Chapter 76 Three-year-old Brother
Zhao Yulin and Xiaomin each reached out a hand and held the little brother who was less than three years old to go for a walk in the yard. The spring orchids planted by Ma Ling beside the courtyard wall had bloomed, and the orchid fragrance was wafting in the air. He was in his comfort zone and was a little reluctant to leave.
Fan Zheng came in to report that the carriage had arrived. He took his younger brother back to his mother and accompanied Xiaomin back to her parents' home.
Chen Zhongshun told him that the old wine had already been blended, and the Wu Gu Feng wine that was released this time would definitely be applauded by the wine merchants.
Xiaomin believes that Cuipingshan will no longer produce low-alcohol wine in the next step, but will transport it back from Xinshi for blending.
Zhao Yulin does not make decisions. He thinks it should be decided by the market. We should make what kind of wine the wine merchants need and make it at the lowest cost.
He suggested to his father-in-law to invite wine merchants to a discussion, listen to their opinions, and then develop some new wines to meet the dietary needs of different regions.
Chen Zhongshun nodded with satisfaction.
The next day, Zhao Yulin took Chen Xiaomin to Xinshi.
It's the season of golden cauliflower again. The number of households in Xinshi has more than doubled compared to last year. Fishermen fishing on the Mahu River and casting nets to catch fish have more than enough to cover their daily needs with their daily catch.
Zhao Yulin was very pleased to see the rapid development of the new town of Anning. He accompanied Xiaomin to wander in the sea of rapeseed flowers, intoxicated by the strong fragrance of rapeseed flowers.
Three days later, he convened a meeting of all the brigades and asked everyone to make preparations, hand over their bases to Fire Phoenix, and march to Hanzhong.
After inspecting Yongshan Village and other villages in the south, Zhao Yulin returned to Cuiping Mountain. The preparations for the opening of Jiuzhouba Street had been completed.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month has arrived, and wine merchants from all over the country have gathered in Yibin, waiting to pick up the goods tomorrow.
These foodies have already tried all the delicacies in Yibin. When they saw from the Cuiping Morning Post that Jiuzhouba would launch Yibin yanmian and Dali rice noodles when the street opened on the 15th, some wine merchants even extended the accommodation time in the inn rooms and wanted to eat the yanmian before leaving and try the rice noodles before leaving.
In the afternoon, they crossed the river to visit Jiuzhouba. Tourists stopped in front of every newly opened shop to choose things. Chen Xiaomin and Chen Chen said happily that the city had come alive again.
The next day, the opening ceremony of Jiuzhouba Street was held, hosted by Chen Xiaomin. Chen Yun invited the prefect of Jiazhou, Mr. Zhen, to come to the stage in person. The newly renovated Jiuzhouba Street was crowded with people and was very lively.
In particular, the Yibin Yanmian shop was crowded with diners. The chef brought out a plate of noodles and placed it in front of the customer's table. He lit the noodles with a fire starter and the noodles actually ignited. The chef stirred it with chopsticks and the fire went out naturally. The diners tasted it with joy and exclaimed how delicious it was.
The Dali rice noodles restaurant was also packed with people. Pots of rice noodles were served. They looked cold, but they were scalding hot when put into the mouth. The dishes in the casserole were even more fresh and delicious. All the diners were amazed and praised them highly.
Zhao Yulin came to the Litchi Tavern, which was also crowded with customers. Wang Qingshan pointed at Wang Dehui who was busy inside and told him with a smile: It was Dehui who wanted to come here on her own, and he asked Wang Dehui to be the shopkeeper here.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that it was the Wang family's business as to what to do, as long as they were satisfied.
Wang Qingshan told him that it was already very good and the rent here was cheap. He didn't expect that there were so many diners. It was really surprising.
Hehe, didn’t he think about who planned this?
These old antiques, including Zhao Yulin's father, were not optimistic about Jiuzhouba at the beginning, and investment in it was rare. They were all merchants from Sanjiangkou who followed Zhao Yulin. Now that they see the street is booming, they are overjoyed.
The prefect really showed off in Chen Yun's government office and praised Zhao Yulin for his intelligence. He actually thought of reopening the business in Jiuzhouba and focusing on special products to make it popular.
Chen Yun said there was more. He selected ordinary people in the city who had skills, lent them money to open shops there, and all of them were very popular.
Yang Zhishan then told them that the third son of the Zhao family did not bear grudges and allowed the Wang family to occupy the port and open the Lychee Green Wine Bar. The second Miss Wang had already come ashore and became the shopkeeper.
The real master kept saying that this child is rare, rare...
If Zhao Yulin was present, he would definitely feel jealous. No matter what, the key is to implement it.
He was discussing things with Chen Chen and Xiao Min in the room.
Zhao Yulin saw a large number of tourists today, and a big reason for this was because of the wine sales, and the wine merchants came in droves to support the event. He suggested to Xiaomin that he should ask his father to distribute the wine in different areas next time.
The merchants who come to buy wine from all over the country are divided into three areas, and they come to pick up wine in separate ten-day periods. In this way, the merchants will not be crowded together, and the wine shops and docks will not be too tired and tense. The customers coming and going will become a normal flow, and the business of Jiuzhouba will be prosperous forever.
Chen Chen happily said "Yeah."
Xiaomin immediately took Chen Chen to discuss the matter with his father.
In the old Zhao family mansion in Jiangbei, however, a scene of a quarrel between father and son was unfolding. After visiting Jiuzhouba, Mr. Zhao, his eldest son Zhao Yuqing, and his eldest wife saw the booming business and the crowded streets and felt very uncomfortable.
