A Man of Science and Engineering in Troubled Times Wandering in the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 45
Although Li Yu never went to Watsons to buy anything, after all, it is listed as a must-have four-piece set in a commercial plaza along with KFC, McDonald's, and Starbucks. The largest Watsons daily chemical store.

Li Yu's biggest impression of it may be that the name "Watsons" is the same as Hermione in the childhood goddess "Harry Potter".

In addition, its huge number of stores once contributed almost half of the cash flow source of Li Ka-shing, the richest man in Hong Kong.

But no matter how hard it is to think that Watsons existed more than 100 years ago, the vitality is too tenacious!
What Li Yu didn't expect was that Watsons was born in 50, more than 1855 years ago...

It's just that the boss of Watsons is still British and has not been bought by the Chinese.

While Li Yu was still in a daze, Zai Zhen had already chatted with the waiter who came out to welcome customers. It seemed that this guy came here often, after all, he was a dude in the capital, and he was a top-notch one.

If there is any talk about the four sons of the capital, Zai Zhen is definitely among them.

Zai Zhen called out to Li Yu who was in a daze, "Come in, it's fun inside!"

Of course Zai Zhen thought it was fun. There were no bars in Qing Dynasty at that time.

The interior design is also in a completely western style. Li Yu once went to a bar in Sanlitun. Speaking of which, the quiet atmosphere of this bar can only be regarded as a sake bar, and it is really a few generations behind bars in the 21st century. .

The waiters inside are all wearing suits and bow ties, but the braids on the back are really out of place, and there is a feeling of fierce collision between two eras.

The waiter called the boss after a while, and the boss was also very attentive when he saw Zai Zhen, "Master Bei, you are here! You are welcome, you are welcome! Or is it upstairs?"

Zai Zhen walked up the stairs to the second floor with ease, "Boss Guo, take the best whiskey from your shop."

Well, speaking these words from a person from the Qing Dynasty really makes people feel very generational.Don't drink Baigan or rice wine, but drink whiskey.

Boss Guo immediately greeted the waiter behind: "Hurry up and bring that bottle of Scotch whiskey to Master Bei."

Li Yu and Zai Zhen sat in a small private room, and there was a small ventilation fan next to them, and the blades of the fan started to spin not long after they sat down.Li Yu also quickly understood why there was a ventilation fan, because Zai Zhen skillfully picked up a cigar.

The waiter next to him quickly cut and ignited him. Zai Zhen took a sip contentedly, and then said to Li Yu, "Would you like a sip, the smell is very strong."

Li Yu immediately waved his hand: "I don't smoke."

Zai Zhen took a deep breath, then stretched and leaned back, his whole body felt relaxed, "Comfortable!"

Li Yu thought to himself, you are obviously the top, how can you smoke cigars so much, your lungs are about to explode, and you still hold back.But it's not opium after all, so let him go.

The funniest thing was the ventilation fan next to it. At first, Li Yu was quite curious about how it turned. If there was a small motor inside, it would be too advanced.

But he soon understood the principle, and it was really dumbfounding: a rope was attached to the ventilation fan, and the rope hung down to the first floor, and there was a dedicated waiter pulling the rope rhythmically to drive the ventilation fan. The ventilation fan turns.

Sure enough, in the Qing Dynasty, labor was the cheapest!
Not long after, the boss walked in with a bottle of whiskey in person, "Master Bei Zi, this bottle is Chivas Regal Scotch whiskey, which has been aged in oak barrels for more than 12 years, and it is definitely full of flavor."

Zai Zhen took the wine bottle, looked at it and said, "You didn't have such a good wine last time."

Boss Guo said with a smile, "You also know that the sea route is not smooth now, and this batch of wine has only arrived a few days ago."

Then he bent over and whispered to Zai Zhen: "A few days ago, Lord Chun came to make an order. I secretly left this bottle for you."

Prince Chun is naturally Yizhen's son Zaifeng. After Yizhen died, he inherited the title of Prince Jin.

The previous Prince Chun, Yizhen, was Guangxu's biological father, and Zaifeng was also Yizhen's son, and Guangxu's half brother.

But this is not so powerful. What is really powerful is Zaifeng's unborn son, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the last emperor of China's 2000-year feudal history-Puyi!
Zai Zhen and Zai Feng are of the same generation, but Zai Zhen's father, Prince Qing Yikuang, belongs to the side branch, and is not comparable to Zai Feng.But there is not much difference in age between the two, and besides Puyi is not yet born, if there is no Puyi, Zaifeng will become a side branch.

So these buddies compete with each other in private.In fact, Zai Zhen now has a lot more freedom than Zai Feng. After all, without the constraints of the relationship between the emperor's brothers, he can wander around at any time.

But Zaifeng, Prince Jin, couldn't do it. He knew exactly how his father died, so he didn't dare to call himself Guangxu's brother at all.Besides, since ancient times, several of the emperor's brothers died well!
After listening to the boss's words, Zai Zhen also smiled ambiguously: "He is well-informed."

The owner of the bar is very good at coming. Anyway, no matter whether it is Zaifeng or Zaizhen, whoever comes is the uncle, so he said with a smile: "Master Bei, today our Watsons head office has developed the most advanced distilled water, which is specially used to prepare whiskey , This is something that even Prince Chun has never enjoyed."

As soon as Zai Zhen heard this, he immediately became interested, regardless of whether it was good or not, he immediately said: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up!"

"Okay, Master Bei, just wait and see!"

In fact, this boss Guo is not an ordinary person. His name is Guo Weiwei. It was he who bought Watsons from the British in the future. Thanks to him, Watsons became a Chinese company through and through.

Li Yu used to drink whiskey. I don't know if he bought it too cheap at that time. He always felt that the taste was not as good as he imagined.

Foreign wine, whether it is whiskey or vodka, is the base wine after all, and needs to be blended with various other things, so there is the profession of bartender.

But Li Yu didn't try out any particularly good formula at the beginning, and maybe the only way he likes to mix it is ice cubes.

Zai Zhen proudly said to Li Yu: "The wine in this bar is definitely the best foreign wine in the whole capital, no, including Zhili!"

After a while, Guo Weiyi, the owner of the bar, walked in with a silver jug.

"Master Bei Zi, this is our newly developed distilled water. It is a perfect match with whiskey."

Li Yu felt completely stunned!It's really distilled water!

Damn it, it turns out that in the late Qing Dynasty, drinking distilled water was such a luxury?

　The first few chapters are a bit too popular, but these chapters are more relaxed, relaxed, slow-paced, and talk about life. After all, the protagonist also had daily necessities in that era, haha.

　　
　
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