The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 18

Liu Wei didn't go to the court, and he didn't know the result of the discussion in the court. He didn't know who would lead the troops to attack the Southern Han in the end, and the imperial court didn't reveal any news about attacking the Southern Han.

Seeing this situation, Liu Wei already understood that war is dangerous and destructive. Even if Song Dynasty has a strong army at this time, the war is not launched at will, and even if it is really going to be fought, there must be enough time Just be prepared.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Southern Han Dynasty, the imperial court was right to block the news.

And Liu Wei believes that it is not difficult to block the news of the attack on the Southern Han Dynasty for a period of time with the methods of the current emperor Zhao Kuangyin.

At this time, Liu Wei was not in his position, so after Xiangqianli Winery was closed, what he did every day was to continue to make wine at Liujia Winery, or to study new winemaking techniques.

And just when Lie Feng Jiu Niang was almost ready to be released on the market, a news suddenly came like a bolt from the blue.

The Lu’s restaurant on the East Street of the capital suddenly began to sell wine of the same high purity as Liefeng wine, but the Lu’s winery’s promotion method was the same as Liu Wei’s. Drinking on the spot, within the three bowls, they were completely drunk. Those people who couldn't wait for Liefeng wine flocked to Lu's restaurant like crucian carp crossing the river, and began to snap up the wine they called Lie Yan.

When the news came, Liu Wei was sorting out some wine-making materials, and Liu Quan was helping at the side. When Liu Quan heard the news, he suddenly froze for a moment, as if he lost his soul. If wine like wine comes, will there still be a market for their strong wind wine?

"Young...Master, what should I do?"

Liu Wei seemed very calm, but he was also very surprised in his heart. This technique of improving the purity of wine was presumably only known by the Liu Family Winery, so where did the wine in the Lu Family Restaurant come from?

Of course Liu Wei would not think that it fell from the sky, so the only explanation is that somewhere in the capital, someone imitated them to brew high-purity wine.

But Liu Wei felt a little unbelievable. I had seen tools for brewing high-purity wine before, but it took me a lot of time to make them in this era. Some tools still took a long time to find substitutes. How can people brew high-purity wine in such a short period of time?
Soon, Liu Wei thought of a possibility, that is, in their Liu Family Winery, there is a traitor, and this traitor not only stole their craft of brewing high-purity wine, but is still lurking in their Liu Family Winery, waiting Trying to shoot again.

Liu Wei trusted those who were in touch with the brewing process, but they betrayed himself. Liu Wei suddenly showed a murderous look in his eyes, but soon, he sneered and said to Liu Quan: "Uncle Liu, don't worry. , go and take out our newly brewed strong wind wine, young master, I want to go out."

After getting along for a while, Liu Quan already trusted Liu Wei very much. After listening to Liu Wei's words, he didn't ask any more questions, and immediately moved several jars of newly brewed strong wind wine to Liu Wei to the carriage.
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After noon, the sunshine of early autumn warmed my heart.

The Kaifeng government office has been busy in the past few days, busy with all kinds of affairs in the capital, and also busy with the thieves in Qixing Mountain.

However, Jin Wang is rare and leisurely.

The sun shines on the pillars of the pavilion through the sparse leaves, there are frogs singing in the weeds beside the waterside pavilion, and a few dragonflies fly by, but they are no longer happy.

King Jin picked up a glass of wine and took a sip. The wine entered the mouth, but he felt that it was very spicy, but the mellow aroma was more lasting, which made people feel endless aftertaste. After drinking like this, King Jin glanced at Su Looking at it, he said, "What do you think, Mr. Su?"

"Good wine, it's really good wine, the wine has a lingering taste, mellow and fragrant, it's really a rare good wine."

Su Tong seemed not to be stingy with his compliments at all, but after Su Tong saw the compliments, Liu Wei, who was sitting opposite them, quickly smiled and said: "Since the prince and Mr. Su like it so much, please accept it." , the lord helped me find the culprit who assassinated me, a little heart, no respect."

After listening to Liu Wei's words, the King of Jin smiled lightly: "In that case, then I would be more respectful than obedient." Speaking of this, the King of Jin suddenly smiled again: "I heard that the Lujia Restaurant on the East Street of the capital has brewed something similar This strong wind wine is the same as the wine, I wonder if Prince Concubine Liu knows about it?"

Liu Wei nodded: "I've heard it a little bit, but in my opinion, Lie Yanjiu is nothing more than an imitation."

King Jin and Su looked at each other when they heard what Liu Wei said, and they suddenly looked at each other and laughed. Liu Wei was not surprised when he saw this, but after they finished laughing, he said: "My lord and Mr. Su have already tasted it. Have you tried the flame wine from the Lu Family Winery?"

Su Tongkan nodded slightly: "That's right, but compared to the Liefeng wine from your Liu Family Winery, it has less aroma and taste..." At this point, Su Tongjian drank the wine in his glass and said: "I heard that the capital is now There are countless people who went to buy Flame Wine, Concubine Liu is probably going to lose money this time."

