It was already very late when the banquet ended last night. The doors were closed and the guests stayed overnight in the mansion. When Li Mu saw Li Bi, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Thank you to my second uncle for your help yesterday. I can't bear to drink, so I taught my second uncle how to laugh."
Already."
Li Bi laughed and said: "My eldest nephew is too modest. I poured such a strong wine into three glasses, but you drank more than one jar. Is this still said to be overpowering?"
Li Mu laughed heartily. In later generations, his drinking capacity was indeed nothing, but in the Tang Dynasty, when there was no high alcohol content, his drinking capacity was considered top-notch.
After the greetings, Li Bi got down to business and said: "Eldest nephew, I came to see you to ask if you have any arrangements for today. If we are free, let's go to Bashang. The winery has been prepared according to the picture you drew.
It has been built and the wooden parts have been prepared. If you see no problem after reading it, we will start construction on a different date."
Li Mu was overjoyed when he heard this. The Duke's Mansion really had a profound foundation and built such a large winery in a few days. How did he know that for the sake of this winery, the Duke's Mansion almost stopped everything and put all the family members together?
All the slaves were sent up. Li Mu’s wine was like a mountain of gold, and no one looked anxious. The Duke’s family had a big business and huge expenses, and they were also short of money. Not only him, but also the nobles of Chang’an City, even the eldest grandson
Wuji is also short of money, otherwise why would he covet the annual 20,000 yuan of filial piety from the Zheng family in Jiangnan.
"Now that the second uncle's side is ready, we will go there after breakfast later. I have also prepared the iron parts, and the distiller's yeast is all ready. When I go over, I will pull a few carts of grain and install the equipment. If
If there is no problem, I will try brewing it this afternoon and see how it goes."
"Okay! It's settled then. I'll send someone over to load the grain into the truck and ask them to prepare it."
After Li Bi finished speaking, he left. Li Mu looked back at the accounting room, frowned, and said, "You! Don't worry about the affairs in the house for now. I'll go to the wine shop with you later. Are you going to do the accounting..." Li Mu looked around.
, he glanced at Li Zhien hiding behind the rockery and said: "Little girl, come here!"
Li Zhien was discovered and was shocked, but he didn't dare not come over. He followed his words and came to Li Mu. Li Mu pointed at Li Zhien next to him and said: "She will take care of the accounts first. Everything else remains the same. I understand."
What?"
"promise!"
The servants responded loudly. Li Mu asked where Bai Nao'er lived and took the accountant with him to find Bai Nao'er.
Bai Naoer woke up early and had not slept well these days. When he arrived in Chang'an that day, he only stayed in Cao Guogong's mansion for one night, and then took the land deed of twenty hectares of land given by Li Mu to Bashang to settle down.
These days, he has never entered Chang'an City. It's not that anyone is looking at him, but he doesn't dare. Don't look at how powerful Bai Nao'er seems to be on weekdays, but that was in the small place of Mayi
, after leaving Mayi City, his courage became seven points weaker.
When he was in Dingxiang, Li Mu became an unlisted county magistrate, which made it impossible for Bai Nao'er to cause trouble. Now that Li Mu has been granted the title of Marquis, Bai Nao'er's calves are getting cramps when he sees him. It's the biggest thing he has ever seen in his life.
The official was the county magistrate of Mayi City. Bai Naoer had no idea how big an official the Marquis was, because it was beyond the scope of his imagination.
These days, Bai Nao'er has been staying on the twenty hectares of land that Li Mu gave him. Li Bi sent him three craftsmen to help him build a house, and he has been busy with it. He didn't dare to come to Li Mu. If Bai Gensheng hadn't returned,
He had visited his family several times, but he didn't even know the news about Li Mu. The last time Bai Gensheng came home, he talked about Li Mu's brewing. Bai Naoer remembered it in his heart. He knew about Li Mu's cooperation with the Duke's Mansion.
, also remembered that Li Mu had promised him the position of shopkeeper, but he didn't dare to mention it now, fearing that Li Mu had changed his mind and would offend him if he mentioned it. But he couldn't let it go, and he was so uneasy that he couldn't sleep well for days.
"My father-in-law and my son-in-law are here to pay their respects."
When they arrived at the door, Li Mu said loudly. Bai Nao'er heard Li Mu's voice in the room and jumped up from the bed. He thought he heard wrongly and asked Wang who was cleaning up next to him, "Honey, I am
Didn't you hear wrongly? Li Mu is here?"
Wang gave him a sideways glance and said, "Yes, I'm here to say hello to you."
"Oh my! My life is shortened. How can I let my virtuous son-in-law pay tribute to me, an old immortal? Oh my!" Bai Nao'er jumped down from the bed, pulled on his shoes, took three steps at a time, and almost fell down.
He crawled to the door and opened the door. When he saw that it was Li Mu, he quickly let the door open and said, "Why did your good husband get up so early? Oh, come in quickly and enter the house!"
Li Mu had long been used to Bai Naoer's face, so he was not surprised. He entered the room, found a chair and sat on it, and said straight to the point: "My father-in-law, the wine shop is almost ready. I will go there in a minute."
, If nothing goes wrong, we will start the trial brewing this afternoon. We agreed earlier that I would ask you to be the shopkeeper of the winery. I wonder if my father-in-law is still willing to do it now? "
"Do it, do it, do it!" Bai Nao'er said so many words in a row that Li Mu thought he was stuttering. Bai Nao'er swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said, "Xian son-in-law, I've been thinking about this.
I don’t dare to tell you about this matter, oh, he must be my good and good son-in-law, he has not forgotten me, and he will keep his word!"
Li Mu automatically filtered out Bai Naoer's flattery and said: "Since my father-in-law is still willing to do it, let's talk about it first. The business belongs to Li Siwen and I. According to the agreement, I provide the technology, he provides the material resources, and I
He accounts for 55%, and he accounts for 45%. There is also a shopkeeper on his end, surnamed Huang. You are the shopkeeper on my end, and I will introduce it to you later. You can discuss the matter in the future, how should he pay shopkeeper Huang?
I don’t know the salary, but on your side, I plan to give you half of the net profit. What do you think?”
"Half percent?" Bai Nao'er wondered if it was a little less, but he didn't dare to say it. Seeing his expression, Li Mu guessed what he was thinking and said, "My father-in-law, if you think it's a little less,
I can give you fifty pounds a year."
"Fifty guan?!" Bai Nao'er was stunned by this number. Fifty guan. When he opened a liquor store in Mayi, his profit for a year was less than 5 guan. Suddenly it expanded tenfold. He
He simply couldn't even think about it. Bai Nao'er was about to agree, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. His intuition told him that he would definitely regret it if he chose Fifty Guan.
Bai Nao'er rolled his eyes three times, laughed, and said, "A good son-in-law, it's better to be half finished."
Li Mu kept his expression in his eyes and said without saying anything, "Then it's settled. The person next to me is Qian Dahai, and he will work as an accountant with you from now on." As he said that, he paused and emphasized his tone.
He said: "My father-in-law, let me tell you the ugly things up front. The accounts of the wine shop must be calculated clearly. Not only you have accounts here, but Shopkeeper Huang also has accounts. If you don't keep track of the accounts, you won't be able to bear the consequences if something goes wrong somewhere.
Let's go, don't blame my son-in-law for being unkind when the time comes."
Bai Nao'er's expression froze when he heard this, and he tried his best to force out a smile: "How, how is it possible? Don't you feel relieved about me?"
Li Mu didn't say anything and signaled Qian Dahai to stay and get acquainted with Bai Nao'er. He got up and went out. He also wanted to see Li Ji to discuss Li Yuan's business.