Qin Yun then poured the signature fruit wine of Xiayue Restaurant!
A gentle taste revealed it was the same as Qiuxiang!
Qin Yun, unwilling to accept it, poured the signature fruit wines of Qiuyue Restaurant and Dongyue Restaurant together to taste!
The result was that the signature fruit wines of the two major restaurants, Autumn and Winter, tasted exactly the same as Guixiang!
Qin Yun held the wine cup and fell into deep thought!
What she could be sure of was that Madam Min had poisoned her, and the evidence was the Zhu Xue Cao!
At the same time, Mr. Jin was Madam Min's accomplice!
Qin Family's Guixiang and Qiuxiang, two types of fruit wines, were old brands from Qin Ji Distillery.
The craftsmanship of Guixiang and Qiuxiang was passed down from Qin Yuanzhang's grandfather's generation!
Before Qin Yuanzhang, their ancestors were ordinary commoners. In those days, their ancestors survived by brewing and selling fruit wine, maintaining a basic livelihood!
Later, Qin Yuanzhang passed the imperial examination and became a minor official in the capital. He opened several small distilleries in the capital and gradually expanded, becoming the current Qin Ji Distillery!
Now, the people behind the four major restaurants, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, involved members of the royal family!
Given Madam Min's limited capabilities, it was impossible for the four major restaurants, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, to be associated with Madam Min! This meant.... the four major restaurants were not secretly operated by Madam Min!
It was possible that someone in the Qin Manor had secretly sold the fruit wine secret recipe of Qin Ji Distillery!
Given Qin Yuanzhang's trust in Madam Min during his youth, the leakage of the fruit wine secret recipe was likely being investigated!
Thinking of this, Qin Yun's eyes were filled with malice!
Since the secret recipes for Qin Ji Distillery's two fruit wines had been stolen and sold!
Then who was the person who came forward to sell them?
Could it be Mr. Jin?
Or someone else?
Someone who could interact with the outside world without being discovered!
Could it be that Madam Min, besides her affair with Mr. Jin, also had someone outside the manor?
The more she thought about these things, the more her scalp tingled!
The matter of Qin Ji Distillery seemed to be getting more and more troublesome!
"Mistress, you haven't tasted the fruit wine from a small teahouse yet!" Hong Fu reminded her!
Qin Yun pulled her thoughts back!
Hong Fu took out the fruit wine bought from the teahouse and poured a small cup for Qin Yun!
Qin Yun took a light sip!
As expected, it tasted either like Qiuxiang or Guixiang!
Qin Yun was now overwhelmed!
The development of events had completely exceeded her expectations!
Moreover, with her current fledgling status in officialdom, she couldn't control the four major restaurants, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter!
"If I'm not mistaken, the current Mingyue Restaurant and this small teahouse were opened by people from the second branch!"
"As for the four major restaurants, someone in the manor stole and sold the fruit wine secret recipe of our Qin Ji Distillery!"
Hong Fu frowned. "Could the second branch be the one who resold the Qin Manor's fruit wine secret recipe?"
"It's not impossible. Even if it was someone from the second branch, who took the secret recipe out to sell?"
At this moment, Qing Shan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly spoke. "Mistress, Mingyue Restaurant and that small teahouse were both newly opened in the past two years! If you want to know whose name they were opened under, I can get the property deeds of those shops for Mistress!"
"As for the fruit wine secret recipe, since it has been sold, it is worthless for now. If we brew even better fruit wine, Qin Ji Distillery's business will recover. As for the people behind the four major restaurants, they will secretly purchase our fruit wine secret recipe again! Then it will be easier for us!"
Hearing this news, Qin Yun nodded in agreement!
She was becoming more and more satisfied with Qing Shan!
"This method is good! It's a pity that brewing wine is a difficult task, and it's even harder to brew better fruit wine!" Qin Yun fell into a dilemma again!
If you want the fish to bite, you need good bait! Where could she get this bait?
"Mistress, it's actually not difficult!" Qing Shan's words were astonishing again!
Qin Yun smiled and said seriously, "Do you have better fruit wine?"
"Mistress, Mr. Qin can handle this matter!"
Qin Yun was surprised. "My father?"
"Mistress, don't forget, Mr. Qin's great-grandfather, grandfather, and father were all skilled fruit wine brewers for three consecutive generations! Do you think Mr. Qin did not receive the true teachings?"
Qing Shan smiled again. "Mr. Qin only became an official in the capital, with a salary and income from his distillery, so he has not felt troubled by life all these years, which is why Mr. Qin has not personally brewed fruit wine! However... not doing it does not mean he doesn't know how!"
A word awakens the dreamer!
Qin Yun smiled. "Qing Shan, you are truly a treasure to this official. You've thought of everything!"
"Mistress praises me, I am merely stating facts!"
"You are right! All the ancestors of our Qin Manor were fruit wine brewers. My father grew up beside his grandfather, so he naturally learned the true teachings of his great-grandfather and grandfather! It's just that the Qin Manor has not worried about livelihood in recent years, and instead forgot that my father knew how to brew wine!"
Qin Yun crossed her arms, her face full of confidence. "If my father personally brews, he will definitely be a master brewer!"
"Guixiang and Qiuxiang seem to be the treasures of Qin Ji Distillery, but perhaps in the eyes of our ancestors, they were just two among many fruit wines! My father must have better fruit wine secret recipes, but those recipes are in my father's mind and skills!"
Thinking of this, Qin Yun's mood improved again!
"Now, all that's left is the property deeds of Mingyue Restaurant and that small teahouse! As long as the property deeds are in hand, everything will be within my grasp!"
"Remember, swap the account books of Mingyue Restaurant and the small teahouse for me! I want to see the original account books of these two shops!"
"Yes, Mistress!"
Once the property deeds were in hand and the account books were completely controlled, she would make Madam Min die a complete death!
Now, apart from the matter of the fruit wine secret recipe being troublesome, she should be grateful to the second branch for secretly earning her so much money! The restaurant business had expanded from three to five, hahaha!
In a few days, she would make the second branch spit out all the money they had swallowed!
"It's still early, let's disguise ourselves and go visit the four major restaurants, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter!"
Qin Yun's lips curled slightly!
To know oneself and one's enemy, one can win a hundred battles!
The people behind the four major restaurants dared to plot against Qin Ji Distillery, so she had to find a way to turn the tables!
Don't they like to steal others' secret recipes?
Then she would give the other party a perfect secret recipe!
These four dishes, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, were indeed large. If she could eat them, it would be best to consume them!
If she couldn't eat them, she would destroy them!
She would destroy them the same way they appeared out of nowhere.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth! She, Qin Yun, was not a vegetarian, nor a lamb to be slaughtered!
Thinking of them trying to take advantage here, it depended on whether she would give them face!
After she dealt with Madam Min and her group, she would find time to have some fun with the people behind the four major restaurants, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter!