Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 28

[Chapter 28]

“I’ll draw a bigger one for you, take a look.”

After Zhao Xu finished speaking, he squatted on the ground, took branches and drew a more specific still on the mud.

In his opinion, the effect of this still is basically the same as that of contemporary metal stills.

Today, some ceramic pots are much more expensive than iron pots.

The potters looked at it carefully and discussed it for a while.

The picture on the ground is an enlarged version of the two pots.

“Your Highness, it’s just a matter of spending more time. It only takes three days to make it.” The old potter was very confident.

Zhao Xu nodded in satisfaction, “Okay, since that’s the case, all the potters will be under your control. If you need anyone, you just need to report to Zhou Yi. Three days later, the king will see ten of these things.

” The potter summed up, there are sixteen of them in total, and it should be no problem to call some handymen at that time, so he said yes again.

Zhao Xu looked at the blacksmiths again.

Stills are for money, and the base of industry is steel.

In ancient times, steel was used to make swords and armor, and in modern times, it is used to make guns and cannons, and now it is an aircraft carrier.

Therefore, with the silver, Yan County’s steel foundation will naturally be established.

As long as there is good steel, the armor of the royal army will be stronger than the enemy, and the sword will be sharper than the enemy.

Only in this way can he build a tiger and wolf army that is superior to the enemy in terms of morale and equipment.

Three days later.

Ten stills are placed in the sleeping hall of the middle courtyard of the palace.

These distillers are no longer crude objects used by Zhao Xu when he was playing around, but are fired as a whole.

One tank is used to hold low-alcohol rice wine, and the other is used to collect distilled high-alcohol wine.

Connected in the middle is a fired ceramic tube.

In addition to asking potters to fire clay pots, Zhao Xu also had people completely remodel the old bedroom.

Accompanying each pot is a large stove to heat the pot.

In addition, I bought a lot of large wine tanks to hold wine.

“Your Highness, the people from the wine shop have brought them.” Zhou Yi brought sixty young and strong servants over.

These are all specially prepared for the distillery. In the future, they will be responsible for the production of distilled wine.   Zhao Xu nodded, glanced

at everyone, and said: “The work of the winery is very important, it can be said that it is related to the finances of the palace, and choosing you to be winemakers is also a sign of trust in you.”

Zhao Xu’s gaze flickered slightly.

They don’t have the guts to go through fire like Tsui Hark and others, but they also long to be valued in their hearts.

When Zhao Xu said this, many people were immediately excited.

“If you are diligent and diligent, this king promises that you will be relieved of your slave status after ten years. At the same time, your work in the winery will not be in vain. The palace will give you a monthly payment of one tael of silver.” Zhao Xu continued Said.

When these words fell, it was like a stone breaking the sky.

For young people, a day of slavery is equivalent to a lifetime of slavery.

Even in the future, even if they marry a wife and have children, they will be servants of the palace.

This is common sense in everyone’s heart.

Now King Yan actually said that they would be freed in ten years, it was like a dream.

Moreover, it would be nice for a servant to have enough to eat, as well as monthly money, which was even more unheard of.

If people outside his palace heard about this, they might break their heads and enter the palace.

A young man’s heart was ashamed, and he only planned to spend his life in a daze.

So entering Yan Wang’s mansion is not very active.

After listening, he fell to his knees with a puff, and said with tears in his eyes, “It is said that His Royal Highness King Yan is kind, and seeing you today, he is indeed alive like a blue sky. Don’t worry, Your Highness, even if this little slave dies from exhaustion, he will not owe His Highness such great kindness. ” When the

others saw it, they also knelt down one after another, weeping with gratitude.

Zhou Yi stood on one side, his expression moved.

He is now very grateful that he defended King Yan together with Liu Fu and took down Zhang Han.

Otherwise, the palace might still be dark.

But now, since King Yan recovered from his illness, the palace is full of vitality like tender grass in spring.

He is also like a spring breeze when he works beside King Yan.

“Get up.”

Zhao Xu smiled.

In fact, it’s not how good he is, but that this dark age depends entirely on others.

Because compared to him, people in this era really don’t treat slaves as human beings from top to bottom.

This universal consciousness is accepted by everyone just like having three wives and four concubines is normal.

“Thank you, Your Highness.” The young and strong stood up, their eyes still burning.

