Chapter 28 Winemaking workshop!

I haven't paid my wages for three months, and my life is extremely difficult for the guys, so this matter must be the first to solve!

"Manager Sun, when I was inspecting just now, I saw that there were still some fine rice in the warehouse?"

"If you go back to the young master, that's a little bit of the raw material left over from the brewing wine, totaling thirty-six dou and eight liters of rice."

"Very good. Jingmi and all the money will be paid to the guys to temporarily resolve the urgent problem. As for the remaining wages, they will be settled within three days and will never ow a penny!" While speaking, Li Zhao took out his purse, which contained more than 20 taels of silver, and handed them all to Manager Sun.

All these silvers were won from the cockfighting hall.

Li Zhao has superb eyesight and never made mistakes in the cockfighting arena. As long as he works harder, he will not be a problem to win three or four hundred guan in three days, so that he can pay the guys.

"The villain thanks the young master on behalf of everyone. To be honest, I haven't paid my wages for more than three months. Many guys have stopped at home. Women cry every day and children shout. Life is so terrible. Now that I have this money, everyone can finally have a few full meals. This is the kindness of the young master!"

Seeing Li Zhao taking the initiative to pay for the big guy, Manager Sun couldn't help but look at him with admiration. The ability of this young master is still unknown, and he is still very kind.

However, if the wages are paid within three days, Manager Sun is a little disbelief. The Li family has indeed had a lot of family business, but they are all occupied by Li De and Zheng. This young master Zhao has been living in a small ancestral hall. I heard that life is very difficult, so how can I raise hundreds of chunks of money?

Li Zhao didn't explain, and when the wages were paid, all the questions would naturally disappear.

...

The second thing to solve is the debt problem. Two thousand guan is not a small amount. Li Zhao can't take it out for the time being, but he can find a way to delay it.

"Manager Sun, send someone to inform several businesses. After half a month, I will definitely repay the debt. If I have no faith, I will pay the debt with my Li family's ancestral home. Now they can rest assured."

"promise!"

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The third thing to solve is the supply problem. Hundreds of tanks of fine wine have become sour. If it is re-written, it will require a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources... The cost is too high.

Fortunately, as a time traveler, he has knowledge far beyond this era. Li Zhao quickly came up with a good solution that could solve the problem of sour wine at the lowest cost. However, if he wanted to turn the method into reality, it would still take an important condition - time!

"Manager Sun, how much time is left before the date of delivery of the wine specified in the contract?"

"If you go back to the young master, it's very close to the delivery date.

"It's very close, ten days?"

"Well, closer!"

"Seven or eight days?"

"It's a little closer!"

"What, is it only three or four days?"

"Young Master calms down. Actually, today is the deadline. If we can't hand over the wine, it is equivalent to breaking the contract and we have to compensate Zuixian Restaurant for three times the loss, that is, a total of 30,000 guan. If we can't afford the money, not only will the winemaking workshop not be able to be protected, but the young master is afraid that he will also have to sue."

...

"Grass, I'm cheating!"

After finding out the situation, Li Zhao's little face was covered with black lines, and he wanted to catch Li De and the men and women of Zheng, and bit them a few bites.

In just one day, even if I have the ability, I can't get five thousand dollars of fine wine or 30,000 coins. If I can't fulfill the contract, it's still a trivial matter to lose the winemaking workshop. The key is that I can't afford to sue!

The "Tang Law Commentary" clearly stipulates that if any debt is not compensated for more than one or more deficits, the flog will be 20 days, and the crime will be 60 years old... Thirty years old and the second level will be added. If a hundred years old and the third level will be added, each order will be paid.

It can be translated as: If the debt reaches the value of a piece of cloth and the default is not paid, you will have to be spanked for twenty boards. After twenty days, you will still not be repaid. The crime will be even more serious. Spanking for sixty boards... and so on until the debt is paid.

If the debt has not been paid for more than a hundred days, it is no longer a spanking matter. Instead, you have to eat a year's prison meal. After you come out of the prison, you have to pay off the debt by working to the creditors free of charge until you pay it off.

This is just money for owing one piece of cloth. If you owe thirty pieces of cloth, you will be more than two grades; if you owe 100 pieces of cloth, you will be more than three grades.

Li Zhao owed 30,000 guan, which was equivalent to 30,000 pieces of cloth. He even broke his butt and sat in the prison. He would probably not be enough to pay off his debts if he worked for a lifetime without compensation.

What to do? If you really wait to beat the board and go to jail, that is absolutely not OK. You must think of a way to save yourself.

"Manager Sun, who is in charge of Zuixian Restaurant?"

"If you want to be a master, you are a shopkeeper Jia."

"Oh, what is this person's character? Can you ask him to be slightly more comfortable and delay the delivery time? It doesn't take too long, ten days are enough!"

"Oh, let alone ten days, there is no hope for one day. This shopkeeper Jia is a famous "debt collector". Even if his father and mother owed him money, as long as the time comes, he would have to pay it back with no money. Otherwise, he would chase him to Lingxiao Palace and go to the ground to the gate of hell. He would never give up if he didn't get the money!"

Manager Sun sighed and shook his head. In fact, the way to postpone the delivery time. Li De and Zheng had already tried it. They gave generous gifts and said good things, and even asked the Zheng County Magistrate to come forward to make peace. Unfortunately, it was useless.

The shopkeeper Jia did not take advantage of the situation, and did not talk about the qualities at all. He also made it clear that if the wine could not be delivered on time, he would either pay 30,000 yuan in compensation or sue, and there would be no third way to go.

