Chapter 120 The Way Out
Chu Huan took out the coarse cloth handkerchief, handed it over, and said with a smile: "Big Head, I have heard that when a beautiful person cries a lot, he will become uglier and uglier!"
Linlang raised his head, snatched the coarse handkerchief, glared at Chu Huan, and scolded: "Nonsense, who did you hear? I...I'm not beautiful!"
Chu Huan sighed: "The big boss is deceiving himself. If you go to the street and ask someone, I can guarantee that eleven of the ten people will say that you are beautiful. If you don't believe it, we can make a bet!"
Linlang's face turned red and she burst into tears to laugh. She smiled with pear blossoms and rain. It was so beautiful that she wiped the corners of her eyes with a coarse cloth handkerchief and said angrily: "You are talking nonsense, I didn't cry..." But when Chu Huan praised her beauty, she was still very happy, with a blush on her face, which made Chu Huan feel embarrassed to look at her.
Linlang sat down, looked depressed, and sighed: "I'm afraid Shengquan and I can't hold on anymore!"
Chu Huan frowned and said, "Big Head, do you think the Lu family will no longer supply food?" Without waiting for Linlang to finish speaking, he nodded and said, "Lu Shixun is a poor person. The Big Head rejected him this time, I'm afraid he will not help us again."
Linlang glanced at Chu Huan. At this time, he was the only one left in the lobby. He was very quiet and said softly: "You sit down first!"
Chu Huan sat down and asked, "How long can our food last?"
"When my father was alive, he prevented food problems. If there was no grain in the winery, it would never be able to support it." Linlang said softly: "So Shengquan's grain warehouse and I have always stored food for at least half a year to prevent unprepared needs. Now the grain warehouse can only last for two months at most...!"
"Two months?" Chu Huan frowned.
Linlang sighed: "There are nearly 200 servants in Heshengquan who all rely on wineries to live by wineries. The city and several wineries under my name are sold in Heshengquan's wine. Once the food is cut off and there is no wine supply, not only will the wineries and wineries face difficulties, but the most important thing is that once the supply of wine sources is cut off, the business line created by my father for decades will also be in trouble."
Chu Huan nodded and said, "Is the big boss worried that the wine merchants who cooperate with us will abandon us if they lose their source of wine?"
"It may not be that they abandoned us, but when the businessmen join together, they are a combination of interests." Linlang said: "Without the source of wine, they naturally cannot continue to cooperate with us. There are many wine shops in the world, not to mention other places, there are four or five big wine shops in Yunshan Mansion alone. These wine shops will definitely take advantage of the lack of wine supply in our Su family and rob our wine market!"
Chu Huan knew that the Su family was really in a big dilemma this time. After pondering for a moment, he finally asked: "Big Head, can we buy food secretly? Instead of breaking it into pieces in the name of the Su family, and using other channels to buy food privately?"
Linlang smiled bitterly and said, "No. There are rules in all walks of life. The amount of grain needed for our winery is huge. If it is broken into pieces, it is impossible not to leak the news. If those who have ulterior motives find a handle, they will falsely accused my Su family of privately buying grain, and maybe even be charged with the crime of treason...!"
Chu Huan leaned on the chair, wondering if there was a way to solve the problem.
"If nothing unexpected happens, this batch of food in the Lu family may not be able to be supplied." Linlang sneered: "I don't have much contact with Lu Shixun, but I know that this person's flaws will be reported. Although this batch of food transported from Taiyuan may be really halfway,... Lu Shixun will definitely want to make excuses to prevent the food from being delivered!"
Chu Huan touched his chin and said, "It won't work in the open or in the secret. Is there no other way? Apart from the Lu family and Yunshan Mansion, there is no other place to buy food?"
Linlang shook his head and said solemnly: "Taiyuan Prefecture is located in Pingyang Road. After leaving Xigu Pass, it is the boundary of Pingyang Road and the first route of Guanxi. Entering Xigu Pass is our Xishan Road, which is the first route of Guanzhong. The Lu family is not only in Taiyuan Prefecture, but also in the entire Pingyang Road, it is the leading grain merchant. Without the Lu family's approval, the grain in Guanxi would not be able to enter. Although there are many grain producing areas in Guanzhong, there is Liu Juguang. He has the strength to prevent the grain from other places from flowing into Yunshan. Going east and west, we cannot get food. Even if we secretly find grain merchants to purchase it, Liu Juguang's eyes and ears are always paying attention to us. The first time the grain comes in, the second batch of grain Liu Juguang will definitely block it!"
