In the middle of the drunken immortal, Xia Hongsheng set a seat early, and when he waited until the evening, he saw that the carriages stopped in front of the door of the drunken immortal residence one after another, and the grain merchant shopkeeper who walked down from above entered the drunken immortal residence and arrived at the place notified in advance. These grain merchant shopkeepers were familiar with each other, and after meeting each other, they each sat down at their seats, and after a while, they saw the king shopkeeper come out and greet everyone.

"Shopkeeper Wang, today I heard that Lord Xia invited me, so we all pushed the matter at hand and rushed over. But it's been so long, why haven't you seen Lord Xia come forward? Seeing the king's shopkeeper come out, the grain merchant shopkeepers, who were already waiting for a little anxious, pulled the king's shopkeeper and asked.

The shopkeeper Wang had already received Xia Hongsheng's explanation, smiled and waved his hand and said to everyone: "Please be patient and wait for a while, there are a few other distinguished guests who have not arrived, but they have to wait." ”

Although the shopkeepers were anxious to wait, due to the background of the wine shop behind the shopkeeper, it was not easy to make a mistake, so they could only sit back and wait.

After about a cup of tea, Xia Hongsheng saw that the shopkeepers were almost waiting, so he rubbed his face, cleaned up a smile and walked out, before the person arrived, the voice came out first: "Hahahaha, you shopkeepers have been waiting for a long time, Xia is late, I hope you will forgive your sins, forgive your sins!" ”

As he spoke, Xia Hongsheng appeared in front of a group of grain merchants. The shopkeepers below got up and saluted back, Xia Hongsheng waved his hand to let everyone sit down again, and then said again: "Today, occupying the time of your shopkeepers, please come here to get together, there is really one thing, I can't bear to let you shopkeepers miss it." By the way, today we are in business, and there is no other identity here. You can rest assured. ”

"Since Lord Xia said so, then the old man has the courage to say something." As soon as Xia Hongsheng's words fell, he heard a voice from below, Xia Hongsheng raised his eyes and looked over, and saw that it was an old shopkeeper who seemed to be not too old, sitting on the right side of the head. It can be seen that its status, seniority and prestige among this group of grain merchants are the highest.

"This old shopkeeper is highly respected, if he has words to train him, Xia should listen to him." Xia Hongsheng smiled and arched his hand and said.

The old shopkeeper bowed back and said, "Actually, we all know what you are looking for these people for, my lord." The winery needs a lot of grain to make sake lees. The wine of your workshop has also been tasted by the old decay, which is indeed unprecedented. That is to say, it is rare in the world, and it can be called. Naturally, we can see the future prospects of the winery clearly, and we are willing to cooperate with you. Presumably, the shopkeeper Wang has also told Lord Xia that we haven't given food to the winery. If it is a normal year, we are scrambling to rush and want to do the business of the winery. The shopkeeper Wang is not stingy, we have all tasted your new wine, and it is inevitable that business will be prosperous in the future. The more prosperous the business, the greater the demand for food. If you can cooperate with the winery, your own grain business will also grow, we don't understand this reason. ”

Xia Hongsheng smiled and nodded: "The old man is right. The liquor produced by the distillery is not the same as today's liquor, not only the color is clear and translucent, but also as clean as water. And the aftertaste is long, the taste is mellow, and there is no need to question the future sales. All the shopkeepers have been in the grain business for most of their lives, and they have tasted the liquor produced by the winery, so they must also understand. If we can work together, how many dividends are there, you will not know. ”

"That's true, but we also have our own difficulties." The old shopkeeper said to Xia Hongsheng again: "This year is not as good as in previous years, first of all, there has been a great drought in Guanzhong since last year, and there has been no bumper harvest of grain, and in addition to the locust plague, the imperial court needs food for disaster relief, and we have been strictly ordered to wait for Chang'an grain as an example, and not to sell grain at will." Even if some can be sold, they have already been registered by the imperial court and purchased for disaster relief. At the moment, there is really no surplus food supply for the winery. Lord Xia must also know about these situations. The grain we bought for your workshop before was all sold to the king's shopkeeper first because we took advantage of the imperial court's edict. Now, I'm afraid it's really not possible. ”

"My lord, it's not that the trumpet doesn't sell food to adults, it's really gone." Another shopkeeper also said to Xia Hongsheng: "If you wait until next year's harvest, this number will definitely be the first to be sold to the winery!" ”

"Yes, sir!" The other grain merchant shopkeepers also began to chim.

Xia Hongsheng already knew that these grain merchant shopkeepers would say this, and he also knew that what they said was the truth. But these grain merchants who have been doing it for so long, if they want to say that they have no grain in their hands, Xia Hongsheng will never believe it.

After listening to the voices of the grain merchants, Xia Hongsheng smiled and waved his hand to signal them to stop, and then said to himself: "What the shopkeepers said is the truth, and Xia also knows. But all the shopkeepers are people who have been grain merchants for half their lives, and they don't have any emergency surplus food in their hands? The winery doesn't want much, just to get through the current difficulties and last next year's harvest. Of course, I won't let you provide me with food for no reason, and you shopkeepers don't want to listen to the conditions offered by the winery first? ”

As he spoke, Xia Hongsheng looked back, and then the shopkeeper Wang immediately came to the ground with a stack of papers and a few signs.

