Chapter 96 – The White-clothed Prince Who Threw A Lot of Money Away
Chapter 96 – The White Clothed Gentleman Who Throws A Lot of Money Away
The moon was high in the sky, the stars were glittering, and the front door of the Moonwatch Residence was particularly bustling tonight, simply because today was the day of the Immortal Drunkenness Auction!
Since the drinks in the Moonwatch Residence had long been famous in the city, coupled with Boss Peng’s relentless publicity, the powerful and wealthy merchants in the city had long been yearning for this mysterious Immortal Drunkenness.
In order to attract more foot traffic and open up word of mouth, Boss Peng also didn’t choose to auction the Immortal Drunkenness on the third floor of the restaurant, but instead auctioned it directly at the entrance of the restaurant!
In this way, even those ordinary people who didn’t have money, in order to figure out a lively and fresh, also rushed to come, wanting to see what kind of wine that Immortal Drunkenness was, and surprisingly made such a big commotion.
Seeing the powerful and wealthy merchants have taken their seats, Shopkeeper Peng wiped the sweat on his forehead and asked, “The young master has not returned to the Qin Mansion?”
The store assistant shook his head, “I’ve been going to the Qin Mansion every day for the past few days, but the Eldest Young Master hasn’t come back since he was taken away by the Demon Beheading Division’s adults.
Boss, why don’t we postpone the auction?”
“The postponement of the auction has long been announced, the rich and powerful merchants have also been waiting for this day, if I can postpone the auction, why would I wait until now?
It’s just a matter of that.” Boss Peng took a deep breath and walked in front of the people.
He glanced at the dark crowd, then signaled for the second to carry the Immortal Drunkenness.
Generally speaking, the auction would definitely have to be preceded by a big bragging and publicity by the host, but when Qin Feng and Boss Pang came up with the idea of the auction, they had specifically instructed that fragrant wine was not afraid of deep alleys, and that there was no need to say much about anything, so they could just let them sniff it out.
Therefore, Shopkeeper Peng did not say much, just opened the lid of the wine altar.
For a moment, the wine’s fragrance overflowed, intoxicating the heart.
“It smells so good!”
“Yes.”
The crowd all revealed intoxicated looks.
Seeing this, Boss Peng smiled faintly before putting the lid on the wine altar again, but the mellow fragrance that emanated from it was long lasting.
The powerful and wealthy merchants, no longer able to hold back their excitement, shouted, “Boss Peng, when will the auction begin?”
“That’s right, don’t hang on to our appetites, what’s the starting price?”
“All of you be at ease! Immortal Drunkenness is the precious product of the Moonwatch Residence, from brewing to the final product, it needs to go through many processes and consumes a lot of time and manpower, so…”
Boss Peng smiled and pressed his hand before extending a finger, “This wine starts at one hundred taels!”
When the crowd of people heard this, they sucked in a breath of cool air, one hundred taels of silver, what concept was that? It would take them decades to save up!
When Boss Peng saw the crowd’s expression, his heart was also a little uneasy, he really hadn’t heard of any wine that could be sold for a hundred taels of silver either.
However, this starting price was not set by him, but what the eldest young master had said to him earlier, so he could only do as he was told.
The powerful and wealthy merchants looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a bit weird for a while.
However, they weren’t intimidated by the price, instead, they started bidding one after another.
“One hundred and fifty taels!”
“Two hundred taels!”
Shouting, one after another, it didn’t take long for the price of Immortal Drunk to be raised to five hundred taels.
Boss Peng breathed a sigh of relief, if this auction was messed up by him, he really didn’t know how to explain to the eldest young master.
As the auction price got higher and higher, a rich merchant seemed to see the business opportunity of this wine, gritted his teeth and shouted, “One thousand taels!”
As soon as this price came out, the surroundings instantly quieted down, as if a pin could be heard.
When the rest of the people heard this, they all glanced at each other and shook their heads, it was just a jar of wine, spending so much money taels was completely unnecessary.
They gave up.
The merchant who shouted out 1,000 taels saw this and breathed a sigh of relief, he could see the value of this wine, when he arrived in Heavenly City and operated a little bit, he would resell it, and would definitely be able to make this price go up a few times higher!
But just when he felt that he was assured of victory, an untimely voice rang out, “Two thousand taels!”
