Xiang Ergou was gone, which made Xiang Huaiyu very depressed and puzzled, and he hurriedly sent a few house slaves to Weishi County to find out the news, but Xiang Ergou disappeared like a human evaporation, but several house slaves brought him back an unexpected news: "The Qinglong Gang missed, Wu Zhi is not dead at all, and now he is still in front of his county order!" Moreover, the Qinglong Gang also inexplicably changed sex, the underworld did not leave, changed careers to engage in transportation, and set up a Caoyun company called 'Pan Wuji'! ”

This news made Xiang Huaiyu angry and furious. He couldn't believe it, how could the Blue Dragon Gang, which dominated one side, miss? And it also made him lose thousands of dollars in vain! He deeply suspected that the Blue Dragon Gang must have killed Ergou for the sake of the 3,000 silver tickets on his body.

In this way, Xiang Huaiyu didn't know how to start, he was anxious, and he could only hold on to his heart and find another way.

With the explosion of the champion series of liquors, the fame of "champion alcohol" and "champion lang" radiated beyond Gyeonggi Road, and some merchants from other places began to come to the door and wanted to act as an agent for Wu Zhi's champion series of wines, but Wu Zhi categorically refused one by one.

Since we want to make high-end wine, we must take the high-end route of scarcity and expensive, and the output and sales volume should not be too high, so that exclusive operation and hungry sales can maintain long-term prosperity.

Moreover, the purchasing power outside the capital is not so high, and the excessively expensive price is not affordable for everyone. And Wu Zhi is cooperating well with Qian Mu now, and he doesn't want to break the contract and break the rules.

Qian Mu saw that Wu Zhi, who was only nineteen years old, was unwavering in the face of great temptation, and his hanging heart was completely put down, and he was more convinced of Wu Zhi.

In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, August 15, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the day of worshipping the moon, admiring the moon, and singing the moon has arrived! The court had a day off on this day.

"When is the bright moon, ask the wine to the sky, I don't know what year it is in the heavenly palace!" The Mid-Autumn Festival sacrifices the moon and admires the moon, and naturally the poetry and mountain words will be indispensable, calling friends and friends, and talking about wine.

On this day, the major restaurants in Bianliang City were full, and the number of bottles of the champion series of wine increased to 100 or sold out, and Qian Mu added 50 bottles to meet the desires of diners.

In Weishi County, during the day, in the county government, Wu Zhi took out more than 300 yuan from home, gave ten yuan to each of the county officials, and gave three yuan to each of the officials, which was called "Mid-Autumn Festival condolences money", which really made everyone overjoyed and felt very cordial.

In the evening, Wu Zhi also held a family banquet at home, he specially invited Zhang Gui and his wife and all the employees and family members in the Osmanthus New Wine Workshop to come to the banquet, held five tables of banquets, and a group of more than 40 people celebrated very lively, and they were happy. Everyone in the family is accustomed to his arrangements and practices, and they are accustomed to it, but Zhang Gui and his wife and others are not calm, they can drink and eat with the champion, they never thought of it, and they were sincerely afraid during the feast, but they were also quite moved. Wu Zhi's approach flattered them!

After the banquet, the bright moon was in the sky, and the white moonlight poured all over the ground, reflecting the courtyard as bright as day. A burst of tempting golden osmanthus fragrance comes to the nose, refreshing people's hearts.

Wu Zhi and everyone were very interested, took out the moon cakes, cakes, fruits and tea prepared during the day, and placed them in the courtyard, everyone enjoyed the moon and tasted tea together, and the children carried lanterns to shuttle and play in the yard, and from time to time raised a Kong Ming lantern, which immediately attracted everyone's attention, and the laughter and exclamation were endless, and it was very lively.

Jin Lian and Xiao'e sat quietly beside Wu Zhi on the left and right, gently biting the moon cake while watching all this with great interest, smiling Yan Yan.

Mid-Autumn Festival!

Originally, during the day, Jin Lian once thought of her parents and family in Enzhou, and her mood was very low, and Wu Zhi tried her best to soothe her strong feelings of missing her family. Now seeing everyone's smiling and cheerful appearance, she was also infected unconsciously, and her depressed mood was also diluted a lot, and her mood improved. Wu Zhi was also very happy to see that her mood had improved.

