Chapter 27 An extremely elegant incident (Part 2)

Five days before the test, Zhao Xing took Cheng Xia and Cheng Shuang and his two students to Fucheng to deal with the test. He carried half a boat of wine and half a boat of mountain cargo with the ship, and seemed a little satisfied.

The two students were only in their teenage years and were selected from many students to participate in the test. They could not stop showing off their desire to show off. They were wearing scholar's long gowns, proudly thrusting their small chests, constantly walking from the bow to the stern, from the stern to the bow, and at the same time, they also tried to cough loudly to pedestrians who couldn't see clearly on both sides of the strait.

In Zhao Xing's eyes, the children's pride did not stop the children from showing off, but instead indulged in the eyes of encouragement like a spoiled parent.

Take a look at Zhao Xing’s income in the past two years: two years ago, his students learned to weave bamboo baskets; last year, they learned to burn pottery; this year, every household learned to brew private wine and opened up a new business path...

This breakthrough this year alone brought about a great change in Zhao Xing's identity. Under Cheng Jiaao's interpretation, he became the prospective son-in-law of the Cheng family. In the new integration of the Cheng family's forces, he became the "second elder" of the village that represents the status of other people with the surname Cheng family (son-in-law, the daughter). The Cheng family called it "Zhao Daguanren", or "Zhao Xiucai" and "Master Zhao".

At this moment, the river is rushing endlessly, Zhao Xing stands alone in the bow of the boat, his heart full of joy...

The oarist who was riding the boat was still Huo Xiaoyi, the old man Zhao Xing had met before. After staying in Chengjiaao for half a year, he simply moved his son and wife to the village. The eldest grandson is now two years old, so he is waiting to go to Zhao Xing's school to study, so he is very flattering to Zhao Xing along the way. He deliberately warms up the pot of wine in the cabin and diligently adds new hot water to Zhao Xing from time to time.

The half-cabin wine carried on this ship belongs to the best quality wines in the village, most of which were from Zhao Xing's hands. These wines are packed in exquisite pottery bottles, and twenty-four bottles are in a basket.

When passing Xishui County, the boat did not stop. At noon that day, Zhao Xing took his children into Huangzhou.

This is a large courtyard opened by five consecutive rooms. Since Zhao Xing planned to participate in the provincial capital's answer test, Cheng Tong bought these five rooms in Fucheng according to Zhao Xing's request, and then opened them to form a large courtyard. It is not far from the wharf, and in name, this house will be used as the destination for Chengjiaao candidates in Fucheng. In fact, it is also a warehouse - used to store goods sold by Cheng's clan to Fuzhou...

After a little washing, Zhao Xing took two students to visit the Huangzhou magistrate. Of course, the door bags were indispensable for the officials. Zhao Xing's stepping stone was thick enough. After receiving the doorman's notification, the magistrate did not delay receiving the meeting in the hall.

The magistrate of Huangzhou, named Xu, with his name as Junyou, and his name is 61 years old. After meeting, he asked in a difficult manner: "You said you were a student of the exam this year - the autumn examination is about to be imminent. At this time, you and I are afraid of being under the melon field and plum blossoms... However, since you said you did not come for the exam, the autumn examination should not be involved."

Zhao Xing bowed and replied in a humble manner: "Students do not come for the exam, but just for the sake of fine wine, so I ask for the Lord of the House."

After hearing Zhao Xing's words, Xu Dashou relaxed, waved his hand with a very stylish look, and said, "I'm talking nonsense."

Zhao Xing opened the wine baskets one by one, took a bottle of samples in each basket, and placed them in a row on the floor in front of him. He looked at the wine pot in front of him with satisfaction, as if he was reviewing his own soldiers. Then he bowed and replied: "Sir, Master, the student, according to the "Qimin Yaoshu", has several new fine wines, and the wine is completed in autumn. After opening the cellar, he feels that the taste is very good. Unfortunately, the students are arrogant and shallow in their knowledge, and cannot think of a good name to add color to the fine wine. There is rumors in the country that Master, Master, is so full of poetry, so the student comes here with his fine wine, hoping that the envoy will praise him and give him a name."

Elegant!

This matter was so elegant. Xu Zhizhou was upright and raised his hand: "Please! Please drink!"

The Song Dynasty was the most wilderness of the scholars and officials. After Emperor Taizu of Song established the family motto of "governing the world with the scholars and officials", the Song Dynasty did not raise a butcher's knife to the scholars and officials. In this dynasty, the scholars and officials criticized the emperor in person, and even made the emperor unable to come to Taiwan, but there was still nothing wrong.

What do wild scholars and officials like to do - drink the best wine, hold the most beautiful women, write the most gorgeous poems, and pursue the most perfect life... In such an environment, someone brews fine wine and specially invites it to name it. This is a kind of glory. If the wine is good, the name can even be famous with fine wine for thousands of years.

