After drinking and eating, the two of them talked about business again, which was about the wine shop that Liu Dapao had told him before, and this matter was indeed quite complicated.

At least it's more complicated than most modern people understand.

Because large-scale sales of alcohol require a license from the court, the Zhou Dynasty went through five dynasties of turmoil, and the development of wine administration was between the Tang and Song Dynasties. The government of winemaking is still the main component of the wine administration, that is, the raw materials for winemaking, mainly distiller's yeast.

Such goods are still strictly controlled and heavily taxed.

When ordinary people drink alcohol, they buy koji at a high price and brew it themselves. They rarely buy wine outside. People who can really afford to buy wine outside are at least middle class in ancient times.

As a commodity attribute, finished wine is mainly realized through official sales, accounting for the vast majority of commercial wine. The income from selling wine and distiller's yeast has always been the main tax source and cash cow of the imperial court after salt and iron.

, somewhat similar to tobacco in later generations.

It may be okay to sell a little secretly, and everyone will turn a blind eye, and the court may not bother to care about you, but if you want to sell it on a large scale, you have to experience the tyranny of feudal society.

So under normal circumstances, as in most time-travel novels, it is absolutely impossible for the protagonist to figure out a recipe and start selling distilled liquor and make a lot of money.

What's more, folk distillation technology has been very mature since the middle and late Tang Dynasty. It's not that there was no distilled wine, it's just that people at that time didn't like to drink wine with too high an alcohol content. Moreover, the imperial court believed that repeated distillation was a waste of food and did not support high-alcohol wine, so that's why it was made.

There is no market.

Of course, the things sold by the government were often limited in quantity but not in quality, and ordinary drinks alone could not satisfy the complex tastes of the upper class. Therefore, starting from the late Tang Dynasty, the imperial court added folk wine to the official sales.

The brewing tax is levied as a supplement and private capital is allowed to enter the brewing market as a supplement to the official sales.

This is a blatant attempt to steal money from government sales. I know with my knees that the entry threshold must be extremely high. Those who can do business in this area must have strong government relations, and they must also collect fees.

With extremely heavy taxes.

It can even be said that such a license is worth thousands of gold. If you have the ability to obtain such a license, even if you do nothing, renting out this license will ensure that future generations will enjoy eternal wealth.

For ordinary time-travelers, if they have the ability to obtain this wine-making license, there is no need to work hard to start such a small wine-making business.

But Liu Dapao is different. His purpose is to clear his name and wash his hands in a golden basin. So on the one hand, the right does not expire and become invalid. He is now a money catcher in Yangzhou City. With such an identity, based on his upper-level connections,

It is indeed possible to get a brewing license.

But if he successfully lands ashore in the future and quits his role as a money catcher, and then wants to obtain this license, I'm afraid he will be a little powerless.

After he cleans himself up, he will still count on this winemaking license to support him in his retirement for the rest of his life.

Furthermore, it is never easy to wash hands in a golden basin. If you want to wash your hands, you have so many people under your control. You have to find a good job for them. You have to have a legitimate business that is profitable enough to take over those people who are engaged in illegal industries.

Little brother.

The wine business was very suitable, so Liu Dapao made the wine shop the first serious business he started after traveling through time.

Naturally, when such wine is produced, the scale will not be particularly large. The main consumer group is also the powerful class, and it is a standard luxury product that is heavily taxed by the court.

Generally speaking, wineries in this era have a shop-in-front-factory model. The front shop sells wine, and the back shop produces wine. You can drink it in the shop or take it away. The shop also arranges for some brothel girls to sing songs and drink with you.

It's a bit like a complex of a high-end bar and a boutique brewery.

It is unlikely to be sold on a large scale and across regions. The Song Dynasty in the original time and space really sold wine on a large scale across regions and some people bought it. Only the legendary Fan Lou, well, it also existed in this time and space. Fan Lou started from

A century-old shop in the late Tang Dynasty.

But the restaurant next to the palace was built higher than the palace. Guests drinking upstairs could even overlook half of the Northern Song Dynasty palace through the windows and comment on the concubines in the harem. Several generations of Song emperors wanted to demolish it.

Fan Tower has not been demolished. Although I don’t know who the background is, it must be brilliant. Who can compare with him?

And this is the third main reason why Liu Dapao wants to open a wine shop.

There are so many people who owe him money. Among them, there will inevitably be countless old men Li, and there will inevitably be countless Xi'er in the future. He can't all become his maids, right?

This money catcher has to work for at least half a year, and he cannot be so merciful as to ruin his reputation as a vicious person, causing other people who owe money not to be afraid of him, and then default on their debts, causing him to be chopped up and fed to the dogs.

However, reselling it, whether it is to a brothel or a gang of beggars, even if it is sold to a wealthy family as a concubine, or to a poor family as a wife, it is a bit too challenging to his moral bottom line.

The wine shop is a good choice, as you can place those girls who have no choice but to sell their bodies here.

Is it my own store? I can control this bottom line and let the girls try their best to only sell their skills and not sell their bodies. Or even if they sell their bodies, it is out of their own subjective wishes. When they earn enough money that they owe themselves, they can do it themselves.

