Although the money is not very much, the price of grain in Datang Zhenguan for 10 years is unimaginably low, and the retail price in the market is only 5 yuan a bucket, and if you purchase a large amount, you don't even need four yuan, that is, about three and a half yuan a bucket.

In layman's terms, the price of rice at this time is equivalent to the price of rice in the early 90s in later generations, about three cents a catty.

A family of 5 spends 5 yuan a year, which is enough to live at a well-off level.

And the last time the emperor rewarded Li Zhonghua with 100 gold and 300 silver, according to the conversion calculation at this time, there were 1,300 yuan, and it would not be a problem to live an ordinary life and feed more than 100 people.

Therefore, although Li Zhonghua doesn't have much money, he actually pays it back, and there is not much pressure to eat mutton at once, and the capital of winemaking is still taken out.

It's just that as a Shuangliu County man, just living an ordinary life is definitely not good.

Zhenguan ten years, the world has been peaceful, the wind of luxury has gradually risen, officials compare with each other, gifts and gifts, is also rising rapidly.

In case one day, a certain prince and other dignitaries hold a banquet, and you live in Chang'an City in Shuangliu County, and people give you an invitation, which is worthy of you.

But if you are too light, not only will you have no face, but even the host who invited you will feel very faceless, thinking that you look down on him and insult him.

It is even more impossible to give heavy gifts, and the entire Shuangliu County Men's Mansion may not be able to make up 1,000 taels of silver.

Therefore, Li Zhonghua is still very short of money, and he must make money quickly.

Buying a large amount of turbid liquor from the street and distilling it for purification is the fastest way to produce benefits, but it is not the most cost-effective.

There are all kinds of wine on the street, the quality is uneven, the price difference is also very large, the cheap wine, the wine is only 20 Wen, the price of good wine is frighteningly high, like the Jiannan Shochu Spring Wine in Jiannan Road, as high as 3,000 yuan a bucket, and often in short supply, sometimes even asking for 4,000 yuan a bucket of wine.

The money for drinking a bucket of good wine is almost enough for a family of five to live for a year.

But for Li Zhonghua, there is no difference between the so-called good wine and bad wine, and it will eventually be distilled and purified.

The so-called scarcity is expensive, and even if the cheapest wine is purchased in large quantities, the price will also rise.

However, in fact, 20 yuan a bucket of wine is also very expensive for those poor people, and they usually don't drink it much.

If the price rises again, many people will not be able to afford to drink at all.

Therefore, Li Zhonghua is determined to follow the path of making his own wine in the future.

However, it took too long to make his own wine, and he couldn't afford to wait now, so he still had to send someone to the market to buy some turbid wine for the time being, and there was no way to disturb the market temporarily.

While distilling liquor, Li Zhonghua did not forget about growing vegetables and grains.

500 acres of fiefdom, he is not in a hurry for the time being, after all, the seeds he brought are very limited.

In the back garden of his Shuangliu County Men's Mansion, he let his subordinates reclaim a small piece of land to sow some vegetables suitable for this season.

There are also sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, these are all high-yield crops, and the taste is also good, at least much stronger than the corn and millet that Datang eats now.

In the 10 years of Zhenguan, the population of the entire Tang Dynasty was only twenty or thirty million at best, and the land resources were 10 points rich.

However, due to various reasons, the yield of grain is extremely low, basically the yield per mu is 200 catties, and even the yield per mu of many lands is only 100 catties.

If there is no major natural disaster, it is enough to eat, but if there is a natural disaster, it is still inevitable that a large number of victims will emerge and be displaced.

In short, the peasants of this era farmed the land and completely depended on the sky for food.

Datang continued to use foreign troops, and most of the men in their prime were conscripted, and most of those who stayed were old, weak, sick and disabled, especially in Hanzhong.

No matter how much land there is, but no one cultivates it, and the yield is low, the food problem will still often plague Datang.

For example, now, if grain from the south cannot be transferred to Chang'an in a timely manner in a disaster year, grain prices will soar.

For example, three years ago, due to the soaring river water, grain ships in the south could not enter Beijing in time, and the price of grain in Chang'an City changed three times a day, and at the most expensive time, it was more than 60 yuan a bucket, and ordinary people could not afford to eat it at all.

Li Ke, the king of Shu, would come to the men's mansion in Shuangliu County from time to time, and sometimes he would not give up, hoping that Luo Feiyan and the others would return to the palace of the king of Shu and make various guarantees.

But these are useless, Luo Feiyan and the others will not be able to go back.

Seeing that Li Zhonghua had already started to make wine, he immediately set his sights on the right to sell wine.

"Zhonghua, you have all this wine at home, haven't you found a buyer? Or this king will give you a bag. Li Ke said with a smile.

"There is no need for the time being, your majesty has wrapped all these wines, and the wine will be sold to you." Li Zhonghua said in a contemptuous tone.

"What? So much wine, my father wants it all? Li Ke said in surprise.

"Is that more? These wines are not only needed in the palace, but also in the army, whether it is to keep out the cold or to heal wounds, the army is very useful. ”

"Then you have made a fortune, and this king also has merit for this, it is this king who has made a statement to his father, stating the many benefits of your wine, and you say how you should thank this king."

"Then how do you want me to thank you, and if you want my sisters, you don't have to think about it anymore, unless you can move them."

The two are also people who have shared hardships, and they have a good relationship, and they are very casual when they talk in private.

"You have already recognized them as sisters, isn't that equivalent to the king's sisters? Therefore, this kind of talk will not be mentioned in the future.

In the future, you will have to wrap up the wine in this palace, this is not too much, right? Li Ke, the king of Shu, waved his hand and said.

"There's no problem with this, at most I'll give you a discount." Li Zhonghua said with a smile.

"What? Do you still want to collect money? Beautiful you! We are brothers in distress, and this king also gave you ten sisters, are you still embarrassed to accept money? ”

Li Ke, the king of Shu, looked angry and indignant, pointed at Li Zhonghua and said.

"You say it's a brother, you see that your brothers are so poor, a family of 100 people and 100 people live on the money earned from selling wine, which is not as rich as your Shu Wangfu! Let's not talk about earning your money, at least you have to give the capital to your brother, right? Li Zhonghua said bitterly.

"You have the ability to make wine, and you have the skill of medicine, you will still be poor, and you will not cry poor in front of this king.

By the way, how much did you sell this wine to the imperial court? ”

"How dare you ask for a high price for the wine sold to Your Majesty and the imperial court, at most it will be hard-earned money, and the wine will be a thousand yuan at most!" Li Zhonghua said very casually.

"Such a good wine, you only sell it for 1,000 yuan! Forget it, in the future, the wine of the Shu Wangfu will be given at this price! ”

1,000 yuan a bucket of wine, in the eyes of Li Ke, the king of Shu, is really not expensive, so he is too lazy to worry about Li Zhonghua.

Originally, in his heart, the price of this wine should at least be much more expensive than Jiannan Shochu Spring Wine.

If it was really tens of thousands of dollars a bucket, he really wanted to take advantage of Li Zhonghua, after all, although the Shu Wangfu was rich, the expenses were also very large, and if he could save it, he would have to save it.

1000 Wen yuan for a bucket of wine is already very expensive in Li Zhonghua's heart, but as soon as he saw the expression of Li Ke, the king of Shu, he knew that he was still too kind, and the price was a little low!