Chapter 513 Still no one is optimistic
In fact, they are right, as Hu Cheng said before, Dulonggang has not done a winemaking workshop for several generations, you know, this private winemaking is not comparable to a big workshop.
Zhu Biao is only sixteen years old, even if he subdues the tiger, he may not be able to subdue people's hearts, how can the tricks in the wine shop be so easy to master?
Not to mention whether you can sell the wine or not, it is not easy to make a drinkable wine.
There are not one or two wineries on the market that have gone bankrupt and lost money.
After the banquet, Li Ying and Hu Cheng left one after another.
After Li Cheng went back, he summoned his henchman Du Xing and said about it, Du Xing thought for a moment and said: "Big official, villain also thinks that this Zhu Biao has lost his mind and is crazy, isn't there any side effect of practicing martial arts, and he has become stupid?"
When Li Ying heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "You kid dare to make fun of this guy, I'm not afraid that this Zhu Biao will hear about giving you a punch, even if it is five of you, you can't afford it." β
Du Xing said with a smile: "The villain is just joking a few words in front of the big officials, and in front of Zhu Biao, the villain will naturally be cautious." β
Li Ying smiled and said: "I naturally save it, but I have never understood it thoroughly, this Zhu Biao is a good person, why do you want to do that wine-making business? Could it be that he has found a way to sell wine? The name of the wine I reported to him is all common in this generation of restaurants, and there are home-brewed moonshine wines in the countryside, who will buy his wine?"
Du Xing said with a smile: "I heard that he took the big worm to the street, and the county lord met him and went to the restaurant to drink and talk with him, did he persuade the county to buy the wine he brewed all over the county?"
Li Ying said with a smile: "What's the use of persuading the county lord? Those restaurants in the county seat, the one behind them is not supported by the head snake, or the Yamen Clerk's Office has a stake? Even if the county lord agrees, without these people nodding, I am afraid it will not be possible." Anyway, don't mention this, I'll lie down and see where Zhu Biao goes!"
Hu Cheng returned home and also told Hu Taigong, Hu Taigong frowned and thought for a long time, and said: "Now that the price of grain is high, if your sister-in-law makes wine, how do you think you can recover the cost?"
Hu Cheng frowned and said: "If you want to make good wine, you must have rice and wheat; but if you just want to be cheap, you can also use sorghum, this thing can be harvested in drought and flood, and the price is not expensive, but sorghum is used as the base material to make wine, and the wine can't be drunk at all, so I haven't made wine, and I know it!"
Hu Cheng continued: "Maybe sell it to the bitter ha? How can he sell it for a few dollars? Isn't it that he wants to sell it to the Khitan people in the north? But the Khitan nobles naturally drink good wine, and the Khitan below is bitter haha, even if he likes to drink, but he sends it all the way over, and those bitter haha can't afford it?"
Hu Taigong smiled: "What you said is right, but it's a pity that Zhu Biao, this child, is young and ambitious, I'm afraid that I will be blinded by this hero's majesty. β
They didn't know that at this time, Zhu Biao had already recruited three winemakers who had done winery in the past, and said with a smile: "This is the signing document, this is the silver money, you look for someone from the yamen or someone you know, and sign it if you are satisfied. β
Although the Great Song Dynasty was rich, but the taxes were also heavy, especially Cai Jing, a famous traitor in history, openly proposed to the emperor the strategic concept of "Fengheng Yuda", which tickled the bastard emperor, so the rulers of Bianjing City sang and danced to promote peace, and sang songs every night, which was simply a very prosperous world; and Cai Jing and his party members took the opportunity to exploit the people under the banner of "changing the law" and wantonly exploited the people, causing great damage to social production.
Therefore, the bankruptcy of the winery abounds, because no matter how good the craftsmanship is, it cannot stand the exploitation of the officials, and if the relationship is not in place, then bankruptcy is inevitable.
The three in front of him are all people from Yanggu County, and the leader is called Fang Canghai, who turned out to be the shopkeeper of an excellent winery in Yanggu County, apprenticed at the age of twelve or thirteen, and became a big worker in the fire and cutting materials step by step, and was promoted to the shopkeeper. And the other two are the apprentices he brought out, one is called Yuan Xiaoying, Yuan Xiaoxiong, originally he also had two capable apprentices, respectively called Yuan Xiaohao Yuan Xiaojie, because of his bad temper, he collided with nobles, and was killed by someone who designed to use Jianghu hawkers.
They work hard for a year, and the hard-earned money is not enough to make the usual money, and those guys in normal shops, even if they can eat enough when they are apprentices for three years, even if they don't want to take the salary, even if they get the salary, it is considered rich and abnormal to get two or three times a year.
And take two times a month, I'm afraid it's a guy from the famous Fan Lou in Bianjing City who has this treatment.
Although Fang Canghai couldn't believe that pie would fall from the sky, he couldn't resist the temptation after all, so he took the documents and went to the county seat, consulted with the priest who was familiar with him before, and inquired about Zhu Biao's majestic deeds, and finally put his mind at ease and signed a clerical contract with Zhu Biao.
Soon Zhujiazhuang hired workers in Pantuo Road, built a winery, and arranged for people to buy sorghum on a large scale.
"What? Zhu Biao's house is buying sorghum on a large scale, and he has already entered dozens of stones in the past few days? Is he crazy? Zhu Taigong won't stop it?"
In Lijiazhuang, Li responded to Duchen.
Du Xing also looked puzzled: "I didn't expect this Zhu Biao to play really, what is there to drink sorghum wine? After taking a bite, his head hurts as if he was cut by an axe, and even our tenants in Lijiazhuang have few people to drink?"
Li Ying sneered: "On the banquet that day, I also persuaded him, hum, don't listen to the old man, suffer in front of you!
In Zhujiazhuang, Zhu Biao is looking at the training of the escort team, after more than 20 days of rigorous training, the escort team has barely looked good, not only can distinguish the front and back, left and right, but also can practice together with a bamboo pole, quite a trace of formation.
At this time, Zhu Santong came to report: "San Lang, there is a person in the family, and San Lang is afraid that he will greet him in person." β
"Oh, who?"
Zhu Santong smiled and said, "But it is the lady who has not passed the door of San Lang, the housemother of the villain, the daughter of Hujiazhuang, and the one who is called Yizhang Qing." β
Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment, and gently patted Zhu Santong's head: "You guy, you dare to make fun of the master!"
When his fiancΓ©e came to visit, Zhu Biao naturally wanted to see him, he temporarily put down his things and rushed to the hall, and saw his mother pulling a girl in a strong suit, asking softly, and seeing Zhu Biao enter the door, the girl glanced at him, and her face gradually turned red.
Zhu Biao smiled and stepped forward to say hello, everyone sat down separately, Zhu Biao said with a smile: "I heard Brother Hu say, Sanniang practices martial arts every day, and the two of them are superb, why are you free to come here today?"