Early the next morning, Guo Song came to Qingxu Temple in Jinchangfang. He no longer lived in Qingxu Temple. First, Gan Lei's family lived in the shop and not in his house. It was a pity that it was empty.
Secondly, there were several Taoist monks from other places living in the guest courtyard of Qingxu Temple, who were chanting sutras day and night, which made him extremely annoyed.
When Guo Song came to Qingxu Temple, he happened to meet his elder brother Gan Feng who was coming back from doing something.
"Junior brother, why did you move away without saying anything?"
Gan Feng complained when they met: "If you think those guys are noisy, I'll just drive them away."
"Elder brother, I am no longer a Taoist priest, and it is not convenient to live in a Taoist temple all the time."
"Nonsense! When the imperial court held martial arts competitions, our Taoist temple was filled with warriors from all over the world. We stayed there for several months and found no inconvenience. Do you think the food at Qingxu Temple is too bland, you brat?
, no big fish or big meat?”
"Elder brother, I will tell you the reason slowly later. In short, I am doing it for the good of the Taoist temple."
Gan Feng was about to enter the Taoist temple, but Guo Song grabbed him and said, "Elder brother, let's come over here and take a look."
"What are you looking at?"
"You just come!"
Guo Song dragged Gan Feng to the west of the Taoist Temple. To the west of the Taoist Temple is a small river. On the other side of the river is an abandoned City God's Temple. There was a fire and the City God's Temple was burned down. Now it is overgrown with weeds, along with the surrounding open space.
The Chenghuang Temple covers an area of fifteen acres, which is much larger than their three-acre Qingxu Temple.
Guo Song pointed to the City God's Temple and asked, "Brother, can I buy the land in the City God's Temple?"
"That's government land. You can't build residential buildings or shops, and it won't be sold to private individuals. If I could have bought it, I would have bought it. That land is much cheaper than our land in Jinshen Pavilion."
"Really not selling?"
"Actually, it's not that we won't sell it. If you are a relative of the emperor, it's too late for the government to curry favor with you. It's just that the emperor's relatives don't like the land here because they think it's all poor people."
"Tell me first, senior brother, how much does it cost to buy it?"
Gan Feng thought for a while and said: "The residential land in Jinchangfang is low-grade land in Chang'an, about 400 acres per acre. Official land like this that cannot be built for residences and shops is cheaper, and is slightly more expensive than farmland outside the city.
, I estimate it’s thirty or forty guan per acre, and that piece of land is 15 acres, which costs about 500 guan!”
"I want to buy it and expand the view of Qingxu."
Gan Feng was startled, "Junior brother, I have already bought five acres of land. The total is eight acres, which is quite big."
"Senior brother, if it weren't for the purpose of enshrining Master's golden body, I wouldn't bother with this effort. Once Master's golden body is enshrined, there will definitely be an endless stream of pilgrims coming from all over the world. Can a Taoist temple with eight acres of land accommodate it?
?To be honest, a Taoist temple with more than 20 acres of land is too small for me. It needs at least 50 acres."
Gan Feng said with a look of shame on his face: "Junior brother should think long-term, but my vision is still a bit narrow. Alas! I am really useless as a senior brother."
Guo Song hurriedly said: "Brother, please don't say this. Of the five disciples of the master, you are the only one who has converted to Taoism. Take over the mantle of the master, keep the Qingxu Temple alive, and make the master's golden body be accompanied by others. We have only one thing for you."
I am grateful from the bottom of my heart. As for Taoism and Taoism, it is a matter of ability. Those who are capable work harder. This is the duty of a disciple."
Gan Feng sighed, "But how do you convince the government to sell the land? Does Junior Brother have any connections?"
Guo Song smiled slightly and said, "Senior Brother, you have been in the capital for so long. Didn't you know that we have a senior sister?"
Gan Feng hesitated and asked: "Junior brother, are you talking about Aunt Gongsun? She is also in the capital?"
Guo Song nodded, "I saw her today, but seeing her may not be a good thing. She will become the target of revenge by Yu Chaoen and others. I guess that is why she did not bother senior brother."
Gan Feng was so frightened that his face turned pale. Once Yu Chaoen targeted him, all the Taoist priests in Qingxu Temple would lose their lives.
