Zheng Hui was not alone and came out of the city to visit with his escort.
In addition to a rather unruly young man, there was also a burly old man in green shirt standing next to Zheng Hui. Standing under the afterglow of the setting sun, his face was thin and stern. When he saw Han Qian leading the crowd to greet him, he suddenly
A smile appeared between his eyebrows.
"Han Qian has met Mr. Baishi!"
Seeing this old man, Han Qian immediately bowed and prostrated.
Zheng Chang is the clan uncle of Zheng Hui, a great scholar in Huangzhou, who calls himself Mr. Yingshi.
When Han Qian sent his father Han Daoxun to Xuzhou, he was forced to stop in Huangzhou for two days to gather information because he was unclear about the distribution of Jiang bandits between Jiang and Hubei.
At that time, no one else in the Zheng family showed up, but Zheng Chang, who had been friends with him in the past, rushed back to Huangzhou from his secluded place in the depths of Wanshan Mountain to entertain his father and son.
Even Mr. Baishi Zheng Chang, who had been living in seclusion in the mountains and doing no official work for the past few years, came to Jinling. Han Qian secretly felt that the movement of Zheng's children into Jinling this time was really quite big.
"Who is this brother?" Han Qian asked as he looked at the cold and arrogant young man next to Zheng Hui who was wearing leather armor and wearing a sword on his waist in such a hot weather.
"This is Zheng Xingxuan, my elder brother, the eldest son of Zheng Yu, the governor of Huangzhou. At this time, I have to be recommended to the prince's palace and will bear the bridle beside His Highness."
"I have met General Zheng!" Han Qian saluted Zheng Xingxuan with a gentle look on his face. The so-called holding the bridle means holding the wedding ceremony. As the eldest son of Zheng Yu, the governor of Huangzhou, Zheng Xingxuan served as a military attache in the county prince's palace.
Zheng Hui, this is undoubtedly a direct statement that the Zheng family will fully support the third prince's ascension to the throne.
"I'll have to rely on Mr. Han to take care of me from now on." Probably because Han Qian's affability was surprising, the young man bowed down stiffly and said in return.
"I wonder if Mr. Baishi came to Jinling this time because of an invitation from His Majesty?" Han Qian led the way, inviting Zheng Hui and Zheng Chang to go to the manor. He couldn't help but ask Zheng Chang.
The reputation of Mr. Baishi Zheng Chang is even more prominent than that of his father, and not even slightly worse than that of Zheng Yu, the head of the Zheng family. Emperor Tianyou had summoned him to serve as an official in the court many times before, but he was not accepted.
Han Qian thought that all the high-ranking officials in the county prince's palace were already full, so he didn't know where Emperor Tianyou would place Zheng Chang in other positions outside the county prince's palace to strengthen the power of the county prince's palace.
"I'm used to being idle, and I haven't been to Jinling for several years. This time I came to Jinling to visit my old friends. I heard Zheng Hui say that you can make good wine here, so I shamelessly asked Zheng Hui to come and ask for a drink."
Zheng Chang said.
"Mr. Bai Shi is so polite. I have been busy these days trying to figure out how to steam wine. I really thought I would have the opportunity to ask Gong Bai Shi for advice?" Han Qian said with a smile. Naturally, he didn't believe that Zheng Chang came to Jinling this time just for this purpose.
It was to visit old friends, but Zheng Chang didn't want to say anything at this time, guessing that maybe Zheng Chang's final recruitment and appointment still need to be paved and brewed, and it hasn't been finalized yet, right?
At this time, Zhao Ting'er poked her little head out from behind the alley, and it was almost dark when she peeked to see what kind of guest had come to the manor.
Han Qian saw that Zhao Ting'er was about to retract his head, and pretended to be arrogant and shouted: "Go to the wine steaming room and ask the wine steaming masters to clean up more decently. Don't be disrespectful by being shirtless. I'll do it later."
Go with Mr. Soseki so that you can ask Mr. Soseki how to make wine face to face!"
Compared with the wine steaming room that Zheng Hui saw more than ten days ago, new condensation curved pipes and water collectors have been installed inside the wine steamer at this time, and cold well water is continuously poured from bottom to top to increase the steam content.
