Soon after the opening of Huajian Fang, more than a dozen Fanghua women came, four or five of whom Qian Jin met at the Yangmei Poetry Conference. Unexpectedly, these women called friends again, and more than a dozen people came to the store at once.

The silkworm girl measured their body circumference one by one, and wrote down their surnames and preferences one by one. Qian Jin couldn't help much, and he wanted to avoid suspicion, so he sat on the threshold and looked at the sky a little boringly.

The morning passed, and the silkworm mother was finally done with her work, and sent those women who were full of expectations to the door. After doing the math, I got a deposit of 600 taels of silver today. Each set of skirts, regardless of size, is at 80 taels a piece, and half of the deposit is collected.

Originally, Qian Jin wanted to price it a little higher, after all, there was no other semicolon in the capital that could make dresses. Later, I thought about it, he was doing a long-term business, and these boudoir women had no source of income, so they all saved up the monthly money given by the family to make clothes, and the asking price was too high for fear that they would have no money to spend in the future, and he would not do anything about drying up and fishing. Besides, 80 taels for a piece of clothing is more than the average person's annual expenses, and it is not a small amount.

With the 600 taels of silver in the account, the money felt a little better. However, he didn't plan to use these silver taels, they were all for silkworm girls.

The next few days are busy. 15 sets of clothes, only the silkworm girl alone, it will take a month to make a full count. It seems that he is going to eat the food box with Jin Taiming for a while now.

Qian Jin couldn't help but start to have a headache with manpower.

Everything needs people, and it must be trustworthy. Unreliable people come to the flower shop to help, and one day they may steal the patterns of the clothes and take them to another store. The living life of the courtyard house also needs to be taken care of, and the winery also needs people to start work.

Qian Jin has always had high expectations for that Ding Wei. Snakes have snake paths, rats have rat nests, and only when they are mixed in the circle will they know a lot of unknown insiders. Ding Wei has been in the capital for several years, and he must be more familiar with the circle at the bottom than himself. I hope this Ding Wei will not let himself down, if he rolls up the twenty taels of silver and runs away, he will have to look for a new candidate.

Time passed day by day, and the silkworm girl was busy in the flower shop every day until dark. Qian Jin couldn't help much, so he sketched all the clothes he could think of in his mind. There are cheongsams, shirts, shorts, T-shirts, etc., and so on.

Silkworm Niang also came to observe in her spare time. She had never seen these clothes before, and although she was shocked in her heart, she preconceived that her master was a genius, so she didn't think about it so much.

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In a blink of an eye, it was the end of May, and the time to meet Ding Wei in Chunfeng Building had arrived.

Early in the morning, Qian Jin arrived at Chunfeng Building. The shopkeeper recognized Qian Jin, hurriedly lost the work in his hand, walked to him in a few steps and said: "Shu Caomin has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, and he bumped into Qian Shi before." ”

"Shopkeeper, what do you have to offend me?" Qian Jinqi said.

"The last time you had a dispute with that Chen Xiong, it has already spread. At the time of the incident, the grass people ...... reported to the official. The shopkeeper said with some trepidation.

Qian Jin finally remembered that he beat Chen Xiong in Chunfeng Building that day, and it was the shopkeeper who reported to the official. Afterwards, he thought that it was not easy for someone to run a restaurant, so he didn't take the matter to heart. Now that he has become the champion, it is estimated that the shopkeeper is afraid that he will settle accounts after the autumn, so he patted the shopkeeper's shoulder with a smile and said: "How big of a deal I still have, the shopkeeper's relaxation is." ”

When the shopkeeper heard that Qian Jin didn't plan to pursue the past, he hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you Qian for talking about ignoring the past suspicions." ”

Qian Jin laughed when he heard this: "Speaking of which, I still stained the light of your Chunfeng Building, otherwise how could I be the top student in high school?" ”

The shopkeeper was also very happy when he got the money in. You must know that a restaurant needs not only cooking skills and good wine, but also signboards. If the new champion can go to his shop to drink every once in a while, is he still afraid that the business will be bad? So he said with a smile: "Qian Shi said that if you like the wine of the shop, you will come often in the future." If nothing else, there is enough drink. ”

Qian Jin knew what the shopkeeper was thinking about, but he didn't reveal it, after all, it was not easy for people to open the door to do business, and asked: "Your Fenjiu tastes really good." But you made it homemade? ”

"Exactly, winemaking is also an industry among the grass people. Qian Shi said that he was interested in this wine business? The shopkeeper wondered.

"I'll talk about this later", Qian Jin compared Ding Wei's appearance as he said, and asked, "Is there a man waiting for me here these days?" ”

The shopkeeper thought about it for a while, and remembered that in the past two days, there was indeed a man in his early thirties who often came to Chunfeng Lou, and every time he ordered a pot of wine and a few side dishes, and sat all day, he replied: "There is such a person, and now he is sitting on the second floor." ”

Qian Jin hurriedly climbed up to the second floor and found that Ding Wei was really here, and he couldn't help but put down a big stone in his heart.

Ding Wei heard someone going upstairs, and turned his head to see that it was the money he had been waiting for for two days to come in. He immediately got up and knelt down and cried, "Master, the grass people have finally waited for you." ”

"Get up and talk", Qian Jin was in a good mood when he saw Ding Wei, and asked again: "Are all the family members back?" ”

"Now it is still settled in Wanping County. I remembered the day I had agreed with my lord, so I went back to Beijing first. ”

"Bring them all back tomorrow. I still have a few spare rooms there, and I live there. ”

Ding Wei wanted to thank him again, but Qian Jin hurriedly supported him and said, "I am counting on you to help when I come back." It's time to call you Shopkeeper Ding in the future. ”

"What is the use of my command, sir."

