If you want to make wine in the warm winter, you need food.
Fortunately, there was a bumper harvest in various places last year. Although there were disasters in the west, they were not affected here for the time being.
Therefore, there is enough food available here in winter.
After all, the more than 100 acres of land are not planted with white crops, and Dong Nuan feels that the climate here is good, so he can try to grow wheat with two crops a year.
In this regard, Dongnuan had already started to try this last winter.
Winter wheat has been planted and will be harvested in the first half of this year.
When the time comes, her experiment is successful, and after the villagers see the results, they will naturally understand that this is feasible.
Therefore, there is no need to worry about food, just get started.
After the New Year, the workshop officially started construction. After Dong Nuan returned home, they carefully planned the issues raised by County Magistrate Wei and the others, and then listed the corresponding contracts.
Dong Nuan made a list of the types of flowers she needed and wrote it into the contract. The other party needed to supply the flowers according to the contract.
Moreover, winter warmth has requirements for quality.
It’s not about wild flowers and weeds, anything of poor quality can be bought in bulk.
Although when it comes to making spices, it doesn’t require much attention. It’s enough to come up with essential oils or fragrances.
However, Dongnuan has strict quality control requirements.
After the conditions are listed, whether the other party is willing or not depends on what they mean.
After the contract was drawn up, Dong Nuan took her maid Liniang to find Magistrate Wei.
It was Magistrate Wei who brought it up in the first place, and now it is natural to find him again.
When winter warmed up, Magistrate Wei was dealing with some trivial matters.
The Chinese New Year had just passed, and originally there was nothing much going on.
But when one family started fighting or another family started making noises, they all came to the big master's side.
The people in the village may still be a little afraid of the elder, but there are much less people in the county.
Therefore, if the parents are short-sighted and the parents cannot explain clearly, they will go directly to the court.
Magistrate Wei was already tired of listening to the arguments between the two parties.
At this time, winter is coming.
Magistrate Wei perked up as soon as he heard this. He briefly explained the matter, gave each of them 50 pieces of advice, persuaded the two families to leave, and went to receive Dong Nuan.
Seeing Dong Nuan come over with a detailed contract, Magistrate Wei was quite moved.
I originally thought that Dong Nuan was the kind of person who was difficult to get along with, but now it seems that is not the case.
It's because they take it too much for granted.
Magistrate Wei was very excited. The contract still needed to be worked out slowly and it was impossible to sign it in one go.
Moreover, Dong Nuan had not directly agreed before, so he did not dare to tell the other villages about this matter.
Now that the contracts have been delivered, it can naturally be discussed.
It depends on the villagers themselves whether they are willing to plant it or not.
If you are willing to plant seeds, you may not know that your political performance will be even better next year.
Of course, County Magistrate Wei still has to work on some details, especially those involving money.
Dongnuan also followed him and pulled back and forth.
At the end of the process, Magistrate Wei found that he had become lonely.
Because Dong Nuan had been saying good things for a long time, but he didn't give away a single copper penny.
Seeing that Dong Nuan's carriage had disappeared from his sight, County Magistrate Wei couldn't help but quietly asked the master who was following him: "Do you think my ability has declined after staying here for a long time?"
Otherwise, when I was young, I was a good scheming hand, but now I can't tell others what I am doing.
The master smiled good-naturedly and said, "How can that be done? How can that be done?"
What is the reality? Who knows?
Anyway, the master is in the process of buffering. He has not yet recovered from the tug-of-war between Magistrate Wei and Dong Nuan.
Oops, I never expected that Uncle Wan Tong looks very young and she is still a woman, but it is really not easy to get along with him.
If you are not careful, you can easily fall into a trap.
Dong Nuan, who knew nothing about it, had already hurried back to Huiguang Village.
After returning home, I went directly to the warehouse.
Her granary was built directly here, and now it was used for brewing wine.
It is not yet the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the village is relatively lively.
The Chinese New Year has not passed yet, and many people are still in a state of laziness.
Of course, more villagers have already rolled up and come to work.
After all, it costs dozens of pennies a day!
When life gets better, don’t be too inflated.
Moreover, it was Dong Nuan who brought them a good life. Now Dong Nuan needs people, let alone giving them money, they have to come over even if they don’t give them money!
Winemaking is not a simple matter, and it takes a long time.
It takes repeated purification to achieve the degree of disinfection.
The requirements for winter warmth are not high, a concentration of 75% is enough.
To make wine, you need to make koji first.
Making koji requires fermentation, which also takes time.
This time is just right for picking food during the warm winter months.
While picking up food, Dong Nuan suddenly remembered the packet of corn seeds he had received from General Tui of Song Dynasty.
Although winter warmth is very urgent, corn still has certain requirements for temperature.
Although the climate in Jingxian County is good, it does not reach the temperature suitable for planting.
So, we still need to wait.
Once the temperature rises a little more, you can plant.
Although there are not many seeds, if the winter is warm, you can plant them later and then cultivate them again.
Corn is a crop with wide adaptability and high yield.
Thinking of the autumn harvest, Dong Nuan unconsciously began to look forward to it.
Dong Nuan spent a long time picking through various grains, and finally picked sorghum.
This thing has a relatively high yield and is durable and easy to maintain.
So, that's it.
After selecting, Dong Nuan signaled to people to start cleaning and selecting in preparation for brewing.
Hanjiang Tower hasn't been too busy recently. Apart from dealing with villagers who want to open up wasteland and rent small trains, there is almost nothing going on at the county government.
Therefore, he would run back to Guangcun from time to time.
Hanjiang Tower originally had the idea of building a house, but now that he thought about it, with the current development speed, he might be promoted and transferred in less than two or three years.
Building a house is not necessarily necessary.
So, I gave up for now.
The houses in Huiguang Village are also pretty good.
When Hanjianglou came over, Dong Nuan was talking to Liniang.
Liniang was just brought up last winter. She is mainly responsible for taking care of the daily needs of winter warmth. She is regarded as a personal maid.
After all, his former confidants were all promoted to chief managers and are now busy in the workshop.
There is no one available for Dong Nuan, so I brought one up again.
Liniang is an orphan girl. She used to live in her uncle's house like a sojourner.
She was living under someone's roof, so when Dong Nuan wanted to find a maid, she directly recommended herself.
The other party is quick with his hands and feet, and he is also quite clever.
Dong Nuan saw it and was satisfied, so he stayed and signed the deed.
For Liniang, there is nothing to be afraid of, such as a contract to sell oneself.
It was better than being kicked around like a rubber ball by uncles and uncles, and being bossed around by aunts and uncles.
Being driven by the warmth of winter, at least I have monthly money and enough to eat.
But being ordered around by them is not a good thing.
This chapter has been completed!