Guo Song patted him on the shoulder and said, "I will not let Qingxuguan get involved in this kind of court struggle. I will ask Uncle An for help with government affairs. There should be no big problem."
Gan Feng nodded silently. He now understood why his junior brother wanted to move out and why Gan Yu suddenly disappeared. It was probably all related to this junior aunt.
On the other hand, he and Gan Lei were not involved in martial arts and could live peacefully.
Guo Song took out a piece of Fei Qian and half a jade pendant from his arms. Fei Qian is a deposit certificate issued by Ai Qian in the Tang Dynasty. Ai Qian is the earliest bank in history. It arose during the Kaiyuan period to store valuables and money for customers.
Large counter shops have branches all over the country, so they can deposit and withdraw money in different places, which is very convenient for merchants.
The counter will issue a deposit certificate, called Feiqian, and then agree with the customer on a withdrawal password, which is equivalent to the withdrawal password. The most commonly used is half a jade or half a copper coin.
Guo Song handed the flying money and half a piece of jade to Gan Feng, "This is the three thousand flying coins from Baofeng Cabinet. After I established the relationship, the senior brother will be responsible for buying land and building a Taoist temple according to the standards of Xuanhu Palace."
Come and repair it as grandly as possible. If you don’t have enough money, I will think of a solution. Our Qingxu Temple in Kongtong Mountain was razed to the ground. I swore at that time that I would definitely rebuild the Qingxu Temple in all its splendor."
Gan Feng took the flying money and the jade pendant and said slowly: "I will do my best to fulfill my junior brother's wish."
At this time, the little Taoist boy Qingfeng ran over and shouted to Guo Song from a distance: "Little uncle, the third uncle is here and said that he has something urgent to look for you."
Brother Guo immediately guessed that there must be news about distilled liquor.
"I know, let's go!"
When Guo Song and Gan Feng returned to the Taoist temple, they saw Gan Lei lecturing a group of nephews, "How many times have I told you to call me Master Zhang Lei? I am no longer a Taoist priest. Don't call me Master Gan Lei anymore."
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Guo Song walked over and said with a smile: "Brother, I will also call you Zhang Lei from now on!"
"Of course it's best. Maybe you can just call me Lao Zhang. That's what my wife calls me."
Guo Song scratched his head, "But every time I hear my sister-in-law call you fat!"
Everyone laughed and shouted in unison: "Uncle Zhang Henei!"
The Taoist priests dispersed and ran away.
"You bastards!"
Gan Lei, no, he should be called Zhang Lei. Zhang Lei was so angry that he could only complain to Guo Song in a low voice: "Junior brother, can you save some face for me?"
Guo Song glared at him, "Do you think these nephews don't know that you are afraid of your wife? If you want to do your best, your wife will be afraid of you."
"I'm very motivated now. These days I study and purify every night and stay up until midnight. Is it easy for me?"
"Looks like it's paid off!"
Zhang Lei said with a smile: "I finally succeeded last night, it's in your room!"
Guo Song said hello to Gan Feng, and then hurried to his room with Zhang Lei.
Although Guo Song does not live in Qingxuguan, he still keeps his room and occasionally comes to stay.
When he walked into the room, he saw a thin-necked wine bottle on the table, which could hold up to two kilograms of wine. The bottle was tightly plugged with a wooden cork. Guo Song pulled out the cork and smelled it. The wine had a strong smell and should have been well purified.
He poured another small glass. The wine was very clear and transparent, turning into sake.
Guo Song tasted the alcohol and found that it was about 60 degrees. He smiled at Zhang Lei who looked expectant and said: "This is probably the best liquor in the world!"
"Is it okay?" Zhang Lei asked expectantly.
"Not bad, considered qualified."
Zhang Lei was so happy that he couldn't help scratching his head and laughing.
"Junior brother, you don't know, thanks to my wife's good teachings, I purified a bucket of wine twice yesterday and got three kilograms of alcohol. I think it's good, but my wife said no, let me purify three kilograms of alcohol again.
Once, the last three pounds are purified into one pound."
Guo Song felt that this guy was really out of control. People said that a husband teaches a son, and a good teacher refers to a son, but he was complacent and guilty to the core.
Guo Song didn't bother to talk about him anymore and asked: "How much has been purified in total now?"
