There is no urgency in the matter of rice, although the method of cultivating hybrid rice has been mastered, but without three or five years of effort, no results will be seen at all.

Now the most important thing is still distilled spirits.

There are a lot of orders, but the output is a problem.

The Chen Dynasty was determined to choose the distillery in Qingyuan County.

Three days later, a group of more than ten carriages set off from the capital and arrived at Baiyun Temple to unload four or five carriages.

The remaining wagons continued on their way and arrived in Qingyuan County at dusk.

Different from Qingshan County, Qingyuan County has beautiful mountains and rivers, like a paradise.

When they arrived here, the rebuilt official road had not yet been completed, and everyone had to get out of the car and enter on foot.

Chen Chao's residence in Qingyuan County is a manor, the backyard is directly connected to the wheat field, and the front yard is also a wheat field, and the scenery is good.

As soon as I moved in, I was visited by farmers from the neighborhood.

Hou Ji received them, claiming that the group was a merchant who made wine, and came to Qingyuan County to choose a site for winemaking.

The old peasant had his teeth open, his forehead was wrinkled, and he carried a hoe on his shoulder, asking questions from east to west. It is said that the business of winemaking in this year is not good, it can't be sold, and ordinary people can't even fill their stomachs, so how can they have spare money to buy wine and drink? He also said that Qingyuan County has few small people and a small population, and if he needs workers to make wine, he can go back to the village to organize and mobilize, but the premise is to give him some benefits, such as two pots of wine or something......

The enthusiastic and self-acquainted old peasant made Hou Ji a little irritable, and was ready to close the village door and drive away the old peasant with two sentences, but at this time, Chen Chao beckoned and asked Hou Ji to bring the old peasant in.

The old peasant carried a hoe, and after entering the Zhuangzi, he looked left and right, just like Grandma Liu visiting the Grand View Garden. Under the grape trellis, there are many green leaves, Chen Chao is wearing an ink-colored robe, holding a wolf's hair, practicing calligraphy, writing:

"The knot is in the human realm, and there is no noise of cars and horses

How can you ask you? The heart is far away from itself.

Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely see the South Mountain.

The mountain weather is good, and the birds are returning.

There is a true meaning in this, and I have forgotten to distinguish it. ”

This poem is quite in line with Chen Chao's current state of mind, it is spring now, although there are no chrysanthemums to pick, but there is a mountain not far away, the name is "Nanshan", it is a barren mountain in Qingyuan County. The Chen Dynasty planned to buy it and build a row of wine-making workshops around the foot of Nanshan Mountain.

Coming to the front, the old peasant put down the hoe on his shoulder, and looked at Chen Chao curiously with the hoe in both hands.

Chen Chao put down his pen and bowed slightly, "Chen Chao." ”

The old farmer said in a hoarse voice, "The surname is An, if the old man does not dislike it, he will call the old man An." ”

The current Chen Dynasty does look like a foreign master, and he is still very rich.

Chen Chao smiled, acquiescing to this new identity, and stretched out his hand to invite the old farmer to sit down and talk, but the old farmer said that it was good to stand.

Chen Chao was not reluctant, and asked:

"I just heard what the old man said, saying that my winery should not be in Qingyuan County, why is this? Can you tell me more about it? ”

The old peasant was not stingy with his words, cleared his throat, and first asked a question:

"Listen to the accent, it's from the capital outside the staff, right?"

"Exactly."

The old farmer nodded: "That's it...... Outside the staff is from the capital, I don't know our situation here, we here, nothing special, is a lot of mountains, there were many foreign businessmen in the past, came to our enclosure to do business, but without exception, they all lost a lot of money. ”

"Why is that?" Chen Chao said curiously.

Could it be that Qingyuan County still has some magic spell? For example, business must be lost?

The old peasant talked eloquently: "We have a lot of ravines and ravines, there is little land suitable for growing grain, and it is also sandy land, and if there is little land, it can't feed so many people...... If you want to do business, it is better to go to Qingshan or Yunhe, there are many people in Qingshan County, it is easy to recruit workers, Yunhe County extends in all directions, and the transportation is convenient, we Qingyuan? ”

In the end, all the old peasant was left to sigh and shake his head.

Chen Chao probably understood what the old peasant meant, blinked, and thought a little that this was not a problem. Although Qingyuan County is not as populous as Qingshan County, and it is not as convenient as Yunhe County, Qingyuan County has the benefits of Qingyuan County.

The environment is good, the mountains and rivers are good...... How bad can the wine be?

Besides, there are not many workers needed to make wine, only a few veteran winemakers with a few small workers.

It takes a lot of labor to build a brewery in the beginning.

These strong laborers can be borrowed from Linxian and returned when they are used up.

"In this way, does the old man still want to continue to do business in Qingyuan County?" The old farmer asked, also out of kindness.

Chen Chao walked out slowly from behind the table and smiled slightly:

"Old man, what others can't do, losing money doesn't mean that I can't do it, I won't lose money, and I will make a lot of money."

"Oh? Lao Suo would like to hear about it! ”

The old farmer's eyes lit up and he became interested.

Chen Chao beckoned Hou Ji to bring a jar of wine from the backyard warehouse, which was the first batch of distilled liquor, and there was not much left.

Lift the lid of the wine, set the bowl and pour the wine.

The aroma of the wine made the old farmer can't help but take a few steps forward and swallow his saliva, this wine is so fragrant?!

"Old man, please."

"In this way, then Lao Suo is not welcome."

In these years, there are cheap and don't take advantage of the bastard!

The old farmer picked up the wine bowl, first took a small sip, the spicy wine made his facial features shrink suddenly, after adapting, the old farmer was overjoyed, took a few sips, put a bowl of wine down, wiped the corners of his mouth at will, and sighed:

"Good wine!"

Chen Chao grinned and asked, "Now, does the old man think I can do this business?" ”

The old farmer changed his attitude and nodded busily: "You can do it!" ”

This business is too good to do!!

This wine should only be in heaven!

The elixir and jade liquid in the Heavenly Palace are nothing more than that.

Chen Chao stood behind the desk again and looked at the old peasant:

"Old man, I want to buy in Nanshan, but there are many farmers in Nanshan who cultivate the fields and raise poultry, I need you to persuade them to leave as soon as possible, and I will give them a sum of money afterwards, enough for them to live in the future, if any of them want to come to the winery to work, I will also recruit correctly, provided that the hands and feet are diligent, and the winery does not accept lazy people."

"In addition, I will tell you that the young people in the county who go out to earn a living, if they can come back to work, I will reward each of them with two taels of silver, and afterwards they will be accepted as workers in the winery, and the monthly money will be paid in the future, and I will do what I say."

"It's not difficult to do this, you can do it with money, who will have trouble with money these days......" The old farmer stretched out his hand and picked his chin, muttering to himself.

Chen Chao chuckled, and heard another meaning from the old peasant's words, beckoning someone to take some loose silver and stuff it all into the old peasant's hand, "If this matter is done, your remuneration will only be a lot more......

The old peasant smiled, accepted the silver, and his eyes fell on a poem written by Chen Chaogang on the table, "Master Waiwai, can this thing be given to Lao Suo?" My little grandson has just started school and likes to copy characters, and I can write very well when I see the words on it. ”

Chen Chao took it and gave it to the old farmer.

The old peasant folded it, put it close to his body, bowed slightly, and then left the manor of the Chen Dynasty, and said as he walked: "Master Waiwai, you are a person who does great things......

"Thank you!"