Jingshui Building is located in the bustling Long Street at the end of the East Gate Morning Market in Jingshui Town.

The thousand-meter-long morning market is full of shouts and hawkers.

The wheels rolled over the road paved with bluestone slabs, and the horse's hooves sounded, and they stopped at the entrance of Jingshui Tower.

The groom held the reins, stabilized the carriage, opened the curtain, and a young man in plain clothes and a young man in blue satin and brocade came out from inside.

The waiter who was soliciting customers came forward to greet him with a warm smile: "Young Master Chen, I haven't been here for a few days. Master Sheng, I haven't seen you for a while..."

"Don't be poor." Chen He threw a silver bean into the waiter's mouth: "Arrange a private room for me."

"Okay, my lords, come with me!" The shop waiter who got the reward smiled and tossed a towel, walked in front, and welcomed the two of them upstairs to the private room.

It was still early, and there were only a few tables of diners in the restaurant, which seemed a little deserted.

The two sat in the private room, ordered a few appetizers, and ordered two pots of excellent Zhuyeqing.

After the shop waiter quit, Chen He got up and opened the window, the hawking and yelling along the street mixed with the tangy smell, making him feel more and more annoyed as he thought about it, he turned around and pulled Qiu Yun's sleeve, complaining: "The old man is too outrageous." Yes! Brother-in-law, you have to help me talk about him later. "

"It's just a pot of wine, why bother with...father?" Qiu Yun motioned him to sit down.

"How can it be said that it is true? This is a matter of principle, and it is also the filial piety of my nephew. Besides..." Chen He lifted up his robe angrily, and took a seat next to Qiu Yun: "This is my nephew's first wine making. As an uncle, I always have to taste it myself to show how much I value my nephew."

"I won't miss you."

Although Chen He's words are naive, it also proves from the side that the Chen family attaches great importance to Sheng Yuan and his son.

Qiu Yun smiled lightly and shook his head: "There is still an altar at home, I will keep it for you, after you have been busy for a while, just come and get it from me."

"Really?" Chen He's dissatisfaction disappeared immediately.

He grinned, grinned and clenched his fists and hammered Qiu Yun's shoulder: "My brother-in-law treats me better."

Just in time, Xiaoer knocked on the door.

Chen He immediately sat up straight, and said please come in - the waiter in the shop held up a tray to bring food and wine, and placed them on the table one by one: "You two, please take your time."

With the sound of closing the door, Chen He's shelf suddenly appeared in its original form.

He rolled up his sleeves and poured two glasses of wine, moved close to Qiu Yun, put his hand on Qiu Yun's shoulder, raised his glass and touched it: "Brother-in-law, you can do whatever you want." After finishing speaking, he raised his head and drank it all.

Qiu Yun held up the wine glass and took a sip.

The color of the wine is golden, but it is also cloudy, which is the sediment left over from the fermentation.

The smell is strong, with the medicinal aroma formed by the infusion of several precious medicinal materials. It is slightly bitter in the mouth, and the strong medicinal smell overwhelms the aroma of the wine, but there is a gentle warm current in the stomach, which is considered a good product.

"By the way, brother-in-law." Chen He poured himself a glass of wine and put it on his lips, as if thinking of something: "You blocked my way early in the morning, but why do you want me?"

"There are two things." Qiu Yun put down his glass and said sternly: "Just now you said that this year's harvest is generally unsatisfactory. It must be related to the lack of rain this year. Our Jingshui Town is surrounded by mountains and water. If this is the case, what about other places? "

"Other places." Chen He drank the wine in his hand and sighed: "I heard from the caravan from Yunzhou that there has not been any rain in the west of Yunzhou this year, and the rivers and lakes have dried up. The crops all withered."

"Do the local officials have any countermeasures? Which official did the court send to relieve the disaster?"

"It's not yet the harvest season, and people still have surplus food in their homes, and based on past experience, officials from all over the country will not report the disaster to the court so early, but..."

Chen He got up suddenly and walked to the door, opened the door of the private room and looked around, seeing no one was sitting, lowered his voice and said: "Even if the imperial court knows about this, it is very likely that they will not care about it."

Qiu Yun frowned: "Why?"

"I heard that General Chang Lin and the regent had a personal grudge. Ten years ago, Yunzhou was still a barren land. The regent sent General Lin to guard Yunzhou on the surface, but in fact he was exiled. Who would have thought that General Chang Lin was a heroic warrior?" , not only subdued officials from all over Yunzhou, but also occupied Yunzhou, like an emperor, so that the local people only know General Chang Lin, but not His Majesty and the Regent."

"Regent?"

"I and other ordinary people don't understand the affairs of the imperial court. I only know that the government of the court is decided by the regent."

Qiu Yun bent his fingers and tapped on the table repeatedly.

This is the state of his thinking. His understanding of the current situation comes from Sheng Yuan's memory. In Sheng Yuan's memory, there is only Jingshui Town, which is a square inch. From Sheng Yuan's point of view, Jingshui Town is stable and peaceful. As for the rogues and foreign enemies, they are far away from him.

Previously, he had analyzed from his memory that the current situation was not good, but he did not know that it had reached this point—rogues, foreign enemies, civil strife, and drought.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Chen He thought it frightened his brother-in-law. He even reached out and patted his shoulder, and said with a smile: "This is just my hearsay, brother-in-law, don't take it too seriously. Didn't you just say I have two things to ask for, what is the other one?"

