Chapter 656 Sichuan Salt goes to Guizhou, Qin merchants gather in Maotai
Exit of Huairen Railway Station, Guizhou.
"Master, I would like to ask, do you know where the Quhe Winery is?"
At the exit of the train station, a young man asked a taxi driver. Behind the young man, there was a burly man, a girl and a little boy. Needless to say, this group of five people
Of course it was Qin Yu and the others.
"Quhe, that's on the other side of Maotai Town, some distance away from here."
"Then please, master, send us there."
Quhe Winery is an industrial share that Qin Yu obtained in Hong Kong. Li Minghao gave the shares of Quhe Winery to Qin Yu as compensation from Sun Yang, and Qin Yu’s trip to Guizhou,
I came here just for the Quhe Winery.
"A few bosses are here to do the liquor business, right?" the driver asked with a smile while watching.
"Oh, how did master see it?" Qin Yu asked with a smile.
"We in Huairen are famous for our liquor. We are the liquor capital of our country. As soon as you arrived, boss, you asked Quhe Winery. It was almost time for liquor dealers to bid, so you don't have to guess. I know that the bosses must be
I'm in the liquor business." The driver said one thing after another, with a rather proud expression on his face.
"Yes, they say Huairen is the city of wine and Moutai is the national wine, so let's come over and have a look." Qin Yu replied following the driver's words.
"But the bosses, I don't know whether I should say something or not." Perhaps sensing that Qin Yu's attitude was more cordial, the driver glanced at Qin Yu from the corner of his eye and said.
"Master, feel free to ask me anything. This is our first time in your city. If there is anything we need to pay attention to, I hope you can give me some advice."
"Actually, it's nothing. It's just that the sales volume of the Quhe Winery you are going to is not good in our city. This Quhe Winery is an old factory. In fact, it was originally owned by the Maotai family, and later it was separated from Quhe.
He Liquor is actually similar to Maotai Liquor, but the director of the factory doesn’t know how to adapt, and the price remains the same as other Maotai Liquor. Just imagine, you are a strange winery, even if the taste is the same as Maotai Liquor, people will definitely buy Maotai Liquor
Liquor, and Quhe Liquor was trying its best to compete with Maotai Liquor. It produced too much and couldn't sell it, and eventually it began to decline."
"Although Quhe Winery later changed its strategy, it has never been the same again. It has gradually become a second-rate winery. In the past few years, due to the adulteration of wine, sales plummeted. We locals did not buy Quhe.
Drinking."
"There's still this thing."
After listening to the driver's words, Qin Yu was also stunned. According to what the driver said, Quhe Winery can no longer operate and is about to close down, so his 50% share is about to be drained.
drift.
"Fortunately, buddy, I'm not here for the money." Qin Yu comforted himself in his heart. He would own the shares of Quhe Winery, but he didn't want to extract dividends from it. Even if Quhe Winery was in trouble, it would be unfair to him.
That's not necessarily good news.
"Maotai Town is ahead. The road we are traveling on is called Zuimei Avenue."
"It's really a very distinctive name." Qin Yu smiled when he heard the driver say the name of the road they were driving on. The names Zuimei Avenue and Jiudu are worthy of their names.
"We have many roads with names like this. Who calls us the Liquor Capital?" The driver's face was filled with pride. The name Liquor Capital is the place where the national liquor Moutai is produced. It is the pride of all Huairen people.
"Sichuan salt goes to Guizhou, Qin merchants gather in Maotai." Qin Yu recited in a low voice while looking at the unique Maotai town.
"Boss, you've heard this sentence too." The driver's ear was sharp and his expression was a little surprised when he heard Qin Yu's words. He didn't expect Qin Yu to know this proverb about Maotai Town at such a young age.
"I personally like to study some geography and culture, so I have read a little about it in books."
Seeing the puzzled expressions on the faces of Tank and Jiang Tingting, Qin Yu explained with a smile: "Guizhou is one of the few provinces in the country that does not produce salt. Salt mainly comes from the surrounding Sichuan and lakes.
It was transported from southern provinces and other provinces, so in ancient times there was a saying that Sichuan salt traveled to Guizhou. Because of the smooth flow of the Chishui River, Maotai Town became a gathering place for salt merchants. A large number of salt merchants transported salt to Maotai Town, and then transported it through Maotai Town.
He went to other cities in Guizhou, so he also called Qin merchants to gather in Maotai."
"Driving by the salt industry, Maotai Town is gradually prospering. Business travelers from all directions gather, salt transporters, caravans and ships are constantly coming in. All industries are prosperous and the market is prosperous."
"And these salt merchants are all wealthy people. Those who could afford to buy and sell salt in ancient times were all from big families. Just like in our modern times, they specialize in the business of rare mines. Salt was very scarce and precious in ancient times.
of."
