Datang Happy Landlord

Chapter 445;

Chapter 440: no time
At 36:[-] a.m., the city of Chang'an, which had been silent all night, began to be lively again, with a lot of people and cars and horses.

There are caravans coming and going from barbarians, as well as millet and grain from various places, as well as horse-drawn carts for silk shops, pottery sellers, food delivery to restaurants, etc., and so on. World famous cities are recovering again.

The common people gathered around the heels of the wall, looked at the notices posted on the wall, and pointed. At the third alley entrance of Xinghuafang from north to south, dozens of men, women, and children chatted with each other. .

"Hey, Li Laosan, don't you say that you know how to read? Show the big guys what is written on it, and it will also show your ability."

The man named Li Laosan blushed and spoke a little awkwardly;

"Someone said that you can bear a few words, but there are so many densely packed on it, who can bear it all?"

"Hey, you've been bragging for a long time, and I still think you're capable!"

When the crowd heard this, they burst into laughter immediately, causing Li Laosan to dodge embarrassingly, and quietly walked out of the crowd, a middle-aged woman suddenly screamed;
"Look, everyone, isn't that old master Zou coming out? He is a teacher who teaches in the Zheng family's private school, and he will definitely be able to read it."

Just as the woman finished speaking, the father-in-law walked up to her with a wobble, and a man hurriedly saluted;
"I've seen Old Master Zou, I'm so polite."

"Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it, Wang Qi please hurry up, the old man will return the courtesy."

"So that Master can know that when I got up and was about to go out to work, I found a new notice posted at the entrance of the alley. I don't know if it was posted by the court or the old man from some family got lost.
Everyone is guessing at each other, and it just so happened that you came over, Master, please let me know, so that I can let you know and satisfy everyone's curiosity. I wonder if Master has some free time. "

"Oh, it's not easy, I'll wait for the old man to come and see and tell everyone."

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, Mr. Zou is going to read the notice..."

"Hurry up and get out of the way, don't delay things, I have to go to the shop to be on duty after listening to it!"

A group of people saw Old Master Zou walking towards the wall and hurriedly made way for him. The old master shook his head and muttered, and then explained to the anxious crowd;

"Don't worry, everyone. This is a notice from the household department of the imperial court. It is about the sale of Wuliangye fine wine and the drunken immortal. Tomorrow, there will be an auction meeting in the largest warehouse in the east of Cangbusi City. , It is said that it is to decide how to deal with the sales rights of the counties and counties in the world."

In the crowd, a middle-aged man dressed in decent clothes stood on tiptoe and looked at the teacher who was reading the notice;
"Old Master Zou, this Immortal drunk is too expensive, how can common people like me afford to eat it, the Wuliangye fine wine is now [-] a bucket, but I can eat it once in a while.

A distinguished guest came to my house last night. I went out and spent hundreds of dollars to fetch a catty. It really is the fairy wine that a good man should drink!

I'm only concerned about the Wuliangye fine wine. Hasn't Chang'an City started selling it again these days? Why do you want to have a party and talk about the sale?Isn't this redundant? "

The old man read the notice carefully again, and then turned around to look at a group of people waiting for an explanation;

"The notice said that the Wuliangye wine sold these days is trying to sell it for a few days to see if anyone comes to buy it, and to familiarize the big wine sellers with the process of selling wine, so that they can see the common people. Do you welcome the attitude towards Wuliangye?"

"I'm sure you're welcome. This kind of fine wine is much better than the high-grade turbid wine that was ten thousand and one bucket before, but it only sells for six thousand dollars. How can I wait for the common people not to welcome it?"

"That's right, what Wu Laoer said is good, the people of course welcome it, but if you ask me, six thousand is still too expensive.

It would be even better if it could be sold for [-] a bucket. When you are free, spend two or three hundred dollars to beat him back for a catty, find a good friend and fry it for two. What a joy it is to sit down and eat food for the middle of the night? "

"Hey, what you said is easy. You want to sell it for three or four thousand a bucket. The question is, Li Xianbo doesn't spend money to buy millet. It's interesting enough to sell it at this price of wine. Don't be greedy anymore."

"Isn't it? To be honest, Wuliangye is worth the price even if it sells for [-] yuan. Mr. Li Xianbo asked all the big households in the world to sell it for [-] yuan. He is already very considerate of us people..."

