Become a feudal king from today

"I'll draw a bigger one for you. Take a look. Read"

After Zhao Xu finished speaking, he squatted on the ground and took a branch to draw a more detailed distiller on the mud.

In his opinion, the effect of this distiller is basically the same as that of the contemporary metal distiller.

In modern times, some ceramic pots are much more expensive than iron pots.

The potters looked at it carefully and discussed it for a while.

The picture on the ground is just an enlarged version of the two pottery jars.

"Your Highness, it just takes more effort. It only takes three days to make it." The old potter was very confident.

Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, in this case, the potters are under your jurisdiction. Just report to Zhou Yi if you need anyone. In three days, I want to see ten such things."

The old potter calculated that there were a total of sixteen people. It should be no problem to call some odd jobs at that time, so he said yes again.

Zhao Xu looked at the blacksmiths again.

The distiller is to make money, and the industrial foundation is steel.

In ancient times, steel was used to make swords and armor, and in modern times, it was used to make muskets and cannons, and now it is used to make aircraft carriers.

Therefore, after having silver, the steel foundation of Yan County must be established naturally.

As long as there is good steel, the armor of the royal army will be stronger than that of the enemy, and the swords will be sharper than those of the enemy.

In this way, he can build a tiger and wolf army that is superior to the enemy in both morale and equipment.

Three days later.

Ten distiller were placed in the bedroom of the central courtyard of the royal palace.

These distiller are no longer the simple objects that Zhao Xu used when he was playing small, but are fired as a whole.

One tank is used to hold low-alcohol rice wine, and the other is used to collect distilled high-alcohol wine.

The middle connection is a fired ceramic tube.

In addition to letting the potter fire the pottery, Zhao Xu also had people completely transform the old bedroom.

Each pottery is matched with a large stove to heat the pottery.

In addition, a lot of large wine jars were bought to hold wine.

"Your Highness, the people from the wine shop have brought it." Zhou Yi came with sixty young and strong slaves.

These are all prepared for the wine shop. From now on, they will be responsible for the production of distilled liquor.

Zhao Xu nodded, his eyes swept over everyone, and said: "The work of the wine shop is very important. It is related to the finances of the palace. Choosing you to be the winemaker is also a trust in you."

The young and strong looked at Zhao Xu, their eyes flickered slightly.

They did not have the courage to walk the fire road like Xu Ke and others, but they also wanted to be valued in their hearts.

Zhao Xu said this, and many people were excited.

"If you work diligently, I promise to release your slave status in ten years. At the same time, you will not work in vain in the wine shop. The palace will give you one or two silvers a month." Zhao Xu continued.

This word fell, like a stone breaking the sky.

For the young and strong, being a slave for one day means being a slave for life.

Even if they marry and have children in the future, they will be slaves of the palace.

This is common sense in the hearts of everyone in Dasong.

Now the King of Yan actually said that he would give them freedom in ten years. This is just like a dream.

Moreover, it was good enough for a slave to have enough food to eat, and there was also a monthly salary, which was unheard of.

If the people outside his palace heard about this, I'm afraid they would break their heads to enter the palace.

A young man was originally desperate and just planned to spend his life in a muddle.

So he was not very enthusiastic when he entered the Yan Palace.

After hearing this, he knelt down with a plop and said with tears: "People say that His Highness Yan is kind. Today I saw it, and it is indeed like the blue sky in the world. Your Highness, don't worry, even if I die of exhaustion, I will not let your highness down for such a great kindness."

When others saw it, they also knelt down one after another, grateful and tearful.

Zhou Yi stood on one side, his expression moved.

He is now very fortunate that he and Liu Fu guarded the Yan King together and captured Zhang Han.

Otherwise, the palace would still be dark.

And now, since the Yan King recovered from his illness, the palace is as vibrant as the tender grass in spring.

He is also like a spring breeze when working beside the Yan King.

"Get up."

Zhao Xu smiled.

In fact, it is not that he did so well, but that this dark era was entirely due to the foil of others.

Because compared to him, people in this era, from top to bottom, really did not treat slaves as human beings.

This universal consciousness was accepted by everyone, just like having three wives and four concubines was normal.

"Thank you, Your Highness." The young and strong men stood up, with a burning look in their eyes.

