Reborn in the Three Kingdoms Novel - Chapter 3

Chapter 3 Guo Jia, the Goddamn Genius
Under the protection of the QinBing in the manor, Zhang Chao rode away with Bai Tong and the others.

Along the way, Zhang Chao smiled and asked Bai Tong, who was also riding on a horse, “Tong’er, no one said anything about the price of heroic drunkenness, right?”

Bai Tong was able to ride a horse. This was also what Zhang Chao meant. Otherwise, she was just a maid and would never have such treatment. Therefore, she was extremely grateful. Now that she heard Zhang Chao’s question, she immediately said, “Second Childe, everyone has no different meaning to the price of heroic drunkenness.” “I’ve already said that not only can silver be exchanged for wine, but grain can also be exchanged for wine. Moreover, the price is even more affordable. There are even very smart people who have adopted the idea of exchanging grain for wine and then selling silver. Not to mention, this way, the money they earn from it will be enough to let them drink for free.”

Bai Tong had a complacent expression on her face, as if the idea of making money was her own.

In the past, Bai Tong’s family was a businessman, and she even earned some money. But as far as she knew, it was all because of her father’s hard work. There was no such thing as a random idea like Second Childe that could earn money that she normally wouldn’t dare to think about.

Not to mention the other side, just say that it was food for wine, which broke the fixed business thinking of trading money for goods. Not to mention buying five and getting one free, and buying ten and getting one free.

In fact, Bai Tong had some ideas when she first set the price for the Heroic Drunk.

According to Zhang Chao’s decision, a hero who was 25 degrees drunk would sell for two kilograms of silver per jar.

The Intense Fragrance Heroic Drunkenness (50 degrees) was also a jar of two hands, it was indeed worth five taels of silver.

What’s the difference between such a high price and robbery? In Bai Tong’s opinion, such a price could not be sold. It was like other white spirits, mostly worth one tael of silver, three to five jin. Compared to this, the price was too much.

How could there be so many grievances?

Although Zhang Chao was so confident when he said this, and he took out a certain amount of heroic drunkenness and placed it in front of the Zhang Clan Restaurant in advance, inviting people to taste it free of charge, the facts also proved that the people who had tasted it all agreed that at least its strength was not comparable to other contemporary drinks.

However, the price was still there. How could there be so many people willing to spend so much money to buy such expensive liquor? This was simply not knowing how to do business and courting death.

Who would have thought that so many people would be attracted to this opening? Furthermore, it was only a short while ago that they had probably bought more than a third of it. Judging from this level, I’m afraid that the ones prepared today are simply not enough to sell.

Thinking of Zhang Chao’s confidence that day, thinking that he was still worried about others, his son really wasn’t anxious, his mother-in-law was anxious.

Zhang Chao didn’t expect Bai Tong to have so many thoughts in her heart.

When he heard Bai Tong say that the wine was sold well, and that there were even many people who exchanged food for wine, the smile on his face immediately became even more victorious.

What was Zhang Chao laughing at? Of course, he was laughing at the success of his first shot.

To put it simply, in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the grain dimension was 26,300 grams, or 26 kilograms. In order to facilitate future calculations, the total was 50 kilograms.

The price of a stone of grain was five copper coins or five thousand wen. With this calculation, one stone could buy about ten jin of grain. This was because the war had begun and the price of grain had risen.

The ratio is five jin of heroic drunkenness for a hundred jin of capital, the remaining 95 jin are all dry earnings, how high is the profit ratio?

Even if it was a gift of five to one, it was only a small difference.

When it came to exchanging grain for wine, it was even more profitable. In a year of famine and war, grain was the foundation of one’s footing.

As the chaos became more and more uncontrollable, the Yellow Scarf Chaos lasted for eight years-from 184 to 192 AD, and then Dong Zhuo’s rebellion. The three kingdoms were divided until the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, which was a history of 70 to 80 years. Grain was always the most valuable thing, and now he was planning ahead.

As long as they had food, they would not have to worry about food in the future. They would build up a strong army at any time. Only then would they be able to make full use of their talents and achieve their goals.