Liu Wei shook his head: "It's not a loss. I have my own way to reverse the situation. It's just that the Liu family winery provided financial support for the imperial court to prepare for the south and north. Although my father died of depression, I want to inherit my father's legacy. I just don’t know if King Jin is still willing to accept it?”

As he said that, Liu Wei slightly raised his head and glanced at Jin Wang Zhao Guangyi. At this time, Zhao Guangyi was only in his 30s, and he was at the peak of his power.

Jin Wang was slightly taken aback, but soon smiled and said: "Liu Concubine's heart is for his family and country, how can this king refuse such a sincere heart."

Liu Wei nodded and said happily, "How about following the old rules?"

The old rule that Liu Wei mentioned was that [-]% of the profits of the Liu Family Winery were given to the imperial court, and the imperial court was used to conquer the north and south until the Song Dynasty swept away the territory.

This is a rare support for the imperial court. Jin Wang didn't even think about it, so he nodded and agreed.

Seeing King Jin's promise, Liu Wei knew that he had achieved his goal this time, so he got up and said, "So, I will take my leave first. Although this strong wind wine is good, the prince should not drink too much. Besides, if you can drink this The wine is preserved for several years, and the taste will be better."

The autumn wind came suddenly.

The King of Jin drank the wine in the cup, and then sighed: "The strong wind wine is really much better than the flame wine, but I don't know how the willow flavor can reverse the current situation."

Su Tongkan sealed the opened wine jar, that action was so careful, as if he cherished it very much.

"My lord, in fact, Liu Wei came to Kaifeng mansion this time to reverse the situation."

"Oh? Mr. Su means that Liu Wei gave [-]% of the profit of Liu Family Winery to the imperial court in order to gain the support of our imperial court and fight against the Lu Family Restaurant?"

Su Tongkan shook his head, nodded again, and then said: "Yes, no, Liu Wei gave [-]% of the profits to the imperial court, so naturally he wanted to get the imperial court's support, but Liu Wei should know that the imperial court is not interested in private business. Interfering, otherwise you will lose the ground to compete with the people for profit, then the purpose of Liu Wei's coming here is just to get a word from the prince and his subordinates."

King Jin is not a fool, after hearing what Su Tongkan said, he immediately understood, and after understanding, he couldn't help laughing and said: "This Liuwei really has a lot of ideas."
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The second day Liu Wei went to Kaifeng Mansion to meet King Jin, everyone in Kaifeng knew that King Jin liked Liefeng wine, and after everyone in the capital knew that King Jin liked Liefeng wine, Qin's Restaurant suddenly A slogan was put up, called Xie Xie Neighbor's son, imitating An Kexi.

"Xie Xie Neighbor's Son, Imitate An Kexi" is a sentence in the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Weixi's chanting, which means to tell the blind imitation neighbor Dong Shi that it is not easy to frown and win favor; now it is used by Qin's restaurant, Naturally, it was aimed at Lu's Restaurant on the East Street, saying that they were like the imitative Dong Shi, no matter how early the flame wine was released, it was not as good as the strong wind wine.

And just after Qin's Restaurant put up this slogan, Liefeng Wine officially started selling.

And because of King Jin's celebrity influence, Qin's restaurant immediately attracted people to buy it.

When the business of Qin's Restaurant was in full swing, Liu Family Winery also began to sell the strong wind wine in stock to other restaurants. After loading a few cars with Tanxiang Wine and Liefeng Wine, he hurried to Chang'an.

The business of the Liu Family Winery is booming, and the restaurant owners who came to buy goods in front lined up for a long time, while Liu Wei, here, convened people to study their latest wine-making methods.

In such a busy way, it was evening.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, the wind blew the coolness, and the servants of the winery left one after another, but Liu Wei did not return home.

About an hour later, Liu Quan came with a few angry people, and among these people, one was tied up, his face was bruised and purple, as if he had been beaten.

Liu Wei was not surprised when he saw this scene, he just smiled lightly: "Uncle Liu, is this the one who betrayed us?"

Liu Quan nodded: "The young master is still wise. He used the new brewing technology as a bait to lure the traitor to show up. This person is named A Lu, and he is a very old man in our Liu family winery. But what we didn't expect was that he left After going to the winery, I met a person and whispered to that person for a long time, and after the conversation, the person actually gave him more than a dozen taels of silver."

At this moment, A Lu was tied up, his eyes were terrified, and there was also a trace of nervousness. He kept calling for the young master to spare his life. Liu Wei looked as usual, glanced at A Lu, and asked, "Why did you betray me and give you money?" Who is that person?"

Ah Lu looked flustered, while a servant frowned slightly, and kicked him on the calf: "Young master asked questions, speak quickly, or you will suffer!"

"I said I said, please spare your life, young master."

(End of this chapter)