Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 237
Yuhuchun became famous all over the world for a while, and due to the "hunger marketing" strategy caused by the output, the popularity has always been high, suppressing the momentum of a dry northern wine.

And the name Li Shan and Li Huairen became more and more famous.

Wine making is a craftsman's skill, which is not valued by people, but in ancient times there was Dayu, and later there was Du Kang.

Coupled with the two poems on the wine bottle, together with Li Daoxuan and Wei Zheng's final conclusion on Li Shan's contribution to the war in Hebei after returning to Beijing... Li Shan's reputation is getting better and better.

Uh, of course, the Li family is also making a lot of money every day, but in ten days, they have to vacate two houses...the warehouse with a lot of money can't fit it!
No way, copper coins are used in this era, which takes up too much space!
Silver is basically not in circulation now, and gold is only used to reward meritorious officials in the court... For example, this time Li Daoxuan was rewarded with a thousand catties of gold by the sage.

Li Daoxuan sent five hundred catties of gold, but Li Shan couldn't shirk it and had to accept it... But he was very suspicious, would it be worth the money?

Zhu Wei told Li Shan that now one tael of gold can be exchanged for five thousand guan, which is five guan coins, 16 taels per catty, that is eighty guan, and five hundred catties of gold is [-] guan money... But in fact, In this day and age, you have no place to change.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were no banks or money houses that exchanged gold for copper coins. In fact, gold was mainly used to make various gold cakes, gold bricks, golden Buddhas, golden hooks and other valuables in high-ranking households.

Li Shan made a fortune because of this jade pot spring. When he was laughing and laughing all day long, there were two people in Chang'an City who hated it deeply and felt resentful.

One is Li Dewu, so I don’t need to explain that. In addition to the gift from the sage, even the East Palace gave eight bottles of Yuhuchun. Pei Shiju doesn’t really like to drink, but his brother-in-law Pei Xuanji is good at wine, and he often takes Li Dewu to drink with him. And sigh now that the snow has stopped...

The other one is Wang Renyou, who failed to provoke Wang Renbiao, and seeing Yuhuchun jumping up, he was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger.

He felt uncomfortable when he saw Wang Ren expressing himself well, and he was even more unhappy when he saw Li Shan's rise to fame.
But Wang Renyou is not stupid, Li Shan is famous now, even though he is a descendant of the Taiyuan Wang family, and has the protection of Princess Tong'an, there is no chance of winning if he confronts him head-on.

After the Changlepo incident last year, Li Shan and the children of Prince Qin's House did not know each other... Later Wang Renyou was very troubled by the children of Prince Qin's House.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Renyou couldn't help but left Pingkangfang, walked to the West Market, and saw the restaurant from a distance... Well, I really couldn't see it, only saw the long queue outside the door. team.

The clerk in the restaurant poked his head out and yelled, "Each person will only sell one bottle of Yuhu Chunbai bottle, and two bottles of black bottle."

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze!"

Uh, the limited supply has already started, there is no way, some time ago, Zhu Wu brought the wine over in the morning, and before unloading the cart, someone made a round... He just gave the money and drove the carriage away.

Wang Renyou glanced at the restaurant opposite Yuhuchun, Xinfeng Restaurant, which is also a famous wine in Guanzhong, and because the place of production is near Chang'an.

The leader of the team lined up outside Yuhuchun on the opposite side couldn't see the end at a glance, and they turned around!
As for Xinfeng Restaurant... the two waiters at the door were leaning against the door panel, their eyes were glazed over, as if they were the living dead.

There is no way, the wine shop behind them is empty, and these people would rather line up in the cold wind outside than come in and drink a pot of Xinfeng fine wine.

Wang Renyou stood aside for a while, and heard the chatter of people in line... Yuhuchun wine is expensive, and ordinary people can't afford it, but of course the rich and powerful will not come to buy wine in person , let alone queuing, they are all servants at home.

Looking at Xinfeng Restaurant again, Wang Renyou walked straight through this street, cursing in his heart, the price is so expensive, and the price is so small every day, there are endless people queuing outside the door...it's crazy!
Wang Renyou really couldn't see it, so he randomly picked a wine shop opened by Hu Shang, ordered a jug of wine, and sipped it slowly.