Zhao Xu cleared his throat, and said again: “But one more thing, the art of distilling wine is really hard, once you enter the distillery, you can no longer enter and leave the palace. If you need anything in the future, you can only drag others out to buy it.

” , The young adults have no objections.

They can’t expect too much.

Having said all that needed to be said, Zhao Xu called everyone into the house and taught them the process of distilling wine in person.

Everyone looked at it seriously, and after a simple trial, they mastered the technique of distilling alcohol.

Looking at the young and strong people busy in the house, Zhou Yi sighed in admiration, “Your Highness is still amazing. I am afraid that no one of them will be lazy in the future.”

“As long as the heart is not wronged and the money is enough, no one is willing to be lazy.” Zhao Xu smiled and left, and went to the east courtyard.

Zhou Yi thought about this sentence and nodded slightly.

night.

Zhao Xu came to the old dormitory again. At this time, the plaque of the wine shop was hung on the old dormitory.

This time, he didn’t come for inspection, but to check the production of distilled liquor.

As soon as you enter the winery, you will be greeted by the aroma of wine.

Zhao Xu asked, “How much wine did you produce today?”

“Returning to Your Highness, we have been working non-stop from morning to night, and we have made a total of 820 catties of wine.” An elderly winemaker said.

Zhao Xu nodded, this is the foreman of the wine shop picked out by Zhou Yi.

Zhao Xu was not very satisfied with this number.

Even if such an output can meet the supply needs of the Yanjun Hao family, it will take more than a month.

He said: “You divide the craftsmen in the winery into three teams, and each team works for four hours. In this way, one thousand six hundred catties can be produced in one day and one night.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” The winemaker replied.

He originally wanted to say that sixty people were a little more than enough, but this was just right.

Zhao Xu nodded and asked the foreman to go back. In fact, this kind of scheduling is the three shifts common in factories in modern society.

One hour is equal to two hours in modern times, which means that each person works eight hours a day.

People are resting, but the distiller cannot be resting, so that continuous output can be guaranteed, which is much better than swarming bees throughout the day.

After turning around, Zhao Xu returned to the bedroom in the east courtyard.

He was concerned about the output of the winery, and the next day he notified the rich family to come and get the goods.

Upon hearing the news, the Hao family came immediately with their servants and servants, and blocked the surrounding of the palace.

After the money was handed over to the Wangfu, they were anxious all the time, for fear that the money would be given in vain.

Now, they have a reassurance.

However, with a jar of wine, he was taken away by the rich.

A problem emerged, the wine jars in the palace were not enough.

“Your Highness, there are more than 2,000 wine jars left in the palace, which is only enough for tomorrow.” Zhou Yi hurriedly found Zhao Xu, “Besides, the green ant wine is also very tight, and the briquettes for the stove are also… A

series of questions came oncoming, and Zhao Xu couldn’t help frowning.

This is a typical supply chain problem in industry.

Wangfu Winery needs cheap green ant wine, briquettes and wine jars, these three are items in the supply chain.

To ensure the normal supply of wine, this problem must be solved.

At the same time, these three supply chains are also a source of income.

Rolling his eyes, he said, “Go and call the Dong family, the Yang family and the Lu family.”

Zhou Yi responded and left.

Not long after, Dong An, Yang He, and Lu Chang came over.

Dong An and Yang He are still dressed as scholars, while Lu Chang is dressed in military uniform with high spirits.

“Brother Lu has become extraordinarily powerful since he went to the county army.” Dong An teased.

Yang He nodded with envy.

Lu Chang bowed his hands to Zhao Xu, “It all depends on His Royal Highness’ support.” In the

past few days, Zhao Xu heard from Chang Wei that Lu Chang is quite capable of fighting.

After entering the county soldier, he quickly became his helper.

Zhao Xu’s eyes wandered over the three of them.

These three families are now quasi-allies of the palace.

In Yancheng, the royal family now dominates.

In the countryside, they need them to constrain the Zhang family.

Therefore, this time he came to the three companies in order to hand over the three businesses in the supply chain to the three companies.

First, it can consolidate the relationship with the three families and change the balance of Yan County.

Secondly, it is for other wealthy families to let them understand that only meat can be eaten by following the palace.

(end of this chapter)