"My father said that he doesn't have much time to do, and he wants to contribute to Datang before leaving."

"Let me ask you, can you give him the right to eat the candidates, and he will provide food for the candidates of the Beijing Examination for free."

Du Miaoyan's expression became a little miserable and a little sad.

Du Ruhui's arrow wound was not deep, and it stands to reason that he could have gotten out of bed and walked a long time ago.

But days have passed, and now I am still lying in bed, and I have not recovered.

According to the Imperial Doctor, the body is too bad, and it is even worse after being hit by an arrow, so that the recovery is slow.

"Naturally."

"Uncle Du has no problem opening his mouth at all."

Fang Yuan didn't have any opinions.

Some are just deeply admired.

They were all seriously injured in bed, but they were still thinking about the future of Datang.

The prime minister of the country, isn't he talking about a figure like Du Ruhui?

"Thank you."

Du Miaoyan solemnly thanked.

His expression became even more depressed.

Seeing this, Fang Yuan sighed in his heart.

Let go of the hand holding her, put his arm around her shoulder, and pull it towards himself.

Du Miaoyan's body stiffened suddenly, but it quickly softened, and her head rested on Fang Yuan's shoulder.

"Will it be seen?"

Du Miaoyan blushed and whispered.

It's too public, and there are many people coming and going from the county government.

"They're all meeting inside and won't be seen."

Fang Yuan responded in a low voice.

The mind is slowly freed from the heaviness.

Xiangyu is in her arms, and no matter how heavy the topic is, it will slowly fade away.

Just like this, she was tired of kissing Du Miaoyan in the front yard of the county government for a while, and Fang Yuan sent her back.

Next, there are some powerful people who want to be in charge of the pen and ink of the candidates for the Beijing examination and so on.

Some Fang Yuan agreed to let them go back to prepare a plan, and some directly moved out Li Chengqian and Du Ruhui to send them back.

The crown prince Li Chengqian and the right servant Du Ruhui had already asked for power, even if they didn't take Fang Yuan as the same thing, they didn't dare to say a word more.

Next, the county government's deliberations were much simpler.

Because many affairs are divided, it is enough to supervise whether they are doing it reasonably.

To this end, Fang Yuan set up a special task force, with him as the team leader, to keep an eye on those affairs that were separated.

On this day, Fang Yuan was busy until late before returning to Fang Mansion for dinner.

After the meal, the giant came to Fang Yuan.

"Fang Yuan, we have chosen a good place in Quchifang."

"But what materials are used to build it? You can't transport cement from Liaozhou, right? ”

The giant said with a headache.

In the past few days, he took Zhou Shi and others to inspect Quchifang.

Quchifang is full of mountains and rivers, trees and trees, the environment is very good, and it is also in line with their ideas, and it is not difficult to choose a location.

But after the site selection, the construction is a problem, whether to build a nine-story stargazing building?

How does cement come from if it is built?

"What's wrong with shipping cement from Liaozhou?"

"Didn't we open up channels and sell to all parts of the country when we were in Liaozhou?"

"You first ask someone to bulldoze the land, and then I will let Liao Fengmao from Liaozhou mobilize the security team to transport it, and then build another cement plant near Chang'an."

Fang Yuan had already thought of a plan.

It's just that I've been really busy lately, and I don't have time to rebuild the cement plant.

Now that the land has been chosen, and the imperial examination can be relaxed a little, then the cement factory and so on will be started.

In fact, Changsun Chong and Qin Huaiyu were all busy, tidying up their mansions, preparing to start making wine after renovating them, and so on.

"Is that so?"

"That's fine, then I'll start working on it."

The giant suddenly realized.

It turned out that Fang Yuan had thought about it, so he would start.

The construction of the nine-story stargazing tower this time will be more grand than that of Liaozhou.

Not only must the various organs of the Mo family be condensed inside, but the appearance must also be indestructible.

"Let's expand the tenth floor this time."

Fang Yuan said suddenly.

In this era, the imperial power has not yet been supreme, and the family is even a few points more powerful than the imperial power.

Therefore, what is the ninety-five honor, what is the number of nine extremes, etc., has not yet formed the emperor's unique, relatively enlightened.

But with the holding of the imperial examination, the nine-story stargazing tower may become the target of attack in the future.

Therefore, for long-term consideration, the nine-storey stargazing tower was slightly changed to a ten-storey stargazing tower to avoid the number of nine.

Anyway, although the original nine-story stargazing building is called nine floors, it only has nine floors when viewed from the outside, but in fact there are small ten floors.

"Okay."

The giant has no opinion.

The tenth floor was where Fang Yuan controlled the Mojia Research Institute.

It is necessary to expand the comfort of Fang Yuan, and Fang Yuan can also live on it in the future.

Then the two chatted about the details, and then Fang Yuan went back to the study to write letters to Zhao Yingcai and Liao Fengmao in Liaozhou.

Zhao Yingcai is in Liaozhou, and all factories in Liaozhou are not worried about being invaded, but Liaozhou can only be a branch, and the headquarters should be moved to Chang'an City.

Talents like Lu Xia and Liao Fengmao slowly have to be transferred to Chang'an City, with Chang'an City as the center, radiating out in all directions.

After writing the letter, Fang Yuan was finally able to rest.

The next day, Qin Huaiyu alone found Fang Yuan and said that the site for making wine had been renovated.

The device of high liquor was designed by Fang Yuan and asked the giant to design it, and after proposing distillation, they had a good plan.

This time, after Qin Huaiyu indicated that the place was ready, Fang Yuan immediately asked the giant to move the device out of the backyard and transport it to the place of Qin Huaiyu's old house.

It didn't take long for seven sets of distillation units to be transported to Qin Huaiyu's old house.

The old mansion has been renovated by Qin Huaiyu these days, and now it looks a lot more vibrant.

However, Fang Yuan hadn't come to see it before, and there was no comparison, but he also thought it was better.

"Fang Yuan, this strange set of wine can make high-grade wine?"

Qin Huaiyu asked curiously.

The devices in front of me that are larger than adults are strange to look at.

From the outside, it's all black and slick, and it feels like something made of copper and iron.

"Don't underestimate these things, this set of things is collectively called the distillation device."

"Iron distillation flasks, simple condenser tubes, etc., are all important tools for making high-grade liquor."

"How loyal are these people in the mansion, don't reduce the way of making high-grade liquor to spread out."

Fang Yuan explained the distillation device.

This distillation device is a very simple operation in the eyes of later generations.

But in this day and age, this device is definitely epoch-making and can purify a lot of things.

In order to monopolize the business of high-grade liquor, it is necessary to keep it secret and reduce the possibility of leakage.

The longer the monopoly, the more money will be made, and the more the individual will get a share.

"Don't worry, these people were chosen from several of our families."

"A gag order has been given to them, and whoever talks more will make him unable to talk more."

Qin Huaiyu said.

Although he wasn't sure how powerful they were.

But in terms of monopolizing the value of high-grade liquor alone, he understands the point.

Neither Changsun Chong nor Du He came today, so Qin Huaiyu asked Fang Yuan for the device.

Because now they are all quickly clearing out the site, waiting for the equipment to be installed, etc., and there is no time to come.

Anyway, it's just the installation of relevant settings now, and it hasn't officially opened yet, so it's not a big problem whether it will come or not.

"That's good."

"It's still early, I'll let the giant teach them to debug."

"If it goes well, we will be able to drink high alcohol tonight and sell it tomorrow!"

Fang Yuan nodded reassuringly.

Let Qin Huaiyu organize the gathering of people here.

Not long after, thirty-six workers in Qin Huaiyu's hometown were assembled.

Then Juzi and Zhou Shi went out and taught them how to operate, heat and cool.

Only a moment later, the rich aroma of wine rose from Qin Huaiyu's hometown.

It should have just started debugging, the smell of alcohol was strong, and the smell was choking, which also frightened Fang Yuan and hurriedly left the device.

"Giant, be careful, the alcohol is too strong, and it is easy to cause an explosion."

Fang Yuan hurriedly reminded the giant.

"Don't worry, it's just a mistake."

The giant explained.

After adjusting again, the alcohol smell gradually faded.

"Awesome, awesome!"

"It's possible to make high-quality sake with such a device."

Qin Huaiyu was greatly shocked.

From the moment he smelled such a strong liquor, he understood that the high liquor was successfully purified.

If you don't see it with your own eyes, it's hard to believe that such a device can make high-grade sake.

"I'll leave this to you."

Fang Yuan said with a smile.

It's just an ordinary distillation device.

"No problem, you can rest assured."

"Are you free tonight, call Xiangcheng and Miaoyan to come over for a drink."

"By the way, let's try the new sake and decide whether to sell it tomorrow."

Qin Huaiyu patted his chest and said.

Then he asked if Fang Yuan was free tonight.

After all, to start a new business, to start making money.

Before that, it's worth celebrating and getting a taste of the new sake.

"If you're free, you can call me again tonight."

Fang Yuan thought for a while and said.

