Han Shimou

"Zhicai, don't worry too much. I believe in Zhongdao."

Wen Han seemed to have guessed Xilong's concerns, and nodded lightly, letting Xilong continue talking.Originally, Wei Zhongdao also heard something, and wanted to avoid it, but when he heard the word Wen Hanna believed, his heart trembled.For a while, many thoughts flooded into my mind, I bowed my head in thought, and remained silent.

"Well. Then I'll be blunt. If the prefect wants to get involved in the business of the entire Hedong, some wealthy people with vision must guess that the lord wants to hold the economic lifeline of Hedong in his hands, so as to stabilize Hedong. , the status of the wealthy family has been greatly reduced in the mind of the prefect.

People from wealthy families have always thought that they are the masters of Hedong, how could they allow the prefect's family to dominate, and they would definitely obstruct in every possible way.Therefore, it is almost impossible for the prefect to cooperate with them in business.

But those giant businessmen and wealthy businessmen, their ambitions are not so big.After all, these people only have money, not military power or fame.Therefore, what they value is profit.Only the prefect can give this point.Then they will not hesitate to cooperate with the prefect.

So next, what we want to win over is this group of wealthy businessmen.As for how we want to get involved in this business, this is really not my field of expertise.Lord Prefect, I'd better ask Brother Wei for advice. "

As Xilong spoke, he cast his eyes on Wei Zhongdao again.The Wei family's businesses spread all over the whole of Hedong, among which Wei's silk is the most famous, and it is a century-old brand.

The Wei family attaches great importance to business, and has produced a lot of business wizards.And Wei Zhongdao, as the head of the Wei family, is of course superior to ordinary people in the business field.

"Haha, Zhicai, don't you call yourself a man of hundreds of talents? Unexpectedly, you also have things you are not good at."

"Master Taishou, no one is perfect."

To Wen Han's teasing, Xi Long just replied lightly.Afterwards, the two of them cast their eyes on Wei Zhongdao again.Wei Zhongdao was meditating, and after a while, he straightened his face and said.

"First of all, what Mr. Xi said is very reasonable. If you want to seize the business in Hedong, you must cooperate with the wealthy merchants in Hedong. As for how the prefect will get involved, I think that the prefect is always a member of the government. Among these giant merchants In the eyes of Fu Jia, the identity is different, that is to say, he is not a person of the same way.

Therefore, I suggest to the prefect that you should go into business first, so that you can get together with those wealthy businessmen, and then talk about cooperation. It will be a matter of course. "

"Business?"

In fact, Wen Han has also thought about this idea in his mind.

Moreover, during this half month, Wei Zhongdao and Xilong were the executors of the land acquisition war.He was idle, and had thought of going into business at that time, and Xilong had reminded him that the income from the gambling house alone was not enough to support the entire group's development.

Therefore, Wen Han also intends to find a second way of making money.So, he used this half a month to start researching a product.

"Since you want to be in business, you must have products for sale. I don't know if there are any products that can sell well, Mr. Taishou?"

Xi Long suddenly smiled and looked at Wen Han with interest.

When Wen Han saw his smile, he knew that he must have smelled the smell of his research product, knew the product he was researching, and not only knew it, but also secretly drank it.

"I just wondered why there were so many mice suddenly in the house, and they almost drank all my drunken wine. It turns out that this mouse has grown so big, no wonder, no wonder."

"Cough cough. This is the prefect's fault. How can such a good wine be hidden. Good things should be shared with everyone. This wine is delicious."

Wei Zhongdao was at a loss when he was listening, and then he looked at Xi Long's infatuated look, and asked unconsciously.

"Drunken Immortal Brew? Could it be that the prefect is studying wine? And, have you researched it?"

"Well, I just have nothing to do, so I can try it. However, Zhongdao can come with me and try to see if this wine can sell well."

"Okay. It's really Zhongdao's fortune to be able to taste the wine brewed by the prefect himself, so I will not be polite."

Wei Zhongdao followed Wen Han with curiosity and suspicion on his face. At this time, there were not many kinds of wine in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the sake brewed by the Liao people in the pre-Qin period and the betel sauce wine brewed by the Bo people in the Qin and Han Dynasties were the most popular. famous.

If Wen Han can really develop a new variety, there is no doubt that this new wine will be a hit.Of course, the premise is that the wine is good.

Although Wen Han deliberately didn't ask Xi Long to come, but Xi Long, who loves wine by nature, didn't care whether Wen Han invited him or not, and followed behind the two of them.Wen Han led Wei Zhongdao and Xi Long to a small wine shop in the prefect's mansion.

This small wine shop was built by Wen Han, and it is fully equipped. Although there are not many wine making tools, it is just enough for one person to operate.

In the winery, a lot of grain crops such as wheat, highland barley, and rice were piled up. Wei Zhongdao smelled these grain crops curiously. These crops should have been fermented and had a pungent special smell.

"Hey. How about you try this wine, Zhongdao?"

Wen Han came to a wine vat, uncovered the mud seal, handed Wei Zhongdao a bamboo tube, and signaled Wei Zhongdao to use the bamboo tube to suck directly into the wine vat.

