Fierce “Husband”

The wine installed by Shao Yun is a 38-degree sauce-flavored liquor. In this era, there is no white wine, and the degree of rice wine is also very low. Shao Yunan's own rice wine is considered a high degree. 38 degrees of wine is definitely a hard drink for people of this era. He also didn't dare to use the good wines like Maotai and Wuliangye, but only very ordinary white wine, so that if he had to brew it in the future, at least he wouldn't be able to do it. He could still brew ordinary white wine, it's just his hobby It is wine, so there are the most brewing tools and equipment for wine in the space, and only one set for white wine.

There are only two small jars of liquor. Eunuch An took out a jar and placed it on the table, carefully opening the seal. As soon as the seal was opened, Eunuch An and Eunuch Zhuo, who was helping him, sniffed involuntarily. Eunuch Zhuo turned around and said, "Your Majesty, Chitose, this wine is really fragrant!"

The emperor and the queen got up and walked over at the same time, and Jiang Kangchen also boldly leaned over curiously. Before reaching the table, Emperor Yongming's nose was moving. He quickened his pace and came to the table, smelled it, and immediately shouted, "Pour me a glass!"

An officer scooped out some with a spoon and poured it into two wine glasses. Emperor Yongming took one, smelled it again, his eyes were shocked, he took a sip, and then he stared at the wine with round eyes. Seeing this, the Queen immediately took a sip, and then her eyes widened: "This wine!"

Everyone else is curious, what happened to this wine? It smells delicious! The Queen took another sip and said, "You all have a taste."

Eunuch An immediately poured three more cups. He, Eunuch Zhuo and Jiang Kangchen were all shocked when they tasted it. This wine is so fragrant!

"This baijiu is slightly spicy in the mouth, but then it has a strong fragrance different from goat's milk wine. Oops, I don't know how to describe it, it's delicious, delicious!"

Eunuch An couldn't wait to take a sip again, the surprise was beyond words.

Jiang Kangchen smacked his lips and said, "This 'baijiu' can definitely leave behind the merchants of the Shanren tribe and Xianlu Kingdom."

When Emperor Yongming heard this, his expression changed: "What? Isn't this liquor for me?!" He completely forgot that Shao Yunan's letter was to use this wine to keep the rich businessmen of the two countries.

Eunuch An paused, Jiang Kangchen paused, and Eunuch Zhuo also paused. The queen coughed twice, held Emperor Yongming's hand, and said kindly: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten? Several merchants from the Shanren tribe and Xianlu Kingdom have come to buy new tea and goat milk wine at high prices. There is no more, Hengyuan Hou's mansion is eyeing. Anze wrote to Shao Yunan in order to stabilize the businessmen, asking him to think of something. This liquor is one of the ways."

"no!"

Of course Emperor Yongming remembered, but he doesn't remember now!

"I haven't drunk this wine yet, so how can I give it to someone from another country? No way! I want Shao Yunan to think about it again! I want this wine." The willful Emperor Yongming looked at Eunuch An who was stunned, " How much of this 'baijiu' does Shao Yunan have?"

Eunuch An blinked and hurriedly looked at the Queen for help. Hello, my emperor, can you stop making trouble?

But the queen also asked: "An Ze, is there any more wine in Shao Yun'an?"

Eunuch An hurriedly shook his head: "No, no. He said in the letter that there are only two jars. This wine must be made from rice (sorghum), and I have strictly prohibited the use of grain to make wine, so he does not dare to brew more. The two jars were originally just his own actions, and he did not expect to be able to brew this drinkable liquor."

Emperor Yongming was angry. He was the emperor, and of course he couldn't blatantly violate the law, but compared to goat milk wine, he fell in love with the taste of this liquor.

The queen who knew Emperor Yongming best said: "It is not legal to use millet to make wine, but if you only drink a few jars by yourself, it is not bad. By the way, Your Majesty, do you remember that this minister mentioned to you, Anze They want to be an auction house and sell some rare things. This 'baijiu' is brewed and drank by Shao Yunan, and the quantity is not too large. It is not a violation of the law, what does the emperor think?"

Emperor Yongming really wanted to kiss his queen ruthlessly. He nodded again and again: "What the Queen said is very true."

