In the inn next to Daxiangguo Temple, Su Song looked at Du Zhongxiao and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that your whimsical ideas about Zhang Yuan could come true." This time, it is a great achievement to take the party item, and the court will inevitably reward it. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "The reward is open there, it's nothing more than money." When Li Guanren asked yesterday, I bluntly told me that if the imperial court really has the heart to reward my family, it is better to divide two states in Xuzhou, and allow my family to specialize in steaming wine. I am different from Brother Su, I have been suffering since I was a child, and what I am most afraid of is being hungry. If you have a little industry at home, you can have peace of mind. There are two or three states where wine is sold, and there is no need to worry about food and clothing in this life. ”

Su Song laughed: "At this time, if you put forward such a condition, the court will definitely agree, and the method of steaming wine is originally offered by your family." What I couldn't have imagined about this matter was that you could meet Wu Kejiu with a smile and a grudge, and you didn't take the opportunity to trouble him. ”

Du Zhongxiao was silent for a while, then looked at Su Song, and said seriously: "Brother Su, do you want to listen to the truth, or listen to lies?" ”

Su Song was stunned and said, "Naturally, it's the truth." ”

"Letting go of Wu Kejiu is not that I am generous, but that I have thought about it again and again, and it is not beneficial to entangle with him. In the capital, he has the cousin of an official, and he has the protection of Di Xianggong of Zhengzhou. In the end, it's nothing more than turning big things into small things, small things into small things, and that's it. If it weren't for that, I wouldn't have let him go so easily. From the time I was in the county, I was forced to almost destroy my family, and when I went to the capital, I demolished my platform everywhere. People are angry, and I am not muddy, how can I allow him to trouble me again and again. Hmph, at this time and that time, after this setback, when he returns to the township, he will inevitably lose his former arrogance, and what will happen in the end depends on his creation. ”

In the capital, Du Zhongxiao has no way to treat Wu Kejiu, what if he loses face? It won't hurt him in the slightest. Du Zhongxiao didn't have the leisure to do that kind of meaningless thing, and now his mind is on the imperial examination in a year. However, Wu Kejiu's return to Linying is another matter. Now the pattern of selling wine there has been decided, and the business of "its Xiangju" is not as good as day by day, and there will be Wu Jiashou in the future. With this incident, the local government will also look at Wu Kejiu differently, and he was sorry for the Du family and the Han family in the past, but he will always slowly get it back.

Running a restaurant is a double-edged sword, the wine class is fixed there, and once the business is not good, how many family properties have to be put in. Vicious circle, your restaurant business is not good, and no one will take over if you want to transfer it, so you have to keep handing over the wine class. The more you lose, the less funds you have to improve, and you can't get out unless you lose all your property. The relationship with the government is not good, and if you want to get out, you can't get out, so you can only resign yourself to fate in the end.

Du Zhongxiao asked Wu Kejiu to return to his hometown quickly, which is what he meant. How about it in the future, let's go to that small county town and toss. Torture people, those people in the county are better than themselves, and now the Wu family has fallen.

Su Song shook his head with a smile and didn't say anything more. He was from a big family, so he couldn't say these things clearly, and he didn't think much about them.

The two drank tea with each other for a while, and Su Song said, "After this incident, are you going to study in Yingtianfu?" It's a pity that the one we made together a few days ago, your name is the steam engine, just came out of the show, and you can take the fan around, so I have to put it down for the time being. ”

Du Zhongxiao sighed: "Di Xianggong lifted, why don't I go?" In any case, it is also the first academy in the world. However, I told Li Guanren that if there is a chance, it is best to stay in the capital. Guozijian is relieved, and it is stronger than elsewhere. ”

Su Song nodded again and again. If you talk about studying and studying, you should naturally go to Yingtianfu, but if you talk about the benefits of the imperial examination, Guozijian is stronger than other places. At this time, Guozijian did not have perfect rules and regulations, it was more of a management organization, and the students of Guozijian were basically free-range, and there were no famous teachers to teach. Most of the people who studied in the country were the children of officials, or recommended by courtiers. The proportion of students in Guozijian and the proportion of Zhongjinshi are basically the same as those in Kaifeng Mansion, and it is the easiest place in the world to be admitted to Jinshi. Entering the country to study is equivalent to moving to Kaifeng Mansion in disguise.

