Youzhou City.
Zuiqingfeng Restaurant.
A wealthy businessman wearing silk satin walked in with a step that he did not recognize his relatives.
"Master Sun, you are here!"
As soon as the waiter saw him, he greeted him enthusiastically.
"It's been a while since I've been here at Zui Qingfeng. I wonder if you have any new dishes?"
After Master Sun slowly sat down, he said slowly.
"There are no new dishes, but Master Sun is here just in time. There is a new wine launched today."
The waiter introduced it with a smile.
"New wine? Tell me about it!"
"This wine is called Zuixian Brewing. It is said to be handed down from the immortal world and secretly made using ancient methods."
"Its mellow and fragrant aroma is unmatched by any wine in the world. It is truly a top-notch wine!"
"It's just the price. Compared to other drinks, it's a bit more expensive."
Under the waiter's hard praise, Master Sun couldn't help but feel a little interested.
"The price doesn't matter, just bring the wine!"
"Okay!"
The waiter responded, turned and left.
After a while, he came to Master Sun with a small jar of wine in his arms.
The waiter poured out three bowls of wine for Mr. Sun and then put away the wine jar.
Seeing this situation, Mr. Sun frowned and said dissatisfiedly,
"What are you doing?"
"Master Sun, I don't know. Zui Xian's wine is very strong. If you drink too much, I'm afraid you will..."
Before the waiter could finish speaking, he was rudely interrupted by Master Sun.
"Did you make a mistake? The barbarians next door saw it and thought it was because I couldn't afford to drink!"
"No, no, no, they're all the same!"
"What do you mean, they are all the same! It's just a little bit, enough for anyone to drink! Give me another jar, a jar full!"
Master Sun complained loudly and dissatisfiedly, which instantly attracted the attention of many guests in the lobby.
The waiter was startled and quickly apologized to Master Sun. Then he brought over an unopened jar of Drunken Immortal Brew and placed it on Master Sun's table.
"You're stupid, you think I'm a fool, right?"
Master Sun snorted coldly, then picked up the wine bowl with lingering anger and took a shallow sip.
However, after taking this sip of wine, his eyes suddenly widened and he took a breath!
"hiss……"
Master Sun was a familiar face in Zui Qingfeng. Many people noticed him due to the commotion just now.
Seeing his expression, someone said curiously,
"Master Sun, what's going on? Could it be that this Drunk Immortal Brew doesn't suit Master Sun's taste?"
"No, no, no, this wine... is so strong and fragrant!"
Master Sun ignored the man and quickly poured himself another bowl, drinking it with an intoxicated look on his face.
At this time, the mellow fragrance of Zuixian Brewing has already spread in the lobby.
"Here I go, the taste of this wine... is so rich!"
"Yeah, I feel a little drunk just by smelling it!"
Smelling the fragrance of Zuixian Brewing and looking at Master Sun's intoxicated appearance, someone couldn't hold it anymore and shouted to the waiter,
"Bring me a jar of Drunken Immortal Brew here!"
"And here I am!"
In a short time, Zuixianjiang was placed on every table of guests.
After tasting it, almost all guests commented that it was strong and fragrant!
Occasionally, a few drunkards complained that the drunken wine was too strong.
As a result, he was laughed at by the guests on the side, saying that if he was too drunk, he could move the table and drink with the dog!
at the same time.
In the private room on the second floor.
Ji Lie, Zhao Meiniang, and Yang Dehou looked through the windows and took in everything in the hall.
"Judging from this, Zuixian Brewing will definitely be very popular! I would like to congratulate the prince and Mrs. Zhao in advance for making a lot of money!"
Yang Dehou smiled.
"Thank you, Mr. Yang."
Although they have great confidence in Zuixian Brewing, Zhao's Trading Company has invested a lot of manpower and material resources after all.
When she saw how popular it was, the stone in Zhao Meiniang's heart finally fell to the ground.
Ji Lie looked 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 Erguotou.
However, in order to ensure the taste of the wine, only the second pot was used as drunken wine, and the rest was sold as cheap wine to ordinary people.
Therefore, one pound of grain can produce approximately two pounds of drunken immortal brew.
A pound of Zuixian Brewing costs ten taels of silver.
You must know that one stone of grain, that is, one hundred and twenty kilograms of grain, is only one tael of silver.
It is equivalent to saying that after selling a jar of Zuixian Brewing, excluding raw materials, labor, and dividends from Zhao's Trading Company, Ji Lie will get at least four taels of silver.
Not to mention the cheap wine sold to ordinary people.
After all, selling alcohol is not only a huge profit, it is almost like robbing money!
“The next step is to slowly expand the sales scale of Zuixian Brewing and sell it to the entire Youzhou and even other states and counties.
Ji Lie quickly warned.
"I will strictly abide by the teachings of the prince."
Zhao Meiniang paused and then said cautiously,
"But we need to send someone to contact the Hu people?"
Because they were often plundered by the Hu people from the north, the Great Xia Dynasty prohibited trade with them.
But here in Youzhou, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so there are still many contacts in private.
For example, in Zui Qingfeng's restaurant, there were several barbarians holding Zui Xian Brewing and drinking happily!
"Yes, why not?"
Ji Lie nodded in agreement without thinking.
joke.
He doesn't care about the bullshit decrees of the imperial court.
The Hu people like to drink spirits the most. Where can they start the business of Zuixianjiang? Why can't they take off?
As long as the Hu people drink more, Ji Lie will earn more!
In this way, it can also weaken the economy and combat effectiveness of the Hu people. Wouldn't it be beautiful?
"I know it."
Zhao Meiniang nodded and said nothing more.
…
The manor outside the city.
Ji Lie, Xiu'er and Laifu were watching the guards' training.
The school grounds were filled with dust, and the guards, led by the palace guards, were setting up different formations to attack each other.
Although there were only three hundred guards, they showed an overwhelming momentum!
"If we go through some actual combat, we can be called an elite division! Commander Zhang, you have worked hard during this time."
Ji Lie chuckled and praised.
"Your Majesty, you're welcome. These are all trained by my subordinates according to Your Majesty's military training methods. It all comes down to Your Majesty's credit."
Zhang Changde is not flattering Ji Lie, but he is sincere.
He also didn't expect that by training troops according to Ji Lie's method, he would actually train such a powerful army!
Although 300 guards have never been in actual combat, Zhang Changde is very confident that as long as he is given enough soldiers and armor, he can defeat 3,000 regular troops with 300 guards!
Speaking of armor, Zhang Changde slapped his forehead and said cautiously,
"My lord, my subordinates just remembered something. I wonder when we can equip the guards with armor?"
Ji Lie couldn't help but frown when he mentioned this.
Compared with food and military pay, the cost of soldiers and armor is even more astonishing!
