Yuhuchun became famous all over the world for a while, and due to the "hunger marketing" strategy due to its output, the popularity remained high, suppressing the momentum of many famous northern wines.
And the name Li Shan and Li Huairen became more and more famous.
Winemaking is a craftsmanship that is not valued by people. However, in ancient times, there was Yu the Great and later Du Kang, both of whom were famous wine sages passed down to later generations. One was a great sage who controlled floods, and the other was a king of the Xia Dynasty.
Coupled with the two poems on the bottle, in conjunction with Li Daoxuan, Wei Zheng concluded Li Shan's contribution to the war in Hebei after returning to Beijing... Li Shan's reputation is getting better and better.
Well, of course, the Li family was also making money every day, but within ten days, they had to vacate two houses... and the warehouse with so much money couldn't even fit in it!
No way, these days all use copper coins, it takes up too much space!
Silver is basically uncirculated now, and gold is only used by the court to reward meritorious officials... For example, this time Li Daoxuan was rewarded with a thousand catties of gold by the saint.
Li Daoxuan sent five hundred kilograms of gold, and Li Shan could not refuse but had to accept it... But he was very doubtful, could this thing be spent?
Zhu Wei told Li Shan that now one tael of gold can be exchanged for about 5,000 guan, which is five guan of money, one pound of sixteen taels is eighty guan, and five hundred jins of gold is equivalent to 40,000 guan of money... But in fact
, in this era, you have no place to change.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were no banks or banks that exchanged gold for copper coins. In fact, gold was mainly used by wealthy families to make various gold cakes, gold bricks, gold Buddhas, gold hooks and other valuables.
When Li Shan made a fortune because of this jade pot spring and was laughing all day long, there were two people in Chang'an who hated him deeply and were filled with resentment.
One is Li Dewu. There is no need to explain this. In addition to the gift from the saint, even the East Palace gave eight bottles of Yuhuchun. Pei Shiju did not like to drink it, but his brother-in-law Pei Xuanji was good at wine and often took Li Dewu to drink with him.
Still sighing that the snow has stopped now...
The other one was Wang Renyou. Provoking Wang Renbiao had no effect. Seeing Yu Huchun jumping up, he was even more angry and had nowhere to vent his anger.
He felt uncomfortable when he saw Wang Renbiao doing well, and he felt even more unhappy when he saw Li Shan's fame rise.
But Wang Renyou is not stupid. Li Shan is now famous. Although he is a descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan, and he has to be protected by Princess An, there is no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation.
After the Changlepo incident last year, Li Shan and the Qin Prince's descendants didn't know each other until they started fighting... Later, Wang Renyou was very troubled by the Qin Prince's descendants.
After thinking about it in his mind for a while, Wang Renyou couldn't help but leave Pingkangfang and strolled to the West Market. He saw the wine shop from a distance...well, he couldn't really see it. He only saw a long line of people outside the door.
team.
The waiter in the wine shop poked his head out and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Each person only sells one bottle of Yuhuchun white bottle and two bottles of black bottle."
"Don't crowd, don't crowd!"
Well, the supply has already started to be limited. There is nothing we can do. Some time ago, Zhu Wu delivered wine in the morning, but before the truck was unloaded, someone wrapped it up... and directly gave money to drive the carriage away.
Wang Renyou glanced at the wine shop opposite Yuhuchun, Xinfeng Winery, which is also a famous wine in Guanzhong, and because it is produced near Chang'an.
The queue outside Yuhuchun opposite is so long that you can’t even see the end of it, and it’s even turning!
As for Xinfeng Restaurant...the two waiters at the door were leaning on the door panel, their eyes dull, looking like the living dead.
There was nothing I could do, the wine shop behind me was empty, and these people would rather queue up outside in the cold wind than come in and drink a bottle of Xinfeng wine.
Wang Renyou stood aside for a while and heard the chatter among the people in line... Yuhuchun wine was expensive and ordinary people couldn't afford it, but wealthy people would naturally not come to buy the wine in person.
, let alone queuing up, they are all servants at home.
Looking at Xinfeng Winery again, Wang Renyou walked straight across the street, cursing in his mind that the prices were so expensive, and they only ordered the same amount every day, and there was an endless stream of people queuing outside the door...it was really crazy!
Wang Renyou really couldn't stand it, so he randomly picked a wine shop owned by Hu Shang, ordered a bottle of wine, and tasted it slowly.