"Don't yell, just listen to the old master's notice. It's not too late to talk after the master explains it. Master Zou, please tell me about the sale of rights, so that everyone can learn a lot!"

"That's right, Mr. Zou, please clarify quickly!"

The old man stroked his goatee, coughed a few times, and took enough airs before continuing to speak;
"It's said in the notice that the sale is for a few days to see if it works. Whether someone buys it or not is for those big wine sellers to see. The specific right to sell it will be decided at the warehouse of the Ministry of Finance tomorrow. of.

For example, in a certain county, if you want to sell spirits, you have to pay to buy them, or a hundred guan, or a thousand guan, the old man is just an example, the specific number is not written in the notice.

Then you pay the money to the imperial court, and all the places in this county can only be sold by your family, and then only your family can sell them from generation to generation.
If someone goes to sell wine on the territory designated by the imperial court, you can report it to the government, and the imperial court will naturally arrest those who break the rules.

If they should be beaten, they should be beaten, and if they should be punished, they should be fined, and the notice clearly stated that a large part of the money fined for breaking the rules will go to the people who originally sold alcohol, and a small part will belong to the imperial court. This is how things are. , the old man will not delay, there is still something to do. "

"Oh, old master, don't be in a hurry to leave, I didn't make it clear..."

"Hey, I'm talking about Mrs. Zhao, why haven't you heard clearly? What the master said is clear enough. You can buy a piece of land after you pay. Then you go to the Ministry of Households to buy Wuliangye and sell it on your land. , what a simple matter..."

Everyone was talking about it, a middle-aged man in satin, frowning, stood aside, carefully read the notice twice, then left without a word, went back to the road and sat in a carriage and commanded the coachman;
"Let's go, go to Uncle Jiu's house, I have something important to do, don't delay."

"It's Mr. Lang."

The servant who drove the carriage agreed, and immediately drove the carriage out of the alley. Just by looking at the smooth and smooth movement of the carriage, one could tell that the driver was a veteran of at least 20 years.

This person is the Zheng family of Xingyang who has been hesitating whether he should participate in the sale of spirits at the court~ Zheng Tong, the eldest son of the third-family patriarch of the Zheng family,
This alley is a beautiful little concubine raised by him. He has just taken over the house for more than a year, and he can't get along with the wives and concubines at home. Zheng Tong bought this house and settled down, so that the old women will not arrive in one day. late fight awkward.

Recently, I have been tossing about the sale of spirits. Zheng Tong hasn't been here for almost a month. Yesterday, the concubine arranged for the maid to visit the master of the house, and sent a handwritten letter, expressing her love and wanting to share the rain and dew.

That's right, Zheng Tong also felt that it was unreasonable not to come here for more than 20 days. He came to stay for a night yesterday, hugging a young concubine who is as young as a flower and whose skin is as tender as mushrooms after a spring rain. Scored twice before being tired and falling asleep!

Woke up early this morning, as soon as he left his concubine's house, he saw a group of young and old chatting together at the entrance of the alley. Zheng Tong couldn't help but came over to check it out. Wrinkled.

The content of the notice was clearly written, and the registered big households went to the Cangbu Division today to get their number plates, and tomorrow they went to a large warehouse in the East City of the Hubu to attend the final gathering.

It is equivalent to saying that there is only the last day left for today. If you continue to hesitate, you will no longer have a chance to participate tomorrow!
Zheng Tong has always advocated going with the court, but several important clan elders have always opposed this matter, for fear of falling into the trap of the court, and his patriarch Aye is also vacillating from side to side and has been hesitating. In mid-air, unresolved for a long time.

Today Zheng Tong read the notice posted by the Ministry of Household Affairs and felt that he could no longer hesitate. If he hesitated for another day today, he would never have a chance.

The coachman took Zheng Tong to the old mansion of the Nine Clans in the south of the city, and immediately opened the side door to let his carriage and horses in after the notification.

The carriage entered the second courtyard, Zheng Tong got out of the carriage and hurriedly walked to the main hall, when he met a servant on the way, he directly ordered;
"Hurry up and invite Uncle Jiu, just say that I have something important to discuss with my uncle and his elders."

"only!"

