Pei Yao followed Lin Shaoqing into the cabin, and Gu Mingqian led them to the cabin on the ship that was specially reserved for guests.
Although it's inside a ship, it has almost everything you could want, and its luxury is in no way inferior to the largest restaurant in Kyoto.
The Gu family are wealthy merchants in Kyoto, and they must have plenty of money.
Lin Shaoqing was worried that Pei Yao might not be used to it, but when he turned around, he saw Pei Yao following behind him very naturally, without any nervousness.
After everyone sat down, Pei Yao carefully placed the wine jar in her hand aside, thinking that she would find an opportunity to let everyone try the lychee wine later.
Lin Shaoqing looked at her and the wine jar in her hand, as if he had remembered something, and asked, "Miss Pei, how did you end up down there? And how did you get into a conflict with those people?"
Pei Yao thought for a moment and then said truthfully, "I heard that the people on this ship are merchants from out of town, so I brought my homemade lychee wine to see if I could sell it."
Pei Yao spoke awkwardly, she hadn't expected to be pushed down before she even met the legendary wealthy businessman.
It was strange that the ground was slippery, which is why she lost her footing.
"Lychee wine? May I try some?" Lin Shaoqing was clearly interested in Pei Yao's lychee wine.
Lin Shaoqing was a big customer at Pei Yao's stall, so when he asked to try the lychee wine, Pei Yao naturally agreed immediately.
He took a clean bamboo cup from the burlap bag at his waist, poured in some lychee wine, then took out a small mint bud, patted it with his hand, put it in the lychee wine, and handed it to him.
She had prepared the cup and mint leaves specially, and had been keeping them in the burlap bag at her waist.
"Give it a try."
"Um."
Lin Shaoqing took the bamboo cup, took a small sip, savored it carefully, and his eyes lit up immediately.
"Miss Pei, this wine is sweet and refreshing, with a hint of lychee fragrance. Was it made with fresh lychees?"
Lin Shaoqing had drunk lychee wine before, but the taste was completely different from Pei Yao's.
Most of the lychee wines sold on the market are lychee spirits (a type of liquor made from grains with a relatively high alcohol content). Although lychee spirits have a lychee flavor, the aroma is very faint, and the taste is more of an alcoholic one. They are not as sweet and easy to drink as the one brewed by Pei Yao.
Pei Yao nodded: "Yes, it's all made with fresh lychees, which is why the lychee flavor is so strong."
Gu Renhan, who was standing nearby, also became interested when he heard the smell of lychee. The nobles in Kyoto loved all kinds of food related to lychee, especially the women.
In previous years, anything related to lychees that I brought back always sold exceptionally well.
Pei Yao had been observing Gu Gongzi's every move. When she saw his gaze fall on her, she immediately poured him a cup as well: "Gu Gongzi, please try it too."
Gu Mingqian glanced at Pei Yao, reached out and took the cup. He first held the cup to his nose and smelled it.
Then I took a small sip.
Although Gu Mingqian is not very old, he has been involved in business since he was a child, so he has a keen sense of business.
When he took his first sip of the lychee wine, he knew that it would sell very well if he could bring it back to Kyoto.
While this lychee wine isn't as spicy as soju, it's sweet and easy to drink, with a very strong lychee flavor, making it perfect for women.
It was well-known that the women of wealthy families in Kyoto loved to drink alcohol.
After Gu Mingqian finished drinking the lychee wine, his attitude towards Pei Yao improved somewhat.
"Miss Pei, how much is your lychee wine?" Gu Mingqian asked.
His father sent him to Lingnan. Although he had been learning business from his family since he was a child, this was the first time his father had let him go out to do business on his own.
The Gu family's business has been declining in recent years, with the number of loss-making shops exceeding the number of profitable shops by half.
He needed to prove to his father and to the entire Gu family that he was the most capable person of his generation.
This will make him more convincing when he takes charge of the Gu family in the future.
The lychee wine and ice jelly in front of us present a particularly good opportunity. If we can bring these two items back to Kyoto, it might just bring the entire Gu family back to its former glory.
The Gu family's current crisis will then be resolved.
"How much can Young Master Gu offer?" Pei Yao threw the question back at him.
She had one tael of silver in mind, but she wasn't sure about the price in the capital, so she wanted to hear what Gu Mingqian could offer before making a decision.
Gu Mingqian took the lychee wine very seriously after trying it, so he quoted a price of 800 coins per jar.
This budget was actually one of the highest he had ever collected for wine. After all, Lingnan was a long way away, and even by waterway it would take more than a month to arrive. Therefore, the cost of transporting the wine back to the capital was very high.
Pei Yao lowered her head and thought for a moment, then said firmly, "Young Master Gu, you may not know this, but our family's lychee wine is unique. No one else knows how to make it except us. This means that even if you acquire it, it will be one of a kind. Coupled with your Gu family's reputation in the capital, I'm afraid you'll quickly make the lychee wine famous. At that time, you'll likely earn much more than just a little bit, so..."
"One tael of silver is the lowest I can offer."
Although Pei Yao did not know the specific prices in Kyoto, she had asked Chen Fang and others in advance.
Wealthy women in Kyoto love drinking, and this sweet and easy-to-drink lychee wine would definitely be very popular with women in Kyoto. In addition, Gu Mingqian's change of attitude just now made her even more certain that this lychee wine would definitely have a market in Kyoto.
If she weren't unable to enter Kyoto again, she would never have given this opportunity to this guy named Gu Mingqian.
I'm determined to take the lychee wine and try my luck in Kyoto.
When Gu Mingqian heard that Pei Yao had added two hundred coins, he agreed without even thinking. His original budget was between eight hundred coins and one tael of silver, so he naturally agreed to Pei Yao's offer, which was within his budget.
Pei Yao: "..."
Pei Yao had thought that Gu Mingqian would try to negotiate the price with her, but to her surprise, he agreed so readily.
It gave Pei Yao the feeling of haggling over a price, only to have the shopkeeper immediately agree and then regret not having bargained enough.
If Gu Mingqian had hesitated even a little, Pei Yao wouldn't have felt this way, but he didn't.
But in business, one doesn't go back on their word, and besides, this price is exactly what Pei Yao wanted; ten catties of glutinous rice can yield eight to fifteen catties of wine.
A jar of lychee wine can generate more than half the profit after deducting costs.
"Then I'll order five hundred jars to be shipped back to the capital to try it out." After saying that, Gu Mingqian asked, "Miss Pei, do you sell your recipe for ice jelly?"
Sell! Sell! Sell! Of course, sell! Pei Yao was already nodding her head in agreement, but her face remained calm.
If Manager Qian had asked her to sell this recipe, she certainly wouldn't have. After all, the town is so small, and if two people sell the same thing, there will always be competition. However, Gu Mingqian is far away in the capital, so it doesn't affect Pei Yao at all.
But Pei Yao had an even better and longer-lasting idea.
"It's for sale, but..."
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