Jinyi Music

Chapter 206

"Two uncles and nephews?"

Mou Biao and Shen Ling asked again after a while,

"Oh, what do they do for a living in the capital? Do you have any other relatives?"

The man answered again,
"I heard... I heard that I was working as a waiter in Jucheng Winery... I haven't heard that I have any relatives in the capital..."

"Jucheng Winery?"

Mou Biao frowned, and asked again,
"Does anyone know where they came from?"

"I heard... I heard that I came here from Shanxi. I used to make a living by brewing wine in my hometown. Later, I heard that the money in the capital was easy to earn. So the two uncles and nephews went to the capital and entered the Jucheng Winery. I heard that it was very profitable. The treasurer's appreciation, that's why...that's why I was able to buy a courtyard in the capital in just five years..."

Mou Biao listened to what the man said in detail, and turned his head to look up and down the man who spoke. The middle-aged man had a shrewd face, and he looked like he was in charge, so he asked,

"Who are you, why do you know so much about their uncles and nephews?"

The man replied,
"Young official, the younger one's surname is Zhu San'er, and he lived in the third family in the past. The younger one is the accountant in the restaurant. To tell you the truth, the two uncles and nephews work in Jucheng Winery. The little shopkeeper heard about it, so he asked the little one to make friends with them, and pull the string between them, our shopkeeper wanted to buy wine from Jucheng Winery..."

"Oh... the wine from Jucheng Winery is very good. You can buy it directly from the shopkeeper. Why do you want to make friends with the nephew and uncle of the dealer?"

Then Zhu San'er replied,

"The little official doesn't know that the wine next to the Jucheng Winery is no different from other wineries. There is only one kind of ancestral five-grain brew, which is the royal wine offered by the emperor. What our shopkeeper wants to do is this Business……"

Mou Biao snorted when he heard the words,
"Even the shopkeepers of the royal wine masters, how dare they do this business?"

Zhu San'er replied,
"Yujiu naturally dare not do it, but the owner of the Jucheng Distillery is surnamed Wan. His ancestral home is in Xuzhou Prefecture, Sichuan Province, and he is a branch of the Wanjia in the Xufu. The five grains of the Wanjia in the Xufu are tribute wine. ...their own brewing is inferior, it is not considered as tribute wine, but even if it is not tribute wine, it is the first-class good wine, and the supply in the capital is in short supply, our shopkeeper only wants this business..."

Speaking of which, the owner of Jucheng Distillery is a shrewd and capable person. His ancestors came to the capital from Xufu, Sichuan, to start a distillery business. After doing so, he has not only kept in touch with his hometown, but also made good friends in the capital. Digging around, Shengsheng made himself the largest supplier of Wuliangniang in the north of Syria.

"This time, there are nine kinds of tribute wine for the prince's wedding, and one of them is Wuliangniang..."

After all, Zhu San'er had seen some things in the world, and after a few words with Mou Biao, he let go a little bit, and made up his plans for the shopkeeper and how he would agree with the friendship between Zhu's uncle and nephew. After telling the whole story, Mou Biao felt his heart move, thought for a while and said,

"You...tell us back to Beizhen Fusi Yamen and tell us in detail..."

Then what Zhu San'er was talking about was spitting, and he was stunned when he heard the words, his face collapsed,
"Young official, you are a good citizen, but...but you have never entered a yamen!"

Talk about it here, go to the Yamen and say, what if you are tortured?

Besides, this yamen is easy to get into. Once you go in, you are in charge of the accountant. Do you want this reputation?
Mou Biao scolded,

"What are you afraid of? I just asked you to ask questions. If you haven't done anything wrong, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door!"

Turning around and asking everyone,

"Do you know who has much contact with the owner of this yard on weekdays?"

When everyone in the neighbors heard this, they all pointed at Zhu San'er with their fingers.

"Little official, this is the person..."

Seeing this, Mou Biao laughed, and pulled Zhu San'er with a bitter face and said,

"Now you have to go if you don't!"

After the head of the village came, Mou Biao asked the head of the village again, and what the head said was almost the same as that of Zhu San'er. Mou Biao took Zhu San'er back to the Yamen first, and took him away once he returned home inspection,
"Look... do you know these two people?"

Then Zhu San'er covered her eyes when she entered the inspection room, and was forced to open them after repeated urging. After only one glance, she covered her eyes again, and shouted,
"Little official...they...they are the uncles and nephews of the Yi family, the older one is called Yi Youyin, and the younger one is called Yi Tian..."

"Look again, see clearly and carefully!"

Zhu San'er had the courage to take a few more glances, then nodded to Mou Biao,
"You can see clearly, it's the uncle and nephew of the Yi family..."

Mou Biao nodded,

"Come outside, I have something to ask you..."

Zhu San'er followed Mou Biao to ask questions, and Mou Biao on the other side sent people to Jucheng Winery to bring the owner of the winery, Wan Mingyan, and a manager, and the two went to identify the body first. , and came back to answer, Mou Biao matched the two sides' conversations, confirmed the identity of the Yi family's uncle and nephew, and asked about the daily life of the two, all three said,

"Their uncles and nephews are foreigners, they have no relatives in the capital, and they plan to earn enough money in the capital to go back to their hometowns. Even if someone in front wanted to match them up, the uncles and nephews refused. They usually spend most of their time drinking Work in the workshop, and occasionally go to the brothel Chu Pavilion outside to find sisters..."

