Liu Neng? Ximen Qing almost burst out laughing. He really would have named his son with such a few tricks.
"This little brat originally inherited his father's business and wanted to take over the old man's work and open this hotel." He said as if pouring beans from a bamboo tube: "I didn't expect that this little brat would make wine alone for the first time.
Isn’t it an evil act to change the recipe that I have worked so hard to understand over the past few decades? I think back then there was a wine merchant in Daming Mansion who wanted to pay a high price for this recipe, but I didn’t even agree.”
"When I think that this little brat is going to ruin Fang Zi, I don't dare let him take over this hotel again."
"Unexpectedly, that little brat secretly sold the old man's recipe to a wine merchant, opened a hotel opposite Jingyanggang, and secretly poached dozens of jars of old wine that the old man had hidden deep inside.
Those are all fine wines that are over 20 years old.”
Zuo Jishou told the story, and when he mentioned his son, he was so angry that he almost pulled out his beard: "That little bastard knows how to make wine. He must mix the old wine with the new wine, so that it tastes strong."
"So that's it!" Ximen Qing and the fortune teller Jiang Jing looked at each other. If they hadn't heard such complaints from Liu Jishou, they would never have imagined that there was a grudge between father and son involved.
"The little old man regrets it now. He shouldn't have been allowed to learn winemaking." Liu Jishou said with regret on his face: "I shouldn't have given him this name in the first place. Liu Neng Liu Neng, how could I have saved him!"
"Shopkeeper Liu, please get up and talk." Ximen Qing smiled and didn't know what he thought of: "I'll take care of this matter."
Although Yanggu County opposite Jingyanggang cannot be taken care of by oneself, since it is a matter of grievance between father and son, one can still take care of it. Although Liu Ji is an extraordinary wine-maker, judging from what he just said, Ximen Qing is on the contrary.
I am very interested in Liu Neng.
The craft of winemaking has been passed down for a long time. Most of the winemakers are old-fashioned and not many dare to innovate. Since Liu Neng dared to innovate and came up with a way to mix old wine with new wine, in this era when high-quality liquor has not yet appeared, it is already a trend.
A pretty astonishing innovation.
In fact, this method of blending liquor was quite common in that era. All wineries did it this way, and they even labeled it "original liquor" openly.
Having said that, Ximen Qing's determination to invent high-strength liquor in this era actually came from a strange article he accidentally saw on a school forum.
The title of the article is: How to obtain medical alcohol after traveling to ancient times?
This unknown senior brother was obviously a time travel enthusiast. Combined with his professional knowledge, he described in thousands of words how to obtain 75% medical alcohol by repeatedly distilling high-strength liquor, which can be used to disinfect wounds.
Of course, this post has been criticized by countless people as boring. In most cases, discussing this kind of time-traveling thing in real life is a very boring thing.
But for Ximen Qing himself, time travel has already happened, so this kind of article becomes very meaningful. The unknown senior brother does not know if there is a winery in his home. Someone asked if there is no high-quality liquor.
When I was wondering what to do in that era, the senior brother directly replied with a long post, which was full of content on the distilled liquor manufacturing process.
Although medical alcohol has little use at present, once high-strength liquor is invented, as long as appropriate commercial promotion is given, I don’t know how many people will flock to it, and Ximen Qing will naturally make a lot of money.
Wine is a best-selling product no matter what era or where it is.
Of course, the first step is to find a few winemakers, and Liu Jishou and Liu Neng and his son are the perfect match.
So Ximen Qing took charge of this matter.
He left a few hands and kowtowed a few times, and thanked him profusely: "Sir Ximen, shall we catch that scoundrel now?"
Ximen Qing smiled and said: "Old shopkeeper Liu, this kind of thing can be regarded as a family dispute, so it doesn't need to be as serious as arresting Liu Neng."
After hearing this, Liu Jishou's eyes became suspicious: "Master Ximen, could it be..."
"How dare you doubt it?" Jiang Jing, the divine fortune teller, snorted: "Have you never heard about Mr. Ximen capturing the thief a few days ago? Looking at your age, you should have heard of killer bees thirty years ago?"
"What!" Liu Jishou's eyes suddenly turned to admiration: "Sir Ximen can actually capture the killer bees, so trivial matters like this, little old man, are of course not a big deal!"
"Close the door of the shop and come with us." Ximen Qing said: "Originally, when we entered, we were going to shopkeeper Xiao Liu's hotel to ask him to be the winemaker."
"What is this scoundrel capable of?" Liu Jishou shouted excitedly: "If you are short of manpower, I will work as a horse for you without any hesitation!"
Ximen Qing was so happy that he didn't spend a penny. He had to deal with shopkeeper Liu first: "Shopkeeper Lao Liu, if I call Liu Neng back from Yanggu County for you, I will invite both of you.
I want to be a winemaker. There is a saying: Father and son go into battle. Shopkeeper Old Liu is experienced and can be the leader, while Shopkeeper Xiao Liu is the deputy. What do you think?"