Before a new sake is released, it is really necessary to taste how it tastes.

And it is also the first business of the Octagon Group, and it is necessary to improve the morale of each other.

"Okay."

Qin Huaiyu said with a smile.

He came back after sending Fang Yuan out.

The device for making high-grade sake is amazing, and you can make high-grade sake by pouring it into ordinary sake.

He was very curious about the principle of such a magical device, and he also wanted to know how to operate it to make delicious wine.

The clock was fast approaching evening.

Fang Yuan came to Qin Huaiyu's old house again.

Before I even entered the door, I smelled a strong smell of wine.

Outside the door, many people wandered back and forth looking at the old house, wondering why it was so fragrant inside.

As soon as he entered the door, Fang Yuan saw that everyone else had arrived except for Princess Xiangcheng, and a banquet had also been prepared.

"Fang Yuan, you're finally here, Hiccup"

As soon as Qin Huaiyu saw Fang Yuan, he shouted loudly.

He blushed and staggered as he walked towards Fang Yuan.

Looking at him, he looked like he had drunk a lot of wine and was drunk.

"How much alcohol have you drunk?"

Fang Yuan helped him and said in surprise.

Qin Huaiyu was covered with the smell of wine, and it felt like he had fallen into a wine vat.

"Hiccup"

"I tried the wine, and I accidentally drank too much."

"But I'm not drunk, I can still drink tonight!"

Qin Huaiyu gave another long hiccup.

The unpleasant smell of alcohol erupted from his mouth, almost causing Fang Yuan to push him away.

"He was like that when we came."

Du Miaoyan's sister and brother walked over and looked at Qin Huaiyu with disgust.

Under Du Miaoyan's eyes, Du He took over Qin Huaiyu who was supported by Fang Yuan.

"Isn't Princess Xiangcheng coming?"

Fang Yuan walked to the banquet and looked at the sky again and asked.

It was already evening, it was not early, and it was somewhat unsafe to set off too late.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen anyone yet."

Qin Huaiyu had already been placed in his seat, and he responded after hearing Fang Yuan's words.

Although he drank a lot of wine, he still looked sober.

"Let's wait while we eat."

Changsun Chong proposed.

When they gather, they don't have to wait for everyone to eat.

After all, with their status, sometimes they may not be able to get away with something.

But if you can't come, someone will bring a message to explain the reason.

"Then let's eat and wait."

Du Miaoyan also said.

took Fang Yuan's hand to the side of the banquet and sat down.

Changsun Chong and the others all looked at this scene, and their eyes were about to bulge.

Although he knew that Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan had a great relationship, they did not have this kind of behavior.

Seeing this scene now, several people didn't understand anything, and they all looked at Du He.

"Don't look at me, ask my dad."

Du He snorted and drank a drink, not looking at the eldest grandson and a few people.

"Gan, my goddess!"

Qin Huaiyu shouted.

He grunted and drank a pot.

At the end, there was a hiccup.

Fang Yuan and Du Miaoyan ignored the expressions of the crowd and slowly sat down at their own banquet.

The two people are close to each other, and the two people's banquets are connected together by moving them slightly.

"Okay, let's have a drink and celebrate the success of our first product!"

The eldest grandson raised his glass and said loudly.

They arrived early and had already tried the high liquor.

After tasting it deeply, they all felt that it was a little better than the current Chang'an City.

In the words of the giant, it may be that what is being sold in Chang'an City is now transported from Liaozhou, and the wind and rain have affected the taste along the way.

"Come, I wish us a great sale tomorrow!"

Fang Yuan and the others raised their glasses one after another.

We are all looking forward to the scene of selling high-quality sake tomorrow.

Chang'an City is too big, and the current high-level wine is in short supply.

Once their high liquor is pushed out, it will greatly attract guests.

"I thought about it today, it would be better for us to be highly alcoholic or sell it differently."

Fang Yuan took a sip, his eyes lit up.

Sure enough, it is slightly better than the current high wine in Chang'an City.

"In what way?"

Everyone looked at Fang Yuan one after another.

In business, they think they are not as good as Fang Yuan.

When Fang Yuan was in Liaozhou, he sold the business to Liaozhou.

Now that Fang Yuan has a way to sell, they all want to hear about it.

Even Qin Huaiyu, who was drunk, also cheered up and wanted to hear it.

"When Miao Yan sells her tea, her tea is divided into intermediate, high, and special grades."

"Generally speaking, the special grade is not sold to the public, and is only provided to the emperor's relatives and some dignitaries."