"Then there are no enemies, are there any enemies?"

All three shook their heads,
"Apart from being greedy for money, these two uncles and nephews are both kind-hearted, and there is no grudge against each other..."

Wan Mingyan also added,

"Little official, we are in the wine shop business. The guys in the shop can't be too bad-tempered. We are in the mouth-to-mouth business. If we are honest and honest, we don't dare to ask for it, but we are afraid that there will be those who are extreme. If things don't go your way, if people don't pay attention to their hands and feet in the wine, it will implicate the entire community!"

Mou Biao nodded, but his heart skipped a beat. After thinking about it, he asked again,
"How much is the monthly silver for these two people?"

"The uncle is half taels of silver, and the nephew is half taels..."

"Oh...it's pretty tall..."

The steward answered,
"Little official, this uncle and nephew of the Yi family, especially that Yi Youyin, he was a winemaker in his hometown, but when he comes to our winery, he is a big guy in the airing hall, so the price he gets is naturally higher than others..."

It’s not that people in the industry don’t know about the wine making industry. For the five-grain wine making, the soaked and boiled grains need to be placed in a special place to cool. Is the grain cooled? The rich master can tell with the naked eye that Yi Youyin eats this meal and gets this amount of money.

Mou Biao nodded and asked again,

"Then do you know if there are any particularly wealthy people among the people he associates with?"

All three shook their heads, Zhu San'er said,

"Little official, those uncles and nephews just want to earn money and go back to their hometown. They are usually very stingy. They are so stingy that they can squeeze out water for a penny. It took a lot of money for the little one to get close to them. Less money, every time I eat wine, I buy wine and vegetables, but they don't take away a dime..."

"Stick?"

Mou Biao frowned,
"You are the one who buys wine and vegetables?"

Zhu San'er nods,
"They're all small ones, they've never bought them..."

Mou Biao nodded and asked Wan Mingyan and the steward,
"You said...they have been in the capital for five years, is there any way they can save a few hundred taels of silver?"

The three of them looked at each other in dismay when they heard the words, the manager thought for a while and replied,

"Little official, their uncles and nephews add up to two taels of silver a month, but only twenty-four taels of silver a year, and more than a hundred taels of silver for five years without eating or drinking..."

After a pause,

"When they bought a house in Osmanthus Alley last year, the young one was the middleman who found them for them. Although the house was small, the asking price was two hundred taels of silver. Eighty taels of silver was sold, and their uncle and nephew even borrowed eighty taels of silver from the owner..."

Turning to ask my boss,
"Boss, do you remember this?"

Wan Mingyan nodded and said,

"Of course I remember this. They also set up a document to work for the winery for three and a half years with interest..."

Having said this, he paused and continued,
"However, those two uncles and nephews really know how to save money. After five years, they can buy a house in the capital, which is very impressive!"

Moreover, the house I bought was still in the inner city. Although it was a bit small, it was still a house. After hearing this, Mou Biao had some guesses in his heart, and immediately told Zhu San'er,

"You go back and stay honestly, you are not allowed to go out of the city, and you are always waiting for the call of the yamen..."

Zhu San'er's face collapsed, with a look of mourning,
"Little obedience!"

If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't talk so much!
Not to mention that Zhu San'er gave himself a big mouth when he left the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen, but he said that Mou Biao led Wan Mingyan and the steward to the house of Yi's uncle and nephew in Osmanthus Alley, and led the two to the cellar Among them, one pointed to the wine jars all over the wall,

"Look... what kind of wine are these?"

Wan Mingyan and the steward looked at each other, they went up together by coincidence, slapped open the mud seal of a jar of wine, lifted Bu Sai and smelled it, both of them changed color,

"This... this is... this is Wuliangniang!"

Wan Mingyan understood a little at this time, his face turned blue with anger, he shook his beard and cursed,

"It's really hard to guard against a house thief, it's hard to guard against a house thief!"

The steward was also very angry,

"It's in vain that the boss's trust in their uncles and nephews, they dare to steal wine..."

Mou Biao asked from the side,
"They stole the wine?"

The two turned around, Wan Mingyan was too angry to speak, and said in a matter-of-fact way,

"Little official, this is the Wuliang brew from our brewery..."

He paused and looked at Wan Mingyan, as if he didn't dare to say something, but Wan Mingyan regained his composure at this time, and sighed,
"Little official, even if such a big event happened, I dare not hide it from you. This...these are tribute wine!"

"Tribute wine?"

Mou Biao frowned,
"They were able to steal tribute wine!"

Wan Mingyan let out a long sigh,
"I don't know, my Wanjia ancestors came from Xufu, Sichuan, and it is a branch of Wanjia Winery. Wanjia Winery is good at making Wuliangjiu. Although our branch is a side house, we haven't learned the secret recipe handed down from our ancestors to make wine. , but can also make Wuliangniang. Since I arrived in the capital, after so many years of painstaking research, the brewed Wuliangniang tastes a bit worse than the authentic Wuliangniang, but... only us insiders can taste it Come out, the ordinary diners outside can't taste it anymore..."

(End of this chapter)