In the county hall, Wu Kejiu looked at Fan Zhen who was sitting upright, and couldn't help but feel worried in his heart. looked at Du Zhongxiao who was standing on the side, and hated it again.

Fan Zhen looked at the two of them and said in a deep voice: "Since the founding of this dynasty, the ban on alcohol has been extremely strict, and the imperial court has relied on wine classes. In a small local county, there are already a lot of four restaurants. If you don't make proper arrangements, not only is there a shortage of liquor classes in the county, but it is also difficult for you to make money selling alcohol. Wu Kejiu, I heard in this county, you don't know where you learned the method of making wine from the lees of the 'Drunken Immortal' and sell it in your own restaurant, can you have such a thing? ”

Wu Kejiu said: "Back to the official, there is indeed such a thing. This is the 'Drunken Immortal Residence' is not secret, the method of making wine has been seen, and I bought it at a high price! This is purchased by the small people, with this method, it is natural to make wine, otherwise the money is not spent in vain! ”

Fan Zhen straightened his face and said coldly: "I don't care where you learned the method of making wine. A few months ago, the county made it clear that there are four restaurants in the county, each with its own business. The lees of the official liquor warehouse are used to make vinegar, and this is vinegar interest money, so don't talk about it. There are three of you, one in the south of the city and the other in the north of the city, and the foot shop and liquor seller have their own territory. There is only one 'drunken immortal residence' left, and they are not allowed to make wine, and they will buy the lees of your two to make wine. Several businesses are clearly divided and cannot be overcome! You 'Qixiangju' not only make wine, but also make wine from sake lees, do you not obey the orders of this county? ”

Wu Kejiu was stunned for a moment before he said: "The reason why I was divided like that before was because only the 'Drunken Immortal Residence' could make wine from the lees, and now I can do it too, how can it still be like this?" It's in the south of the city like me, and the two restaurants are not far from each other, isn't it robbing my business? ”

Fan Zhen waved his hand violently: "Don't make excuses again and again, how to sell wine in restaurants in the county, I have clearly understood, don't mess around!" 'Drunken Xianju' makes wine from sake lees, buys rice and gives porridge to the poor, which is a good thing for both the government and the people. Wherever you got the recipe for making wine from lees, that's it! In the future, the lees in your restaurant will be sold to the 'Drunken Immortal Residence'. There is a fixed number of daily wine classes in your restaurant, and the county remembers clearly how many lees there are in a pound of wine. From now on, according to the number of liquor classes, the sake lees will be sold to the 'Drunken Immortal Residence'. ”

Wu Kejiu listened to it and was stunned for a while. He didn't expect that in the end, the government would deal with it like this, directly cutting off the possibility of making wine from the lees himself. Since the wine is specialized, how to sell it is, of course, the government has the final say, and the restaurant can only follow the rules.

Fan Zhen didn't want to listen to Wu Kejiu anymore, so he said to the public who was standing on the side: "Why hasn't Feng from the official wine warehouse been in half a year?" Someone to urge! ”

The duke answered the promise and ran out.

After a while, Feng Jiejie came in, and when he saw that Fan Zhen's face was not good, he hurriedly crossed his hands to confess.

Fan Zhen said: "The three of you are here, I'll say it again." In the future, the county sold wine, and the 'Drunken Immortal House' made wine from the lees, and he was not allowed to brew it privately. For the rest of the restaurants, the official wine storehouse makes vinegar on lees, and the vinegar interest money is the same as since then. For the other two, the lees of the sake must be sold to the 'Drunken Immortal Residence', and they are not allowed to keep it privately, and the price will be as you agreed. This matter is decided, which violation, Feng Jiejie will report it in time, and the government will correct it! ”

Feng Jiejie fought a cold war, and hurriedly promised his hands. He also heard about "Qi Xiangju" making wine from the lees, and then Fan Zhen gave an order, understanding that it was towards "Drunken Immortal Residence". He is a yaqian, where dare to disobey the order of the magistrate.

Only Wu Kejiu was stunned on the side, and if he wanted to argue, he couldn't muster the courage.

Fan Zhen glanced at the three of them, waved his hand and said, "This matter is decided, you can step down." The restaurant sells wine, a little thing, tossing and turning for months, what a system! Whoever dares to make trouble after today will be severely punished by the county! ”

As soon as these words came out, no one dared to say anything, and the three of them sang their promises together.

