Chapter 59: High-Priced Wine

"General Chu, however much wine you have, I want it all!"

"General Chu, please hand over the sales rights for the wine to me; name your price!"

"Get lost, all of you! Only I am allowed to sell General Chu's wine!"

"Screw your mother, how much money does your Shuhuan Chamber of Commerce even have? My Datong Chamber of Commerce is worth twice yours!"

"......"

A group of merchants were blocked at the entrance by soldiers, arguing incessantly.

They looked very much like they were on the verge of starting a fight right there on the spot.

This entire scene was taken in by Chu Feng and the others.

"My, oh my, quite a lot of people have come!"

"Hehe, that is exactly the effect I wanted!"

Chu Feng was very satisfied with this.

The Heavy Cavalry he had been longing for finally had a prospect.

"Let them in; I want to have a good talk with these big shots."

"Yes, sir!"

Chu Feng prepared himself and headed to the reception hall.

The crowd that had been intercepted at the entrance also tidied themselves up and headed toward the reception hall.

Before long.

Everyone had gathered inside the reception hall.

Aside from Lu Shuwan, Zhu Kang did not make an appearance for this negotiation.

According to what he said, he was not good at dealing with these wealthy gentry and merchants.

"Greetings, everyone!"

"We pay our respects to General Chu!"

Thanks to the strong effect brought about by Ziran this time, those who came were all famous wealthy merchants of Anwu County.

"I am already aware of the purpose of your visit, and of course, I am also very happy to enter into cooperation with all of you!"

"General, if I may speak frankly!"

Fan Honglu cupped his hands in a salute and asked, "This wine only appeared once at Wangyue Pavilion; I wonder if we might have the honor of tasting it?"

"Yes! General, could we have a cup to taste?"

"......"

When this wine was at Wangyue Pavilion, it had already hooked their cravings.

Now that they had finally arrived at the source of the wine, they had to taste it.

"That is, of course, no problem!"

Chu Feng turned his head to look at Lu Shuwan, "Colonel Lu?"

"Yes!"

Lu Shuwan immediately brought out a wine jar and poured several bowls of one of the wines.

"That's right, this is the taste!"

The group of wealthy merchants looked at the poured wine, each of them craving it uncontrollably.

If this were not Chu Feng's territory.

They would have disregarded all decorum and started grabbing it on the spot.

"Everyone, please!"

"Many thanks, General!"

Every single person present.

Received a bowl of wine.

After drinking it, everyone was intoxicated.

"This... this wine..."

"It... it really only exists in the heavens!"

After everyone drank this wine, they were all stunned in place.

Their souls within their bodies could not help but leave their bodies at this moment, rushing straight into the clouds to reach that legendary heavenly palace.

"Good wine, truly good wine!!!"

Everyone praised it endlessly.

Afterward, everyone immediately downed the wine in their bowls, fearing that someone might covet the wine in their hands.

"General, I wonder what the name of this wine is."

"Spirit Beauty."

"Spirit Beauty!"

The crowd exclaimed in surprise.

Originally, Chu Feng had not yet decided on a name for this wine.

Lu Shuwan had a sudden inspiration and said the two words "Spirit Beauty."

She said that this wine became famous because of the poem about plum blossoms written by Chu Feng, and plum blossoms were the unique flowers of winter.

Taking the two words "Spirit Beauty" implied that this wine was a unique existence in the world.

Chu Feng was overjoyed and immediately adopted Lu Shuwan's suggestion.

"General, I want this wine; name your price!"

"General, I offer fifty taels, please sell this wine to me!"

"General, I offer sixty taels, I'll take all the wine you have here!"

The scene had once again turned into a bidding conference.

One by one, they bid frantically to obtain the wine from Chu Feng.

This wine was a unique existence here.

If sold, it would absolutely make a massive profit.

"Everyone, please calm down!"

Chu Feng raised his hand to signal, "Besides Spirit Beauty, we also have a wine called Midsummer Sun here."

"What? There's more!"

Everyone focused their gazes on Chu Feng once again.

This time, without Chu Feng needing to remind her, Lu Shuwan took out the other wine.

This wine was also named by Chu Feng.

Because its taste was as fiery as the midsummer sun, it was named Midsummer Sun.

After this wine was poured from the jar, the fragrance of the wine instantly filled the entire venue.

"My heavens, the aroma of this wine is even better!"

"I really want to taste it!"

The crowd never expected there to be such an unexpected delight.

Besides tasting Spirit Beauty, there was actually this wine called Midsummer Sun.

"Everyone, please!"

"Many thanks, General!"

Each person received another bowl of wine.

After a mouthful went down their throats.

Everyone suddenly felt as if they had fallen into a furnace.

"So hot, so fiery, such fragrant wine!"

"My god, this wine is so fiery it's like swallowing a knife!"

