Xiang Ergou never returned, which made Xiang Huaiyu very depressed and puzzled. He quickly sent several slaves to Weishi County to find out the news, but Xiang Ergou seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
, but several domestic slaves brought him unexpected news: "The Qinglong Gang failed, Wu Zhi is not dead at all, and is still serving as his county magistrate! Moreover, the Qinglong Gang has inexplicably changed his character.
He quit the underworld, switched to transportation, and started a water transportation company named 'Pan Wuji'!"
This news made Xiang Huaiyu furious and furious. He couldn't believe how the dominating Qinglong Gang failed? And it also cost him thousands of money in vain! He deeply suspected that the Qinglong Gang must be for
He killed Ergou and silenced him for the three thousand silver notes he had on him.
As a result, Xiang Huaiyu didn't know how to start. He was anxious and uneasy, so he could only suppress his temper and find another way.
With the explosive sales of the Zhuangyuan series of wines, the fame of "Zhuangyuanchun" and "Zhuangyuanlang" spread beyond Gyeonggi Road. Some merchants from other places began to come to the door and wanted to represent Wu Zhi's Zhuangyuan series of wines. Wu Zhi refused one by one.
Refused.
Since we want to make high-end wine, we must take the high-end route of valuing scarcity. The output and sales volume cannot be too high. Exclusive operation and starvation sales can maintain long-term prosperity.
Moreover, the purchasing power outside the capital is not that high, and not everyone can afford the excessively expensive price. If it cannot be sold in other places, it will destroy its own golden brand, and the gain outweighs the loss. Moreover, Wu Zhi is now cooperating with Qian Mu
It was very good, and he didn't want to break the contract or break the rules.
When Qian Mu saw Wu Zhi, who was only nineteen years old, unwavering in the face of huge temptation, he was completely relieved and became more convinced of Wu Zhi.
In the blink of an eye, a month has passed, and on August 15th, the day of Mid-Autumn Festival, moon worship, moon appreciation, and moon chanting has arrived! The court will take a day off on this day.
"When will the bright moon come? I ask the blue sky with wine, but I don't know what year it is in the palace in the sky."! Mid-Autumn Festival worships the moon and appreciates the moon. Naturally, it is indispensable to have a Poetry Mountain Poetry Party, call friends, and talk happily over wine.
On this day, all the major restaurants in Bianliang City were full. The number of bottles of Zhuangyuan series wine was increased to 100 bottles but they were all sold out. Upon seeing this, Qian Mu added another 50 bottles to satisfy the desires of the diners.
Weishi County, during the day, in the county government office, Wu Zhi took out more than 300 guan of money from home, and gave 10 guan of money to each of the county government officials, and 3 guan of money to each of the government officials.
It's called "Mid-Autumn Condolence Money", which really made everyone overjoyed and felt very cordial.
In the evening, Wu Zhi also held a family banquet at home. He specially invited Zhang Gui and his wife, all the employees and family members of Guihua New Winery to come to the banquet. There were five banquet tables, and a group of more than 40 people was very lively.
They celebrated happily. Everyone in the family was used to his arrangements and practices, but Zhang Gui, his wife and others were not calm. They had never thought about drinking and dining with the champion.
, were frightened during the banquet, but also quite touched. Wu Zhi’s behavior made them flattered!
After the banquet, the bright moon was in the sky, and the white moonlight poured down on the ground, illuminating the courtyard as bright as day. Waves of alluring fragrance of golden osmanthus came to the nostrils, refreshing the heart and mind.
Wu Zhi and everyone were in high spirits. They took out the moon cakes, pastries, fruits and tea prepared during the day and placed them in the courtyard. Everyone enjoyed the moon and drank tea together. The children held lanterns and played in the courtyard from time to time.
A sky lantern rose from the ground, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. There were endless laughter and exclamations, and it was very lively.
Jinlian and Xiao'e sat quietly next to Wu Zhi, one on the left and the other on the right, gently biting the mooncakes, watching all this with great interest, and laughing.
Miss your loved ones even more during the Mid-Autumn Festival!
Originally, during the day, Jin Lian thought of her parents and family far away in Enzhou, and her mood was very low. Wu Zhi tried his best but could not soothe her strong homesickness. Now she sees everyone smiling and enjoying themselves.
, she was also infected without knowing it, her low mood was diluted a lot, and her mood improved. Wu Zhi was also very happy to see her mood improved.
