Capital Datang

ps: Why do you feel that the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday is more tiring than going to work?

It wasn't until the curfew was approaching that Li Ke got up and prepared to return home. Li Yong originally wanted to live here with Li Yin. After all, the task his father gave him had not been completed. Although he said it forcefully, he still wanted to avoid the limelight first.However, Li Yin asked Li Yong to go back and tell his father that they don't need to think about the tea business, but he has a bigger business here, and he can't do it with his own strength, so he is going to recruit people to buy shares. This business is completed, and the annual profit is more than one million!As soon as Li Yin said this, not only Li Yong was inexplicably surprised, but even Li Ke was a little moved, and he wanted to ask but was too embarrassed to ask.

"Hehe, if your father and King Jiangxia are interested, I invite them to come to my house tomorrow. Third brother, don't be too polite. You must come tomorrow. I'm too young, I'm afraid I won't be able to impress these two. Uncle, third brother, you will also own a part of the shares, and if we are tied together, we won’t be afraid of being swallowed up by these old foxes." Li Yin smiled and said to Li Yong first, and then pulled Li Ke in. , Li Ke is his own elder brother, and he often helped him in the past, so of course he can't forget this third brother when he has benefits.

"Haha~, since Liu Lang said so, then the third brother will not refuse, but I am curious, what kind of business can make millions of profits?" Li Ke is also a straightforward person, and he agreed with a smile.In the past few days, Li Yin's performance has completely changed Li Ke's previous view of him.

"Hehe, what about this~" Li Yin had a mysterious smile on his face, "Temporary secret, you will know when you come tomorrow!" Capital Datang 16

"Damn, Liulang, when did you learn how to play charades?" Li Yong was hopeful and wanted to hear what the business was, but he didn't expect Li Yin not to say it, so he couldn't help saying angrily.

"Okay, okay, third brother, hurry up, or you will lose face if you are caught after the curfew." Li Yin made up his mind not to say anything, and planned to let them see the real thing with their own eyes tomorrow. I'm afraid it's really not convincing based on what they say, it's better to let them feel it for themselves.

"Well, it's not too late anyway." Li Ke was not in a hurry, and left after saying his farewell. Li Yong had no choice but to leave together.

After sending the two out of the palace, Li Yin ordered someone to call the craftsmen from the wood workshop and iron workshop in the mansion. Some time ago he designed something and asked the craftsmen from these two workshops to make a trial. They talked about it two days ago It was almost finished, but at that time Li Yin was busy with the tea shop, so he had no time to look at it.

Not long after Li Yin returned to the hall, a servant came in with two men dressed as craftsmen.As soon as the two saw Li Yin, they immediately knelt down and saluted: "The villain sees the prince!"

"Get up, is that thing finished?" Li Yin put down his tea bowl and asked. The two craftsmen are both in their 50s and [-]s. Cheng is the head craftsman of the woodwork workshop. The gray-haired but stout one is called Wu Qiao. Because he is mature, everyone calls him Old Wu Tou. He is the head craftsman of the iron workshop.

"Reporting to the lord, the thing has been made. The villain and Lao Huang tried it according to the method the lord said, and found that it really works." Old Wu stepped forward and said. This old Wu spoke up about everything.

"Well, you did a good job. The king will use the thing tomorrow. If the thing is made well, the king will definitely reward you a lot!" Li Yin couldn't hide his excitement when he heard that the thing was done.Next, Li Yin asked about the details of the production, Lao Wu and Huang Cheng answered one by one, and did not let them back until Li Yin was satisfied.

On the second day, Li Min had nothing to do, so he hadn't gotten up until now, when Gao Zhong rushed in and reported loudly: "Your Highness! Your Highness! Great joy!"

"What's the matter? Why are you in a hurry?" Li Yin opened his sleepy eyes and asked very dissatisfied.

"Your Highness, the Wang family's tea shop opened for business this morning, and countless people rushed to buy it. The tea prepared in the tea house was simply not enough for sale. It was already sold out in less than an hour after it opened." Gao Zhong said with ecstasy.

