A few days later, the archway that Qinghe County Zun Liu Zonglin ordered the craftsmen to build was finally completed. The archway for "the number one scholar and the first place" stands at the entrance of Wujiana Village, and the archway for "two Jinshi in one discipline" stands at the entrance of Huanghuangzhuang.
At the entrance of the village, when it was completed, there was a lot of excitement with playing and playing, and the people around were alarmed. It made the whole Qinghe County a household name and everyone knew about it.
In mid-to-late April, the appointment letters from the imperial court were also sent to Enzhou. Wu Zhi was awarded the title of Shilang, and the imperial edict deleted the official title of Jingguan, the eighth rank; Pan Wei was awarded the title of Chief Secretary, and he was appointed as the official of Zhiyunzhou Yang.
In Gu County, he was appointed as an official from outside, starting from the eighth rank.
Pan Zhai and Wu family received the good news respectively and celebrated lively again.
On the 22nd of April, when the redbuds were in full bloom and the weather suddenly warmed up, Wu Zhi and Feng Niang finally received a letter from Wu Zhi through Enzhou Zhizhou Yamen. The letter asked them to move back to the capital immediately.
, Xiao'e and Wu Zhi needed them to wait, and they spoke sincerely. The two of them were happy and shed tears at the same time, and felt a little embarrassed. It was hard to leave their homeland, after all, the Wu family village was where they had lived for decades.
, now that they are far away from their homeland, it will definitely be difficult for them to leave.
The next day, Pan Weijun and the housekeeper came to visit early. It turned out that the Pan family had also received a letter from Wu Zhi. Mr. Pan quickly cut the mess and quickly ordered his youngest son and the housekeeper to come over and discuss with Wu Xiu and Feng Niang what to do.
The Pan family attaches great importance to the marriage between Wu Zhi and Jin Lian. They absolutely don't want to miss out on a husband like Wu Zhi who is riding a dragon.
Wu Zhi is now in the capital, and it is obviously unrealistic to return to Qinghe County to get married. He can only act in a hurry and keep everything simple. After discussion, the two parties exchanged birth dates, and Wu Xiu and Feng Niang personally went to Pan's house to decide.
, Mr. Pan announced the marriage of Wu Zhi and Jin Lian in front of all relatives and friends, and the rest was waiting for Jin Lian to return to the capital.
After agreeing on a date to return to the capital, Wu Xiu and Feng Niang hurried home to make preparations. There were too many things to pack, and they could only pack some commonly used items and clothes, including gold and silver, sold many gifts, and returned
The ancestor tablets of the Wu family were also brought along, and the remaining various items could only be distributed to the neighbors in the village one by one. The neighbors in the village were reluctant to part with them when they were grateful.
Three days later, it was the day for Wu Xiu, Feng Niang and Jin Lian to return to the capital. Wu Xiu and Feng Niang loaded their luggage onto the ox cart, locked the door and courtyard door, and drove the ox cart to Huanghuangzhuang while reluctant to leave.
Everyone in the village stood by the roadside to see them off. Wu Xiu and Feng Niang also waved goodbye to them one by one. They felt very reluctant to leave. It was really hard to leave their homeland!
When we drove to the front of Pan's house in Huanghuangzhuang, we saw a busy scene in front of Pan's house. The housekeeper of Pan's house directed all the servants to come in and out, carrying large and small boxes to load two oxcarts, many of which were dowries.
Jin Lian was accompanying Mrs. Pan and talking to grandma Qin. A group of people were surrounding her. Pan Weimin and Pan Weijun were both present. Pan Yang and Pan Jie were also standing nearby obediently. Jin Lian's mother, Mrs. Tang, was looking at Jin Lian.
, while quietly wiping tears, she really couldn’t bear to let her daughter travel far away!
Seeing Wu Xiu and Feng Niang coming over from the car, everyone except the old man and the Qin family greeted them warmly and asked about their welfare. These were the elders of Zhuang Yuan Gong and Jin Lian's future parents-in-law. They did not dare to neglect them.
Wu Xiu and Feng Niang met Mr. Pan and Grandma Qin one by one. After bowing, they talked cordially with Pan Weimin and Pan Weijun.
After noon, after everything was done, it was finally time to say goodbye. The sadness of parting suddenly came to everyone's mind. Jin Lian bit her lip tightly, controlling herself not to cry, bowing to everyone one by one, and then hugged them.
Hugging grandma Qin Shi and mother Tang Shi, she forced a smile to comfort her mother who was in tears, and then walked to the bullock cart. After getting on the cart, the group slowly left Huanghuangzhuang with reluctance, and Chao En
They went to Zhouwei River Pier and planned to take a boat back to the capital. Pan Weimin, Pan Zhaiguan and others also followed them to the pier, as some things still needed to be taken care of by them.
Five oxcarts and a group of fourteen people arrived at the Enzhou Pier in a mighty manner. The contacted passenger ship had been waiting at the dock for a long time. A group of government officials from Enzhou Prefecture also came.
