No, it should have been called "Fengming Tower" by this time.
At this time, Liu Zheng had just made a fuss, and the aftermath was still there. First, his piano skills were amazing, then his literary talent was outstanding. Then he bought a restaurant. Is this the number one dude in Liangzhou always so high-profile wherever he goes?
The literati were still shaking their heads and thinking about these three couplets.
Zheng Yueru, on the other hand, returned to her private room again, her eyebrows furrowed, and then she smiled softly: "This young master of the Liu family is quite interesting."
The shopkeeper of Fengming House, called Lao Cui Tou, is a relatively shrewd old businessman. He was standing next to Zheng Yueru and asked in a low voice: "Miss, are we, Wanhua House, just going to let this kid do what he wants?"
Businessmen in this era were relatively honest and responsible, and they actually looked down upon Liu Zheng's set of promotional methods.
They think that when doing business, they just need to do business as they should. If they keep doing this, they will make the Wanhua Building look like a nondescript building.
"Haha, do you think he is torturing?"
Zheng Yueru smiled faintly, took a sip of rice wine, and shook her head: "I'm a little worried. His bet may very well export our Wanhua Tower..."
"ah?"
Old Cui Tou looked depressed.
Zheng Yueru chuckled: "Of course, these methods of his are indeed ingenious, but they must have an introduction. After all, this is a restaurant, either beauty or wine...otherwise, with just a few couplets and
Do you want to attract others to this barren land like Yinzhou with this idea of several floors?"
"He asked us to terminate our cooperation with the previous wine merchant. It seems that he is planning to make a fuss about it!"
Old Cui Tou also nodded frequently when he heard this.
But no matter what, Liu Zheng's ideas are indeed advanced in this era, and Liu Zheng gave him a real five thousand taels.
The next day.
Wanhua Building began to close down and was renovated, inside and out, according to Liu Zheng's requirements. Taking half of the shares in Wanhua Building was five thousand taels of silver. The remodeling side was about another thousand taels of silver.
!
For a time, the whole Yinzhou was watching a joke.
The news came from Liangzhou these days that the Liu family and his son came to Yinzhou with ten thousand taels of silver. Five hundred taels of silver were pledged in the round logs, and the county marquis' mansion was renovated, and he was invited to eat and drink, which was another thousand taels.
After all the calculations, Liu Zheng had defeated 10,000 taels and only had 1,500 taels left!
The four prominent families suddenly felt that the crisis was over and everyone was happy.
"How long can he stay in Yinzhou with his speed of losing money? When he finally loses his last savings, let's see how I can humiliate him!"
Chen Xiang, who had been slapped in the face several times by Liu Zheng, even uttered such cruel words everywhere, as if he wanted Liu Zheng to hear it on purpose.
Of course, it's not just him.
Almost all people in Yinzhou are not optimistic about "this term" of county magistrate, and feel that Yinzhou will soon return to the previous state of "governing by doing nothing".
As for Liu Zheng.
In fact, the situation is worse than it appears to outsiders.
The county palace has been renovated and rebuilt.
But we need people!
All kinds of maids, servants, gardeners, grooms, and carriages all cost money to buy, and they also have to pay monthly payments! Liu Dahao was so busy that he saw that his money bag was getting thinner and thinner.
"Son, why don't you go to Liangzhou again as a father, visit my old friends, and see if you can help me?"
Liu Dahao was almost at his wits end.
If this continues, it won't last more than a few days.
Liu Zheng smiled slightly: "Dad, which of your old friends who work hard will think highly of us now? Don't worry, as I said, you will have enough money to recruit three hundred soldiers first. Remember, they must be young and middle-aged!"
Changfeng will help you handle this matter, and I will figure out the next steps!"
"Ah? We still need to recruit troops?"
Liu Dahao wanted to cry but had no tears.
Liu Zheng nodded and said: "If you don't recruit soldiers, how can you collect taxes? Dad, you have to remember this sentence: in prosperous times, culture is important, in troubled times, military force is important! Without soldiers, it will be difficult for us to gain a foothold in Yinzhou!"
If you want to collect taxes, it is equivalent to pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth of the four prominent families!
Without the soldiers, all this is empty talk.
then.
The County Marquis's Mansion began to recruit troops with great fanfare. This matter still caused some waves in Yinzhou. Who was recruiting troops to deal with? The four prominent families must have been the first to be unable to sit still. But the soldiers are the standard equipment of the County Marquis' Mansion.
Although you are a powerful local man, neither law nor reason can interfere with the county government.
After asking around, it was found that there were only three hundred soldiers from the mansion, and then the noble families left one after another.
three hundred?
Each of their families has two thousand private soldiers!
As a result, the news that the county magistrate was short of money was confirmed again.
Liu Zheng, on the other hand, has been doing his own research these days.
He had several ideas about wine. The first was to make higher-grade distiller's yeast. In this era, distiller's yeast was still the oldest method, using naturally moldy grain crops to make distiller's yeast. As for artificially produced distiller's yeast, this era's
This technology does not exist yet.
But, Liu Zheng has it!
