Dragon's Origin

Chapter 428: Going Out to Cultivate (Part 1)

Wang Sheng took the initiative to visit Imperial Treasure Firm again. With the help of the shopkeeper in the capital and two beauties who were specially responsible for recording, he went through the hundreds of spring waters that had already been selected again.

This time, Wang Sheng didn't take action first. The shopkeeper in the capital personally eliminated those with insufficient water volume. For large-scale production in the future, water sources with insufficient water volume would be directly eliminated, no matter how good the taste!

Of course, if these were really top-quality, they might be used to brew some limited edition珍品 (zhen pin - rare and precious items). However, this depended on Wang Sheng. Unless it was something Wang Sheng strongly recommended, it would be better to let it happen naturally!

This was a collaboration, and Wang Sheng also valued it. After resting for a whole day, there was a clue about the蚣蝮变 (gong fu bian - a type of cultivation technique), and he was in a good mood. When tasting the water sources, he became even more serious.

Soon, Wang Sheng selected ten types from them. Three were suitable for brewing beer, which could brew different light or strong beers. The remaining seven were suitable for brewing Wuliangye, Fenjiu, and Erguotou respectively. Each one corresponded to different alcohol levels, making it easy to assign.

The shopkeeper in the capital personally sealed Wang Sheng's tasting results, and then a messenger bird flew to Tongxing City. The locations of these spring waters would soon be bought by Imperial Treasure Firm in the following days, even at a high cost.

As for whether the owners of those lands would be willing to sell, this problem was actually very, very easy to solve and understand. You should know that this wine business was a collaboration of three parties: Imperial Treasure Firm, Wang Sheng, and the City Lord of Worry-Free City.

If the City Lord of Worry-Free City wanted to do business that required a piece of land and spring water, would there really be someone so insistent as to say that their land was not for sale? Unless this land was within the royal palace or capital of a certain principality.

Obviously, it was not. The spring waters that Wang Sheng selected were basically in some remote areas with little human activity, so they could maintain their natural and fresh taste. If anyone in these places really dared to go against the City Lord of Worry-Free City, then this land would not be sold, because it would soon become no man's land. As long as the owner of the land wasn't stupid, they would know that no amount of gold coins would matter if they lost their life.

Wang Sheng specifically instructed that all water sources must be completely controlled and strictly managed to prevent any pollution. Although he didn't know what Wang Sheng meant by pollution, the shopkeeper knew that the brewed wine was for drinking, and the spring water must be kept exceptionally clean. Anyway, as long as the spring waters were firmly fenced off according to the highest standards, making it impossible for ordinary people to approach, it would be almost enough.

Wang Sheng didn't have many suggestions for production, but for sales, he specifically stipulated that a batch of high-end porcelain bottles must be customized for packaging. All the porcelain bottles must be exactly the same, so that people could see the high-end feel at a glance.

Even for anti-counterfeiting purposes, Wang Sheng required Imperial Treasure Firm to use formations to protect the bottles and the wine together. Once opened, it would be impossible to reseal them, so as to avoid the trick of using empty wine bottles to fill with inferior wine to deceive people.

The shopkeeper almost guaranteed this with a pat on his chest. Although the cost would increase a lot, this part would be passed on to the consumers and would not affect Imperial Treasure Firm's profits. As for those counterfeiters who might appear, this aspect would be left to the City Lord of Worry-Free City.

In this world, daring to fake the City Lord of Worry-Free City's things was not a simple matter of fining some gold coins and detaining them for a few days, but a matter of losing their heads. Believing that as long as people weren't stupid, they would know the consequences of counterfeiting. Relatively speaking, in a society ruled by law on Earth, there were many situations where these counterfeiting and selling behaviors could not be restrained, and the painless punishments also made the cost of counterfeiting unbelievably low. The cost of crime was too low, which inevitably led to the proliferation of criminal behavior.

The real Imperial Treasure Firm's fine wine had not yet officially started production. Those brewed before were just works for practice, products for training brewers, but that taste had already been praised by all the high-level people in Imperial Treasure Firm who were qualified to access it. If such fine wine were put on the market, would other people's wine have a way to survive?

Fortunately, Imperial Treasure Firm was also a master of doing business. From the beginning, it announced to the outside world that the production was limited. This was considered to give the other winemaking peers a reassurance. No matter how good the things were, limited production could only go to the high-end market, and it was impossible to take over the entire market. If they couldn't earn that big money, they should honestly do their small business.

Also because of this, in the wine market, few people would resist Imperial Treasure Firm. Many people had even begun to learn how to brew beer. The current beer market was extremely large, so large that Imperial Treasure Firm alone could not satisfy it at all. Who wouldn't want to take the opportunity to enter the beer market and get a share of the pie?

Wang Sheng didn't care how Imperial Treasure Firm operated. He was now a hands-off shopkeeper, only offering ideas and technology and waiting for dividends. How Imperial Treasure Firm did it was their business. He believed that with Lü Wenhou's mind and control, there would never be the kind of uncontrolled situation like Baoqing Yutang.

"I will be leaving the capital to go to the Thousand Layered Land soon. If there is anything, either tell me as soon as possible, or wait for me to come back." Wang Sheng instructed the shopkeeper of the capital branch before leaving, and then leisurely turned back to the Duke's Mansion.

Almost at the same time, the shopkeeper of the capital branch of Imperial Treasure Firm spread the news. How could someone who could be in charge of Imperial Treasure Firm in the capital not understand what Wang Sheng meant by telling him this? It was clearly using his mouth to spread the news.

The reason why Wang Sheng returned to the Duke's Mansion instead of returning to the Wang Mansion's beauty nest was because he knew that as soon as the news spread, someone would come to visit and inquire about Wang Sheng's purpose in entering the Thousand Layered Land. Of course, there would be no shortage of people who would want to cooperate with Wang Sheng.

As Wang Sheng expected, less than half a day after Wang Sheng returned to the Duke's Mansion, representatives from various principalities had already come one after another. Everyone's intentions were as Wang Sheng expected, inquiring about Wang Sheng's purpose and revealing their willingness to cooperate.

"Have the bases of each family been built?" Wang Sheng did not meet with each family individually, but received representatives from all parties in the main hall of the Duke's Mansion. Now Wang Sheng was an actual duke, and he was definitely qualified to use the word 'receive', after all, the lords of those principalities were at most equal to Wang Sheng's title.

Hearing Wang Sheng's question, all parties shook their heads. There was no way. Building a base in the Thousand Layered Land was not led by Wang Sheng, so how could the efficiency be so high?

"If they haven't been built yet, then everyone should concentrate on building the bases first, don't be distracted." Wang Sheng smiled and rejected the cooperation suggestions from all parties: "This time, I'm just exploring the way. It's more convenient for one person to see if I can draw a detailed map."