Chapter 61: Questioning the Agreement

Su You also followed the local customs: "If you add another dose of ink, it will be finalized."

Cheng Wenying couldn't be more satisfied with the current ink. It's better than the one printed on the banknotes. He couldn't help but wonder: "What else should be added?"

Su You patted the book and said, "Fragrance! When you open the book, you can smell the fragrance. Isn't it the icing on the cake?"

Cheng Wenying gave a thumbs up: "Wonderful!"

The people of the Song Dynasty were also great experts in playing with incense. For example, in the tea business in the entire southeast, only 30% of the money was delivered in cash, and the remaining 70%, 30% in rhinoceros, and 40% incense were incense. Naturally, there was no need to worry about labor and oil.

In turn, Su You had to study hard, because this was one of the necessary knowledge for daily communication among scholar-bureaucrats in the future.

While eating, Su You began to inquire about where to buy rice koji.

Cheng Wenying said: "Qu Yao is a duty of Jue, even in Sichuan Gorge. If it falls in Meishan City, it is also a Qu Fang together with the wine shop. If you want to buy it, you have to go there."

"Is my nephew planning to make wine? Otherwise, he is too lazy to wait for Qiu Jue, and has taken over the wine shop earlier to finish the work. If he has an extra month or two, he can give him more money, which can be regarded as a benefit to the county."

Su You smiled and said: "It's not wine making, but the profit from this kind of thing is probably not worse than wine making."

Cheng Wenying was surprised and said: "What is that?"

Su You smiled and said: "My uncle-in-law knows that I like to make everything with attention to detail and perfection."

Cheng Wenying thought about it for a moment: "Vernier calipers, small minute rulers, cloud steel, patterned steel, jade porcelain, snow salt, Yongchun dew... Ha, they are really either fine or fine. My nephew has used this trick all over the world."

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Ba Niang said with a smile: "There are also inks, stone paper, and porcelain seals. I finally know Uncle Yao's tricks! There should be a Chun Yijing, a Yixi, a Yichun!"

Cheng Wenying waved his hand to interrupt Baniang: "What's the use of knowing? Who doesn't know that the more delicate the object, the better? How many can be made?"

Ba Niang stuck out her tongue, Cheng Wenying turned to Su You and said, "What is my nephew trying to do?"

Su You said: "I'm going to extract the essence from the bean and wheat paste!"

Cheng Wenying asked: "Is it really a good thing?"

“It’s really good stuff.”

"How sure are you?"

“Very sure!”

"Okay, this is the first time I heard that my nephew is so confident. Then we will go to the Yamen tomorrow!"

There were not too many wineries in Sichuan in later generations, such as Qionglai and Qingshen. From the entrance of Chishui River along the Yangtze River through Luzhou to Yibin, it can be said that wineries are everywhere and the craftsmanship is quite high.

There are wine workshops in almost every town, producing various kinds of sugarcane wine, liquor, Daqu, and Xiaoqu, which are shipped to all parts of the country for blending by major wineries.

Ingredients include five grains, pure sorghum, corn, glutinous rice, rice, sweet potatoes...

The craftsmanship of making Sichuan wine has been perfected by masters from all walks of life.

Even soy sauce, rice vinegar, fermented glutinous rice and other things have become a piece of cake.

Su You is a curious guy. He often hangs out with brewers in the countryside. The last time he distilled distiller's grains, it could only be said to be a small test. Now he is naturally confident. He knows a lot about the methods of making koji, many of which are still classified as intangible cultural heritage.

formula.

That's why he dared to be sure of his guarantee.

Finally, when he arrived at Guanjiu Shop and saw the gray-black Sanqu, Su You couldn't help but feel very depressed. He whispered to Cheng Wenying, "Brother-in-law, these Qu's medicine can't meet the requirements..."

Cheng Wenying knew what Su You meant at a glance. My nephew made it with exquisite workmanship. It's strange that these things like grass and dust are so eye-catching.

The tax superintendent was still feeling proud: "This koji is worth 200 kilograms per catty. Five kilograms is a kilo, and a hundred guans is just 500 kilograms of koji. We, the Sichuan Central Bureau, are trying out the new policy this time, and the number of rice koji last year is

Baseline. As long as you pay the consultation fee in full, you can get 500 kilograms of koji immediately."

If you show your courtesy for nothing, you are either committing adultery or stealing. I'm afraid you guys, so-called twisted medicines, won't be able to sell them at all!

Su You gave Cheng Wenying a hint of color, and Cheng Wenying chuckled and said: "Since I have taken over the winery, I naturally want the wine, but my nephew is very dissatisfied with the things in your winery..."

The county magistrate and the tax supervisor looked at each other. What did Mr. Cheng mean? This is a tacit agreement with the county magistrate. You support the county magistrate in completing the winery's duties, and he gives you benefits here, and then abandons us?

Su You said: "The quality of Guanjiu Fang's original koji is too poor, so we have to find another way. Shaofu, if we develop koji medicine by ourselves, might it be impossible?"

It’s over, it’s over, it’s over! This is about chaos, tax evasion, and deceiving the court! The first thing that will hit us is the two of us!

