Chapter 20: Fine Wine
Several people couldn't sit still anymore.
"Why is this wine so strong?"
Wei Tiezhu's face turned red after drinking a glass of wine. You know, he usually drinks two kilograms of liquor!
Qin Changfeng also praised: "It is indeed a divine wine! Sir, what is the reason for this?"
Liu Dahao looked at Liu Zheng expectantly, hoping to get his explanation.
He is a businessman and knows what this thing means once it is brought to the market!
Liu Zheng laughed: "I suddenly had an idea and thought of a way to filter and purify it, so I tried it. Today, I saw that it is really good. How is this wine?"
“Good wine!”
"wonderful!"
"Once this wine is released, who dares to compete?"
Several people were amazed, especially Liu Dahao, who was extremely excited. As the former richest man in Liangzhou, he wanted to make a comeback, but his property was taken away, and it was not easy to start over again. However, this wine gave him great confidence.
Liu Zheng laughed loudly: "Dad, don't think about doing business anymore, I'll take care of it. Just be a good county lord!"
He has decided to use his own abilities to help his father rise to the top step by step!
And for him, isn't it nice to be a rich second-generation prodigal son?
Before Liu Zheng could say anything, Wei Tiezhu shouted coldly: "Remember what the young master said just now? Nothing here can be revealed! If I find out who leaked the young master's secret, don't blame me, Tiezhu, for being ruthless!"
The two brothers quickly swore an oath.
Liu Zheng was naturally not stingy. He promised on the spot that the two of them would receive a monthly salary of two taels of silver, asking them to work diligently for Wei Tiezhu.
Sure enough, when the two heard the two taels of silver, they were immediately overjoyed and swore a solemn oath.
Since this quick and easy method was feasible, Liu Zheng immediately contacted Wei Tiezhu and this time directly found a ceramic craftsman to make distillation tanks according to his own ideas. Since he planned to make his first pot of gold from this, he had to prepare at least three sets.
Three days later, three sets of stills were installed.
The back garden of the county mansion became Liu Zheng's wine-making workshop, led by Wei Tiezhu. In the past few days, Wei Tiezhu recruited a few reliable brothers to join the winery, and soon they became skilled workers.
Liu Zheng was purchasing large amounts of turbid liquor while distilling white liquor.
As for Fengming Tower, it has been closed for renovation these days and is now nearing the end. In fact, not much has been rebuilt, and most of it is just icing on the cake and minor changes.
According to Liu Zheng's request, a small attic, Fengming Pavilion, was built separately.
These days, the "Eternal Absolute" of Fengming Tower has indeed attracted many talented scholars from Yinzhou and even Yangzhou, who have flocked to it, hoping to become famous with it.
However, many people have tried for many days but still have not been recognized by Fengming Tower.
finally.
After being closed for half a month, Fengminglou is about to reopen.
After noon, Chen Xiang came here for a stroll with a group of lackeys.
"How's that going?"
Chen Xiang was holding a folding fan, looking very sexy and arrogant.
A younger brother beside him responded, "Hey, Master, according to your instructions, all the fine wines that entered Yinzhou in the past few days have been intercepted by my Chen family! No matter how much money the young master of the Liu family has, he will never be able to open a fine wine shop!"
“Hahahaha, well done!”
Whenever Chen Xiang thought of Liu Zheng, he became so angry that his teeth itched.
Fengminglou wants to open a business?
no way!
In the past few days, he had already found out that Liu Zheng had offended all the merchants who had supplied wine to Wanhualou before. It was about to open today, and Fengminglou didn't have much wine. Isn't it ridiculous for a restaurant to have no wine? It was said that Zheng Yueru had urged Liu Zheng several times because of this, but Liu Zheng always said that there was no rush.
Let’s see what you do today!
Chen Xiang came over early this morning to show his support, just to see Liu Zheng make a fool of himself.
"Hey, isn't this Mr. Chen?"
Unexpectedly, just as he arrived at the gate of Fengming Tower, Cai Zeng, the son of the Cai family, also arrived, also with a group of lackeys, and his style of ostentation was no less than that of Chen Xiang.
"Haha, Master Cai is here too?"
"Prince Wang is here too!"
Except for the Zheng family, all of the four prominent families came. It seemed that they all planned to make fun of Liu Zheng today.
"Why, Master Chen, do you want to enter the second floor today?"
The young master of the Wang family, Wang Bo, and Chen Xiang do not get along well.
"you……"
Chen Xiang was furious and wanted to curse back.
Cai Zeng laughed beside him and said, "You two, today is not the time for us to fight. We must unite against the common enemy!"
The two young masters then snorted at each other.
At this time, Fengming Building was already decorated with lights and colors, ready for opening. Today, all the prostitutes were dressed up deliberately. During this period, in order to turn losses into profits, Zheng Yueru also cooperated with Liu Zheng and brought in some high-quality girls from many channels, just to make the first shot of the opening of Fengming Building.
but……
Zheng Yueru is very worried now.
