Chapter 28 Winery

"I'll draw a bigger one for you. Take a look. Read"

After Zhao Xu finished speaking, he squatted on the ground and took a branch to draw a more detailed distiller on the mud.

In his opinion, the effect of this distiller is basically the same as that of the contemporary metal distiller.

In contemporary times, some ceramic pots are much more expensive than iron pots.

The potters looked at it carefully and discussed it for a while.

The picture on the ground is just an enlarged version of the two pottery jars.

"Your Highness, it just takes more effort. It only takes three days to make it." The old potter was very confident.

Zhao Xu nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, in this case, the potters are under your jurisdiction. Just report to Zhou Yi if you need anyone. In three days, I want to see ten such things."

The old potter calculated that there were a total of sixteen people. It should be no problem to call some odd jobs at that time, so he said yes again.

Zhao Xu looked at the blacksmiths again.

The distiller is to make money, and the industrial foundation is steel.

In ancient times, steel was used to make swords and armor, and in modern times, it was used to make muskets and cannons, and now it is used to make aircraft carriers.

Therefore, after having silver, the steel foundation of Yan County must be established naturally.

As long as there is good steel, the armor of the royal army will be stronger than that of the enemy, and the swords will be sharper than those of the enemy.

In this way, he can build a tiger and wolf army that is superior to the enemy in both morale and equipment.

Three days later.

Ten distiller were placed in the bedroom of the central courtyard of the royal palace.

These distiller are no longer the simple objects that Zhao Xu used when he was playing small, but are fired as a whole.

One tank is used to hold low-alcohol rice wine, and the other is used to collect distilled high-alcohol wine.

The middle connection is a fired ceramic tube.

In addition to letting the potter fire the pottery, Zhao Xu also had people completely transform the old bedroom.

Each pottery is matched with a large stove to heat the pottery.

In addition, a lot of large wine jars were bought to hold wine.

"Your Highness, the people from the wine shop are here." Zhou Yi brought sixty young and strong slaves over.

These are all prepared for the wine shop. From now on, they will be responsible for the production of distilled liquor.

Zhao Xu nodded, swept his eyes over everyone, and said: "The work of the wine shop is very important. It can be said that it is related to the finances of the palace. Choosing you to be winemakers is also a trust in you."

The young and strong looked at Zhao Xu, their eyes flickered slightly.

They did not have the courage to walk the fire road like Xu Ke and others, but they also longed to be valued in their hearts.

Zhao Xu said this, and many people were excited.

"If you work diligently, the king promises to release your slave status in ten years. At the same time, you will not work in vain in the wine shop. The palace will give you one or two silver coins every month." Zhao Xu continued.

This was like a stone breaking.

For the young and strong, being a slave for one day means being a slave for life.

Even if they marry and have children in the future, they will be slaves of the palace.

This is common sense in the hearts of everyone in Dasong.

Now the King of Yan actually said that he would give them freedom in ten years, which was just like a dream.

Moreover, it was good enough for slaves to have enough food, and there was also monthly salary, which was unheard of.

If the people outside his palace heard this, I am afraid they would break their heads to enter the palace.

A young man was originally desperate and just planned to spend his life in a daze.

So he was not very enthusiastic about entering the Palace of the King of Yan.

After hearing this, he knelt down with a plop and said with tears: "People say that His Highness the King of Yan is kind. Today I saw it, and it is really like the blue sky in the world. Your Highness, don't worry, even if I die of exhaustion, I will not let your Highness down for such a great kindness."

When others saw it, they also knelt down one after another, grateful and tearful.

Zhou Yi stood on one side, his expression moved.

He was now very fortunate that he and Liu Fu had guarded the King of Yan together and captured Zhang Han.

Otherwise, the palace would still be dark.

And now, since the King of Yan recovered from his illness, the palace is as vibrant as the tender grass in spring.

He was also very happy working for the King of Yan.

"Get up."

Zhao Xu smiled.

In fact, it was not that he did a good job, but that this dark era was all due to others.

Because compared to him, people in this era, from top to bottom, really did not treat slaves as human beings.

This universal consciousness was accepted by everyone, just like having three wives and four concubines was normal.