Her face showed anxiety, and if it weren't for helplessness, she wouldn't have been so sad.
Chu Huan understood that no matter how powerful he was, he could not control his business path after all. If the Liu family and the Lu family were maliciously targeting the Su family, with their current strength, there was no way out.
Linlang held her cheeks with her fragrant cheeks, and a strand of black hair on her cheeks looked charming and charming. She seemed to think of something, and then sighed quietly: "If things are as I expected, and the Lu family no longer supplies food, then my Su family will have only one way to get out of the predicament!"
"What method?"
"The imperial wine selection after the beginning of the New Year." Linlang whispered: "When the New Year passes, officials in the Beijing area will soon come to select Xishan Road Imperial Wine, and select Xishan Road tribute Imperial Wine!"
Chu Huan sat upright and asked, "So what?"
"If we and Shengquan's wine can win the championship in one fell swoop and become tribute imperial wine, then all problems can be solved." Linlang explained: "As long as we win the name of imperial wine, Liu Juguang will not only dare not stop us from purchasing grain, but also the Ministry of Revenue will provide us with the best grain for making wine every year!"
Chu Huan knew nothing about this and was shocked: "There are such good things?"
Linlang nodded and said, "If you really want to become the choice of imperial wine, it will be a great thing for us and Shengquan. In addition to not having to pay taxes, the Ministry of Revenue will provide a large amount of high-quality grain every year, and the price will be only 30% of the market price. Moreover, the reputation of Heshengquan will be even more prominent. When encountering any trouble, the government will come out to maintain it so as not to fail to provide imperial wine to the capital smoothly. What we need to do is to provide one thousand jars of high-quality wine to the capital every year!"
Chu Huan laughed and said, "This is really a great thing."
Linlang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "But it's not easy to be selected as the Imperial Wine. As far as I know, there are 134 restaurants in the Xishan Road states, including more than 40 famous restaurants, including many wineries with great financial resources. How easy is Shengquan and I want to stand out? When my father was alive, his biggest wish was that one day the wines of Shengquan and I could become Imperial Wine one day, and his wishes were almost achieved, just one step away!"
"A step away?" Since Chu Huan was determined to help Linlang get out of the predicament, he naturally hoped to know more inside information, so he asked, "How do you say this?"
Linlang independently supports Sheng Quan, and there are only a few people who can discuss major events under his command. Many times, all the pressure is concentrated on her alone. Now that Chu Huan is by her side, she has unconsciously regarded Chu Huan as her biggest pillar. She is full of grievances and has never been able to tell her. With Chu Huan, she subconsciously is willing to tell Chu Huan about her difficulties and smiles bitterly: "Just five years ago, my father was still alive. In that imperial wine selection, Sheng Quan's bamboo sake and I passed the imperial wine selection, and we were only one last step away from the last selection, and we entered the final selection with the Xinzhou Fang family...!"
Chu Huan knew that Xinzhou was the second largest state in Xishan Road after Yunshan Prefecture. There was no doubt that the final winner was the Fang family in Xinzhou.
"The Fang family has become the choice of wine for two consecutive times. In the past ten years, the Fang family has represented the highest peak of the entire Xishandao wine industry." Linlang showed contempt on his face and sneered: "Everyone in the world thinks that the Fang family really has such ability, but few people know that they can become the choice of wine for wine because there is nothing more than a shady inside!"
Chu Huan was very interested and asked, "Where did you start this?"
"I don't know how they won the first time. But the winning five years ago was just a cost of money." Linlang said slowly: "The selection and elimination of the Imperial Wine is once every five years. The initial selection and elimination is evaluated by the famous wine artists among the ten wine masters, but when there are only four left, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple will come out to evaluate, choose the second of the four, and finally select one from the two as the Imperial Wine House!"
"In the last selection, we went to the end with Shengquan and the Fang family in Xinzhou, but the Fang family won and they were able to win the name of imperial wine. Was they making trouble in the middle?" Chu Huan asked with a frown.
Linlang said with a slight note: "That's true. In fact, before the final evaluation, the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple had sent someone to find his father in private and suggested that he would give out a sum of silver and that our Su family's bamboo sake would win." Speaking of this, he sighed lightly: "But my father is a straightforward person. He felt that if he bribed privately, he would not prove that He Shengquan's bamboo sake was the real imperial wine, so he refused to give it to him, just wanting to become imperial wine with his strength...!" Speaking of this, looking at Chu Huan, he smiled bitterly: "You can naturally guess if you don't say it!"