On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Erhu, Meng Da and others got back more than a month's settlement income from Zhuangyuan Building. After settlement, a total of 2,800 bottles of wine were sold in more than a month, with a sales income of 110,000 yuan.
Thirty-four hundred guan, excluding the liquor tax of 11,340 guan and the 30% dividend from Qian Mu Zhuangyuan House, which was 30,618 guan, Wu Zhi got 71,440 guan.
Two coins!
For this reason, on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Wu Zhi handed over 1,200 guan to Meng Da and asked him to distribute it as "Mid-Autumn Condolence Money" to all employees of the water transportation company as appropriate to give them a good holiday. At the same time,
Wu Zhi distributed the remaining 242 guan to the 18 employees of Guihua New Winery as "Mid-Autumn Festival Condolence Money". Among them, Zhang Gui and his wife received 34 guan, and the others each received 10 guan.
Three passes!
Everyone was very happy and once again felt Wu Zhi's warm care and generosity!
It can be said that the problem of funds has finally been solved by Wu Zhi. Having a solid material foundation is equivalent to taking a solid step. If the clever woman has enough food to work, other things will be easy to handle.
too much.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, when Wu Zhi was taking stock, he suddenly realized a problem that he almost ignored but was particularly fatal. That is, the skills of distilling alcohol and blending spirits were only in his own hands. If he had to leave home for a while in the future,
Over time, the supply of the Zhuangyuan series of wines will be in danger of being cut off!
When Wu Zhi mentioned this issue to Wu Xiu and Feng Niang, the two suddenly became nervous. After discussion, Wu Zhi decided to teach Wu Xiu and Feng Niang the techniques and know-how of distilling alcohol and blending wine.
Train them slowly, just in case.
Wu Xiu, Feng Niang, and Xiao'e are Wu Zhi's most trusted relatives, but Xiao'e is still young, so Wu Zhi can only teach Wu Xiu and Feng Niang the core secrets of distilling alcohol and blending wine. Although Jin Lian is also his
He was a relative, but he didn't want her to work hard. After all, Jin Lian had never touched Yang Chun Shui at home on weekdays, and had never experienced labor, so there were some things that she couldn't do. Moreover, distilled alcohol and blended wine were used to brew the Zhuangyuan series of wines.
He could not pass the core secrets through the mouth of a third person to prevent leaks. After Wu Zhi explained the situation to Jin Lian and Xiao'e, they both expressed understanding and had no objections.
Therefore, Wu Zhi stopped going to the county government to drink tea for several days. He closed the door at home and began to train Wu Xiu and Feng Niang, teaching them the methods and tricks of distilling alcohol and blending wine. Wu Xiu
Both Feng Niang and Feng Niang have read books and can read and write, especially martial arts, their knowledge is pretty good, and Feng Niang is attentive, so the two of them learn very smoothly.
Wu Zhi brought some low-alcohol wine and taught them how to distill it step by step, taught them how to install the distillation equipment, taught them how to judge and adjust the water temperature, taught them how to identify the alcohol content, etc. When he saw that the two of them could independently
After accurately distilling the 95-degree alcohol, Wu Zhi continued to teach them how to blend. Teach them how to master the blending ratio, teach them how to alcoholize and store, teach them how to seal, and teach them how to package.
Wait. Moreover, Wu Zhi listed a series of blending ratios for low-alcohol wines with different alcoholic contents, and the blending ratio table was kept by Wu Xiu. Wu Xiu had learned arithmetic, and after Wu Zhi gave a little guidance, he understood
Calculation method, and slowly mastered the blending ratio. After more than ten days of blending experiments, when the 38-degree liquor and 52-degree liquor blended by the two people were mixed with "Zhuang Yuan Chun" and "Zhuang Yuan Lang"
After comparing, Wu Zhi found that the taste was almost the same. Wu Zhi asked the two to blend it a few more times. After tasting and finding that the taste was almost the same, he was completely relieved.
At the same time, Wu Zhi also explained clearly to Wu Xiu and Feng Niang about the customization of wine bottles and packaging boxes, and found an opportunity to take them to the capital quietly on the ship of the water transport company that delivered to the capital.
, first took the two of them to interact with Wu Gang and Tan Si, so that they could become familiar with the customization situation.