Perform efficient condensation.
Han Qian wanted Zhao Ting'er to rush to the wine steaming room first, remove the condensation pipe and water collector, and hide them. This was the key technical means of the wine steaming method that Han Qian wanted to hide.
Without such a thing, even if the Zheng family could cook high-strength liquor, the cost would be at least twice as high as theirs.
Han Qian leaked part of the wine steaming method to Zheng, and he had a purpose, and he would not completely pass on the wine steaming method to Zheng.
Han Qian first invited Zheng Chang, and Zheng Hui waited until they sat down in the hall of the monastery, drank tea, and told Mr. Zhao to prepare for the banquet in the evening without any details, for fear of losing etiquette, and then took the Zheng family to see how to steam wine.
He went to the house and asked Zheng Chang for advice on how to make wine.
Zheng Hui was somewhat absent-minded about the visit again. After taking a quick look at it with Bai Shigong, he quickly returned to sit down in the hall of the monastery.
"Master Han presented the wine steaming method to His Highness. Yesterday, when the clan uncle visited His Highness, His Highness had already given it to the clan uncle. He said that he hoped that the winery opened by the Zheng family in Jinling could create truly unique wines," Zheng
Only then did Hui reveal his intention and said, "This method was created by Master Han. Zheng Hui never dared to forget it. He specially brought some small gifts, not much, ten yi gold, and asked Master Han to accept it..."
Ten yi is equivalent to 240 pieces of gold, which is roughly worth nearly 3 million yuan.
Han Qian believed that Zheng had mastered the recipe for steaming wine, but he didn't expect that he would be so generous and generous. It was really unexpected.
Han Qian was startled for a moment, leaned forward slightly, and saluted: "Master Zheng, you are so polite. Mr. Han can only say that it is better to obey orders than to be respectful..."
Officials like Wang Lin who were new to the county palace were still disdainful of Han Daoxun and Han Qian and his son, but Zheng Hui led his troops to station in Xichuan a few years ago and accepted Li Zhigao's control, so he saw many of Han Qian's actions with his own eyes.
Contacting the Shanzhai forces, building a city in Canglang, and helping Li Zhigao defend Tieguling were all attributed to Han Qian. When the third prince declared Xia Zhen guilty, Han Qian personally killed Xia Zhen and dismembered Yingzhou soldiers and horses.
At least at this moment, Han Qian should have accurately anticipated Liang Jun's intentions and general combat ideas. Not to mention that in the subsequent bloody battle in Xichuan, Han Qian personally formulated a plan to lure and annihilate the elite Liang Jun, and the Xuzhou prisoners
A clever strategy executed by soldiers.
After Zheng Hui took up a position with the third prince, he also gained a better understanding of "Epidemic Water Treatment" and the preparation of the Longque Army.
Of course, Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son had great ambitions when they bet their chips on the third prince. However, Zheng Hui had to secretly admire the plan of Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son, and they were able to defeat the third prince.
A bad card that is not promising has turned out like this in two years.
In addition to the heavy blow this time to the local forces in Jingxiang, it was difficult to resist the Zheng family's unwillingness to easily violate the will of Emperor Tianyou. The choices of Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son were also an important factor in the Zheng family's determination to enter Beijing in a large scale.
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Therefore, the two hundred and forty cakes of gold are just a small kindness shown by the Zheng family.
Zheng Hui continued: "Master Han, there is no official notice about the wine in Zhuangzi yet. If there are many private drinks of Yandangchun brewed, our Zheng family can buy them and sell them on our behalf. As for the price of the wine, we will also ask Han."
Your Majesty, make a decision."
What Zheng Hui said was actually equivalent to helping Han Qiandai|Sell Wild Goose Spring, and even if Zheng knew how to steam wine, he had no intention of brewing it privately.
Zhao Ting'er was sitting in front of the court serving tea. At this moment, she winked at Han Qian and laughed at Han Qian for judging the heart of a gentleman with a villain's heart. She had just been busy in vain.
Han Qian pondered slightly and said: "Yandangchun, I brew and drink it privately, and the farm is such a big place. Even if I have the intention, I can steam and brew an extra thousand kilograms of wine every month. This is a big deal.
