PS: Why do you feel more tired during the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday than at work?

It wasn't until the curfew was about to come that Li Ke got up and prepared to go back home. Li Yong originally wanted to stay with Li Min, but after all, the task assigned to him by his father had not been completed. Although he said it harshly, he still wanted to avoid the limelight first.

However, Li Min asked Li Yong to go back and tell his father that they didn't need to think about the tea business, but he also had a bigger business here that he couldn't do with his own strength, so he was planning to recruit people to join him. If

If this business is completed, the annual profit will be more than one million! As soon as Li Min said this, not only Li Yong was inexplicably surprised, but even Li Ke was a little moved. He wanted to ask but was embarrassed to ask.

"Haha, if your father and the King of Jiangxia are interested, please invite them to come to my house tomorrow. Third brother, don't be polite. You must come tomorrow. I'm too young, I'm afraid I won't be able to impress these two.

Cousin, when the time comes, third brother, you will also take part of the shares. If we brothers are tied together, we won’t be afraid of being swallowed up by old foxes like them." Li Ming smiled and said to Li Yong first, and then pulled Li Ke in.

, Li Ke is his biological brother, and he has often helped him in the past. Of course, if there are benefits, he cannot forget this third brother.

"Haha~, since Liu Lang said so, the third brother will not refuse, but brother Wei is very curious, what kind of business can make millions of profits?" Li Ke is also a cheerful person, and agreed with a smile.

Li Min's performance was completely different from before, which made Li Ke completely change his previous view of him.

"Haha, this is it~" Li Min said with a mysterious smile, "It will be kept secret for the time being. You will find out when you come tomorrow!"

"Damn it, Liulang, when did you learn how to play riddles?" Li Yong was full of hope and wanted to hear what the business was, but he didn't expect that Li Min didn't say anything, and he couldn't help but get angry.

"Okay, okay, third brother, please leave quickly, otherwise you will lose face if you are caught when the curfew comes." Li Min made up his mind not to say anything, and planned to let them see the real thing with their own eyes tomorrow. After all, this thing is only

I'm afraid the words you say are really unconvincing, so it's better to let them experience it for themselves.

"Well, it won't be a bad night anyway." Li Ke was not in a hurry, so he said goodbye and left. Li Yong had no choice but to say goodbye together.

After sending the two people out of the palace, Li Min ordered people to call the craftsmen of the wood and iron workshops in the palace. Some time ago, he designed something and asked the craftsmen of these two workshops to make a trial. They talked about it two days ago.

It was almost completed, but Li Min was busy with the tea shop at the time, so he never had time to look at it.

Not long after Li Min returned to the hall, a servant came in with two people dressed as craftsmen. As soon as they saw Li Min, they immediately knelt down and saluted: "I see you, my lord!"

"Get up, is that thing finished?" Li Min put down the tea bowl and asked. The two craftsmen were both in their forties or fifties. They were the head craftsmen in charge of the woodware workshop and the ironware workshop respectively. The one with thick hands and feet and a dull face called

Huang Cheng is the head craftsman of the carpentry workshop. The man with gray hair and stout body is named Wu Qiao. Because he is old and mature, everyone calls him Old Wu Tou. He is the head craftsman of the iron workshop.

"Reporting to the prince, the things have been made. The young man and Lao Huang tried it according to the method mentioned by the prince and found that it is indeed feasible." Old Wu took a step forward and said. Huang Chengcheng, who is a carpenter, is dull and seldom talks, so there are

Old Wu was the one who spoke about everything.

"Well, you did a good job. I will use the things tomorrow. If the things are well made, I will reward you heavily!" When Li Min heard that the things were done, he couldn't hide his excitement. Next, Li Min went on again

After asking about the details of the production, Lao Wu and Huang Cheng answered one by one, and they were not allowed to leave until Li Min was satisfied.

It was three o'clock in the morning the next day. Li Min had nothing to do anyway, so he hadn't gotten up yet. Suddenly, Gao Zhong hurried in and loudly announced: "Your Highness! Your Highness! What a joy!"

"What's going on? What are you doing in such a hurry?" Li Min opened his sleepy eyes and asked very dissatisfied.

"Your Highness, as soon as the Wang family's teahouse opened this morning, countless people rushed to buy it. The tea prepared in the teahouse was simply not enough to sell. Less than an hour after it opened, it was already sold out." Gao Gao

Zhong said with a look of ecstasy.

