The sixth day of December.
More than a dozen merchants from the Ancient Town Inspection Department have been sending people to Dapanbao one after another since the first day of December. Teams of carriages and horses came in and out, transporting batches of soap and Dapanbao Shaoguo wine. At the same time, he also bought a considerable amount of sea salt and sent a large amount of silver to Liu Yan.
In a few days, Liu Yan directly received more than 7,000 taels of silver, making a lot of money, and everyone in Dapanbao was happy.
Liu Yan immediately gave an additional month's salary to the craftsmen and personnel in the soap workshop, winery and salt drying field, and there was a burst of cheers.
On the evening of the sixth day of the lunar month, Liu Yan held a banquet in the main flag hall and invited six small flag officials, Chen Xun, Wang Bo, Wang Yue, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Zhang Yi, as well as Tan Xiaoda, Chen Jiangshi, Zhao Min, Zhao Xun and several other principals were invited, and Wang Yunhe was naturally invited as well, and it was Liu Yan himself who went to the winery to invite them.
Now that Wang Yunhe is in charge of the winery, Liu Yan has set aside two separate rooms in the winery as Wang Yunhe's boudoir residence.
In addition, Chu Yunfei, the salt lord who distributes sea salt with Liu Yan, was also invited. Because of Sun Qian's interference, Chu Yunfei's private salt team was almost completely wiped out. Then, with the help of Liu Yan, Chu Yunfei only used He rebuilt his personal team in a very short period of time, which shows that his personal ability is still good. Liu Yan wanted to support him, so he called him over to enhance their relationship.
Soon everyone arrived, and everyone intentionally or unintentionally left the seat next to Liu Yan to Wang Yunhe. Wang Yunhe did not refuse, but sat down with a blushing face, which immediately caused everyone to burst into laughter.
Liu Yan also laughed loudly and said: "Stop making fun of her, Miss Wang has a thin face. If she can't get off the stage, I won't do it!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone booed again. Wang Yunhe glared at Liu Yan angrily, and then burst into laughter.
"Come on! Everyone, pick up your glasses."
After laughing, Liu Yan stood up with a glass of wine in his hand and said loudly: "This year is the year that our Dapanbao is reborn. Dapanbao can be what it is today, and everyone has contributed a lot. On New Year's Eve this year, everyone will gather here, and we will celebrate the New Year together." , everyone in the fort should be lively and lively together!”
"good!"
Everyone cheered in unison, their faces full of joy and happiness. Today's good days are really hard-won. Without Liu Yan's leadership, everyone would still be living a life of hunger and fullness. Now that I think about it, it feels like It's like a dream, so unreal.
Then everyone started drinking to celebrate. This time they made a few thousand taels of silver from doing business with the merchants from the Ancient Town Inspection Department. With Dapanbao's current family background, a few thousand taels of silver would not be enough to make everyone So happy.
The real significance of this business is that Dapanbao has another stable sales channel besides Wang Jiazhuang's team leader Wang Wenzhen. This can be said to be Dapanbao's own sales channel, and it is naturally worthy of celebration.
After drinking for three rounds, Liu Yan was already a little tipsy. He smiled and talked to Wang Yunhe from time to time, and then he saw everyone was also stumbling around after drinking.
At this time, Tan Xiaoda and Zhao Min were sitting next to each other, laughing and talking nonsense. They were obviously drunk.
Wang Yue had already drank it early and fell asleep on the side unconsciously. Chen Xun and Chen Jiangshi were better. The couple sipped their wine, and while clinking glasses with everyone, they muttered something in a low voice. After saying a few words, Chen Jiangshi laughed with surprise on his face.
Next to them, Wang Bo, Zhang Yi, Xu Ming, and Miao Shao were still drinking. Three empty wine jars were placed aside. Xu Ming stood up unsteadily and went to open another drink.
Zhao Xin, on the other hand, liked to be quiet. He sat alone and watched everyone's embarrassment, drinking wine with a smile. Unknowingly, he also drank a few large glasses, and his face became more and more rosy.
Chu Yunfei couldn't let go at first. After all, everyone here was from Dapanbao. But as he drank cups of Shaoguo wine, Chu Yunfei began to talk more, and began to talk to Zhang Yi about the production of sea salt, so that Zhang Yi could sell as much sea salt as he produced, and everyone Make a fortune together.
After drinking for a while, Liu Yan suddenly remembered what Miao Shao said. The merchants in the inspection department of the ancient town were hoarding iron materials and charcoal, so he patted the table and said loudly: "Tomorrow everyone will perform their duties, and then Miao Shao took a few Dunjun soldiers and went to the inspection department of the ancient town with me."
Miao Shao held the wine glass and said with a smile: "Yes!"
Wang Yunhe was already too drunk at this time, so he drank warm water. After taking a sip, he asked: "General Manager Liu is going to the Ancient Town Inspection Department again. Is he going to buy anything?"
"I'm going to buy some iron and charcoal. I also want to entertain merchants from the ancient town and talk to them about the next business."
Wang Yunhe said with a smile: "General Manager Liu is too greedy. He just bought so many things, and he wants to urge others to spend money."
"Ha ha."
Liu Yan laughed loudly, looked at everyone, and thought to himself: "Maybe I will remember this banquet tonight for the rest of my life."
The next day, Liu Yan slept until three o'clock in the morning before getting up.
Last night, everyone drank until midnight before dispersing. Liu Yan even sent Wang Yunhe back home despite being drunk.
"Miao Shao!"
Liu Yan rubbed his swollen and painful head and got up to wash up. Miao Shao also had a headache and opened the door and came in and said, "Commander A is awake?"
Liu Yan smiled bitterly and said, "I drank too much last night. I can't drink like this again in the future."
