"On this point, I really want to praise him. Muchuan is really extraordinary."
Li Shimin drank while talking, with an obvious greed on his face, and then ordered the eunuchs to bring the whole jar of wine with a wave of his hand.
So during the next tea time, Li Shimin began to drink heartily, and drank half the jar of wine in one breath.
You must know that as the emperor, Li Shimin himself was subject to many restrictions, such as drinking. He could not drink so much during the day, otherwise it would only delay political affairs.
Under Liu Gui's repeated dissuasion, Li Shimin originally wanted to drink all the beer, but now he had to drink half of it.
However, this beer is delicious and cannot be found in the world, so Li Shimin wrote a special document and ordered Liu Gui to go to the residence of the Ministry of Revenue to buy more of this beer. The more the better.
Some people are happy and some are sad. While many high-ranking officials are happy because they drink beer, some people are upset because they can't get any beer.
Chang'an City, the residence of the Minister of Civil Affairs.
In the courtyard of the mansion, there is a stone pavilion under which Hou Jun gathers. Zhang Zicheng and others are gathering here.
When they heard that beer was very popular in the imperial court, and every official with grades above five received beer distributed by the household department, this made them all angry and upset because they didn't actually get beer.
Isn’t this very obvious?
The Ministry of Household Affairs is taking action! Everyone has something to share, but they don’t have it.
Hou Junji sat on the stone chair and smacked the table with his hand angrily: "This Minister of the Ministry of Finance is really bullying people. He actually targets us like this!"
Lin Sanshan: "Brother Hou, don't be too angry. It's just a kind of wine. If you can't drink it, you can't drink it. What's the big deal."
Imperial physician Ling Cui Feng said: "I just heard that this beer is very magical. It tastes sweet and delicious. After drinking it, it has the effect of forgetting your worries and refreshing yourself! Although I don't know whether it is true or not, it is also curious!"
After all, beer has become popular among officials, and everyone uses it as a topic for discussion.
Those who have drunk it are fine, but those who have never drank feel regretful about it. After all, they don't even want to talk about "beer" with others, and they don't even know what "beer" tastes like.
At this time, Cui Feng said cautiously: "How about we... also go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to find a jar of fine wine and taste it?"
Lin Sanshan and Hou Junji were strongly opposed to this. Although they also wanted to try the taste of beer, if they and Muchuan were made to bow their heads and beg, it would be better to kill them.
The sun was shining high, there were no clouds in the sky, and a noisy and lively atmosphere was permeating the Tobe Mansion.
At this time, many officials from the imperial court were crowding around here, bustling with each other, shoulder to shoulder. At a glance, there were actually 200 people, which looked like a huge crowd!
Although the Hubu official residence was spacious, it could not accommodate so many people. Therefore, Mo Zhu had to order the guards and eunuchs to form a human wall to block the senior executives outside to prevent him from entering.
However, just blocking them like this is not an option. These officials in front of them all have high status and prominent reputations. If Mozhu usually has good tea and wine to entertain them, but now he has a group of them standing outside waiting, how can this be inconsistent with etiquette?
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At this time, standing in front of the inner hall door, Mo Zhu raised his voice and said: "Everyone, please wait a little longer. Lord Muchuan will come to see you soon."
It's just that Mo Zhu's comfort was of no use. The officials were like wild beasts, swinging their hands and feet, wailing and hissing in their voices.
"Where is Lord Muchuan?
It doesn't matter if he's not here, we just want beer."
"Yes, the beer distributed by the household department yesterday was so delicious, is there any more?
I want them all!”
"Yes, yes, I want to buy it at a high price! You, the household department, are not allowed to hide it and hand it over!"
The officials' voices were frightening and their expressions were ferocious. They felt as if they were going to destroy the entire household residence if they couldn't get the beer.
Mo Zhu had never seen this situation before. He could only pray that Muchuan would come back soon. If he didn't come back today, he might be buried in front of his official residence.
Fortunately, as soon as Cao Cao arrived, Ouyang Yifan realized that something was wrong and immediately went to Muchuan. At this time, Muchuan slipped in from the side door of the mansion and came to everyone.
When everyone saw Muchuan, they were even more excited, as if the waves were turbulent in the sea, and the momentum was shocking. Everyone shouted to buy beer.
Muchuan was also dumbfounded. He did not expect that beer could sell so well and be recognized by so many people.
After all, as a modern person, Muchuan found that the beer he developed was very different from modern beer, and could hardly be called "delicious". It was unexpected that these ancient people would have such a strong reaction after drinking it.
"Everyone, calm down! Calm down!"
Muchuan waved his hands and shouted.
But these officials didn't listen to Muchuan at all. They waved their arms and said they wanted to buy beer. The whole scene seemed out of order.
Seeing this situation, Muchuan also had an idea, saying: "If you want to buy beer, just shut up! If you make any more noise, there will be no beer to sell!"
As soon as he shouted, everyone shut up.
Seeing this scene, Muchuan seemed very satisfied. It seemed that beer was indeed very attractive.
However, there were too many people coming to buy, and the officials' reaction was beyond Muchuan's expectations, which made the beer he prepared insufficient.
After all, according to Muchuan's expectations, even if Ouyang Yifan is asked to go to promote it, it will still take some time as the popularity of "beer" increases. Just this time will allow the "Royal Workshop" to produce beer at full speed.
Result?
As a result, demand increased explosively, and its production was far from being able to meet demand.
You must know that market pricing has been determined based on this "demand relationship" throughout the ages. Even if there is not enough beer to supply, it is simple, just kill the demand.
Muchuan's face was full of cunning, and then he waved his hand and said: "You all want beer, right?
No problem, line up and buy it! But the price is not low, every tael of wine costs ten taels of silver!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this price. You must know that one tael of liquor in the Tang Dynasty only cost ten cents, but beer cost ten taels. This value is a hundred times that of ordinary liquor!
All of a sudden, the officials were dissatisfied and raised their voices in protest.
"Shang Shu, are you going too far? One tael of wine costs ten taels of silver?
Might as well grab it!"
"That's right, no matter how delicious this beer is, it can't be sold at such an expensive price. It's not like you don't know how much our salary is! I can't even buy twenty kilograms of beer with my entire month's salary!"
