"Haha..." Xu Xian raised his head and laughed while holding up the wine bowl. He originally wanted to hug Lao Zhao's thigh, but now the emperor's spare tire wants to hug his own thigh instead. How could it not be funny?

Zhao Kuangyi's face darkened, "Does Brother Zhixian look down on me?"

Xu Xian put down the wine bowl and bowed his hand and said, "It's okay. Speaking of which, the first person I met in your family was you. If I didn't like you, how could I make friends with you? Besides, I even promised you my girl.

You really have no conscience when you say this."

Zhao Kuangyi said happily: "So Brother Zhixian agreed?"

"I agreed, we are friends!"

Zhao Kuangyi quickly filled up the two bowls of wine, "This bowl of wine is for me to offer to you. I will never refuse if you have an assignment in the future."

Their wine bowls collided heavily, the rippling wine splashed into each other's bowls, and then they drank it all.

"Don't just say nice things. I have something to entrust to you now. I will go back to Huainan in a few days. Your second sister is pregnant now. You should come and take care of her often."

Zhao Kuangyi patted his chest and said, "Don't tell me that this is what I should do."

"By the way, there is also Xiaocan. You know she is a coward. Don't let your wife bully her because of her status."

Zhao Kuangyi's expression couldn't help but change, and he sighed: "Ms. Yin has passed away."

Xu Xian asked in surprise: "When did it happen?"

"It just happened last month. I caught a cold and just left."

"My condolences!" Xu Xian patted him on the shoulder to express comfort, and then said after thinking: "Then when do you plan to straighten the little silkworm!"

Zhao Kuangyi was startled when he heard this and then said: "Now is not the time, otherwise the Yin family will not be able to justify it. I want to wait until three years later."

"Three years? You are very particular."

"It's really hard to implement the rules like this, and it ruins the family's reputation."

"Whatever, I don't want to ask too much about your family affairs. Just don't feel wronged, Xiaocan."

After staying at home for a day, Xu Xian called for Wu Liang and asked him to go to the pawn shop to take out the money he had stolen from Guangzhou and divide it. He also wanted to see and support his family members. He really didn't want to go there anymore.

Lao Zhang spent a lot of money to let Jiubao and a certain conductor let his family's daughter enter the bridal chamber in only two days. He said that he was really scared this time, so he asked Jiubao to take advantage of his free time at home.

After finishing his wife's tea, Lao Zhang carried a wooden box and ran to Xu Xian's house to have a drink. After two bowls of yellow soup, he actually started to spit on the emperor.

"This emperor is truly extraordinary. He has been restless since he ascended the throne. What do you think he wants to do? Isn't it better to get more beauties and wine, and live happily in the palace?"

Xu Xian almost choked on his wine and said: "What you are talking about is the King of the Mountain, not the emperor. There are several emperors who do not want to rule the world and leave a name in history. This is also the responsibility of the emperor."

"Since the nest thieves started causing chaos, the whole world has become a mess. It is so easy to get together. If the emperor wants to be famous, we Qiu Ba have to work hard. If you are lucky, you will trade scars for a new future. If you are not lucky, you will be buried in a foreign land.

There are no people burning paper graves, how miserable!”

Lao Zhang's face was full of emotion, he picked up the wine bowl and drank it all. Xu Xian said strangely: "Lao Zhang, you usually focus on money, how come you care about world affairs today."

"Who said I was after money?" Lao Zhang said, taking the small wooden box and putting it on the table. When he opened it, there were silver ingots inside. "I'll give these to you!"

"Lao Zhang, you really have a good eye. Knowing that I have another big deal, you can't wait to buy shares?"

"What kind of deal is this? I heard that one of Red Scarf's vice-captains died in the battle. Do you think you can ask Jiu Bao'er to take over?"

Xu Xian waved his hands and immediately refused: "Jiubao is still young, and it is already difficult to be a team member now. Others don't know what you don't understand about the military. If I promote him to be the deputy chief of staff for nothing, the others

If there are any complaints, both Jiubao and I may be shot in the face. You don't really want a white-haired person to send a black-haired person away, do you?"

Lao Zhang was silent for a while and then said: "That's all, I don't expect him to have much future. He can just leave a legacy for our Lao Zhang family. What kind of business you said you wanted to do just now is just a share purchase!"

"Have you found all the brewing masters I asked you to find some time ago?"

"When have I never cared about what you are talking about? I bought this brewing master from Ren Yazi, and I hold the deed of sale of the entire family in my hand."

"The best thing is to just wait and get rich!"

Xu Xian's new business is naturally related to wine. Wine has a wider audience than tea, but the wine at this time is extremely bad.

What common people drink most is called turbid wine, also called white wine. Unlike the white wine of later generations, the white wine at this time was like rice soup with many impurities.

Even better is sake filtered from white wine. Xu Xian’s favorite is rice wine. Both sake and rice wine have very low alcohol content, which is the standard for beer in later generations.

Naturally, what Xu Xian wants to do is distilled liquor. The alcoholics around him all regard the lime-added liquor as a treasure. If they see the clear, translucent, sweet and mellow distilled liquor, they will probably go crazy.

He had already prepared for this. The tall building next to his house was the winery he had built in advance, and he designed the winemaking equipment himself.

The brewmaster poured the new brewing slurry with green foam into the steamer, and after a short time of cooking over low heat, the steam with the aroma of wine spread in the room.

Lao Zhang squinted his eyes and sniffed vigorously, looking intoxicated. Xu Xian poked him with his finger, "Isn't it just a few sniffs that will make you drunk? If you want to drink, come here."

Xu Xian took him to the wine outlet, where clear wine was slowly coming out along the bamboo tube. He took a black pottery bowl and took a small half of the bowl and handed it to Lao Zhang.