Li De and Zheng were helpless, so they used the trick of the disaster to return the Li family's ancestral home and the winemaking workshop to Li Zhao, and asked him to take the blame.

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"In this way, this young master is doomed this time?"

"As for this, there is actually another way, but the hope is too slim, almost the same as nothing."

"Oh, tell me, what's the solution?"

"Does the young master know that Duke Qi - Cui Riyong?"

"I heard a little!"

Li Zhao nodded. It was not that he had a wide range of knowledge, but that Cui Riyong was so famous in the Tang Dynasty. Even Huangkouru and Wuzhi Village Women had heard of his legendary stories...

Cui Riyong, a native of Lingchang, Huazhou, likes to study, has literary talent, is very talented, and is quick to see things. He can be called a genius. During the reign of Empress Zetian and Emperor Zhongzong, Cui Riyong defected to Zong Chuke, Princess Anle, Wu Sansi and other powerful figures. Unfortunately, he has never been valued. After several attempts, his ambitions are hard to fulfill.

In the first year of Jingyun, Cui Riyong, who was over 40 years old, finally met someone who knew the goods - Li Longji, who was still the King of Linzi at that time.

The two fell in love with each other at first sight, and they talked in love, just like Zhuge Liang met Liu Bei, and quickly formed a close friend.

After Cui Riyong defected to Li Longji, he helped him do two major things:

First, he launched a coup in Tanglong, killed Empress Wei, Princess Anle, and completely wiped out the Wei clan group. Then he forced Li Chongmao to abdicate and supported Li Longji's father Li Dan as emperor. Li Longji was named the crown prince because of his contribution to the mutiny.

The second is to launch an innate coup, kill Princess Taiping and her followers, and then force Li Dan to hand over real power and retire to the deep palace. From then on, Li Longji controlled the highest power of the country!

During the two coups, Li Longji was the actual executor, while Cui Riyong was a secret planner. He was awarded the title of Guanglu Dafu, Huangmen Shishang, and Duke of Qi for his merits. He was inherited and later served as prime minister. People in the world called him: he was a prime minister.

In the tenth year of Kaiyuan, Cui Riyong died of illness and was posthumously awarded the title of Grand Governor of Jingzhou. His posthumous title was: Zhao, the Duke of Qi was inherited by his only son, Zongzhi, and he was betrothed with the ten princess of Jin!

The question is, what does the winemaking workshop have to do with this "problematic prime minister" who has been dead for more than ten years?

"Young Master doesn't know that some industries in the Duke of Qi's Mansion are located in Wu'an County, and Zuixianlou is one of them. The old boss has worked hard to reach a contract with Zuixianlou. One is to make a big profit, and the other is to take the opportunity to climb the Duke of Qi's Mansion and find a big backer.

I don’t want to be too hasty, I didn’t make any money and didn’t make any relationship, but instead made this bad situation today.

However, the villain heard that Cui Riyong's only son, Cui Zongzhi, came to Wu'an County recently for a trip and stayed in Zuixian Inn. If he could ask him to say something, the matter of Zuixian Restaurant would be much easier. However, the Duke of Qi has a noble status, so it would be difficult to meet him!"

While telling the solution, Guan Sun smiled bitterly and shook his head and sighed. This method was not difficult, but too difficult, as difficult as climbing to the sky.

This little Duke of Qi not only has a noble status, but also has a famous arrogance. He has never wanted to have more contact with others and even has no friends.

When he learned that he was traveling in Wu'an County, local literati, poets, landlords and powerful people went to ask for a visit, hoping to make friends with this little Duke of Qi. Unfortunately, all of them were turned away without exception. Li Zhao was just an unknown idle royal family, how could he be exceptional?

Let’s take a step back, even if I saw it by chance, the two sides had no intersection and their status was very different, so why should they help?

...

On the other side, Li Zhao had a bright look and kept muttering the three words "Cui Zongzhi".

It sounds very familiar, and seems to have heard of him, who is he?

I remembered it.

During the Kaiyuan and Tianbao periods of the Tang Dynasty, eight romantic figures who were addicted to alcohol were named "Eight Immortals in the Drinking Festival". They were: the great writer - He Zhizhang, King of Ruyang - Li Guan, Left Prime Minister - Li Shizhi, Li Qi Duke - Cui Zongzhi, Jinshi - Su Jin, poet - Li Bai, cursive script master - Zhang Xu, and Jiao Sui, civilian.

Among the Eight Immortals, Cui Zong ranked fourth.

‘The beautiful young man from Zongzhi raised his cup and rolled his eyes to the blue sky, as bright as a jade tree in front of the wind’… This is the famous beautiful young man.

In "New Book of Tang", there are few records of this beautiful boy: Cui Zongzhi, whose name is Cheng Fu, was named Cheng Fu. His son of Riyong, was appointed Duke of Qi, was appointed as the Duke of the Left Secretary, served as the Censor, and was exiled to Jinling... He sang with Li Bai's poems and wine, often rode a boat on a moonlit night, and went to Jinling to pick a poem.

In just a few dozen words, there was nothing else.

However, Cui Zongzhi, who was able to drink and write poems with the poet Li Bai and was ranked among the Eight Immortals in the Drinking Festival, must have his own uniqueness. Such a person is worth making friends for any purpose.

"Manager Sun, prepare the car. Let's go to Zuixian Inn and meet this little Duke of Qi."

"Ah, but..."

"Nothing is true. All brothers in the world. As long as they are humans, they can be dated."

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!