“What?!” The merchant looked in search of the voice, and the one who shouted the price was a white-clothed male who had never made a sound before, with a clear and handsome appearance and an extraordinary demeanor. And the white-clothed male was none other than Ya An!
Boss Peng swallowed and tried to stabilize his excitement, but the joy on his face could not be concealed.
Two thousand taels, that was the profit of all the restaurants combined, for nearly five days!
From one thousand taels directly increased to two thousand taels, then no one made a sound, only to feel that the bidder’s brain is sick, the auction is so call price?
Boss Peng shot the pricing, the rest of the people who called the price cursed and left.
A crowd of people can’t get enough of it, a jar of wine sold for two thousand taels, this kind of thing in the past, they wouldn’t even dare to think about it!
Ya An ordered Wang Xu to receive the Immortal Drunkenness, he himself used his left hand to uncover the lid and took a whiff, he couldn’t help but sigh with emotion, “In this small Jinyang city, there will still be this kind of good wine, it really didn’t make me think of it.”
Wang Xu nodded, “This wine is indeed good, but the bidding price of two thousand taels, would it be too high?”
“High?” Ya An shook his head, “Do you remember the Star Picking House in Feng Tian City?”
“Naturally, I remember it, back then, if I hadn’t followed Gongzi, I wouldn’t have been able to enter that place.” Wang Xu recalled.
Star Picking Building, the most luxurious restaurant in Fengtian City, the officials hosted inside were up to the fifth rank at worst, and the highest level of the restaurant only hosted the royal relatives.
“There was a kind of wine in the Star Picking Building called Drunkenness, and at first there was someone who wanted to offer ten thousand taels to buy it, but it was rejected.
I once drank that Drunken Life and Dream, it was indeed extraordinary, but this Immortal Drunk, in my opinion, is still above that Drunken Life and Dream.” Ya An said confidently.
Wang Xu and Mo Lin Tian heard this and looked at each other.
The two of them had naturally heard of the Drunken Life and Dream of Death from the Star Picking House, which was an immortal wine that even Emperor Ming De had praised!
However, they didn’t have any doubts about the words of the Duke, which was why they were incomparably shocked.
“If this Immortal Drunkenness were to be publicized by Jubilee House and then auctioned off in Fengtian City, I’m confident that it would sell for more than ten thousand taels!
However, Master also has this mouthful, so when we return to the Imperial Capital later, it’s better to bring it to him to drink.
You guys put the wine away.”
“Alright, gongzi.” Mo Lin Tian wiped his right hand and the wine jar instantly disappeared.
Ya An paused and added, “Today, when I came to dine at this Moonwatch Residence, I was pleasantly surprised, apart from the dish called hot pot, there is also this Immortal Drunk.
I’m interested in the boss behind this place, Wang Xu, you talk to that Boss Peng, tomorrow at noon, I want to meet with his boss and talk about cooperation.”
“Okay, Your Excellency.”
“It’s getting late, let’s go back to the Qin Mansion.”
Ya’an turned and took a step, and Wang Xu and the two of them followed closely.
“Speaking of which, how long has Brother Qin been away?” Ya An asked.
“Reporting back to Your Excellency, counting today, it’s been three days.”
“Hmm.” Ya An nodded, pondering.
On the other side, in the Qin Mansion’s lobby, Erniang paced back and forth with an anxious face.
“Feng’er has already left for three days and hasn’t returned until now, could something have happened?
I’ve heard that there was an accident in Qi Yuan City earlier.
This child is also really something, favoring this time to go there.”
Qin Jianan comforted, “The child is big, it’s good to go out and see the world, madam doesn’t need to worry so much.”
Erniang sniffed, raised her eyebrows, crossed her waist with one hand and pointed at her nose, “You still have the face to say, a few days ago so dangerous, where did you go, only to come back at noon today!
I see Feng’er ah, is with you, always want me to worry!
Right, this time out to do business, and how much money lost two?”
Qin Jianan look stiff, hastily change the topic: “Mrs. you are right, Feng’er this kid, is a little not let people worry, wait for him to come back, I and you together, talk about him!”
Right at this moment, outside the Qin Mansion’s main door, came the voice that made their hearts long for it.
“I’m back!”
(End of chapter)