On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Erhu and Meng Da and others got back more than a month's settlement income from Zhuangyuan Building. After settlement, after more than a month of sales, a total of 2,800 bottles of wine were sold, and the sales revenue reached 113,400 yuan, and the liquor tax was 11,340 yuan, and the three components of Qian Mu Zhuangyuan Building's red 30,618 yuan were removed, and Wu Zhi got 71,442 yuan!

For this reason, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wu Zhi took out 1,200 yuan and handed it to Meng Da, so that he could distribute it to all the employees of Caoyun Company as a "Mid-Autumn Festival condolence money" as appropriate, so as to give them a good holiday. At the same time, Wu Zhi distributed the remaining fraction of 242 guan money as a "Mid-Autumn Festival condolence money" to the eighteen employees of Osmanthus New Wine Workshop, of which Zhang Gui and his wife received 34 guan, and the rest of the people each got 13 guan!

Everyone was overjoyed, and once again felt Wu Zhi's warm care and generosity!

The problem of funds can be said to have been finally solved by Wu Zhi, with a solid material foundation, it is equivalent to taking a solid step, and the Qiao woman has enough food to get into the pot, and other things will be much easier to do.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wu Zhi suddenly realized a problem that he almost ignored but was particularly fatal during an inventory, that is, the skill of distilling alcohol and blending spirits was only in his own hands, and if he left home for a period of time in the future, the supply of the champion series of liquor would be in danger!

When Wu Zhi told Wu Xiu and Feng Niang about this problem, the two of them suddenly became nervous. After discussion, Wu Zhi decided to teach Wu Xiu and Feng Niang the skills and know-how of distilling alcohol and blending wine, and slowly train them to get started, just in case.

Wu Xiu, Feng Niang, and Xiao'e are all Wu Zhi's most trusted relatives, but Xiao'e is still young, and Wu Zhi can only teach Wu Xiu and Feng Niang the core secrets of distilled alcohol and blended wine. Although Jin Lian is also his relative, he doesn't want her to work hard, after all, Jin Lian has never touched the spring water with her hands at home on weekdays, and she has not experienced labor, so there are some things that she can't do. Moreover, distilled alcohol and blended liquor are the core secrets of brewing the Champion series of liquors, and it is impossible for him to pass through the mouth of a third person to prevent leakage. After Wu Zhi explained the situation to Jin Lian and Xiao'e, both of them expressed their understanding and had no objections.

As a result, Wu Zhi stopped going to the county office to drink tea for several days, so he was at home, behind closed doors, and began to train Wu Xiu and Feng Niang, teaching them the methods and tricks of distilling alcohol and blending wine. Wu Xiu and Feng Niang have both read books and can read and hyphenate, especially Wu Xiu, whose knowledge is not bad, and Feng Niang is careful, so the two of them learn very smoothly.

Wu Zhi brought some low-alcohol liquor and taught them how to distill it by hand, how to install distillation equipment, how to judge and adjust the temperature of the water, how to identify the size of the liquor, and so on. After seeing that the two of them could independently and accurately distill the alcohol of 95 degrees, Wu Zhi continued to teach them how to blend it. Teach them how to blend the proportions, how to mellow and how to store, how to seal, how to pack, and so on. Moreover, Wu Zhi listed a series of blending ratios for low-alcohol wines with different degrees of alcohol, and the blending ratio table was kept by Wu Xiu. Wu Xiu studied arithmetic, and after a little guidance from Wu Zhi, he understood the method of calculation and slowly mastered the proportion of blending. After more than ten days of blending tests, when the 38-degree liquor and 52-degree liquor blended by the two were compared with "Zhuangyuan Alcohol" and "Zhuangyuanlang", Wu Zhi found that the taste was almost the same.

At the same time, regarding the customization of wine bottles and packaging boxes, Wu Zhi also explained clearly to Wu Xiu and Feng Niang one by one, and found an opportunity to take them to the capital quietly on the big ship of the Caoyun company that delivered the goods to the capital, and first took the two of them to dock with Wu Gang and Tan Si, so that the two of them were familiar with the customization situation.

