In Qinzhou's Sansi shop, Fan Xiang looked the sick lieutenant Chi up and down, and was surprised: "The last time you came, you were scared, and you were cautious wherever you went, for fear of being seen by others." This time, the fresh clothes are angry, and the retinue is numerous, and it has become too big. ”

The sick lieutenant shook his sleeves carefully, and said a little embarrassedly: "Don't hide it from the official, now I come to the Song Realm to do business, it is with the permission of the Fanren government, for fear that someone on the road will be embarrassed, and he gave me an official job." ”

Fan Xiang shook his head again and again, this world is too amazing, far beyond his imagination.

Soon after Zhang Yuan, Tong Dalang and others got together that day, Zhang Yuan really went to find a few powerful clans in the party to participate. Incredibly, he actually moved Yuan Hao and partnered to start a company to do business. What Tong Dalang is doing now is actually equivalent to helping the most powerful people in the party make money, where can anyone dare to stop him.

The reason is very simple, some people question whether such a large-scale smuggling will fall into the trap of the Song people, Zhang Yuan said that the biggest business we do is to sell wine. Where does wine come from? Of course, it's made from grain. The wine of the Great Song Dynasty is delicious and cheap, and smuggling it to the party to sell it is equivalent to buying grain from the Great Song Dynasty, where can I find such a good thing? If Tong Dalang's business is a trap of the Great Song Dynasty, what people's brains will agree to sell wine, they sell salt is almost the same.

After a series of wars in autumn and winter, and now there is a shortage of food in the party, Yuan Hao listened to Zhang Yuan's rhetoric, and he couldn't wait to ban all the wine in the country and let Tong Dalang sell it. As for the gadgets that this company sells, Yuan Hao is not interested in asking at all. can supplement the party's food, and he can make money himself, Yuan Hao knows that these are enough. Tong Dalang was able to buy a large amount of wine in business, which means that there are people in the Song Kingdom who are greedy for money and secretly cooperate with him, so why bother with others.

After reading the purchase list brought by the sick Wei Chi, Fan Xiang said: "There are many prohibitions on gold and silver and other things being traded within the borders of the imperial court, not to mention selling them outside the borders, and all those related to this will be sold off, and you don't have to list them in the future." Copper and iron and the like can be used as weapons, but they are not allowed to be sold, and when they can be sold, they will tell you deliberately. Some other miscellaneous items can be sold to you by the three divisions, you see how to price it appropriately. - Hey, why do you want so much wine? ”

The sick lieutenant hurriedly said: "Our business can be done because of wine. The people did not stop them, because the wine was to be made from grain, and we sold it from here, saving them a lot of grain. Other things can not be sent, but wine must not be missing, otherwise this business will be difficult to do. As for the price, you can sell it according to the three stores, rest assured, we have a lot of interest to earn. ”

"I see, the thieves are very good, and use our wine to save their food." Fan Xiang said as he gave the list to Director Zheng next to him. "What is in the Sansi shop, except for what I just said, send it to them."

Director Zheng looked at the list, looked up and said, "Everything else can be sent now, but the wine is not enough." ”

When the sick lieutenant heard this, he was anxious: "Wine is absolutely indispensable!" Director, I wonder how long it will take to brew now? I can wait a few days. ”

Supervisor Zheng said: "No need, it's just that there is not enough wine in the shop, so I have to go to the camp to pull it." I see what you said above, wine must be the cheapest one, and it is only brewed in the fields. The food we sell here is all brought from the camp and mixed with water in the wine, and it does not last long, so the shop usually does not store much wine. ”

"Do you want to mix water in the wine? Director, if you don't mix the water, will it be more expensive? ”

Director Zheng shook his head at the sick lieutenant: "It's not expensive, if you don't mix it with water, the wine is too strong, and you will get drunk when you smell it, and you will drink the dead, and it will be difficult to eat." We all sell it with water, the more expensive one is half the wine and half the water, and the cheaper one bottle of wine is two bottles of water. It's the same for you to sell it there, otherwise people who have drunk this wine will say that you are not honest in your business. ”

Yingtianwu is now independent of Qinzhou, and Fan Xiang also knew for the first time that it was still the largest wine workshop in Qinzhou, so he couldn't help asking: "It turns out that wine is sold only when mixed with water, so is it the same for what we usually drink?" ”

Director Zheng shook his head again and again: "Of course not, what kind of identity is the general judgment?" How would you drink wine mixed with water. Only the cheapest one, which is sold in a vat, is mixed with water. The wine in the bottle that I usually drink is brewed directly, not mixed with water. ”

Xu Ping agreed to sell liquor to the party because the alcohol produced in large quantities by the camp was not grain, but sweet sorghum, which was equivalent to exchanging grass for party supplies. Smuggling wine has indeed helped the party save food, but it is not easy to calculate how much it really saves. Winemaking is a technical job, even if you know the brewing process of liquor, there is also a problem of screening and cultivation of koji, the yield of different koji is very different, and the party does not even have a beginner in this regard. If they were allowed to make their own wine from grain, the price of wine would inevitably remain high. Wine is not salt, and if you can't afford it, you won't drink it. And selling a large amount of cheap liquor to the party and letting them develop the habit of drinking alcohol is not necessarily a waste of food or a saving of food in the end.

Sweet sorghum cannot be fermented in solids, and what is produced is edible alcohol, not liquor. In order to facilitate transportation and preservation, they would raise the alcohol content very high and mix it with water when they sold it. The liquor that comes out in this way, the aroma of the string when distilled is basically gone, and it is not much stronger than the previous liquor, and the advantage is that it is cheap.

Director Zheng didn't know how Yingtianwu made that kind of wine, anyway, even the cheap wine was bought from them, and the shops everywhere mixed it with water before selling it.

Fan Xiang's heart moved, and said: "Since this is the case, then don't exchange water in Qinzhou, go directly from the camp and bring it back to the party, and you will redeem it when you sell it." By doing so, you can also save a lot of money on the road, and you can save longer. ”

The sick lieutenant Chi repeatedly said that he and Tong Dalang did this business, and the biggest cost was actually freight, so he could naturally save it.

Supervisor Zheng said: "Since this is the case, then I will send someone to the camp to report the news and ask them to send wine." So, I'll teach you how to pour water into the wine. Do you remember that we business people say that we business people say that you must not let the people who buy alcohol look at you with water, otherwise they will feel that the taste is not right in their mouths. ”

The sick lieutenant nodded again and again, and said in his heart that I bought the wine myself, and when I saw the store pouring water into it, I would definitely feel that the taste was wrong. No matter how strong the wine is, it will only taste like water in your mouth.

Pulling the sick lieutenant Chi aside, pointing to a large vat, Director Zheng took the trouble to say, "Use a new vat for water." Remember not to use the jar directly, first brush it with pepper water, and then dry it in a cool place. Don't try to save trouble, without this step, you may eat bad stomach after drinking your wine, so you must remember carefully. ”

While speaking, Director Zheng pointed to the basin next to him and said, "I have already let people brush this tank, and you can see that what is placed over there is pepper water." Also, mix water into the wine, whether it is river water or well water, remember not to use raw water, be sure to boil it and let it cool. Otherwise, you will also eat bad stomach! ”

The sick lieutenant nodded lately, but he didn't think so. Where are there so many things to eat, pull it back and divide it into several large tanks and mix it directly with water, but also peppercorns, and boil water, don't you want money?