Speaking of which, Cao Hong's family has many visitors. Logically speaking, ordinary guests cannot treat him seriously, but this time the guests are a little different, and they are the Grand Secretary Lu Yu.
Or Lu Yu came to visit...
Cao Hong was very depressed recently. First, his disciples committed a crime. His old face was rubbed hard by Xu Duling Man Chong.
Later, because of the "new rural affairs", tenant farmers were not found in thousands of acres of land.
But it was Mr. Cao who proposed this new rural affairs and Mr. Cao who implemented it...
Alas... it is no exaggeration to say that in front of Mr. Cao, Cao Hong is like his grandson, so how dare he retaliate!
Of course... if you think about these things carefully, it is inseparable from the newly promoted Grand Secretary Lu Yu.
Now, Cao Hong's mood has calmed down a little. He is still thinking that he has not eaten the rice from Lu Yu's family. Why is this Lu Yuan targeting him everywhere?
I happened to hear Dian Wei send someone to report that Lu Yu would invite him to have a drink tonight.
It is definitely necessary to drink wine. After all, it is impossible to make a free meal without going, but... Cao Hong muttered in his heart, Lu Yu was punching him and giving him a date to eat. The more he thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable.
.
Not going...
Unless Lu Yu came to the door to apologize with the dishes, Cao Hong endured a free meal and didn't go to eat this wine.
Of course, Cao Hong calculated that Lu Yu was very persistent in doing things. Since he suggested that he wanted to see him, he would definitely come. For this reason, Cao Hong didn’t eat for the whole afternoon and was waiting for Lu Yu’s wine!
Now, he was so hungry that Lu Yu finally came.
But, this boy Lu Yu really brought only wine, where is the food?
Cao Hong felt very hungry... But he still pretended to be stubborn and strong!
"Ahem... I don't listen to the apology." Cao Hong straightened his back, "I have thousands of customers in my family, and the daily expenses are a terrifying number. You can cut off my wealth, it's no different from the fact that you are a farmer in the mainland.
Yu killed my parents... I can't live this life, oh...oh, I can't live it!"
As he spoke, Cao Hong's expression changed and he felt a feeling of tears squirting from the corners of his eyes.
This iron-bone man on the battlefield is only money that can make him cry.
Is it embarrassing? In Cao Hong's opinion, it is not embarrassing at all. He can really sacrifice his life for the sake of money!
“…”
So embarrassing...
Lu Yu knocked on the forehead, placed a few pots of wine on the table, and watched him perform quietly.
Cao Hong covered his heart, looking like he was about to faint.
"Pity, I, Cao Hong, have been loyal and brave all my life. On the battlefield, my elder brother fell off his horse. I was the first to go up and give my horse to him! Poor, I have only a few disciples, only a few acres of land, and I earn so many every year
A big money, now, the disciple was killed by Man Chong and even made a warning. The new rural affairs... even more... cut off my financial path. I'm so miserable. I don't say anything. But
I feel so bitter!"
Speaking of this, Cao Hong wiped his tears... "Oh..." He sighed, "I'm afraid I can only eat braised vegetables in the future, and it's tasteless! The one who caused me such a tragic situation is you, the mainland farmer.
, Lu Sinong...you...you touch your milk...ah no, will it hurt if you touch your conscience?"
Well…
What an exaggerated acting!
Lu Yu felt heartbroken when he heard it, not sympathy, but frightened. For the first time, he realized that Cao Hong was shameless, and there was nothing else to do!
well…
Sighing helplessly.
If it weren't for ease of relationship with Cao Hong, I wouldn't have come here to listen to Cao Hong crying and complaining about poverty!
Of course, something abnormal will happen. What will happen? Cao Hong’s performance is probably right?
"Why did General Cao get drunk before he got drunk? Come on... try my newly brewed rice wine! After drinking it, act again, no... I've drunk it, it's not too late!"
Lu Yu smiled slightly, "This wine is nectar and jade liquid. If it weren't for a friend, I wouldn't be willing to take it out."
Nectar liquid?
Cao Hong's eyes opened, and he "coughed". He actually wanted to say, I'm hungry... You guys come to apologize, can't you bring some food? Didn't you agree to have a drink tonight? The key is to eat it
!
But... Cao Hong couldn't bear to leave this so-called "nion jade liquid".
Immediately asked, "What? This wine in Lu Sinong is better than my Jiujiuchun wine from Qiao Pei? My Jiujiuchun wine from Qiao Pei is also known as "Gujing Gongjiu", which is a good wine for the royal use!"