Then, Wu Zhi took Wu Xiu and Feng Niang to the Champion Building, found Qian Mu, and told him about the situation that the two of them would be responsible for the Champion series of wines in the future.

When he heard that Wu Xiu and Feng Niang were Wu Zhi's closest elders, Qian Mu hurriedly called out with a shy face, "Second Uncle and Aunt Short", which made Feng Niang blush, and Wu Xiu and Wu Zhi couldn't cry or laugh.

Because, Wu Xiu and Feng Niang are one or two years younger than Qian Mu!

"This Qian Mu!" Wu Zhi saw that Qian Mu was very good at things, so he had to pat him on the shoulder with a smile and said teasingly: "Good brother! ”

Qian Mu's face turned red when he heard this, and he was embarrassed and didn't dare to answer, so he hurriedly threw away Wu Zhi and talked to Wu Xiu and Feng Niang.

After returning to Weishi County, Wu Zhi took Wu Xiu and Feng Niang to the Osmanthus New Wine Workshop, and explained to everyone the fact that Wu Xiu and Feng Niang were responsible for taking over the Osmanthus Wine Workshop in the future, and emphasized that Zhang Gui and his wife were still the stewards of the Osmanthus Wine Workshop, and the two of them could directly find Wu Xiu and Feng Niang to dock if they had anything to do.

Zhang Gui and his wife and everyone were very polite to Wu Xiu and Feng Niang, and they obeyed Wu Zhi's words, because Wu Zhi gave them four times the salary they were elsewhere, and there were a lot of bonuses every month, where would they find such a good owner! Wu Zhi's salary for Zhang Gui and his wife reached an astonishing daily per person, which was much higher than the income of the two of them when they were the bosses of their own winemaking, and the two of them were particularly satisfied.

Moreover, what made them feel even more heartwarming was that Wu Zhi also provided them with comfortable housing, and the family could live comfortably together, which was something they couldn't even think about before, so they were naturally grateful to Wu Zhi's family.

Since then, Wu Zhi began to gradually let Wu Xiu and Feng Niang take over the brewing, packaging and sales of the champion series of wines, anyway, he explained all the matters to them clearly, the two of them are in charge, and he only needs to guide from the side.

After the matter was transferred to Wu Xiu and Feng Niang for management, there were still a little stumbling at first, but with the guidance and assistance of Wu Zhi, things gradually went smoothly, and the business of the champion series of liquor was hardly affected. Wu Zhi finally put his mind at ease, and he was much more relaxed, with more time to spend with Jin Lian and Xiao'e, and he could also spare more time to deal with other things.

After the two of them became familiar with the business, one day, Wu Zhi gathered everyone together, took out some 95-degree, 75-degree and 52-degree liquor, poured them into bowls, and lit a fire in front of everyone. When everyone saw the faint blue flame burning in the bowl, they couldn't help but be shocked and dumbfounded: wine can also burn? The crowd shouted for the magic and watched with great interest. When Wu Zhi took out the sackcloth, drenched it with water and covered it with water, the fire was extinguished after a while, and everyone was amazed.

"Alcohol burns, and what burns in wine is wine! The higher the alcohol, the stronger it burns! Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Wu Zhi began to explain. Then he picked up the damp cloth and continued to explain: "This damp cloth can cover this fire, but it cannot be doused with water!" It's dangerous! Speaking of this, he casually poured a little water into the bowl of wine that was still burning, and the flames suddenly burst up, burning even more vigorously, and everyone instantly exclaimed again. Wu Zhi then covered it with a wet cloth, and the fire was extinguished in a few moments.

"I invite everyone to come here just to tell everyone that these alcohols are very dangerous, and to remind everyone to pay attention to safety, and never play with fire in front of these high alcohols! Fireworks are also strictly prohibited in the storeroom! And remember to cover it with a damp cloth after a fire! Wu Zhi then solemnly emphasized.

Seeing that everyone nodded yes, he continued to announce: "If I am not at home in the future, everyone must obey the command of the second uncle and Feng Niang, and don't do it yourself!" ”

Safety is a big problem, and Wu Zhi has to attach great importance to it and conduct some training to let everyone master the common sense of fire prevention and fire extinguishing, in case there is an accident when he is not at home.

In this way, if he has something to do in the future, he will not have to worry about family affairs and business matters.