Early the next morning, when Lin Ping'an just woke up, maid Xiaocui told him that Yan Xiaoxiao had been waiting in the hall for a long time.
So he quickly got up, washed briefly, and came to the hall.
"Sister Xiaoxiao, why did you come to see me so early?"
He asked with a smile on Yan.
"Do you still have that wine? My foster father asked me to ask you for some more."
Upon hearing this, Lin Ping'an immediately smiled, spread his hands and said:
"No, I only did that much yesterday."
Yan Xiaoxiao frowned when she heard this, and then said: "Then you should hurry up and make some more."
"What can I do if I don't have money?"
Lin Pingan said with a smile: "The wine yesterday cost a full fifty taels of silver."
Hearing this, Yan Xiaoxiao's eyes widened and she shouted:
"Fifty taels of silver? How is that possible! Are you trying to blackmail me?"
Lin Ping'an pursed his lips at Fang Wen beside him: "Ask Uncle Fang."
Yan Xiaoxiao turned to look at Fang Wen, only to see Fang Wen nod his head and say: "That jar of wine is produced by Tianxiang Tower, and it did cost fifty taels of silver."
Yan Xiaoxiao suddenly took a breath of cold air and murmured:
"Fifty taels of silver can only make a small jar of wine. How much does it cost to make a large jar of wine?"
"At least one hundred and fifty taels of silver."
As Lin Ping'an spoke, he thought to himself: "The jar of wine I bought yesterday weighed only five kilograms, and after purification, it is estimated to be only a little more than three kilograms at most. Therefore, it takes at least one hundred taels of silver to make a jar of wine. As for the extra fifty taels, of course it is my own profit."
Yan Xiaoxiao was a little confused. She felt that one hundred and fifty taels of silver was a large sum of money. It was more than her salary for half a year. It was really an exaggeration.
Seeing Yan Xiaoxiao looking like this, Lin Pingan asked:
"How about it? What did the dean say after drinking yesterday?"
"He didn't say anything, he was just drunk, and he asked me to come to your place to beg for a drink this morning."
Yan smiled and replied.
Lin Ping'an had long expected such a result, shook his head and said: "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. If you want to drink, let the dean bring you money."
Yan Xiaoxiao thought for a while and felt that this made sense, so she turned around and walked out of the other courtyard.
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In the flower room, Hua Fangfang's eyes widened when she heard Yan Xiaoxiao say that the small jar of wine yesterday was made with fifty taels of silver.
He looked at Yan Xiaoxiao and asked, "Is this kid trying to blackmail me?"
"I asked Fang Wen. The jar of wine was indeed bought from Tianxiang Tower, and then remade by Lin Ping'an. When it was taken out, there was only the small jar."
After Yan Xiaoxiao said this, she added: "Lin Pingan said that if you want to make a large jar of wine, you will need at least one hundred and fifty taels of silver."
Hua Fangfang was silent for a long time after hearing this, with a very hesitant expression.
He reached out and grabbed the empty wine jar from yesterday, put it under his nose and smelled it. Finally he gritted his teeth, took out the three hundred taels of silver notes and handed them to Yan Xiaoxiao, shouting:
"That's all, let him make two jars of this wine first."
Yan Xiaoxiao looked at the two banknotes in her hand, and was really surprised. She knew that Hua Fangfang loved drinking, but she had never seen him drink such expensive wine. As for the wine from Xianglou that day, she only drank it occasionally. Back.
"Father, isn't this such a waste?"
She asked Hua Fangfang, feeling really distressed.
Hua Fangfang waved his hand and sighed: "My adoptive father's only hobby is wine. Let's make two jars and try them first."
So Yan Xiaoxiao turned around helplessly and went out, heading towards Lin Ping'an's courtyard again.
In the other courtyard, Lin Ping'an sat there alone in a daze.
"Is one hundred and fifty taels too expensive?"
He murmured in his mouth: "At this price, it is estimated that not many people can afford it. If you want ordinary people to be able to drink it, you have to make cheap and high-quality wine."
In fact, he also knows that as long as the wine is purified, the taste of the wine will become very strong, so the fifty-two jars of wine yesterday were indeed a bit luxurious. When the time comes, he will buy some cheap wine and purify it, and maybe the taste will not be as bad. Where to go.
So he asked Fang Wen, "Uncle Fang, what's the price of the average wine in Beijing?"
Fang Wen thought for a while and replied: "The prices vary, there are those that cost three to five taels of silver per jar, and those that cost more than ten taels of silver per jar. Of course, if the young master wants something cheaper, there are also those that cost less than one tael of silver per jar. .”
"I don't think a tattoo with dozens of tattoos can do it."
Lin Ping'an thought in his heart: "If it doesn't work, the only way is to use mixed wine to purify it."
Thinking of this, he asked Fang Wen:
"Uncle Fang, how much money do we have left?"
"Twenty taels."
Fang Wen raised two fingers, shook his head and said:
"Master, you can't use these twenty taels to buy wine, otherwise, our whole family will be waiting for the northwest wind."
After saying this, he sighed heavily and murmured:
"The New Year is coming, how are you going to spend this day?"
He was also very confused at the moment. Since he was sent here to be the housekeeper, how could he only be given two hundred taels of silver?
