Youzhou City.

Drunken Qingfeng Restaurant.

A wealthy merchant dressed in silk and satin walked in with steps that he did not recognize his relatives.

"Grandpa, you're here!"

As soon as the shopkeeper saw him, he greeted him with a warm face.

"It's been a while since I've been drunk, I wonder if you have any new dishes?"

After Grandpa sat down slowly, he said slowly.

"There are no new dishes, but grandpa is here just in time, and there is a new wine launched today."

The shopkeeper introduced with a smile.

"New wine? Tell me about it! ”

"This wine is called Drunken Immortal Brew, which is said to have been handed down from the fairy world and made by ancient secrets."

"Its mellow and fragrant aroma is unmatched by any wine in the world, and it is truly a peerless wine!"

"It's just the price, it's more expensive than other drinks."

Under the hard work of the shopkeeper, Grandpa couldn't help but feel a little interested.

"It doesn't matter what the price is, just serve the wine!"

"Gotcha!"

The shopkeeper answered, turned and left.

After a while, he came to his grandfather's side with a small jar of wine.

The shopkeeper poured out three bowls of wine for his grandfather, and then put away the wine jar.

Seeing this situation, Grandpa frowned, dissatisfied and said,

"What are you doing?"

"Grandpa doesn't know, the drunken immortal brewing is very strong, if you drink too much, I'm afraid it will ......"

Before the shopkeeper could finish speaking, he was rudely interrupted by his grandfather.

"Are you mistaken, let the Hu people next door see it, and think I can't afford it!"

"No, no, no, it's all the same!"

"What do you mean it's all the same! Just a little bit, enough for anyone to drink! Give me another altar, full of jars! ”

Sun Ye's dissatisfied and loud complaint instantly attracted the attention of many guests in the lobby.

The shopkeeper was startled, hurriedly apologized to Grandpa, and then brought over a jar of unopened drunken immortal brew and placed it on Grandpa's table.

"Silly, huh, I'm a silly hat, right?"

Grandpa snorted coldly, and then he picked up the wine bowl with anger and took a shallow sip.

However, after this sip of wine, his eyes instantly widened, and he gasped!

"Hiss......"

Grandpa Sun is also a familiar face in the drunken breeze, and many people have also noticed him after making such a fuss just now.

Seeing his expression, some people said curiously,

"Grandpa, what's wrong? Could it be that this drunken immortal brew is not to the taste of grandpa? ”

"No, no, no, this wine...... It's so strong, it's so fragrant! ”

Grandpa didn't care about the man, so he hurriedly poured another bowl for himself and drank it with an intoxicated face.

At this time, the mellow aroma of drunken immortal brewing has also spread in the lobby.

"I'll go, the taste of this wine...... It's so rich! ”

"yes, I feel a little drunk just by smelling it!"

Smelling the fragrance of drunken immortal brewing, and then looking at Grandpa Grandpa's intoxicated appearance, when even someone couldn't bear it, he shouted to the shopkeeper,

"Bring me a jar of drunken immortal brew!"

"And I'm here!"

After a while, the drunken immortal brew was placed on the table of every table of guests.

And after tasting it, almost all the comments given by the guests are strong and fragrant!

Occasionally, a few people who are too strong to drink complain that the drunken immortal brew is too strong.

As a result, he was ridiculed by the guests on the side, saying that if he was not strong enough to drink, he could move the table and drink with the dog!

Meanwhile.

In a private room on the second floor.

Ji Lie, Zhao Meiniang, and Yang Dehou took in all the situations in the hall through the window.

"In this way, the Drunken Immortal Brew is sure to be a big hit! I congratulated the prince and Mrs. Zhao in advance, and made a lot of money! ”

Yang Dehou said with a smile.

"Thank you Yang Dongjia."

Although he is quite confident in the drunken immortal brew, Zhao's firm has invested a lot of manpower and material resources after all.

When she saw that it was so popular, the stone in Zhao Meiniang's heart finally fell to the ground.

Ji Lie's expression was relaxed, he had long expected that the liquor business would be extremely prosperous.

Generally speaking, one pound of grain can produce three to four pounds of two pots.

However, in order to ensure the taste of the wine, only the second pot is used as a drunken immortal brew, and the rest is sold to the general public as a cheap wine.

Therefore, one pound of grain can make about two pounds of drunken immortal brew.

And a pound of drunken immortal brew will be sold for ten taels of silver.

You must know that one stone of grain, that is, one hundred and twenty catties of grain, is only one tael of silver.

It is equivalent to saying that after selling a jar of drunken immortal wine, excluding raw materials, labor, and dividends with Zhao's firm, Ji Lie has at least four taels of silver in his hands.

Not to mention the cheap liquor that is sold to ordinary people.

In this way, selling alcohol is not only a huge profit, it is almost like grabbing money!

"The next step is to slowly expand the sales scale of Zuixian Brew and sell it to the entire Youzhou and even other states and counties.

Ji Lie hurriedly admonished.

"The concubine obeys the teachings of the prince."

Zhao Meiniang paused, and said cautiously,

"But you want to send someone to contact the Hu people?"

Because they were often raided by the Hu people in the north, the Great Xia Dynasty forbade trade with them.

But the mountains in Youzhou are high and the emperor is far away, and there are still a lot of contacts in private.

For example, in the drunken restaurant, there are several Hu people who are holding the drunken immortal brew and drinking happily!

"Yes, why not?"

Ji Lie didn't think about it, so he nodded in response.

Joke.

He didn't care about the bullshit decrees of the imperial court.

Hu people like to drink spirits the most, and if they start the business of drunken immortal brewing over there, they can't take off?

As long as the Hu people drink, the more Ji Lie will earn!

In this way, it can also weaken the economy and combat effectiveness of the Hu people, isn't it beautiful?

"The concubine knows."

Zhao Meiniang nodded, and then said no more.

……

Outside the city.

Ji Lie took Xiu'er and Laifu and watched the drills of the guards.

The school field was dusty, and the guards, under the guidance of the palace guards, were attacking each other in different formations.

Although there are only 300 guards, they show a devastating momentum!

"If you go through some actual combat, you can be called an elite division! Commander Zhang, you have worked hard during this time. ”

Ji Lie chuckled and praised.

"The prince is polite, this is all trained by his subordinates in accordance with the prince's training method, and it is all the credit of the prince."

Zhang Changde is not patting Ji Lie's sycophants, but from the bottom of his heart.

He didn't expect that according to Ji Lie's method of training, he would train such a mighty army!

Don't look at the three hundred guards who haven't fought before, but Zhang Changde is very confident that as long as he is given enough armor, he can break the three thousand regular army with three hundred guards!

Speaking of armor, Zhang Changde patted his forehead and said cautiously,

"Lord Wang, my subordinates remembered something, I don't know when they will be able to equip the guards with armor?"

As soon as he said this, Ji Lie couldn't help frowning.

Compared with food and military salaries, the cost of armor is even more amazing!