"You don't have to suck it all in one sip. This drink has a strong aftertaste."

Although Wei Zhongdao nodded, he didn't take these words to heart.Whether it is sake or betel sauce wine, they are all light wines. Although Wei Zhongdao doesn't say how good his drinking capacity is, at least he can drink a few jars of sake without getting drunk.This can be intoxicating with just one sip, Wei Zhongdaoquan thought Wen Han was too weak for drinking.

Wei Zhongdao took the bamboo tube, walked to the side of the wine vat, stretched the bamboo tube in, and sucked it hard.As soon as the wine entered his mouth, Wei Zhongdao felt that his entire mouth was on fire. After swallowing it, his whole body, viscera and six internal organs seemed to be burning, and then the blood seemed to be heating up continuously.

After a while, Wei Zhongdao felt that he was sweating all over. At this time, a cool wind happened to blow, and he felt extremely refreshed all over his body.

"Ah, cool.

Wei Zhongdao raised his head and groaned, his face flushed unknowingly, the strong drink seemed to be addictive, Wei Zhongdao suddenly felt that he seemed to have a lot of strength, his blood vessels were bursting, and there was a kind of wanton behavior that broke many invisible forces in the world. He was generally restrained, and became that carefree and unfettered fairy.

"Uh…"

Wei Zhongdao took a staggered step and almost fell.

This wine has not been processed by muddy water, and it is the strongest alcohol, so Wen Han just told him not to drink too much in one gulp, but Wei Zhongdao didn't take this words to heart at all, he seemed to be almost drunk.

"Hey, let me try too."

Xilong grabbed the bamboo tube from Wei Zhongdao's hand without any politeness, and ran to the wine tank impatiently, his eyes shone brightly, just like a flower picker seeing a big girl with white flowers.

Xilong has experienced it several times, sucking small mouthfuls, each mouthful makes a moaning sound like a cock's hair, giving people the feeling of eating marijuana.

"This alcoholic, his eyes shine when he sees alcohol."

There is nothing good about Xilong, except good wine.Wen Han saw how intoxicated he was this time, he couldn't help but murmured, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

And Wei Zhongdao at the side, because it was the first time he drank the drunk fairy wine, he drank too much in one sip, and suddenly the smell of alcohol rushed into his brain, he couldn't explain clearly.He shook his head vigorously, and whispered in Wenhan's ear with drunken eyes.

"No...Fan, listen to me...this drunken fairy wine...is enough to make...you become the richest person in the whole of Anyi...no!...the richest person in the whole of Hedong!!"

This drunken fairy wine is the original form of Wuliangye in later generations.It was during the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties that the Yi people used wheat, highland barley, rice and other grains to brew a kind of Zajiu.

Since then, it has opened a precedent for using a variety of grains to make wine.The production process of this wine is not complicated, and the materials are simple, and the cost is not high.And the brewing time is not long.

Zajiu is named for its drinking method. When brewing, first cook the grain thoroughly, dry it, then mix it with koji, put it in a pottery jar, seal the mouth of the jar with thin mud, and cover it with grass to let it ferment. Serve in more than ten days.

In later generations, Wen Han's adoptive father Li Rulong was an alcoholic who was addicted to alcohol.And because of his special status, he cannot drink wine from the outside world.This made Li Rulong feel like a drunk who had been devoured by thousands of ants, how could he stand without alcohol for a day.

Therefore, Li Rulong specially learned how to brew wine, and Wen Han, as his adopted son, was asked Wen Han to help him brew wine together under the pretext of training.One of the wines is Wuliangye.

However, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was difficult to find all the materials related to Wuliangye, and Wen Han could only use relatively simple ingredients such as wheat, highland barley, and rice.

However, it seems that this effect is enough.

Drunken Immortal Noodles require low cost and only ten days to make.Wei Zhongdao and Xi Long, who have tasted the taste of Zuixian Niang, have great confidence in the sale of Zuixian Niang.

And Wen Han is a person who does what he says, so he immediately asked people to build a winery outside Anyi City, and started the wholesale research and development of Zuixian Niang.At the same time, Wei Zhongdao gave Wen Han a list.

The names on these lists are all rich merchants from Hedong.Wen Han packed the pot of drunken wine that he developed earlier into hundreds of bottles of high-quality goods, and gave them to Fu Jia, a wealthy businessman on the list.

Three days later, the effect of Zuixian brew did not disappoint Wen Han.Rich merchants from various counties in Hedong rushed to Anyi like crazy.Everyone wants a certain amount of Zuixian Niang for sale.

The cost of Zuixian brewing is low, but Wenhan has an absolute monopoly in the market.After discussing with Xi Long and Wei Zhongdao, the price of this drunken wine reached a sky-high price of five silver for a bottle.

Although the price is outrageously high, these wealthy merchants who have tasted Zuixianniang are well aware of the charm of Zuixianniang, and in today's era, the market for high-end and expensive wines is particularly empty. Once this Zuixianniang comes out, it will become The leader of the high-end luxury wine market!