Chu Huan nodded slightly and suddenly realized: "So that's it!"
"It is precisely because of this that my father has a knot in his heart. He is depressed all day long and his body is not over." Linlang's eyes turned red: "Before he died, he told me to hold on with Shengquan until our bamboo sake can become a tribute wine with his strength one day!"
Chu Huan exclaimed: "The old boss is indeed an upright person. I believe that the old boss's wish will definitely be fulfilled!"
"I hope so." Linlang sighed lightly, "I have no way to go, so I can only count on next year's imperial wine selection..." After a pause, he suddenly felt that it seemed a bit inappropriate to spend time with Chu Huan alone in the middle of the night. He blushed and said, "It's late at night, you should rest earlier. Um... If there is nothing else tomorrow, please accompany me to Jingci'an!"
Chu Huan said, "Okay!" Suddenly, he thought of something, frowned and asked, "Jingci'an?"
Seeing that he looked strange, Linlang said strangely: "What's wrong?"
Chu Huan shook his head and smiled, "It's nothing." But he suddenly remembered in his heart that the little nun Ru Lian whom he helped, wasn't she and her master driven out by the people from Jingci'an?
"You are a strange person, and I don't know what you are thinking." Linlang chuckled and suddenly said softly: "Did you do what you did tonight?"
Chu Huan was stunned, "Shimei?"
"That...that Ningyu!" Linlang blushed: "Did you find them?"
Linlang Bingxue was smart. Governor Qiao Mingtang suddenly arrived tonight. Later, Xu Niang brought Ningyu over again, and she was strange everywhere. She had already guessed something in her heart.
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Dadong family, I have only been in the capital for a few days. How could I know the people from the brothels? I am not that kind of casual person."
Linlang's face was even more blushing and she said angrily: "You are mysterious in your work. Who knows if you met you privately?"
Chu Huan hurriedly said, "Big Head, you can't wrongly accuse me. I'm not that kind of person. I never go in... I don't go into brothels, don't you believe me?"
Linlang bit her red lips, charming and charming, and whispered: "Then why are you showing up to protect the Ningyu?"
Chu Huan was stunned. He remembered that he came forward to protect Ningyu and complained about Ningyu. Unexpectedly, this beautiful young woman actually remembered it in her heart. She smiled helplessly: "Big boss, you also know that I am a man with a bit impulsive temperament. When I see unfair things, I can't help but want to take care of them."
Linlang smiled charmingly and didn't ask much, and then he was about to leave. Chu Huan suddenly thought of something and asked, "Yes, does the big boss like that gift?"
"What?" Linlang asked strangely without coming back to his senses.
Chu Huan laughed and said, "It's the pearl I gave you."
He remembered that there were pearls in the box, and thought that women should like such things. If they knew that the one they were given was a pearl strap, they would never dare to say another word.
Linlang understood, shy and annoyed, and instantly flew on his fair face. He turned his head and didn't dare to look at Chu Huan. His breathing was rapid, his chest was undulating, and his waves were surging, "You...you are not a good person..."
She felt her heart beating violently, and she pressed her undulating breasts with one hand, feeling that her ears were full of fever, thinking to herself: "He is so... so frivolous. Not only did he give up that shameful thing, but he also... asked in person..."
Seeing Linlang's reaction strange, Chu Huan couldn't help but lose his mind. He really didn't understand the reason and said, "Does the big boss not like it? Although it's not a good thing, I think it's quite suitable for the big boss."
He just felt that the pearls should look very good when stringed with silk thread. Linlang, a woman, would not hate them even if she didn't like them very much.
When Linlang heard what he said, she was even more ashamed to find a crack in the ground and secretly scolded the man for being shameless, but for some reason, she felt more ashamed and less annoyed. She stomped her feet and said, "You are not...not a good person..." She didn't dare to stay and left quickly.
Chu Huan touched his head and wondered, "I'm not a good person? Where did this start?" He turned around and walked out and murmured to himself, "I don't know what kind of jewelry it is. He should take it out and take a closer look at it, but no matter what jewelry it is, the big boss should look good when wearing it. I don't know if I can see the big boss wearing it."
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ps: The first volume ends here, and tomorrow begins Volume 2: The sky gate first opens to see the vast ocean!
This book should be very long. Everyone and I will move forward slowly. I hope everyone will support it along the way and create another glory!.
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Chapter completed!