Chapter 29 Open a restaurant
At this moment, in the brothel, guests and prostitutes ran outside one after another. In the hall, fires were everywhere and the fire gradually became bigger.
The second master and his men tried desperately to put out the fire, but Chen Xiao and others slipped away. After running far away, the few people laughed and felt very happy.
However, after reacting, Li Shi said, "Brothers, are we now committing arson?"
The fat man said nothing, "What are you afraid of? Everyone is a scholar. What can you do to us? It's just to lose money."
When it comes to losing money, his face changed: "It's over, I'm impulsive..."
Chen Xiao said: "This matter is caused by me, I will compensate me. Besides, he is a brothel. If he wants to rob a woman from a private family, he will be even more guilty. I don't believe that he dares to report to the official."
"That's true!" The fat men and the others nodded.
"No, I'm so tired. I'm going to go back and rest. Brother Chen, where do you live?" Li Shi asked.
"We live in a restaurant next to the Gongyuan, so it's easier to take the exam!" said the fat man.
So everyone said goodbye to each other, Chen Xiao, Fatty and Long Jiuling returned to the restaurant.
After this incident passed, that night, in the palace, the emperor was angry at first and laughed behind him after listening to the report of the Imperial Guards.
"Haha, this Chen Xiao is a bit brave!"
"Your Majesty, why don't you take the Ninth Princess back to the palace? She is outside, and there is a lot of danger." said the commander of the Imperial Guard.
The emperor frowned: "What's the use of asking you Guards?"
The commander of the Imperial Guard was speechless and did not dare to say more.
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The next day, Chen Xiao, Long Jiuling and the fat man were blocked by the angry second master and a few people as soon as they left the restaurant.
Chen Xiao was not afraid of him and sneered and said, "What do you want to do again? Do you want to steal people on the street?"
"Boy, although my brothel has been kept, many things inside have been burned and messed up. The prostitutes have also left the business in the future. What do you think you should do?" The second master said gritting his teeth.
Chen Xiao nodded: "It means that the whole building has not been burned yet? What should I do? Then I'll order it again?"
The second master's face trembled: "You... I won't give me a satisfactory solution if you don't give me a satisfactory solution!"
Chen Xiao snorted and said, "I'm crazy and don't say I'm setting fires. I can do anything. You'd better not irritate me."
The second master really didn't dare to force Chen Xiao into a hurry. He said a few words yesterday, "It's a big deal, the brothel is gone."
"You...you can't keep my business going, and I've suffered heavy losses. No matter what, you have to compensate me!" said the second master.
"What if I don't pay the compensation?" Chen Xiao said.
The second master's eyes turned cold: "Then I will find opportunities at all times to kill you!"
Chen Xiao frowned. If this is the case, it would be really not good.
So he asked: "How much do you want me to pay?"
"The things inside were burned down, and the prostitute ran away. At least... ten thousand taels of silver!" The second master spoke.
Chen Xiao's face changed: "Why don't you go and grab it?"
"That's a brothel. Do you think it's too much if you have ten thousand taels?" The second master was also angry.
Chen Xiao took a deep breath and said, "At most, one hundred taels."
"You... I haven't done business in my brothel anymore. Give me one hundred taels? It's useless!" The second master shouted angrily.
Chen Xiao said: "It means that your building is useless to you?"
"Otherwise? A lot of things inside burned and the prostitute ran away. I didn't have enough money. Do you think I can still drive it again?" said the second master.
Chen Xiao's eyes turned: "Or what if that's the case, 10,000 taels of silver, give me that building!"
The second master was stunned and thought about it carefully. The building was bought for a few thousand taels of silver. Now, except for one building, the layout inside has been burned. He wants to renovate it, and he has a lot of money. He has no money, so... it seems that it is useless to keep it.
On one side is a meaningless building, and on the other side is ten thousand taels of silver.
He made a choice: "Take a deal!"
Chen Xiao didn't have ten thousand taels of silver on him, only a few thousand taels of silver notes, so he looked at the fat man.
The fat man took two steps back: "I'm going to study..."
However, under Chen Xiao's perseverance, the fat man wiped his tears, took out thousands of taels of silver from his body, and raised ten thousand taels with Chen Xiao.
Seeing this scene, the second master was shocked. What are the identities of these two young men? They each carried thousands of taels of silver with them? Such a rich man?
After getting the money, the second master also took them to the brothel to get the house deed, went to the rainproof registration office of the Ministry of Revenue, and registered the brothel in Chen Xiao's name.
Back at the brothel and looking at the burning scenes in the lobby on the first floor, the fat man wiped his tears and said:
"Brother Chen, what do you have to buy here for..."
"Fatty, I have to pay the second master no matter what I say. We have to pay the money and have to pay a building, so we have made a profit!" Chen Xiao said.
"What can I do when I want to do?" said the fat man.
Chen Xiao shook his head: "Do you do business?"
"You want to open a brothel?" asked the fat man.
Long Jiuling stared at Chen Xiao with malicious intentions.
Chen Xiao rolled his eyes: "That's not, I plan to open a restaurant."
"Do you think the restaurant is so easy to open?" The fat man rolled his eyes this time.
Chen Xiao said: "It is definitely not easy to drive normally, but I am not an ordinary person. As a qualified time traveler, if you don't know how to make wine, how can you be ashamed to travel through time?"
"ah?"
The fat man and Long Jiuling didn't understand it.
Chen Xiao smiled: "Fatty, please pay some more money and ask someone to clean up the restaurant. And I will make a wine that no one has ever drunk. At that time, we will definitely have a lot of money!"
The fat man said half-believingly: "It's going to cost money again..."
"Believe me, your efforts today will bring you a hundred times the reward. We have known each other for so long. Do you think I, Chen Xiao, are someone who will make me suffer a loss?"
"It makes sense..." The fat man who was successfully brainwashed agreed.
So, in the next few days, the fat man paid for someone to clean up and decorate the building.
Chen Xiao is studying winemaking.
Before traveling through time, the wine brewing was next door to his house, so he knew the general process, and some of the brewing tools and processes in this world were basically the same.
However, some processes are not as good as modern, especially distillation technology.
In ancient times, grain was basically fermented and rice wine was made, with a very low degree of no more than twenty degrees.
In this winemaking technology, adding a distillation technology can increase the purity of the wine, which will become white wine.
This is also why the wines in ancient times were more turbid, while the wines in modern times were clear and bright, because there was more distillation technology.
In short, Chen Xiao was very clear about the process of brewing wine, so he immediately bought glutinous rice, wine koji and various tools, and started to tinker with it in the building he just bought for several days.
After making the rice wine, I distilled it several times and got a lot of white wine.
He tasted a little, yes, it smelled like that.
Chen Xiao was excited, but he was worried that if these ancient people who were used to drinking such strong white wine, would they like to drink it?
"If you don't like it, you have to find a way to make them like it, otherwise how can I make money..."
Chapter completed!