And now, the literary talent he displayed was just the need to establish the world. He knew that the cremation and talented people were respected in this era. He had used this to make a name for himself first. Otherwise, why would those capable civil servant generals repay you and call you Lord?

“Second Childe, I don’t understand. We’re just cashiers. Why should we collect food?” It was still Bai Tong who stopped Zhang Chao from thinking. It was as if this girl had a hundred thousand why books in her heart. She always wanted to get to the bottom of many things.

Zhang Chao smiled and said casually, “Brewing wine requires food, so we don’t have to buy food anymore. As for letting the people earn a difference in price, it can be considered a good thing for us. This time, not only will we be able to make people taste good wine that we’ve never had before, but some people will also be able to earn some money to make up for their family. This is my wish.”

Zhang Chao only said it casually. He couldn’t directly say to Bai Tong, “Silly girl, food will become more and more valuable in the future. Actually, we still earned it.”

However, Bai Tong’s casual words did not sound like such a thing to her ears. At this moment, she was moved by Zhang Chao’s compassionate feelings. At this moment, she realized that Second Childe, who was originally very tall in her heart, had become even taller.

Finally, they arrived at the Zhang Clan Wine House. There was still a distance to go before they could see the QinBing of the Zhang Clan patrolling the vicinity.

As for the winery, Zhang Chao’s request was to keep it confidential and strictly control the spread of every skill.

In this era, there was no intellectual property right, let alone any patent right. Whoever snatched the good stuff would be the one who snatched it. He had to be on guard.

Just like this winery, each process was at a different location. In other words, even if someone escaped from here, he only knew one step. But even if he did, he still asked his eldest brother Zhang Miao to send a team of personal guards to take charge of the safety of this place.

Speaking of this Zhang Clan winery, after Zhang Chao was reborn here, he experimented with the crystallization results two months later.

He used the steam process to increase the purity of Heroic Drunkenness. He also used the essence as a supplement. It wasn’t very difficult to say, but it was a complicated process. In the end, he was able to get this kind of Heroic Drunkenness.

After carefully inspecting the winery, Zhang Chao was very satisfied. Some of the workers in the winery were old people from the Zhang family, and some had escaped here. For example, as long as some people gave stuttering food, they would be very satisfied to have a place to settle down.

Not to mention that Zhang Chao had said when they arrived that as long as they worked hard and were as loyal as one, they would still have two taels of silver to work for each month.

Two taels of silver was enough to buy four stones of grain to feed a family of three. It was precisely because of this that the workers here worked very hard, and the direct benefit was that the alcohol production rate was faster and more.

At the same time, Zhang Chao also gave the incentive system according to the situation. Under the premise that there was no doubt about the loyalty of these people, the condition was that after each additional mission was completed, a certain reward would be given. Although the reward was one thousandth, it was still a sizeable sum for the wine industry that had great benefits. Not to mention that winemakers didn’t have any status at all. Now that they had subsidized them in terms of money, who wouldn’t have put in all their effort to do so?

“Tong’er, do you see that? This is a virtuous circle.” Seeing that all the workers were working very hard, the speed at which the wine came out exceeded his expectations, the smile on Zhang Chao’s face became even more intense.

Looking at Zhang Chao’s happy appearance, Bai Tong was also very happy. She also opened her eyes wide to the so-called reward system. She thought that if these people were to work for other satraps or the Shi Clan, it would be a great fortune to be able to eat half of their fill. How could there be such a situation where one person could work and one family could not worry about food and clothing?

After walking around the winery, Zhang Chao was very satisfied. He summoned the QinBing captain who was in charge of the security here and told them that there would be people who would specially get good wine and food from the restaurant in a while. However, the security here had to be perfect. Otherwise, it would be the military law.

The captain in charge of the security here naturally agreed. If he could be the personal guard captain, then needless to say, he was someone the Zhang Clan could trust.

“Second Childe, there’s a guest from the restaurant. His name matches the name of the person named Guo Fengxiao you mentioned. Please take a look, shopkeeper.” A waiter from the restaurant had been waiting outside for a while, but QinBing guarded this place and didn’t let him in. He saw Zhang Chao’s shadow and immediately shouted loudly.