The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 13
Chu Xikuang has been watching the situation of the Liu family winery in the past few days. He considers himself an expert in business and knows a lot about wine, but compared with Liu Wei, he feels that he is really insignificant up.

Hearing that Liu Wei wanted to see him, Chu Xikuang didn't dare to hesitate, and hurried over.

At Qin's restaurant that day, Chu Xi drank a lot, and his words were somewhat unruly, but when he was not drinking, he was quite a calm person, but occasionally he would be frank.

After seeing Liu Wei in the living room, Chu Xikuang said with a smile, "Thank you son-in-law for your hospitality these days, but I don't know why the son-in-law called you here?"

Liu Wei smiled lightly: "Brother Chu suddenly became more polite. There are no outsiders here, so you don't have to be polite. I came to see Brother Chu today to discuss something."

When he heard that there was something to discuss, Chu Xikuang was a little wary, but he still laughed quickly: "What's the matter with the son-in-law, just tell me directly."

Liu Wei nodded, and said: "Brother Chu's case has been accepted by the Kaifeng Mansion, and the gangsters will be wiped out in a short time. I want to open the market for Tanxiang wine in Chang'an. I'm afraid it will take a lot of trouble for Brother Chu." .”

When he heard that it was about the sale of Tanxiang wine in Chang'an, Chu Xikuang was overjoyed and said, "I don't know if the son-in-law wants to open a shop in Chang'an City, or is he looking for an agent?"

"Chang'an is a little far away from the capital, but it is difficult for me to leave the capital. Naturally, I want to find an agent. I wonder if Brother Chu is willing to do it for me?"

"I am willing, of course I am willing. To tell you the truth, I have drunk a lot of wine, but wine as good as Tanxiang wine is really rare. I am sure that as long as this wine enters Chang'an, it will definitely be able to drink. Popular."

Liu Wei smiled lightly: "What Brother Chu said is very true, so how about selling it to Brother Chu at the next fifteen cash per liter?"

"This..." Chu Xikuang was stunned for a while: "My son-in-law, I have also seen your wine-making process. The cost is only twelve or thirty yuan per liter, and you sell it to me at fifteen yuan per liter. But you can’t make much money, and it’s five fen less than the one you sold to the merchant in the capital, if I don’t bring the wine back to Chang’an, but sell it in the capital for [-] fen, I’m afraid it will make a lot of money.”

Liu Wei glanced at Chu Xikuang, and then said flatly: "I believe that brother Chu is not such a person, let alone smashing his signboard in the capital, and the most important reason why I sold it to brother Chu at such a low price is because I want to sell it to you." To open up the situation in Chang'an, it is impossible for the Liu family winery to only sell wine in the capital, to be honest, I have a big appetite, as long as Brother Chu is willing to help in Chang'an, we must give Brother Chu some convenience in the future."

Hearing Liu Wei's words just now, Chu Xikuang couldn't help but tremble all over, and a raging ambition rose in his heart, so he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "My son-in-law has great ambitions, and I will do my best."

After finishing speaking, Chu Xikuang was secretly delighted. If he sold the wine for 35 renminbi, if he brought it to Chang'an, he could at least sell it for [-] renminbi or [-] renminbi per liter. The money earned would be doubled.

Just when Chu Xikuang was secretly happy, Liu Wei suddenly said: "Brother Chu must have heard about the price reduction of Xiangqianli Winery, right?"

Chu Xikuang nodded: "I heard that it has been reduced to thirteen cents per liter."

"Then can brother Chu help me with the next favor?"

"The son-in-law ordered."

"I can't talk about orders, but I just think that the wine of Xiangqianli Winery is [-] cents per liter, which is really too cheap. Seeing such cheap wine, I really can't bear it, so I want to ask Brother Chu to pull the carriage , how about going to help me buy a few cars back?"

Hearing Liu Wei's words, Chu Xikuang really didn't understand, aren't Liu Family Winery and Xiangqianli Winery rivals, why is Liu Zhou going to buy wine from Xiangqianli Winery now?
Chu Xikuang didn't understand, but he didn't ask, Liu Wei gave him so much convenience, he should help Liu Wei, and he also knew why Liu Wei wanted him to go, now Xiangqianli Winery must be on guard As for Liu Wei, if someone from the Liu Family Winery went to buy wine, Xiangqianli Winery would definitely not want to sell it, and it was very likely that they would make a fuss about it.

"I don't know how much the son-in-law wants to buy?"

"It's 1 taels of silver. Now I have ordered people to prepare the silver. Brother Chu will take the silver and take the people there."

Hearing 1 taels of silver, Chu Xikuang was shocked suddenly. One tael of silver can buy about 77 liters of wine, and 1 taels of silver is 77 liters of wine. It's only thirty or forty catties, and 1 taels of silver can buy tens of thousands of jars of wine. Does Xiangqianli Winery have so much wine?
Liu Wei seemed to have also seen Chu Xikuang's surprised expression, so he smiled lightly: "1 taels of silver is indeed a bit much, and your going like this will easily arouse the suspicion of Xiangqianli Winery. After you go, it depends on the situation. Buy more, buy more, if you can buy them all, buy them all, if you pass by other wineries or restaurants when you come back, if they are willing to sell them at a low price, you can also buy them, but the price should not exceed fifteen cents each. Lift."

