Qin Wang Mansion.

Li Shimin's four sons stood in front of him, including Li Chengqian, King of Hengshan Li Kuan, King of Chu Li Ke, King of Changsha Li Tai, and King of Wei Li Tai. Two of the four sons are Li Shimin's legitimate sons and two concubines. The eldest son Chengqian and the fourth son Li Tai were both born by the eldest son Wang, the second son Li Kuan was the concubine, the mother was just a palace concubine, the third son Li Ke, and the mother was the daughter of Yang Guang.

All four of them were named kings in Wude for the third year. Now Chengqian is only four years old, and Li Tai is only less than three years old.

Princess Changsun looked at the four small people next to him, feeling a little reluctant. Especially Li Tai was so old, but Li Shimin wanted to let all of his four sons go, especially to the East Palace.

"Your Highness, can you ask Your Majesty for love and let them go two years later?" said Changsun.

"The descendants of the royal family are increasingly unable to slack off. It is too late to go to the fortification of the emperor at this age. They can't be born in the deep palace and grow up by women, and don't even read books, right?"

Li Shimin held Changsun's hand.

The four sons actually have two sons no longer his sons. The second son Li Kuan was adopted by his fifth brother Li Zhiyun, who was succeeded as King of Chu, and the fourth son Li Tai, who was adopted by his third brother Li Xuanba, who was succeeded as King of Wei.

It’s just that because they are still young now, they are still in the Qin Palace. When they grow a little longer, they will move out. In the royal genealogy, these two sons have also adopted the names of two brothers.

In fact, Changsun was still a little unhappy about this matter, but who said that her husband was the second son of the legitimate son? The crown prince also had a son, but the crown prince was the eldest son. In the end, he chose two emperor grandsons of the Qin Palace to adopt him. The grandson was adopted by the prince King Chu, and the grandson was chosen to adopt him to the prince King Wei.

The thing Changsun family is most reluctant to give up was Li Tai. She was named the prince less than one year old, and then adopted him as King Wei Huai after being over one year old. Although Li Tai will be the prince in the future, he will be his legitimate son after all, and he will not be called his mother again in the future. This feeling made her feel extremely distressed countless times.

Now, Li Tai is only over two years old and is about to leave and send him to the East Palace again.

"Your Highness, at least let Qingque stay, he is so young."

Li Shimin also liked this second son, who was fat and honest, and was very smart and clever. He spoke best and made the couple laugh. Although he spoke like a little adult.

Especially since the child has been adopted by King Wei Huai, the couple usually spoiled this child. If they grow up, the child will leave and even the parents can no longer call him.

"Don't worry, Li Gang, the head of Chongwen Pavilion, is a famous scholar of a generation. Qingque and the others went over to him for this good thing."

"But the deputy director is Zhang San." Changsun was obviously not very happy that Zhang San became the deputy director of Chongwen Museum, especially since his children would have to follow Zhang San in the future.

"Zhang San is also quite capable." Li Shimin said with a smile.

"I have the ability, and I didn't say he is incompetent, but Zhang San is talented but not virtuous." Changsun was always a little worried about Zhang San's transfer to the East Palace, especially when Zhang San broke out in a brothel last time and was jealous of Prince Peng's dying and fighting. This kind of thing made Changsun even more dislike. Even if such a person is talented, he is not virtuous.

Li Gang is over 80 years old and still serves as the Minister of Rites. He doesn’t have so much energy to manage the Chongwen Museum. In the end, Zhang San, the deputy director, was not in charge of these children.

Thinking that Zhang San was only in his twenties and was still a frivolous person, Changsun was full of worries.

"I have inquired about Bailu Academy. The academy built by Zhang San teaches more than 200 children, but it was very good. If Zhang San came to teach elementary school, there might be unexpected gains. Although these Zong clans and heroic children are the most difficult to teach, most people can't help them. Although Li Gang is a famous scholar, he is old and has poor energy. He does not have as many methods as Zhang San, so it is difficult to really suppress these boys. Zhang San is good at using Zhang San." Li Shimin's way of looking at things is still somewhat different from Changsun clan, and he knows very well that Zhang San is not betrayal, but to do things.

He was actually observing Zhang San secretly and sent someone to collect Zhang San's information. Bailu Academy was also the focus of his attention. After reading his subordinates' reports, he admired Zhang San's school management model at Bailu Academy. The closed teaching and even teaching multiple courses are very good.

Li Shimin called his four sons to him, "After you arrive at Chongwenguan Primary School, remember to listen carefully and respect the teacher. Zhang Wenyuan is your deputy director. Although he is young, he is very capable and has to listen to his words."

The winery has not been fully built and has just undergone several trial productions.

But the name of Bashang winery is already famous in Chang'an.

In Xishi, a new restaurant is on the market, Zuixianlou.

As soon as the restaurant opened, it launched two signs of Zhang's cooking and Bashang liquor, which attracted many customers. After inquiring, it was actually from the same family as Fumanlou in Dongshi. Wow, it turned out to be from Zhang Xueshi's house, and there was another place to go in the future.