The queen said again: "These two jars of liquor are indeed a bit of a waste to keep people. Your Majesty, do you think this is good? The merchants of the Shanren tribe and Xianlu Kingdom are bound to not be taken away by others. It is better for the emperor to be in the palace. Set up a banquet here, find a bright eye, recruit them into the palace, first, remind them who they should do business with; second, reward them with a glass of white wine, let them know that the real good goods are in the hands of the emperor, and the others Even if there is, it is only obtained by some unprofessional means. The merchants are all shrewd, they will definitely understand what you mean, the emperor, and they will definitely not want to be the enemy of the emperor. In this way, the emperor does not need to waste these two jars of liquor, And you can keep those businessmen and kill two birds with one stone.”

"well!"

Emperor Yongming did not shy away from embracing the queen's waist, in a good mood. Eunuch An smiled, and he was extremely happy that he could leave these two jars of good wine for the emperor. Sure enough, Chitose is the best!

"Your Majesty, and this pickle, do you want to try it too?"

"Okay."

Emperor Yongming is really in a good mood. This Shao Yunan is really his lucky general. He wanted to see how Wei Chunlin's old man was robbing him of business!

When the first emperor Kang Sheng was in power, although the national strength of the Yan Kingdom declined a lot, it was still a big country compared to the surrounding countries. As a result, Emperor Kang Sheng became more and more confused as he got older. He was stubborn and did not talk about it. He also indulged in alcoholism. Huhar, who had always been eyeing Yan State, took the opportunity to attack Yan State.

The old and confused Emperor Kang Sheng listened to the deaf ears of the favored concubine, and sent Emperor Yongming, who was still the crown prince, to the border gate to defend against the enemy, not at all worried about what would happen to the prince. When Emperor Yongming left the capital, his brothers sent someone to assassinate him, and while he was not in the capital, they made trouble around the capital, so that he would never return to the capital.

Foreign enemies invaded, the battle for the throne, and the emperor was incompetent. At that time, many people thought that the Yan Kingdom would be exhausted. Not to mention that the whole country was in a mess, the attack of the Huhar country was also menacing. It was also from that time that merchants from the Shanren tribe and Xianlu Kingdom rarely came to Yan Kingdom to do business.

The war lasted for more than half a year, and Emperor Kang Sheng suddenly fell ill after a night of messing with his concubine. The queen's son, King Lin Murong Xian, falsely passed on the imperial edict, abolished the prince, and replaced him as the heir. At that time, half of the aristocratic families in the capital supported King Lin's rise to the throne. The situation was extremely dire. But what they didn't expect was that the prince Mu Gukun, who was supposed to be trapped at the border, suddenly returned to the capital with a team. .

For ten days, the capital was full of shouts of killing. Emperor Kang Sheng, who had been in a coma, did not see what happened outside the palace. Two months later, Emperor Kang Sheng died of illness. King Lin Murong Xian committed suicide in the sky prison. The queen committed suicide by taking poison. In order not to make the situation even more unmanageable, Murong Kun followed the advice of Lao Weng and General Dai Lao and others, and only executed the queen's family. He did not do anything to other forces supporting King Lin. If you don't do it, it doesn't mean that Emperor Yongming will forget. It was during this period that Dai Qiyou was poisoned, and later lost his child.

In the most brutal "battle" in the battle for the prince, the Marquis of Hengyuan did not support King Lin, but neither did it support Emperor Yongming. The Marquis of Hengyuan is a cunning fox, they will only choose what is most beneficial to them. Under the circumstances at that time, there was a great risk that the Marquis of Hengyuan would support anyone. However, after Emperor Yongming was enthroned, his rejection of the family's women entering the palace annoyed Hengyuan Hou's mansion. They would not fight against Emperor Yongming, but they would never support Emperor Yongming's political views. Looking on the sidelines of Emperor Yongming's difficulties in the country's economic recovery. Therefore, after the current marquis of Hengyuan, Wei Chunlin, received an oral order that he should enter the palace for a banquet the next day, he could not help but speculate on the intention behind the emperor's move.

