Chapter 21 Prices
Xin also knew that this little Wuyi had always been at odds with him, as for why, Xin You actually had some guesses in his heart.
The little five are very smart, but they don't have a good father.
Relying on his work as a sake brewer, Singi drank every day, sometimes eating sake lees directly.
This made his nose grow into a rosacea that was rare in this era.
Xiao Wu has been smart since he was a child, but this father will not teach him anything except drinking.
Later, Xin Du couldn't see it, so he took Xiao Wu with him and taught Xiao Wu some etiquette and how to calculate.
As Xiao Wu grew up, Xin Duan also began to let Xiao Wu deal with some things in the clan, mainly helping Xin Duan sell some things.
The calm and capable little five does not act like a child, whether it is organizing wheat harvesting or escorting goods, or going hunting with adults.
Compared with Dr. Yi Xin You, Xiao Wu is excellent in all aspects.
The only disadvantage is that he is just a side sect of the Xin family, and he doesn't even have the title of "scholar", just an ordinary Chinese.
It was decided from birth that he would be at most a "wine man" in Xinyi in the future.
And Xin is the doctor of Xinyi.
Hearing Xin ask him about winemaking again, Xiao Wu thought that Xin was making fun of him again, and he was naturally unhappy in his heart.
At this time, Xin You, of course, could understand Xiao Wu's thoughts.
This kind of thinking was not formed overnight, nor was it something that Xin could dissolve in a moment and a half.
"So...... Let's go, I have something to ask you. ”
Xin said to Xiao Wu again.
"Ask me?"
"Take the best wine your dad has ever made, and we'll talk as we drink."
"I never drink alcohol."
Little Five stood there.
"I'll drink." Xin said again: "Bring the best wine your father made." ”
"That's for the best." Little Five Ways.
Xin didn't say anything, and returned home with Xiao Wu and Luo Zuo.
Before leaving, Xin and Ao Zuo helped the drunk Ao Zuo into the house.
Xiao Wu held a pottery kettle and looked at it blankly.
……
Xin had just returned to the hall when the snoring of Fan Qian came from next door.
"This guy slept to death."
Wei was still waiting for Xin You in the hall, and when she saw Xin come in again, she whispered: "Gentleman, is it time to rest, I have already ...... the quilt"
"No need, it's early."
According to the time of the Hereafter, it is only eight o'clock now.
Xin called Yu Zuo and Xiao Wu in again, sat down in the hall by himself, and asked Xiao Wu to kneel opposite him.
"Bring me this wine."
Xin took another sip of the wine, feeling that this wine was indeed a little better than the previous one.
"Little Wu, how is such wine made?"
Xin asked again.
Xiao Wu shook his head: "If a gentleman thinks that I can distinguish good wine, I will make wine, but I am very wrong. ”
In a word, Xin You's words were blocked to death.
He saw Xiao Wu take out a good wine without thinking, thinking that this guy was hiding clumsy.
After all, how could such a smart person who grew up in a wine pile not know how to make wine?
"That's it, then let me ask you something, you followed the clansmen to Ganlu to sell wine before, but what did you find?"
"Discovery? Gentleman means ......"
"How is our Xinyi wine selling there?"
Ganlu is the largest of the nearby cities and the largest of the capitals, and there is a large bazaar.
Chinese and savages sometimes trade some goods here.
"The wine of our Xinyi is considered to be the best among the wine sold in Ganlu." Xiao Wu replied honestly.
"It seems that if we can make wine in Xinyi, we should be able to exchange it for some food." Xin said again.
Wine is made from grain, so it is naturally more expensive than the gold sold for grain.
"Not really." Little Five Ways.
"Can't do it? Why? ”
"Last year, we pulled down the wine to Ganlu and sold it, the losses along the way, the grain for people and cattle, the expenses handed over to the Ganlu market, and the wine given to the cognac doctor, putting these aside, every time we went to Ganlu to sell wine, we actually didn't make much money."
"Oh...... I see. ”
Xin nodded again, thinking that what Xiao Wu said was very reasonable.
"Every stone of corn was 60 yuan last year, and this year's harvest is not good, and the price may rise, but the price of our wine has not changed......"
Xin said again.
Xiao Wu raised his head, as if he was surprised that Xin could think of this again.
However, the price of wine is set by wine, and Xinyi cannot change it at will.
"In this way, if we continue to sell sake this year, we will actually lose money."
"Yes, gentleman." Xiao Wu replied.
"So...... How can we make our wine more expensive? Xin asked again.
Xiao Wu's face was embarrassed, he felt that he had talked a little too much to Xin.
Today's Dr. Yi seems to be different from before, who knows what is going on in his head.
However, this is the first time that Xiao Wu and Yi Dafu Xin have talked again, Xiao Wu is also a teenager, and he wants to show what he has gained in the past few years.
"If our wine could be classified as 'old wine', then the price would go up at least five times! In this way, every time we sell wine, we will not lose money, and we can buy some food with surplus money. ”
"Good! That's it! ”
Xin slapped his thigh again: "From this year onwards, we in Xinyi will sell the old wine!" ”
"Former wine?! We can't make the wine of the past! Xiao Wu couldn't help but feel amused: "We don't have the koji and techniques needed to make the old sake at all. ”
There is only one word difference between the wine and the old wine, but the price is very different.
If it is a former wine that can be sold to those nobles or princes in the royal city, the price is even more outrageous.
However, the brewing process of liquor in the past is not something that a small local family like Xinyi can master.
"The so-called old wine is more mellow in taste than wine, and the color is brighter than wine, right?"
"If you only look at the finished product, it is." Little Five Ways.
Xin added: "In this way, as long as we filter the brewed wine a little clean, it is okay." ”
"Even so, the taste of the wine cannot be changed."
"I have my own way to do this." Xin said again: "Xiao Wu, I want to make a brand new wine, are you willing to help me?" ”
"Brand new wine?"
"Yes, but I'm just trying. If it succeeds, we will be able to have more food for the winter. ”
Xiao Wu's heart was a little shaken, he didn't want to help Xin You, he didn't want to see Xin You's success.
But Xinyi has more food to survive the winter, which is also what he wants.
"If you don't want to help me, I won't force you." Xin said again: "I just want to make Xinyi better, and never have such a thing as papaya." ”
Speaking of "papaya", Xiao Wu's body shook violently.
Papaya was his neighbor when he was a child.
Seven years ago, there was a great drought in Wanggi, followed by a terrible famine.
Papaya starved to death in that famine.
Although Dr. Yi at that time, Xin was not sick and took out all the food in his family to help the people, it was a drop in the bucket.
Many people still haven't survived the winter.
"You're a doctor in Xinyi, just tell me to do things."
Xiao Wu's expression returned to normal.
He actually knew in his heart that even if Xin didn't talk about papaya, he wanted to agree.
Because he was curious about how Xin could make the old wine.
Did he get koji to make good sake?
"Wine-making can only be carried out in midwinter, and the brewing time must be at least two or three months, and the wine we make now cannot be changed into the wine of the past."
He also thought that Xin was stunned again, so he kindly reminded him.
"What I'm going to do is to turn these ordinary things into old wine!"
Xin You's words made Xiao Wu feel dizzy.
Turning the wine into the wine of the past? Do you rely on ghosts and gods?