"Yes, all the remaining French wine from the day before yesterday has been sold out. I just saw that Witch Master you seem to be very busy practicing witchcraft these days, so I didn't dare to disturb you!"
When talking about this French wine, Gongli was very happy: "The total price was more than one million!"
Tao Xiaowu was shocked: "So many?"
Roughly assuming that the remaining 50 kilograms of wine could be sold for one million yuan, the price of this one kilogram of wine would reach 20,000 yuan.
Tao Xiaowu brewed these drinks from rice.
In this world similar to the Qin and Han Dynasties, rice is not the staple food that people eat, and the price is not too high.
Although Hengyin does not produce rice, the price is a little higher due to transportation problems, only more than three hundred yuan per stone.
One stone weighs one hundred and twenty kilograms. The last time Tao Xiaowu made wine, he only used about three stones of rice.
In other words, the cost is only about one thousand yuan!
How much is this profit?
A thousand times!
After realizing this, Tao Xiaowu's eyelids jumped.
"The best wine in the county only costs about fifty yuan per dou, right?" Tao Xiaowu couldn't help but ask.
One stone is equal to ten buckets, which means that the price of the best wine in Hengyin County is only about 500 yuan.
The wine I brewed can actually be sold for 20,000 yuan!
How is this done?
Are those wealthy people again buying such expensive wine?
Facing Tao Xiaowu's surprise, Na Gongli said indifferently: "This is not an ordinary wine, it is jade liquid, a dharma wine to worship ancestors and please the gods!"
One sentence made Tao Xiaowu understand. It turned out to be this way of selling, no wonder!
Since ancient times, wine has been one of the necessary supplies for sacrifices.
In ancient times, wizards used wine to perform witchcraft and perform various activities.
There was no difference between witches and doctors in ancient times. As medicine, wine was one of the medicines commonly used by witch doctors.
"The most important thing in the country is to worship the soldiers."
In sacrificial activities, wine, as a beautiful thing, must first be dedicated to heaven, gods and ancestors for enjoyment.
There are even clear regulations on the use of wine for sacrifices.
For example, when offering sacrifices, a total of eight kinds of wine are used: "Wu Qi" and "Three Wines".
The so-called official position of offering wine was originally done for this purpose!
People in this kind of world attach great importance to death as well as life, and they attach the most importance to sacrifices to ancestors and gods.
And there are extremely high requirements for the wine used in sacrifices.
It is important to use Xuanjiu, as the saying goes: "The beauty of wine, the beauty of Xuanjiu's clear water, and the essence of the five flavors are valuable."
The cleaner and clearer the wine, the better!
But it just so happens that in this era, rice wine and fruit wine are all available, but the filtration technology is not up to par, and the resulting wine contains a large amount of suspended matter.
Even the wine used for royal sacrifices can only be filtered over and over again at any cost.
Where can you compare to the clarity of this distilled wine?
The magic wine flowing out of Wuli comes from a wizard of the Wuli lineage who has a great reputation near Hengyin. The wine is as clean and clear as ever, like spring water.
Naturally, he is sought after by the wealthy families in Hengyin!
In fact, when Tao Xiaowu thought about it, based on how much the world valued sacrifices, even an ordinary family would probably grit their teeth and spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy one or two kilograms of this French wine to worship their ancestors.
No wonder it can be sold at such a good price!
Tao Xiaowu's mind was spinning, and he had already given instructions, "This brewing method must be kept secret and cannot be spread out. Also, don't make too much of this wine. One or two hundred kilograms a month is enough!"
Gongli was slightly stunned, it goes without saying that the brewing method is kept secret.
But when he thought about it, since this wine was so valuable, he must brew more to make more money. Why should he brew less?
"Things are rare and expensive. If there is more of this wine, the price will naturally drop. Besides, if more of this wine is brewed, it will be difficult to keep it secret!"
Tao Xiaowu recalled the business methods before time travel and said calmly.
In fact, he still had another hidden worry.
If he brews less, he will have more than one million yuan a month, and tens of millions of money a year. It is enough for him to practice and use in witchcraft!
If it were more, with an income of hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions of dollars, I am afraid that even with Wu Li's intimidation power, he would not be able to keep this drink!
The yellow-orange copper coins are enough to dazzle anyone's eyes.
Tao Xiaowu knew clearly that in such a classical world, if the real big businessmen and powerful people set their sights on this piece of fat, they would not tell them any rules.
Listening to Tao Xiaowu's explanation, Gongli was suddenly shocked.
He secretly thought that even after living at such a long age, he was almost obsessed with money, and that the witch master could not see clearly from a long-term perspective. This was really too much and should not be done!
I felt secretly ashamed in my heart, and also vaguely admired Tao Xiaowu.
But then I heard Tao Xiaowu say: "The method of brewing this wine is very difficult and requires the use of witchcraft. It is not easy to brew and the output is limited. Let's just tell the outside world..."
I believe that this kind of thing is related to witchcraft, which should be able to eliminate greed to the greatest extent!
Gongli solemnly obeyed the order and said: "As for the confidentiality matter, I will go and talk to Qiu Yuan!"
Tao Xiaowu nodded slightly, Qiu Yuan was responsible for keeping things confidential, which was enough to reassure people.
In fact, when Tao Xiaowu made wine, he did not hide the craftsmanship.
However, many key points are not explained in detail.
At that time, everyone doubted that Tao Xiaowu’s method of brewing wine would be successful!
The most important thing is that the method of making distiller's yeast is in his own hands!
If you want to make wine and wine, you can only use the bent tillers.
The most critical step in brewing wine is to make distiller's yeast. Many time-travelers have traveled to the past and made distilling vessels and want to brew wine. It is almost like a joke.
You should know that making liquor usually requires Daqu!
Of course, there are some that use Xiaoqu wine, but Xiaoqu wine is incomparable with Daqu wine.
The most important thing is that in this world there is not even a ditty for brewing liquor.
It's the distiller's yeast made from medicine prepared by Tao Xiaowu himself.
Although there were distilled koji in the world, most of them were wheat koji, which had low saccharification and alcoholic conversion rates. It would be very wasteful, and the alcohol content of the brewed wine was not high!
In fact, Tao Xiaowu brewed Xiaoqu wine last time.
Because the fermentation time of Xiaoqu wine is not too long, almost a week is enough!
Tao Xiaowu plans to take the next step to increase technical barriers and develop Daqu.
Generally speaking, Xiaoqu looks like a round ball smaller than a quail egg.
And Daqu looks like bricks, because the large Qu pieces can better preserve microorganisms.
There are many more microorganisms in Daqu than in Maiqu and Xiaoqu.
In addition to its strong saccharification and wine-forming abilities, Daqu can also produce aroma.
In fact, the special aroma in liquor is actually the taste of Daqu fermentation!
In order to better produce this aroma, Daqu wine often needs to be fermented for about a month.