Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 74

Li Shimin took out other wines from the palace.

This wine is also good wine, but the more you drink it, the hotter it becomes, and the mood becomes irritable.

Comparing the two wines like this, it seems that beer is better.

"My lord, where did you buy this beer?"

"Yes, the beer is very good, and I want to buy a few jugs to drink."

Everyone asked one after another, Li Shimin said: "This wine is produced in Qin's Village, and it is brewed by Qin Tian. He is in my palace right now. If you want to buy it, you can ask him."

After speaking, Li Shimin sent someone to call Qin Tian up.

After Qin Tian came out, these princes and nobles immediately surrounded him.

"How do you sell this wine?"

"Yeah, how many are in stock?"

Facing the inquiries from these people, Qin Tian was not in a hurry, and said: "There are quite a lot of stocks, but I dare not sell them, because I don't have a license from the imperial court, so I can't sell alcohol."

"It's just a license. What's the difficulty? We can help you handle it, and you've already sold it to the prince, so what's the problem with selling it to us?"

Qin Tiandao: "If you have a license, you can sell it, but this wine is brewed with grain, but there is not much grain in the mansion, so it is not easy to brew it after selling it, and now the grain on the market is not easy. It's very expensive, I really can't afford it, and this wine will be sold out, so although I can sell it, I don't really want to sell it, I still want to keep it for drinking."

The people were not fools either. When they heard someone talking about food in the Prince Qin's mansion, they naturally understood what was going on very quickly. They didn't expect that King Qin's tricks were so deep.

In order to buy food from them, they went around such a big circle.

Everyone looked at each other, hesitating for a moment what to do next.

Seeing them like this, Qin Tian smiled and shook his head, turned around and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, one person finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "Then why are you willing to sell it?"

Qin Tiandao: "It's simple, as long as I can continue to have food to make wine. I want to exchange the wine in the early stage for food. That is to say, I can only exchange food for beer. Money can't buy it."

Trading food for commodities was still very popular in the Zhou period of traders. The ancient people traded by bartering things. Later, when they got money, this trading method was gradually replaced.

They didn't expect Qin Tian to use such an ancient method.

"Oh, how much food can be exchanged for a jug of beer?"

Their family has a lot of food, and if the price is right, they don't mind exchanging it for food. After all, in their opinion, how much food can it cost them for just a few jars of wine?

Without this amount of food, it is impossible for Li Shimin to solve the problem of food and grass.

Qin Tiandao: "My jar of beer weighs about five or six catties. To brew five or six catties of beer, the cost of food and labor is not low, so if you change a jar, you need twenty stones of grain."

Having said that, Qin Tian added another sentence: "There is stock, but not many, if you want it, you have to hurry up, otherwise the price increase in the future is a trivial matter, and not being able to buy it is a major issue."

Everyone felt a little distressed when they heard that a jar of wine cost [-] shi of grain. This price is almost the same as the price of good wine in the Western Regions.

The wine was shipped from the Western Regions, and it was very scarce, so the more expensive it was, the more expensive it was. This beer was brewed by Qin Tian himself, so why is it so expensive?

But when they heard that there were not many stocks in stock, and there would be none if it was too late, these people immediately changed their minds. To be honest, they drank this beer more comfortably than wine. If they bought it at the same price, they would still prefer beer.

Isn't it just twenty stones of grain, who can't get it out?
"Okay, I want ten altars first."

"I also want ten altars first."

"........."

Many princes, nobles, and aristocratic families all expressed their desire for ten altars. Ten altars of wine are two hundred shi. Ten families want two thousand shi of grain. There are almost twenty families who came today. altar.

In this way, in the end, Qin Tian could exchange several thousand stones of grain for hundreds of jars of wine.

A few thousand shi of grain doesn't seem like much, but don't forget that ten altars of beer may be consumed in a few days for these aristocratic families, and there are many rich and noble families in Chang'an City. Home.

As long as the right to sell beer is obtained, he is sure that there will be no fewer people coming to buy it. Here today, it is actually just a publicity.

In this way, it is easy for him to get ten thousand stones of grain.

With this tens of thousands of shi of grain, Li Shimin's problem can almost be solved.

Li Shimin watched Qin Tian doing business with these powerful families, and couldn't help being curious again. Why is it so easy for Qin Tian to come to this place?

He had tried his best to get food from the aristocratic family before, but Qin Tian was lucky enough to get a few thousand stones directly.

The banquet in front was still going on, and here in the backyard, Princess Changsun sat chatting and playing with the wife of a wealthy family.

The wives of these aristocratic families are all from famous families, and many of them are daughters of five surnames, very noble.

Therefore, they disdain Tang Rong for the daughter of a small family and the wife of a loose official. After everyone sat down, no one paid any attention to Tang Rong.

Sitting here, Tang Rong was very embarrassed.

On the contrary, Princess Changsun, she knew that the success of today's matter depended entirely on Qin Tian, ​​so after drinking for three rounds, she called Tang Rong to sit next to her, and had a good chat with Tang Rong.

Those aristocratic wives were shocked to see Princess Changsun being so kind to Tang Rong. They didn't understand how a little wife of a loose official could be liked by Princess Changsun?
They were a little jealous, but they looked at Tang Rong with disdain no longer.

The banquet in the backyard continued, but halfway through, Princess Changsun suddenly frowned slightly, feeling unwell, so she told everyone, got up and rushed to the bedroom.

Tang Rong didn't understand at first, thinking that Princess Changsun was not feeling well, so she hurriedly followed. After following up like this, she realized that it was the princess' menstruation.

Although Princess Changsun has a noble status, she is no better than other women in solving this kind of matter, but the cloth strips used are cleaner, and plant ash is actually indispensable.

Seeing this, Tang Rong quickly took out an aunt's towel from her sleeve.

"Princess, you try this."

Princess Changsun didn't expect Tang Rong to follow her. She was a little embarrassed and ashamed when she was found out. Seeing Tang Rong take out something the size of a palm, she felt even more embarrassed, and even slightly angry. She had never seen such a shame. A person with sharp eyesight.

But she was also curious about what Tang Rong was holding, so she tried it as Tang Rong said.

After trying this, I felt much more comfortable.

"It's really good to use. Where did you buy it?"

(End of this chapter)