Qiu Yun withdrew his hands and regained his senses. He originally wanted to discuss with Chen He about opening a restaurant, but looking at the current situation, he was afraid that there would be a war, and food would be in short supply at that time.

The Chen family is a rice merchant, once a war is about to break out, merchants like the Chen family who have no official background will be in the pockets of some people.Thinking of this, he asked: "I heard, Dad said that there are many caravans wanting to buy Chen's rice recently, will you agree?"

"No." Speaking of this matter, Chen He's face was full of disdain: "These businessmen are all black-hearted. As early as April, they have been keenly aware of the crisis, and took the opportunity to hoard rice grains, only to wait for disasters to break out in various places and raise grain prices to sell to others. People, this kind of behavior of eating human blood steamed buns, let alone my father, even I don't like it."

Listening to the yelling in the morning market downstairs, these people are ignorant of the current situation. Even the drought has little impact on Jingshui Town. At most, the grain production will be reduced and some savings will be made.

Chen He poured a glass of wine, took a sip, and asked curiously: "Brother-in-law, why are you interested in these things today?"

"I heard something from Dad yesterday, and I was curious, so I asked you for a question." Then, he took out the wine prescription from his pocket, put it on the table and pushed it over: "This is the wine prescription that I promised you last time." .”

Chen He stretched out his hand to press down on the wine prescription, but didn't look at it. Instead, he remained silent for a while: "Brother-in-law, why don't you open your own restaurant with the wine prescription?"

Qiu Yun concealed the heaviness in his heart, and curled the corners of his lips: "I prefer brewing wine to opening a restaurant."

"In that case, brother-in-law, you make wine, and I will take care of the restaurant preparations and other matters." Chen He also had the idea of ​​training his brother-in-law as his right-hand man before, but he knew his brother-in-law's temperament well, so he didn't force it: "At that time, you will take the lion's share of the profits. ,how?"

That's what Qiu Yun planned: "I don't understand this matter, it's up to you to decide."

"However, this year's harvest is not good, there is a drought outside, and food is in short supply. You take this wine recipe back first, and discuss it after the situation stabilizes."

This is also Qiu Yun's idea.

After talking about business, the two drank three jugs of wine and separated.

Qiu Yun sent Chen Zhongliang back before, but now he can only walk back.

But it was rare for him to be at leisure, so he wandered around with great interest, passed by a pastry shop, saw moon cakes being sold in the shop, recalled Ding Yuan staring at the full moon in a daze last night, and recalled that tomorrow seemed to be the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he walked away In the past, I bought some of various flavors, then turned around and went to Lin Kee to buy two pots of sweet-scented osmanthus brewing before returning home.

When Shunzi opened the door, he saw the mooncakes that Qiu Yun had brought back, and hesitated for a moment: "My lord, I made up my own mind and asked Jiannei to buy the ingredients for the mooncakes, and I was going to ask you if you have any taboos, but now..."

"It's okay." Qiuyun handed the mooncake to Shunzi: "You just do it, prepare more, I will visit Yue's house tomorrow."

After explaining to Shunzi that he had nothing to do, he sent Chen Zhongliang to Qi's house to send a message, inviting Qi Guan to go to the wine shop for a drink in the evening, and wait for Ding Yuan to go home together.

When the sky darkened, Qiu Yun came to the restaurant.

Standing at the door, looking at the guise swinging in the wind, and the drinkers drinking heavily under the lanterns on the eaves, walked over with a smile.

"Old Qi."

Qi Guan turned his head to follow the prestige, and saw a man in white pacing forward.

The white clothes and wide sleeves look like the banished fairy in the storyteller's mouth, with an ethereal figure, and the three thousand black hair flowing on the shoulders is windless and automatic, and it is obvious as if glowing in the dark.He opened his mouth wide in shock, and the wine he hadn't swallowed flowed down like a galaxy waterfall.

"I only know that I am as rich as jade, but I don't know that even you, Lao Qi, can hardly match my beauty."

Qiu Yun sat across from him with a smile, raised his hand and snapped his fingers: "We have been friends for many years, and now I would like to advise you, don't be infatuated with me, I'm not good at masculinity, especially for a big boss like you."

Returning to his senses, Qi Guan gave a 'poof', spit out the drink, his face turned from white to blue, veins twitched on his forehead, he gritted his teeth and said, "But I haven't seen you in a month, I don't know that your face is like a city wall."

Ding Yuan walked over from the back kitchen holding a tray, and saw Uncle Xian at a glance. He was overjoyed, and trotted over with crooked eyebrows, but he couldn't help but laugh when he heard the conversation between the two. It turned out that Uncle Xian There is also such a narcissistic side.

Qiu Yun's eyes fell on Qi Guan's drenched front: "The evidence that you covet me is still there, do you need me to remind you?"

Qi Guan's face changed several times, but he couldn't find any rebuttal for a while.

"Master Qi, your food is here." Seeing this, Ding Yuan brought the appetizers over, placed them on the table, turned his head and whispered, "Uncle Yuan, why didn't you come—"

"You brat is so courageous, even you, grandpa, dare to laugh at you?" Qi Guan didn't want to let a shop assistant see his embarrassing side just now. To save face, he first slapped the table, sternly scolded, People froze for a moment.

The corners of Qiu Yun's lips froze, his face turned cold, he got up and pulled him behind him: "Old Qi, we two are playing around, how can you blame others?"

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