Then, Wu Zhi took Wu Xiu and Feng Niang to the Zhuangyuan Building, found Qian Mu, and told him about the situation in which the two of them would be responsible for the Zhuangyuan series of wines.
When he heard that Wu Xiu and Feng Niang were Wu Zhi's close relatives, Qian Mu quickly called out "Second uncle, eldest aunt, short brother" with a shy face, which made Feng Niang blush with embarrassment, and Wu Xiu and Wu Zhi were dumbfounded.
Because Wu Xiu and Feng Niang are one or two years younger than Qian Mu!
"This Qian Mu!" Wu Zhi saw that Qian Mu was very knowledgeable, so he had to smile and pat his shoulder, and said teasingly: "Good brother!"
After hearing this, Qian Mu blushed and was too embarrassed to answer the conversation. He quickly left Wu Zhi and started talking to Wu Xiu and Feng Niang.
After returning to Weishi County, Wu Zhi took Wu Xiu and Fengniang to Osmanthus New Winery, and explained to everyone the fact that Wu Xiu and Fengniang would take over the Osmanthus Winery in the future, and emphasized that Zhang Gui and his wife were still responsible for Osmanthus Wine.
If they have anything to do, they can directly contact Wu Xiu and Feng Niang.
Zhang Gui, his wife, and everyone else were very respectful to Wu Xiu and Feng Niang, and obeyed Wu Zhi's words, because Wu Zhi paid them four times the wages elsewhere, and they also received a lot of bonuses every month. Where were they going?
Looking for such a good employer! The salary Wu Zhi paid to Zhang Gui and his wife reached an astonishing daily salary per person. This salary was much higher than the income of the two when they were the bosses of their own breweries. In their hearts,
Also very satisfied.
Moreover, what made them feel even more heart-warming was that Wu Zhi also provided them with comfortable housing so that the family could live together comfortably. This was something they had never even dared to think about before. Naturally, they were very interested in Wu Zhi.
The family was filled with gratitude.
From then on, Wu Zhi began to gradually let Wu Xiu and Feng Niang take over the brewing, packaging and sales of the Zhuangyuan series of wines. Anyway, he had explained everything clearly to them.
Just guidance.
After the matter was transferred to the management of Wu Xiu and Feng Niang, there was a little stumbling at the beginning. However, with the guidance and assistance of Wu Zhi, things gradually started to develop smoothly, and the business of the Number One Series wine was hardly affected. Wu Zhi finally
I feel relieved and feel much more relaxed. I have more time to spend with Jin Lian and Xiao'e, and I can also spare more time to deal with other things.
He taught Wu Xiu and Feng Niang how to distill and blend. After the two became familiar with the business, Wu Zhi called everyone together one day and took out some high-altitude wines of 95 degrees, 75 degrees and 52 degrees, respectively.
Pour it into a bowl and light it on fire in front of everyone. When everyone saw a faint blue flame burning in the bowl, they couldn't help but be surprised and dumbfounded: Can wine burn? Everyone shouted that it was amazing and watched with interest.
.When Wu Zhi took out the linen cloth, wet it with water and covered it on the bowl. After a while, the fire went out, and everyone was surprised again.
"Alcohol can burn, and what burns in wine is wine! The higher the alcohol content, the more intense the burning!" Seeing everyone's confusion, Wu Zhi began to explain. Then he picked up the wet cloth and continued to explain: "This wet cloth
You can cover this kind of fire, but you can't put it out with water! It's very dangerous!" After saying this, he poured a little water into the still burning bowl of wine, and the flames suddenly jumped up and burned even more intensely. Everyone
Immediately there was another burst of exclamation. Wu Zhi then covered it with wet cloth, and the fire was extinguished within a moment.
"I invite everyone here just to tell you that these alcohols are very dangerous, and to remind everyone to pay attention to safety and never play with fire in front of these high-alcohol drinks! Fireworks are also strictly prohibited in the storage room! And remember to cover it with a damp cloth after a fire.
Destroy!" Wu Zhi then emphasized solemnly.
Seeing everyone nodding in agreement, he continued to announce: "If I am not at home in the future, everyone must follow the instructions of the second uncle and Feng Niang, and do not act on your own!"
Safety is a big issue, and Wu Zhi has to attach great importance to it and conduct some special training so that everyone can master the common sense of fire prevention and extinguishing to prevent accidents when he is not at home.
In this way, if he has to travel far in the future, he won't have to worry about family matters and business matters.