Wanhua Tower.
No, it should have been called "Fengming Tower" by this time.
At this time, Liu Zheng was making a fuss, and the aftermath was still there. First, his piano skills were astonishing, and then his literary talent was outstanding. It's another acquisition of a restaurant. Is this the number one dude in Liangzhou always so high-profile wherever he goes?
The literati were still shaking their heads and thinking about these three couplets.
Zheng Yueru, on the other hand, returned to her private room again, her eyebrows furrowed, and then she smiled softly: "This young master of the Liu family is quite interesting."
The shopkeeper of Fengming Tower, called Lao Cuitou, is a relatively shrewd old businessman. He was standing next to Zheng Yueru and asked in a low voice: "Miss, are we, Wanhua Tower, just going to let this kid do what he wants?"
Businessmen in this era were relatively honest and responsible, and they actually looked down upon Liu Zheng's set of promotional methods.
They think that when doing business, they just need to do business as they should. If they keep doing this, they will make this Wanhua Building into a nondescript place.
"Haha, do you think he is torturing?"
Zheng Yueru smiled faintly, took a sip of rice wine, and shook her head: "I'm a little worried. His bet may very well export our Wanhua Tower..."
"ah?"
Old Cui Tou looked depressed.
Zheng Yueru chuckled: "Of course, these methods of his are indeed ingenious, but they must have an introduction. After all, this is a restaurant, either beautiful women or wine...otherwise, with just a few couplets and such a few layers Lou’s idea is to attract others to the barren land of Yinzhou?”
"He asked us to terminate our cooperation with the previous wine dealer. It seems that he is planning to make a fuss about wine!"
Old Cui Tou also nodded frequently when he heard this.
But no matter what, Liu Zheng's ideas are indeed advanced in this era, and Liu Zheng gave him a real five thousand taels.
The next day.
Wanhua Building began to close down and was renovated, inside and out, according to Liu Zheng's requirements. Taking half of the shares in Wanhua Building is five thousand taels of silver. The renovation is about another thousand taels of silver!
For a moment, the entire Yinzhou was watching a joke.
News came from Liangzhou these days that the Liu family and his son brought 10,000 taels of silver to Yinzhou. Five hundred taels of logs were pledged, and the county magistrate's house was renovated, and he was invited to eat and drink, and another thousand taels were given. After all the calculations, Liu Zheng had defeated 10,000 taels and only had 1,500 taels left!
The four prominent families suddenly felt that the crisis was over and everyone was happy.
"How long can he stay in Yinzhou with his speed of losing money? When he finally loses his last savings, let's see how I can humiliate him!"
Chen Xiang, who had been slapped in the face several times by Liu Zheng, even uttered such harsh words everywhere, as if he was deliberately trying to make Liu Zheng hear him.
Of course, it's not just him.
Almost all people in Yinzhou are not optimistic about "this term" of county magistrate, and feel that Yinzhou will soon return to its previous state of "governing by doing nothing".
As for Liu Zheng.
In fact, the situation is worse than it appears to outsiders.
The county magistrate's mansion was renovated and rebuilt.
But we need people!
All kinds of maids, servants, gardeners, grooms, and carriages all cost money to buy, and they also have to give monthly payments! Liu Dahao was so busy that he saw that the money bag was getting smaller and smaller.
"Son, why don't you go to Liangzhou again as a father, visit my old friends, and see if you can help me?"
Liu Dahao was almost at his wits end.
If this continues, I won't be able to hold on for a few more days.
Liu Zheng smiled slightly: "Dad, which of your old friends who are working hard would think highly of us now? Don't worry, as I said, you will have enough money to recruit three hundred soldiers first. Remember, they must be young and middle-aged!" Changfeng will help you handle this matter, and I will figure out the next steps!"
"Huh? Are you still recruiting troops?"
Liu Dahao wanted to cry but had no tears.
Liu Zheng nodded and said: "If you don't recruit soldiers, how can you collect taxes? Dad, you have to remember this sentence: in prosperous times, culture is important, in troubled times, military force is important! Without soldiers, it will be difficult for us to gain a foothold in Yinzhou!"
If you want to collect taxes, it is equivalent to pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth of the four prominent families!
Without the soldiers, all this is empty talk.
then.
The county magistrate's government began to recruit troops with great fanfare. This incident caused some waves in Yinzhou. Who are you recruiting troops to deal with? The four major families must be the first to be unable to sit still. But the soldiers are the standard configuration of the county lord's mansion. Although you are a local tycoon, neither law nor reason can interfere with the county lord's mansion.
After asking around, it was found that there were only three hundred soldiers from the mansion, and then the noble families left one after another.
three hundred?
Each of their families has two thousand private soldiers!
As a result, the news that the county magistrate was short of money was confirmed again.
Liu Zheng, on the other hand, has been doing his own research these days.
He had several thoughts about wine. The first is to make higher-grade koji. In this era, koji is still the oldest method, using naturally moldy grain crops to make koji. For the artificial production of distiller's yeast, there is no such technology in this era.
However, Liu Zheng has it!