"Oh?" Li jumped up from the bed with a gasp. Although he had expected this result, after all, he had done enough advertising for this new tea. The tea leaves he sent out were hundreds of kilograms, but

When he heard with his own ears that the tea was being snapped up like crazy, he couldn't help but feel very excited. At the same time, a sense of joy of success surged into his heart, shaking Li Min's spirit.

"Okay! Okay! Okay! Let someone inform Wang Zihao that he must control the quantity sold every day. He would rather sell less every day than run out of stock. After all, there is still more than a month until the next season's tea leaves are released?

"Li Xun walked back and forth in the bedroom excitedly. At the same time, he still did not forget to tell Gao Zhong to remind the Wang family that after all, there is not much tea in stock now. If they sell them all at once, they can certainly make a lot of money back, but it will not be enough for them just now.

The opening of the tea house will have an impact. This tea house will be the main channel for tea sales in the future, and Li Min has also invested money in it. He does not want to have a negative impact on the future development of the tea house because of wrong sales strategies.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the people of the Wang family are very smart. Seeing that there are too many people rushing to buy tea, they stipulated that each person can buy up to half a catty per day, and except for today, they will only sell 50 catties per day. Calculated in this way, our royal family's tea

The stock is enough to last until the summer tea comes." Gao Chong reported with a smile, and he was very satisfied with the Wang family's approach.

"Well, not bad, not bad. This Wang Zihao is indeed a talent!" Li Min was also full of praise. In fact, he was also happy and confused. No matter how you say it, the Wang family has been doing business for generations. In the past, he was one of the top ten wealthy businessmen in Chang'an City. His business methods

He is much stronger than Li Min. Li Min ran a wood carving shop in his previous life, but in the Tang Dynasty he was at most a small shopkeeper. Wang Zihao used to be the CEO of a business consortium, so he was not even a little bit inferior in rank.

"Your Highness, put on your clothes quickly, don't catch a cold!" Wen'er and Hua'er saw Li Min walking around on the ground barefoot and wearing close-fitting clothes, so they hurriedly brought his clothes and served Li Min.

Get dressed and wash up, Gao Zhong also has something to do, so I retired.

After Li Min got dressed and ate some simple breakfast, before Li Ke and the others came, he might as well test the effect of that thing first. After all, he was idle. Thinking of this, Li Min and others

We went to the northeast corner of the palace, which is the workshop area of ​​the palace.

After arriving at the workshop area, Li Min did not go to the wood and iron workshops, but went directly to the brewery. People in the Tang Dynasty drank freshly brewed wine, so the houses of princes and nobles usually had their own breweries.

"Young man Yang Jiu, please see His Royal Highness Prince Liang!" As soon as he entered the brewery, a neatly dressed, thin young man with a shrewd face bowed and saluted. If you are a servant in the house, you must kneel down when you see Li Min. This

The reason why Yang Jiu didn't have to kneel down was because he had a different status. Li Min once heard Gao Zhong mention that this Yang Jiu was from a branch of the Yang family in Hongnong, and could barely be regarded as the same clan as Concubine Yang. And because he brewed good wine, he

He just joined Prince Liang's Mansion and was in charge of the brewery. Generally, the workshops of the Prince's Mansion only had craftsmen, one level lower than stewards. Although Yang Jiu was only in charge of the brewery, he was a steward. This was the same as Liu Hu, who managed the tea garden.

Both of them are stewards, and they are not servants of the palace either. They just work for the palace with the wages paid by the palace.

"Get up, are there any fermented lees in the brewing workshop now?" Li Min asked while looking at the brewing workshop. The brewing workshop occupies a large area, with twenty or thirty craftsmen alone, tools and grains used in brewing, etc.

The things are arranged neatly, and it seems that Yang Jiu manages it well.

"Your Highness, we make wine once a month in the workshop, and we just have fermented lees today." Yang Jiu replied respectfully.

"Okay, good job. I have created a new brewing equipment. You will prepare the lees for use later!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Although Yang Jiu was confused, he still bowed and accepted the order, and went down to let the craftsman prepare the lees.

As soon as the lees were prepared, Old Wu Tou and Huang Chengcheng brought over the utensil designed by Li Min. The structure of this thing is very simple. Below it is a huge pot, and above the pot is a large cylindrical wooden barrel, with a

A strange lid.

This thing is actually a distiller, and anyone with some knowledge of physics can design it. The last time Li Min drank in Junzilou, he found that the taste of the wine was very weak. At that time, he remembered that distilled wine did not exist in the Tang Dynasty.

Nowadays, what we drink now is brewed wine. Because this kind of wine has not been distilled, the alcohol content is only 18 or 9 degrees at most.

People in the Tang Dynasty loved wine, but they usually drank newly brewed wine. This does not mean that newly brewed wine tastes good. In fact, everyone knows that wine becomes more fragrant as it ages. However, undistilled wine has very low alcohol content and requires very strict storage conditions.

, it will go bad if you are not careful, so you usually drink newly brewed wine. Good wine that can be stored for several years or even decades is generally used to celebrate major festivals or entertain important guests. Even Li

Surprised, King Liang rarely drank this.

Since distilled liquor has not been invented yet, it is a very profitable opportunity for Li Min. After all, compared with brewing liquor, the emergence of distilled liquor is simply an epoch-making change in the brewing industry, and it will definitely sweep the entire Tang Dynasty society, and inside

The profits were so huge that it was unimaginable. If he could keep the secret of distilled liquor, Li Min would definitely become one of the richest men in the Tang Dynasty.

However, Li Min is now planning to open a large brewery with Li Ke and others. This is mainly due to two considerations. The most direct reason is that Li Min's economic strength is too weak. If he does not have a large sum of money,

investment, then he can only make small investments, not knowing when he will have the capital to expand the scale.

The underlying reason is very complicated. Ever since he came to the Tang Dynasty, he has had a strong sense of insecurity. Although he is the king of Liang, he does not please Comrade Li among the Li Shimin disciples.

, even very annoying. Although he has worked hard to improve his image during this period and tried to change his impression in the mind of Comrade Lao Li, this matter will not be effective in a short time. And the struggle between the royal families

It is very cruel, ranging from being demoted to being killed, especially Comrade Li himself has set a bad example of killing brothers and brothers, which makes the struggle between the princes who are adults or about to become adults gradually become more intense.

Be careful and you may fall into someone else's trap.

Although Li Min has no interest in the lofty throne, since he is a prince, he has been involved in the struggle for the throne since he was born, and he cannot escape. If Li Min wants to protect himself, the most effective way is to

He has strong strength, so Li Min wants to use the benefits that his future knowledge can generate to form a group with a strong background around himself. In this way, when others want to touch him, they will touch the interests of this group. As long as the members of his group

If the people are strong enough, no one can touch him, and Li Daozong, Li Xiaogong and others are the first people Li Min wants to win over. The reason why he brings Li Ke in is because he wants to help his brother.

thought.

"Well, the workmanship is very fine, there shouldn't be any problems!" Li Min personally inspected the still and found that the workmanship was very fine. The iron pot and the wooden barrel fit tightly together. There was a small hole in the middle and upper part of the barrel, and a copper pipe.

Insert it diagonally upwards. The upper end is spoon-shaped. The lid of the wooden bucket is actually a short bucket with water outlets and water inlets on both sides. The bottom is an iron cone, and the tip of the awl is facing the head of the spoon below. Use

During the process, cold water is constantly added to the short bucket, and then the distiller's grains are steamed in a large pot. The boiling point of alcohol is relatively low. When heated, it turns into gas and rises. When it encounters the cold cone-shaped bottom, it turns into liquid, and then passes through the tip of the awl along the lines.

It drips into the spoon below, and then flows out of the bucket through the copper pipe.

The alcohol content of distilled liquor is very high, usually reaching 50 or 60 degrees, and it must be blended before drinking. The longer it is stored in a sealed container, the stronger the flavor will be. Even after being opened, it can be stored without deterioration for one year.

Distilled liquor has great advantages over non-distilled liquor. Once launched, it will definitely replace the current non-distilled liquor.

At this moment, Li Min was enjoying the huge wealth that distilled wine had brought to him. A servant came to report that Li Ke and the others had arrived. Li Min hurriedly asked someone to bring them here. He planned to steam the wine in person and show it to them.

Let them taste the spirit again and let the facts speak for themselves.
Chapter completed!