Yang Deling, (1859—1945), Zi Zi Jiu, was born in Xiazha Township, Xiaoyi County, Shanxi Province. At the age of 14, he was apprenticed to a wine shop in Fenzhou, and won the master's excellent biography. At the age of 18, he was able to work as a foreman, and at the age of 21, he was promoted to the position of three shopkeepers.
Yang Deling's contribution to Fenjiu not only established the first joint-stock liquor enterprise, registered the first trademark in the liquor industry, and set up a management system similar to that of modern enterprises, but also extended this glory to the Republic of China when Shanxi merchants went from glory in Ming and Qing Dynasties to decline because of his Fenjiu business, and made Shanxi Liquor a success in the Republic of China. Integrating liquor enterprises
In the middle of Qing Dynasty, there were as many as 22O wineries in Xinghua Village, but they were still mainly produced by small family workshops. In 1875, the capitalist workshop "Baoquanyi" was founded. Opened a new page in the history of Fenjiu. In 1875, Wang Xieshu, a gentleman from Nanyuanzhai, Fenyang County, opened Baoquanyi Wine Shop in Lujia Street, Dongbao, Xinghua Village. The Wangs are well-to-do local households, and operate many trade names and banks in Fenyang County, Beijing and Tianjin. Baoquanyi Winery operated until the separation of Wang in the 4th year of the Republic of China (1915), and its assets were converted into 2, taels of silver.
In the 4th year of the Republic of China, Wang Xieqing, the third brother of Wang Xieshu, took over Baoquanyi Winery, changed its name to Quanyong, and hired Yang Deling, the former general manager of Baoquanyiyuan, as the manager. He adopted a friendly negotiation method to merge other wineries in Xinghua Village, focusing on Yiquanyong, and formed a brand-new counter, that is, people in Xinghua Village said that "everyone eats a pot, drinks a well and hangs a card".
In p>1915, the "Laobai Fenjiu" produced by Yiquanyong won the first-class gold medal at the Panama World Expo held in San Francisco, USA. The news came back to China and spread to Shanxi, and all walks of life were boiling for it. At that time, the Bingzhou New Newspaper, with the title of "the reputation of fine wine, the competition within the city, and the injustice of domestic products", cheered the Chinese people: Laobaifen shone brilliantly in North and South America, and Panama was a blockbuster.
In order to make this honor go down in history forever, Wang Xieqing and Yang Deling asked Shen Jizhuang, a scholar from Fenyang, to write "The Story of Jiuquan in Shenming Pavilion", and set a stone beside the ancient well in Xinghua Village.