The cannon fodder through the book will live to the end

Qian Mancang seemed shocked, but also looked forward to asking: "Princess, did you find some good wine?"

To this, Tao Anran's reaction was to ask Han Lu to go to the side room to get a can of distilled spirits.seeing is believing.It is more convincing than anything else to directly let Qian Mancang experience it.

Bringing a can of high-strength spirits, Tao Anran motioned Qian Mancang to try it himself.

Qian Mancang looked at the ordinary wine jar, and unsealed it suspiciously, and suddenly a scent of wine wafted out.As soon as his eyes lit up, he should know that the wine is not bad when he smells the aroma.

He picked up a glass on the table and carefully poured a glass of wine down.See that the wine is clear and clearly visible.Take another sip carefully, and the mellow feeling will continue from the tip of the tongue to the aftertaste in the stomach.He has also drank a lot of good wine in all his travels, but he has never drank such a strong and mellow wine.

Qian Mancang was shocked at the time. He looked at Wang Hao with bright eyes and said, "Wang Hao, this wine is truly amazing. How many wines like this do you still have? Let's sell them all. As for the share, it's easy to say. "

Tao Anran said lightly: "I don't have much of this wine now, the main reason is that I didn't plan to get so much at the beginning."

Qian Mancang's disappointed face suddenly regained his energy, and asked quickly: "What the princess means is that you brewed this wine! Then can you brew more wine?"

Tao Anran replied: "Although I made this wine, it was not brewed. It should be said to be distilled and purified. But as long as there are raw materials, it is not a problem to make some high-strength spirits."

Although Qian Mancang doesn't know what distillation is, he knows that this kind of spirit can be produced again.So he quickly asked: "Princess, what is the raw material of this wine? Is it easy to find?"

Tao Anran didn't answer this question, but instead asked, "After you tasted this wine, did you find the taste a bit familiar?"

Qian Mancang is confused, familiar?So he looked at the wine in the glass again, sniffed the wine again, and took another sip of the wine.This time he was not in a hurry to swallow, the liquid flowed on the tip of his tongue, savoring it carefully.

But after a while, Qian Mancang said with some uncertainty: "Princess, this wine smells a bit like a burning knife to me, and it also tastes like burning a knife, but it seems to have a stronger taste."

Tao Anran clapped his hands and said excitedly: "You're right, this wine is actually an upgraded version of Burning Knife, but it's just been purified to increase the alcohol concentration and make the taste a bit stronger. Not only this one, but also another one The taste of spirits purified from Shouquan wine is different from this one."

Qian Mancang asked in surprise, "How did this happen?" Then he reacted and said, "So this spirit can be purified from ordinary wine, and the raw materials are ordinary wine."

Tao Anran nodded and said, "It's just a waste of wine. It takes twenty catties of burning a knife to purify ten catties of this kind of wine."

Qian Mancang frowned and thought about it: "This means that there is only half of the output. If you burn knives and fight wine outside for [-] yuan, then this wine will cost at least [-] yuan to be able to keep your capital. If you want to make more money, you have to sell it more expensive. In this way As a result, those who can afford it are restricted."

Tao Anran nodded while listening, the cost is really too high, and the profit is relatively low.

Qian Mancang couldn't sit still anymore, he stood up and paced while thinking about how to make more money by rationally using this spirit.Once he started to think, it was as if he had entered the realm of no one, only thinking of ways to come up with himself.

He thought and thought, and suddenly realized that he only thought about the selling price, and forgot that he could cut down on the cost.

Thinking of this, Qian Mancang quickly asked: "Princess, your refined spirits are extracted from ordinary sold wine. So what if it is not extracted from the sold wine, but from the wine that has not been fully brewed? Like that? Can you make spirits, too?"

Tao Anran heard what he said, and asked, "You mean to open a brewery directly, and then directly refine spirits?"

Qian Mancang replied: "The villain has exactly this intention. Does the princess think it is feasible?"

Tao Anran rested her chin in thought. Isn't this just like a modern winery, where high-strength wine leaves the factory.Although Tao Anran has never seen how those wineries produce high-strength alcohol.But there are people here who can produce low-concentration alcohol, as long as they are distilled and extracted in the last step, they should be successful in theory.

Tao Anran said hesitantly: "We can try it first, it should be feasible."

Qian Mancang said happily: "If it is feasible, then the cost will be greatly reduced. There will be more choices in the price."

The more Qian Mancang talked, the more excited he became, and he couldn't wait to start a brewery now.

Tao Anran quickly stopped him and said, "Don't rush away, we haven't finished our business yet?"

Qian Mancang quickly calmed down and asked, "Princess, what else do you want to order?"

Tao Anran replied: "In addition to the spirits, there is also alcohol that can be sold. I don't know if you have heard that the mansion sent some alcohol to the barracks a few years ago, and it was very good for cleaning wounds. So I thought about this Alcohol can also be produced, except for personal use, the excess can be sold, which can be sold at a high price."

