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Chapter 52 The Old Ones

Xiyang City, Piaoxiang Pavilion, and guests are like clouds. This wine shop was not established too early. The wine shops in the city were considered "backwards", but their strength was the one who came from behind, even surpassing the famous Wuweizhai, which was vaguely the leader of Xiyang wine shops.

There are many merchants traveling to and from Xiyang City and the taste is very good. Piaoxiang Pavilion can make it easy to mix with everyone, so it is naturally unique.

The chefs in Piaoxiang Pavilion are skilled in cooking and are proficient in many dishes. They use fine ingredients and taste good, which has won many praises from gourmet dishes, so their business is booming.

Today is like in the past, the room is full by noon, and the attendance rate in the lobby has reached 70%. The guys are busy with drinking and drinking.

The shopkeeper Piaoxiang Geluo's face was not as red as before. Now the slightly fat middle-aged man was restless near a private room. Today, a special guest came, forcing him to do so.

"What are the instructions of the shopkeeper?"

A guy came over sweating profusely and asked his shopkeeper carefully who was guest-starring "passing the food".

"There is no need to drink wine. The one who comes with him and hurry up and take it down."

"yes."

The guy came to the door of the private room. Under the gaze of the two men guarding the door, he gently knocked on the door and waited for the wine servant who was serving inside to open the door, and walked in carefully.

"The grapes of Samarkan are really good. I took them to make wine after planting them in Huangzhou. The flavor is really unique. Come and pour wine for Manager An!"

"Thank you, Duke Guo, for the wine appreciation, An is disrespectful."

"Are Manager An still used to living on the Yangtze River?"

"The Duke was worried about it after working hard. Although the customs in the south of the Yangtze River are different from those in the north, An is not seriously injured."

Yuwen Wen was in a good mood today and rarely had a banquet for guests. His Wuwei Zhai was full of guests. He also didn't want to disturb Wang Yue's closed-door meeting with a number of merchants, so he came to Piaoxiang Pavilion to book a private room to entertain old friends who came from afar.

Sogdian merchant, therefore Antulu, son of Sabaoanga, Tongzhou.

In the transaction nearly three years ago, the Antulu family sent a fleet from Shu to Xiyang City, Bazhou, and exchanged more than 100,000 hu of grain for glass mirrors. However, the ship not only had food, but also the Sui people who saved the Great Sui princess Yang Lihua.

The conspiracy was defeated, but the copycat Yuwen Wen almost made the genuine Yuwen Wen "run". The mansion of Duke Zhu experienced a setback. His family was frightened by this, so some people had to pay the price for it.

It was obvious that Antulu's family had no connection with this matter. Antulu himself operated a business in Yecheng, Zhou State, but his family was rooted in Tongzhou, Guanzhong, and was a citizen under the rule of the Sui State.

Without their help, Yuwen Wen's father-in-law Yang Jian's men would not have been able to enter Xiyang City by taking advantage of this. Facing Yuwen Wen's attack, Antulu naturally had to give an explanation.

It is impossible not to give it to you. Yuwen Wen was a member of the Great Zhou royal family, Yuwen Liang's "nephew" on the Shannan Road Tai. His wife, Yuchi, was the granddaughter of the Prime Minister of Zhou State, and could not be fooled by just a few words.

The outsiders don't know how the two sides finally reconciled, but only knew that Antuo, a Sogdian merchant in Yecheng, continued to trade with Duke Zhu in Shannan.

While drinking and drinking, most of the homemade wine brought by Yuwen Wen had consumed. After warming up, the content of the conversation turned to the topic, and Antulu directly entered the topic: "Duke, An is indeed sincere in the matter of exchanges."

"The exchange rate is naturally very convenient. For hundreds of years, Sogdian merchants have always had caravans doing business from the east to the Bohai Sea and the west to the Daqin. I believe there are similar methods, but if outsiders want to benefit from it, they may not..."

Before Antulu could speak, Yuwen Wen continued, "Of course, my purpose has always been to make a fortune together. The shopkeeper An is interested, so of course we can talk about it. However, this public power has not been met, and Yecheng is already at its limit. You can't open the semicolon to Samarkand."

If you didn't say anything, there was a chance. Antulu came this time to seize the opportunity to talk to Yuwen Wen. Since the other party didn't kill him, he had to stick it on his feet.

"Duke of the State, An, meant to cooperate with Manager Liu from Yecheng to provide some guarantees for the funds of Ruixing, so as not to have doubts from the merchants in Yecheng."

"I wonder if Manager An has any experience in Ge and Ma's business?"

"I have quite some experience, but I wonder what the Duke of the State has?"

"Land transportation is very troublesome, especially the official roads that cross the Dabie Mountains are rugged and difficult to travel, so the freight costs increase by two trips."

"As far as An knows, the cloth sold by Ruixing and Huangzhou cloth merchants in Yecheng are still affordable and cheap." Antulu said this and added: "Especially all kinds of dyed cloths are really hot."

"If Manager An is interested, you can talk to Manager Wang. However, Manager Wang is busy these days, so Manager An is probably going to have to watch the river view for a few more days."

"Thank you, Duke."

In the seemingly understatement, the two sides had reached a preliminary intention on the transaction of Ge, Ma and cloth. Yuwen Wen relaxed and Antulu could go to Wang Yue to discuss specific matters.

When the wine jar is bottomed out, the next one should be various "events" that I like. Yuwen Wen and Antulu left the private room one after another. Seeing the shopkeeper Luo waiting outside, Yuwen Wen nodded:

"Shopkeeper Luo, the dishes in your store are good."

"I dare not take it as a stool. The store is still a bit worse than Wuweizhai."

"Don't be so polite. I'm telling the truth. By the way, Manager An and his group stay in your store, you have to do your best."

Manager Luo kept nodding and said yes, and sent the distinguished guest away. Then he took Antulu to the lower place. After a round of tossing, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked someone to bring clothes to help him change it.

"Shopkeeper, how could that person come to our place? I also introduced a businessman to stay in the hotel. Oh, hey, I thought it was a monster when I met the shopkeeper An for the first time!"

"So you have little knowledge! There are so many Hu people with deep eyes and high noses in Chang'an, Luoyang, and Yecheng!"

Drinking a cup of tea to suppress his shock, Manager Luo calmed down. Duke Yuwen Wen of Guo, had a restaurant under his name. Although Manager Wang had recently gathered a group of people to be busy with Wuweizhai, maybe Wuweizhai could not be able to entertain him, it was really unexpected that Yuwen Wen introduced the business to other restaurants.

No one can tell you the competitors in your own industry?

"You must treat the shopkeeper An and his accompanying people, be careful. This is a wealthy businessman from Yecheng. He has seen the world, not an old farmer from the countryside!"

"yes."

After carefully giving instructions on all kinds of precautions, Manager Luo looked at the account book, Piaoxiang Pavilion's business was booming, and his and his friends' incomes naturally increased, which was all due to the increasingly prosperous business of Xiyang City.

Of course, it was also thanks to Duke Yu Wen of Guoguo who was very proud of his efforts and did not eat alone.

Li Fang and others who followed Yuwen Wen naturally made a lot of money. As long as merchants like Luo Shuai Guest do not go against Yuwen Wen, they do not need to give any benefits or "intention". They can make money directly based on their abilities, and the government will not secretly stumbling.

Getting rich together is not just a saying, of course the premise is not to block the way.
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