Zhao Xu cleared his throat and said, "But there is one more thing, the art of distilling wine is really secret. Once you enter the wine shop, you can no longer enter and leave the palace. In the future, if you need anything, you can only drag others out to buy it."

The young and strong men had no objection to this.

They couldn't expect too much.

Having said everything that should be said, Zhao Xu called everyone into the house and personally taught them the process of distilling wine.

Everyone watched very seriously and mastered the technology of distilling wine after a simple try.

Looking at the young men who were busy in the house, Zhou Yi sighed, "Your Highness is still amazing. I'm afraid no one will be lazy in the future."

"As long as they don't feel wronged and are paid enough, no one will be lazy." Zhao Xu smiled and said, and went to the East Courtyard.

Zhou Yi pondered this sentence and nodded slightly.

In the evening.

Zhao Xu came to the old bedroom again, and the plaque of the wine shop was hung on the old bedroom.

This time, he came not to inspect, but to check the output of distilled liquor.

As soon as he entered the wine shop, the aroma of wine hit him.

Zhao Xu asked: "How much wine was produced today?"

"Back to Your Highness, from morning to night, we were busy and made a total of 820 kilograms of wine." said an older winemaker.

Zhao Xu nodded. This was Zhou Yi who singled out the foreman of the winery.

Zhao Xu was not very satisfied with this number.

It would take more than a month for such an output to meet the supply needs of the wealthy families in Yan County.

He said: "You divide the craftsmen in the winery into three teams, and each team works for four hours. In this way, one thousand six hundred kilograms can be produced in one day and one night."

"Yes, Your Highness," the winemaker responded.

He originally wanted to say that sixty people were a bit rich, but this turned out to be just right.

Zhao Xu nodded and asked the foreman to go back. In fact, this kind of shift arrangement is the three shifts commonly used in factories in modern society.

One hour is equal to two hours in modern times, which is equal to eight hours per person per day.

People rest, but the distiller cannot rest. This can ensure continuous output, which is much better than a swarm of bees working all day long.

After walking around in a circle, Zhao Xu returned to the bedroom in the east courtyard.

He had some concerns about the output of the winery, and the next day he notified the wealthy family to come and pick up the goods.

After hearing the news, the wealthy family came immediately with their servants and surrounded the palace.

After the money was handed over to the palace, they were always worried, fearing that the money would be given to them in vain.

Now, they have peace of mind.

However, a jar of wine was taken away by a wealthy family.

A problem emerged: the palace's wine jars were not enough.

"Your Highness, there are only more than two thousand wine jars left in the palace, which is only enough to last until tomorrow." Zhou Yi hurriedly found Zhao Xu, "Besides, the Green Ant Wine is also very nervous, and the coal cakes for the stove are also... "

A series of questions came to him, and Zhao Xu couldn't help but frown.

This is a typical supply chain problem in industry.

Wangfu Winery needs cheap green ant wine, coal cakes and wine jars, these three items are in the supply chain.

To ensure the normal supply of wine, this problem must be solved.

At the same time, these three supply chains are also a way to make money.

Rolling his eyes, he said: "Go and call the Dong family, Yang family and Lu family."

Zhou Yi responded and left.

Not long after, Dong An, Yang He, and Lu Chang came over.

Dong An and Yang He were still dressed as scholars, while Lu Chang was dressed in military uniform and in high spirits.

"Brother Lu has become particularly powerful since he joined the county army." Dong An teased.

Yang He nodded with envy on his face.

Lu Chang bowed his hand to Zhao Xu, "I completely rely on His Highness for support."

In the past few days, Zhao Xu heard from Chang Wei that Lu Chang was quite capable of fighting.

After joining the county army, he quickly became his helper.

Zhao Xu's eyes wandered over the three of them.

Now these three families are considered quasi-allies of the palace.

In Yancheng, the Wang family is now the dominant family.

In the countryside, they need to restrain the Zhang family.

Therefore, this time he approached three companies to hand over these three businesses in the supply chain to them.

First, it can consolidate the relationship with the three families and change the balance of Yan County.

Secondly, it is for other wealthy families to see, so that they can understand that only by following the palace can they have meat to eat.