In order to replenish the inventory of the warehouse and prepare for the transformation of the winery, Liu Rui had to take time to go to the county seat.

In the past, the rice needed to make wine in Liujia Distillery was only 100 catties per day, and sometimes it was not brewed every day, so it was only able to digest one ton of rice in a month. Since opening up the market in the county, basically two hundred catties of rice can be consumed every day, and the monthly amount is only three tons, which is not a large amount.

Because in the past, the market faced by Liujia Distillery was all from the countryside, and the main products were low-alcohol bulk rice wine, so in order to save costs, Liujia basically used aged rice as a raw material for winemaking. Although the yield of aged rice is somewhat low, the very low cost is quite cost-effective.

In the past, with just a phone call, the rice mill in the county that sells aged rice would send a car to deliver the Liu family's monthly portion, which was simple and trouble-free. However, this time Liu Rui planned to change the rice varieties ordered, so he could only go to the county seat to see it himself.

The noon sun is still brilliant, shining warmly on people's bodies. However, Liu Rui, who was riding a motorcycle, felt the cold wind blowing in his face, and then he understood that he had not left in winter, and was still by his side.

The whistling north wind whistled past the helmet, whining like the wind of a knife, searching for something to wreak havoc on. Fortunately, Liu Rui had the foresight to put on a closed helmet early, put on a windbreaker, and put on gloves. Under such full armament, no matter how strong the wind and how cold it is, Liu Rui still can't feel too much chill.

Compared with other seasons, the scenery around Xiaojing Lake in winter has a sense of loneliness, although most of the vegetation is still verdant, but the occasional appearance of one or two deciduous trees all remind Liu Rui that there is still some time before the arrival of spring. Fortunately, the migratory birds flying by the lake add a lot of vitality to Xiaojing Lake, or elegant, or gorgeous figures perfectly blend with the surrounding lakes and mountains, like a beautiful landscape painting.

Entering the city again, Liu Rui felt that the county seat had almost become a big construction site, with demolition, construction, and road repairs everywhere, and the originally quiet town had now become much more noisy. Without delaying on the road, nor looking at the sad spring and autumn of the quiet town that was passing, Liu Rui rode a motorcycle and soon came to the area where the rice processing factory in the east of the city was concentrated.

Although Qingshan has many mountainous areas and primeval forests, thanks to the river at the intersection of Zhongheng, Qingshan County has a large number of river valleys and plains, and has a large number of fertile fields. In addition, Qingshan County has abundant sunshine and abundant precipitation every year, Qingshan County has become a national commercial grain production base, and the rice produced here every year is exported to inside and outside the province, and it is a well-known land of fish and rice.

In particular, Aoyama's specialty fragrant rice, named 'Aoyama fragrant rice', is deeply loved by consumers, and the product is in short supply.

Liu Rui's motorcycle is just close to the relatively concentrated area of rice processing factories in the east of the city, and you can hear the roaring sound of machines, which can be regarded as one of the core development of Qingshan County.

In the past, Qingshan County did not have much industrial base, and the only thing that could generate a lot of income was commercial grain. Before the grain market was opened, the task of supplying grain to the outside world fell on the grain bureau, and private individuals and other collectives naturally had no access to it.

After the grain market was opened, the self-employed households quickly defeated the grain bureau with flexible management methods and enthusiastic service, and firmly controlled the grain market in Qingshan County. The rise of self-employed households and private enterprises has also created this area in the east of the city, and 80% of the grain sold to the outside world in Qingshan County every year goes out from here and enters thousands of households.

This time, Liu Rui did not plan to order aged rice to go back to brewing as usual, after all, the starch content of aged rice is relatively good, and the wine yield is relatively low. In addition, the rice wine brewed from aged rice will have a somewhat musty taste, which will affect the taste.

If it is replaced with the previous low-grade bulk rice wine, the impact of this taste is minimal, but Liu Rui's future market positioning determines that he must start to strictly control the raw materials and try to achieve excellence.

After wandering around the processing area for most of the day and shopping around, Liu Rui finally selected his supplier again and placed an order for ten tons of commercial grain and rice every month. As soon as I heard that Liu Rui was taking it back to make wine and was a long-term regular customer, the other party immediately proposed that it could be purchased on credit first, and then the monthly settlement was made.

For such a result, Liu Rui is naturally quite satisfied, after all, this can save a lot of money, and the quality of the goods in the future is guaranteed enough. After all, with a contract written in black and white, coupled with the payment on credit, the supplier will not dare to do anything in the follow-up supply.

After getting the supply of rice, Liu Rui ran around in various markets in the city, buying a large number of strange herbs, cereals, etc., which made people a little confused. Only Liu Rui knew in his heart that these grass roots, tree bark and grains were all raw materials for the preparation of koji, but in order to avoid the leakage of the secret recipe, Liu Rui would not buy all the materials in the same place at once, but in different places.

In the past, the koji brewed by the Liu family winery was all made by the Liu family who went up the mountain to collect herbs and came back for configuration, which was quite troublesome. However, with the development of commodity society, Liu Rui naturally wants to focus on the market, which can save more time and energy.

After the raw materials bought back are processed and processed accordingly, they are mixed with the powder ground from grains and grains, and they can be turned into the secret recipe koji that the Liu family relies on for survival. The configuration of these koji can only be understood by the Liu family, one less material, or which material is not the right weight, is enough to scrap the entire koji!

It was also under Liu Jiahong's careful guidance in the past few months that Liu Rui began to master the production method of koji, and then gradually took over the task of purchasing raw materials. After returning home, Liu Rui also had to do it himself and turn all these raw materials into koji, so that the steamed rice could be fermented to produce alcohol, and finally turned into mellow wine.

This time Liu Rui basically didn't delay much when he entered the city, and rushed back immediately after finishing his work, after all, there are still a lot of things at home, and now is not the time to play. As for the rice ordered, the processing plant will naturally send a car to Liu's house, so there is no need for Liu Rui to worry about it.

(To be continued)