Chapter 58    Borrow chicken to lay eggs!

Wu'an County - Li's residence.

At noon, Li De and Zheng kept walking in the living room, like two ants on a hot pan, with anxiety on their faces.

Li Chong and Li Fei brothers stood beside each other crooked, and from time to time they kneaded their joints. The weather has been bad in recent days, and their "articular disease" has occurred again. It is painful and itchy, and it feels extremely uncomfortable, so it can't sleep or eat, and the fat on their bodies has lost several kilograms.

"It's been five days, why is there no news yet? Will the person named Sun fool us?"

"Hmph, I'm sorry he doesn't have the courage. Please wait patiently for a while."

...

A few days ago, Li De and Zheng sent the great butler, Hou Si, to secretly coerce and lure Manager Sun, trying to get Erguotou's secret recipe.

As a result, Manager Sun replied that the things could be obtained, but they cost 5,000 guan.

Five thousand guan is not a small amount, but compared with Erguotou's secret recipe, it is nothing. So the couple bit their back teeth and took out their savings and asked Hou Si to send them over... But five days passed, and there was no movement on the side of Manager Sun. Did he not find a chance to start, or did he collect the money and didn't want to do anything?

While anxious, the housekeeper Hou Si jogged in: "Report to Master, Miss Mother... Manager Sun is here."

"Okay, bring him here."

"yes!"

Hou Si turned around and left, and after a moment, he brought Manager Sun into the living room. The latter held his arms in his arms, as if he was hiding something precious.

"Manager Sun, did you succeed?"

"Fortunately, the villain succeeded!"

"Great, what about the stuff?"

“Here!”

While speaking, Manager Sun took out a small wooden box from his arms and handed it over with both hands.

Li De hurriedly took it over and opened it. There was a thick stack of paper inside. One of them said the raw material formula of Erguotou: mainly sorghum rice, several other types of miscellaneous grains, supplemented by miscellaneous materials, and the proportions and fermentation methods were all clearly written.

The rest are the drawings, sizes, internal structures, assembly methods for making wine brewing tools... they are also clear, and some are even accompanied by text descriptions!

Li De, Zheng's winemaking workshop has been running for many years, and he is still somewhat eye-catching. After checking it in detail, he found no problems and couldn't help but believe most of them.

However, the couple is treacherous by nature, so they still need to interrogate them carefully: "Manager Sun, Li Zhao must be hiding such a precious thing in an extremely secret place. How did you get it in your hands?"

"If you go back to your old boss, although Li Zhao is a little capable, he is too young after all and has no idea of ​​knowing people. Some time ago, for some reason, he actually took over a thief named "Sun Rat" and followed him in close proximity.

As the saying goes, one day is a thief, and the whole life is a thief. The sun rat seems to have changed his evil spirit, but in fact it is the thief's heart. So the villain bought this person with a lot of money and asked him to steal the secret recipe while Li Zhao went out. After he got the thing, the villain immediately copied a copy and asked the sun rat to send back the original. The copied one came here, and everything was done seamlessly.

However, Li Zhao would sooner or later notice theft of the secret recipe. The villain would not dare to stay with him. He found a reason to be sick and resigned. Now he has nowhere to stay. He also asked his old boss to take in the villain!"

...

"No problem, just stay here. When the new brewing workshop opens, you will still be a big manager. Your salary will double and your salary will be better!"

"Thank you, my boss!"

After hearing Manager Sun's explanation, Li De and Zheng nodded with satisfaction, and felt a little more convinced.

Now that they have a secret recipe, they can brew Erguotou. The mountains of gold and silver are just around the corner... Li De even thought about it and named it: Sanguotou, which must be better than Li Zhao's Erguotou!

...

Next, the couple discussed the matter of opening a new winemaking workshop.

Buying land, building houses, hiring a friend, importing raw materials, making brewing tools... a series of things take at least a year, and it costs 7,000 to 8,000 guan.

The couple was planning to do something, and Manager Sun next to him interrupted: "The boss, mistress, the villain has something to say, don't you know whether to say it or not?"

"Say something if you have something to say."

"Yes, in the opinion of villains, the opening of a new winery workshop should be fast rather than slow, and large rather than small. You should know that in recent times, Li Zhao has made a lot of money with Erguotou. He is now preparing to expand the scale of the winery workshop and also opens a semicolon in several nearby counties. If the next year, this guy will develop a climate and occupy the brewing business of several surrounding counties, even if your winery workshop is opened, he may not be able to beat others, but he will be controlled everywhere!"

