10: The name of immortal wine, the eve of the imperial examination, flying stars in dreams

"How to dispel sorrow? Only du kang wine. Ahem!"

The fragrance of wine filling the city slowly dissipated along with that cough.

But even so, people still seemed unable to snap out of it.

"du kang, du kang. What kind of wine is this?"

"Wine that dispels sorrow? I must taste it!"

"I wonder where it's sold."

In the ancestral grounds of the Chen Family, in the courtyard where Qin Chuan stayed.

"Phew, that was close!"

He fixed his gaze on the paper on the desk; the character 'Qing' had already appeared.

Fortunately, he gritted his teeth and controlled himself, not writing the second half of the poem.

Otherwise, if 'The Duke of Zhou spit out his food, and the hearts of the world turned to him' had come out, he would likely have been met with the armies of the Great Zhou imperial court.

Writing a poem to declare one's ambitions and recruit talents from all over the world?

Are you trying to rebel? Do you not want to live?

A moment later, Qin Chuan calmed down, looking at the only half-finished "Short Song Style", a satisfied expression finally appearing on his face.

At least the result was good!

"With this, the signature product of Xinghua Village Winery is set. du kang wine!"

— Unlike the obscure meaning of the poem "Qingming", the function of this half of the "Short Song Style" was very simple.

It purified wine, making its quality higher, and even carried a slight effect of relieving worry.

Qin Chuan pondered adding some marketing techniques, such as coupons or group-buying deals.

Dominating the wine market in Ying Province would be just around the corner!

In fact, before Qin Chuan could finish his daydream about dominating the wine industry, someone came looking for him.

The fastest ones were naturally the people from within the Family.

The first person to knock on Qin Chuan's door was someone he had not expected.

"Yo, old man, who are you looking for?"

Qin Chuan looked at the ruddy-faced, wealthy-looking fat old man in front of him and asked casually.

"Old... old man?" The fat old man pointed his short, chubby finger at himself, as if confused that he was being addressed that way.

Qin Chuan nodded, and the fat old man became amused.

"I saw some movement here just now. Were you writing poetry, young man? How come it looks like... there is only the first half? Where is the second half?"

"An expert!" Qin Chuan looked at this old man, finding him more and more familiar.

He replied in a second: "The second half, naturally, has not been written yet."

The fat old man was not so easily fooled: "Is it not written yet, or... you don't want to write it?"

Qin Chuan was startled and immediately said:

"Of course it hasn't been written. Don't I know my own business? You should go for more walks, old sir, otherwise it's not good for your health."

After speaking, Qin Chuan turned and left.

The fat old man stood there, laughing dumbly, muttering: "Regardless, remember that you have the entire Chen Family behind you, no need to worry."

After saying this, he strolled away slowly towards the core of the Chen Family grounds, just like an old man out for a walk.

After returning to his room, Qin Chuan felt more and more that the old man who had spoken his mind was somewhat familiar.

Does he look a bit like the old man who recited the prayer during the ancestor worship?

A member of the Chen Family, then it should be fine, just don't know his identity.

A clan elder of the Chen Family?

Not long after that old man left, Qin Chuan had already started planning how to open up the reputation of his Xinghua Village and du kang wine.

However, another batch of rewards came down within the Chen Family, even more generous than the last time.

This left him a bit confused.

In the end, after discussing with Chen Zhou and Zheng, a plan was reached.

— He would hand over Xinghua Village and du kang wine, along with the poetry, to the Family for management.

The initially set ratio was that he and the Family would each take fifty percent.

It was equivalent to Qin Chuan contributing the patent and recipe, enjoying half of the dividends, which was a relatively generous condition.

The advantage of this was that he did not need to undergo initial accumulation and could very well be a hands-off manager.

However, after Qin Chuan stated his business suggestions, this ratio changed to seventy-thirty!

The person negotiating with him almost shouted that Tao Zhu had been reborn.

He stated directly that if he weren't obsessed with the imperial examination, he could be responsible for taking over the Family's business.

Qin Chuan just smiled at this and didn't pay much attention.

— In all honesty, if he were to cast aside the Chen Family and do it alone, he could naturally obtain all the profits.

But his understanding of the Da Zhou World was not enough, and there were still significant risks.

The most critical point was: he could not devote all his energy to business.

He had to distinguish primary from secondary!

His Reincarnation into this world was primarily to gain the ability to break through the situation in the Main World; he must not lose the big picture for the sake of the small!

Meanwhile, inside the Prefect's mansion.

Su Qing was admiring the poetry hanging on the wall in front of him, which was the first half of the "Short Song Style".

The only flaw was that there was a large blank space after the character 'Qing'.

At this moment, he asked behind him: "Have you found out? Which great talent is it, and what is the content of the second half?"

Someone walked out from behind and said: "Second Master, it is said that it was accidentally written by Chen Wenyuan of the Chen Family, and the second half has not been thought of yet."

"Not thought of yet. Ha!"

Su Qing was noncommittal about this.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something.

"I remember my eldest brother's niece is about to reach the age of marriage, right? I wonder..."

"Ah? Young Miss Jun's personality... she might not be willing."

Su Qing waved his hand and said: "Whether she is willing or not, we will know after we try. It's just that I don't know if there is this opportunity."

Qin Chuan did not know that so many people were thinking about him at the moment.

After casting the matter of Xinghua Village out of his mind, he did not continue to be distracted.

As the time for the prefectural examination drew closer, not only him, but even the others in the house became more and more serious.

When passing by his room, they even deliberately walked softly, and he was served tonics three times a day, never repeating a dish.

It made Qin Chuan feel the atmosphere of the college entrance examination that he hadn't had a chance to experience before.

"When will these days end? Slurp."

With a bitter face, he swallowed the tasteless chicken soup in front of him and looked at Qing Mo who was serving him on the side.

"Qing Mo, have you eaten? Qing Mo?"

"Ah? Oh, this servant has eaten!" Qing Mo was a bit distracted, and only responded hurriedly a moment later.

Qin Chuan looked at his little maid, then looked at the chicken soup that hadn't been touched at all, and a plan immediately came to mind.

"It's fine, it's fine. Can you eat a little more even if you've eaten?" After saying that, without waiting for the other party to react, he scooped up the chicken soup with the spoon in his hand and stuffed it towards Qing Mo's mouth.

"Young Master, I... I can't. Mmph! Mmph! Mmph ( 灬°ω° 灬)!!!"

The girl, with the soup spoon shoved in her face, couldn't dodge in time, and to prevent the soup from splashing on her, she was forced to drink a mouthful.

Qin Chuan looked at Qing Mo, who had the soup spoon stuck in the corner of her mouth, with satisfaction and clapped his hands.

"Is it delicious? Alright, take this pot of chicken soup down and you must finish it!"

Qing Mo still hesitated: "But Young Master..."

"No buts. Just don't tell my mother later."

"Well... alright then." Qing Mo had to accept the order.

The eve of the prefectural examination.

Qin Chuan went to sleep early. Chen Zhou and Zheng prepared everything needed for the exam for him before leaving.

At night, Qin Chuan was fast asleep, when he suddenly felt a flying star enter his dream, reflecting the vast world!