Qiao Hui and Ye Huayu led the manager and guards of Jubao Pavilion to pick up a housekeeper named Du from the princess's mansion. A group of more than ten people rode out of the city and headed straight for the imperial village.

Mr. Du is about 40 years old and is serious and answers questions along the way. He does not rely on the princess' identity to put on airs. Qiao Hui has already found out that Mr. Du is the blood relative of Empress Dowager Du and is one of the people Zhao Yanrong trusts the most. Be kind.

He asked people for advice with great pride and thoughtfulness.

The Huangzhuang is located in the southeast of the capital, not far from the Bian River. A canal was built to divert water and irrigate the fields, and the land was fertile. Shortly after the wheat harvest ended, the hard-working farmers were turning over the soil to remove insects and preparing for the next season's planting.

There are nearly a hundred tenants who depend on the imperial village, a few of whom are victims who fled famine, and most of them are imperial soldiers who are disabled due to injuries. There is a head of the farm and several servants in charge of the management of the imperial village and daily chores.

As soon as the housekeeper Du arrived, the village head and the servants served him diligently and trepidatedly. Qiao Hui looked around inside and outside, letting the managers who accompanied him stay and instructed the farm to renovate the house and courtyard, and transform it into a place suitable for brewing and storing wine.

After leaving the Huangzhuang, everyone turned to the nearby Tangjiazhuang winery. According to Qiao Hui's idea, the original wine was brewed from a ready-made winery, and then sent to the Huangzhuang for distillation and purification, and finally sold to Jubao Pavilion. Considering that

The competition in the future is very fierce, and we must firmly control the brewing of raw wine in our own hands to avoid being stuck in our necks.

The fields of Tangjiazhuang are full of sorghum, with thick stems. From a distance, they look like rows of soldiers arranged neatly, which is spectacular. The winery is located in the northwest corner of the village, covering several acres of land, with high walls around it. The gate is on the gate.

A colorful flag was treed, and the golden words "Tang's Wine House" were embroidered on the flag. The fragrance of wine floating in the air was smelled for several miles.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, which had already alarmed the owner of the winery, Tang Xiangui. He welcomed him out and saw a team of knights running towards him. He felt nervous, and his weathered face seemed even more sad.

I saw the visitor strangled the horse and slowed down, and then slapped off the horse one after another. The round-faced boy in the lead took a few steps and bowed, "I'm down Qiao Hui, disturbing the elders! I heard that this Tang's winery was going to be sold to the outside world, but I don't know if the news was made.

true?"

Tang Xianren was a virgin. When he saw the style and weapons of the crowd, he knew that the other party was either rich or noble. He respectfully returned, saying, "The villain is Tang Xiangui, the master of the winery. He has seen Mr. Qiao! Mr. Ruo

Take over with sincerity and everything is easy to discuss.”

Qiao Hui smiled and said, "That depends on whether this winery is worth buying."

Tang Xiangui straightened his chest and said proudly: "My Tang family brewing wine is a craft passed down from the founding of the Tang Dynasty! The Bianhechun brewed by my winery is also quite famous in the capital, the most

When it is prosperous, you can sell a thousand kilograms of wine every day! Moreover, sorghum is planted around Tangjiazhuang, so there is no need to worry about the shortage of grain for brewing, which also saves the cost of transporting and collecting grain. The winery has all kinds of wine making utensils and tools,

You can start work by taking over without wasting time to re-built.”

Qiao Hui said: "Since the winery is so good, why does Boss Tang transfer it?"

Tang Xiangui coughed twice and said, "I am old and can't stand my body anymore. I want to enjoy a few more days of happiness. But my son has been staying in the capital to do business, and has lived a life of drunkenness and dreams, and he is no longer willing to go back to this remote countryside to endure hardships.

If there is no successor, just sell it!"

Qiao Hui sighed: "It's a pity that the ancestral craftsmanship has been interrupted."