Seeing the arrival of the motorcade, when Mr. Zhizhou and everyone got off the bus, all the government officials gathered around them and helped carry their luggage to the passenger ship.
Coincidentally, the passenger ship they contacted happened to be the passenger ship that took Wu Zhi and Pan Wei to Beijing last time, so they were familiar with each other. For safety, Pan Weimin chartered the entire ship, and the boatman was happy to do so.
After all the luggage was loaded on the boat, Wu Xiu, Feng Niang and Jin Lian took the little maid Liu Yue aboard. After the housekeeper gave instructions, an old woman and two strong men also boarded the boat. They were a mother and son family, and the old man had already
They died many years ago. Two men were brothers. One was called Chen Dahu, who was twenty-two years old, and the other was called Chen Erhu, who was twenty years old. Both of them were good at boxing and kicking, and they were very honest people. Their mother’s surname was Feng. Their family lived in the Pan family.
They have been loyal to the Pan family for decades, so Mr. Pan wanted to send them to follow Jin Lian to Beijing so that they could have someone to look after him on the way. At the same time, they would follow Jin Lian after arriving in Beijing to take care of Jin Lian's daily life. But Pan Weimin still felt uneasy.
So two more capable government servants were sent to board the boat and escort Jin Lian and others to Beijing. In a few oxcarts, the Pan family members took them back to the Pan family's old house in Huanghuangzhuang.
The ship started slowly and set sail. In this way, a group of nine people, bidding farewell, embarked on the journey back to the capital. Standing on the bow of the ship, Wu Xiu, Feng Niang and Jin Lian could not calm down for a long time, watching as they gradually moved away.
The three people were both happy and sad when they saw the Enzhou Pier and the crowd.
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The next day, Wu Zhi handed the two letters from home to the post office to be sent to Enzhou, and then returned to the office to continue working. He had an official license, so it was very convenient to send letters, not to mention that he also stuffed
The postman gave him five pieces of broken silver. After receiving the broken silver, the postman smiled happily and repeatedly assured that he would deliver Wu Zhi's letter to Enzhou as quickly as possible.
While waiting for Wu Xiu and Feng Niang to return to the capital, Wu Zhi was not idle. In addition to going to work, he was also thinking about how to do business and make money while meditating and practicing boxing.
Later, with Wu Xiu, Feng Niang and Jin Lian moving to the capital, he will have more and more people after he gets married. When the time comes, he will no longer be able to live in a rented house. He needs to buy a house in Bianliang, the capital, and a big house. Now in the capital
House prices are so high that he can never afford to buy a house with his salary alone, so he needs to develop financial resources and engage in business and industry.
So far, Wu Zhi has produced more than 600 kilograms of spirits of about 38 degrees and more than 300 kilograms of strong spirits of about 50 degrees. He feels that the alcohol business can start!
First of all, Wu Zhi inquired through the dental shop and wandered around the capital, and found that there were indeed some wineries that needed to be sublet due to poor management or other reasons, and he was looking for a new home.
So Wu Zhi bought an osmanthus wine shop near Gongyuan. The original owners were a couple over fifty years old. The man's name was Zhang Gui and the woman's surname was Hu and Erniang. Because their two daughters were married outside
, the winery was short of manpower, and the couple couldn't take care of it, so they had to reluctantly part with it and sublet it out. There were still more than five years left on the ten-year lease.
What Wu Zhi likes is that the equipment in the distillery is relatively complete, it has an official license for brewing and selling alcohol, and the procedures are complete. Moreover, the liquor brewed by the couple tastes very good. The liquor he uses for distillation cannot be too inferior.
, and too low-alcohol wine cannot be blended to make good wine. Wu Zhi needs to reduce production costs, so he needs to have his own distillery to brew qualified low-alcohol liquor, so as to ensure the source and quality of the raw materials used to distill alcohol.
, and also reduce costs!
Wu Zhi spent 50 pieces of silver to take over the Osmanthus Winery. At the same time, he saw that the couple had no place to go after subletting. He also needed manpower, so he hired two people with a high salary to help him make wine in the winery and showed him
When Zhang Gui and Er Niang were worried about where to go, when they heard that Wu Zhi was going to hire them with a high salary and let them live in the wine shop, they couldn't help but be overjoyed and thanked them repeatedly.
After solving the problem of the source of raw materials for distilled liquor, Wu Zhi began to implement the second step, which was to prepare for bottling and packaging.
The next day, Wu Zhi came to the deletion office early to sign in, and then asked for a leave from Xiangding official Liu Zhi. Anyway, there was nothing important to do at the deletion office. Liu Zhi readily agreed to his request.
He was granted leave.
After asking for leave, Wu Zhi walked out of Zuoyemen and hired an ox cart to drive outside Dongcheng. He wanted to go to the porcelain workshop outside Dongcheng to customize a batch of special wine bottles.
