The night sky in autumn looks particularly high. A round moon hangs in the sky, and the moon is like a waterfall, scattering between the sky and the earth.

Du Zhongxiao walked alone on the street, looking at the pedestrians coming and going, feeling lonely. The shuttle between the two worlds always made him feel alienated from everything around him. The people around him looked very close, but were far away in the sky.

When he arrived at the door of Hanjiajiajiajia store, Du Zhongxiao thrust his hands, picked up the curtain and walked in.

The newly hired servant Shun'er saw Du Zhongxiao coming in and hurriedly saluted and greeted him.

Du Zhongxiao agreed and asked casually: "Is the business good?"

Shun'er said happily: "Okay, okay. The little official saw so many customers in the store, so he was naturally very good."

Du Zhongxiao saw that the seats in the store were sitting for 80% of the time and knew that Shun'er was right. Today was the third day of selling spirits. His reputation gradually spread, and more and more customers, and his popularity exceeded Du Zhongxiao's expectations.

The scattered liquor is not mellow, strong and choked, and is not the best liquor. To make good liquor, sorghum should be used. Sorghum contains tannic acid, which is toxic to people, but not only loses its toxicity after brewing, but also produces a special fragrance. This kind of strong and choking liquor is mostly loved by physically laborers. After a day of work, he has a sore waist and legs, and drinks a glass to relieve fatigue and promote blood circulation. However, he did not expect that after the sale, alcoholics from far and near came to find it after hearing about it, and they all wanted to try this new wine with great strength.

The final price of the spirits was 20 cents per pound, which was slightly lower than originally expected, mainly for the sake of being easy to sell. Spending three to five cents to drink a bowl and eating some snacks casually, and half drunk and half awake is also a kind of enjoyment.

Han Lian, who was standing in front of the counter, was chatting with others and saw Du Zhongxiao coming in and hurriedly greeted: "The nephew is here, come and talk."

When I arrived at the counter, I saw three middle-aged men standing there, each with a bowl of wine, a few sheep's hooves and a bowl of broad beans, talking there.

This is a new custom that has been sold after selling strong wine. Only those who are really good wine will do this. There are no dishes, just to drink and enjoy the dizzy feeling. If it is water and wine, but it cannot be drunk like this, it requires a few dishes to be served and taste slowly.

After ceremonializing with Han Lian, Du Zhongxiao said, "Dad, it's still early now, the store is almost full, and the business is fine?"

"Okay, okay!" Han Lian nodded repeatedly. "After selling the liquor, the business is getting better and better every day. In the past, our family of three could greet him, but now it is not possible, so he has to ask a servant to help."

Du Zhongxiao nodded. The new servant is Shun'er, who is only eleven years old this year. There are many half-grown children in the city, and education has not been popular in this era, so they are employed everywhere for work. In this era, there is no saying that child labor is not allowed.

After saying a few words, a middle-aged man in his fifties next to him said to Du Zhongxiao: "Are you a small official from Du Juren's family?"

Du Zhongxiao hurriedly crossed his hands and saluted: "I am right here. I wonder what the boss calls me?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I am He Dalang, who sells pens on the street in the county yaqian. Your father passed the test for the test and used my pen."

Du Zhongxiao sighed in his heart, but unfortunately his father did not pass the provincial examination in the end, otherwise he would give this store a good advertisement. Any candidate who participated in the imperial examination and the shop selling paper and pen would specifically remember it. Once in high school, it would be their live advertisement.

After a few greetings, He Dalang said, "The wine you made at home is really good. You will feel a little drunk after a bowl. In the past, I used to drink water wine, but I had ten or eight bowls. I really don't know how you came up with this wine."

After a few days, Du Zhongxiao had already thought about the words and said, "A few months ago, I met a down-and-out sloppy Taoist in a dilapidated temple outside the city. Seeing that he was pitiful, he bought him a few cakes. The Taoist taught me the method of making wine, but he didn't say where it came from."

He Dalang nodded repeatedly: "Nephew, what you meet may be a paranormal person. There are many magical and wonderful methods in the world that we in the secular world cannot imagine. However, they are monks, but they cannot see them from the world's perspective."

Du Zhongxiao repeatedly said yes. This was a fooling statement he discussed with his family, so as not to ask others about anything. In this era, as long as the secret method related to Buddhism and Taoism will increase its value due to mystery.

The three drinkers standing here are all like He Dalang and are small owners in the county. They have similar identities to Han Lian, and they empathize with his experiences, and are dissatisfied with the Wu family's bullying. Han Lian turned over with Du Zhongxiao's strong wine and rushed over to support him.

At this moment, a servant brought in a wine jar and came to the front of the cabinet and said, "Master, this is a three-pound wine jar, full."

Han Lian agreed and hurriedly took the wine and picked it up, asking, "Is your host buying so much today? Will your host have a banquet for guests?"

The servant said, "That's right. When the in-laws came from the countryside, the owner wanted to entertain this wine. It was said that this wine was only sold in the county town, and it was a rare thing."

