Chapter 222 Drinks (1)
Song Liyun found a street errand boy and told him the news: Tianxianglou will give back to customers in the first month of its opening, with a buy five get two free for Yuzhilan sake, and buy ten get five free.
Ever since Yuzhilan Distillery signed the contract with Tianxianglou, it has become a special brew that is not available to others.
What you looked down upon in the past is out of your reach today.
The wine in Tianxianglou is not cheap. A pot of wine with ice costs thirty cents, not more. Even without ice, it costs twenty cents.
If you don't take advantage of an opportunity, you are a bastard.
When the diners heard that the more they drank during the event, the more they would receive, they immediately started to make some calculations.
If more people eat together, they only need to pay for the food, and the drinks are almost free.
This wine tastes bland when drunk alone, but it is absolutely delicious when paired with other dishes.
As soon as the news spread, some people came specifically for the free drinks.
Especially the county scholar, who invited dozens of classmates, drank and sang, ate delicious barbecued skewers, and drank until his stomach was full but still slightly intoxicated, which was the perfect time to write poetry.
For a time, Tianxiang Tower was packed with customers, and the elegant rooms on the second floor were not enough to accommodate them all. Even the vacant viewing spot outside the door was used to set up tables and covered with gauze to prevent dust.
Unexpectedly, it became the girls' favorite.
Looking out from the gauze curtain, the faces of the people are clear, but people walking on the street can only see the shadows of people inside, the tinkling of bells and the smell of barbecued skewers, but they cannot see the people themselves.
It was rare for the women in the city to have a place to have fun, so they would gather in groups of three or five to Tianxiang Tower. They would not sit in the private rooms upstairs, but would book the tents facing the street.
Song Liyun simply asked someone to make a row of carved gauze cabinets with small windows on top. The windows could be opened a little, and in winter they could be covered with bright paper.
Now, there is no longer just a thin layer of white gauze outside.
It is transparent and sturdy across the cabinet, and it is convenient to pass a sachet or purse out, which makes it even more popular among the female family members.
It was precisely because it was on the street that the female guests coming in and out were in full view of everyone, and the figures of people inside could be vaguely seen behind the gauze curtain, but no one could say anything.
Ever since people knew about the bright gauze, there have been pairs of beautiful eyes "watching the scenery", and the street in front of Tianxiang Tower has become more crowded.
In addition to the students holding folding fans and reciting poems and books, there are also men with brand new robes and neatly combed hair walking around.
Anyway, the demeanor was as elegant as possible, making the street just over ten meters away from Tianxiang Tower look like a catwalk.
The result was that Tianxianglou's daily income increased rapidly, from twenty taels to thirty taels, forty taels, and even over one hundred taels.
The daily requirement for mutton also increases from one or two to five or eight.
Lin Tao completely immersed himself in the role of shopkeeper. He was steady and down-to-earth, and kept the accounts meticulously.
Zhou Xiang was the guard in the building. He led his men to clean up Tianxiang Building like an iron barrel. In the meantime, he also helped Lord Jiang with some small tasks such as catching thieves on the street.
Tianxianglou may not have a decent chef, but it has decent guards.
They have strong methods and their numbers are surprisingly large. When queuing in front of the store in the morning, there were two densely packed rows.
There's nothing you can do about it. Even the barbecue chef in Tianxianglou can use guns and knives.
There are still a lot of people queuing up at the garrison who want to come. They just want food and no wages.
With these people around, the security in Tianxiang Tower is very good, and no demons or monsters dare to approach.
After kicking out a few drunk and troublesome people, those who came to the building to drink became better behaved and became polite even when drunk.
He didn't even dare to do anything inappropriate towards the female guest in the green gauze cabinet.
It's a key protected area. If you dare to go in, you have to consider how many punches you can withstand.
When Song Liyun has free time and doesn't have to go to Qili County every day, she will occasionally stay in Suijin Town and concentrate on the luggage business she runs with Wan Daguanshi.
She could sit still, but some people were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
Inside Zuichunlou, the owner of Furui Winery wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Huang Changsheng, "Brother Huang, you have to help me this time. The new wine is about to be released from the vat, and the wine I left behind hasn't disappeared yet."
Huang Changsheng frowned, fanned himself vigorously, and said impatiently, "Brother Liao, you've seen that prices in Pingyang Prefecture are rising. If you don't sell your wine, you'll make a profit. Why are you so anxious?"
"Brother Huang, you can't say that. Prices are rising, and food prices are rising too. I need money to buy food to make my wine and drinks. If I can't sell them in the beginning, how will I use the money to buy food?" Liao Fu said with a smile.
Huang Changsheng put away his folding fan, frowned, and asked, "What exactly does Boss Liao want to say?"
Seeing that the conversation had come to this, Liao Fu also directly pointed out: "My wine shop used to sell a hundred jars of wine to Tianxianglou every month. It was Brother Huang who asked me to reject the Song family's military daughter, and said that your Zuichunlou could sell the wine.
Now that they don’t want alcohol over there, your family has to help me consume more.”
Huang Changsheng paused, fanned himself again, and hesitated, "Brother Liao, there's a war going on in Qing'an Prefecture right now, and refugees are gathering in the city. Although there aren't any refugees here in Qili County, business isn't doing well either."
"You've seen that my Zuichunlou's turnover has dropped by 20% this month. Even Mr. Chen, the head of Jinxilou, invited everyone to tea yesterday and said business is bad. If you want to increase your consumption, ah! It's difficult!"
Seeing that Huang Changsheng was full of excuses, Liao Fu said anxiously, "Brother Huang, when Tianxianglou wanted to order wine, you told me to reject the order so that Zuichunlou and Jinxilou could sell more.
Why, now you say it's difficult again? If it's difficult for you, you still have food to eat, but if it's difficult for me, I have to buy a hundred less jars of wine."
Huang Changsheng's face darkened. He admitted that he had promised Liao Fu before that Furui Winery would break the contract with Tianxianglou.
However, there were only a hundred jars of wine, and he could easily take it if he split it with Jinxilou. However, he did not expect that the business would suddenly turn bad.
It is obviously impossible for him to sell fifty more jars of wine now.
However, Liao Fu's mention of Jinxilou did give him a reason. On the second day of Tianxianglou's opening, he found a few thugs to cause trouble, and was eventually arrested and taken to the county government office.
Although he denied any involvement in the incident, County Magistrate Jiang's cryptic words made him feel a chill down his spine.
County Magistrate Jiang made his meaning clear: anyone who causes trouble for Tianxiang Tower in the future will be treated as the remnant of Hong Jingtian.
The remnants of Hong Jingtian!
He had heard that the group of people were now on their way to Beijing and would definitely be beheaded.
If you become a remnant of the evil, your entire clan will be implicated!
After hearing these words, all his thoughts stopped!
I have been warned, so these drinks should also give that Shen Leyan a headache.
Thinking of this, Huang Changsheng laughed heartily: "Brother Liao is right. We are all the heads of the family who keep our word. As long as Jin Xi Lou can sell fifty jars, I will take all the rest."
Hearing Huang Changsheng let go, Liao Fu also breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and bowed: "Thank you very much, Brother Huang..."
"Hey!" Huang Changsheng raised his fan to block the salute: "Brother Liao, don't be in a hurry to thank me. We still have to see what Brother Shen says."
An hour later, a waiter from Jinxilou arrived at Tianxianglou.
(End of this chapter)
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