This is the most elegant bribery, turning bribery into an extremely elegant incident, which is the basic skill of a modern salesman. In other words, Zhao Xing was using his sales knowledge to bully the ancients, and the bullying was very elegant. For example, Xu Zhizhou enjoyed this kind of "bullying". He lowered his head and looked at the six wine bottles on the ground one by one.

I have mentioned Orange Wine before, so I won’t talk about it here. Peach Liquor, the shape of the bottle is a monkey holding a longevity peach in both hands; pear wine, the shape of the bottle is simply a pear; hawthorn wine is a fairy scattered flower shape; Fenjiu, wheat-scented wine is simple in shape, similar to the shape of a modern Moutai wine bottle, but the bottle is slightly slender and has a height greater than that of a modern wine bottle.

At that time, Xu Zhizhou leaned on the couch and Zhao Xing knelt on the floor. When he heard the instructions, Zhao Xing pressed his knees with both hands and bowed respectfully and said: "Drinking this wine requires good utensils, preferably a white porcelain cup... and also a tea, preferably a vegetarian tea without spices."

Literary people like to complicate simple things.

Hearing Zhao Xing's remarks on drinking so complicatedly, Xu Zhizhou became more and more serious. He clapped his hands and shouted, "Come on, take my Ding Kiln White Porcelain Cup, call Shengzhi to come, sing and dance, and fight tea."

Soon, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl with a cute double ring maid jumped in. She didn't feel timid at all. As soon as she walked in, she snuggled up to Xu Zhizhou in a childlike manner. However, her expression and behavior were not done by children. She was very ambiguous in Wuling soft words and chattering from Xu Zhizhou. Zhao Xing heard it intermittently, as if a servant named Yan got something from Xu Zhizhou but she didn't, so she insisted that Xu Zhizhou give her a copy.

The arrival of the little girl eased the atmosphere on the scene, and the meeting became less solemn, but it seemed more in line with the fashion at that time - light fur and slow belt, without shoes, and clogs. The smoke and clouds and water, and the romantic self-appreciation... In this minute, the world was only left. Everything was right to the heart, and it was transcendent to the outside world.

Out of etiquette, Zhao Xing only raised his eyes when the girl came in. Now, he stopped the soft words in his ears and felt that the innocent face was a bit disgusting with Xu Zhizhou's orange-skinned face. Hearing his tone, the little girl who didn't smile or speak was actually a wife and concubine of the old man. Even though Zhao Xing was thick-skinned, he was still a little displeased.

The little girl had enough trouble, and the old man also promised to give her a gift. The girl named Katsuji sat down and immediately looked like a landscape painting, ethereal and elegant. She skillfully fiddled with a few tea cups, and completed the tea art in an orderly manner with a flowing smile.

The tea soup boiled, the faint fragrance of tea leaves floated in the air, and the faint heat in the tea cup drifted to the sky. An old man in green robe, a virgin girl in yellow, and a white robe Zhao Xing sat in the empty hall... In the picture scene, Zhao Xing followed the steps, his movements were slow, but with a strong sense of freedom and freedom, elegantly opened the spout of the orange wine and slowly poured the wine into the white porcelain cup of Dingyao - his movements were skillful, like a waiter in a high-end Western restaurant.

This is pouring wine into the Dingyao wine glass! While pouring it, Zhao Xing sighed in his heart: "Everyone of the Song people is a millionaire... Look, if such a Dingyao cup is offered by Sosby Auction House, it will cost 200,000 US dollars. But now, I actually..."

The orange-red wine rippled gently in the white porcelain cup, and the fragrance of oranges increased in the air.

Before the wine glass was handed to Xu Zhizhou, he had already smelled the fragrance, narrowed his eyes, and said intoxicatedly: "Good wine!"

Zhao Xing looked at the wine glass with regret and said apologetically: "It's a pity that there is no glass. If this wine is put into the glass, it looks like a red cloud or amber, which adds a touch of beauty to the wine. If you drink it, it will look like pecking Qiong Yao and swallowing the morning dew..."

"How can everything go well?" After Xu Zhizhou said this, his attitude was much calmer. He had decided that he needed to give this wine a good name no matter what - just smell the fragrance and look at the appearance, the wine is already a top-quality product.

After drinking the wine, Xu Zhizhou closed his eyes and savored it for a long time, but could not think of a suitable word to describe its sweetness and sweetness. This kind of wine that was unprecedented and unparalleled, and Wan Qi's name was not good, wouldn't it make future generations ridicule him for being "uneducated".

Unexpectedly, he covered his face with wine. Xu Zhizhou pointed to the bottle of wine and shouted: "Come again."

Zhao Xing did not go to get the wine bottle. He picked up the tea cup and invited Xu Zhizhou to tea. His attitude was natural. Xu Zhizhou was stunned for a moment and did as he did. But he was anxious and drank half a cup of tea in one sip. When he turned his head, he found that Zhao Xing had not swallowed the tea. He was rinsing his mouth with the tea very elegantly.
Chapter completed!