There were several colored porcelain workshops outside Dongcheng, as well as official kilns. Wu Zhi found a larger Wu family colored porcelain workshop (he couldn't afford the official kiln) and showed the two drawings he designed and drawn to the workshop owner Wu Gang. Wu Gang and everyone
The porcelain master was very curious about the drawings he drew. He looked at them carefully and after careful study, everyone said they could make them. Wu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief, placed a deposit, and handed over the work to the workshop.
. He customized 600 sets in one go, each set costing 200 yuan. The price was much higher than what was sold outside. Wu Gang narrowed his eyes with joy and repeatedly promised to make it for him as soon as possible.
The wine bottles customized by Wu Zhi are designed with reference to the styles of later wine bottles. One is designed according to the bottle style of the Yilite Rouya series of wines. It is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, waisted in the middle, flat bottom, sky blue background, and carved on the upper edge.
, three large cursive characters "Zhuangyuan Chun" are painted vertically in the middle, "Thirty-Eight Degrees One Jin" is written horizontally in the lower corner of the word "Chun" in regular cursive characters, and "Osmanthus" is written horizontally in the center of the bottom foot.
There are six characters in regular script "Produced by the Winery", the three characters "Zhuangyuanchun" are required to be burned in red, and the other characters are burned in large white. The other is designed according to the bottle style of Langjiu Qinghualang, but he changed it a little
, change the round vase into a six-sided exquisite blue vase, with five carved sides and one side left in pure blue. On the pure surface, vertically, draw the three cursive characters "Zhuangyuanlang" in the upper part of the middle, and then write "Zhuangyuanlang" in the lower middle.
Fifty Degrees "One pound" is written in regular script, and further down in the middle of the foot is written "Produced by Osmanthus Winery" in regular script. The fonts are required to be burned golden yellow. Both bottles are equipped with caps.
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Wu Zhi wants to make his high-strength liquor the most high-end liquor, take the high-end route, and specialize in making money from high-ranking officials.
After customizing the wine bottles, Wu Zhi returned to the city and came to Osmanthus Winery. After asking about the cost of grain, koji, fuel, etc. needed to brew a batch of low-alcohol liquor, Wu Zhi gave the two of them the required funds for a month.
Zhang Gui was handed over his salary to Zhang Gui, who was responsible for purchasing goods and brewing according to the previous channels. Zhang Gui and Hu Erniang were deeply moved when they saw that Wu Zhi, the boss, trusted them so much that they did not dare to neglect and immediately started preparations.
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Wu Zhi needs to ensure that there is no shortage of raw materials for distilling alcohol and that the quality must be guaranteed, so he requires Zhang Gui to brew a batch of low-alcohol liquor at least every seven days. If there is not enough manpower at that time, he will add more manpower as appropriate.
, hire some craftsmen who can make wine, and maintain the status quo for now.
On the first day of May, during the court meeting, Zhao Xu sent Yang Jian to summon Wu Zhi to attend the morning court meeting and participate in discussions on how to increase the court's annual revenue.
Everyone still felt a little strange about him, an unconventional eighth-grade official, participating in the court meeting. Watching Wu Zhi enter the main hall, their emotions were inexplicable.
Wu Zhi stood quietly at the back of the team, watching with cold eyes. He remained silent unless Zhao Xu asked anything, watching and listening as if he were watching a play.
After the dynasty was dismissed, Zhao Xu kept Wu Zhi behind. In the imperial study room of Chui Gong Hall, Zhao Xu seemed to be in a good mood. He asked Wu Zhi some questions about meditation and boxing practice.
It can be seen that after more than 20 days of meditating and practicing boxing, Zhao Xu's mental state has improved a lot, and his strength has also recovered a lot. Through exercise, Zhao Xu saw the hope of strengthening his body, prolonging his life, and extending his life, so he was very excited about it.
In order to be happy, I thought of Wu Zhi. Calling him to attend the morning meeting was just an excuse. In fact, I wanted to further discuss with Wu Zhi the secret of keeping fit and strong.
Wu Zhi was happy to see that Zhao Xu's energy and energy had improved slightly, so he asked him to meditate for a round, promptly corrected some of his wrong moves during meditation, and demonstrated some key moves to him. After the discussion,
After meditating to rest, Wu Zhi asked Zhao Xu to practice boxing again, corrected some of his movements in time, and told him the correct movement essentials. Zhao Xu was not ashamed to ask, and followed Wu Zhi's instructions, feeling that his martial arts skills had improved again.
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When Wu Zhi left, Zhao Xu was delighted and rewarded him with a set of official robes, a regular script copybook of "Huang Ting Jing" written by Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and one hundred taels of silver. Wu Zhi bowed to thank him, holding the gift in both hands, and presented it to Hao Sui.
He slowly left the palace with envious eyes.
Wu Zhi was also happy in his heart. It would be great if he was rewarded every day!
One hundred taels of silver replenished his dwindling capital chain, and he was able to sustain himself for a while.