The bullock carts outside the door were all ready, and the armored soldiers were also ready to set off at any time. Yu Fan's eyes were confused, he had not yet fully woken up from the disappointment, and he was a little reluctant to leave.
Mr. Kou whispered: "Lord, life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor. You can't behave like this and let others see you. Cheer up!"
Only then did Yu Fan come back to his senses and smiled bitterly: "I lost my temper when I thought about leaving this county. Sir - thank you in advance."
In the end, Yu Fan regained his composure after being disappointed.
"My lord, you ordered me to investigate this matter, and I will handle it myself. I just want to give you a few words of advice before I leave."
Yu Fan withdrew his gaze and bowed slightly: "Sir, please speak."
"My lord, although the Yu family is still stable, there are many internal and external worries and crises. Everyone is placing their hope on you. With this move, you have become the number one scholar and stabilized people's hearts.
"When you built the Bead Hall, you were really suspected of putting the lord before the clan. You just suppressed it with the power of the head of the case. If you could open a waterway, you could suppress the entire clan. Now that you don't have the opportunity this time, I'm afraid it will be inevitable.
There is doubt."
After Yu Fan heard this, a thin layer of sweat broke out on his forehead. He was startled for a moment and said, "Keep talking..."
"Yes, these words are not something I can say, but I have to say them now!" Mr. Kou straightened his body and bowed deeply: "After my lord returns, he cannot conceal himself with wine and sex. This will destroy his future, let alone
Show your color and cause a siege!"
"The state examination is in August. You only need to wait for these three months. Once you win the exam, you will be over immediately."
"It is a state's honor to be elected. It is not a trivial matter. It has the ability to suppress the spirit. If you get it, although it is a bit reluctant to build this bead museum, it is not a big problem. It can offset half of the waterway."
"When you have the honor of being a successful candidate, my lord will think about ways to make money!"
"My lord, power and wealth, wind and water, these are the main parts of luck and cannot be deviated from it." Mr. Kou spoke firmly and resolutely, then he stopped abruptly, straightened his body again and bowed deeply.
Yu Fan thought for a moment, but at this moment he still sighed deeply: "I am truly blessed to have Mr. Kou!"
When he said this, it was inexplicably empty. He didn't know that the Yu family had a saying that "Kou planned Lu Zheng", that is, Mr. Kou was the main strategist, while Lu Shangjing implemented the big policy, but now half of it was lost.
But he still felt disappointed that he had lost this opportunity. After calming down, he went out and arrived at the bullock cart. The driver held the bullwhip and in response to the order, the bullock cart drove out with a "pop" sound.
A gust of wind blew, and the ox cart drove out. When it arrived at the city gate, it drove out. Yu Fan's body trembled slightly, and green air came out from the top of the protrusion. The light was condensing, gradually becoming stronger, and turning into
A blue smoke cloud, at the same time, this smoke cloud separated into several strands, went their separate ways, and disappeared into the sky in the blink of an eye.
Pingshou County·Yefu
Ye Qing was reading when his heart skipped a beat and he frowned as if he had something. He checked carefully and found nothing unusual. A burst of sadness surged in his heart: "It's been a year, and I'm here again. Unknowingly, a year has passed."
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"Sir, everything is done!" Jiang Zinan's voice suddenly sounded outside. When he saw Ye Qing, he said: "Sir... the sake you mentioned is all done!"
"So fast?" Ye Qing couldn't help but said in surprise. Ye Qing had long thought about how to use technology to gain power and benefits, but because the world was different, the laws were different.
In a word: the more macroscopic it is, the more common it is, and the more microcosmic it is, the greater the difference.
All that can be made now is distilled liquor.
In fact, on earth, whiskey is distilled liquor. In the 10th century AD, the technology was basically mature. In China, distilled liquor was also available in the Song Dynasty.
In fact, there are some in this world, but these are primitive technologies and have not formed a system.
After Ye Qing was selected as a scholar, he began to purchase relevant original equipment and technology, improve it and research it. In the early days, he only made small quantities, but this time he must have succeeded.
Ye Qing said: "Let's go and have a look!"
At this time, the sun was a ball of fire, illuminating the earth in white, and the hot air hit his face. Ye Qing continued to move forward, arriving at the courtyard of the three hundred acres of private land.
First he looked around, and saw that the courtyard was elegant, but smelled a little more like alcohol. He couldn't help but smile. Then he went in and saw Lu Shangjing. He clasped his hands and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, sir! Please come in and talk."
Lu Shangjing leaned forward and said: "Last time my boss wanted to improve these things, I thought it was unnecessary and didn't want it to be done. I made a mistake indeed.'
After saying that, he bowed again.
Ye Qing looked at it with a smile and said: "Although you have some opinions, sir, you have tried your best to do the job. You only have two months to complete this matter. This is really generous... I won't say anything anymore, let's go in and take a look."
When we got inside, we saw that it was a still made of crystal. In this world, the Taoism is sacred. Making glass is a piece of cake. It is just an idea. You can’t think of it until you figure it out.
"Master, this is made from the cheapest fermented materials. What we use here are cassava. This is a food only eaten by pigs and sheep. I don't want it to be made into wine. The texture is very pure." Lu Shangjing said, taking it.
After drinking a glass, Ye Qing looked up and saw that it was colorless and transparent. He took a sip and felt that the wine was about 30 degrees.
