Lord Harland.

Chapter 97 Brewing Baijiu

Compared with most of the lords in the Dawn Continent, the pensions of the soldiers in the Harland Territory are very good.

For the soldiers who died in battle, their families can receive 50 kilograms of food every month, and there is also a death subsidy of one gold coin every year.

This kind of pension can be received continuously for 20 years.

In addition, every Christmas of the Goddess of Dawn, the territory will give some holiday expenses to the families of the martyrs.

Last year's festival expenses were three taels of brown sugar, ten catties of mutton, one roll of linen, and three silver coins.

Although the supplies are small, it is enough for the families of the martyrs to have a good festival.

The pension given by the territory every year is enough for a family of three to barely support their family.

The pension policy specified by Richard is better than that of the regular army of the Grant Kingdom.

Central legions like the Northern Legion, when the soldiers died in battle, they only gave ten gold coins as a pension, and the comrades and officers collected a little, which was a one-shot deal.

When pensions run out, the living standards of families of fallen soldiers will plummet.

The pension issued by Harland Territory is not a one-time settlement, but lasts for 20 years. For many soldier families who are not good at financial management, this pension is a guarantee of survival.

Because of the implementation of a good pension policy, the soldiers in Harland's territory will fight desperately.

In several wars, more than 400 soldiers have been killed in the territory. The annual pension, including food, needs to be spent about [-] gold coins.

As the number of casualties continues to increase, the pressure on pension payments will also increase.

If there is no new source of finance, the capital chain will become tighter and tighter, and eventually the territory will go bankrupt.

The brick order brought by Baron Sharp has been completed, and the largest cash income of the territory now is the sale of steel.

More than 1000 kobold slaves were exchanged for heavy trebuchet blueprints, all of which are now sent to the mine for mining, and the output of the steel factory has also increased.

The territory consumes half of the steel production capacity, and sells the remaining half.

Steel sales are increasing every month, and last month it has exceeded [-] gold coins, and the profit after deducting expenses is quite considerable.

After completing Baron Sharp's order, Richard did not let the brick kiln stop, and continued to burn bricks.

In addition to supplying Sophia Fort with the fired bricks, Richard is also planning to build several roads, and the river terminal will also be expanded.

By next year, Richard plans to build a new military fortress, Tieshan Fort, near the steel plant, adding a squadron of soldiers to protect the mine and guard against spies.

This year's grain harvest has once again ushered in a bumper harvest. After deducting the rations left by the citizens, the grain reserves in the territory have exceeded [-] tons.

Richard only plans to store [-] tons of grain, and if the remaining grain is put into the market, the price of grain in Heihe Fort will drop a bit.

Moreover, grain trade requires a lot of transportation capacity. To transport grain out, roads and grain transport ships need to be built.

If you hire outside grain ships, the profits will be eaten up by others.

The investment in road construction and shipbuilding is not small. Li Cha calculated the cost and felt that it was not very cost-effective.

Especially in recent years, the territory is still very short of money, and it is a little bit to save a little.

In a short period of time, Richard only plans to build Sophia Castle to Fort William, Sophia Castle to Iron Mountain Castle, Sophia Castle to Poppy Brick Kiln Factory, and connect the castles in the territory.

These three roads undertake the task of military dispatching, and the priority is higher.

Since the food cannot be transported out, the territory needs cash income.

After thinking about it, Li Cha decided to build a brewery to brew grain into liquor in exchange for money.

The liquor market in the Kingdom of Grant is mainly wine, and there are some fruit wines. Grain wines are relatively rare.

Through long-term observation, Li Cha found that the northern region prefers spirits.

If high-grade wine is brewed, sales should not be a problem. The key is to keep the secret of the wine-making process.

The brewing process of distilled wine is very simple, and it can be faked just by looking at it.

The high-alcohol trade may not be monopolized for too long.

There is also grain wine in the wine market in Heihebao, but the brewing process is very backward. Not only are there many impurities, but the wine is also very turbid and tastes sour.

Li Cha has carefully studied the brewing process of grain wine, and found that this primitive grain wine uses the fermentation method.

Using the fermentation method, not only the yield is low, the time is slow, the degree is low, but the taste is also very ordinary.

Switched to the distillation method, the taste is much better, and the cost is also reduced.

Li Cha used the distillation method to brew a batch of baijiu on a small scale for the soldiers in the army to taste, which won praise and affirmation from the soldiers.

Of course, this batch of baijiu is relatively strong, and noble ladies don't like it very much, and it is not suitable for noble banquets.

But as long as the market for Northern Legionnaires is captured, it will be profitable to open a brewery.

Small-scale brewing of baijiu, after gaining popularity, Li Cha immediately started to build a brewery.

Richard originally planned to go to the Grand Duchy of Stanik to buy a group of slaves and use these slaves who had no connection with the Kingdom of Grant to build a winery, but he did not expect to recruit more than 2000 refugees.

These refugees have nothing to do with the lords of other regions in the north, so they can just choose a group of brewers.

When these people came to the territory, Li Cha took them to the south of Bobby Brick Kiln Factory, across the Burnie River.

The other side of the Burnie River is still barren, and dozens of hectares of paddy fields can be reclaimed.

The winery is built at the foot of the mountain, about 500 meters from the river.

It's late autumn now, and the weather is getting colder and colder.

In order to speed up the construction of the winery, Li Cha mobilized [-] serfs to help [-] refugees cut down trees and build houses.

By mid-October, rows of brick houses stood at the foot of the mountain, the refugees settled down smoothly, and the winery was completed.Highly distilled spirits began to be produced on a large scale.

Because the degree of distilled alcohol is very high, it can often reach more than [-] degrees, and it tastes too strong.Li Cha mixed some water and felt a little better.

The watered grain wine was born, and immediately became popular in Heihe Castle and all the taverns.

This wine was named Heart Fire by Li Cha.

Soldiers, mercenaries, and hunters are loyal customers of distilled liquor.

In the cold winter of northern Xinjiang, drinking a glass of strong wine can warm up the body and resist the severe cold.

What's more, the price of distilled liquor is also very close to the people. You can buy one kilogram with three copper coins.

Normally, three catties of grain can make one catty of wine.

The cost of food for one kilogram of puree wine is only two copper coins. If labor and investment are added, the cost is still higher than three copper coins.

What Li Cha sells is blended wine, so the cost is lower.

Calculating that one kilogram of blended wine is less than one copper coin, the profit has already doubled, and the double profit is enough for capitalists to sell the noose that hanged themselves.

Whether it is the previous life on Earth or this life, the wine industry is a high-profit industry.

If the brand effect is formed and the profit exceeds 200%, it is actually very common in the beverage industry.

It's a pity that the productivity of the Grant Kingdom is not in the pursuit of branding, and there is no brand effect.

　I had something to do in the afternoon. I went to the county to buy an electric bicycle. Today is still ten o'clock.There are ten changes every day from the first to the fifth, eight changes every day from the sixth to the tenth, and five changes every day after the tenth. By the next month, the saved manuscripts are basically gone, and only [-] words can be updated every day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)