"Ah!!! Good wine! Truly good wine!"

A mouthful of Midsummer Sun went down.

All the coldness in their bodies vanished without a trace in an instant.

A fierce fragrance also lingered in their mouths for a long time.

Chu Feng took in the expressions of the crowd, and then Chu Feng added fuel to the fire.

"Everyone, this wine of mine is not easily obtained, and the quantity is not large, so I will only sell it to one family; I will sell it to whoever offers the highest price!"

The crowd immediately understood.

They knew that if they didn't bring out their best efforts this time, they would miss out on this wine.

"General, eighty taels for Spirit Beauty, I offer one hundred taels for Midsummer Sun."

"General, I offer ninety taels for Spirit Beauty, and one hundred and fifty taels for Midsummer Sun!"

The prices of the two wines continued to rise.

The voices of the bidders were also gradually decreasing.

Damn it!

This group of people is truly too wealthy.

Usually, they all cry poverty when met, but today they are shouting louder than one another.

Fan Honglu deliberated on the side for a long time, and finally, gritting his teeth and stomping his foot, he gave his price.

"General, two hundred and forty taels per jar for Life-Prolonging Wine, and I offer one hundred and sixty taels per jar for Spirit Plum Wine."

"Holy crap, there's a master here?"

When the two wines were bid up to over a hundred taels, they had already reached Chu Feng's expectations.

After all, besides costing a bit of grain, there was no other major consumption.

Lu Shuwan glanced at Chu Feng at this moment.

This guy had sold wine, of all things, for a sky-high price.

Over a hundred taels a jar.

A guaranteed profit of ten thousand times.

I believe that in the future, this fellow will probably be the richest person in all of Great Wei.

"Holy crap, Old Fan, are you not planning to live anymore?"

"You really dare to call out that price! Old Fan!"

"Two hundred and forty taels, one hundred and sixty taels, farewell!"

"......"

Everyone was scared off by this move from Fan Honglu.

To compete for the sales rights, this brother is truly risking his life!

Spending so much money just to drink these two mouthfuls of wine, whose money can withstand such burning!

For a time.

Only Fan Honglu remained in the entire reception hall.

Many people sneered at Fan Honglu as they left.

Quite a few people were already waiting to see Fan Honglu go bankrupt.

And then Chu Feng lowered the prices for the sale.

"Is Member Fan truly willing to purchase the Life-Prolonging Wine and Spirit Plum Wine at this price?"

"Y-yes... that is correct!"

Fan Honglu also felt uncertain inside, but in order to stand out, he was going all out.

"General, I intend to take one thousand jars of Life-Prolonging Wine, plus two thousand jars of Spirit Plum Wine; do you think that is acceptable?"

After speaking.

Fan Honglu just waited to leave it to fate.

After all, this was all the money he could scrape together at the moment.

"Of course that is acceptable!"

Chu Feng laughed, "However, I require payment upon delivery here."

"That is only natural; I ask that the General allow me two days to gather the funds!"

"No problem!"

After finalizing the deal, Fan Honglu hurried back to gather the money.

This time, he intended to make a big gamble.

The evening two days later.

Fan Honglu hurried to Chu Feng's military camp.

He handed over the 560,000 taels he had managed to scrape together with great difficulty to Chu Feng.

"General, this is 560,000 taels; please take a look."

"Hehe, I trust Member Fan's character; after all, we will still be cooperating in the future, won't we!"

"That is only natural!"

Fan Honglu forced a smile.

He did not know if he had truly bet correctly this time.

Finally.

Fan Honglu hauled his one thousand jars of Life-Prolonging Wine and two thousand jars of Spirit Plum Wine out of the military camp.

It was just that what they did not know was.

Two groups of people had quietly appeared within Anwu County at this very moment.

"Hahahaha..."

"We've struck it rich, we've struck it rich!"

Looking at the silver in his hands, Chu Feng could not stop grinning from ear to ear.

He believed that this wine would absolutely sell extremely well.

With this stable income from selling wine, his dream of forming a Heavy Cavalry would certainly not be just a dream.

"Look at how smug you are!"

Lu Shuwan glanced at Chu Feng, "Do you really believe your wine can sell that well?"

"That is only natural!"

Chu Feng said with full confidence, "Some people will spend a fortune just to win a beauty's smile; what is mere fine wine in their eyes?"

"That is true, I suppose!"

Lu Shuwan nodded to herself, then looked at Chu Feng again.

"General, I have a request!"

"Oh? What is it?"

"I would like to..."

"Watch out!"

Chu Feng suddenly sprang up.

He pulled Lu Shuwan close to his side in one motion.

"Ah!"

This sudden scene gave Lu Shuwan a huge fright.

Just as she was about to resist, she happened to see that an arrow had appeared in Chu Feng's hand.