Su Song is also a nominal Guozijian, if Du Zhongxiao can study together, it will naturally be good. Du Zhongxiao is silent, what kind of person is he, Su Song is not deeply touched, and the two are far from being confidants. However, Su Song is a technical maniac, and he is very interested in Du Zhongxiao's ideas that often flash inspiration, and the two can do something interesting together.

At this moment, Yang Zhi and Daoxin Monk came over and said from afar: "I never expected that the little officials were as wise as torches, and they could see from a small point that there was a party item to rob Zhang Yuan's family. This is very human too! If we had listened to what the petty officials had said, we would not have received a meritorious service! ”

Du Zhongxiao smiled: "It's just a fluke." This matter is my stubbornness, and in the end, it is natural to say everything about the spies, if it is empty, I am afraid that it will make people laugh at it. The two of you arrived just in time, and we went out for two drinks. In the past few days, I have been running around with the public, and I am afraid of going in vain, and I am also very tired. ”

The four of them talked and laughed, and when they arrived at the shop selling alcohol outside, they found a seat by the Bianhe River.

Daoxin said to the little servant: "This Du Xiaoguan is the one who offers the method of steaming wine to the imperial court. I know that as soon as the booklet was presented, there were courtiers who played it, and Kaifeng Mansion could sell steamed spirits. If you don't have one in the store, come to the next shop and make two corners, and we'll have a drink today. ”

The little servant saluted: "The guest officer can rest assured, the small shop is opened in this place, which is the most prosperous place in the world, how can it not be?" ”

Now there are big families in the city, and many families have a lot of spirits, and Baba is waiting for the court to ban it. As soon as Du Zhongxiao's booklet was presented, the book was purchased by Kaifeng Mansion and then sold to various restaurants. However, Du Zhongxiao was careful, and through Li Dui's performance, it was best to let the Privy Council buy a batch and transport it to the northwest. The weather in the northwest is cold, and there is a wider market for spirits.

Lu Kai is a military magistrate in Fangzhou and has already taken office, while Yang Zhu has a shortage of military magistrates in Weizhou and will take office soon. Daoxin is the third class of borrowers and commanders, and he doesn't know whether to go to the northwest or enter the forbidden army near the capital. For them, this visit to the capital is a wish fulfillment, and it is a time to be happy. The wine came up, and the two drank happily.

After drinking two glasses, Daoxin sighed: "This wine still has strength!" If I join the Northwest Forbidden Army this time, before I go into battle to kill the enemy, I can have these two glasses of wine in my stomach, and I can also make more achievements. ”

When a few people were drunk, the prefect of Li Dui's family hurriedly came and said to Du Zhongxiao: "Little official, don't drink, the official wants you to go to the house and discuss something." ”

Du Zhongxiao thought about the court's reward for him, and asked, "What did the officials say?" ”

"The petty officials have made great contributions to the arrest of the party, and the Kaifeng Mansion will give rewards according to the reward price. In addition, you offered the method of steaming wine to the imperial court, and Li Guanren tried his best to say good things, and the imperial court rewarded him. In addition to Xuzhou, the surrounding Ruzhou and Chenzhou are the same as your family's steamed liquor sales. It's just that, except for these three states, your family can't go to other places to steam wine, otherwise it will be forbidden. The rest of the state armies in the world, including Sijing, were all designated by the imperial court to steam wine in restaurants, and they also received wine classes. Also, my family officials have good things to say for you, and you are allowed to study in Guozijian, and you will be relieved in Guozijian in the coming year, and you don't need to go back to your hometown. ”

Du Zhongxiao was overjoyed when he heard this: "Is this serious? Guozijian is either rich or expensive, and this matter is not easy. ”

"Nature is true. The official of your family is a township tribute jinshi, and someone in his ancestors has been an official, and he is not purely white, so what is there when he enters the country! This matter must not be sloppy, the official wants you to go home quickly to discuss, so as not to have an accident! ”