"Oh?" Li Yin jumped up from the bed in a huff. Although he had expected this kind of result, after all, he had done enough advertising for this new tea. When I heard that the tea leaves were snapped up like crazy, I still couldn't help being very excited. At the same time, a sense of joy of success welled up in my heart, which shocked Li Yin's spirit.

"Good! Good! Good! Let someone inform Wang Zihao, we must control the quantity sold every day, we must sell less every day, and there will be no out of stock, after all, there is still more than a month before the next season's tea comes out. ?” Li Yin walked back and forth in the bedroom excitedly, and at the same time, he still did not forget to tell Gao Zhong to remind the Wang family that after all, there are not many teas in stock. The newly opened tea house has an impact. This tea house will be the main channel for tea sales in the future, and Li Yin also invested in it. He doesn't want to have an adverse impact on the future development of the tea house because of the wrong sales strategy.

"Don't worry, my lord. The people in the Wang family are very shrewd. Seeing that there are too many people rushing to buy tea, they stipulate that each person can buy at most half a catty per day, and except for today, they will only sell 50 catties per day in the future. Calculated in this way, the tea leaves in our palace The stock is enough to last until Xia Tea comes down." Gao Zhong reported the report with a smile, and he was also very satisfied with the Wang family's approach in words.

"Well, not bad, this Wang Zihao is indeed a talent!" Li Yin was also full of praise, but he was also happy and confused. No matter how you say it, the Wang family has been doing business for generations. They used to be one of the top ten rich merchants in Chang'an City. The means of doing business Much stronger than Li Yin.Li Yin opened a woodcarving shop in his previous life, but in Datang, he was only a small shopkeeper. Wang Zihao used to be the CEO of a commercial consortium, and his rank was not at 01:30.

"Your Highness, put on your clothes quickly, don't catch a cold!" Wen'er and Hua'er saw Li Yin walking up and down on the ground barefoot and wearing a small jacket, so they hurriedly brought his clothes and served Li Yin Dress and wash, Gao Zhong has something to do and has to leave.

After Li Yin got dressed and ate some simple breakfast, before Li Ke and the others came, he simply went to test the effect of the thing first, since he was idle anyway.Thinking of this, Li Yin took people to the northeast corner of the palace, which is the workshop area in the palace.

After arriving at the workshop area, Li Yin did not go to the woodwork workshop and the ironware workshop, but went directly to the brewery.People in the Tang Dynasty brewed wine freshly, so the houses of princes and nobles usually had their own breweries.

"Little man Yang Jiu sees His Royal Highness King Liang!" As soon as he entered the brewery, a neatly dressed and shrewd young man bowed and saluted.If he was a servant of the mansion, he would have to kneel when he saw Li Yin. The reason why Yang Jiu didn't have to kneel was because his status was different.Li Yin once heard Gao Chong mention that this Yang Jiu was born in a branch of Hongnong's Yang family, and he could be regarded as the same family as Concubine Yang, and because of the good wine he made, he entered the Liang Palace to manage the brewery, which is generally the workshop of the palace. Only the head of craftsman is set, which is one level lower than the steward. Although Yang Jiu is only in charge of the brewery, he is the steward. This is the same as Liu Hu who manages the tea garden. Both of them are stewards, and they are not servants of the palace. It's just working for the palace with the salary offered by the palace.Capital Datang 16

"Get up, is there any fermented distiller's grains in the winemaking workshop?" Li Yin asked while looking at the winemaking workshop.The winemaking workshop occupies a large area, and there are twenty or thirty craftsmen. The tools and grains used in winemaking are neatly arranged. It seems that Yang Jiu manages it well.

"His Royal Highness, wine is brewed once a month in the workshop, and there just happened to be fermented distiller's grains today." Yang Jiu replied very respectfully.

"Okay, well done, Ben Wang has newly created a wine-making utensil, and you will use the distiller's grains later!"

"Yes, my lord!" Although Yang Jiu was puzzled in his heart, he still bowed to accept the order and went down to let the craftsman prepare the distiller's grains.