Qian Mancang thought about it, and it seemed that there was such a thing.The prince seems to have sent him a letter about the spirits and alcohol.It's just that he was so busy this New Year's Eve that he forgot about it.

Qian Mancang patted his forehead and said: "The villain has already heard about this from the prince, and he listened to the princess."

Tao Anran nodded in satisfaction, and said mercifully: "Okay, then you can go and do your work. Come to me after you finish the brewery, and then I will give you the method of purification, and we will come to you by the way." Let's talk about the share. By the way, I will send the potatoes and my previous share later."

Qian Mancang nodded again and again, and when he was about to leave, he smiled and said, "Princess, is this wine?"

Seeing him staring at the wine on the table, Tao Anran smiled and said, "Take it, this is for you. It's just that this wine has a strong aftertaste, so be careful when you drink it."

Qian Mancang hurriedly picked up the wine jar, and replied, "Thank you, Princess, I understand."

Qian Mancang moved quickly, and the brewery was ready in a few days.Just to the south of Yunzhou City, there was a distillery there, but it failed due to poor management.Qian Mancang just bought the place, and now all the utensils are available, so you can tentatively brew some simple wine.

It was the beginning of spring, and Tao Anran went to the winery to take a look in the cold spring breeze.At the beginning of winemaking, he did not change the grain selection, fermentation, and koji.Only during the final brewing process, Tao Anran suggested steaming again, and then extracting the steamed liquor.

As for the alcohol, at the beginning, it was prepared to distill the liquor several times to extract it.But later I accidentally discovered that when sorghum is used to make wine, sorghum can be fermented and distilled to obtain a higher concentration of alcohol.This time it was even more unexpected, and the cost was almost reduced to the lowest.

With spirits and alcohol, Tao Anran immediately signed a sharing agreement with Qian Mancang.In order to avoid wasting a lot of talking, we still follow the previous division, which is the same as white sugar.That is to be so happy that the money is so full that you can't see your teeth.

Not to mention, in order to promote alcohol and sell alcohol at a higher price, Tao Anran also gave Qian Mancang a copy of the guidelines on alcohol use that he had written before.After getting a full warehouse of money, he said that no matter how expensive the alcohol was, he would not worry about selling it.

After all, cleaning the wound with alcohol can prevent infection.Sometimes it saves a life.As for the price of human life, those dignitaries must be very clear.

Regarding the winery, Tao Anran has been busy for a few days.Then he quickly resumed his work in the fields.The plan for a year lies in spring, and spring plowing cannot be sloppy.

He asked people to continue to cultivate the fields in the mansion as in previous years, the only thing is to leave a fertile open space.He wants to save potatoes and cotton.

Tao Anran put all the potatoes sent by Qian Mancang in a warm room and kept them in a ventilated and dark place.Because some potatoes didn't germinate, he wanted to germinate them.

As for the cotton, he picked out the tidbits and the cotton seeds inside that day.The tidbits of a few twigs of cotton, after picking them all, may look like two or three ounces, but this little cotton can't do anything.

Tao Anran had no choice but to give the cotton to Bai Lu, and let her see how it could be used for weaving.Fortunately, the cotton seeds inside don't look bad or have insect eyes, so they can be planted as seeds.

Potatoes and cotton are crops that like warmth, so after a few more days, when the weather warmed up, Tao Anran couldn't wait to take the seeds to the field.

The fields are all outside the city, and a large area there belongs to the territory of the mansion.There is also a Zhuangzi next to him, who is responsible for managing these fields on weekdays.At this time, other lands have been planted with grain, and some can also see sprouting green.Only one piece of land close to a water source is vacant.

Tao Anran arrived at Zhuangzi first in a carriage, and the steward who had received the news came to receive him.

The steward was dark and thin, and when he saw the carriage stopped, he hurriedly saluted and said, "See Wangfei, the younger one is Zhao Liuzi, the steward of Zhuangzi here. If you have anything to ask, just ask."

Tao Anran was not polite, and asked directly: "I told you to leave an open space before the spring plowing, did you stay? Where is it? Take me to see it."

Zhao Liuzi quickly replied: "Princess Qi, that piece of land is reserved. It's near the water source, the most fertile piece of land. I'll take you there to have a look."

Tao Anran nodded, and then asked someone to take the seeds out of the carriage and take them to the fields to have a look.By the way, a few farmers were also arranged to follow with hoes, so that they could go directly to the fields to cultivate later.

That field is not far from Zhuangzi, just across a field ridge.At this moment, it is obvious that the surrounding fields have been sown, and it is only left here bare.The field left is not big, at most it looks like four quarters.Tao Anran looked down at the soil, the soil was soft, it was a good piece of land.

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