"The salt merchants are wealthy and have always lived a luxurious life. However, Maotai Town is located in a remote and remote area. There is neither the music of silk and bamboo orchestras nor the fun of fighting cocks and horses. The salt merchants are bored and often drink and have fun. So some merchants took a look at this
Taking advantage of business opportunities, he opened a winery in Maotai Town and brewed liquor. This was the earliest origin of Maotai Town liquor."
After Qin Yu finished explaining, the faces of Tank and Jiang Tingting showed expressions of realization. It turned out that the development of Maotai Town still had such a history.
"Boss, you are really amazing. You know the situation in Maotai Town better than our locals. I don't know anything as detailed as you, boss." The driver gave a thumbs up to Qin Yu.
"This is also because your Maotai town is famous, so I went to understand it. If it were another city, I wouldn't be able to tell you." Qin Yu smiled modestly. Studying the customs and culture of various places is his hobby. Maotai
How could he not learn more about such a famous town?
"Boss, we're here. Quhe Winery is in front of us."
Chatting with the driver and listening to the driver tell some interesting things about Maotai Town, time passed very quickly. When the car made the last turn, Qin Yu's eyes fell on the gate of a factory in front.
"Mr. Qin, this is the Quhe Winery. Isn't it too... too shabby?" Qin Yu and others got out of the car. Tank looked at the factory door in front of him, which had no guardrail or even a guard, and said to Qin Yu.
"Let's go in and have a look before we talk." Qin Yu also looked a little surprised. The dilapidation of Quhe Winery was more serious than he imagined. If it weren't for the four big characters on the top of the building in front: Quhe Winery
Factory, he couldn't imagine that the factory was still in operation. It seemed that the driver was right, Quhe Winery was indeed at the end of its rope.
Qin Yu and the others just walked into the winery, and no one came out to stop them. The Quhe Winery building was the closest to Qin Yu and the others, but Qin Yu did not choose to enter the building, but walked around the side of the building.
He walked towards several small workshops on the side, where the liquor is brewed.
"So much food?"
Before entering the workshop, Qin Yu saw bags of grain piled in the open space. After walking up and smelling it, Qin Yu discovered that the grain had not been distilled.
"Such a lot of food is left out in the open. If it rains, won't it all get moldy?" Qin Yu frowned for the first time. He didn't care if the factory building was dilapidated, but he didn't cherish the food so much.
How did you become a winery manager?
"Hey, who are you, and why did you come into the winery so casually?"
Finally, Qin Yu and the others met the first person, a worker wearing blue work clothes. When they saw Qin Yu and the others, they quickly ran over to question him.
"Master, you're just piling up the food outside, and you're not afraid of getting moldy in the rain?" Qin Yu took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to the running worker.
"What's going on? This has just been moved out of the warehouse and will be shipped away soon." The worker glanced at the cigarette in Qin Yu's hand, a bright light flashed in his eyes, and he took it with a smile, his attitude also changed.
Much better. After hearing Qin Yu's question, he sighed and replied: "The grain stored in the warehouse has been almost moved in the past few days. These are the last batches. I am afraid that this winery will really go bankrupt.
Already."
"The winery has reached this point?" Qin Yu was a little surprised. He even took away the stored grain. This was because he had no intention of making wine.
"Yes, since the fake ginseng water incident, the winery has been in trouble. If the factory director hadn't persisted, it would have closed down long ago." "What is the fake ginseng water, master, can you tell me in detail."
Qin Yu asked curiously.
"Originally I couldn't tell you about this, but now that the winery is about to close down, I will tell you." The expression of the master worker suddenly became a little angry and he said:
"The year before last, my co-workers and I were loading wine in the wine cellar. Suddenly a group of people rushed in, claiming to be from the Food Safety Administration, as well as reporters. As soon as these people came in, they poured the wine in the wine jars in the wine cellar.
Open it, then use some instrument to test it, and finally it turns out that our wine has been mixed with water."
"But this is simply impossible. The wine in the wine cellar was packaged by me and a few workers. It is absolutely pure wine and cannot be mixed with water. Moreover, those who rushed in seemed to know in advance what was in those wine jars.
As if there was a problem with the wine, they went straight to those jars of wine. Later, our factory director personally tested it and found that only the jars of wine they opened had problems. The purity of the wine in the other jars was normal.
.There must be something going on here, someone wants to clean up our winery.”
"What happened next?" After hearing the worker's last words, Qin Yu's eyes narrowed and he continued to ask.
"Later, our winery was reported by newspapers, and we had to pay a fine and write an inspection. Everyone in the city knew that there was something wrong with the wine in our winery, so no locals came to our winery to order wine anymore. We had to rely on some
Wine merchants from other places came to maintain operations, but for some reason, the water added to the winery's wine was reported by CCTV again. This time, even the market in other provinces began to gradually decrease, and the wine in the wine cellar could not be sold at all.