When Zhao Yuqing got home, he argued with his father.
Zhao Yuqing said that he wanted to raise funds to start a business with his third brother, but his father disagreed. What about now? Jiuzhouba has become popular, and it is difficult to even rent a store. I am afraid that I will have to squeeze in and find my third brother to open a back door.
Moreover, future business will surely revolve around the shops along the street. Any shop that is not connected to this route will definitely see a decline in business.
His father said it was too late to say anything now, so he should go find San'er and open a shop to do business.
Zhao Yuqing said that it was okay to go for a cup of tea, but he wanted to open a shop? I wonder if my third brother would recognize him?
His mother said that if it doesn’t work, you can ask your fourth sister for help. Aren’t you and your fourth sister very good friends?
Zhao Yuqing said that as long as they were brought back home, he would do whatever he wanted, so why should he beg?
His father's overbearing temper came up again, shaking his finger and pointing at Zhao Yuqing and shouting, "Boss, are you going to rebel too? I've left all the housework to you, you idiot."
The family of three continued to quarrel in the living room.
Guigu of Cuiping Mountain.
Chen Xian made a musket and asked Zhao Yulin and Zhu Congwen to test it. Zhao Yulin saw that Chen Xian had white hair in just over two years, and he thought he had suffered a lot.
He smiled and said let's not look at the gun first, just have some tea. Zhao Yulin smiled and said Mr. Zhang already has a little girl, so why not bring one in? It's always good to have someone to take care of her.
Chen Xian looked at him with strange eyes and asked what happened today. He was concerned about his personal affairs. He really became fussy after having two wives. Look at the gun, brother.
Zhao Yulin felt that he was not interested in women and was devoted to firearms. Holding the musket in his hand, he even suspected that there was something wrong with him.
After firing two shots, he felt it was okay. With paper shell bullets and reloading one by one, it was pretty good to be able to do this.
Zhu Congwen asked Fan Zheng to hand the 800 million bars to Chen Xian. When Old Chen opened the wrapping cloth, he was petrified and stunned. He glared at Zhu Congwen and asked why he didn't show it to him a day earlier?
Is this humiliating him?
Zhu Congwen found it difficult to talk to him.
Zhao Yulin said, "Why get so angry? It would be useless to show it to him earlier. He couldn't make it with the tools he had now. Today, they showed it to him and asked him to take a closer look. They thought they could learn something useful to improve the musket ."
Seeing that Chen Xian didn't say anything, he nodded at Zhu Congwen, stood up and pushed Zhu out.
Zhao Yulin told him to digest it carefully.
Zhu Congwen asked him if it was too early to show it to Lao Chen.
Zhao Yulin said that he might have known it for a long time, but he just didn't feel comfortable asking. It would be a good thing to take a look, but he was afraid that he would get lost in it and unable to get out.
The two went to the Beggar's Chicken restaurant by the Jinsha River to have a drink. Zhu Congwen asked him if he felt comfortable handing over such a big business and tens of thousands of soldiers to a disabled person with high spinal cord injury.
He said that if he was not assured about this, who else could do it for him? Then I advised him to get a wife.
Zhu Congwen said with a sour nose that he was in this situation and didn’t want to implicate others.
Zhao Yulin said that this was not a burden at all. He pointed at the woman and said that judging from her expression, she cared a lot about Lao Zhu, and it was good to marry her into the family to have someone who could take care of him.
Old Zhu shook his head, picked up his wine glass and told us not to talk about this.
The two began to think about equipment. Zhao Yulin said that they should get some more Zhuge crossbows. During the battle with Dali, they found that the enemy group lacked suppressive weapons when charging, which made the fight very frustrating.
Zhu Congwen nodded and said that the target of the battle was different. To deal with the Mongolian soldiers, we should consider how to snipe their cavalry. He asked people to improve the crossbow, which could shoot three arrows at a time, with a range of 500 meters, and could easily break armor within 300 meters.
Zhao Yulin said with a smile that if he had brought a Mark 1 heavy machine gun with him, we wouldn't have to rack our brains so much.
Old Zhu laughed and said he was dreaming. What about Mark? Why not just send a heavy tank to crush everything? There will be no end to the oil and bullets, so you can drive all the way from Yibin to Lake Baikal.
Zhao Yulin laughed and raised his glass to offer a drink.
When she returned home, Xiaomin said that her elder brother had come and wanted to rent a shop in Jiuzhouba.
Zhao Yulin asked: Does his elder brother know where my mother's descendants sell handmade cloth? Does he know that only handicrafts with unique characteristics can be sold there, and ordinary goods cannot be sold there?
Xiaomin said she told her elder brother.
He said that since that had already been said, if the eldest brother still wanted to do it, he could do it, but the rent must be collected first, because it was an investment made by all the shareholders, and it was not our family’s property.
The next day, Chen Xian came to his place for tea and apologized for his misbehavior yesterday, asking him not to take offense.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said that they had all been through this together, so there was nothing to be surprised about.
Chen Xian told him that he and a master he absolutely trusted would work on the gun for a few days and then return it.
He also thought that the existing tools really could not make it, so he decided to make a few mature things at hand so that his brothers could use them.
Zhao Yulin nodded and said that the burden on his shoulders had become heavier. As the team was constantly expanding, he had to first ensure that his brothers had enough weapons.
We also have to consider improving the tools. The reason why the musket was made so crudely is because the tools were not good enough. We also have to choose a site on Cuiping Mountain to build a reservoir and use the water drop to drive the machines. How can we make the gun barrel well without a lathe with a continuous and stable rotation speed?
