Rebirth of Okuki Kofuro

Seeing Guanshi Ma looking at the vinegar excitedly, Liang Kangsheng gave him the chopsticks: "Guanshi Ma, let's not talk too much, you can try it."

Can't wait to dip a little vinegar and put the chopsticks in his mouth, Guanshi Ma's eyes are getting brighter and brighter, which is beyond his expectation!

This vinegar has a strong sour taste, but the sour taste is soft, sour but not astringent in the mouth. After the sour taste dissipates, the flavor in the mouth is very rich, and there is a little aftertaste in the end.

When tasting the vinegar, Guanshi Ma closed his eyes, so he not only felt the taste of the vinegar with his mouth, but also carefully distinguished the aroma of the vinegar with his nose. I don’t know if it was because he was in the winery or for some reason, but he always felt that there was something wrong with it. A little wine fragrance, and rice fragrance.

Guanshi Ma suspects that he is not tasting vinegar but tasting wine. He can only say that he is worthy of a winery, and even the vinegar is so different.

Waiting for the excitement to calm down a bit, Guanshi Ma opened his eyes. Years of experience told him that the jealousy of the Liang family is not cheap, but as long as it does not exceed the highest point in his heart, he will be happy. I want to take this vinegar down, it's the only one.

Now Father Liang would not take the initiative to speak again, he waited for Guan Ma to speak first.

Manager Ma thought for a while and asked, "I don't know what this vinegar is called? How much stock does your workshop have?"

Liang's father looked at Liang Kangsheng, and Liang Kangsheng stepped forward and replied, "This vinegar is as clear as white water, so it is called clear vinegar. The stock is three times that of this year's new wine. Is Guanshi Ma satisfied?"

Three times the new wine?Manager Ma made a quick calculation, and felt that this amount could be eaten by their firm, but he didn't know whether the Liang family had notified other firms.

Although he really wanted to calm down and not act so urgently, but seeing such a good thing, he couldn't help it, so he half-tested and half-jokingly said: "Boss Liang, if we want all the jealousy from Xingde Trading Company, You won't be reluctant, will you?"

Liang's father disagreed with him and said, "There is no reason to be reluctant. It is impossible for our family to drink this vinegar as water all day long. As long as Manager Ma can afford the price, these are all yours. I will not keep a jar!"

Apparently, Father Liang meant to tell Guanshi Ma that the Liang family hadn't told other firms about this news, otherwise he wouldn't be able to speak like this.

Vinegar is different from wine. As a new product of Liangjia Winery, there is no previous agreement or habit. Naturally, it is first-come, first-served. Whoever can buy it will buy it. There is no such thing as insisting on buying it later. The person who bought the goods kept it, unless Father Liang deliberately entertained everyone by not taking out all the things.

Manager Ma's mood was like eating a cold watermelon on a hot day: "Okay, Boss Liang speaks openly, and I don't have any ink marks. What is your price for this vinegar?"

Father Liang smiled: "This vinegar is extremely rare, and our distillery was lucky enough to make a batch, so the price is [-] Wen per catty."

As soon as Father Liang said this, the expression on Guanshi Ma's face froze. He thought it might be because he was too excited and misheard.

You know, their commercial firm finds a vinegar shop to buy vinegar, and it costs more than 30 to [-] yuan a catty. It is already excellent vinegar, and five hundred yuan is no different from stealing money!

Seeing that Manager Ma was in a hurry, Liang Kangsheng calmly stepped forward and explained that the price was finally decided after discussion between him and his father.

Liang Kangsheng said gently and politely: "Don't worry about the matter, you might as well listen to another price, which is lower, three hundred yuan a catty."

Manager Ma has a mouthful of old blood on his chest, three hundred cash?Three hundred words less?Three hundred Wen is also ten times the difference of thirty Wen!He thought that the vinegar would cost eighty or one hundred Wen at most.

"Listen to me in detail." Liang Kangsheng began to explain the difference between the two prices.

Three hundred yuan per catty, as long as Xingde Trading Company behind Manager Ma is willing to buy it, they will also sell all the vinegar to them.

But at five hundred renminbi a catty, they not only sold them vinegar, but also gave them recipes for making vinegar, and promised to tell only their family.

Father Liang waited for Liang Kangsheng to finish speaking, and said with a look of reluctance: "Guan Ma, to tell you the truth, we brewed this vinegar gropingly. My Liang family's ancestors passed down the craft of wine making. Our father and son don't intend to continue. Vinegar is brewed, so there is the first price."

Hearing that the Liang family actually wanted to buy vinegar to give away the prescription, Guanshi Ma breathed heavily. He didn't expect it to be like this, so the price is justified, this is a brand new prescription!

However, this decision is not something he can make now. The Liang Family Distillery normally produces [-] cans of new wine a year, but this year it only produced a dozen cans. Clear vinegar is three times the amount of new wine, which means they have [-] cans of vinegar .

One jar can hold five hundred catties, five hundred wen per catty, and the total cost of buying them all is 750 taels. He had to go back and ask for instructions immediately for such a large sum of money.

