"Let me tell you...our Juan'er...even though her father was gone when she was young...but I...didn't let her suffer any injustice!"
"Yes, yes, uncle Shi will love you when you see him."
"Have you seen her hands? That's the hand that holds the pen, even the needle... she hasn't held it! From now on... she won't be able to hold anything else!"
"Yes, I too..."
"What do you always do with Juan'er's hands? And...Juan'er has never even argued with others since she was little...if someone uses force to bully her, huh..."
"Uncle Shi, please drink..."
Amidst the smell of alcohol, Bai Tu was pouring wine for Xia Houyuan. Anyway, no one else was present, so Bai Tu was happy for him to drink more.
Xia Houjuan, who arrived not long ago, saw Bai Tu still pouring Xia Houyuan wine and couldn't help but give him a blank look...
Fortunately, the highly distilled liquor that had already been produced before came into play!
Otherwise, why would Xia Houyuan get drunk so easily?
Before the Qu'a Winery was built, people in the Han Dynasty had never drank high-alcohol wine. Even now, it is not very popular. After all, it has been less than a year since the factory was built, and the first batch of finished products has not yet been brewed.
It’s a “gift” and not officially available to the market…
Qu'a Winery is a 30% stake owned by the Chu Palace based on technology, and the other 70% is an investor - Bai Tu gave the opportunity to the small gentry who were the first to join him during his time in Qu'a when he first arrived in Jiangdong, as well as those in Qu'a.
A local general who contributed in the Battle of Qu'a.
However, the Chu Palace has full decision-making power. It seems that... this does not need to be emphasized separately?
The location was also chosen in Qu'a, which can be regarded as a thank you to Qu'aji for her support at the beginning...
I remember that when I first met Qu Aji, she was still wearing a rustic short jumpsuit, but she was a girl full of energy - now that she thinks about her length and personality, she is actually very similar to the well-known simple farm girl Lysa
, the producer also said that the reason why it is short is to make it easier to work in the fields.
However, after serving as the administrative seat of Yangzhou for a short period of time, Qu Aji's clothes were a little more gorgeous, but still showed a simple and lively taste...
Until the winery was built, Qu Aji's current image is that she has a wine gourd around her waist, her face is flushed all day long, and she looks a bit drunk!
The character design is becoming more and more complicated...
It can also be seen that although Qu'a Winery has not yet officially made a profit, its impact is still huge. Even before it has opened to the market, it has already affected Chengji as a specialty industry.
In the future, Baitu will also build some official wineries. After all... as long as the private brewing business is locked down, wine is still very profitable.
Moreover, a monopoly in this area will not cause any public resentment.
That is to say, the Chu State is not short of food now. Others, such as the Central Plains and the North, have long begun to "ban alcohol". After all, wine requires food.
It is unclear how much economic benefit Qu'a Winery can bring to Bai Tu, but at least it can help Bai Tu cope with most of the current difficulties...
At the beginning, after Xia Houyuan officially revealed his identity to Bai Tu, the nose he called was not a nose, and the face was not a face, especially since Bai Tu was not very good at getting along with his father-in-law.
Lu Bu? When he was getting along with Lu Bu, Bai Tu didn't feel like facing his father-in-law...
Therefore, Xia Houyuan even more aggressively wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to establish his authority!
actually……
After discovering that King Chu's attitude was so... no domineering, Xia Houyuan was very happy, but for Xia Houjuan's sake, of course he had to push his nose even harder.
Regarding Bai Tu, Xia Houyuan was indeed not satisfied before entering the house.
First of all, it was a matter of marrying far away. How could Xia Houyuan not know that after this separation... it would be difficult to see his "daughter" again.
This is not a flight from Hebei to Jiangsu, but from Wei to Chu. Not only is the road difficult and long, but can Wei and Chu be friendly forever?
If we can really be friendly forever, there is only one possibility - both families are being beaten by the forces of Fu Han!
Secondly, she is also a "princess", concubine, concubine!
Although Bai Tu is the king of Chu, the master's "concubine" has a completely different meaning from the ordinary people's "concubine". This is a privilege that only the master has - no matter how powerful other people are, his concubines will only be from
Families whose status is extremely unequal to them, or even families that can be considered "good families" for most people, would not consider marrying their daughters as concubines.
The human master is an exception, because the harem is one of the centers of power - especially in the Han Dynasty.
However, as a "father", Xia Houyuan obviously did not want his daughter to become a princess. When he wanted to marry Bai Tu, he came as the head wife!
Of course, it is impossible for Xia Houjuan to be his wife now, even without Lu Lingqi...
Now Bai Tu is no longer the Yangzhou Mu who hangs around in the east of the Yangtze River, but the King of Chu who has unified Jingyang. The Chu people can accept a princess who is from the Xiahou family of Wei, but they will never accept a queen who is from the Xiahou family of Wei.
These two points made Xiahou Yuan very resistant to Bai Tu, but... the matter of "Mrs. Xiahou" could no longer be undone.
In addition to public opinion and reputation reasons, in fact... Xia Houyuan also met Xia Houjuan in private once before and asked Xia Houjuan about her own thoughts.
Now that Xia Houyuan is here, he has made up his mind that if Xia Houjuan doesn't want to, he will risk his life and take Xia Houjuan back.
What happened to the tarnished reputation? What happened to the gossip?
Are you afraid that no one will marry the dignified "daughter" of Xia Houyuan?
This was not the age of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism. As long as the requirements were lowered, there were many people willing to embrace Xia Houyuan's lap, and you could choose someone who was fair and obedient.
However, the conversation between the two at that time made Xia Houyuan deeply feel that the daughter-in-law had no control over her father!
"Juan'er, do you like this Jinling?"
"It's all up to my uncle to make the decision."
"How about uncle take you back to Yecheng!"
"My daughter wants to stay a little longer..."
"Can you really look at that white picture?"
"It's all up to my uncle to make the decision."
"Lu Bu's daughter... tsk tsk, it sounds like she's not easy to get along with, and she might even get violent with her!"
"Sister Lingqi is actually a very nice person."
"Juan'er, you don't really want to stay, do you?"
"It's all up to my uncle!"
Xia Houyuan:......
Therefore, one can imagine Xia Houyuan's resentment when he first met Bai Tu.
Fortunately, when Bai Tu arrived at the banquet, Xia Houjuan had already rushed over, and at the same time, the artifact "Qu'a wine" was also in place.
Xia Houyuan also likes to drink some wine. This can be said to be one of the few universal hobbies of scholars and warriors.
However, Xia Houyuan, who was accustomed to low-alcohol wine, obviously stumbled here. Originally, Xia Houyuan loved wine, but he was strict with himself, but now his tongue has grown twice as big.
Of course, it was mainly because of Bai Tu's previous attitude that made Xia Houyuan feel comfortable, so he let down his guard.
Although he had a lot of worries, Bai Tu's attitude dispelled most of Xia Houyuan's previous worries...
Previously, Xia Houyuan had imagined Bai Tu's character based on his brother Cao Cao and Liu Bei, whom he had been in contact with for a while in Xudu. After all, they were both heroes, so they should be similar.
As a result, Xia Houyuan became more and more angry as he thought about it. At that time, Cao Cao also wondered if he had offended Brother Miaocai...
Now the contrast has also improved the impression score of the white picture a lot.
…
Thousands of miles away, the King of Wei and the Marquis of Lu sneezed in unison.