"Sit down and talk." Qian Jin raised his hand to invite Ding Wei to sit down, and shouted downstairs: "Shopkeeper, two more pots of good wine, plus a few appetizers." After the two sat down, Qian Jin asked again: "How is it, how have you been living outside in the past few months?" ”

"Thanks to the old man, it's okay."

"Have all the food you who were driven out of Beijing last time come back?"

"The grain and grass transported have arrived in the capital one after another. Now the limelight is not so tight, and the bold ones have returned. ”

Qian Jin nodded. It took about five or six months to carry this transport, and the reason why the last time I drove away the food was probably delayed due to the blockage of the Grand Canal. When the grain entered the capital and the wheat in the north was ripe, his brewery had sufficient raw materials.

At this time, the shopkeeper personally went upstairs with wine and food.

Qian Jin smiled and thanked the shopkeeper, and after seeing him go downstairs, he filled Ding Wei with a glass of wine and said, "Drink this cup first, and I'll tell you something later." ”

Ding Wei drank as he said.

Qian Jin straightened his thoughts and asked, "I heard that your family originally made wine?" ”

"If you talk about this winemaking, the grass people can still explain a thing or two. Isn't the old man planning to make a living selling wine? When Ding Wei heard the wine, his demeanor became more lively.

"That's what I mean, but I don't have anyone to help." Qian Jin said.

Ding Wei thought for a while and said: "Winemaking is actually profitable, and it needs to be measured. As far as I know, a pound of rice wine in the capital is only sold for 10 yuan, and a burning knife that has received water can be sold for 30 yuan. At present, there are 600,000 people in the capital, and I count him as 20% of the men who drink, and there are 120,000 people here. Ordinary people drink half a catty a day, and I count it as 50,000 catties of wine. If the rice wine and the burning knife are half to half, the daily drinking water in this capital will be 1,000 taels of silver. ”

Qian Jin listened carefully and motioned for Ding Wei to continue.

"The grass people were conservative just now. In addition, the soldiers on the border were also big drinkers. Therefore, if the lord wants to make a living from this wine, he can do it with confidence. It's just that there are many merchants selling wine here, and everyone shares a pot of porridge. ”

Qian Jin frowned. As the saying goes, "insiders look at the doorway, outsiders look at the excitement". After listening to Ding Wei's explanation, he realized that this wine market is not so simple. The people's preferences for wine are varied, and no winery can eat alone.

Previously, he had planned to use high-concentration alcohol to blend with ordinary rice wine, which not only increased the degree of the wine, but also improved the taste. Now it seems that even if he made this wine, it was only a better taste than the roast knives on the market.

Qian Jin thought for a while and asked, "If the wine I make is much stronger than the burning knives on the market, can I make money?" ”

Ding Weiqi said: "Dare to ask the master how strong this wine is?" ”

"A pound of spirits and a pound of rice wine are blended, and the degree is just about the same as the degree of burning knives on the market." Qian Jin explained.

Ding Wei thought about it a little in his heart, and then asked: "According to the master, the degree of your wine is high enough, but I don't know what the yield is?" ”

Qian Jin smiled but didn't answer, and only compared the word "eight" with his hand.

Ding Wei stared at his master for a while, but his eyes were full of shock. Of course, he knows that ordinary rice wine is less than 20 degrees. If you add a distillation process, you can increase the degree to sixty or seventy degrees. If you want to increase the degree again, you have to add another distillation process. But there are more processes, and the wine vapor is volatilized, and the yield is less.

He pondered it for a moment and said, "In that case, why should the master go to the winery to steal business again?" Just sell the spirits directly to the winery. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

Ding Wei settled down and put what he thought in his heart one by one: "Master, northerners like to drink high-grade wine, but there are not many choices in the market except for burning knives. With your spirits, and then blended with grain wine, sorghum wine, etc., not only can this degree be varied, but also the taste can be blended. The wine you have made is like that little bit of gold, and it has the effect of turning decay into magic. ”

Qian Jin only listened to the first half of the paragraph and already understood what Ding Wei meant. Sure enough, it was unclear, and after Ding Weiyi's explanation, the way of operation of this winery was also clear. Later, he no longer sold wine, but alcohol. He wanted to start a new industry, and that was - blending wine.

In this way, he does not have to compete with wineries for business, because all wineries can be his next home. Thinking of this, Qian Jin couldn't help but stroke his palm and praised: "Wonderful." Your words made me pause. ”

"It's the master's trick." Ding Wei smiled a little shyly.

Now that the plan has been decided, Qian Jin made up his mind, and ordered: "This winery can't be opened in the capital, you can help me find a workshop in Wanping County first, and then help me find forty or fifty people, all of which must be reliable." Besides, you'll have to help me find four or five more tailors. Is it difficult? ”

"Manpower is not a problem, just wrap it up on the grass people."

Qian Jin took out a money bag containing a hundred taels of silver, and said, "You can take these taels of silver first." Let's take the women and children first, and then we will live in my courtyard. There is also a bookkeeper to show you about it. ”

"Listen to the master."