The servant promised to leave quickly, and then Zheng Tong slowed down his pace and thought about his thoughts. Apart from his patriarch Aye, there were five remaining members of the Zheng family's third-family relatives, not to mention the ones who died young.

This Uncle Nine is the chief manager in charge of the business in Chang'an City. His words are very important, he is Aye's good helper, and he is also one of the three elders who are close to him.

Aye has always carefully considered what Uncle Nine said, and no matter what he has to win Uncle Nine today, he can convince Aye, otherwise everything is empty talk.

As the patriarch of Zheng's third house, if Aye doesn't nod his head, no one in the third house can make a decision on this matter. No one would dare to represent Zheng's third house in private to participate in the sale of liquor without the patriarch's consent. Son.

Zheng Tong, who was thinking about his thoughts, went all the way to the main hall and sat down. Several maids waited on the side, and another servant went to the kitchen to bring a bowl of standard tea.
Zheng Tong took a deep breath and started to eat. The mutton pieces in the tea were huge and quite a lot, but Zheng Tong was not in the mood to eat meat, so he chewed a few mouthfuls indiscriminately, and almost finished a bowl of sheep oil tea. Pushing it aside, a maid picked it up and took it away.

Zheng Tong, who was in a trance, heard an old voice at the entrance of the main hall;

"Da Lang, you didn't go to the yamen to be on duty, why did you come to this old man?"

Turning his head, Zheng Tong saw that Uncle Jiu was coming, and quickly stood up;
"Nephew pays respects to uncle, uncle Wanfu Jinan."

"My son is free, you take your seat, come back to our own home, what are you doing politely?"

Zheng Tong greeted him with a smile, and helped the old man to sit down;

"Courtesy cannot be broken, uncle, please slow down, uncle, please sit high."

The old man sat down firmly, and then spoke again;
"I just woke up early this morning. It's just the beginning of the hour. You came to this old man. You must have something important to discuss. Recently, you have been making a fuss about Baijiu and Wuliangye. I'm afraid you came here for this matter. What happened again?"

"Uncle, you are really good at predicting things. No wonder you have been in charge of the business of our Sanfang Chang'an City for decades, and you have never made a mistake. My nephew admires it."

"This old man is almost seventy years old. Ever since my elder brother handed over the affairs of Chang'an City to this old man, I have never dared to neglect. I have worked hard for nearly 40 years and have never complained.

I'm afraid that I'll disappoint my elder brother's admiration and admiration. Although there is nothing outstanding, it is still not easy to keep our three-bedroom business from declining. "

"That's that, Uncle, that's merit. I, Aye, also often teach me that Uncle Ninth, you are the most loyal one, and you are the most down-to-earth in doing things, so I, Aye, always think carefully about what you say."

"It's not that the old man is boasting. The old man has always put the overall situation of our third house as the most important thing in doing things, so the eldest brother listens to me more. The few old brothers in the clan on the other side of the eldest brother, how much can I talk about when I go? In other words, the words of other brothers are not very easy to use."

"Uncle, you put your heart and soul into our third room. Aye is not a fool and I will definitely listen to you. Besides, the third uncle and fifth uncle only knew how to read in the early days, but you took it with you later. Now we can be the pillars of our third room. The only ones are uncles and you."

The old man laughed heartily at what the junior said, stroked his beard and said relaxedly;
"You're still obsessed with the sale of baijiu in the imperial court, you want the old man to be a lobbyist, so that the eldest brother can finally settle down, right?
To be honest, I agree with your thoughts on this matter. It is right to follow the court. The elders of the other clans chirped and disagreed. The old man also knew in his heart that those who danced the most would just eat and wait for death. , what idea can you come up with?
Those who are afraid of wolves and tigers later are afraid of tigers, and it is difficult for a mob to become a great weapon. Although the old man supports your idea, but they are swaying and indecisive about what the elder brother said, which is also very troublesome.

That's why the old man told you three uncles and five uncles to talk as little as possible. The purpose is to wait for you, Aye, to calm down for a while.

You don't have to worry about what you said to the old man before. I have discussed it with your three uncles and five uncles several times. We all agree with you. You can rest assured that you will be satisfied with this matter. of. "

Hearing that the most important uncle agreed with his opinion, Zheng Tong smiled happily...

(End of this chapter)