Su You looked at the two people who were mourning for their heirs, and suddenly reacted: "Don't think too much, you two. What I mean is that from now on, our wine koji will be produced for our own use, but we can't let the imperial court suffer. So can we use an alternative?

way?"

"In this case, could you two please calculate the average net income of a single kilogram of koji in Guanjiu Fang Qufang in recent years?"

"We should pay you for this income. In other words, although our distiller's yeast is produced by ourselves, for every kilogram produced, we must pay the tax supervisor the old net income of one kilogram of distiller's yeast."

"In this way, we get the best of both worlds. We get higher-quality distiller's yeast, and the tax supervisor only needs to supervise it. Not only does it save a lot of expenses, it also achieves special political achievements."

The tax supervisor didn't even react: "Ah...ah?"

However, the county magistrate breathed a long sigh of relief, handed over to Cheng Wenying, and said cautiously: "This method is feasible, but it doesn't matter whether Qufang's input, output, self-consumption, and shipment volume can be determined by the tax supervisor and the county.

Are we planning to jointly participate in the inspection to prevent private sales and ensure the royal court’s tax revenue?”

The fateful moment has arrived. If Cheng Wenying refuses to agree, he is determined to evade taxes.

Countless thoughts ran through the mind of the county magistrate at that moment. Should he join in the conspiracy and share the profit and gain a fortune, or should he report to the Transportation Department and gain some reputation? What are the benefits of each and what consequences will it bring? He couldn't help but worry about gains and losses.

Cheng Wenying chuckled and said: "Of course it is possible, but I also have requirements: first, your supervision is limited to considering the production volume, and you are not allowed to interfere with the affairs of our koji room; second, our koji-making technology is our own

, has nothing to do with the official wine house and cannot be invaded without reason."

A faint sense of disappointment arose in the county magistrate's heart. After all, the old monk from Qiyun Temple said that he had no luck in wealth before his fifties, which seemed to be true.

But I was relieved, at least this was not a pirate ship that could capsize at any time.

He calmed down and said with a smile: "But according to Duke Cheng's order, the higher the real estate price in Guiqu, the more advantageous it will be to the county."

Su You hurriedly said: "Yes, so there is one more thing. We will arrange production according to demand for the annual production plan. The yamen should also leave it to us and not increase it arbitrarily."

The county magistrate couldn't help but hesitate again: "Mr. Cheng...next year...five hundred kilograms of Quyao...can you give us a guarantee..."

Cheng Wenying laughed loudly: "Since I agreed to take over the winery, it's not a small business. You can take care of yourself in terms of production. It won't be less than 500 kilograms!"

The county magistrate was finally overjoyed and bowed repeatedly: "Thank you so much, Mr. Cheng! I can finally pass next year's performance appraisal!"

After coming out of the official wine shop, Su You said to Cheng Wenying: "My nephew is frightened because of my brother-in-law's love, but we agreed in advance that we would only be in charge of wine. Now that we have the addition of koji making, that's a different matter."

"My nephew thought about it and decided in the familiar way that each of us would take some shares in the winery, and how about a 30/70 share of the proceeds?"

With the local richest man as the backstage, it will be extremely easy to deal with various official affairs in the future. You only need to focus on the quality of the wine.

Cheng Wenying wanted to refuse, but when he thought of the smell of the jars of Yongchun Dew at home, he couldn't put it down. He couldn't help but swallowed: "That's fine, but for my 30%, I don't need any money, I just need to pay for it with good wine!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "As soon as the expenses are met, we will pay them from the Cheng family accountant first. When the wine shop makes a profit, we will slowly pay them back."

He was more confident than Su You himself. Su You bowed and said, "My nephew, thank you uncle-in-law."

The matter was finalized and everyone was happy. The official winery had all the necessary pits and pits, but the facilities were not yet complete. Su You estimated the size of the winery and murmured: "I have to trouble my apprentice again..."

But things had to take their time. When things got done here, Su You walked towards the Earth Temple again.

Su You is going to make a dish today and hold a tasting party by the way. If possible, this will be his breakfast business in the future.

After helping the Shi family, Shi family, and Mrs. Cheng to refine the salt, I already had a lot of bile pills on hand.

When we arrived at the Tutu Temple, everyone had already started working.

Liu Si's job during this period of the infrastructure team was to collect bamboo and assist Zhang Qi in digging clay. Now he came to report the work: "Young master, we dug a big hole for clay. According to your instructions, we dug Zhou Zheng, but I don't know if there is any."

What’s the use?”

Su You said: "Oh, that's the toilet. You put up a board on it, create a few squatting positions, and surround it with a bamboo wall. Paste mud on the bamboo wall to deal with it first. When you have time, build a thatched roof.

It’s done.”

Liu Si smiled and said: "No wonder the young master asked us to dig so far. It turns out to be such a use."

Su You said: "When the water recedes, we can open up a few vegetable beds on the riverbank. Selling vegetables in the suburbs is the most cost-effective."

Liu Si said: "Then I will go."

Su You said: "Wait a minute, remember to separate the men and women and make them two. Even though this project is small, you still have to remember to draw the drawings and design them first, and then bring them to me to look at. You already know how to draw with rulers and compasses, right?"
Chapter completed!