Just let them go and let them redeem themselves.

After all, if the girls in the restaurant do not sell their bodies, their main business is to sell wine, accompany them, sing and dance. This stuff is also legal in modern society. There is also a special term called atmosphere support. Many college students who work-study will do this.

part time.

Although in ancient moral values, such a woman was considered a promiscuous woman and not a beloved person, at least Liu Dapao's moral values ​​were acceptable.

As for the men who prostitute themselves, they can box in the hotel. Customers like to watch people fight. It's just a matter of formality and irregularity.

It's not a solution at all.

He told Du Mengdong his thoughts and details about opening a winery. After hearing this, Du Mengdong pondered for a while and said:

"According to your idea, the business of this restaurant is really big. At least there should be a large dance floor in the lobby on the first floor, a ring on the second floor, private rooms on the third and fourth floors, plus the wine shop in the back. If we start from scratch,

, it will cost at least 50,000 yuan, and the construction period will be very long."

"Yes, so it's best to find a ready-made high-rise building for us to buy and renovate. It needs to be large-scale."

"Well...I can try to find it, but eldest brother, we have never opened a brothel. According to your wishes, even if we rely on the second brother's teething business, there is no shortage of sources of girls, but in this way

Girls will inevitably be mixed, and secondly, we don’t know how to manage them. The training of women is quite sophisticated. They are all girls from good families. How can we train them to laugh, sing and dance?"

"Furthermore, the key point of a restaurant is the word "wine". In addition to drinking inside, takeout is also a big deal. This wine must be brewed with new ideas and really delicious, so that the business can continue. Otherwise, you will have to work hard to get it.

It’s better to sublet it out for a license and save worry, and the profit may not be less.”

Liu Dapao nodded and said: "Don't worry about the wine. I will definitely be able to make good wine, and I guarantee it will be the best in the world. Without this confidence, I would not want to open a wine shop, but building a building and making wine are guaranteed to be the best in the world.

I really am not good at training women, so I can only leave it to you, and you can think of a way."

"Okay, let me do it then. Give me a few days and I have to think about this matter. It's just... Brother, such a big business requires a dental shop. I really don't want to involve my second brother."

One piece?"

When Liu Dapao heard the third child mention the second child, his originally good mood suddenly turned bad.

Now he wants to kill Guojianglong, how can he return the shares?

Besides, the main purpose of opening a wine shop is to clear his name in the future. Guojiang Long will never be cleared in this life. Even if the two of them didn't have the recent scandal, Liu Dapao has already decided to try to distance himself from this second-in-command.

, until we cut ties with him.

Immediately, he cursed a few words and had a firm attitude, never letting the second child get involved in the matter and telling the third child not to mention it.

Du Mengdong didn't know if Liu Dapao was nodding to him. He nodded with a smile, but this topic was no longer suitable to talk about. He simply changed the topic and started talking about some non-nutritive nonsense again. After chatting for a while,

Du Mengdong was about to leave.

But at this time, the housekeeper Wang Dazhuang came in and presented a greeting card, saying that it was Meng Yi, the young boss of Mengji Store, who wanted to see him.

Liu Dapao was quite impressed by this precocious young man. Although he didn't know why he came to see him this morning, the Meng family's matter was a pain in his heart, so he didn't dare to neglect it immediately.

Let Wang Dali lead the people in.

After a while, Meng Yi was seen coming in neatly dressed in a pure white gown and saluting Liu Dapao and Du Mengdong.

Liu Dapao said in line with the principle of politeness and politeness: "There is no need to be so polite. Is your mother okay?"

Meng Yi shook his head and said: "I was too tired last night and fell asleep. When I woke up, my mother was gone. I asked the neighbors and they said that she went out crazy on her own. Now, she should have been lost.

Alright."

Liu Dapao was stunned for a moment, feeling even more ashamed in his heart, and said: "I understand, don't worry too much, I will mobilize the brothers from the Yizi Sect and the bad people in the court to help you find a mother, and by the way, I will introduce you to

Come on, this is my third brother. He is known as Rechangdong in the world. Most of Yangzhou City is familiar with him. He is very good at finding people."

"Third brother, please help me with this matter. Everything about their family, hey~, is all the fault of the second brother. No matter what, we must find his mother, you know."

Du Mengdong nodded and said: "Okay, I will try my best."

Of course, it's hard to say whether she can be found. A beautiful woman with an abnormal expression has been lost all night and may have been taken home by someone.

At this time, Du Mengdong felt extremely miserable. He already regretted why he had to eat such a stained breakfast. Hey~, couldn't it be fine if he left earlier?

From Du Mengdong's point of view, Black Heart Bear's eagerness to find Mrs. Meng is certainly not out of guilt or conscience, but is purely forcing him.

In today's matter, it doesn't matter whether the woman can be found or not. What is more important is whether he goes to find her and whether she searches for her carefully.

This is forcing him to join forces to fight against the dragon across the river.
Chapter completed!