One thousand kilograms of wine would cost more than 400,000 yuan to steam and brew in the village. If the Zheng Family Winery opened to Jinling, it would be sold to the Zheng Family Winery for 500,000 yuan, so that Han Qian could still exchange it every month.
Get some book money and meat money back."
Han Qian's offer was much lower than expected, and Zheng Hui was slightly startled, thinking that this was Han Qian's retaliation for Zheng's kindness, so he immediately handed it over as a sign of a deal.
After sending Zheng Hui, Zheng Chang and others away at the overnight banquet, Zhao Ting'er asked Han Qian puzzledly: "The Zheng family all pretended to be at the mercy of the young master as a favor. How come the young master is so merciful?"
"When you were serving tea, you winked at me, were you laughing at me for judging a gentleman with a villain's heart?" Han Qian asked, stroking Zhao Ting'er's silky hair.
"Young Master now treats a gentleman with a villain's heart. He used to plot against the Zheng family in every possible way, but he didn't expect that all of them came to nothing, right?" Zhao Ting'er said coquettishly. Seeing Xi Rong in the outer room, she pulled Han Qian's hand from his head.
pick up.
Han Qian smiled slightly and answered Zhao Ting'er's question just now, saying: "Yandangchun, no matter what price I set, the Zheng family will sell it at a higher price. At this time, my price is too high. Firstly, it will only appear that I am too greedy, and secondly, Zheng
The family does not expect to make profits from Yandangchun. Their winery only needs to use Yandangchun to gain a reputation in Jinling so that they can easily sell other wines brewed by their winery. I wish we could set the price of Yandangchun's wine.
The higher the better, then you will find that the price of Yandangchun is too high, and in the end not much can be sold."
Jinling is a place where the rich and powerful gather, but at this time, the consumer group of fine wines that cost a thousand dollars a pound is also limited, not to mention that hard liquor has only just come out, and the rich and powerful have not yet developed the habit of drinking hard liquor.
Han Qian priced Yandangchun at two to three thousand yuan per catty. How much could he sell?
Zheng Hui's very generous representative, Zheng, said that from now on they would only sell the Yandangchun produced here. Before the distilling method spread, the Zheng family would not brew any additional spirits. Their focus was actually on Jinling City to produce it every year.
Drinking tens of millions of kilograms of mid- to low-end wine.
That is the place where the competition among wine shops is fiercest.
This shows that the Zheng family has people with great business acumen behind the scenes.
Han Qian wanted to gain the favor of the Zheng family, but he could guess what the Zheng family was thinking, so he continued: "Also, by setting the price of wine so low, we have completely eliminated the Zheng family's idea of brewing wine privately for the time being.
When Yandangchun's name is known, and what can be sold on the market is limited, although we will not break the rules and sell wine privately, if our relatives and friends need it, we will give some away privately, and these relatives and friends will always be embarrassed to accept me for nothing.
Why don’t you give me a gift in return for the wine?”
There is a huge difference whether a condenser is added to the wine steamer or not.
Without a condenser, the overflow consumption would be too great. It takes about six kilograms of grain to steam and brew one kilogram of high-alcohol wine. With the addition of a condenser, the grain consumption for each kilogram of high-alcohol wine is halved, and the cooking time can also be greatly reduced.
More importantly, the village does not need to make its own koji wine. It only needs to buy some ordinary low-alcohol mixed wine on the market, conduct distillation and concentration, and even save the process of ditch adjustment.
A pound of wine was sold to the Zheng family for 500 yuan, and Han Qian could earn nearly 400 yuan. He was really embarrassed to make more, so he sold a thousand jins every month to cover the expenses of the sales farm.
Zhao Ting'er laughed angrily and said, "Master Zheng came to show his kindness. He probably didn't expect that you were still plotting against them so carefully, right? I see that your conscience is very bad."
"How do you know that my conscience is broken? Have you seen it or reached in and took it out?" Han Qian grabbed Zhao Ting'er's soft little hand and asked with a smile.
"Bah!" Zhao Ting'er withdrew her little hand, looked back guiltily at Xi Rong not far away, then reached out and pinched Han Qian's waist, complaining, "Don't bully Ting'er!"