He left a few hands and knelt down again: "Sir, you can be said to be the reborn parent of this little old man..."
"I don't dare take it seriously, I'm not that old." Ximen Qing stretched out his hand to help him up, and joked in passing.
The divine fortune teller Jiang Jing looked at this scene with a smile, and felt even more admiration in his heart: "In just a few words, I can say that I am so grateful that I can't wait to scream for my life. All this is under the control of Ximen Xiandi."
Anyway, it was a shabby shop, so I left a few hands to close the wooden door at will, leaving the chain unlocked, and left.
The business of the small hotel is good, but it is not what Liu Neng wants. He used to live under the shadow of his father, brewing wine according to the recipes and making mistakes. Whenever he wanted to innovate, he would be beaten.
Leave a few hands and yell loudly.
Liu Jishou attached great importance to the prescription that he had been pondering for decades, and sometimes Liu Neng felt that he was not as important as a prescription. Finally one day, Liu Neng made up his mind, stole the prescription, and directly worked with him.
The wine merchant in Daming Mansion exchanged it for fifty guan, and by the way, he gave the old man a roll of wine that he had collected for twenty years.
"This time, the old man should take himself seriously?" Liu Neng opened a small hotel in Jingyanggang with fifty guan, facing the old man from a distance, looking forward to the day when the old man can figure it out and recognize his innovation.
, come here to find yourself.
The sign that you can’t finish the job after three bowls is actually for the old man.
But day after day, months passed by, leaving a few hands to guard the dilapidated tavern. Even if there were crowds at the door, they never showed up at the door.
"Shopkeeper, your wine is good, so powerful!"
"Good wine, good wine! There is no such good wine in Daming Mansion!"
"Brother, let's go one by one! We'll stop after we get drunk!"
"That's right! The tiger is gone anyway, so go ahead and drink!"
Amidst the various noises, Liu Neng covered his head and huddled behind the counter just like his father, who kept a few hands. Hearing the compliments from the customers, there was no joy at all on his face.
"You little bastard, get out of here!" An old voice roared at the door, and Liu Neng suddenly had a smile on his face.
Is this old man finally willing to come over?
Under the surprised attention of the drinkers, shopkeeper Xiao Liu rolled out from behind the counter and rushed out of the door.
"Is this store owner crazy? He doesn't get compliments, but gets scolded instead of being happy? Look at that... he looks like a dog."
"Whatever, as long as the wine tastes good! After a while, if you finish the drink and curse a few words, maybe you won't have to pay for the drink."
Standing at the door was a gray-haired man named Liu Jishou. Since he was wearing black clothes and black trousers, he had an indescribable expression in his red eyes: "Bad boy, why don't you come here and pay homage to the county captain!"
"What? Lord County Lieutenant?" Liu Neng, who was extremely happy, was stunned for a moment, and then he saw Ximen Qing and three others standing next to him.
Well, I was planning to reminisce with the old man, but I didn’t expect that the old man brought a county captain over. Could it be that he would sue himself to the Yamen?
Just as Liu Neng was thinking about it, Ximen Qing coughed and stepped forward and asked, "Are you Liu Neng?"
Seeing Ximen Qing's stern look, Liu Neng couldn't help but kneel down: "The common man is Liu Neng."
"What's your relationship with Liu Jishou?" Ximen Qing asked slowly in a long tone.
"Uh, the relationship between father and son." Liu Neng's heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, the old man went to sue the government. If the old man sued him for unfilial piety, he would at least be in trouble for twenty people. If he added the dozens of jars of old wine he stole, there would be
If you sell the recipe to the wine merchant, your butt will be smashed by then.
Liu Neng knelt on the ground and secretly looked at Ximen Qing's face. He suddenly felt that his butt was freezing. He regretted wearing a pair of pants today. If he had known about this situation, he should have put on an extra pair of pants.
"Liu Neng, is it true that you secretly sold a few secret recipes and stole dozens of jars of aged wine?" Ximen Qing asked with a serious face.
"The common people know the crime." Liu Neng gritted his teeth. These were facts anyway, and he couldn't go to court with the old man.
"Very good." Ximen Qing squinted at Liu Neng. Judging from his reaction, he was not a bad person at all. He could definitely hire him to be a winemaker. If he had been replaced by another cunning guy, he would have started to complain by now, saying
Maybe he will bite back and say that he wrote the recipe and brewed the wine himself.
In my own time, it was common for a father and his son to turn against each other over an old house and fight each other to death.
"Liu Neng, pack up now and go back to the Qinghe County Yamen with me to collect the boards." Ximen Qing deliberately said with a dark face: "Several crimes will be punished at the same time. In addition to having to pay compensation and keep a few hands, there are still a hundred boards and so on.
I hope your ass is strong enough."
"Sir! No..." Liu Jishou, who was next to him, knelt down with a plop, blocking his son behind him.