed to be incapable of curling up, and it sounded very ridiculous.
"Well, that's it." Li Chongrun looked unconcerned and drunkenly twirled the thick glass cup with his hands, "My personal maid met two fellow villagers when she was shopping two days ago, so she took them over.
It’s not easy to use, it’s too big, and I can’t finish the drink in one gulp.”
Hearing a very subtle exhalation sound nearby, Li Chongrun knew that his deliberate pretense had achieved his goal without raising his head to confirm.
"This thing is only occasionally produced in the far west, and it is very valuable. Lei has been making wine utensils for many years, but he only saw a complete set of this thing in the prince's place. Especially this wine pot, it can be called a masterpiece of craftsmanship.
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This fat businessman is the one who sells porcelain from Yuezhou. Ever since Li Chongrun Winery started producing Erguotou, his business has been like a pig lying in the wind, making a huge profit.
As a person with vested interests, Lao Lei flattered Li Chongrun in an extremely flattering manner.
"Fortunately, our little maid happened to be able to say these words, so she got a lot of discounts."
Li Chongrun took a careful sip from the wine glass, and the careless look on his face didn't look like he was faking it at all.
"My lord, don't be surprised. We are all a bunch of rough guys doing business, and we value money most." Lao Lei spoke in a rough manner, but his eyes were erratic and very slippery. He just listened to Li Chongrun's few words.
, and guessed that the young prince wanted to show off his new treasure. "There are rumors that the prince spent a huge sum of 300,000 yuan to acquire this set of drinking utensils. I wonder if the rumors are true or not?"
"Three hundred thousand guan? They really dare to say that. Even my cousin, King Jianchang, who has the Midas touch to turn stone into gold, can't come up with this money at once." Li Chongrun mentioned Wu Youning intentionally or unintentionally, as if
It was like competing with this famous money-maker. "It only cost 130,000 yuan, that's all."
As if to emphasize that he didn't care much about the price, Li Chongrun also deliberately added the word "ji".
"Your Majesty is indeed a leader in my profession. I heard that there was a glass cup in Prince Wei's palace previously, which cost 20,000 yuan. Your Majesty actually bought a complete set for only 130,000 yuan. You really have a good sense!"
Several wealthy squires and businessmen who came together were all smart people, and they all heard that Li Chongrun seemed to be showing off his arrogance, and they patted Li Chongrun in a flattering manner, as if they didn't want any money.
The governor Wei Anshi was also invited over, and he was sipping wine carefully from a wine glass, but his smile was a little confused. He didn't know what kind of medicine his distant cousin was selling in the gourd.
"Wei Gong, the young prince is not usually so unrestrained."
Li Chongrun's high-profile pretense naturally made several big shopkeepers who usually interacted with each other feel confused. Wei Anshi happened to be present, so someone asked Wei Anshi.
"I don't know why Mr. Wei is so free and easy like the prince today. Maybe it's because the child has a new treasure, so he wants to take it out and play with it quickly." Wei Anshi, a veteran in officialdom for many years, had vaguely guessed Li Chongrun's intention.
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It's just that for many things, if you can pretend not to know, you must pretend not to know. Wei Anshi still understands this life-saving common sense.
"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. "Could it be that he wants to earn more fame for himself before the princess comes to Yangzhou?"
"Did Mr. Wei have any arrangements just now?"
The big shopkeeper of the Li family in Longxi who was standing aside didn't hear clearly what Wei Anshi was muttering, so he wanted to find out what he was saying.
"Oh, Mr. Wei said that the wine tasted really good, much better than what the prince gave me last time."
After giving the shopkeeper a thumbs-up, Wei Anshi changed the planning look on his face, put on a flattering smile, and began to flatter Li Chongrun.
Things turned out just as Li Chongrun expected. The next day, the spies sent by Fengyiwei to collect rumors from the people spread many rumors one after another.
Suddenly, the rumor that Linzi Wang had acquired a set of ingenious glass wine sets was like the white-haired wind blowing from the north in the past few days, quickly taking away the number one hot search spot among people of all sizes in Yangzhou.
It’s just that as the saying goes, spreading rumors will only lead to failure if you refute them. What’s more, the victims of the rumors not only failed to stop such unreliable rumors, but even secretly fueled them.
"Your Majesty, those fishing boats on the river have been parked there for two days in a row."
Sanshu Yang, who was in charge of security, called Li Chongrun to the top of the bell tower and pointed to the two small black-capped boats on the riverside to look at Li Chongrun.
Li Chongrun stared carefully at the two inconspicuous boats, and vaguely saw two fishermen pretending to cast their nets to catch fish.
"Okay, the fish is hooked!"
Li Chongrun clapped his hands excitedly, "Let the boys wander around outside more, put some pressure on them, and let them cast an empty net for a few days first."
"Yes, Your Majesty. Do you want to call everyone from Jianzhen's side?"
"Wait a minute, don't let too many people here suddenly scare the fish away, and we won't be able to eat any fish."
After saying goodbye to Yang San, Li Chongrun turned around and went to Dongchang.
The bronze workshop has been producing Napoleon cannons continuously these days. Knowing that this is what his boss values most, Wang Rong has also been squatting at the site these days. As soon as Li Chongrun entered the factory, he saw him with a
The little man with a melon skin hat and a dirty gray robe was directing several craftsmen to hoist the gun base.
Last time, Li Chongrun reminded him of the principle of leverage that he talked about in the Imperial College, so Wang Rong cleverly made a Tang version of the crane.
In fact, it is a large steelyard with heavy objects hanging on one side, and a set of pulleys made of solid wood and iron pillars. A few people can easily hoist a thousand-jin copper cannon.
"Oh, this set of things is good, it can save a lot of time." Li Chongrun didn't look at the bronze cannon in a hurry. Instead, he praised this set of cranes. "Who invented this? It's awesome."
"That must have been invented by me, young master." Wang Rong's little face was raised high, with the words "Come on, praise me" written all over his face.
"Sure enough, it's our Rongrong who is so smart that he's almost catching up with me." Li Chongrun smiled and patted the melon-skin hat on Wang Rong's head, "Tell me, what do you like? Your Majesty.
There are nine days to embrace the moon, and five oceans to catch turtles below. As long as you open your mouth, we can get you anything."