Chapter 46 The Big Distillery
The carriage first arrived at Master Li's residence, which was a very simple house.
It’s strange that Master Li was born as a scholar and still has some status in this society, but Chu Huan remembers that the old man had never married in his life and was still alone and still widowed.
This is something that Chu Huan couldn't understand. As Master Li, it was not difficult to marry a wife when she was young, but Master Li knew all his life. If he was over 60 this year, he would naturally no longer have the idea of marrying a wife. The old man has lived alone until now.
Chu Huan didn't understand the reason, but he didn't ask much, knowing that since Master Li had not married, there must be his personal difficulties in the middle, so why should he touch his taboos?
Chu Huan took two jars of bamboo sake and dried fruit snacks into Master Li's simple house, and also took the pots of remaining bamboo sake. Knowing that Master Li likes to drink, these wines were enough for him to drink for a while, he finally left a high-quality snack and gave it to Han Yuan. Han Yuan said a few polite words, but he also received it.
Before leaving, Master Li wanted to stuff two taels of silver into Chu Huan's hand, but Chu Huan refused and did not say much. After getting on the carriage, Master Li had no choice but to say politely to Han Yuan. Then the carriage left and went straight to the west of Qingliu City.
Although Qingliu City is not as large as Yunshan Prefecture City, it is definitely not small. Chu Huan knew in his heart that the winery in Heshengquan was located in the west of the city.
Han Yuan looked at Chu Huan with interest in the carriage and asked with a smile: "Erlang, you fooled Fan Yi-chan this time, aren't you afraid that he will seek revenge on you in the future?"
Chu Huan smiled and said, "Look, he is also a wealthy family. He is too useless to trouble me as a country boy for dozens of taels of silver." After hesitating, he finally asked, "Brother Han, you... seem to be very familiar with him?"
Han Yuan nodded, with disgust in his eyes, and said, "It is better to have less contact with such people... they have bad intentions and are not a good thing!" Hearing his words, he was obviously very dissatisfied with Fan Yi-chan.
Chu Huan thought to himself: "Do you still have a chance to get married?"
Han Yuan pondered for a moment, and finally lowered his voice and said, "Erlang, once you enter Heshengquan, you must abide by the rules of Heshengquan in everything."
Chu Huan nodded and said, "Brother Han, don't worry."
Han Yuan thought for a while, and seemed to have thought of something, and reminded him: "Yes, the owner of the winery Liangfang is a bit strange. You... don't mess with him, let alone offend him, otherwise... I won't be able to speak for you!"
Chu Huan was stunned, Han Yuan's tone seemed to be retained, which made Chu Huan keenly feel that the Liang Fangzhu was probably a character that was not easy to mess with.
"Is this Liang Fangzhu the boss of He Shengquan?" Chu Huan thought for a while and asked softly.
"That's not!" Han Yuan shook his head and said, "Our eldest family has a house in the Mansion City, um... but the foundation of his Shengquan is in Qingliu City. The eldest family has an ancestral home here, and occasionally stay here for a while."
"I see!"
"But this Liang Fangzhu is a relative of the Dadong family... The winery is usually managed by Liang Fangzhu." Han Yuan whispered: "The Dadong family has many shops in the Fucheng City, and there are many things to deal with, so they don't care about it here, and all the big and small matters are handed over to the Liang Fangzhu."
Chu Huan nodded, and was about to say something, suddenly a scent of fragrance came into his nose. After smelling it carefully, it was a faint smell of wine. Han Yuan had already smiled and said, "We're here!" He stuck his head out, and the carriage stopped quickly. Chu Huan followed Han Yuan to get off the carriage. He saw that it was already dark, and an extremely huge winery appeared not far away in front of him.
Han Yuan wanted to pay the car money, but Chu Huan had already snatched it and asked about the car money. He paid twenty copper coins in front of Han Yuan. Then, under Han Yuan's leadership, he walked to the winery.
The faint smell of wine floated out of the winery. Chu Huan saw at first sight a archway in front of the winery. Two lanterns were hung on the archway. Under the light, you could clearly see the three words "Heshengquan" written on the archway. The font is flying and the pen is like a dragon and snake.
Han Yuan pointed to the winery and introduced: "The one on the left is the grain warehouse, which stores sorghum, corn, barley, wheat and other grains used for brewing wine. In the middle is the brewing room...!" He pointed to the right: "There is a wine cellar that is stored as wine. On weekdays, the outer cellar is opened to seal the wine, but the inner cellar has to wait for the instructions of the boss before it can be opened to collect the wine!"
Chu Huan had drunk a lot of wine, but he knew nothing about making wine, so he nodded ignorantly.
Han Yuan led Chu Huan into the winery, and a man in green dress in front of the door saluted respectfully: "Master!"
Han Yuan nodded and asked, "Is the owner of the shop in the shop?"
"Here!" the guy said respectfully.