This is a method for making vodka, using the cheapest materials. Ye Qing put down the cup and remained silent for a while. He stood up and walked around for a few steps. After a long time, he turned his eyes to Lu Shangjing and said, "This is the original method."
The wine is colorless and tasteless. It can be made in large quantities, and the best ones can be fermented multiple times to obtain a pure aroma. After completion, you can contact various trading companies to push the wine out."
"If the workshop is operating at full capacity, how much output can it produce?" Ye Qing asked again.
“It can produce one thousand catties per month!”
"One thousand kilograms is too little. It won't work in this courtyard. The other location will be kept secret!" Ye Qing thought for a while and ordered: "Find my third uncle for me. He said there is something going on."
Ye Zifan was at work and heard that Ye Qing wanted to see him, so he came over. Ye Qing's performance in the past year made him very satisfied. At first, he was worried that Ye Qing would become a scholar, be young and energetic, and interfere in family affairs indiscriminately, but Ye Qing was only two months old
Come here, you are calm and relaxed, you handle your household affairs in an orderly manner, and the Lu Shangjing you recruited is even more discerning.
Just as he was thinking about it, he arrived at the courtyard and saw a smell of alcohol in the side hall. Zifan frowned.
"Uncle, take a sip. How do you like this wine?"
Zifan took a few steps closer and took a sip: "Hey, this wine can't be said to be good, but it's as fiery as a knife. Where did it come from?"
"My nephew commissioned Mr. Lu to make it just now!"
"What?" Ye Zifan was stunned.
Ye Qing explained the production process to his uncle: "Uncle, look, the raw material is the yam that costs nothing in the mountains. The cost is basically zero. It's just that the brewing equipment is a bit more expensive, so we need to find ways to shape it."
Zifan frowned: "This wine has its own characteristics, but it may not be on the table. Qing'er, it's May now, and it will be August in a blink of an eye. You can't be distracted!"
Ye Qing smiled and turned around: "Really? Mr. Lu, tell your uncle!"
Lu Shangjing's eyes lit up and she responded: "Yes!"
"This wine is indeed not good, but it has its own characteristics. It tastes as fiery as a knife, but it is not without sales - you see, isn't it the same as the north?"
"To the north of Beimang Mountain is the so-called Wei Dynasty. They are all nomadic tribes, and the winter is even more severe. The wine we send there is a timely help - even one pound of silver can be exchanged for one tael, which is more than enough!"
"This..." Ye Zifan was shocked, this was something he had never expected... his face immediately turned bright, either white or red.
"It's nothing. Maybe I was guilty of colluding with foreigners in the past, but thirty years ago there was a decree that allowed some transactions, and this wine was included in it."
Lu Shangjing sat down with a smile, took a sip as if nothing had happened, and murmured in discomfort: "To be honest, this technique is not difficult, but I didn't expect that if I sell it in the mainland, I can make more money.
It was deciphered in two years."
"But when they are sold to the grasslands, where Taoism has declined and people believe in gods, they don't have the ability. The gold and silver robbed over the years are of little use on the grasslands, but they can't be exchanged for it this time. I can say that it doesn't take three
In a year, I can earn five hundred thousand taels of silver, and I dare not say anything further."
Ye Qing smiled: "This is still an underestimate. If the whole family works hard on production, we will definitely earn a million taels of silver within three years. After three years, we will present this recipe, and the court will definitely praise it, and we can secretly
The lurking evil has been wiped out!"
Ye Qing is very calculating in his heart. He has made enough money in three years, but if he can't make it in two or three years, a catastrophe will come. Once the catastrophe comes, the entire economy will collapse. What is the use of this technology?
Only then did Ye Zifan understand. He looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and said, "In this case, it's only three years of earning, isn't it too little?"
After hearing this, Ye Qing bowed and said: "Uncle, one must know how to avoid disaster and also know how to measure oneself. This skill is not difficult. It is silent in the first year, and it shows its traces in the second year.
I can’t cover it up anymore.”
"Even if you don't hand it over, is it still difficult to put it under control? It will offend a lot of people."
"Once the three years are up, handing it over to the government will bring the disaster to the government to take responsibility, and you can also get praise. This is the best way to deal with it."
Ye Zifan thought carefully, shook off distracting thoughts, and said: "You are right, I am greedy, how are you going to deal with it?"
"You can't let other people know about it within three years. The workshop must be placed in the house and you need to find someone you can trust to operate it. Uncle, please don't tell secrets. This is a technology I developed in my room. I will hand it over to the public."
Yes, but it must be supervised by my people, and I will get 30% of it!"
"Thirty percent?" Zifan had a vein on his neck and looked at Ye Qing and said, "Isn't this too much?"
"What do you think?" Ye Qing smiled slightly, but with a cold tone: "I dedicated this to the clan out of thin air. Do you really think that I can do it alone?"
"Of course, the clan thinks it's too much, so I can give you 20%, 10%, or even nothing. I don't mind." After saying this, Ye Qing smiled gently. He is a time traveler, so how can he really care about the clan?
emotion?
Giving 70% was the utmost benevolence, and not giving anything, Ye Qing didn't say anything, just handed over this technology, took his room away, and regarded it as compensation - there would be no relationship from now on.
Zifan's heart trembled, and he immediately heard the chill in it. He was stunned for a moment, and then sighed: "I understand, and I will definitely get you 30% of it."