Finally got off work.
All the important civil and military ministers breathed a sigh of relief. This difficult day was finally over.
Originally I was thinking about lovesickness wine.
Drinking tea is tasteless, drinking alcohol is even more bland.
But the dog emperor would come over from time to time with acacia wine to show off, sipping it in front of them, smacking his lips, and sighing.
Who the hell can stand this?
Now that I'm off work, I finally no longer have to endure the torture.
No bathing tomorrow, out of sight.
After hiding for three to five days, the Dog Emperor will get over this mood and everything will return to normal.
As for the acacia wine, it’s so expensive, whoever buys it is a fool.
Everyone left the imperial city in a hurry, but there were many people waiting for them outside.
Each person held an invitation in their hands and sent it to the important civil and military ministers one after another.
"What invitation is this?"
Everyone was curious.
"Invitation from the No. 1 House in the World."
The person who sent the invitation said: "Today, the number one oiran in the capital, Yezi, is inviting you all to a banquet."
"Hmph! What qualifications does a mere prostitute have to invite people like us? What's more, it's better to go to the Jiaofang Department, not go! You all get out of here too!"
Ministers of civil and military affairs are also shameless people.
Even if he had to go to Jiaofangsi, he would do so secretly.
Who dares to run there in such a big way?
They all threw the invitations on the ground and even stepped on them a few times.
The person who sent the invitation didn't care and continued: "We, No. 1 in the world, have purchased ten jars of acacia wine and plan to invite celebrities to taste the wine together."
"How many?"
Su Wencheng was shocked, "How much acacia wine did you buy on the top floor in the world?"
"Ten altars."
"How brave. A jar of acacia wine cost ten thousand taels of silver, and you actually bought ten jars of it on the first floor."
"It's not 10,000 taels of silver per jar. Now the price has increased. It's 12,000 taels of silver per jar."
The person who sent the invitation explained: "And only ten jars are released every day. If you want to buy more, you will have to increase the price."
"After there are more than ten altars, each altar is worth fifteen thousand taels of silver."
hiss!
Everyone gasped.
Is this still wine? More expensive than gold!
And the price is rising too fast.
In the morning, it was still ten thousand taels of silver per jar. By evening, before a day had passed, it had suddenly increased to two thousand taels.
At this growth rate, tomorrow there will be no more than 20,000 taels of silver per jar.
Everyone hesitated.
Buy it, it’s so expensive, I can’t bear to part with it.
Don't buy it, His Majesty the Emperor said, Xu Gouguan only sent back a few dozen jars, and no one can guarantee whether there will be more in the future.
If there is no more, these acacia wines will be orphans.
It's not a problem to regard it as a family heirloom.
What to do?
All the ministers fell into deep thought.
The first person to speak was Zhuge Yuanlang. He picked up the invitation from the ground, flicked the dust off it, and said with a smile: "Since I am invited by the most famous oiran in the capital, and there is acacia wine to drink, then I It would be disrespectful to refuse.”
"Just drinking won't tarnish the good names of us old immortals."
"Afu, prepare the sedan, let's go to the first floor."
"Ah Cai, prepare the sedan chair. I will also go to the first floor."
Su Wencheng also followed suit.
Xu Chun looked at the two of them, then at the many expectant eyes around them, and could only follow them.
After all, the three of them are a group. If those two go, if he doesn't go, he will be a bit separated from the team.
When others saw this, they all followed suit.
Even Liu Dingbei, the general of Zhenbei, followed him, "Go, you still don't go when you have a lovesick drink, you're not a fool."
In this way, a group of people, some in sedans, some on horses, and some on foot, went to the first floor in a mighty manner.
However, on the way, Zhuge Yuanlang called Ah Fu to come closer.
He warned: "Ah Fu, take my belt and go back to Zhuge Mansion to raise money."
"At least five jars of acacia wine must be obtained today."
"Then we will continue to raise money. Tomorrow's ten jars of acacia wine, our Zhuge Mansion must snatch them all and never give them to others."
"yes."
Ah Fu nodded respectfully.
But in his heart, he regarded Zhuge Yuanlang as a fool.
Spending more than 10,000 taels of silver to buy a jar of wine will not do it even if your brain is kicked by a donkey.
The owner of the house is so old and confused.
But he is just a servant. He can only obey orders and has no qualifications to offer opinions.
There are many people with arrangements like his.
We are all ministers serving in the same dynasty and know each other well.
Everyone can basically guess who will do what.
When Zhuge Yuanlang decided to go to the first floor, someone guessed his mind.
Thinking that he was trying to stabilize everyone, he secretly went to buy acacia wine.
After all, His Majesty the Emperor said that there are dozens of jars of Acacia wine in total, and there will be no such shop after this village.
In order to show one's status, one should maintain one altar and two altars.
Anyway, it's only ten thousand taels of silver. For them, it's not a huge amount of money, and they can basically spend it.
There is only one exception.
That is General Liu Dingbei of Zhenbei.
He is a general, so it is okay to let him go into battle to kill the enemy, but Huahua has too few intestines.
He was nicknamed a reckless man.
When he followed the large group to the first floor, he really just followed and had a bowl of wine.
The first floor is the largest Jiaofangsi in Beijing and is very lively.
Today is the most.
The first oiran came forward to pour the wine in person and invited all the ministers to come. For a time, almost everyone in the capital gathered around the first floor.
There's nothing we can do if we don't surround them.
It was so crowded that it was impossible to get in.
Not even for spending money.
Rely on relationships?
Sorry, anyone who comes out here has a stronger relationship than you.