Seeing more and more people gathered at the door, waiting for the opening of Fengming Building, but Liu Zheng's wine had not been delivered yet. How could she not be anxious?
"Haha, Miss Zheng, how could you believe that little brat?"
"I heard that the county magistrate's office has been struggling to make ends meet these days!"
"Do you still expect him to bring you wine?"
A group of people nearby laughed at him. One of them, a fat man in brocade clothes, sneered: "Ms. Zheng, I, Old Zhou, have cooperated with your restaurant for so many years. When have we ever provided you with anything but the finest wine? You suddenly terminated the cooperation. Today I will see where you can find better wine than my Zhou family."
"That's right! Miss Zheng, what should we do now?"
"That Mr. Liu's mouth opened and closed, but we are accompanying a restaurant!"
"There is no fine wine in the entire Yinzhou now. What should we do when we open this store?"
"Even if Mr. Liu finally brought the wine here, can it compare to Zhou's fine wine?"
The shopkeeper, Old Cui, and several brothel madams all spoke out to attack.
Zheng Yueru also had a headache.
Could it be that I really trusted that Liu Zheng?
"We still have one hour to go before we leave Zhang, why are you in such a hurry?"
Although she was anxious in her heart, Zheng Yueru remained calm.
"Don't wait!"
"Miss, let's continue cooperating with the Zhou family! Otherwise, we will really be laughed at!"
"If word gets out that a restaurant doesn't have any wine, its reputation will be ruined!"
A group of people were persuading him.
The three young masters from prominent families were also watching and mocking at the scene.
Everything is in place, except for the lack of wine. Soon, the so-called Fengming Tower will become the laughing stock of the entire Liangzhou!
"Hurry up and go to the county magistrate's office to urge them!"
Zheng Yueru ordered people to find Liu Zheng quickly.
But there was no response from the other side for several times.
This made Zheng Yueru very anxious, but as the owner of Fengminglou, she had to be responsible for entertaining the guests who came to support the restaurant today. If she really couldn't spare the time, she would have gone to find that bastard in person!
"Congratulations!"
After all, half of the shares of Fengming Tower still belong to Miss Zheng. Quite a few people came to show their support today. Some wealthy people, landlords, and young masters presented gifts one after another. Zheng Yueru also took them in to take their seats. The newly renovated Fengming Tower had a much more elegant environment, and was different from the previous decadent style. It instantly raised several levels.
“Okay, okay!”
An old man nodded in admiration: "Fengming Tower, what a beautiful concept! Less makeup, more literary talent, it complements each other! This is the real romantic thing!"
"Mr. Huang's great theory!"
"Please invite Mr. Huang to take a seat in Fengming Pavilion!"
Mr. Huang is a famous scholar in Yinzhou with a high status. When he said this, many scholars echoed him.
"good!"
When Mr. Huang heard about the usefulness of Fengming Pavilion, he was also very happy.
In this era, most of the literati and poets gathered in these brothels, pursuing such romantic things, as if there would be no romantic things without entering the brothels. Therefore, in the eyes of the literati, brothels were not dirty places, but rather places where scholars were frivolous.
"A restaurant like this deserves fine wine!"
Mr. Huang turned around first and then sat back down.
Everyone responded.
Zheng Yueru's face turned dark again.
What about the fine wine?
Where's his fine wine!
"Miss, there is still a quarter of an hour left..."
"Look at this..."
It was getting later and later. It was about five or six in the afternoon, which was the best time for the brothel to open. But as the opening time was getting closer, Liu Zheng still didn't show up!
“What a bastard!”
Zheng Yueru finally couldn't help it, her face was cold and frosty: "Manager Cui, please help me keep an eye on him, I'll go find him!"
"I'm coming!"
At this moment, there was a shout from outside the door, followed by the sound of several cart wheels running over from the other side of the street. Wei Tiezhu was pushing a cart first, shouting in a muffled voice, "Move aside, move aside."
coming?
A group of people looked over when they heard the sound.
Zheng Yueru's face lit up with joy.
Chen Xiang sneered, "Hahahaha, where did you get this low-quality wine from?"
"What good wine can you get when you're trying to cram for an exam?"
"And see how he messes it up!"
A few young masters looked on with a sneer.
The wine merchant surnamed Zhou also laughed sarcastically, "In Yinzhou, who else's wine can compare to my Zhou's fine wine?"
Liu Zheng also ran over quickly and looked at Zheng Yueru with an apologetic look on his face: "Forgive me, I just finished the last step. It's a good thing I came here just in time!"
Zheng Yueru was stunned and asked in confusion, "Brother Liu, do you mean that you brewed this wine yourself?"
Liu Zheng nodded.
"How can this be possible?"
Zheng Yueru was so furious.
Everyone burst into laughter when they heard it.
Brew it yourself?
Are you sure you're not here to make fun of me?
The Zhou family has been making wine for hundreds of years and is famous. You don't want to use Zhou's wine, so you make it yourself?
The key is……
How can a prodigal like you make any good wine?