There are wineries in many industries in Cao Hong, and the scale is quite large.
Therefore... When he heard of the nectar and jade liquid, he felt that he had been greatly insulted. You must know that the "Gujing Gongjiu" he brewed in the winery dare not be called nectar and jade liquid. The level of these four words is too high.
It's right.
"Oh..." Lu Yu waved his hand. "Your so-called ancient tribute wine was not bad, but it was a bit ordinary compared to my nectar wine. Oh... why did you get the wine? Come and check in today.
There is an important matter to visit General Cao Hong!”
"Important?" Cao Hong sat down and set off a show of the story. "If it's an apology, I won't accept it unless..."
Cao Hong originally wanted to say that unless you ask me to join the gold-touching camp, I can also take people to rob tombs, touch gold, and fight back...
He was calculating the score in his heart...
Compared to the benefits brought by the land mu, it seems that you can earn more money by entering the gold burial camp.
However, before Cao Hong could speak, Lu Yu's words had already spread. "Apology? Why should I apologize? Isn't it just the matter of "Manfujun" and "New Agricultural Government"? No matter how big the matter is, it is money to solve it.
Is it something that cannot be done?"
Speaking of this, Lu Yu said with a righteous heart: "Actually, I'm going to visit you today. I want to discuss a major issue of making money with General Cao. I think it's better than General Cao's losses due to the new rural affairs.
These two money are ten times more than a hundred times more!"
"If General Cao is not interested, forget it, let's say goodbye!"
As he spoke, Lu Yu planned to leave!
Unexpectedly, Cao Hong's forehead was in trouble.
Huo…
Ten times more than the money lost by the new rural government? Hundred times more?, back, back... more than that!
Cao Hong became serious all of a sudden, and he was afraid that he would be serious. Once he became serious, he would not be hungry!
Cao Hong couldn't help but say seriously: "I'm interested...I'm interested..."
"LuShengfarmers stay here, please ask for advice from the mainland!"
"Drink first!" Lu Yu smiled slightly and pointed his hands at the wine pot.
When Cao Hong heard about making money, he felt very fluttering, his heart was extremely thrilling and extremely excited.
Besides, Lu Yu can make money, but what is the matter of pearls and jade in front of him?
The originally poor Xiahou Dun, Xun Yu, and Cao Chun made a fortune by cooperating with Lu Yu to open an oil shop, not to mention that old man Wei Hong, so he almost replaced the spittoon with gold and burned it!
Cao Hong was envious for a long time, but he wanted to get a share of the pie and join Lu Yu, the so-called business alliance, but he had no choice but to have no way to go.
Since Lu Yu took the initiative to come up today, this is justice from heaven.
"What wine should I drink? It's so delaying!" Cao Hong picked up the wine pot and planned to be bored in one go.
Otherwise, he would drink one bottle and Lu Yu’s one bottle, and he would not know when he would drink it. The money-making matter would be a minute and a moment, and he would not be delayed.
"Gudong..."
Cao Hong picked up the wine pot and poured it into his stomach.
After drinking a sip of wine, it is logically... the wine in this era is subject to fermentation technology and the degree is very low, so it is not a big problem for Cao Hong to blow a pot.
Can…
No!
The wine brought by Lu Yu... as soon as it entered his throat, he suddenly felt like a ball of fire was burning all the way in his throat.
It was precisely in the cold of the evening that my whole body became particularly warm and comfortable again.
It's really...
The entrance is soft, a thread of throat!
Cao Hong, who had planned to drink it all in one go, only drank 30% of it, but he couldn't get it!
It's so intense...
It was so hot that it felt almost tearing in my throat, but it was inexplicably very refreshing and refreshing.
For a moment, Cao Hong only felt that... this intensity is the wine, and the one I drank in the past was water.
After drinking hard, Cao Hong wanted to speak out, but... he found that his throat was too hot, and for a moment... he couldn't speak, as if he was choking, and it seemed like his whole throat was savoring.
This rich and spicy wine aroma.
At the same time, Lu Yu spoke.
"General Cao, what does it feel? Does it feel like you have a very spicy and irritating throat! Then your body and bones are all warm! Your belly is as hot as fire!"
Lu Yu squinted his eyes and asked confidently...
It’s not Lu Yu’s fault for asking this.