"Hongru, Hongzheng, what do you think the emperor means?" Wei Chunlin asked his two eldest sons in his study. The eldest son Wei Hongru and the eldest son Wei Hongzheng.

Wei Hongwen returned to the capital directly after leaving Xiushui Village. Shao Yunan's remarks can be said to point him to a path that is most suitable for him. Wei Hongwen is not stupid, he naturally knows how to choose what is best for himself and his brother. Wei Hongwen, who returned to the capital, can be described as "returning without success", and also "collapsed" with Shao Yunan. Marquis Hengyuan was quite dissatisfied with this. It's nothing to "collapse" with Shao Yunan, but the people behind Shao Yunan are the queen and the emperor! Marquis Hengyuan scolded his son for being incompetent and unfavorable. Although he did not take the emperor and the queen in his eyes, he would not be stupid enough to fight them directly. Wei Hongwen was scolded as a "wild fire", and he directly said "I quit", slapped his **** and left.

Lao Tzu scolds his son for what is right and proper. You, a son, dare to shake your face with Lao Tzu, aren't you courting death? You don't do it, some people do it! Marquis Hengyuan was not a vegetarian either, and immediately ordered Wei Hongwen to be deprived of all power and temporarily handed over to his eldest son, Wei Hongwen's concubine, Wei Hongzheng. Wei Hongwen is also a tough-tempered man. He worked hard for the Marquis of Hengyuan, worked tirelessly, and earned a lot of money. If you say deprivation, deprive it. Angrily, Wei Hongwen packed up his belongings and left the Marquis of Hengyuan's mansion without knowing where to go.

Outsiders say that Wei Hongwen is stupid, and he just bears it for a while, why bother with his own father so unhappy. All the credit has been taken away, and there is no real power at all. He is the man at the helm of the business of Hengyuan Houfu, the richest man in the country, how much power and wealth, Wei Hongwen actually said that if he didn't want it, he didn't want it. If he doesn't want it, he still runs away from home. His father is the Marquis of Hengyuan. Does he still expect his father to invite him home? The most important thing for Marquis Hengyuan is a son. What if Wei Hongwen is the second son? Don't forget, Marquis Hengyuan also has a wife, and the wife also has a real son.

Wei Hongwen left the Hou Mansion, Wei Hongru also kept a low profile, and the attitude of the people in the mansion towards his eldest son also changed. Wei Hong, who replaced Wei Hongwen and took over the business power of the Hengyuan Hou Mansion, was showing off a lot in front of him. Therefore, Wei Hongru behaved very calmly, calmly facing the surging waves in the Fuzhong targeting him.

Before Wei Hongru could speak, Wei Hongzheng said first: "Dad, as a child, the emperor is showing his favor to my Hengyuan Houfu. The emperor and the queen made a lot of money from the new tea and wine a few years ago, but don't talk about it. The number is limited, and we can only sell it in the capital if we are talking about a way out. We still have to rely on our Hengyuan Houfu for the way of business. The emperor may want to invite you to open up sales for new tea and new wine."

Wei Hongru sneered in his heart, and said calmly: "I thought the emperor's move was to remind Dad."

"Remind me (father) of what?" Hou Hengyuan and Wei Hongzheng asked at the same time.

Wei Hongru glanced at Wei Hongzheng and said, "Dad, Wei Hongzheng bought the new tea and new wine that Junhou sold at a high price, and wanted to sell it to merchants from the Shanren tribe and Xianlu Kingdom. Although this can make a lot of money. , but it is bound to annoy the queen. With the emperor's love for the queen, it is impossible for the emperor to ignore it."

Wei Chunlin knew about this. When Wei Hongwen left the capital on the third day of the lunar year to find Shao Yunan, Wei Hongzheng, taking advantage of Wei Hongwen's absence, persuaded his father, Hou Hengyuan, to let him buy new tea and new wine at a high price. Wei Chunlin naturally knew that this move would annoy the emperor and the queen, but he acquiesced because his wife was blowing his ear and Wei Hongzheng's high profit temptation. Now that Wei Hongru said this in front of him, Wei Chunlin naturally couldn't say that he allowed it.