What kind of medicine is the dean selling in this gourd?
Lin Ping'an scratched his head, feeling a little helpless. He couldn't buy wine without money, so it was impossible for him to buy some grain to brew it again.
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Yan Xiaoxiao walking in again.
"Here you are, three hundred taels of silver."
Yan Xiaoxiao said as she handed the banknote in her hand to Lin Ping'an: "My foster father asked you to get two more jars of wine."
Lin Ping'an's eyes suddenly lit up, he reached out to take the bank note and said, "No problem, just come and get it tomorrow."
Fang Wen, who was standing by, was really frightened when he saw this scene. He thought that this kid was too courageous and even wanted to make money from the dean. "
But when he thought of the twenty taels of silver in his arms, he immediately remained silent.
After Yan Xiaoxiao left, Lin Pingan handed the banknote in his hand to Fang Wen and said with a smile:
"Uncle Fang, please go and buy two jars of Tianxianglou's wine. In addition, buy ten jars worth more than ten taels of silver each and three to five taels of silver each."
Fang Wen took the banknote and felt a little suspicious: "Is the young master planning to sell wine to make money?"
An hour later, Fang Wen bought all the wine. Lin Ping'an called someone into his room and closed the door.
In addition to two jars worth fifty taels of silver each, Fang Wen also bought twenty jars of cheap jars according to Lin Ping'an's instructions.
"It seems that the only way to use the wine from Tianxiang Tower is to make the mother wine."
Lin Ping'an thought in his mind, and poured a small portion of Tianxianglou's wine into an empty jar, then poured a large portion of the more than ten taels of wine into it, and finally poured in some more than a few taels of silver. jar of wine, thus making a whole jar of wine.
So he began to purify. After a while of busy work, he poured the purified wine into an empty jar and followed the same method. In just one afternoon, all the wine was purified.
Lin Ping'an sat there, wiping his sweat and thinking about it in his mind.
This time he only used one jar of Tianxianglou wine and another twenty jars of lower-priced wine, purifying a total of sixteen jars of wine, and the cost was two hundred taels of silver.
If a jar of wine sells for 20 taels, sixteen jars of wine are worth 320 taels, and the profit is a full 120 taels of silver. On average, the profit of each jar of wine is probably less than 8 taels of silver.
"The profit seems a bit bigger."
He thought in his mind and decided that it would be most appropriate to sell each jar of wine for only eighteen taels of silver.
Having made up his mind, Lin Pingan opened the door and asked Fang Wen and others to move all the wine out.
In the hall, Lin Pingan opened a jar of wine and said to Fang Wen and others:
"Come on, try it and see how this wine tastes?"
Fang Wen was the first to take a scoop and put it under his nose, smelled it, and praised: "It smells like good wine."
After saying this, he took a sip and tasted it carefully in his mouth, then he took a second sip, and finally poured the whole ladle of wine into his mouth, and then he praised with unfinished content:
"Master, your wine-making skills are really high. After drinking wine for so many years, I have never tasted such good wine."
“How does it compare to the wine I made the day before yesterday?”
Lin Pingan asked with a smile.
Fang Wen thought for a while and said, "They should be exactly the same. I still remember the taste of the wine the day before yesterday. They all have the same taste."
Hearing this, Lin Ping'an immediately felt relieved and said to several others: "You guys should try it too."
The rest of the people are obviously also people who love wine. Seeing Fang Wen drinking, they couldn't bear it for a long time. When they heard this, they all scooped out a ladle of wine and put it in their mouths to taste it carefully. After a while, Everyone immediately let out bursts of admiration.
"It seems this plan is feasible."
Lin Ping'an looked at the faces of everyone and thought in his mind: "From now on, we will use Tianxianglou's most expensive wine as the mother wine, and then mix and purify it with other relatively cheap wines. The taste of such wine will definitely not be bad."
While he was thinking about it, he asked Fang Wen to put away the jars of wine and wait for Yan Xiaoxiao to pick up the goods tomorrow.
Seeing Lin Ping'an's satisfied look on his clothes, Fang Wen asked: "Master, do we really have to buy a jar of one hundred and fifty taels of wine?"
Lin Ping'an shook his head and said with a smile: "This time I plan to sell only eighteen taels per jar."
As soon as these words came out, Fang Wen was a little confused. He looked at Lin Ping'an and said hesitantly:
"But didn't you say yesterday that you would sell it to Miss Xiaoxiao for one hundred and fifty taels?"
Yesterday, I had no capital... Lin Ping'an said sternly:
"The dean has been so kind to me. He gave me all this yard. How dare I ask him to give me money? Let's just give him four jars of bars tomorrow."
"But all those three hundred taels of silver were used."
Fang Wen shouted, obviously not understanding the logic of Lin Ping'an's words, he shouted in his heart:
"Master, you said you were embarrassed to accept the money, but you clearly took someone's three hundred taels of silver notes!"
Lin Ping'an thought for a while and understood the meaning of Fang Wen's words, so he explained again:
"What I mean is that from now on, the dean of the wine shop here will open the door to drinking for free!"
After talking for a long time, he still took three hundred taels of silver from the dean... Fang Wen nodded, feeling that the young man in front of him was thicker-skinned than himself.