In the past few days, he first bought a set of wine-making equipment, various utensils, clay pots, leaky jars, wine jars, etc... Originally, these processes in Liu Zheng's wine-making process were very backward, but there were no Method, this is the condition of this era.
better than nothing.
He first moistened various grains, ground them, processed them in various ways, then added water and stirred them to make distiller's yeast artificially, which was much more advanced than natural mold making.
By controlling the temperature and studying the proportions, we can produce koji with different flavors.
Liu Zheng prepared a set for each of strong-flavor, light-flavor and sauce-flavor.
Of course, this cannot be accomplished overnight.
It takes at least a month to make half of the big song.
Therefore, Liu Zheng also needs to study another thing in the process of making distiller's yeast.
Distiller!
For him, he needs something immediate to help him make money! So, since it took a long time to make the koji, he could only use a still to distill the existing turbid liquor of this era. Although the effect was less effective, compared with those turbid liquors, it was equivalent to fine wine.
In fact, the principle of the distiller is also very simple. For a scientific researcher like Liu Zheng, it is just like a child playing house, just putting out a few bottles and cans.
Connect several sealed jars together. The first tank is responsible for distillation, the second for cooling, and the third for collection.
But the most important thing...
It’s just that these bottles and cans are hard to find.
Liu Zheng searched in the market for several days before he found a few that he was satisfied with. This made him smile bitterly. It was really hard to live in an era of scarce supplies.
And the pipes connecting several cans became another headache for him.
In the end, Liu Zheng went to several butchers and finally found a few beef intestines, which he could wash and use. This kind of honey operation also made him a little bit dumbfounded.
But no matter what, everything is ready.
Even if the distiller is made.
"Son, what are you fussing over?"
Liu Dahao ran into the room in the backyard of the county lord's mansion and was stunned when he saw what Liu Zheng was doing.
"Haha, dad, this is a good thing. Quickly, let Changfeng go get ten kilograms of turbid wine!"
"Ah? My son, ten pounds of turbid wine is a lot of money!"
Poor Liu Dahao, who was once the richest man in Liangzhou, is now frowning for the sake of ten taels of silver.
Liu Zheng smiled and said: "Dad, listen to me and go ahead! If this goes well, the profit will not be dozens of taels of silver!"
"profit?"
Liu Dahao glanced at Liu Zheng a little suspiciously, as if to say, since you were born, you have been losing money. When have you ever made a profit?
But naturally he would not say this, and immediately asked Qin Changfeng to get a drink.
"Call Wei Tiezhu here again and ask him to bring some smarter craftsmen!"
Liu Zheng suddenly said again.
Liu Dahao never questioned his son's words. Soon, Wei Tiezhu came with two brothers from his family.
Ten kilograms of turbid wine was also bought back by Qin Changfeng.
"Tie Zhu, can I trust you?"
Liu Zheng looked at Wei Tiezhu and asked lightly.
Wei Tiezhu's eyes immediately turned red: "Master, what are you talking about? Master, you treat me like a king and a minister, and this head is yours!"
"good!"
Liu Zheng warned again: "It's because I trust you that I found you. Remember, whatever happens here must be swallowed by me! Don't tell anyone!"
Wei Tiezhu's two brothers naturally had no problems.
Liu Dahao was amazed to see Liu Zheng being so cautious.
So, Liu Zheng began to teach Wei Tiezhu and the others how to use the still. At first, a few of them didn't understand what they were doing.
But under Liu Zheng's guidance, he gradually mastered the essentials.
The turbid wine began to enter the distillation process. Liu Dafu and Qin Changfeng were watching and sometimes helping.
In this short period of time, the turbid sorghum wine slowly became clear, like a clear spring. More importantly, the aroma of this ancient low-alcohol wine is incomparable to that of high-alcohol wine. . By the time the distillation is almost complete, the whole room is filled with a strong aroma of wine.
"this……"
"What is this? What a strong aroma of wine!"
Liu Dahao's eyes widened.
Qin Changfeng also said excitedly: "The aroma of the wine alone is already intoxicating. Is this a fairy brew?"
People of this era are used to drinking crudely made low-alcohol wine. Where have they seen such high-purity liquor?
Wei Tiezhu was also stunned: "This wine, this wine..."
Liu Zheng smiled slightly: "Wait for a while, and you can have a taste."
Several people were so addicted to alcohol that their mouths were drooling.
When the distilled liquor was distilled, cooled, and then collected in the last wine jar, the whole room was filled with the intoxicating aroma of wine.
"This... Zheng'er, is this wine?"
Several glasses of wine were poured out by Liu Zheng, and Liu Dahao was reluctant to drink them.
This is purer than spring water!
"What do you think? Drink!"
Liu Zheng laughed.
Liu Dahao, Qin Changfeng, Wei Tiezhu and others, after drinking a glass of wine, it was as if their souls were out of their bodies and they were drunk.
“Good wine!”
"Zheng'er, Zheng'er, how did you do this?"
Liu Dahao was astonished as if he was meeting his son for the first time.
This is not just profit, it is simply the rhythm of getting rich!
