Chapter Eighteen: The Money Cabinet
Qī xiàn zì rán cóng méi xiǎng guò gān jìng pán xià zhè jiān xiǎo jiǔ guǎn hòu huì shuāng shǒu zài fèng shàng, wú guān yú péng yǒu zhī yì, zài péng yǒu èr zì zhī qián gān jìng shǒu xiān shì zuò wéi yī gè shāng rén, ér jiǎo shì yǒu xiāng chǔ zhī dào de. luò zuò méi jǐ hòu méi niáng jiù qù máng bié de shì le, zhī dào tā yào jié shù le zhè jiān jiǔ guǎn, wǎng cháng nà xiē lǎo zhǔ gù dōu xiàng yuē hǎo de lái dào diàn lǐ gēn méi niáng dào bié.
When Qi Xian heard Gan Jing's previous words, she had a faint feeling about something. Sure enough, his later words finally confirmed her conjecture. However, she didn't think of going back to work for Gan Jing again: "I said, Young Master Gan, when did you remember to open a wine house? Isn't the main business of the Gan family always in the money house?"
"Heh heh, Seventh Master isn't blaming me for taking the shop you had your eye on, is it? As for the proposal you made earlier at Xin Kai Yuan Lou, I've given it careful consideration. I just want to make a slight change to the format - others will provide the goods, and I'll provide the shop."
Many things don't need to be explicitly stated, both parties understand the situation. For example, why did Gan Jing choose this particular house to open a wine shop? And what is his purpose for letting the wine shop come under Dayang's control? The medicine shop side can't be dealt with for the time being, but Gan Jing's side is more acceptable: "How about this, I'll give you two shares of Dayang's stock, and in the future, the wine shop will be under Dayang's name."
Of course, Qi Xi again spent some effort explaining to Gan Jing what shares were and what benefits he could get from it. Soon, Gan Jing also understood, originally buying half of the tavern was for Qi Xi's sake, and half was for the Gan family business, and using stocks to buy in would be a win-win solution. After Gan Jing nodded, Qi Xi somehow pulled out a piece of paper from who-knows-where on her body, and Gan Jing couldn't help but smile slightly - this girl was very cautious, actually carrying around contracts with her everywhere, as if she was afraid that he might go back on his word.
After taking over the Drunken Immortal, Qi Xie renovated this small tavern. The wall adjacent to the ocean was knocked through and replaced with a glass wall and a large door. The original wooden tables inside were replaced with granite stone tables. Although the layout of the store did not change much, it became more in line with the style of the ocean after renovation. A small pond was artificially created in the center, with fake mountains standing among them. Drinking is also about atmosphere, although the tavern belongs to the ocean, Qi Xie still thought of a loud name, Qian Gui (Money Cabinet), what a great name Money Cabinet is!
Taking the opportunity to renovate the small wine shop, Qiuxi also slightly modified the layout of the backyard on Da Yang Street. The No. 6 West Street can be said to be the most strangely laid out shop on this street, and unlike other shops, this commercial building actually looks more like a large mansion. The courtyard is a corridor surrounded by a large garden, and the backyard, although also connected to the front hall, is mostly idle. Originally, Qiuxi used it as a warehouse, but after renovation, this place will be arranged in the same way as before, and some rent can be set up in the corridor at a relatively cheap price. In the future, the second floor of the backyard will serve as an office area and staff rest room. I had planned to wait until I took over that medicine shop before starting work together, but on the one hand, that stubborn cow is not easy to deal with, and on the other hand, since I have some relationship with Master Zhu, it's better to avoid trouble for now.
The craftsmen of Yunzhong City are not only skilled in their craft, but also work at a speed that is second to none. The trick of using black cloth to create an air of mystery may have been used once before, but this time the entire process of renovating the tavern was almost entirely exposed to the public eye. Qi Mei wasn't afraid of others learning from her, and even if they found another group of skilled craftsmen in Shazhou City, who else would be able to work with glass besides Qi Mei?
Running a wine bar, the atmosphere is important, but what's most important is the wine itself. Although the grape wine she bought from Xi Qin not only tastes good, but also has a unique flavor that modern people can appreciate, through experiments on Ah Guan and Xiao Shi Tou, she was disappointed to find that this fine wine became a strange-tasting liquid with a stale flavor in ancient people's mouths. Even though she had gone from being able to drink thousands of cups without getting drunk in her past life to now being able to get drunk from just one cup, Qi Yun still has a deep understanding of wine tasting. Since she opened a wine bar, the quality of the wine is naturally something she pursues. In fact, if it weren't for Gan Jing, Qi Yun would have also considered opening a wine bar and taking the name Wu Liang Ye first, but who knows, in another thousand years or so, when people talk about Wu Liang Ye again, will they push the history of this wine even further back?
The sandy island is not suitable for planting grains, perhaps this is also the reason why the top restaurants in the city are not good at wine. This is also the reason why Xin Kaiyuan casually brought a wine from Shanxi and was praised like stars and moons. Not to mention the quality of Fen wine, it might be inferior or even fake wine, if the winery still does this, the cost would be too high. Searching for wine is something that can only be done in person, anyone else might not meet her standards.
This Eastern Jin dynasty seems to be different from the one in history, I don't know if there are any major changes in geographical location. If not wrong, the place she is looking for should be in Shu territory. At this point, Qi Xie made up her mind: if she can find it, that's best; if not, then just consider it a trip, anyway, in her past life, she never had the chance to travel around Sichuan.
"Are you sure you want to go in person?" The road to Shu is treacherous, and there's a poem that can describe how difficult this journey will be for the Eastern Jin people: "The road to Shu is hard, harder than climbing up to the blue sky." After Qiuli lost to Gan Jing again at jump chess, she casually mentioned her plan to go to Shu to find wine. Although she didn't have to tell him these things, every time she was about to leave Sha Zhou, she always felt like going to say goodbye to him.
Last time she said she was going to Yunzhong City, his face was just faintly lit up, but this time when Qiuxi mentioned traveling again, Gan Jing first frowned, and after a moment, he patted his thigh: "I'll go with you, anyway I had the intention of developing in Shu land, this time it's just right to take a look." Last time we missed so many scenery, this time no matter what, she wanted to follow him. That Song Xiaoshi was nowhere to be seen all day, and if the girl were to go alone, it would really make people worry.
Rumor has it that Gan Jing is going to join them, and Qi Xie is also entangled in her heart. This otaku suddenly said he wanted to join, isn't he afraid that she would run away with the debt? This time, renovating the wine house cost a lot of silver again, all of which were borrowed from Hui Feng Money House. Judging from the current situation of Dayang, it's not a big problem to pay off this silver as soon as possible. Besides, Gan Jing himself is also a small shareholder of Dayang, so there was no agreement on when to repay the debt in the first place.
"Big brother, aren't you afraid I'll abscond with the funds, that's why you want to follow me to keep an eye on me?"
"The monk can run but the temple can't, and the ocean is still on the sandbank. What am I afraid of?"
Qī xiàng suddenly felt a twinge of guilt in his heart, Big Brother might really just want to go to Shu to take a look around, yet he had actually thought of him as being so despicable.