This wine is a distilled wine he and Guo Jia tried to brew together. This is recorded in "Compendium of Materia Medica"-
"Sauce wine is not an ancient method, and it was created since the Yuan Dynasty. The method is made of strong wine and stew, steam it and use a utensil to collect the drops of dew. Any sour wine can be steamed!"
Simply put, it is to create a specific wine tank and prepare some of the raw materials commonly used when fermenting rice wine, such as glutinous rice, barley, etc.
Then ferment in the winemaker for seven days and then distilled in a bottle.
As for the principle.
This is because an extremely rich "ethanol solution" will be produced during the fermentation process of wine making and fermentation, which can kill the yeast, causing it to be unable to continue to ferment!
Therefore, during the Han Dynasty, the ethanol concentration of ordinary fermented wine was between 10 degrees and 15 degrees, just like beer!
But... the boiling point of alcohol is 78.2℃.
After heating, the temperature exceeds the boiling point of alcohol and is less than the boiling point of water, alcohol steam escapes, and then condenses to obtain an ethanol solution with a concentration of 80 degrees to 90 degrees or above.
It can be made into high concentrations of strong wine after blending.
This is the easiest way to make distilled wine.
Of course... Compared to Lu Yu's enjoyment, Guo Jia is still thinking about how to distillate and ferment it twice, and ferment it three times!
This distillation method in winemaking skills is simply a door to a new world for Guo Jia, a wine lover.
And the economic benefits this distilled liquor can generate in this era is another story.
"Ahem cough cough..."
Finally, Cao Hong was able to speak. After he coughed continuously, he was quite excited. "Lu Sinong, what you said about making money is this kind of liquor?"
"The answer is correct." Lu Yu looked at Cao Hong with a smile and said seriously: "A gentleman loves money, and he can get it with a good idea!"
"General Cao's exploitation of tenant farmers is already out of date and can't make much money. Instead of sticking to the old market, it's better to... Let's expand our territory and discover new economic growth points... No, it's to discover new ways to make money!
General Cao thinks this wine... can make money?"
this…
Cao Hong's face tightened.
It’s strange if you can’t make money. After drinking this strong wine, who can even drink it... that ordinary wine that feels the same as water.
Compared with this "nion jade wine", the Gujing tribute wine will no longer be fragrant.
Cao Hong's eyes were turning repeatedly. He had many wineries under his command. He had even started to think about it. If so... the large-scale promotion of this "nion jade wine" would bring considerable benefits!
This unique spicy, rich and mellow taste is no exaggeration to say that it can almost monopolize the entire wine market.
even…
Cao Hong was already a little imaginative.
Lu Yu continued to ask, "General Cao replied, can this wine make money?"
"Of course it can!" Cao Hong blurted out with a word, but immediately realized that he could not express it so easily...
"Ahem..."
He coughed lightly and continued, "What I mean is that this wine is good, but it still takes some effort to promote it. Only Cao Hong has a large number of wine shops... can do this promotion and popularization
What! Otherwise... the Lu Siong wants to make money from this wine, so this idea is very stupid and naive!”
"Ahem... Of course, although this general's promotion is difficult, it will not allow mainland farmers to make less money. We are friends! Let's do this! How about we make 73 points?"
Cao Hong turned his head and looked at Lu Yu.
Since he can definitely make money, he must make more contributions to himself. Cao Hong looks like a general, but in fact he is a shrewd businessman.
"Qi San?" Lu Yu blinked his eyes and shook his head. "No...why, how about Er Ba!"
"Lu Siyuan is so good!" A green light appeared in Cao Hong's eyes. At this moment, he felt that Lu Yu was kind and righteous...
In the future, who dares to obstruct the new rural affairs? Cao Hong would not agree to the first one.
Of course, Cao Hong felt that he was not so shameless and waved his hands repeatedly. "Old brother, I have 70% of it. Oh, it's not easy for you to brew this wine. 30% can't be less, no less!
”
Ah...ah...
As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Yu was stunned.
After a brief confusion, Lu Yu asked back… “General Cao? Are you mistaken? I’m talking about two or two, and I’m eight. Let’s trade fairly and be honest!”
Huo…
As soon as this statement came out, Cao Hong was stunned. He... He wanted to promote and sell it again, and in the end there was only two?
It turns out... Lu Yu just brewed some wine... and it took eight?
This is a robbery, this is a robbery!
"Sen Yuanlu... I don't count like this!" Cao Hong blurted out...