Han Yuan then said to Chu Huan: "I'll take you to meet the owner first!" Chu Huan nodded, followed behind with a package and the snacks. While walking, he felt the smell of wine floating in the air around him. He thought to himself: "I wonder if the guys here are all drinking heavily when doing things in such an environment all day long?"
Before he entered the winery, he felt from outside that the winery occupied a huge area. When he came in, he felt even more spacious and huge. He followed Han Yuan all the way and passed by several places, he saw the guys in the winery busy and took a casual look. There were really a lot of people in the winery. Before he could pass, he saw forty or fifty people in the workshop in front of him.
Seeing Chu Huan's curious expression, Han Yuan smiled and said, "Half of them are Heshengquan's old friends. This winery has been around for fifty or sixty years. After the first batch of old friends left, his son inherited his father's business and was able to join the shop to do things." He smiled and said, "My father was also the first batch of old friends here back then. When I was twenty years old, I entered Heshengquan. Now it has been more than thirty years...!"
Chu Huanqi said: "The world was in chaos back then, and this should be the land of Wuling Kingdom. The Great Qin Kingdom conquered Wuling Kingdom, but this winery was not destroyed?"
Han Yuan smiled and said, "To be honest, this is a strange thing. When the old boss was still alive, the winery was run smoothly when the Wuling Kingdom was in power. Later, the Great Qin Kingdom came over, and the defenders here surrendered in less than half a month. The old boss felt that our winery could not be saved, and most of them would have to withstand the trampling of war...!"
Chu Huan was interested and said strangely: "Why are you still safe and sound now?"
"It's said that the old boss has the courage!" Han Yuan smiled and said, "I still remember clearly that a general from the Qin army led hundreds of soldiers to fight here. He stopped when he smelled the smell of wine here. The general wanted his subordinates to snatch all the fine wine here and then burned the place with fire, but the old boss was unwilling to let his efforts be destroyed, so he took the initiative to stand up and look for the general...!" Speaking of this, he smiled and said, "Do you know who that general is?"
"Who is it?"
"General Lei Guheng Lei!" Han Yuan said: "The four generals of Feng, Rain, Thunder and Lightning in the Great Qin Empire, the one who led his army to capture Qingliu City back then was the General Lei!"
Chu Huan said "Oh" but didn't say much.
"We were all frightened when the old boss found General Lei, and we thought that the old boss had no choice but to leave... Hehe, we didn't expect that the old boss not only found General Lei, but also made a bet with him!" Han Yuan's eyes flashed: "The old boss told General Lei that as long as General Lei drank three glasses of wine, he would get drunk!"
Chu Huan laughed and said, "Although I am ignorant, I have heard that General Lei's biggest hobby in his life is fine wine!"
"That's right. In fact, the old boss knows this. He has heard that the eldest general loves wine as much as his life, so he will take a risk." Han Yuan sighed: "The General Lei is really a good man. The old boss is just a merchant and has a very different status from General Lei. He didn't have to pay attention to us at first, but in the end he accepted the old boss's bet. If General Lei gets drunk, he won't hurt He Shengquan at a slightest. If he can't get drunk, then he will burn He Shengquan in a fire!"
"Now He Shengquan is safe and sound. It seems that the old boss won that time!" Chu Huan smiled. He only now knew that he and Shengquan had such a story, which was considered a beautiful story.
"Not bad!" Han Yuan nodded and said, "General Lei drank three glasses of wine. It was a fine wine brewed by his old boss himself. After three glasses of wine, General Lei was really drunk not long after. He slept for a whole day. After he woke up, everyone praised him and Shengquan were saved." After pausing, he smiled and said, "A few years ago, General Lei was enthroned as the former general of the Zhuguo Kingdom, and came to Yunshan Mansion to drink the wine brewed by his old boss... Hehe...!" Having said this, Han Yuan's face was full of brilliance.
This is the most glorious past with He Shengquan. Han Yuan is also He Shengquan's old friend. He also empathizes with this glory with Shengquan and feels very glorious on his face.
While they were talking, the two had already passed through several doors, turned to a corridor, and arrived at a door. Han Yuan knocked on the door and said respectfully: "Master, I've brought it!"
The room was silent for a moment, and then a lazy voice heard: "Come in!"
The door opened with a "silly" sound, and a thin man opened the door, just like the group of friends Chu Huan saw with Sheng Quan, and they were also dressed in green clothes, but they wore a leather hat on their heads and their little eyes were swaying, only thirty years old.
Chu Huan was surprised in his heart, could this person be the Lord of Liang Fang?
Before he thought about it, the man bowed to Han Yuan and smiled and said, "Master Master is back? He was looking for Master Master everywhere, but later he found out that Master Master is going to have a drink. Hehe, Master Master is such a blessing. It is supported by his boss and someone else is offering him outside. It really makes me envious!"
Han Yuan looked slightly unhappy on his face, but Chu Huan had already frowned slightly. Hearing that this man called himself "small", he naturally would not be the Lord of Liang Fang, but this man's words were thorny, which obviously had a bad relationship with Han Yuan.
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Chapter completed!