At this time, Chu Xikuang didn't understand what Liu Wei was thinking, so he had no choice but to think about nothing and just do what Liu Wei said.
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The capital city in late summer and early autumn is quiet and serene, but in this tranquility, a story spread throughout the capital, and the more it spread, the more evil it became.

It was the evening when it reached Princess Ruyi's ears. In the evening, when the sun was shining, the entire Princess Mansion seemed to be in a painting under the afterglow of the setting sun.

Princess Ruyi was startled when she heard this, and then asked again in disbelief: "What did you just say, the son-in-law spent 1 taels of silver to buy wine from Xiangqianli Winery and other wineries?" bought it?"

"Princess, that's right. Now the entire capital is discussing this matter. Everyone doesn't understand what the son-in-law has done, so there are many speculations. Some people say that the son-in-law bought Xiangqianli The wine of the winery is to pass off the second as good, and they want to sell Qianlixiang as a fragrant wine."

After Xiaoyu finished speaking, Princess Ruyi frowned slightly, but soon stretched it out again, and smiled slightly: "Those merchants are not stupid, and the son-in-law is not stupid, how could it be possible to use Qianlixiang as a fragrant wine? It seems that the son-in-law There must be a deep meaning, let's wait and see."

Jin Wangfu.

King Jin picked up a glass of wine and took a sip, then looked at Su who was beside him and said, "Mr. Su, this Liu Wei has bought a lot of other wines in the capital, do you know its meaning?"

Su Jiaokan frowned slightly, King Jin was a little surprised when he saw it, he and Su Jiaokan had known each other for many years, and he would only frown when he encountered something he couldn't understand, could it be that even Su Jiaojian couldn't understand Liu Wei's taste? What's the point of this move?

There was silence in the room, but the silence didn't last long.

"My lord, according to our information, Liu Wei didn't let the people in Xiangqianli Winery know when he bought the wine at the beginning. He just entrusted a Chang'an wine merchant to buy it, but later the news spread and the whole capital knew about it. , and some unfavorable remarks about Liuwei have been spread, presumably this is the action of Xiangqianli Winery."

King Jin nodded slightly after hearing this: "Did Xiangqianli Winery discover something, or is it just a guess?"

"I don't know about this. If it's a guess, it's nothing. But if Xiang Qianli finds out that the person who bought the wine was sent by Liu Wei, it will not be easy. The prince knows it. Some of us always pay attention to Liu Wei, so we know It was someone he sent, but if other people don't pay attention, how will they know?"

The wine glass that King Jin was about to put into his mouth suddenly stopped, and he suddenly remembered the defeat of the Liu Family Winery. These years, the Liu Family Winery fought for the court, but it paid a lot of money, but a year ago But suddenly lost, so that now the imperial court wants to use troops against the Southern Han Dynasty, it must make full preparations, lest the successor will be weak.

Thinking of these things now, King Jin suddenly felt enlightened, so he put down his wine glass and said, "Come here."

As the voice fell, a person suddenly appeared in the room. This person had no expression on his face, and his face seemed to be dead. The person came in suddenly, and immediately knelt down and said, "What is your order?"

"Wei Ping, this king ordered you to follow Liu Wei secretly at all times and not let him be in any danger."

After Wei Ping took the order, he quickly disappeared into the room.

All this happened very quickly, but Su didn't look surprised at all. He must have found someone like Wei Ping who knew King Jin was around, and he also thought of the Liu family winery.

"My lord, Wei Ping is a leader in the shadow army, and he was sent there just to protect Liu Wei. Is it a little overkill? Wei Ping is by the lord's side, so the lord is safe."

King Jin smiled lightly and waved his hand slightly: "Mr. Su is worried about the safety of this king. This king understands, but please rest assured, Mr. Su. This king is not just Wei Ping's bodyguard." At this point, King Jin suddenly said: "Investigate Xiang For the matter of Qianli Winery, I will leave it to Mr. Su."

"This prince can rest assured that as long as there is a problem with Xiangqianli Winery, he will not be able to escape."

King Jin nodded slightly, he was still very confident in Su Tongkan's means of collecting information, and after the two discussed this matter, King Jin brought up the topic of what Liu Wei bought so much wine for .

Su looked at it with a wry smile: "The subordinates can't guess, but we don't need to guess, we will know after we send someone to investigate."

Xiangqianli Winery.

Huo Cheng had a slight smile on his face, but the man in black next to him couldn't see his expression clearly.

"Don't get complacent so early. People in the capital are just guessing about the Liu Family Winery. He hasn't lost yet."

Huo Cheng smiled lightly: "Relax Xiang Zuo, it may be just speculation today, but it may come true tomorrow."

"What do you want?"

"Although we don't know why Liu Wei bought so much wine, what he did is strange after all, and we don't want people to know that the rumors we spread are half true and half false, and the people are just waiting and watching, but tomorrow Suddenly someone came forward and said that the Tanxiang wine from Liu Family Winery was adulterated?"

(End of this chapter)