Chapter 47: Raising Money for the Grand Opening

  The wine is done, Fang Yu Ai was happy for a while, but then she started worrying again. She had spent all her money on brewing the wine, so where would she get the money to buy the shop?

  Fang Yiai paced back and forth in the house, this wine profit is not small, I estimate it will make many people jealous, so Fang Yiai does not plan to let family members intervene. If family members also intervene, then it's not something that can be easily dismissed as children being naughty. Since he can't ask his family for money, he can only think of a way himself.

  "Linglong, do we have money?" Fang Yiai asked after thinking for half a day and scratching her head.

  "Second Master, we do have some money, together with mine, it should be over a hundred taels!"

  After listening to Linglong's words, Fang Yiai couldn't help but sigh, this is really too little, this amount of money is not enough to buy a store.

  "Second Master, are you worried about the money for buying a shop?" Zheng Liyuan asked with a gentle smile after taking a sip of tea.

  "...Miss Zheng, do you have a way?" Fang Yiai took one look at Zheng Liwan's confident appearance and knew that this woman already had a plan.

  "It's very simple, you can just go borrow some money!" Zheng Liwan said lightly.

  "Borrow money? Who am I going to borrow from? Just my friends, they're good at spending money, but borrowing from them is like trying to get blood from a stone! Take Li Ye and Li Ye's brothers for example, as soon as they get their salary, it all goes to Xianmeng Building. The rest of the time is spent swindling others. And don't even get me started on Wei Chi's twins, they'll squander whatever money they have, borrowing from them? That's just a pipe dream!"

  "Second Master, how can you say that about your own friend?" Zheng Liwan was teased by Fang Yiai and couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. After laughing for a while, she composed herself and whispered: "Just because they're not capable doesn't mean others aren't either. Look, there's someone right in front of you who can help you."

  "Miss Zheng, you have money?" Fang Yi'ai looked at Zheng Liwan in surprise.

  "Can't I have money? To be honest, the gold and silver jewelry in my hand is absolutely worth tens of thousands of taels! Zheng Liwan looked at Fang Yiai with a playful smile, paused for a moment before lowering her voice and saying: "Second Master, lending you money is not difficult at all, but you must agree to one condition!"

  Fang Yi Ai carefully looked at the expression on Zheng Li Wan's face, what did this woman want to do after all? Should he agree or not? Zheng Li Wan was not a simple woman, don't be fooled by her easy smile, but that condition was absolutely not so easily fulfilled!

  Fang Yu thought for a moment and decided to take the gamble. "Alright, I agree to your terms, Miss Zheng. Now it's your turn to state your conditions!"

  "Second Master, indeed refreshing! As for what conditions, forgive me for keeping you in suspense. It's not the time to say it out yet, when the time comes, I will naturally tell you!" Zheng Liwan lightly waved her sleeve and stood up, smiling at Xiao Huan: "Xiao Huan, it's getting late, we should head back too!"

  "Yes, miss!"

  Zheng Liwan didn't linger for a moment, and with light steps, she left the Fang residence with Xiao Huan. Fang Yiai sat in her chair thinking about what had just happened, feeling as if she had been led by the nose all along. This woman was so deep and mysterious, and whenever Zheng Liwan was around, Fang Yiai always felt a sense of powerlessness. Beautiful yet always leaving people with a sense of suspense.

  "It's really frustrating! You've obviously thought it through, but you won't say it out loud!" Fang Yiai gently slapped the table, this Zheng Liqian is still not willing to give up.

  "Second Master, you shouldn't have agreed to Zheng's daughter earlier. Who knows what conditions she'll come up with?" Linglong had always felt that Zheng Liyuan wasn't being sincere, or else why would she make such a big mystery out of it?

  "Linglong, don't worry, I've got it under control. I think Zheng Liyuan won't be able to come up with any tricks either!" Fang Yiai wasn't too worried about Zheng Liyuan, because she was just a woman after all, and he himself was no longer the original Fang Yiai.

  At night, the old man tasted the new wine and, stroking his beard, was delighted to give this wine a name "Drunk No Return"!

  The next day, Fang Yiai and Zheng Liwan spent 2,000 taels of silver to buy a wine house in the most prosperous area of Xishi, naming it "Qingfeng Building". Fang Yiai also asked someone to write a couplet on the pillar: "Reading the heroes and daughters of the world, tasting famous wines without getting drunk or returning!"

  As long as it's a man, he won't admit defeat, let alone in the prosperous Tang Dynasty where martial arts are prevalent. You've written such a couplet at the door, isn't it obvious that you're looking down on men in Chang'an who can't drink? As a result, Qingfeng Tower was packed with customers from the first day of its opening, and after guests had a taste of Qingfeng Tower's Drunken Return, they couldn't put it down again. What's more, some people even shouted loudly in the Western Market, "Two hundred taels of silver for a jar of Drunken Return!"

  Such a fiery scene was not expected by Zheng Liwan, and at the time Fang Yiliang asked someone to write this couplet, she still had some worries. Now, however, she can't help but admire Fang Yiliang's ingenuity. This way of attracting customers is truly out of this world.

  Zui Bu Gui didn't leave for three days and had already made a name for itself in Chang'an City. After tasting Zui Bu Gui, all the merchants in Chang'an City were stirred up, they swarmed to Qingfeng Building, with only one purpose, that is to buy Zui Bu Gui.