After carefully reading the contract, Liu He found that it did stipulate the number of 300,000 jars of wine and the price of ten taels of silver per jar, but the total price was not indicated.

Liu He thought for a while, pointed to the contract and asked: "The total price is not written on it, that is to say, as long as we deliver the goods on time, they will have to pay us 300,000 jars of wine according to the contract, does this mean?" ”

Hua Chi nodded, but said helplessly: "That's what I said, but the key is that I can't get 300,000 jars of wine in three months." Although the wine they ordered, although it was not like the Three Immortals Drunk, it would take a year to get out of the cellar, but it would take at least a month. All the wineries of my Hua family are combined, and they can only produce 50,000 jars of wine at most in a month, only 150,000 jars in three months, and those in stock are less than 200,000 jars, and in any case, they can't make up the 300,000 jars written on it. ”

Liu He thought about it for a long time, and suddenly proposed to go to the Hua family's wine cellar to have a look.

Hua Chi was overjoyed when he heard this, since Liu He said so, maybe he could really come up with some way. Seeing a glimmer of hope, Hua Chi immediately took Liu He to his wine cellar.

The wine cellar of the Hua family is in the city of Chengdu, and hundreds of large and small workshops are connected together, and you can smell the aroma of wine from afar.

This scene reminded Liu He of the original Sanxian Town, but at that time he just stood in front of the doors of those workshops and watched, but he didn't really see the whole process of winemaking.

This time, Liu He didn't say a word, just chose a small workshop and went straight to the backyard.

A few wine-making workers were busy nervously, and when they saw the owner coming in, they hurriedly stopped what they were doing and surrounded them.

The purpose of Liu He's trip was to understand the whole process of winemaking, and several workers explained to Liu He on the spot under the instruction of Hua Chi.

At this time, the winemaking process was obviously still very backward and very rough.

The whole process can be roughly divided into two parts, one is to make koji juice, and the other is to process the grain.

The koji juice is obtained from the koji, which is fermented by plants and processed until it arrives at the brewery.

The koji sauce is made by mashing the koji cubes, soaking them in water, and filtering out impurities.

The next step is to process the grain, which is steamed, cooled, and then added to the filtered koji juice, which is fermented in a vat, and then filtered and jard, and then the final product is produced.

The whole process sounds simple, but it's quite complicated to operate.

After several workers resumed their work, Liu He did not leave in a hurry, but stood aside and watched intently.

After looking at it for half an hour, Liu He suddenly turned his head and asked, "Is the wine koji block in your storehouse enough to brew 300,000 jars of wine?" ”

Seeing that Liu He finally spoke, and seemed to have thought of some way, Hua Chi hurriedly replied: "This wine koji block is like a weapon used by soldiers to kill the enemy, each wine shop must be well prepared, our Hua family's wine production is huge, even more so, if I remember correctly, the wine koji block for brewing 300,000 jars of wine is more than enough." ”

Seeing a smile on the corner of Liu He's mouth, Hua Chi asked excitedly, "Brother Liu, have you come up with any good way?" ”

Liu He beckoned to Hua Chi mysteriously, and when Hua Chi stepped forward, he whispered a few words in his ear.

After listening to Liu He's idea, Hua Chi was taken aback, "It's that simple? ”

Liu He smiled and nodded, "Yes, it's as simple as that, after three months, when we hand over 300,000 jars of wine, I'll see what they will do to pay for our wine." ”

According to the method Liu He said, Hua Chi spent three days building several large houses on a vacant lot outside the city, and moved all the winemaking equipment in the city's winery here.

The workers who had made a living from brewing for generations were dumbfounded when they saw these big houses.

I have been making wine for half my life, but I have never seen such a winemaking workshop.

After hearing Hua Chi's next instructions, these brewers looked at each other even more.

What Hua Chi said is actually very simple and clear, these big houses are used to mash wine koji blocks, filter the koji juice after soaking, steam the grain, mix the two together and ferment them, and the remaining one is specially used to fill the jar and seal it.

Ever since they took over the craft from their fathers, these brewers have been staying in a brewery, doing all the winemaking process on their own, and they have never heard of such a strange arrangement.

There is only one step in each big house, and after the completion of the process, a special person is responsible for sending the processed raw materials to the next big house, and the brewers in the big house only need to stay in the big house where they are and complete the process repeatedly.

In other words, the worker who is responsible for mashing the koji cubes is only responsible for this one job from the beginning to the end, and does not have to worry about the other steps.

Looking at those suspicious brewing workers, even Hua Chi, who gave these instructions in person, was a little lacking in confidence, and he didn't know if such a method would work.

The stakes were so high that Hua Chi had no choice but to tell Liu He about his worries.

Liu He looked confident, patted his chest and assured Hua Chi that a month later, that is, the day when the first batch of wine came out of the cellar, he would be able to see the results.

A month passed quickly for Liu He, but for Hua Chi, it was like a year.

The most difficult thing for Hua Chi is that in this month, Liu He did not allow him to step into the new wine shop outside the city for half a step, and he also said that he wanted to give him an unexpected surprise.

Hua Chi counted the days with his fingers every day, and finally counted to thirty days, his heart had already raised his throat, and he didn't dare to expect surprises, just hoping that he wouldn't be too surprised.

Seeing that the one-month deadline had arrived, Hua Chi left the city early in the morning and hurried to the new wine shop outside the city, only to find that Liu He had already rushed to the door before him.

Standing outside the door of the wine cellar, Hua Chi was a little uneasy, but he was still thinking about it in his heart.

At present, there are about 30,000 jars of wine in stock, and if you want to gather 300,000 jars within three months, you must have more than 90,000 jars of wine out of the cellar this time.

But according to the original output of only 50,000 jars, this number is almost doubled, Hua Chi, who grew up in the winery, can't believe that he can do this with just these big houses in front of him.