Therefore, Lao Zhu's worry is also justified. If the grain is harvested and not sold for five years, wouldn't it be a loss to the royal family? How can we make money, let alone make money, if we don't use the purple grain?
Therefore, Lao Zhu's worry is also justified. If the grain is harvested and not sold for five years, wouldn't it be a loss to the royal family? How can we make money, let alone make money, if we don't keep the Forbidden City?
It would be a good idea to compensate him.
Han Du was confident about this and explained with a smile: "Your Majesty, although the old grain cannot be eaten, it can be used to make wine? As long as we make it into wine, we can not only recover the loss, but also make more money.
It’s a sum.”
Lao Zhu said dissatisfiedly: "Brewing wine? As you can imagine, such old grain can only make bad wine, and bad wine is worthless. By then, you won't even be able to earn back the money you spent on the grain."
Yes, buy the best grain and wait for five years before making wine. No matter what kind of business you are, you can't do this kind of thing that is bound to lose everything.
"Who said old grain can only make bad wine?" Han Du looked at Lao Zhu meaningfully and said with a smile: "Old grain can also make good wine, and it is also the best wine."
When Lao Zhu heard this, he reacted instantly, pointed at Han Du and asked in disbelief: "You, you mean, the wine you sent to the palace was brewed from old grains?"
Han Du smiled awkwardly and said nothing, but Lao Zhu already understood everything.
He yelled angrily: "Handu, you are so brave, you dare to give me bad wine to drink."
"Your Majesty misunderstood. Although the wine was made by Wei Chen using bad alcohol, it was really good wine. Didn't I also drink it?" Han Du explained quickly. At the same time, he couldn't help complaining about the bad wine.
What's wrong with the wine? When you, Lao Zhu, started a bowl, you didn't even drink bad wine, but now you have forgotten your roots?
When Lao Zhu heard Han Du's explanation, he felt better and his anger calmed down a little. If he had known that Han Du was slandering him in his heart, then I'm afraid Han Du would have to suffer a lot today.
But it was obvious that Lao Zhu didn't have the ability to read minds. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Is that strong liquor really refined from bad liquor?"
"Yes." Han Du nodded.
A blush suddenly appeared on Lao Zhu's face, and he couldn't wait to ask: "How is the output? Is it complicated to refine good wine from bad wine?"
Han Du instantly understood what Lao Zhu meant. It seemed that Lao Zhu had also discovered this huge business opportunity. He nodded with a smile and said: "It's not complicated." Of course it's not complicated, but it's just a matter of distilling the bad wine again.
Yes, anyone can do it as long as they have distilling equipment.
"As for the output, about ten pounds of bad wine can produce one pound of white wine." Han Du made an estimate and replied truthfully.
When Lao Zhu heard this, his eyes widened and he asked: "How much? Are you right? Is it true that one pound comes out of ten pounds?"
In fact, it takes less than ten kilograms to produce one kilogram of liquor.
After all, a pound of liquor cannot be all alcohol, it is still about half water.
"I can guarantee that." Han Du nodded.
When Lao Zhu heard this, he burst into laughter. A feeling of getting rich filled his whole body. How much does ten kilograms of bad wine cost? Even better bad wine only costs thirty-five cents per kilogram.
, the worst one can buy a pound for a penny. But what is the price of good wine on the market? A slightly higher-end wine costs ten thousand dollars per jar, and a jar is only three pounds. Calculating, one pound is almost three thousand
Three hundred cents. And the cost of a pound of liquor distilled from inferior alcohol is only ten cents. This is a price difference of three hundred times, and a huge profit of three hundred times.
Lao Zhu happily looked back at Queen Ma and said: "If there is still a place for Chen Liang to be recycled and profit can be made, then the royal family made the sound of grain that this boy mentioned."
Seeing that Lao Zhu finally relaxed and agreed, Queen Ma was overjoyed and said with a smile: "The royal family does this not to make money. If you want to make money, it's better to ask Han Du to refine the bad wine."
Hand over the recipe and we sell spirits directly. How quickly will the money come in? As Han Du said, food is the lifeblood of the Ming Dynasty. The royal family must hold the lifeline of food in their hands, not to make money, but to make money.
For the sake of the stability of the people of the world."
This was said with great air.
Han Du silently praised Queen Ma in his heart. In fact, no matter whether you are a person or a person, you should be like Queen Ma, occupying the moral high ground and holding high the banner of fairness, so that there will be no disadvantage.
"What the Queen said makes sense, and the royal family's control of grain trading is a good thing that benefits the world. It solves the problem for thousands of years that people have to sell grain at low prices in good years and buy grain at high prices in famine years."
After hearing Han Du's words, Lao Zhu looked a little displeased, "Stop flattering me. The question now is, who should handle this matter? Let the inner court do it?"
Han Du was embarrassed when he heard this. The essence of flattery is to make the listener happy without being able to tell that he is flattering him. Han Du did not make Lao Zhu happy, but made Lao Zhu happy.
Zhu could tell that Han Du was flattering him. This almost embarrassed Han Du to death.
Seeing the old man asking questions, Han Du quickly answered and wanted to put aside this embarrassing scene, "I have an idea, I don't know whether to talk about it or not."
"Say." Lao Zhu said in a deep voice.
"I think that a Ming Dynasty Royal Grain Industry can be established to be responsible for the management of grain. The royal family can recruit professional shopkeepers to be responsible for the operation, and the eunuchs or maids of the inner court can be responsible for supervision. But the supervisors must not point fingers at the shopkeepers responsible for the operation. If
If there is any disharmony, you can write a letter and report it, and the palace will send someone to check it in person." Han Du suggested.
According to Han Du's idea, a separate company should be established and run by the company. But if Han Du said company, Lao Zhu and Queen Ma would probably not understand what it was, so Han Du copied the company's business model.
, explain it to them.
Lao Zhu was still deep in thought, but Empress Ma frowned and asked: "Why do you need to find a shopkeeper to take charge of the operation? Wouldn't it be better to let the people in the inner court run it themselves? If you do this, wouldn't it be unnecessary?"
"The Empress clearly knows that this is because the profit of grain itself is very low. If you collect six cents of silver and sell it for one tael of silver, it seems that there is a profit of four cents. In fact, in addition to the consumption of warehousing, drying, and transportation, there can be two cents of profit.
Profit sharing requires people with deep experience to do it. In fact, from Wei Chen's point of view, it is good to be able to protect capital." Han Du explained.