Lu Dynasty

chapter 85
After Wang Yun left the Cai Mansion, I gave Dian Wei a good command.Cai Yong was also very pleased to see that I cared so much about his daughter.I just feel like I'm making a big deal out of a molehill, who in Luoyang would dare to do such a blatant kidnapping.I can only say that this is a precautionary measure. If something like that happens, Cai Yan will not be harmed.You know, Qiao Xuan, also the father of Xiao Qiao, his son was kidnapped in Luoyang, and Qiao Xuan refused to spend money to redeem him in order to fuel the arrogance of the criminals. Qiao Xuan's son was killed.

Cai Yong listened to my explanation and thought it made sense.And he has known me for so long, I have never said big things, but sometimes I feel a little bit talkative.Just like I predicted that the Taiping Dao will be rebellious in the Jiazi Year, but now it will be the Jiazi Year in less than half a year, and he still does not see the rebellion of the Taiping Dao.

On this day, Zhang Rangfu Xiaosi sent me a box and a letter.I looked at the box and the letter, feeling a little puzzled.When I opened the letter, I found that it was written by Zhang Rang.

The content of the letter was roughly: Zhang Rang thanked me for giving him another two thousand gold, but he couldn't let me lose too much.Just after the emperor drank, he felt that his intercourse ability had improved.So Zhang Rang told the emperor that this wine has the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing yang, and it is not like the tiger wolf medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor.I also told the emperor that I was afraid that the effect of this wine would not be obvious, and asked Zhang Rang to wait for His Majesty to feel it before speaking out.

The emperor was very happy after hearing Zhang Rang's words, because now his ministers want to reward them very much for their merits, but I am not greedy for credit.So His Majesty the Emperor personally gave my wine title "Qingjiang Yuye" as a signboard, on the condition that there should be at least a hundred jars of tiger bone Yang-enhancing wine every year.Of course, I don’t need to make Jin’ou specially, just use the porcelain altar fired by the emperor’s imperial kiln.

When I opened the box, I saw that there was a piece of paper dedicated to Emperor Ling by Cai Yong. On the paper was written the four big characters of 'Qiongye Yuye', and there was a big seal on the lower right corner, but it was not the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.Not to mention, Emperor Han Ling's small handwriting is really good, a bit like the "two kings" (Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi, the great calligraphers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty).Thinking about it, it is said that the characters of the two kings were passed down from Cai Yong, and they were all from the same master.Find someone to rub the word, and then engrave it into a plaque, and the original version, of course, has been pasted.

After Huang Ming finished handling Wubao's affairs in Chang'an, he handed over the full power to Zang Ba.He came to Luoyang by himself to meet me.When he saw the plaque bestowed by Emperor Han Ling, he didn't know what to say.I also heard that I have become the Marquis of Guannei. Although the Marquis of Guannei is not worth much, he is the lowest rank among Marquises, so he is also a Marquis.Huang Ming shook his head and said in his heart: Father is still very powerful. He has already seen that these two nephews are not things in the pool. He thought that these two nephews could help him become a big man and a famous businessman. I still underestimated this nephew.

Now that there is wine named by the emperor, Huang Ming's restaurant will flourish.Huang Ming stockpiled all the high-quality wine that came in continuously in the wine cellar of Jimin Restaurant, hoarding nearly ten thousand altars for sale, but I told him to only sell one jar of the best every day, one for a thousand gold; Altar, a hundred gold altar; defective ten gold altar.The rest is sold as high-alcohol wine mixed with water, and the price is the same as that of ordinary wine.If we don't have enough wine, we can buy wine from other restaurants in Chang'an, transport it to our own winery for distillation, and sell it at the price of medium wine.Although Huang Ming was very surprised why I did that, they always just obeyed my orders and never asked why.

Picking an auspicious day, Huang Ming hung a plaque at Jimin Restaurant, and I specially sent invitations to Zhang Rang and others.Zhang Rang was very happy when he saw my invitation, and came with Jian Shuo and some of his off-duty regular attendants.I chose a private room and let them serve wine and food to Zhang.Zhang Rang joked: "Boss Lu, I heard that your high-quality wine is worth a thousand dollars, and you only sell one jar a day. What kind of wine are you going to entertain us with today?"

I smiled and said to Zhang Rang: "Master Zhang, you don't deserve to drink high-quality drinks!" Zhang said a few words that made them all change their faces, thinking that I was going to cross the river and tear down the bridge.Seeing Zhang Rang's expressions on their faces, I lightly raised my finger to my mouth and said, "Shh! What I prepared for you is for His Majesty, please don't tell me!"

When Zhang Rang and others heard it, it turned out that I was joking with them. Zhang Rang scolded with a smile: "Okay, Lu Baxian, you dare to play our jokes, don't you have guts!" I was still very happy, after all, I entertained them with wine for the emperor.

I laughed and said, "It's the Hou Yemen. If you want to change Wang Yun, it would be nice if I could sell them some defective products!"

Zhang Rang said with a smile: "Next time we will sell water-mixed ones!" After speaking, several regular attendants laughed together.

"What Master Zhang said is right!" I laughed and said, "Masters, drink first. I'll go and see my father-in-law and the others. My brothers are good at drinking, but the quality of the wine is not good. If you get into trouble, please let me know." Lord Hou, forgive me!"

Zhang Rang said: "Go, go, I'll take care of everything!"

I left Zhang Rang's private room and came to the place where my brothers and I usually drink.Zhang Fei and the others were drinking, and when they saw me coming in, they got up and saluted. I smiled and said, "Drink! Why are you so tiring?" Zhang Fei rubbed his head, smirked, and continued to serve Picked up the wine bowl and drank, but he didn't drink like before.Last time he drank half a jar, about five catties, and when he got up in the morning, he was still dizzy, and he didn't get better until evening.Only then did he know that this high alcohol is very powerful.

I went to Cai Yong's side and saluted, "Father-in-law, how about this wine?"

Cai Yong laughed and said, "Who dares to say anything wrong with the 'Qiongyeyuye' inscribed by His Majesty himself! But Baxian, you are standing on the opposite side of the general!"

"General!" I said with a smile, "He Jin is just a butcher. How can he be more intelligent than Yide? It is estimated that Yide's IQ can kill that so-called general. At least Yide Derby He Jin can fight. He Jin is just a gun used by the aristocratic family to fight against the ten permanent servants and snatch the imperial power. He Jin is an idiot. It is against the emperor! As far as I am concerned, as soon as the emperor dies, He Jin will die at the hands of the ten servants. At that time, He Jin will be an important factor in the decline of the great man!"

As soon as I finished speaking, the door of the private room was pushed open, and two young men in Confucian robes walked into the private room.

(End of this chapter)