As soon as the distiller's grains were ready, old Wutou and Huang Chengcheng brought over the utensils designed by Li Yin.The structure of this thing is very simple, there is a huge pot underneath, a large cylindrical wooden barrel on top of the pot, and a strange lid on it.

This thing is actually a distiller, anyone with a little knowledge of physics can design it.When Li Yin drank in Junzilou last time, he found that the taste of the wine was very weak. At that time, he remembered that distilled wine had not appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and what he drinks now is brewed wine. Because this kind of wine has not been distilled, so the degree At most, it is only 18 or 9 degrees.

People in the Tang Dynasty loved wine, but they usually drank newly brewed wine. This does not mean that the newly brewed wine is delicious. In fact, everyone knows that the wine gets better with age, but the storage conditions for undistilled wine are very low because the alcohol content is too low. , If you are not careful, it will go bad, so the wine you drink on weekdays is newly brewed wine. Good wine that can be preserved for several years or even decades is usually used to celebrate major festivals or entertain important guests. Even Li The king of Liang seldom drinks it on weekdays.

Since distilled wine has not yet been invented, it is an extremely profitable opportunity for Li Yin. After all, compared with brewed wine, the emergence of distilled wine is simply an epoch-making change in the wine making industry, and it will definitely sweep the entire Tang society. It's hard to imagine how big the profits are. If he can keep the secret of distilled liquor, then Li Yin will definitely become one of the biggest rich men in Datang.

However, Li Yin is now ready to take it out and start a large brewery with Li Ke and others. This is mainly due to two considerations.The most direct reason is that Li Yin's economic strength is too weak. If he doesn't have a large investment, then he can only do small things, and he doesn't know when he will have the capital to expand the scale.

The deep-seated reason is very complicated. Since he came to Datang, he has a strong sense of insecurity. Although he is the king of Liang, among Li Shimin's sons, he does not please Comrade Li. , and even very annoying, although he has worked hard to improve his image during this period of time, trying to change his impression in Comrade Lao Li's heart, but this matter will not be effective in a short time.The struggle between the royal family is very cruel, ranging from being belittled to being killed. In particular, Comrade Li himself has set a bad example of killing brothers and killing brothers, which makes the struggle between the princes who are adults or are about to grow up gradually worse. It tends to become white-hot, and you may fall into the trap of others if you are not careful.

Although Li Yin is not interested in the high throne, since he is a prince, he has been involved in the struggle for the throne since he was born, and he can't escape.If Li Yin wants to keep himself, the most effective way is to have strong strength, so Li Yin wants to use the benefits that his later knowledge can generate, and form a group with a strong background centered on himself, so that when others want to move him , is to touch the interests of this group, as long as the people in this group are strong enough, no one can move you, and Li Daozong, Li Xiaogong and others are the first batch of people Li Yin wants to win over. When he came in, he wanted to help his own brother.

"Well, the workmanship is very fine, there should be no problem!" Li Yin inspected the still and found that the workmanship is very fine. Insert it obliquely upwards, and the upper end is spoon-shaped. The lid of the wooden barrel is actually a short barrel with water outlet holes and water inlet holes on both sides. The bottom is an iron cone, and the tip of the awl is facing the spoon head below.When using it, keep adding cold water to the short barrel, and then put the distiller's grains into a large pot to steam. The boiling point of alcohol is relatively low. When it is heated, it turns into gas and rises. When it meets the cold cone-shaped bottom, it turns into liquid, and then passes through the cone along the grain. The tip drips into the spoon below, and flows out of the bucket through the copper pipe.

The degree of distilled wine is very high, generally reaching [-] or [-] degrees, and it must be blended before drinking.The longer it is sealed and stored, the stronger the taste will be. Even after opening, it can be stored for one year without deterioration.Distilled alcohol has great advantages over non-distilled alcohol, as long as it is launched, it will definitely replace the current non-distilled alcohol.

At this moment, when Li Yin was yelling at the huge wealth that the distilled wine had brought him, his servants came to report that Li Ke and the others had arrived. Li Yin hurriedly asked someone to bring them here, intending to steam the wine for them to see in person, and then Let them taste the spirit again, and let the facts speak for themselves. . ..