Transmigrating into a Turbulent Era as a Soldier, Starting with Marrying a Wife

Li Yuan cupped his hands in a respectful bow to Ninth Sister.

"Esteemed madam, you jest."

"This wine recipe concerns the livelihood of hundreds of soldiers and households in our fort."

"How could I dare sell it?"

The two people opposite him asked with puzzled expressions.

"The men suffered heavy casualties, and countless women were widowed."

"The relief grain and rice distributed by the superiors are pitifully little."

"Women and children in the village often starve to death."

Speaking with emotion, Li Yuan even wiped the corner of his eye.

Wiping away the non-existent tears.

"Out of desperation, I had to organize the villagers to open a winery to earn some silver coins and grain."

"To provide relief to the families of those soldiers in the village."

"We do not seek huge profits from merchants, but only to provide the villagers with enough to eat."

"This wine recipe is the lifeline of our soldiers' households."

"Anyone who covets it and cuts off our livelihood, the hundred or so men in the village will fight them to the death."

Li Yuan deliberately emphasized the last sentence.

Faintly revealing a hint of murderous intent.

Ninth Sister swallowed.

She had, in fact, harbored some other thoughts just now.

She was wondering if she should find some local ruffians to steal the wine recipe.

Li Yuan's words made her give up on this idea.

Those local thugs in the city might not be a match for these soldiers' households.

If she really angered them, and a hundred or so soldiers came knocking on her door, she would definitely be in a lot of trouble.

Li Yuan continued.

"My wine is extremely difficult to make, and the ingredients are carefully selected."

"Much of it relies on years of experience."

"We can't produce much wine in a month."

The meaning of these words was very clear.

First, even if you get the wine recipe, you won't be able to brew it if no one understands it.

Second, my wine production is limited and will not massively impact the market, making it difficult for your other wineries to do business.

Old Qin nodded upon hearing this and then asked.

"Then, young master Li, what price do you want to sell this wine for?"

Li Yuan's expression was natural and calm.

He gently tapped the two porcelain bottles and said.

"My Hundred Flowers Brew is priced at 300 coins per bottle."

"And the Green Origin Paste is 400 coins per bottle."

Upon hearing this price, Ninth Sister and Old Qin both gasped.

This price was seven or eight times more expensive than the current market price of wine.

However, after thinking about it, Old Qin and Ninth Sister realized.

These two types of wine were indeed much better than the average wine on the market.

Those regular customers would definitely be willing to spend the money.

Having figured this out, both of them nodded slightly.

"Alright, this price is acceptable, young master Li."

"However, we still have a request."

Li Yuan immediately raised his hand, stopping them from continuing.

Li Yuan certainly knew what they were going to say, which was naturally the exclusive monopoly on the wine.

He didn't plan to give up the monopoly so easily.

But he couldn't completely disregard Old Qin's face, so he said.

"My winery will give priority to Zui Xiang Ju every month, with two hundred bottles each of Hundred Flowers Brew and Green Origin Paste."

"In addition, I will do the same for Old Qin's side. The wine I newly brew will first be sent to Old Qin's wine shop."

"My winery's production is limited, and this is all I can do for now."

"What do you two think?"

Li Yuan's wine was given priority to the two of them.

This was already a very big concession.

Old Qin and Ninth Sister exchanged glances, feeling that it was acceptable.

The transaction was quickly reached. Li Yuan brought 150 bottles of [Hundred Flowers Brew] and 168 bottles of [Green Origin Paste].

All of them were sold to Ninth Sister of Zui Xiang Ju and Old Qin's wine shop.

As for how they would divide it, Li Yuan didn't care.

This transaction earned Li Yuan a full one hundred and twelve strings of cash.

After deducting costs, the profit was as high as a hundred strings.

This was definitely a huge profit.

Watching Li Yuan leave.

Ninth Sister and Qin Hongbai exchanged glances.

"Old Qin, how should we divide this wine?"

Old Qin stroked his beard and said.

"I like this Green Origin Paste. It feels like swallowing fire when it enters the mouth, it's very comfortable to drink, so give me more of this."