Miao Shao smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's unrealistic. From now on, our Dapanbao will definitely get better and better every year, and Commander A will definitely have to entertain everyone again and again."
After laughing, Liu Yan asked: "Are you all ready?"
"Get ready. I have brought a group of soldiers and three carts. I don't know if they are enough."
Liu Yan thought for a moment and said, "Take all your men and horses with you, and then hitch three carts with you."
"Six cars?"
Miao Shao said: "Chang Jia, do you need so many bullock carts?"
"Be prepared, bring them all."
"yes."
Less than half an hour later, Liu Yan set off with Miao Shao's banner. The six carts set off north along the official road and arrived at the south gate of the ancient town's inspection department in the evening.
That night, Liu Yan and others found an inn. There were not many guests in this inn, so Liu Yan directly booked the entire inn to stay.
Early the next morning, Liu Yan took Miao Shao and others to purchase various places in the ancient town inspection department. It took one day to buy 1,300 kilograms of iron materials and 5,000 kilograms of charcoal.
There was so much material that six oxcarts could not fit in, so Liu Yan asked the merchants to transport the iron and charcoal to the inn under the contract, and then asked Miao Shao to take two teams of Dunjun soldiers to transport them back. . It is estimated that this batch of iron materials and charcoal will need to be transported three or four times to be completed.
After Liu Yan sent Miao Shao back to transport the goods, he ordered a banquet at the Yuyan Building in the Inspection Fort of the ancient town, and then sent out invitations to all the seventeen merchants before, and the time was set at noon tomorrow.
Nowadays, the name of Dapanbao has spread in the ancient town inspection department. After all, more than a dozen powerful merchants have transported the best-selling sea salt, soap and Shaoguo wine from Dapanbao. The goods shipped back by the seventeen merchants were sold out in just over a day, which gave the seventeen merchants a taste of the sweetness. Such best-selling goods were enough to make the names of Liu Yan and Dapanbao rise in a short period of time. Word spread internally.
Soon the agreed time came, Liu Yan brought four Dunjun soldiers to Yuyan Tower in advance, and then the seventeen merchants came one after another. They also brought some businessmen with whom they were more or less familiar, and Liu Yan also came. Everyone was welcomed to the table, and the shopkeeper of Yuyanlou opened several new tables of food and wine.
When all the invited merchants arrived, Liu Yan invited everyone to sit down, and soon all seven tables of wine and food were filled.
Liu Yan ordered his four Dunjun soldiers to pour wine for the merchants, then stood up and said a few opening words, and then said with a smile: "Liu is inviting you to a banquet today. Firstly, I want to thank you for purchasing my Dapanbao goods, and secondly, I hope to follow you." You continue to do business, and we will have a long-term cooperation from now on. Dapanbao produces all kinds of best-selling goods, and you will be my dealer in Dapanbao. If you have money, we can make money together. What do you think?"
"Okay! With General Liu Qi's words, I'll be relieved."
"Haha, Dapanbao's sea salt, soap, and Shaoguo wine are the three specialties. No amount is too much."
"Well said, let's do long-term business from now on and let's make money together!"
"Mr. Liu, you are so polite. From now on, we will get along well with each other and make a fortune together!"
Liu Yan saw that everyone agreed with his initiative, so he smiled and said: "Well, since everyone agrees, let's all have a drink together. Come on, let's cheer!"
All the merchants also raised their glasses, and when they were about to drink together, the door of the private room was suddenly pushed open, and a tall and sturdy man walked in with a sneer on his face, followed by several long-term attendants with unkind expressions.
Upon seeing this, all the merchants fell into silence. Almost everyone put down their wine glasses consciously, and then lowered their heads in silence. The atmosphere of the banquet suddenly dropped from lively to freezing.
Upon seeing this, Liu Yan couldn't help but frown, clasped his fists and said, "I don't know what to call this hero?"
The sneering man didn't return the greeting, and said proudly: "I can't call you a hero, but I can be considered a minor player in the inspection department of this ancient town, and I am Song Long!"
Liu Yan had never heard of this person, so he looked at a businessman sitting next to him with confusion and asked, "Do you know who this little brother Song is?"
The merchant did not dare to answer. He only signaled with his eyes and winked at Liu Yan.
Song Long burst out laughing when he saw this, and then said, "General Liu Qi asked, what are you talking about, what are you fooling around with?"
As if he had received an imperial edict, the merchant smiled and said, "Yes, yes. It's just who Mr. Song is. We small businessmen and hawkers don't dare to comment, don't dare, don't dare."
"Ha ha!"
Song Long was very pleased with this answer. He stood at the door and laughed wantonly. Liu Yan's face became even more ugly. This guy had clearly come here to cause trouble. It seemed that he was going to take action again.
Just when Liu Yan was calculating in his mind, Song Long said: "I heard that you, Mr. Liu Qi, are rich? If you don't make a fortune quietly in Dapanbao, you go to my ancient town inspection department to do business. Is it possible that the current Wei Are all the flag officers making money like this?"
After saying that, Song Long walked to a table and pushed away the two merchants who were blocking the way. One merchant couldn't stand still and fell to the ground, but he didn't dare to make a sound.
Song Long picked up a jar of Shaoguo wine and took a sip, then exhaled the alcohol and said with a smile: "Mr. Liu's Shaoguo wine is really delicious. Since General Liu Qi is so rich, I don't think it's better to do this. From this Starting from September, General Liu Qi will send me 500 kilograms of Shaoguo wine, 1,000 kilograms of sea salt, and 1,000 pieces of soap every month. As for the money, I don’t want much for Mr. Liu’s sake, so I will give it to me every month. How about I give you three thousand taels of silver?"