Lu Yu waved his hand, but he didn't force it. "Everyone has his own ambitions, and I don't like to do things that are difficult for others. Oh, by the way, if it weren't for being friends with General Cao, I would have wanted to speak up directly.
It's 19 minutes!"
"Of course, it doesn't matter if General Cao doesn't want to do it. I just need Mr. Wei to sell it with help. If Mr. Wei doesn't have to take half of the total, I can earn a little more!"
As soon as this statement comes out...
Cao Hong was about to cry. If the wine was about to enter the Wei family's shop, then Cao Hong would never be able to surpass Wei Hong in his life and become the richest man in Yanzhou.
This is his lifelong vision and his lifelong goal.
Of course, only by being extremely sensitive to money and business can we realize the huge potential of this spirit liquor in the market!
Cao Hong shook his head violently.
No, you must not let the Wei family take the lead!
"Lu Si Nong..." Seeing that Lu Yu was about to leave, Cao Hong was reluctant to give up and immediately chased after him. "There are really...it's too few, so... Sanqi, I'm Sanqi, you seven, you'll be pitiful
Poor me... because the Xu Duling you recommended, my disciples died, and there were six people all at once. I felt sorry for my heart, my heart hurts, and I was heartbroken!"
"And...and, because of your new agricultural affairs, no one has cultivated thousands of acres of land in my family. If you don't agree to me, I will...I will..."
What am I?
Don’t talk about it, in the end, Lu Yu was quite curious... What else can Cao Hong do?
"Cough cough..." Cao Hong cleared his throat and said seriously: "Sanqi, just Sanqi, if you refuse, then I, Cao Hong, will be shameless. From now on, I will roll up the bedding and live in your company.
Nongfu, eat yours and drink yours. Before you can sell the wine you brewed, I, Cao Hong, will drink all the wine you make. I will do what I say!"
After a while, Cao Hong said righteousness. When it comes to money, he has always been able to show his infinite shameless spirit.
Especially when it comes to "eat yours and drink yours", Cao Hong deliberately let his saliva flow down. He is so shameless. Anyway, you, Lu Yu, can't bite me!
If you don't agree, there are even more shameless things.
Lu Yu was helpless at this time. He had seen shameless people, but he had never seen such shameless people. Sure enough, I was not prepared enough when I came, but...forget it, just let's just 37, it's considered a profit of Cao Hong
The favor.
"General Cao, don't do this..." Lu Yu's face also became serious. "You are shameless, no... Your sincere heart touched me. From now on, you will be my exclusive partner of drinking.
Now, I'm responsible for production and you're responsible for sales!"
"But when we talk about the ugly things, if you are not honest and have enough money, I will change someone!"
When cooperating with Cao Hong, ugly words must be spoken before...
After all, this is a person who is full of money. Don’t end up, Guo Jia’s hard work on making wine has made Cao Hong make a lot of money!
Whoever is a working person and who is the soul of a working person must first set rules.
"This is natural, this is natural!" Cao Hong smiled with satisfaction... and smiled very happily...
That's how he is. If you steal his money, it's tantamount to him, which is like killing his parents. But if you help him make money, you will be infinitely close to his parents, which is not an exaggeration at all.
"Go away..."
"Don't panic, I'll invite Lu Sinong to the restaurant, let's have a good meal... From now on, you will be my brother!" Cao Hong grabbed Lu Yu's arm, and was particularly close...
The one who can help him make money is his brother.
"No more eating." Lu Yu shook his hand. "It's time to go home, my sister said, cook for me tonight!"
That's it...
There are still many things tonight, and having dinner with Sister Zhao Ji is the primary thing.
Of course, in addition to this, Lu Yu had to see someone and had to explain it carefully.
In the case of capturing Chen State and capturing Chen State's 100,000 troops, Yao sent him to fight a front station in advance and made some arrangements in secret...
This time it is an intellectual consideration and a proof of courage!
As the saying goes, the storm is about to come and the wind fills the building!
The storm is about to surging in Chen State, and a storm is approaching, so... let it come more violently.
"I'm leaving, no need to send it off." Lu Yu finally waved his hand at Cao Hong. "General Cao, this is what you said. From now on, I will be your brother!"
"Mr. Manfu was recommended by your brother, and the new rural affairs were also promoted by your brother. Big brother must not make trouble!"
Well…
As soon as these words were spoken, Cao Hong was speechless!
But soon, he shook his head. As long as this liquor can make money, whoever dares to bully his brothers will follow Cao Hong to fight desperately!