Lu Ming

Chapter 421 Selection
The total share capital of Northern Wine Group is 100 million taels of silver.

Among the 100 million taels, the two core competitiveness of the technology and equipment provided by the public are valued at 60 taels abruptly.

In other words, the remaining dozens of large and small shareholders shared 40 shares of gold.This capital composition fully reflects the correctness of the saying "technology is productivity".

But don't worry about that.

The cross-crowd, which aims to cultivate national capital, supports these primitive capitalists to acquire the shares of major shareholders at any time.In fact, people from across the world really hope to see these people skillfully control the board of directors as soon as possible, and use modern management concepts to manage and control the company.

After the establishment of the company, the first thing to operate is not the general meeting of shareholders and the board of directors, but the finance department-here needs to urgently account for the non-cash resources brought by some shareholders to buy shares.

The so-called non-cash resources are actually some workers and land.At the moment when the Liquor Industry Group was established, thirteen wineries along the North-South Canal in Tianjin were closed for liquidation on the spot, and were merged into the group by their own owners.

For such a large capital behemoth, its operation is really rampant.

First of all, after a series of sales and exchanges, the land including those wineries were merged together and became the company's factory area integrating sales, office and production.

After the ground warms in spring, this good location along the river will be demolished, and then a large number of migrant workers will be recruited to build regular factories, a street of folk restaurants and office buildings.

As for now, of course, it is time to start working.Customers and shareholders are all anxious, waiting to see the legendary core technology and equipment.

So among the goods delivered by the ten transport ships, the last batch of hidden materials was also pulled out from the warehouse - brewing equipment and sheet metal machine tools.

The brewing equipment is very simple, nothing more than some self-produced fermentation tanks, wine storage tanks and distillation copper pipes.These simple equipment have long been rotten in later generations, and a set of small home brewing equipment only costs a few thousand yuan.

When the pots and tubes were installed in one of the largest temporary workshops, Mingren shareholders rushed to see the baby.

The appearance of the baby is naturally cool: more than a dozen large iron cans shining with silver and bright metallic luster, as well as those connected copper and iron pipes, are full of a sense of mystery.

Next is feeding: sorghum.

In this era, it is naturally impossible to create a large amount of edible alcohol to blend commercial wine.This kind of technology chain that was reviled in later generations is now properly complicated Zenith Star technology.

Therefore, under the crude technical conditions of Tianjin, the forced original pure grain brewing method is the right way.

The main ingredient of Erguotou is sorghum, and the rest, including some auxiliary ingredients such as peas, are common food crops in the north.These raw materials are miscellaneous grains, and the cost is not high compared to wheat, which is suitable for the production of high-volume wine.

Under the command of a technician who speaks Nanqiang, workers gathered from various distilleries began to complete a series of production links of stuffing distillation.

At this time, the shareholders who visited the side were explained by a special person, and they also roughly understood the entire process: it is nothing more than fermenting grain and then transpiring to produce wine, which is not much different from the principle of local wine making, except that it is replaced by exquisite steel equipment. Big steamer and wine cellar only.

However, the most technological content lies in the places that Ming people do not realize: the inconspicuous temperature control, alcohol content measurement, and various instrument technologies for analyzing wine.

Therefore, the factories across the crowd are never afraid of natives visiting, and it is useless to understand the principle.For those who want to steal, not to mention the alcohol content is controlled, even a matching screw cannot be produced.

When a steady stream of transparent wine flowed out from the delicate "brass faucet", the long-awaited shareholders cheered collectively.

After tasting the finished product, everyone finally returned their hearts to their stomachs: the finished baijiu brewed from northern sorghum is the same as the southern sample in every respect, and this business can be done well!
Subsequently, a brief naming ceremony began.

In this plane, the style is very high, and the people who lead the fashion trend will naturally not use the vulgar name of Erguotou. The connotative word "whiskey" is the final brand name - strong enough, clearly pointing out "scholar's whiskey", implicitly hinting at the alcohol's high degree. There is no more suitable name.

After the first pot of puree of Tianjin Whiskey Distillery was successfully rolled off the assembly line, the shareholders moved to the supporting packaging workshop of the group company.

The most important thing in the packaging workshop is naturally the tinplate barrel production line.

This tinplate barrel production line includes several cutting, sheet metal and stamping machine tools driven by animal power or human power.

The production process dazzled shareholders: technicians from the south first cut a piece of tinplate from a roll, then folded it, and then stamped it with an animal machine tool. The main body of the shiny ten-liter iron drum came off the assembly line.

After seeing the whole process, Ming people were all amazed.They really couldn't figure out how this thin and tough "iron sheet" was produced.As for these "smart devices" that can assemble iron sheets into iron buckets, they are even more beyond the knowledge of shareholders.

Due to the lack of skilled workers, this crude oil barrel production line can only produce [-] to [-] finished products per day during the trial production stage.Production will not increase until the training of local workers in Tianjin matures in the future.