"Well, Manager Sun's words are reasonable. You can't sit down and watch that boy develop, otherwise there will be endless troubles!"

Li De and Zheng looked at each other and nodded in agreement. The faster the opening of a new winemaking workshop, the better.

To speed up, there is only one way to buy one or several ready-made winemaking workshops. In this way, the houses are ready-made, just buy some new winemaking tools.

If you hurry up, it will be open in one or two months!

The problem is, it is the middle of winter and the business of various brewing workshops is very good, so who can bear to sell it?

Unless it is a high price, or even a few times the price!

Li De and Zheng calculated again that Li Zhao's Renyichang-Winemaking Workshop is now the best in Wu'an County in terms of scale!

To compete with it, at least three or four medium-sized winemaking workshops must be acquired, and then merged them together. Add the renovation costs and messy costs, which will cost at least 70,000 to 80,000 yuan!

The couple's total family belongings were less than 30,000 kens, and the difference was too much.

What to do, borrow money?

The couple has always had poor popularity, they have no real friends, and they have no way to borrow money!

"Husband, why don't you borrow some money from my dad? He is so rich that it's not a problem to have a few tens of thousands of chunks of money?"

"Old Taishan is busy fighting with the magistrate of County Cao. Don't distract his family from the business matters. Let's think of a way to raise money."

Li De said it very tactfully, but he actually had other ideas in his mind.

His father-in-law is vicious and vicious, and treats wealth as his life. If he is allowed to invest in the new winemaking workshop, it will probably not take long. This winemaking workshop will not be named Li, but will change its surname to Zheng.

In that case, wouldn’t I have worked hard for nothing?

Even if I borrow money from usury, I can’t reach out to my father-in-law!

"The boss doesn't have to worry. The villain has a way to get a lot of money in the short term." Manager Sun took a step forward and began to offer a "trick of tricks".

"The water transport of the Laoshui Wharf is well developed. There are often some big merchants from Chang'an who come to do business. They are all rich. The owner can contact them and sign a supply contract with them, and take the opportunity to collect some deposit. With the reputation of distilled liquor, the big merchants must have agreed first. In this way, it is not difficult to collect 60,000 to 70,000 yuan. This is called borrowing a chicken to lay eggs!"

"Borrowing chickens to lay eggs is a good way to borrow their old hens and lay a big golden egg for us, haha!" Li De nodded with satisfaction, thinking that Manager Sun's method was very good, that was, he solved the problem of insufficient funds and found a sales channel, which was a killing of two birds with one stone!

However, before the official action, there is one thing to do, which is to try whether this secret recipe works?

He spent a lot of money to hire a skilled craftsman. According to the style on the drawings, he first created a steamer and invited several experienced brewers. He started his first attempt in his own yard... Li De, Zheng, personally supervised, and Manager Sun was responsible for the command. He had experience in this area.

The result was very smooth. The distilled wine has a clear color and a mellow taste, which is no less than Erguotou sold on the market.

The couple were not at ease and tried it twice in a row, and all of them were successful.

Now, I feel completely relieved!

Next, raise money!

Li De and Zheng first suppressed all of their names, including a silk shop, an inn, a grain shop, and two grocery shops. With years of savings, they raised a total of 30,000 guan.

Then, with the newly brewed wine, he successfully lobbied several big merchants from Chang'an with his perfect tongue, and successfully signed a contract, and received a total of 80,000 yuan in deposits.

However, the contract also stipulates that if Li De cannot supply fine wine on time, he will have to pay three times the compensation according to commercial rules, that is, 240,000 guan!

When I have money, I start buying winemaking workshops!

Not selling?

Price increase!

Not selling yet?

Continue to increase the price, and at the same time, he asked Zheng County Magistrate to help, and use his power to suppress others and force him to nod.

A miracle happened. Within half a month, Li De and Zheng purchased four nearby winemaking workshops in one go with coercion and inducement.

It took another half a month to integrate the four winemaking workshops into one, and the scale even exceeded that of Li Zhao's Renyichang-Winemaking workshop, with more than two hundred people in all sizes.

At the same time, he hired skilled craftsmen at a high price, worked day and night, and made thirty wine-making tools in one go.

At this point, everything is ready, and it’s just about to choose a zodiac auspicious day to officially open!
Chapter completed!