That night, Sun Ce briefly entertained Zhou Yi's father and son. Under Sun Ce's persuasion, Zhou Yi's father and son stayed in Shouchun.

"Lord, the counties of Yangzhou have been replying one after another!" Guo Jia found Sun Ce.

"Oh?" Sun Ce raised his eyebrows, how long has it been since he sent the message, and there has already been a response?

"That's right, my lord, Huainan, Lujiang, Qichun and Wu Jun, who are close to each other, have already responded!" Guo Jiadao.

"What did they say?" Sun Ce nodded slightly, such a close county, the news should be delivered in a day or two.

"Huainan and the county guards of Qichun scoffed at the lord's orders, and the county guards of Lujiang and Wu County are packing their bags, and they will come to Shouchun in the near future!" Guo Jia replied.

"Hmmm! Keep waiting! Wait for the news of the remaining five counties! Sun Ce nodded, he was now thinking about papermaking in the future in the study! He has already figured out the general steps, and now it is time to practice, and in the selection of raw materials, it seems that he will not be able to finalize it until the experiment!

However, Sun Ce didn't plan to experiment on these troublesome things personally, after all, it would take a long time! He doesn't have that much time now, not to mention, he is about to fight, how can he have time?

"Fengxiao, what I told you last time, how did you do about the acquisition of the paper mill?" Sun Ce asked.

"Qi Yu Lord, his subordinates have the courage to buy under the banner of the Lord, and the paper mill and the wine shop have been purchased according to the Lord's instructions!" Guo Jia smiled slightly.

"You!" Sun Ce smiled dumbly, that's right, the acquisition under his banner must be the fastest, after all, he is a Hou Ye!

Although at the end of the Han Dynasty, the marquis did not look valuable, what the marquis of Guannei, the marquis of Guanwai, abounded, but Sun Ce, the marquis, is different, Sun Ce's marquis is the current saint Liu Hong personally sealed! Moreover, Liu Hong has already announced to the world that he gave the Chixiao Sword to Sun Ce!

Although this move has a feeling of hatred in Sun Ce's opinion, I have to say that it also greatly deters those with bad intentions! After all, Sun Ce killed you for nothing, and if you want to kill Sun Ce, it will be a big crime!

It is precisely because of such a prestige that Sun Ce can now be said to be able to be domineering in the entire Han Dynasty! Guo Jia went to work in the name of Sun Ce, and it would be much smoother!

Of course, this is just the opinion of most people, and there are some people who are not convinced by Sun Ce! thinks that he has strength, why should he obey Sun Ce in everything? It's like those big families with ghosts in their hearts, they all have a disdainful attitude towards the emperor, let alone Sun Ce?

"Good! Then let's go to this paper mill and wine shop now! Sun Ce nodded.

Sun Ce knew that during the Three Kingdoms period, Du Kang wine was already very popular, and this Du Kang wine was the most basic soju! That is, the prototype of distilled spirits! At the time, it was a fine wine! However, such a wine is not as good as the distilled liquor of later generations!

Although Sun Ce doesn't have any distillation equipment in his hands now, he can let the potter do it! Designing such a set of distillation equipment is not a difficult task for Sun Ce.

However, these are all for later, so let's wait for him to look at the scale of this winery before making a decision!

Following Guo Jia, Sun Ce came to a winery.

The scale of this winery is not too big, but it is not too small, and it is completely according to Sun Ce's standards! Sun Ce was also very satisfied with this.

"Shopkeeper, I wonder if you would like to continue to run this winery?" Sun Ce felt very satisfied after looking around.

"Continuing to operate?" The shopkeeper's name is Zheng Laoshi, he is a real person, he is very puzzled, if Sun Ce still wants him to continue to run this winery, why did he buy this winery?

"Hehe, that's right, don't ask why, you'll know in the future! I'm going to ask you now, would you like to?! Sun Ce smiled, he didn't say anything, anyway, after this Zheng Laoshi saw the soju he made, he would understand!

"Yes! Absolutely! Zheng Laoshi nodded again and again, this winery was handed down from his ancestors, if it wasn't for Sun Ce's forcible acquisition, he wouldn't want to sell it!

"Well, from now on, you will be in charge of this brewery! You don't care how profitable the winery is, every month I will pay you fifty taels of silver and ten stone of grain as a reward, what do you think? Sun Ce smiled slightly, the price he gave was definitely extremely high!

At this time in the late Han Dynasty, business was not very good, and this Zheng Laoshi might not have such a huge profit after a month of operation! Sun Ce's offering such conditions is undoubtedly a huge temptation for Zheng Laoshi!

"No...... No way! Zheng Laoshi swallowed his saliva, this is simply pie in the sky! But he still shook his head firmly, "Master Hou gives it like this, it's too much!" ”

"Hehe, it's okay, just ask you if you want to! You don't have to think about anything else! Strategies are not going to make loss-making deals! Sun Ce waved his hand, he was still sighing in his heart, this Zheng is honest, he is really too simple, and he even thinks that he is paying too much!

"Then I do! Willing! Zheng Laoshi nodded again and again, although he was honest, he was actually not stupid, such a big pie smashed on his head, he didn't want to blame!

"That's good!" Sun Ce nodded and said casually, "Feng Xiao, go and draw up a contract, let this Zheng honestly sign it!" ”

"Uh...... Lord. Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, and then said with some embarrassment, "What is this contract?" ”

"Oh yes!" Sun Ce slapped his head, there doesn't seem to be a word for contract yet! hurriedly explained, "This contract is something like a contract, which can bind Zheng Laoshi and me, and it is an equal clause for both parties!" ”

"I see!" Guo Jia nodded, and through Sun Ce's introduction, he roughly understood what this contract was.

"As for you, wait here first, remember, the brewery will be closed now, and I will say when it will open, and then it will open!" Sun Ce gave an order and left the winery!

Zheng Laoshi was very puzzled, how could this wine shop be sold without opening? What exactly does Sun Ce want to do?

However, now that the winery is no longer his business, there is no need for him to care about whether the winery can make money! Whatever Sun Ce says, he will do it, and that's it! Anyway, he gets paid every month!

So, Zheng Laoshi happily closed the winery, and then went home, very excited to tell his wife the news!