"Thank you, Your Highness." The young men stood up, with a burning look in their eyes.

Zhao Xu cleared his throat and said, "But there is one more thing, the art of distilling wine is really secret. Once you enter the wine shop, you can no longer enter and leave the palace. In the future, if you need anything, you can only drag others out to buy it."

The young men had no objection to this.

They couldn't expect too much.

Having said everything that should be said, Zhao Xu called everyone into the house and personally taught them the process of distilling wine.

Everyone watched very seriously and mastered the technology of distilling wine after a simple try.

Looking at the young men who were busy in the house, Zhou Yi sighed, "Your Highness is still amazing. I'm afraid no one will be lazy in the future."

"As long as they don't feel wronged and are paid enough, no one will be lazy." Zhao Xu smiled and said, and went to the East Courtyard.

Zhou Yi pondered this sentence and nodded slightly.

In the evening.

Zhao Xu came to the old bedroom again, and the plaque of the wine shop was hung on the old bedroom.

This time, he came not to inspect, but to check the output of distilled liquor.

As soon as he entered the wine shop, the aroma of wine hit him.

Zhao Xu asked, "How much wine did you produce today?"

"Your Highness, we have been busy from morning till night, and we have produced a total of 820 kilograms of wine." An elderly winemaker said.

Zhao Xu nodded. This was the wine shop foreman selected by Zhou Yi.

Zhao Xu was not very satisfied with this number.

Even if such an output meets the supply needs of the Yan County nobles, it will take more than a month.

He said, "You divide the wine shop's craftsmen into three teams, each team works for four hours, so that 1,600 kilograms can be produced in one day and one night."

"Yes, Your Highness." The winemaker replied.

He wanted to say that sixty people were a bit redundant, but this was just right.

Zhao Xu nodded and asked the foreman to go back. In fact, this kind of shift arrangement is the three-shift work commonly used in modern factories.

One hour is equal to two hours in modern times, which means that each person works eight hours a day.

People rest, but the distiller cannot rest, so continuous output can be guaranteed, which is much better than working all day.

After a round, Zhao Xu returned to the bedroom in the East Courtyard.

He had a plan for the output of the wine shop, and the next day he notified the wealthy to come and pick up the goods.

Upon hearing the news, the wealthy came immediately with their servants and surrounded the palace.

After handing the silver to the palace, they have been uneasy, fearing that the money was given in vain.

Now, they have taken a reassurance pill.

However, as the jars of wine were taken away by the wealthy.

A problem emerged, the wine jars in the palace were not enough.

"Your Highness, there are only more than 2,000 wine jars left in the palace, which will only last until tomorrow." Zhou Yi hurriedly found Zhao Xu, "In addition, green ant wine is also in short supply, and the coal cakes used in the stove are also..."

A series of problems came on, and Zhao Xu couldn't help frowning.

This is a typical supply chain problem in industry.

The palace wine shop needs cheap green ant wine, coal cakes and wine jars, which are the items in the supply chain.

To ensure the normal supply of wine, this problem must be solved.

At the same time, these three supply chains are also a way to make money.

He rolled his eyes and said, "Go and call the people from the Dong family, the Yang family, and the Lu family."

Zhou Yi left in response.

Not long after, Dong An, Yang He, and Lu Chang came over.

Dong An and Yang He were still dressed like scholars, while Lu Chang was dressed in military uniform and in high spirits.

"Brother Lu has become particularly powerful since he joined the county army." Dong An teased.

Yang He nodded with envy.

Lu Chang bowed to Zhao Xu, "It all depends on your support."

These days, Zhao Xu heard from Chang Wei that Lu Chang was quite good at fighting.

After joining the county army, he quickly became his helper.

Zhao Xu's eyes wandered over the three people.

Now these three families are considered quasi-allies of the Wangfu.

In Yancheng, the Wangfu is now the only one in power.

And in the countryside, they need them to restrain the Zhang family.

So this time he asked the three families to come over in order to hand over the three businesses on the supply chain to the three families.

First, it can consolidate the relationship with the three families and change the balance of Yan County.

Second, it is for other powerful families to see, so that they understand that only by following the palace can they have meat to eat.