Tang Xiangui's face twitched slightly, his gray beard shook, and a ray of resentment flashed in his eyes. He lowered his head and said, "Please move and follow the villain to see how the winery is?"

Qiao Hui smiled and said, "It's better to obey your orders than respect, please!"

Tang Xiangui led everyone into the winery and casually introduced the various processes and utensils of winemaking, and interspersed with several historical allusions. From the production of wine koji, to the drying, boiling, steaming, fermenting, to the collection and filtering of sorghum,

Blending, storing, and every link is well known. In fact, large-scale winemaking is a tedious process. Just cleaning, crushing, screening, drying, steaming, etc. of grain requires enough venue and labor, let alone fermentation tanks.

Maintenance and management. Any of these links has been made. The wine brewed is prone to moldy, burnt, sour and bitter. At that time, even the cost cannot be recovered and you will lose to death.

Tang's winery hired skilled workers, each performing his or her duties, busy and orderly. When he saw Qiao Hui and other strangers entering the winemaking area, he could not help but whisper.

To Qiao Hui's surprise, the wine cellar was filled with sealed wine jars, all of which were 50 kilograms per jar, about 200 jars. He smiled and said, "Boss Tang, it depends on the situation."

Bianhechun’s sales are not very good! You should also sell this batch of backlog of wineries while selling wineries, right?”

Tang Xiangui's face turned red and he smiled bitterly: "Young master is a wise man, and the villain doesn't hide it. There are 12,150 kilograms of Bianhechun, which is calculated as twenty cents per kilogram of wine.

It’s not expensive to remove the fractions, but it’s not expensive to make silver with three thousand taels of patterns?”

Qiao Hui frowned and said, "Boss Tang, you are doing business. Did you not control your wine when fermenting well? The wine tastes sour and bitter, so it was rejected?"

Tang Xiangui seemed to be under strong humiliation, glared at his eyes and said loudly: "I dare to swear in the name of the ancestors of the Tang family. The wine is of high quality and there is no problem!" After that, he asked someone to bring the wine bowl and opened a jar on the spot.

Please ask Qiao Hui and his party to taste the wine at will.

After scooping the wine, Qiao Hui nodded secretly. He could not devalue his winemaking skills against his conscience, and said in confusion: "This wine is refreshing and sweet, and twenty cents per pound is not expensive, so how can it not be sold?"

Kaifeng gathers a population of millions, countless wealthy people, singing and singing every night, and the daily consumption of wine is 100,000 kilograms. This inventory of Tang's winery is nothing at all.

Tang Xiangui stumbled for a while and gritted his teeth and said, "Transporting wine from Tangjiazhuang to the capital must pass through Fenglin Ferry. For some reason, the river gang that controls the ferry suddenly changed his face, either rejecting the carriage from the winery to cross the river, or letting the

People make trouble, or charge high river crossing fees, which makes me lose all my old customers. I look for people everywhere to seek relationships, hoping that the river will give high support, but I never get a clear answer. Tens of thousands of kilograms of wine will be sold.

But the money for food, firewood, labor and various miscellaneous expenses still have to be paid. If you don’t get any money for the winery, how can you keep it?”

Qiao Hui frowned and said, "As far as I can tell, once I take over, wouldn't I have to deal with the harassment of the He Gang?"

Tang Xiangui sighed dejectedly: "There are many people in the river gang, and Tang cannot afford to mess with him. If the young master is not afraid of trouble, he can buy the wine shop and the land, store the wine and buy the raw materials at a price of 5,000 taels. How about it?

?”

Before Qiao Hui could express his opinion, someone ran in panic and shouted: "Boss, it's not good, the people from the He Gang are heading straight to the winery!"

Tang Xiangui was shocked and angry, and said, "It's too much to deceive others, too much to deceive others! Do these bastards have any other kingly laws in their eyes? Are they planning to rob them openly? They really forced me to the dead end, and everyone died together.

!”
Chapter completed!