Fumanlou in Dongshi is business in a good place, and it is too difficult to go to have a meal. Now it’s better, you can come to Zuixianlou in the future.

However, many people who come to Zuixianlou for dinner today have found that Zuixianlou has made a sign that is not open to the public.

"Man, what's wrong? Zuixianlou has just been open for a few days and the business is booming. Why did it close today?" A businessman from the West Market was leading a few merchants to have dinner and found that it was no longer open to the public.

"I'm sorry, this guest official. Today, our Zuixianlou hosted the dealer bidding conference for Bashang Wine Industry, so we temporarily stopped operating externally. Only those who hold invitations to the bidding conference can enter. I'm really sorry for you. This bidding conference will last for three days, and after three days, we will open externally as usual."

"What is this bidding conference?" The merchant's merchant came from Luoyang and asked in confusion.

The waiters at Zuixianlou are all specially trained, all of which are eloquent. One can register the name of the dish and can recite hundreds of dishes from Zuixianlou in one breath.

"This bidding conference is a bit long to say. You should know that Bashang Wine Industry is our boss, Xueshi Zhang, two Zheng families, and Qin Luo and Li families. Currently, it mainly brews white wine. This is the only one in the Tang Dynasty, but it has been approved by the prince's personal tutoring order."

"What is tendering? What is a dealer?"

"The dealer is Bashang Wine Industry, which divides Datang into many sales areas, then brews the wine and then gives it to each district for sale. Each district will recruit a dealer to obtain qualifications, so that only he can sell our wine in that area, and others cannot sell it across the border."

The merchants were very surprised when they heard this. They did not expect that they had such a business method. They forced the area to be specified, and they were not allowed to cross-regional and sell goods. Even the sales price was set by the winery and they had to pay a deposit.

What a bully clause.

"Will anyone be willing to be this dealer?"

"Of course there is one. If you want to be a dealer, you have to queue up. We only choose one of the most powerful ones in each district."

Several merchants also immediately understood. Who said that only Bashang Wine Industry now has white wine? The wine is so famous that others can only agree to the terms of the winery if they want to sell this wine.

"Is this liquor delicious?" A businessman who was originally here to eat came over and asked. He was a Yangzhou businessman and had never drunk this liquor.

"Zhangjiagou Erguotou, 3,000 yuan of wine, do you think it's not good to drink, can you sell it for this price?" The guy said proudly. Now he was free and idle. "Tell you a piece of news. Just yesterday, the palace issued a special order to the winery, asking the winery to build a separate workshop, and the brewed liquor is exclusively for Danei and Special Gong Yuji. Think about it, the palace has special orders to purchase or long-term purchase. From this, we can tell that the liquor is amazing, right?"

In fact, many merchants are afraid of buying in the palace. Because the palace adopts a peace purchase system. The so-called peace purchase is not based on the market price, but the price given is generally very low, which is good for you to guarantee your capital. Sometimes you even use some materials to pay the bill, such as grain, cloth, etc. Anyway, it is just bartering, not some scarce supplies.

Therefore, if the general small-scale transaction is targeted by the government or the palace, a buyer, or someone is on the list of tributes, it would be miserable.

But for industries like Zhang Chao, especially those who have so many honorary officials who have joined forces and are protected by the prince, the people in charge of purchasing in the palace dare not do too much trouble.

The price he bought was pretty good, and he used grain and cloth to trade, and the discount on grain and cloth was fairer. Although the price of the winery sold to the outside world was much lower than that of the winery, Zhang Chao felt it was not important.

The profits of liquor are already high, and through the palace and buying sorghum, the raw materials are also guaranteed.

Another thing is the brand effect.

After all, liquor is a new type of liquor. Although it is quite popular among people who have drunk it, it still needs to be promoted. Now it has become a tribute wine, which is the best advertisement.

Zhang Chao has already made the winery develop several new brands, Bailu Tegong, Bashang Yujiu, and Erguotou. Although these wines are exclusively for the palace and government, they cannot be sold on the market, but they do not sell Yujiu Gongjiu. As long as they are advertised such as Tegong Yujiu during promotion and sales, they will definitely greatly enhance the quality and popularity of the liquor.

It is well operated, and the little money lost every year for tribute and buying is worth it. Think about the wineries in later generations, and spent hundreds of millions to compete for the bid for the king in order to advertise. Once they were taken down, the profits of the wineries were quite huge.

As long as the advertisement is well-produced, whenever everyone drinks white wine, they will think of Bashang Wine Industry. When drinking the wine from Bashang Wine Industry, they will think of imperial wine and special tribute, and they will think of high-end, atmospheric and high-end quality.

Therefore, Zhang Chao happily took over the requirements for buying and even took the initiative to increase the amount of buying and buying. Under Zhang Chao's instruction, the topic of imperial wine in Chang'an City has been very popular recently. For this reason, this dealer bidding conference attracted many powerful people. To be continued.
Chapter completed!