"I only purified this much last night. I don't dare to do more. You have passed it. I will get rid of it tonight and burn twenty kilograms of it."
Guo Song also became excited and immediately said: "Let's go now, let's go to the wine shop!"
Guo Song and Zhang Lei rushed to the wine shop on horseback. The first batch of wine in the wine shop has been delivered in the past two days. They usually deliver wine once every ten days, so they are only busy for those few days. They usually have a little less time in retail business.
Of course, this has something to do with the fact that they don’t have many big customers. There are only about 40 restaurants. Don’t think that restaurants only buy wine from one wine shop. In fact, each restaurant has several wine suppliers, and they share the wine evenly.
Down here, even a restaurant can't sell much.
If hundreds of restaurants in Chang'an sell their wine, they will be overwhelmed and need to hire at least a dozen waiters.
Then again, how could the former owner transfer the wine shop after becoming a famous wine merchant in Chang'an?
When the two of them came to the wine shop, a family happened to come to buy wine. They bought twenty kilograms of aged sake and rushed away happily.
Li Wenyu smiled at Guo Song and said: "When this family gave birth to a son, they came to buy twenty kilograms of wine and buried it in the ground. They will take it out to celebrate when they pass the martial arts examination."
Guo Song shook his head and said: "Don't sell our aged sake from now on. Listen to me. It would be a pity if we sell it."
Li Wenyu was startled, "Why?"
"Let's go to the back and talk!"
The three of them came to the backyard. Guo Song closed the door and said to Zhang Lei and his wife: "The purification is good. This is fine. The next step is blending. I have thought about it. Let's use aged sake as the base wine. According to a ratio
Five to blend, one pound of alcohol to five pounds of aged sake, add a little spice as appropriate."
"Wait a minute!"
Zhang Lei interrupted Guo Song, "Please tell me clearly, what specific spices are added? How much?"
"I saw that the spice shop has a thick osmanthus syrup made by soaking osmanthus in honey. Just use it. Three qian in six pounds of wine is enough, but be careful to remove all impurities. What we sell is sake, and there should be no obvious traces.
Impurities.”
Li Wenyu thought for a while and said: "The name of the wine can no longer be called Fupingchun!"
Guo Song took a piece of paper and wrote two names, one was 'Mei Shou Jiu' and the other was 'Pingliang Shaochun'.
"We make two kinds of wine, one is Meishou wine blended with aged sake. We have to sell this wine for ten guan per catty. We cannot produce it in large quantities. We have to keep things rare. Meishou wine is our signature product. With this
With just a sign, the turbid wine we usually sell will be sold. We still have to make money by selling it, but we also need to add a little bit of alcohol into it to make people feel different from other people's wine."
"Are you saying that the wine you usually sell will be renamed Pingliang Chunjiu?"
"This is how I think about it, you can decide for yourself."
Li Wenyu pondered for a moment and said: "It's okay to change the name, but it doesn't have to be called Pingliang Chunjiu. I'm sure that if Meishou Liquor becomes famous, every wine shop and every restaurant will sell Meishou Liquor, but we ourselves won't sell Meishou Liquor."
Longevity wine, isn’t it a joke?”
Guo Song was ashamed. In terms of familiarity with the market, he was really not as good as Li Wenyu. She saw more clearly than he did. The Tang Dynasty had no patent protection, so it relied on word of mouth. You could buy a pound of wine for ten guan for twenty ren, you fool.
Everyone knows it's fake.
Therefore, the name of the store must be well protected. The name of the store, Meishou Wine Shop, is unique to Chang'an and has no semicolon. When buying Meishou Wine in Chang'an Restaurant, the first choice is the wine from Meishou Wine Shop.
Guo Song immediately made a decision and said: "Then let's call it Meishou Wine and Meishou Chun Wine. I'll ask the emperor to write us a store name later. Who dares to give us the same store name?"
Zhang Lei blinked his little eyes, "Senior brother, did I hear you right? You asked the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to write the name of the store for us?"
"Senior brother, you think it's strange? Let me tell you, that white tiger skin was sold to him in the end."
"ah!"
Zhang Lei was so shocked that he opened his mouth. He sold the stolen goods to the original owner. What was this?