In June, the capital began to heat up.

Now is the season of new summer grain harvest, and it is also a bumper harvest year, and many tycoons have left enough grain to store grain, and then more surplus grain will be released. There is more grain on the market, and naturally there is more wine, and the price is cheap.

Autumn grain is subject to taxes. Therefore, Qian Jin plans to take advantage of the summer grain harvest season to collect more wine, and the price of wine will increase in autumn and winter.

During this time, Ding Wei spent 2,000 taels of silver from Qian Jin, of which 200 taels were used for the daily expenses of the winery, and the remaining 1,800 taels were all purchased for rice wine, totaling 225,000 catties of rice wine.

During this period, 20 new stoves were added to the brewery, and two shifts were divided into two shifts every day to steam the sake. The whole brewery is in full swing every day.

According to Qian Jin's calculations, the degree of these rice wines is only 178 degrees, and about 50,000 catties of blended alcohol with a degree of about 80 degrees can be distilled. With these 50,000 catties of blended alcohol, Qian Jin has the confidence to open the door to do business.

A pound of rice wine on the market is only sold for ten yuan, and a pound of soju is sold for thirty yuan. If the winery buys alcohol and goes back to blend, only half a catty of rice wine and half a catty of blended alcohol can be made into a catty of blended wine with a degree of about 50 degrees. The taste is better than that of a burnt knife, and it tastes more fragrant, and most of the nutrients in it can be retained.

As for the price, Qian Jin calculated the account and planned to price 80 wen a catty, and 20 wen of this is the monopoly profit formed by the improvement of the quality of the wine. After all, the wine is here to drink, and the picture is refreshing for a while, but it is gone after drinking, and there are fewer people who drink it at a ridiculous price.

Therefore, the 50,000 catties of blended alcohol is almost 4,000 taels of input, and after deducting taxes and various expenses, it can almost net more than 1,500 taels of silver, which is a net profit of six or seven hundred taels per month on average.

If you don't have a family, you don't know the price of firewood and rice, and if you don't open a workshop, you don't know how difficult it is to make money. There is no such thing as a one-size-fits-all business, otherwise everyone would have gone to open a winery. Fortunately, Qian Jin supported this large group of people and had a stable source of income.

The business of Blossom House has been very stable. For those fabrics that were rewarded by the emperor, the main expense for the time being was only labor. The first batch of dresses was delivered, and the cashier of Blossom House was 1,200 taels. During this period, six or seven more women came to the flower shop to order clothes. In the past month or so, Huajian Fang has earned more than 1,600 taels, which is much better than the wine shop's business.

There is no such thing as eternal profiteering. As long as it is a profitable business, others will copy it. It is impossible for Huajianfang to eat alone all the time, and can only keep introducing new clothing styles in order to maintain its advantages.

For more than a month, Qian Jin and Silkworm Niang tried to make the first cheongsam and hung it in the store as the finale, but they didn't want to be unpopular all the time.

It wasn't until an official prostitute came to the door and saw the dress that Qian Jin figured out why. After all, Chen Guo's women are not yet open to the extent that they are comparable to those women in Shanghai at night. There is a split at the thigh of the cheongsam, and ordinary women dare not wear it. The official prostitute is different, she herself eats by hue.

Qian Jin only received 50 taels of silver from her. First, it is not easy to make money in this leather and meat business; Second, I also thank her for her discerning knowledge of goods and doing some promotion along the way. The first cheongsam was sold. Qian Jin is also a lot more down-to-earth.

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In a blink of an eye, Qian Jin called the whole family back to the courtyard.

The Wang family got the money early in the morning, bought a lot of meat and vegetables, and made a large table of sumptuous dinners. The crowd sat around the table. Qian Jin opened a pot of wine mixed with the alcohol in his own winery, and the room suddenly smelled of wine.

Lao Cao couldn't help but move his index finger when he smelled the aroma of wine, and hurriedly asked, "What kind of wine is so fragrant?" ”

The money was full for Lao Cao, and he said, "Drink the wine of your own wine shop today, it's enough." ”

Lao Cao couldn't help it, drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, and couldn't help smacking it when it was over, and praised: "Good wine." ”

Qian Jin helplessly poured it for him again, and said, "They can all drink more today, but Lao Cao, you have to drink less." This wine is not low, and it is easy to get drunk. ”

Lao Cao muttered a few words, probably wanting to find an opportunity to ask Ding Wei for a few pots.

Qian Jin picked up his wine glass and got up and said, "Thanks to everyone, our business is profitable." It's a holiday again, so let's stop working today and celebrate together. With that, Qian Jin drank all the wine in his cup.

Needless to say, Ding Wei and Jin Taiming usually drink. A few of them couldn't hold it back for a long time, and drank not a drop of the wine in front of them in one gulp, and couldn't help but taste it after drinking. Wang and Silkworm Niang also took a sip.

"Good wine...... Wine. ”

The crowd couldn't help but praise.