Han Lian hurriedly said, "This wine is not only rare, but also very strong when you drink it."

After drinking, watching the servant go out, Han Lian said to Du Zhongxiao: "From today, more people have brought wine jars and barrels to make wine. The dozens of kilograms of wine every day are not enough to sell. Tomorrow we will make more, and I borrow a car to buy wine lees at the 'Yaojiazheng Store'."

Du Zhongxiao nodded and agreed. More wine lees are nothing more than steaming for more time, and the firewood is not worth the money.

After standing for a while, Du Zhongxiao saw the business of Hanjiajiao Store coming in and out. I don’t know how much better the business of Hanjiao Store is than before. Linying County is not big, and when it sells strong liquor here, it spread throughout the city in one or two days, and many people come to taste something new. There is also the one who truly loves wine. After drinking the strong liquor here, he can’t swallow the water and wine again, and becomes a loyal customer of Hanjiao Store.

One passes to ten, ten passes to hundreds, and now everyone in the city knows that Han Family Hotel sells a kind of powerful wine.

While the store was busy, a man wearing a hat came in from outside. He went to the counter mysteriously, took out a gourd and placed it on the counter, and lowered his voice: "Master, you have two kilograms of wine in the gourd."

After saying that, he pressed a large handful of copper coins on the counter.

Han Lian agreed and took the gourd to fill the wine.

When Han Lian turned around, he heard a person on the table next to him say, "Hey, isn't this Liu Ganban on Wu Yuanwai Village outside the city? Your owner runs a restaurant as big as 'Qixiangju'. Why do you come to another house to buy wine?"

Liu Ganban didn't want to be recognized, so he had to vaguely say: "I heard that the wine here is strong, so I'll try it."

The speaker smiled and said, "Master, don't sell it to him! This guy is a businessman in the Wu family's village. I'm afraid I don't have a good idea when I come to buy wine. Besides, his restaurant did not give you wine to you a few days ago, why should you sell it to him?"

Liu Ganban blushed and said, "I spent my own money to buy wine. What do you say when you clamp three or four?!"

After hearing this, Han Lian, who was drinking, was hesitant and said, "You are indeed from the Wu family of Qixiangju? If so, I can't sell wine to you. A few days ago, your little servant made it difficult for me to do business with you, how can you do business with your family!"

Liu Ganban said: "The little official's affairs are the little official's affairs. I use my own money to buy wine, so why don't I sell it to me?"

Du Zhongxiao watched coldly, and saw that Liu Ganban looked wrong, knowing that things were not as simple as buying wine. After thinking about it, it might be that Wu Kejiu heard the news of selling wine in the Han Family Restaurant and sent someone to inquire. The information spread in this era is inconvenient, and Wu Kejiu's circle always lags behind when hearing the news here. Although the store is lively now, in fact, the news of selling spirits in the Han Family Foot Store is only limited to the middle and lower levels of the county. How could the big figures in the county care about what a small foot store sells?

So what if you know that you are selling strong liquor here? The wine is made of waste wine lees. Could it be that Wu Kejiu can even sell the wine lees to himself? The wine lees were thrown away for nothing, but now they have money to make money, but they don’t make a bastard. The Yao family will cut off their own wealth if they are crazy.

After thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao stopped talking and looked at him coldly.

Han Lian is doing business all year round and is good at checking his face. When he saw Liu Ganban's appearance, he knew it was not a road. He put down the wine and pushed the gourd on the counter outward, saying, "Ganban, but today I can't sell wine to you."

Liu Ganban stared and said, "I'm using the money to buy wine, why don't I sell it?"

Han Lian shook his head: "I just took the money to buy wine from 'Qixiangju'. Why don't your family sell it? I'm the same here."

The people around him burst into laughter and said, "The master is right! The Wu family does not sell wine here for credit, and the Wu family does not sell wine here. This is called back and forth! Liu Ganban, I think you are thug, it is definitely not a good way to go. The master is willing to sell you!"

Today, there are a few people who come to the city to do business in the countryside. They live not far from the village outside the Wu family. They are bullied by them on weekdays and take this opportunity to extricate their anger. The century-long turmoil of the Five Dynasties has basically wiped out the power of the aristocratic families. The Song Dynasty has abolished the personal dependence relationship in law, and the master and servant are nominally simply employed relationships. Without economic dependence, no one will be afraid of the Wu family anymore.

Han Lian insisted on refusing to sell alcohol, and Liu Ganban was a little anxious. He looked around and saw that he was all scammers and wanted to get angry.

When he was in the village, who didn't flatter himself? Those farmers were all in their hands. When they saw each other, they were even more intimate to themselves than their own fathers. When they were used to being domineering, how could Liu Ganban stand such idleness?

After taking the wine gourd on the counter, Liu Ganban said angrily: "Old man, I won't sell wine with me. I'll record today's account!"

Han Lian said coldly: "Let's go slowly! Take your copper coins away! Leave the money here, and you really have a debt!"
Chapter completed!