They can only listen to music outside.
Anyone who can enter will have to spend at least five hundred taels of silver.
I want to enter the private room, sorry, one thousand taels.
Can’t take it out?
Then please get out.
We are all important ministers. It’s not easy for us to come here. Who wants to be compared?
They paid money one after another.
Officials with little luck could only pay five hundred taels to sit in the hall.
First-class officials such as Su Wencheng, Xu Chun, Zhuge Yuanlang, etc. all entered the box, Liu Dingbei was an exception.
If it weren't for the fact that he was riding a tiger and had trouble getting off, he wouldn't even have paid five hundred taels of silver.
How good it would be to use so much money on soldiers.
He had to waste it on Jiaofangsi, and if word spread, his old face would be completely disgraced.
But other ministers have come and paid, so he can't do anything special.
After taking a seat, Ye Zi took the stage.
Covered with a veil, his face cannot be seen clearly, but his figure is outstanding.
Especially the round waist that makes people want to hold her in their arms and cherish her.
She danced first.
The dancing posture is graceful and charming, which captivates people.
Not to mention drinking, just seeing her dance was worth the five hundred taels of silver.
But it's not over yet.
Ye Zi played the piano and sang again.
The music is newly composed and the lyrics are written by Biyuntian.
The voice is gentle and melodious, like the sound of nature.
Those who listened were mesmerized.
But there are exceptions, such as Liu Dingbei.
He is a reckless man who comes here just to drink a sip of acacia wine.
It turned out that it was both dance and music, and he couldn't understand it or understand it. It was a complete waste of his time.
Snapped!
Liu Dingbei slapped the table hard and scolded angrily, "Why are you dancing so hard?"
"Hurry up and bring the acacia wine. The general is here today just to drink."
"If you keep dilly-dallying, I will demolish the first floor."
"General Liu, calm down."
Yezi comforted softly, "The slave family has already prepared acacia wine, but the price of acacia wine suddenly increased. Mom was not allowed to pour so much, so she poured it back into the jar. Now she is pouring it again."
"Um?"
Liu Dingbei was stunned, "Price increase?"
"what does it mean?"
"You guys on the first floor just said that a jar of acacia wine costs 12,000 taels. Why has the price increased again?"
"The slave family has just received the news."
Ye Zi lamented: "A total of fifty jars of this acacia wine were shipped back to the capital. We purchased ten jars at the price of twelve thousand taels of silver per jar."
"I thought I would go there early tomorrow and buy another ten altars."
"But seeing that all the officials are very supportive, my mother is afraid that she won't have enough wine, so she has to buy it now."
"But I can't buy it anymore."
"The acacia wine was snapped up by others for fifteen thousand taels."
"If I want to buy it again, I can only wait until it is shipped back next time."
"But I heard that this acacia wine was brewed by gods using jade liquid from Yaochi. Yaochi jade liquid is very rare. Nowadays, it is the limit to brew fifty jars. If you want to brew it again, I don't know how many years it will take."
"So the acacia wine we have on the first floor is a treasure."
"Mom doesn't take good care of it, so I can only take one pound for everyone to taste. Please forgive me."
"I will dance two more dances today to express my apology."
"What?"
Liu Dingbei was shocked, "Why was it suddenly sold out?"
"Didn't those ministers say they wouldn't buy it?"
"Hahaha, Mr. Liu, you are really a reckless man. This acacia wine is a treasure. Let alone fifteen thousand taels, even a jar of twenty thousand taels of silver will be robbed of your head. "
Someone reminded him with a smile.
"Niang Xipi's."
Liu Dingbei's face turned red with shame, and he sat down cursing.
Feeling extremely depressed.
I feel very regretful. Why not borrow some money to buy a jar?
Ten thousand taels per jar, if you buy it again, you can make five thousand taels.
That’s all free money!
In the box, Su Wencheng, Zhuge Yuanlang and others heard this and laughed tacitly.
Likewise, others were laughing.
For example, Xu Tianhua just ran to the imperial study room with the banknotes.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty, we have made a lot of money this time."
"How much did you make?"
Chen Xuan couldn't hide his smile and asked.
"There are fifty altars in total. The first floor purchased ten altars for ten thousand taels per altar, which is one hundred thousand taels."
"The remaining forty altars were all sold for fifteen thousand taels per altar, which is 600,000 taels, adding up to a total of 700,000 taels of silver."
"Excluding the capital of 300,000 taels, we made a net profit of 400,000 taels."
"Your Majesty, how do we divide it?"
"How about half and half?"
"Um?"
Chen Xuan's face darkened, "I only earned 400,000 taels in total, and you actually want to take away 200,000 taels? Why are you so brave?"
"Leaving you fifty thousand taels is already a gift from heaven. If you are not satisfied with it, I will not give you even one tael, and I will chop off your dog's head."
Forehead!
Xu Tianhua was dumbfounded.
I didn't expect that His Majesty the Emperor had such a dark heart and only left 50,000 taels for himself.
Fortunately, I have increased the cost by one thousand taels, fifty altars, that is, fifty thousand taels.
After a trip, I made a hundred thousand taels, and I was satisfied.
Chen Xuan didn't wait for him to answer, and urged: "Xu Jiuguan, please go back to Yun'an County as soon as possible."
"You can ignore everything else, but you must find a way to bring me more acacia wine. This thing is too profitable."
"When I have enough internal funds, we can send troops to the Northern Expedition again."
"I vow not to give up until the Beinu people are driven out of the Dawei Dynasty."