Lao Zhang took it and looked at it, "It's so clear that you can even see the bottom of the bowl. Just like plain water, it shouldn't taste like alcohol."

"You are intoxicated by the smell of alcohol in the room. You will know if it is good or bad after you drink it!"

Lao Zhang brought it to his mouth and took a clear sip. He immediately coughed violently, and his dark face turned red from holding it back.

Xu Xian slapped his back and asked, "What? Doesn't it taste good?"

Lao Zhang took his breath without saying anything, drank the contents of the bowl in one gulp, and then took a few long breaths, "This wine is really strong. When my throat rolled just now, I felt a ball of fire entering my stomach. Now

It's so pleasant to exhale with a warm feeling. It's really not worth it for me to drink those sour and smelly wine soups for half my life. Let me drink a few bowls first."

Xu Xian quickly grabbed him, "It's not too late to drink again from now on, let's discuss business first!"

"Then you can talk while drinking!" Lao Zhang directly held the wine jar in his arms, took the bamboo wine raisin in his hand, and said while drinking: "Yesterday's small box of gold and silver is all

When I buy shares, how much share will you give me?"

"Three points!"

Lao Zhang immediately exploded, "That's a full two thousand strings, so give me three points!"

"Does Uncle Zhang think that I am short of capital and need others to buy shares?" Xu Xian snatched the wine raisin from his hand and poured some into his bowl, "I only plan to keep five points for myself."

"Do you give the rest to others like tea leaves? Are you still afraid that the emperor will steal your business? I heard that he was also a businessman in the past, so that shouldn't be the case."

"He even dared to rob the Buddha's money, so why didn't he rob me? Once this business is spread, it will probably be several times bigger than the new tea business. The emperor's ambitions are not only to use human lives to make up for it.

We need money, and once the money stolen from the temple is spent, there is no guarantee that they will not target us for business."

"Then how many more people do you plan to invite to become shareholders?"

"The more, the better! If you can bring in thirty to fifty thousand people, that's fine."

"It's really a waste of money for them."

"You don't understand this. The business of the winery can be divided, but all the wine produced is in our own hands. Only the Happy Forest area can buy it from outside. This is the bulk of the business."

In a business, production and sales are separated, half of it is used to attract people, and the other half is used to monopolize the market. This is Xu Xian's good plan. I believe that Happy Forest on the edge of Jinshui River will become the liquor distribution center of Dazhou in a short time.

Expecting that Lao Zhang could not do it alone, Xu Xian called in the new staff and asked Chen Yonggui to be his deputy. At first, Zhao Kuangyi, who was young and energetic, was unwilling to do it, saying that doing business was a despicable thing, but Xu Xian scolded him before he could do it.

I reluctantly agreed.

The reason why he is so anxious to start the distilled liquor business is that this may be his last chance to monopolize a business.

The war in Huainan will not end for a while, and by the time Chai Rong returns from the expedition, the business of distilling liquor has been launched, and his brother-in-law, who drinks wine to release his military power, may not be able to tolerate him in the future to win over the military's morale.

After staying at home for more than ten days, Wu Liang had re-equipped the horses and went to the Crossbow Courtyard to replace the new divine arm crossbow. Everything was ready and he would set off the next day.

Someone came to the palace, and the young eunuch Wang Dejun cupped his hands and said: "The King of Liang said that he has not seen the stupid pig for a long time, and he wants to ask his slaves to bring the stupid pig to the palace to play with him for a day."

The King of Liang was Brother Yang, and Chai Rong named him King of Liang soon after he came to the throne. As the eldest son of Chai Rong, he was naturally the candidate for the future crown prince.

"The King of Liang summoned me, how dare I disobey!"

Xu Xian pulled out A Bao from the side room who was sleeping soundly in the haystack. Wang Dejun was surprised when he saw it and said: "The stupid pig is so big. It looks a lot more fierce than before. I'm afraid of it."

It’s been a long time since I last saw Liang Wangsheng.”

"I have long said that Abao is actually a ferocious beast that can bite off a person's arm in one bite. You must ask the guards to keep an eye on it."

"Rather than letting others see it, why don't you and your slaves take a trip!"

"Well, that's fine. I don't have anything important to do at home anyway."

Xu Xian took A Bao to Zhang Dejun's carriage. Since the emperor and the empress were not in the palace, the guards were much stricter than before, especially for an adult man like Xu Xian. However, with the belt card of King Liang, there was no obstacle.

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The carriage entered the palace from the side door, went directly into the harem, and then stopped in an independent palace garden. Zhang Dejun led a man and an animal inside, and saw several people waiting under a pavilion.

A young man stood up and pointed at Po and said to the two babies beside him: "Look, that's Po!"

Xu Xian couldn't help but be startled when he saw a haunting figure in the pavilion. Ever since Chai Rong ascended the throne, Fu Liying followed Fu Empress into the palace. Although Xu Xian often went in and out of the palace, one was in front of the other.

In the harem, we never had the chance to meet each other. Counting on my fingers, it has been two years.

The greenness in Fu Liying's face has faded, and her pretty face is softer and gentler. She is holding a baby girl standing on the stone table. A pair of beautiful eyes are also looking at Xu Xian. There is a vague mist rising, and a

Blinked and disappeared.

Xu Xian stepped forward and saluted Brother Yang, "I have seen the Dai King!"

Although Brother Yang is only six or seven years old, he has been well trained and has the air of a royal nobleman. He put one hand behind his back and supported him with the other, "I love you!"

Then he lowered his head and said seriously to a baby boy next to him: "This is the Xu Dianzhi whom Brother Wei once told you, and Abao is from his family."
To be continued...