Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 432 Wine
"Let me tell you...our Juan'er...even though her father passed away when she was a child...but I...have never let her suffer any injustice!"
"Yes, yes, it's obvious that my uncle is caring."
"Have you seen her hands? That's the hand that holds a pen, not a needle...! She won't be able to hold anything else in the future!"
"Yes, I also..."
"Why do you always look at Juan'er's hands? Besides... Juan'er has never quarreled with anyone since she was a child... If someone uses violence to bully her, hmph..."
"Uncle, please drink..."
Amid the smell of alcohol, Bai Tu was pouring wine for Xiahou Yuan - since there was no one else present, Bai Tu was happy for him to drink more.
Xiahou Juan, who had arrived not long ago, saw Bai Tu still pouring wine for Xiahou Yuan, and couldn't help but roll his eyes at him...
Fortunately, the highly distilled liquor that had been produced earlier came in handy at this time!
Otherwise, would Xiahou Yuan be so easily drunk?
Before the Qu'a Winery was built, people in the Han Dynasty had never drunk strong liquor. Even now, it is not very popular. After all, the factory was built less than a year ago, and the first batch of finished products were still "gifts" and were not officially put on the market...
Qu'a Winery was owned by the Chu Palace, which invested 30% in the company through technology, and the remaining 70% of the shares belonged to investors - Bai Tu gave the opportunity to the small nobles who were the first to join him when he first arrived in Jiangdong and was in Qu'a, as well as the local generals who had made contributions in the Battle of Qu'a.
However, the Chu Palace has full decision-making power, and it seems... this does not need to be emphasized separately?
The location was also chosen in Qu'a, which was also a way to thank Qu'aji for her support in the beginning...
I remember when I first saw Qu Aji, she was still wearing a rustic short jumpsuit, but she was a girl full of energy - now thinking about the length and personality, she is actually very similar to the well-known simple farm girl Lisa. The producer also said that the reason why it was short was to make it convenient to work in the fields.
However, after serving as the seat of government in Yangzhou for a short period of time, Qu Aji's clothes became more gorgeous, but still exuded a sense of simplicity and liveliness...
Until the winery was built, Qu Aji's current image was that she had a wine gourd around her waist, her face was red all day long, and she looked a little drunk!
The character setting is becoming more and more complicated...
From this we can see that although Qu'a Winery has not yet officially made a profit, its impact is still huge. Before it has been launched on the market, it has already affected Chengji as a characteristic industry.
In the future, Bai Tu will also build some official wineries. After all... as long as the private brewing business is locked down, alcohol can still be very profitable.
Moreover, the monopoly in this area will not cause any public resentment.
In other words, the State of Chu is not short of food now, while other regions like the Central Plains and the North have long begun to "ban alcohol". After all, brewing wine requires food.
It is not clear how much economic benefit Qu'a Winery can bring to Bai Tu, but at least it has helped Bai Tu to deal with most of the difficulties at hand...
At the beginning, after Xiahou Yuan officially revealed his identity to Bai Tu, he was in a state of disbelief, especially since Bai Tu was not very good at getting along with his father-in-law.
Lu Bu? When he was with Lu Bu, Bai Tu didn't feel like he was facing his father-in-law...
Therefore, Xiahou Yuan became even more aggressive and wanted to take the opportunity to establish his authority!
actually……
After discovering the King of Chu's attitude, which was so... undomineering, Xiahou Yuan felt relieved, but for Xiahou Juan's sake, of course he had to be even more arrogant.
Before entering the door, Xiahou Yuan was indeed not satisfied with Bai Tu.
Firstly, there is the issue of marrying far away. How could Xiahou Yuan not know that after this separation... it would be difficult to see his "daughter" again.
This is not like the airplane taking off and landing from Hebei to Jiangsu in later generations, but it is from Wei to Chu. Not only is the road long and difficult, but can Wei and Chu be friendly forever?
If they can really remain friendly forever, there is only one possibility - both families are being suppressed and beaten by the forces supporting the Han Dynasty!
Secondly, it is also "Princess", concubine, concubine!
Although Bai Tu was the King of Chu, the "concubine" of the ruler had a completely different meaning from the "concubine" of ordinary people. This was a privilege only the ruler had. No matter how powerful other people were, their concubines would only come from families with extremely unequal status to theirs. Even for most people, families that could be considered "good families" would not consider marrying their daughters as concubines.
The ruler is an exception because the harem has always been one of the centers of power - especially in the Han Dynasty.
However, as a "father", Xiahou Yuan obviously did not want his daughter to be a princess. When he wanted to marry Bai Tu, he wanted her to be his legal wife!
Of course, it is impossible to have Xiahou Juan as the legal wife now, even without Lu Lingqi...
Now Bai Tu is no longer the governor of Yangzhou who hangs out in Jiangdong, but the King of Chu who unified Jing and Yang. The people of Chu can accept a princess from the Xiahou family of Wei, but they absolutely cannot accept a queen from the Xiahou family.
These two points made Xiahou Yuan very resistant to Bai Tu, but... the matter of "Madam Xiahou" could no longer be reversed.
In addition to reasons of public opinion and reputation, in fact... Xiahou Yuan had met Xiahou Juan privately once before and asked her about her own thoughts.
Since Xiahou Yuan has come, it means he has made up his mind that if Xiahou Juan is unwilling, he will risk his shame to take Xiahou Juan back.
What's wrong with a damaged reputation? What's wrong with gossip?
As the "daughter" of Xiahou Yuan, are you afraid that no one will marry her?
This was not the era of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. As long as the requirements were lowered, there were many people willing to cling to Xiahou Yuan, and you could also choose a fair-skinned and obedient one.
However, the conversation between the two at that time made Xiahou Yuan deeply feel that girls are no longer under the control of their fathers!
"Juan'er, do you like Jinling?"
"It's all up to my uncle."
"How about your uncle take you back to Yecheng?"
"My daughter wants to stay for a while longer..."
"Do you really like that white picture?"
"It's all up to my uncle."
"Lü Bu's daughter... Tsk tsk, it sounds like she's not a good person to deal with. She might even get violent!"
"Sister Lingqi is actually a very nice person."
"Juan'er, you don't really want to stay, do you?"
"It's all up to my uncle!"
Xiahou Yuan: ...
Therefore, one can imagine the resentment Xiahou Yuan felt when he first saw Bai Tu.
Fortunately, Bai Tu managed to survive until the banquet started, and Xiahou Juan had already arrived, and the magic weapon "Qu'a Wine" was also in place.
Xiahou Yuan also liked to drink some wine on a daily basis, which can be said to be one of the few universal hobbies among both literati and warriors.
However, Xiahou Yuan, who was used to low-alcohol wine, obviously stumbled here. Originally, Xiahou Yuan loved wine but was strict with himself, but now his tongue has become two circles bigger.
Of course, it was mainly because of Bai Tu’s attitude before that made Xiahou Yuan feel comfortable, so he let down his guard.
Although there were many concerns, Bai Tu's attitude dispelled most of Xiahou Yuan's previous concerns...
Previously, Xiahou Yuan had imagined Bai Tu’s personality based on his brother Cao Cao and Liu Bei, with whom he had interacted for a period of time in Xudu. After all, they were all powerful rulers, so their personalities should be similar.
The result was that Xiahou Yuan became angrier and angrier. During that time, Cao Cao also wondered if he had offended Brother Miaocai at some point...
Now, with this contrast, Baitu’s impression has also increased a lot.
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Thousands of miles away, the King of Wei and the Marquis of Lu sneezed at the same time.