Ninth Sister nodded.

"Alright, I really like this Hundred Flowers Brew. It has a fruity fragrance when you drink it."

"Could it really be brewed with a hundred flowers?"

"Then I'll take more of the Hundred Flowers Brew."

Not to mention how these two divided the wine.

Li Yuan led four of his men out of Zui Xiang Ju.

After leaving the restaurant, Li Yuan first went to the carriage and horse shop in Qingyuan County.

Having reached a long-term supply agreement with Ninth Sister and Old Qin.

In the future, sending wine and purchasing grain to the county town would definitely require transportation.

He couldn't hire a coachman every time.

So now, buying a carriage was a necessity.

Arriving at the carriage and horse shop, he found that carriages and horses were sold separately.

A horse, depending on its quality, ranged from a poor horse for more than ten strings of cash to a good horse for seventy or eighty strings.

And a sturdy carriage would also cost eight or nine strings of cash or more.

In the end, Li Yuan spent twenty strings to buy a nag and another ten strings to equip it with a carriage.

In total, thirty strings of cash put together a carriage.

It was easy to find a coachman. Jiang Ping and Uncle Fu under him could both drive.

This saved a lot of trouble.

After buying the carriage, he went to the grain and rice shop again.

This time, what Li Yuan wanted to buy was sorghum.

If you were to say what grain is best for brewing wine, based on his experience from later generations, Li Yuan knew that it was of course sorghum.

After asking a few grain shops, the price of sorghum in Qingyuan County was slightly lower than that of rice, and it was considered a type of coarse grain.

So Li Yuan bought six shi of sorghum and another three shi of millet.

It wasn't that Li Yuan didn't want to buy more grain, but the load limit of the newly bought carriage was only about a thousand catties.

Which was about nine shi of grain, and he didn't want to exhaust the horse all at once.

After buying some groceries in the city.

Li Yuan led a few of his men, driving the carriage back to Dongxiang Village.

Returning to the winery, each man was given two dou of millet and one hundred wen of cash as today's hard work fee.

The four of them carried the grain bags and pocketed the copper coins, happily returning home.

Li Yuan first arranged the affairs of the winery.

Now that he had sufficient funds, he planned to start using sorghum from tomorrow to brew a batch of higher quality wine.

He also arranged for Xiao Xia to inform the two uncles in the mountains.

To continue sending mountain fruits and charcoal to the winery.

Sleeping in the east room tonight was Chu Wanjun.

The two of them carefully reviewed the accounts of the winery.

Chu Wanjun's eyes widened with excitement.

Her husband was really too capable.

A small village winery was actually being managed by her husband to earn a hundred strings a day.

After the two carefully calculated.

They both felt that it would be best to buy the two empty houses on the left and right sides of the winery.

Expanding the area of the winery by three times, and recruiting some manpower to expand production.

Moreover, the distiller's grains left over from brewing wine should not be wasted.

Building a pigsty nearby and raising some pigs would also be a good idea.

The two discussed for a long time that night.

Before falling into a deep sleep.

The next day, early in the morning.

Li Yuan hadn't gotten out of bed yet when Xiao Zhu and Xiao Xia came to knock on the door of the east room.

Li Yuan pushed open the door and asked.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

The two of them had inexplicable expressions on their faces, pointing to the outside of the courtyard door and saying to Li Yuan.

"Husband, you'll know when you go out and take a look."

Li Yuan came to the courtyard door, opened the door and was stunned.

He saw more than a dozen women kneeling in front of his door.

Their thin bodies trembled in the cold wind of the April morning.

Li Yuan saw that these women were all orphans and widows from Dongxiang Village.

Li Yuan quickly asked.

"Ladies, what are you doing?"

"Why are you kneeling here?"

"Do you have something to ask of me, Li Yuan?"

When the women saw that it was Li Yuan who had opened the door.

Their eyes lit up, and they hurriedly kowtowed and said.

"Young Master Li, please grant us a way to live."

"Let us also work in the winery."