Out of the county office, Wu Kejiu said indignantly: "The county officials are so decisive, isn't it the way for me to live in 'its fragrant residence'!" No, how do you mix and sell spirits and other liquors, and my 'Qixiangju' is the same. Otherwise, where will there be guests to come to my restaurant! ”

Feng Jiejie snorted: "The spirits are all made by 'Drunken Immortal Residence', and the junior staff will discuss it by themselves." ”

Wu Kejiu turned his head sharply and asked Du Zhongxiao: "What do you say?" ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "The spirits made now are only enough for the three of us to sell, and it is difficult to distribute them to you." I make my own spirits, and if my own restaurant doesn't sell enough, it won't make people laugh. The petty officials wanted to sell spirits, so they went to negotiate with the other two companies. ”

Wu Kejiu's eyes widened, and he said hatefully: "Okay, the three of you join forces to bully me, are you or not?!" ”

Du Zhongxiao said lightly: "In the past few months, I have been bullied by the junior outside, and what have I said. Outside the junior staff, how to sell wine, the county magistrate has set the rules, and Feng Jiejie has always watched it. If you have something to say, go to the section level to discuss, or go to the magistrate and ask me what the use is! ”

"Okay, okay, you three restaurants together, thinking that I can make my business untenable! Let's sell, in addition to the wine in the restaurant, the wine is good, the wine utensils are poor, and the customers do not come to the door. Now in addition to my restaurant, where is there silver wine utensils in the county? From today onwards, I will take back all the wine utensils in my restaurant, and let's see which one has a better business! ”

After saying that, one person left first in a huff.

Looking at Wu Kejiu's back, Feng Jie said: "This is a little difficult to do. The official restaurant and the 'Yaojiazheng store' have borrowed the wine utensils of 'Qixiangju', and when they take them back, we can't help but look shabby. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "I don't use gold and silverware in my restaurant, and the business is not the same?" As long as the wine utensils are neat and tidy, where will the guests care about gold and silverware. It's really such a pompous guest, we are in a small Linying County, and I don't know how many there are in January. Let's go by 'its fragrant dwelling'. ”

Feng Jiejie nodded and remained silent. At this time, the people were extravagant, and the restaurants in the small county town also used silverware. In several restaurants, only "Qixiangju" has a lot of money, and silverware is prepared all the year round, and special guests from other restaurants have to borrow it from his restaurant. Feng Jiejie is an official restaurant, and sometimes when entertaining officials, it is still necessary to talk about pomp.

Seeing that Feng Jiejie was silent and his face was not good-looking, Du Zhongxiao said: "'Qixiangju' threatened not to drink on credit from the beginning, and then thought that he would make wine from the lees of wine, and now he even said that he would not borrow silverware, and it was obvious that his day was not as good as the day. Their failures have been revealed, so why bother themselves. As long as our restaurants do business steadfastly, we will let 'Qixiangju' go down day by day. ”

Feng Jiejie still didn't speak, broke up with Du Zhongxiao with an expressionless face, and went back to his residence. He bought an official restaurant, which was different from several others. As long as he makes money by himself, where would Feng Jiejie dare to live or die for others, anyway, he will stop doing it after two or three years.

Facing the cold wind, Du Zhongxiao shrunk his neck, sleeved his hands and walked towards his restaurant. Today, Zhixian Fan Town is the master, and his family has established a foothold in the line of Linying Restaurant, and he has no worries about food and clothing since then. Wu Kejiu, who has always been undealing, was reprimanded by Fan Zhen today, thinking that he would not dare to make trouble from now on, and he could settle down from now on. It's just that after today's events, Du Zhongxiao's mind of finding a way to make money has faded.

Nowadays, when doing business, there are guilds in the market, and there is also the pressure of the government above, so you can't do whatever business you want, and you can't do what you want to do in business. If one is not good, if he offends someone, he will get into trouble.

Looking at the dim sun in the sky, Du Zhongxiao sighed. In this era, if you want to really get ahead, there is actually only one way to become an official. Otherwise, you won't be able to control your own destiny at all. It's time for me to study hard and prepare for the imperial examination.