The most expensive thing in Chang'an City is Sanlejiang and wine. The bottle of wine that Wang Renyou is drinking costs 600 yuan. Even the children of aristocratic families cannot afford to drink it every day.
Xinfeng wine is a famous local wine, and a bottle costs only two hundred yuan. The fine wines from Shu and Jiangnan in Chang'an only cost three to four hundred yuan at most. How much does Yuhuchun cost?
The white bottle is always 800 yuan, while the black bottle costs 800 yuan. Moreover, the wine bottle is customized and costs 20 to 30% less than the ordinary wine bottle. If you calculate it, it is a sky-high price!
Even with such wine prices, there is still an endless stream of people buying wine.
"Brother Renyou."
There was a sudden greeting, and Wang Renyou turned around to see two young men walking into the wine shop side by side.
"Brother Jiali, Zi Shao." Wang Renyou forced a smile, "It's boring to drink alone, please."
The slightly younger young man on the left smiled and said: "Exactly, exactly, as the saying goes, a pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone has no blind date."
Wang Renyou's face darkened.
The elderly man on the right coughed twice. He knew about the dispute between Wang Renyou and Li Huairen, so he only asked the store to bring two more bottles of wine.
The three of them sat down, Wang Renyou asked a few words casually, and the young man tutted: "My uncle is anxious to drink wine. He wants to see the jade pot spring that is as clear as water and as strong as fire. Let the entourage line up to buy wine and find a place to sit."
sit."
The two young men are not much different in age, but they are uncle and nephew in seniority.
Wang Renyou's face turned even darker.
The young man was a chatterbox and talked endlessly about Li Shan, ignoring Wang Renyou's helpless expression. "In the past few months, Li Huairen has become famous. It's a pity that he didn't have the opportunity to meet him. He was not in his prime."
, urged the Turks to return north and defeated Liu Heita..."
Wang Renyou couldn't bear it any longer, "It's just a rumor among the people. If you really have great achievements, why would the saint be generous with the reward?!"
The slightly older young man frowned and said, "The King of Huaiyang has been back in Beijing for many days."
Wang Renyou, who had had a few too many drinks, was a little dizzy and sneered: "Who knows the inside story of the Shandong War? King Xiabo of Huaiyang was defeated and captured alive by the Turks... He actually survived and the Turks let the tiger return to the mountain. Do you believe it?"
"Bang!"
The young man slapped the case and stood up, shouting: "Uncle Renyou came back after fighting hard. He has experienced everything in Shandong. What does Brother Renyou mean by this?"
The restaurant was silent for a while. These two young men were descendants of the Liu family in Hedong.
The slightly younger one is Liu Shi, whose courtesy name is Zi Shao, and the great-grandson of Zuopu She Liu Qing, Minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.
The slightly older one is Liu Heng, also known as Jiali, Liu Shi's uncle. He served as an official in the late Sui Dynasty, later joined Wagang, and then joined the Li Tang Dynasty. He married the Dou family, the granddaughter of the sage Li Yuan, and was given the title of Shouling County Male.
Wang Renyou's wife was from the Liu family in Hedong, so she had a close relationship with Liu Heng and Liu Shi... Well, historically, these three people rose and fell together.
Because Wang Renyou's daughter was later the wife of Li Zhi, Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, Queen Wang, Liu Heng, and Liu Si were all promoted to nobility. The latter even became prime minister for a time. Unfortunately, not long after, Queen Wang took Wu Zetian into the palace.
But today, Liu Shi was furious, and Liu Heng was even unhappy. Their anger was not because of Wang Renyou's criticism of Li Shan, but because Liu Jun, whom Li Shan rescued during the Shandong war, was also a member of the Liu clan in Hedong.
Wang Renyou also realized that Liu Jun was the bodyguard under Li Daoxuan's command in Huaiyang... By discrediting Li Daoxuan himself, he was tantamount to discrediting Liu Jun, not to mention that he heard that Liu Jun was rescued by Li Shan.
During the stalemate, an obviously drunk voice sounded.
"A kid with a bad mouth, who talks lies and becomes a businessman, what's the praise?"
The three of them turned around and saw an old man with gray hair, holding a wine cup and looking askance at him, his face full of disdain.
Wang Renyou smiled and saluted, "I have met Mr. Du."