Of course, there are many factors that determine the output, among which tinplate is the key.

Tinplate, which can only be produced in the kiln district steel factory, needs to be shipped to Tianjin for thousands of miles. This is the biggest constraint.

For the same reason, the price of whiskey packaged in iron barrels will be much higher.This kind of easy-to-transport iron drum will eventually become a special model for long-distance sales, especially for export, Shanxi, Mongolia and other areas with difficult transportation.

However, in the Beijing-Tianjin area and along the canal, the old-fashioned way of serving wine in jars will still be used to reduce costs and expand the market.

In this regard, Travelers also has a plan: the reason why it is called the Liquor Industry Group is to buy several local porcelain kilns when it becomes free in the future.

Like wineries, the acquired porcelain kilns will produce high-quality, low-cost special wine jars with the support of advanced technology to complete the industrial chain.

In short, when the wild capital beast of the northern wine industry broke into the ancient market in the [-]th century, once it passed the incubation period, it must be followed by earth-shaking changes.

The fierce beasts under the control of the crossing crowd will purposely influence and change the old-fashioned pattern. The traditional businessmen centered in Tianjin will actively or passively get involved in the tide. The best of them will eventually transform smoothly and become Troubled times winner.

As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning.After all the hustle and bustle, when the Beishangqinwang delegation of the cross-travelers stood firm in Tianjin Wei, straightened out the basics, and settled the local interest allies, half a month had passed before they knew it.

During this half month, the delegation also did a lot of things: repairing the base, buying horses, setting up various organizations, building workshops, in short, very busy and fulfilling.

However, when people are busy, it is easy to forget things.

When the winery started to operate, some people slapped their thighs: It's broken, the emperor must be forgotten.

I don't know how the emperor, who is far away in the capital, would feel if he knew that Tianjin Wei still had a group of loyal ministers in this turbulent moment.

Anyway, ever since the crossing people went ashore, the Tianjin Bingbei Dao inspector Kong Pengkong, who has been at odds with these people since they came ashore, these days, everyone says that Cao Zongbing has no king and no father, and he is called rest. The shameless act of doing business is well known.

Well, now that you think of the emperor, let's see how the situation is going.

The current time point is already January 1630, 1.And the situation in the capital has reached the final juncture.

From November 11th of last year to today, two months later, the Eight Banners army led by Huang Taiji has surrounded many city gates of the capital and engaged in a series of battles with various armies who came to King Qin.

During this period, the Ming army has always lost more and won less, allowing the Eight Banners soldiers to wreak havoc on the periphery, and can only rely on artillery fire from the top of the city to defend.

In the process, the defense system in the Gyeonggi area was severely damaged, and there were six generals at the general level who were killed or captured.

And as early as more than a month ago, Yuan Chonghuan was finally captured by Chongzhen at the top of the city and thrown into the prison.This Ming Dynasty satellite artist, known as the big flicker of the five-year Ping Liao Dynasty, will be executed by Chongzhen Lingchi in the second half of this year, in August.

Then at this point in time at the end of January, a major event is about to happen: Huang Taiji is about to retreat.

Yes, in the coming February, Huang Taiji will personally lead his troops to turn around and capture Tongzhou, Qian'an, Zunhua and a series of cities that are blocking the way.After that, the Eight Banners army will slowly return to the outside of the pass with a large number of looted goods and people.

Therefore, it's time to reorganize the army and prepare for a wave of Eight Banners soldiers!
So how to organize the army? Naturally, it is necessary to post notices.

On the 25th, a notice was pasted in the lively places on the streets of Tianjin Wei: Conscription.

At first glance, the content of the notice is very simple: Cao Da’s general soldiers from the south are going to attack the Tartars in a few days, so now they need to recruit 600 auxiliary soldiers from the local area to fight against Master Cao’s main soldiers.

However, if you look closely, the content of this conscription is not simple.

The requirements for auxiliary soldiers on the notice require "skilled bow and horse", "high martial arts skills", "those who have seen blood and have been in battle are preferred".

Where is this summoning auxiliary soldiers?The soldiers and family members are nothing more than that! .All the viewers laughed.

However, after looking down, the viewer can no longer laugh.

The treatment of these 600 auxiliary soldiers is as follows: All those who pass the selection will be given a settling fee of 100 taels of silver (now settled), and the general will be responsible for providing a full set of armored horses and weapons (one man with two horses).

In addition, the monthly salary of the auxiliary soldiers is a jaw-dropping 30 taels of silver per month (daily settlement).The important thing is said three times: end of day, end of day, end of day.

Note that the above is only the wages of the layman, and there is no need to participate in the battle.

At the end of the announcement, the General also publicly promised: If there is a temporary battle during the expedition, then no matter the outcome, the General will issue additional bonuses afterwards.If someone can make great achievements in battle, the general will definitely recommend him to be an official.

Finally, the time and address: See you at the old school tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)