"We can also do the same with high-grade wine, which is directly set as high-grade, and is only sold to the emperor's relatives and dignitaries, and indicates that the quantity is limited, and it is on a first-served basis."

Fang Yuan said slowly.

"The method is good, but the profits are small but the sales are high."

"If we were cheap enough, wouldn't we be able to sell it to more people?"

"Selling it at the same low price as tea and fine salt may make more money than just selling it to the emperor's relatives and dignitaries, right?"

Eldest Sun Chong said after a moment of silence.

The low price of tea and fine salt shows that even if the unit price is low, it can make a lot of money.

Then high-grade wine can also be used, and it can also make a lot of money because of the large number of people.

When everyone heard this, they all nodded their heads and looked at Fang Yuan.

"The height of wine is different from tea and fine salt."

"Our high-alcohol wine itself is purified from low-alcohol wine, and the price cannot be too low, it will be two or three times that of low-alcohol wine to return to the cost."

"Two or three times the price, ordinary people will only think about buying some to taste when they are hungry, and most of the time they drink low-alcohol wine."

Fang Yuan explained.

Tea and fine salt are low because they are inherently low.

And the high-alcohol wine is different from these two, it is purified from the low-alcohol wine, and the cost is not low.

"It's true that today's high-grade liquor is purified from low-priced liquor."

Qin Huaiyu said with a wine burp.

He personally supervised the work and personally purchased a large number of raw materials to come back.

It takes about three catties of low-alcohol wine to purify more than one catty of high-strength wine, and the cost is three times that of low-priced wine.

No matter how much the price is reduced, it will not be much lower than the low-priced wine, so it still has to be sold according to Fang Yuan's words.

"That's right."

"Shall we still shop tomorrow?"

The eldest grandson thought about it for a while, nodded and said.

But when Fang Yuan didn't come, they discussed opening a shop tomorrow.

Now since it is only recommended to the emperor's relatives and dignitaries, it seems that there is no store or not.

"Naturally, there must be a store, not only to have a store, but also to make it grand."

"We want everyone in Chang'an City to know that high-grade wine is a top-notch wine, precious, rare, and only the upper class can afford to drink it!"

Fang Yuan smiled and said.

No matter what time it is, people have a kind of circle.

The high-end circle disdains to play with people in the low-end circle.

The low-end circles are desperately trying to squeeze into the high-end circles.

And the pursuit of people in the high-end circle will be different from that of people in the low-end circle, in order to appear that they are special.

Then people in the low-end circle will try to get the same thing as the high-end circle in order to appear closer to them.

In this way, high-quality liquor, which is only sold in the upper class, will be coveted by the middle and lower classes, and they will try to get it by all means, and buy it at any cost.

There are Changsun Chong people, selling is not a problem, they themselves are in the high-end circle.

"Precious, rare, only the upper class can afford to drink."

Du Miaoyan muttered these words.

Their eyes lit up and they felt the importance of the words.

They don't have a distinction between the upper and the lower.

But they have their own fixed circle, or the upper-class people as Fang Yuan said.

Among the upper class, the more precious and rare they are, the more they want to have them in order to show their status.

"Yes, we announced that we don't have a lot of high-grade wine, and if you want to buy it, you need to book it in advance."

"No matter how much we hype up drinking high-grade wine to save face, etc., plus the scarcity is expensive, it is not a problem for us to set a high price at all, they are not short of money, and there will definitely be many people who will order it."

Fang Yuan smiled and continued.

Hunger marketing is very necessary.

It can greatly increase people's desire for needs.

"What about the wine over there in Liaozhou?"

"Now there is a steady stream of wine shipped from Liaozhou."

Duhe asked.

But as soon as the words came out, I felt that something was wrong.

"I'm in control of the wine over there in Liaozhou, so I just don't let it come."

Fang Yuan said with a smile.

The high liquor over there in Liaozhou was also in the hands of Fang Yuan.

Whether it can be sold to Chang'an City is not a matter of Fang Yuan's words?

And there is another point, that is, the road from Liaozhou to Chang'an City is very long, the transportation is inconvenient, easy to destroy, etc., and the price of transportation to Chang'an City is twice as expensive as that in Liaozhou.

"Hahaha"

"There is a source, our business is very profitable!"

The eldest grandson laughed and laughed.

Qin Huaiyu and Cheng Chumo also laughed.

Everyone raised their glasses and once again saluted Fang Yuan and the endless stream of money.

After a drink, everyone was trying to talk about pricing.

At this time, Princess Xiangcheng came.

Her face seemed to be bruised.

(End of chapter)