"so much?"
Li Kuan looked at the thick stack of books in his hand, and when he flipped through it, he could see that there were densely written names of different people. Some signed up alone, some with brothers and sisters, and some even came as a family to sign up. Makes the number of participants several times more than planned.
Qian Wu couldn't laugh or cry and said, "These are still half of them, and the other half was left there and didn't bring them!"
Li Kuan looked in the direction Qian Wu was pointing, and he saw the piles of notebooks. With one book of 10,000 people, there were more than a dozen books. In other words, there were at least a hundred thousand people participating. With such a large base, even Li Kuan is a little worried.
"It's more than that!" Qian Wu added, "Because of the government's approval, this event is different from the past. Even the local government knows about such a big movement, and there are too many people. Even the patrol army is sent to supervise it to avoid accidents."
Li Kuan was stunned. He really didn't expect that this event would make such a big noise. Not only the government would participate in it, but even the city patrol army would also participate. In this case, this incident must have alarmed Li Shimin in the imperial city, and this is the really difficult thing to do.
Suddenly, Li Kuan was a little embarrassed on his face. He looked at Qian Wu's playful smile and asked, pretending to be all right: "Master, does the emperor know?"
Qian Wu didn't know what Li Kuan was thinking, so he paused for a while pretending to be mysterious and replied: "I know, not only that, it also means that I will come here in person!"
"No way!"
Li Kuan shook his hands with fright, his eyes widened, his face full of incredible. Although he had never heard of private visits by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he knew that Li Shimin was definitely the real master, and he dared to take risks alone for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji. This kind of courage was definitely beyond the reach of ordinary emperors.
If it were other emperors, Li Kuan would not take it seriously. Quan would just listen to a joke, and would not take it to heart. If it is placed on Li Shimin, he is really worried that he will actually appear on the scene. If this is the case, then the meaning of this event will change.
On the other hand, Li Shimin’s presence in person is definitely better than any propaganda activity. There is an emperor who speaks for the wine shop, which is something that can’t be done with money. The more Li Kuan thinks about it, the more he feels that this matter must continue, even if it is to increase the cost even more.
"The news from the palace said that the emperor also came to be interested after learning about it, but I don't know if he will come in person." Qian Wu's next words made Li Kuan a little relieved and a little disappointed. "You don't really want the emperor to come in person!" New Bayi Chinese website first published https://https://
Li Kuan nodded and said yes, the mental energy on his face made Qian Wu not know what to say. As for whether the emperor would come, Li Kuan didn't really worry about it. Right now, he still solves the problem of so many people playing together.
Originally, Li Kuan planned to invest three hundred jars of high-quality liquor to be enough, but now the plan cannot keep up with the changes, and the number of people exceeds expectations. If each person has an altar, it will cost hundreds of thousands of altars, even if the wine shop does not make so many days and nights.
Brewing requires a long process, and it's not about boiling water in half an hour. Moreover, the inventory of the wine shop is only 100,000 altars, of which 80% are in the wine shops in Gangneung City, and 20% are in the capital wine shops, and based on the current total monthly wine sales of the capital wine shops, the maximum is 100 per month. When you come to the altar, there will be thousands of altars in one year.
The wine shops in Beijing are not as well-known as Tianxialou, and the daily consumption of drinks by Tianxialou has already matched the current volume of the wine shops in January. If it hadn't been for Li Kuan to see far, he would forcibly transport 20,000 jugs of wine, fearing that the current amount would not be enough to drink.
Even if it is a bowl of hundreds of thousands per person, there are tens of thousands of jars of wine. Moreover, although the alcohol is high, it can make people drunk before reaching a bowl of alcohol, unless it is the case of people who cannot drink enough. People with good alcohol can drink half of it. Only the real mass can make one or two jars of alcohol. .
Seeing that Li Kuan was a little irritable, Zhao Qian frowned from time to time, saying, "My son, although there are many people, it is not impossible. In terms of the amount of alcohol of the three of us, not to mention the large amount, it is also in the middle of the crowd. The three of us can't finish drinking one bottle and stay awake. It's better to take three bowls as a point and let everyone in the competition drink three bowls to get the next qualification."
Li Kuan also thought about this issue. However, the bowls of the Tang Dynasty were really big, unlike modern small bowls, they were definitely big bowls. If a bowl of wine was filled, it would be half a catty. With such a large number of people, one and a half catties per person would cost 300,000 catties for the initial screening, which is equivalent to 30,000 altars. Not to mention the subsequent competitions, the primaries alone have exceeded the inventory.
Zhao Qian calculated it mentally, and realized that this suggestion was inappropriate, and several people were silent again. After a while, Wang Huai said: "My son, start with a bowl of six or two or six dollars. Each person can pass ten steps after drinking a bowl without being obviously drunk."
Li Kuan wondered if this suggestion was feasible. The inventory of a bowl of wine is absolutely sufficient, and the number of people in the next round will inevitably be greatly reduced, so the inventory of 20,000 is absolutely sufficient. At the same time, Li Kuan secretly ordered the wine shop to step up time to make wine. If the wine shop becomes famous, it will attract more people to buy it. If the business is prosperous, the consumption of wine will be more, and it is really difficult to handle it without a lot of reserves. Come.
Therefore, this matter followed Wang Huai's proposal, a bowl of liquor worth six or two or six dollars, as long as the drink can still walk ten steps without falling, the next round of competition can proceed. The problem of small numbers and large numbers of people comes to an end for the time being. The next thing we face is the problem of space. No place can accommodate so many people.
If it is held in a wine shop, it is only a fraction of it, and it will be overcrowded, not to mention there are hundreds of thousands of people waiting. When Li Kuan looked sad, Qian Wu said, “Don’t worry about this. The emperor has already issued an edict to allow the patrol army to send thousands of people to garrison. In addition, other wine shops have suspended operations, and even other nearby shops have to act on orders and suspend operations."
Li Kuan asked suspiciously: "Did they agree?"
"The emperor has the purpose and naturally agree!" Qian Wu's serious answer seemed that Li Kuan's question was unnecessary, and Li Kuan smiled. Now that both problems have been resolved, I hurriedly arranged the matter to avoid the urgency of the shopkeeper.
The next day, the wine shop’s primary election rules were just like what Wang Huai said. Those who love wine dismissed it and got up and left a little bit angrily. They think that their drinking is not bad, and the owner of the wine shop obviously looks down on them, and a bowl of wine is not enough to fill their teeth.
In fact, those who did not leave after drinking, took ten steps according to the regulations and succeeded in staying, while those who failed were directly carried down to sober up. Those who left halfway saw the memorable expressions on other faces, regretted it, and wanted to continue to participate and were already disqualified. (End of this chapter)