In Chang'an City, the most expensive items are sanle pulp and wine. Wang Renyou is currently drinking a jug of wine that costs [-] yuan. Even the children of aristocratic families cannot afford to drink it every day.

And Xinfeng wine is a famous local wine, a pot is only two hundred yuan, and those fine wines from Shu and Jiangnan are only three or four hundred yuan in Chang'an. How much does Yuhuchun sell?
The white bottle is consistent, the black bottle is [-] yuan, and the wine bottle is custom-made, which is [-] to [-]% less than ordinary wine jugs. If you calculate it, this is a sky-high price!
With such wine prices, there is still an endless stream of people buying wine.

"Brother Renyou."

Suddenly there was a greeting, Wang Renyou turned his head and saw two young people walking into the wine shop side by side.

"Brother Jiali, Zishao." Wang Renyou forced a smile, "Drinking alone is boring, please."

The young man on the left smiled and said: "Exactly, exactly, as the saying goes, a pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without a blind date."

Wang Renyou's face darkened.

The elder on the right coughed twice. He knew about the entanglement between Wang Renyou and Li Huairen, so he asked the store to bring two more jugs of wine.

The three sat down, Wang Renyou asked a few words casually, and the young man clicked his tongue and said: "Uncle is in a hurry to drink fine wine, and wants to experience the jade pot spring that is as clear as water and as fierce as fire, let the attendants line up to buy wine, find a place to sit sit."

These two young people are not much different in age, but they are uncles and nephews.

Wang Renyou's face turned even darker.

The young man was a chatterbox, talking about Li Shan endlessly, ignoring Wang Renyou's unreadable expression, "Speaking of these few months, Li Huairen's reputation has risen, but it's a pity that he didn't have the chance to see him. , urged the Turks to return to the north, and defeated Liu Heita..."

Wang Renyou couldn't bear it anymore, "It's just a rumor in the market. If you really have great achievements, why would the saint reward you?!"

The slightly older youth frowned and said, "Prince Huaiyang has been back to Beijing for many days."

Wang Renyou, who drank a few more glasses, was a little dizzy, and said with a sneer, "Who knows the inside story of the Shandong war, King Huaiyang was defeated in Xiabo, and was captured alive by the Turks...he didn't die, and the Turks let the tiger go back to the mountain, do you believe it?"

"boom!"

The young man stood up against the table and shouted: "The uncle of the family fought hard and returned. He has personally experienced everything in Shandong. What does Brother Renyou mean by this?"

For a while, the wine shop was silent, the two young men were the children of the Liu family in the east of the river.

The younger one is Liu Shi, styled Zi Shao, great-grandson of Zuo Pushe Liu Qing, Minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

The slightly older one is Liu Heng, whose name is Jiali, and is Liu Shi's uncle. He became an official in the late Sui Dynasty, then joined Wagang, and then joined Li Tang.

Wang Renyou's wife was born in the Liu family of Hedong, so she had a close relationship with Liu Heng and Liu Shi...well, in history, these three rose and fell at the same time.

Because Wang Renyou's daughter was later Tang Gaozong Li Zhi's wife, Empress Wang, both Liu Heng and Liu Shi were promoted to nobles, and the latter even paid homage to the prime minister. Unfortunately, not long after, Empress Wang took Wu Zetian into the palace.

But today, Liu Shi was furious, and Liu Heng was even displeased. Their anger was not because of Wang Renyou's criticism of Li Shan, but because Liu Jun, who was rescued by Li Shan in the Shandong war, was also a member of the Hedong Liu clan.

Wang Renyou also realized that Liu Jun was the guard of Huaiyang Wan Li Daoxuan... To slander Li Daoxuan is to smear Liu Jun, let alone hearing that Liu Jun was rescued by Li Shan.

During the stalemate, an obviously drunken voice sounded.

"Yellow-mouthed children, pretentious and hypocritical, reduced to merchants, what is there to praise?"

The three of them turned their heads and saw an old man with gray hair, holding a wine cup, squinting, his face was full of disdain.

Wang Renyou saluted with a smile, "I've seen Duke Du."

(End of this chapter)