In the past few days, he first bought a set of wine-making equipment, various utensils, clay pots, leaky jars, wine jars, etc... In Liu Zheng's wine-making process, these processes were very backward.
Yes, but there is no way, the conditions in this era are like this.
Winning streak is better than nothing.
He first moistened various grains, ground them, processed them in various ways, then added water and stirred them to make the distiller's yeast artificially, which was much more advanced than natural mold making.
By controlling the temperature and studying the proportions, we can produce koji with different flavors.
Liu Zheng prepared a set for each of the strong-flavor, light-flavor and sauce-flavor types.
Of course, this matter cannot be accomplished overnight.
It takes at least a month to produce half of the big song.
Therefore, Liu Zheng also had to study another thing in the process of making distiller's yeast.
Still!
For him, he now needs something immediate to help him make money! So, since it takes a long time to make the koji, he can only use a still to distill the existing turbid liquor of this era. Although the effect is less,
But compared with those turbid wines, it is equivalent to fine wine.
In fact, the principle of the distiller is also very simple. For a scientific researcher like Liu Zheng, it is just like a child playing house, just putting out a few bottles and cans.
Several sealed jars are connected together. The first jar is responsible for distillation, the second is responsible for cooling, and the third is responsible for collection.
But the most important thing...
It’s just that these bottles and jars are hard to find.
Liu Zheng searched in the market for several days before he found a few that he was satisfied with. This made him smile bitterly. It was really hard to live in an era of scarce supplies.
And the pipes connecting several cans became a headache for him.
In the end, Liu Zheng went to several butchers and finally found a few beef intestines, which he could wash and use. This kind of honey operation also made him a little bit dumbfounded.
But no matter what, everything is ready.
Even if the distiller is made.
"Son, what are you fussing over?"
Liu Dahao ran into the room in the backyard of the county lord's mansion and was stunned when he saw what Liu Zheng was doing.
"Haha, dad, this is a good thing. Quickly, let Changfeng go get ten kilograms of turbid wine!"
"Ah? My son, ten pounds of turbid wine is a lot of money!"
Poor Liu Dahao, who was once the richest man in Liangzhou, is now frowning for the sake of ten taels of silver.
Liu Zheng smiled and said: "Dad, listen to me and go ahead! If this goes well, the profit will not be dozens of taels of silver!"
"profit?"
Liu Dahao glanced at Liu Zheng a little suspiciously, as if to say, since you were born, you have been losing money. When have you ever made a profit?
But naturally he would not say this, and immediately asked Qin Changfeng to get a drink.
"Call Wei Tiezhu here again and ask him to bring some more clever craftsmen!"
Liu Zheng suddenly said again.
Liu Dahao never questioned his son's words. Soon, Wei Tiezhu came with two brothers from his family.
Ten kilograms of turbid wine was also bought back by Qin Changfeng.
"Tie Zhu, can I trust you?"
Liu Zheng looked at Wei Tiezhu and asked lightly.
Wei Tiezhu's eyes suddenly turned red: "Master, what are you talking about? Master, you treat me like a king and a minister, and this head is yours!"
"good!"
Liu Zheng warned again: "It's because I trust you that I found you. Remember, whatever happens here will be swallowed by me! Don't tell anyone!"
Wei Tiezhu's two brothers naturally had no problems.
Liu Dahao was amazed to see Liu Zheng being so cautious.
So, Liu Zheng began to teach Wei Tiezhu and the others how to use the still. At first, several of them didn't understand what they were doing.
But under Liu Zheng's guidance, I gradually mastered the essentials.
The turbid wine began to enter the distillation process. Liu Dafu and Qin Changfeng were watching and sometimes helping.
In this short period of time, the turbid sorghum wine slowly became clear, like a clear spring. More importantly, the aroma of this ancient low-alcohol wine is incomparable to that of high-alcohol wine.
.When the distillation is almost done here, the whole room is filled with a strong aroma of wine.
"this......"
"What is this? What a strong aroma of wine!"
Liu Dahao's eyes widened.
Qin Changfeng also said excitedly: "The aroma of the wine alone is already intoxicating. Is this a fairy brew?"
People of this era are used to drinking crudely made low-alcohol wine. Where have they seen such high-purity liquor?
Wei Tiezhu was also stunned: "This wine, this wine..."
Liu Zheng smiled slightly: "Just wait for a while, and you can have a taste."
Several people were so addicted to alcohol that their saliva was drooling.
When the distilled liquor was distilled, cooled, and then collected in the last wine jar, the whole room was filled with the intoxicating aroma of wine.
"This... Zheng'er, is this wine?"
Several glasses of wine were poured out by Liu Zheng, and Liu Dahao couldn't bear to drink them.
This is purer than spring water!
"What do you think? Drink!"
Liu Zheng laughed loudly.
Liu Dahao, Qin Changfeng, Wei Tiezhu and others, after drinking a glass of wine, it was as if their souls were out of their bodies and they were intoxicated.
“Good wine!”
"Zheng'er, Zheng'er, how did you do this?"
Liu Dahao was astonished when he met his son for the first time.
This is not just profit, it is simply the rhythm of getting rich!