Qian Jin poured another glass and said with a smile: "What about this second glass of wine, I want to pay tribute to Shopkeeper Ding and Master Jin." You two have worked hard. ”

Ding Wei hurriedly said: "Master, don't you dare to say that. If you hadn't come forward to give my family a household post and take us in, my family wouldn't know which pimple nest they were in. This glass of wine must be toasted to you. With that, he drank his glass of wine.

A few days ago, Qian Jin went to Zhengnan Fangfang Zheng Yang Shun and made a special trip to handle the household stickers of Ding Wei's family of three, and since then Ding Wei has also had an official identity in the capital. Nothing else, but it shocked Yang Shun, and the dignified servant of the emperor actually worried about the household stickers of a few ordinary people.

Qian Jin and Jin Taiming were not vain, and both of them accompanied Ding Wei to finish the wine.

Wang persuaded beside him: "You eat some food first, don't burn your stomach." The silkworm girl felt sorry for Qian Jin, and had already secretly sandwiched a lot of vegetables in his bowl, and sandwiched some fragrant and glutinous rice.

Next to him, Li Liang was jealous and said, "Sister Hua won't give me vegetables now." ”

The silkworm girl then sandwiched another piece of meat for him, and scolded with a smile: "It's almost grown up, and you have to pick up vegetables." When you grow up, your daughter-in-law will take care of it. ”

Qian Jin raised his wine glass to Jin Taiming again, and sighed after drinking: "This world is unpredictable, Brother Liao, you, and I met in Linhai Mansion at the beginning, and they met in this capital again, but now there are only you and I left. He was good, and went to Suzhou to take office without a sound, and he didn't even invite a meal before leaving. I just can't figure it out, this champion is more important to him than to make friends? Originally, he planned to have a good meal with Liao Donglin before he took office and talk about it, but he forgot about the wine shop during this time, and Liao Donglin actually left Beijing without a sound.

Jin Taiming comforted: "Brother Liao has great ambitions, and he can't be reasonable. ”

"Forget it, don't talk about him. Brother Kim, let's drink another one. Qian Jin said that he touched the wine glass with Jin Taiming and killed them all. This wine is easy to eat. After a few glasses of wine, Qian Jin and several people were a little red-faced.

When the wine was half-drunk, the silkworm took out two red ropes and gave one to Qian Jin and Jin Taiming.

"Is this a particular thing?" Qian Jin asked.

"The people in my hometown said that they received the red rope on Qixi Festival, and this marriage will arrive soon. The two gentlemen haven't married yet, and it just so happens that there are still some colored threads in the store, so I wrapped two of them. Silkworm Niang explained.

Wang looked at Qian Jin and Silkworm Niang and smiled without saying a word.

Qian Jin picked up the red rope and looked at it, and found that the workmanship was fine, and it was quite beautiful to wrap around his hands, so he said: "Bao'er likes these things, and Emily likes them too, so will Sister Hua wrap two more when she is free?" ”

Next to him, Wang smiled and said: "Master, where can this red rope be given away casually, only to the beloved." ”

Qian Jin just wanted to ask Jin Taiming how he could have one, but he quickly stopped talking when he saw the silkworm girl's shy expression. It is estimated that the silkworm girl didn't want to be seen by everyone, so she pulled Brother Jin over as a cover...... Now that the imperial examination has been completed and the business has opened, it seems that it is time to give an explanation to the silkworm mother.

Thinking of this, he looked at the silkworm mother and said, "I have already sent someone to pick up my father and mother, and it is estimated that they have now set off for the capital." When the time comes, I will marry Sister Hua. ”

Next to him, Jin Taiming stroked his palm and praised: "It should have been like this a long time ago." ”

"Ling Zun and Ling Tang are coming to the capital?" When the silkworm girl heard this, she was a little distracted and exclaimed.

"Yes, I have already asked someone from the Hongyuan Dart Bureau to pick it up. Sister Hua is going to see her in-laws, and she is worried? Qian Jin said with a smile.

Next to him, the Wang family saw the dejected appearance of the silkworm girl, and knew that she was worried that her widowhood would be disliked. The woman's heart is still best known to the woman's family, so he asked Qian Jin with a smile: "Master, you men like three wives and four concubines, when the time comes, will you marry the flower girl back to be a big woman or a little concubine?" ”

"What kind of eldest woman and little concubine, I only marry Sister Hua." Qian Jin Zhengse said.

His words were not against his will. Silkworm Niang is a very careful and considerate woman, and she is ingenious and kind. For Qian Jin, marrying a wife is enough with these points. After getting along with each other during this time, he became more and more convinced that he was going to marry a silkworm girl, and he didn't care what a widow was not a widow.

"Do you know when Lingzun and them will arrive in the capital?" Silkworm Niang asked again.

"Presumably they have already set off from Jiangxi. If you take the waterway, it is estimated that you will be able to reach it in the next two months. ”

The silkworm girl just said "oh", but no longer answered.