Seeing that Guanshi Ma was very excited, Father Liang poured cold water on him: "Guanshi Ma, there is one more thing I have to explain to you. We will give you the recipe for making vinegar, but I can't promise to follow this recipe. The vinegar will definitely come out the first time, maybe you need to try it a few more times after taking it back, can you understand?"

Manager Ma's mind calmed down in an instant, and he finally understood why the Liang family would say such things as sending a prescription. The prescription they co-authored was only a semi-finished product.

With the strength of the Liang family, it is not cost-effective to perfect the recipe for making vinegar. This is the so-called pity that the food is tasteless and discarded.

After thinking for a while, Steward Ma said, "Boss Liang, since this is the case, the price of this vinegar may have to be lowered a little to be reasonable."

750 taels to buy a semi-finished prescription. To be honest, this price is too high in the opinion of Manager Ma.

Liang's father shook his head and said calmly: "Mr. Ma, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. It's not a loss for my Liang family to sell this clear vinegar for three hundred yuan a catty. I will tell you the reason when your bank decides to buy vinegar. I believe that if your bank goes to Fangzi, the cost of making vinegar can be reduced."

Because the raw materials are the same and the process is complicated, the cost of a can of wine and a can of vinegar in the Liang family is about the same, both cost about [-] Wen per catty.

Buying food requires money, buying firewood requires money, workshop masters and apprentices need to pay wages, and tools for brewing and storing wine, such as large and small clay pots, also need money to buy. In addition, there is a certain chance of waste products, so the overall calculation of wine making The cost is not low.

The Liang family brewed fifty cans of wine a year, and except for Zhuang Qingze's side, the rest could earn about 200 taels per catty, and it looked like they could earn [-] taels of silver in a year.

So, don't look at the expensive wine, but the earning is actually not as much as outsiders think.

In the future, if the Liang family grows some glutinous rice themselves, they may be able to lower the cost of wine making, but they will not make more money because of this. After all, the Liang family's ancestral motto is that future generations should not earn unscrupulous money and high prices.

Guanshi Ma was thinking about Father Liang's intentions. The two had been dealing with each other for many years. Father Liang was one of the people that Guanshi Ma thought was honest.

He did the math, and according to what Liang's father said, they actually only paid 300 taels for the prescription, and the remaining 450 taels were for vinegar.

Xingde Commercial Bank is not just a small commercial firm that can be deceived by others. There is no need for the Liang family to offend Xingde Commercial Bank for a few hundred taels of silver and ruin their reputation.

Manager Ma thought about this matter several times, and finally said: "Boss Liang speaks openly, so I won't talk nonsense, so I'll go back and discuss with my boss. Wait a minute or two, save all the vinegar for me."

"Okay, then our father and son are waiting for the good news of Guanshi Ma at Liang's house." Father Liang nodded, and it only takes a few days to go back and forth to the provincial capital. Play.

Guanshi Ma was thinking about jealousy in his heart, and hurried all the way, and arrived in the provincial capital on the morning of the third day, looking for the big manager of the commercial firm with a tired and excited face.

The big manager is not like the manager Ma, who is recruited from abroad. He is the son of the owner of Xingde Commercial Bank, and he is very trusted by the owner. He has the right to dispatch a few hundred taels of silver, but he can't do it when the buyer is involved. Lord.

After all, it is impossible for anyone who bought the prescription to watch it when they come back. If they want to earn more money, they have to build workshops and arrange people to work.

Xingde Commercial Firm is one of the largest commercial firms in the provincial capital, and they handle a wide variety of items. Among them, the most profitable items are expensive goods such as silk, wine, and medicinal materials. Of course, such goods are also very expensive. Such a deal cannot be done without capital.

In addition, don't underestimate soy sauce, vinegar, oil, and sugar, which are sold in large quantities. The demand of the common people is high, and they can make a lot of money if they are sold in large quantities.

After some discussion, the owner of Xingde Commercial Firm decided to ask the chief steward and steward Ma to go to Liang's house to see if the prescription was worth buying.

After the Liang family's father and son waited at home for a few days, the Chief Steward of Xingde Commercial Company, who came with Steward Ma, came. Both of them looked a little tired, obviously due to the rush.

Vinegar couldn't run long in the winery, so Father Liang arranged for them to rest for one night before heading to the winery.

When we arrived at the wine shop, Father Liang and the others had to say more about the vinegar. The chief manager could make a judgment after seeing and tasting it. He knew the heart of the owner and thought he could buy this recipe.

They are not afraid of the high cost of brewing vinegar. What they are afraid of is that it will produce vinegar that is the same as the outside and worthless, and the owner is not willing to bother.

The clear vinegar in front of me is not to mention anything else, only the color is very different, they can be transported to sell to those dignitaries.

Clear vinegar and ordinary vinegar are like silk and coarse cloth in the eyes of the nobles. If they are cheap, they feel that they cannot show their differences, so they have to be expensive.

750 taels of silver, not more than one cent, not less, gave the money with one hand and Fang Zi and the vinegar with the other. Father Liang and the chief manager respectively signed and stamped their fingerprints on the contract. Do not resell the formula to others.

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