Wei Chunlin frowned, Wei Hongzheng stood up immediately and said, "Dad, I'm in business. Even if the child doesn't accept it, someone else will accept it. The merchants from the Shanren tribe and Xianlu Kingdom pay ten times more. More than a hundred times, how can this be regarded as stealing business with the queen? The queen can also send someone to take it back."

Wei Chunlin immediately made a hesitant expression that made sense.

Seeing this, Wei Hongru simply shut up. Wei Chunlin despised Yongming who loved a man so much that he didn't even want his children. For an aristocratic family like them, the main wife still has to choose a woman, and only a woman can guarantee the reproduction of the children. As Emperor Yongming, he just made a man his queen, and he only favored that man, and he didn't worry about his children at all. Wei Chunlin also knew that the emperor did not trust the Marquis of Hengyuan. In contrast, the Dai family behind the queen was the emperor's confidant. If the emperor is not good, his Hengyuan Marquis Mansion may be good; if the emperor is good, his Hengyuan Marquis Mansion will definitely not be good. So in my heart, Wei Chunlin supports Wei Hongzheng's actions.

Wei Chunlin said to Wei Hongzheng: "It's right to talk about business in business, but after all, it's the emperor and the queen. As ministers, we still have to give the face that we should give. You want to take it, you can, but you can't obviously grab business with the queen. If you really can't get it over there, you can negotiate with the merchants from the Shanren tribe and Xianlu Kingdom."

"Yes!" Wei Hongzheng glanced at Wei Hongru, who was silent. Wei Hongru was not angry either, but in his heart he laughed at the shortsightedness of his father and Wei Hongzheng.

Then, Wei Hongzheng said: "Father, I heard that Yang Yan, the prefect of the Imperial Palace, ordered that the tea in the entire Imperial Palace is not allowed to be picked privately before Guyu and Qingming. Yang Yan is Jiang Kangning's senior brother, this new tea is afraid Isn't it going to be harvested during the Qingming Grain Rain? If that's the case, then there won't be many days."

Wei Chunlin pondered, and Wei Hongzheng tried his best to swim and said: "If the boy can make this deal with these merchants from the Shanren tribe and Xianlu Kingdom, when the new tea comes out, the boy will be sure to make a bigger deal. Jun No matter how much tea you have in your hands, you can only buy and sell it in the capital. The merchants outside the capital are all in the hands of our Hengyuan Houfu.”

Wei Hongru sternly said, "You can't wait to think that the Queen is dissatisfied with our Hengyuan Houfu and Dad?"

Wei Hongzheng snorted coldly: "The emperor and the queen should never have been involved in business transactions. In this case, did the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty all do business and do not deal with state affairs? The emperor and the queen should worry about the family and the country. The world, not blocking people's way of wealth."

"Hongzheng!"

Wei Hongzheng closed his mouth, but still showed disdain for Wei Hongru. Wei Chunlin did not teach Wei Hongzheng a disrespect to the emperor and the queen, but said, "You still have to be more careful." Then he said, "Hongru, you will enter the palace with me tomorrow."

"Yes."

His father couldn't listen to his words, so Wei Hongru simply didn't say anything. Looking at Wei Hongzheng's public appearance, Wei Hongru sneered in his heart.

There was nothing more important, so Wei Chunlin asked his two sons to retire. Wei Hongzheng didn't leave, but after Wei Hongru closed the door and went out, he whispered, "Dad, I want to send someone to Xiushui Village again. Let's have this new tea. The Marquis of Hengyuan must have some presence this year."

Wei Chunlin hesitated. Wei Hongwen's incompetent failed to accomplish anything. The emperor and the queen must have heard of it. He didn't want to face the emperor.

Wei Hongzheng said: "Father, the child will be careful. It's just a muddled boy, the child just needs more money. Presumably the queen will not give that person much money."

Hearing this, Wei Chunlin said, "This matter should not be too public. After all, that person belongs to the queen, so don't do anything out of character. It is best to get new tea. If that person refuses, then that's all."

Wei Hongzheng said confidently: "Dad, don't worry, the boy will definitely bring tea back to the Marquis of Hengyuan!"

Wei Chunlin smiled with satisfaction, Wei Hongzheng even swore that no matter what means he used, he would ask that mud leg to hand over the new tea!