Xia Hongsheng raised his hand to pick up one from it, then lit it up to the grain merchants, and then handed it to the old shopkeeper who seemed to have a lot of prestige among the grain merchants.

The old shopkeeper took the sign handed over by Xia Hongsheng with both hands, and the first thing he saw was the seal on it, which read the seal of the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

Seeing the word "special", the old shopkeeper immediately had a hint of enlightenment in his heart, and couldn't help but raise his head to look at Xia Hongsheng, but saw Xia Hongsheng smiling in response, and said: "Everyone look at this brand, there are not many brands in this today, only three." ”

As he spoke, the shopkeeper Wang handed over the remaining two signs and showed them to the grain merchants.

"You shopkeepers may not understand it very well, Xia will explain it to you." Xia Hongsheng glanced at the shopkeepers, and then said: "This Tang Royal Wine Workshop, needless to say, it is naturally a disdain wine shop." Mainly, let's talk about the word "exclusive". The so-called exclusive supply means to provide exclusively. It represents a qualification, that is to say, the food needed by the Datang Royal Wine Workshop can only be provided by the business that owns this brand, and it is not purchased from other businesses, which is for exclusive supply. Hehe, the royal exclusive, it's also a well-known name when it goes out, isn't it? Anyway, if I go to buy food, I will naturally trust the food provided exclusively by the royal family, and the food provided to the royal family will definitely be better than other food. ”

After speaking, Xia Hongsheng didn't explain more, looked at the grain merchant shopkeeper with a smile from the corner of his eyes, and said: "However, naturally there are some restrictions, since it is exclusively for the royal family, naturally you can't do anything that damages the royal face." Therefore, this brand is not only a qualification, but also a kind of responsibility, but I don't know which shopkeepers dare to have this responsibility. ”

Xia Hongsheng said so nakedly and understood, how could these shopkeepers, who were already in business, not know the benefits, and their eyes lit up one or two, but they still didn't do anything else. Xia Hongsheng smiled, and said in his heart, sure enough, and then glanced back at the shopkeeper Wang, who immediately understood, and moved his mouth as if he pretended to whisper in Xia Hongsheng's ear.

Xia Hongsheng immediately stood up and said, "I just said that there are still a few distinguished guests who have not arrived today, and they have come at this moment, so let me go and greet you." ”

"No need to greet you, this is coming in." A voice came from the outside, and then a few young men came in, the front one was Li Chengqian, followed by Li Ke, and Li Yexu's few gentlemen, and Shi Shiran came in with a human appearance.

Most of those shopkeepers didn't know who these young men who came in, but some of them had seen the world. For example, the old shopkeeper, as soon as he raised his eyes, his lips trembled, and he immediately got up and rushed over a few steps, bent down deeply, and respectfully said: "The grass people meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" Meet His Royal Highness the King of Shu! ”

"Does this old shopkeeper know Lonely?" In the end, it is the successor that Li Lao Er has cultivated since childhood, although he is not very old, but his style is very good, which is also a kind of aura that people who have been in the top position for a long time will naturally have.

"The grass people have been fortunate enough to see His Highness from afar, so they know His Highness!" The old shopkeeper was really shocked and explained repeatedly.

The other shopkeepers were dumbfounded when they saw the old man coming to see him, and when they heard the name in his mouth, the old shopkeeper bowed his waist and hooked his head back and coughed hard, and then they all reacted, and hurriedly hurried over and bowed down.

"Let's flatten the shopkeepers, don't be polite." Li Chengqian smiled and waved his hand: "Today, I am in business, and I have to deal with some things, so I am late, but Lord Xia has told you everything?" ”

"Said it! Said it! Seeing the appearance of the crown prince of the dynasty, these shopkeepers no longer had any doubts about what the talented Xia Hongsheng said, and immediately replied.

Li Chengqian nodded, and said, "That is the case, then the lonely will not repeat it." It's just that one thing needs to be mentioned that you know that this exclusive qualification is definitely not something that ordinary businesses can touch, and if you do something that damages the royal face, you will naturally immediately deprive the royal wine shop of its exclusive name as a grain merchant, and not only that, but it will also be dealt with more strictly. Of course, if it's a business, then Lone is here to wish you well. ”

"I am willing to be a grain merchant in the Tang Dynasty Royal Wine Factory, and I still have some grain in Lingnan, and I am willing to sell it to the Wine Factory at a low price!" Although the old shopkeeper was old, his reaction was not slow, and as soon as Li Chengqian's words were finished, he immediately shouted loudly.

When he shouted, the others reacted, and they all shouted quickly.

Li Chengqian and Xia Hongsheng glanced at each other, and Xia Hongsheng said: "In this case, you will discuss the specific reasons with the shopkeeper Wang, as for what the exclusive business name enjoys and must do, Xia has already written it on the paper, and you should also go to the shopkeeper Wang." (To be continued......)