Wang Xingren really couldn't come up with so much silver.

"Aunt, it's settled then. When can you produce wine in large quantities?"

Zhang Hulan said: "The first batch of wine has come out, and more wine will be released later.

The initial production will not be too high, but it will stabilize after two or three months.”

Wang Xingren nodded, "Okay, I just happened to be running a shop during this period."

After things were discussed, Zhang Hulan and the others returned to the yard outside.

At this time, about seven or eight kilograms of wine have been produced. Zhang Hulan asked Zhang Hujun to pack the wine in front separately, and do the same with the wine in the back pots. She wanted to take these wines away.

That night, Zhang Hulan held another meeting at home.

Dong Jianyong, Luo Changqi, Huang Zhong and Yuan Gang were all there, while Xu Hu stayed in the capital.

Zhang Hulan said, "Dad, Mom, Big Brother and Big Sister-in-law, Hu Bing Chunhua, I will be leaving for the capital in a few days, and I will leave the house to you."

Old man Zhang said, "Just rest assured and work in the capital. Don't worry about your family. We will take care of everything for you."

Xiang Chunhua said, "Don't worry, sister. We promise to manage the manor well for you."

Zhang Hulan smiled and nodded, then said, "Hu Bing, from now on, you will be responsible for everything you sell, so you have to check it for me."

Zhang Hubing nodded, "Don't worry, sister."

Zhang Hulan then said to Zhang Hujun, "Brother, from now on, all the production on the farm will be handed over to you. You must take good care of this winery and make sure no one else can steal our skills.

The winery will be completed in a few days, and a few sets of steamers will be delivered.

We will need a lot of manpower by then, and all the people in the winery must be hired by ourselves. We cannot use people from the villagers. We must be on guard against others.

If you don’t have enough manpower, go buy one, and buy a fixed contract.

The workers in the winery should also be arranged separately and not live together with other people on the farm."

Zhang Hujun nodded, "Okay, I'll pay attention."

After Zhang Hulan came back, she asked Luo Changqi to arrange people to build a winery, which was right next to Zhang Hulan's house.

The winery is surrounded by high walls, and the people who work in the winery eat and live inside.

Zhang Hulan finally said to Luo Changqi, Huang Zhong and Yuan Gang: "Three uncles, I will trouble you to worry about the family from now on. Uncle Huang will be responsible for the winery from now on."

Luo Changqi and the other two nodded and agreed that they would definitely help Zhang Hulan look after the family.

Zhang Hujun asked, "Sister, we have already dug up all the lotus roots. The wine is not consumed quickly. Will the lotus roots go bad? Should we put them in the house?"

Zhang Hulan said, "It's okay, just throw it on the ground. Just cover it with some grass, and it will be fine for two months."

Zhang Hulan continued to make arrangements, "I will buy some more large vats in the next few days, and then we will start steaming and fermenting in large quantities.

Some of them are fermented longer and the distilled wine must also be separated.

You also need to dig a wine cellar and keep some wine in sealed jars and bury them underground.

Marks must be placed on the wine jars: three months, six months, one year, three years…”

Zhang Hulan made arrangements of every detail, and the Zhang family listened carefully.

After Zhang Hulan finished speaking, Zhang Hujun asked, "Sister, the pigs in the pig farm can be sold in June and July. Will they be sold alive or slaughtered and sold for meat?"

Zhang Hulan said, "Don't sell it. Keep it until the second half of the year. We have enough fodder for the pigs, so keep them. If the pig pens are not enough, we will expand them. I will tell you what I will do then."

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

…

The next day, Zhang Hulan sent a few jars of wine to Wu Deyong.

Now Wu Deyong is living a single life. Apart from being busy with official business every day, he feels a little miserable at home at night. The bed is a little cold.

After tasting the wine brought by Zhang Hulan, Wu Deyong praised it highly. Zhang Hulan told Wu Deyong that if he finished the wine, he could go to his house for more.

Wu Deyong smiled and said okay.

After Zhang Hulan returned home, she told Zhang Hujun to send two jars of wine to Wu Deyong every month, and they should be the better kind.

A few days later, when the custom-made steamers were ready, the winery was also completed.

After the steamers were installed in the winery and everything was arranged, Zhang Hulan prepared to go to the capital.

Before leaving, Zhang Hulan reminded Zhang Hujun and others that they should continue to go to school every day.

We don't ask them to learn poetry, songs or beautiful articles, but only require them to recognize and write more words, mainly in arithmetic, and they must learn more.

Everyone in the village came to see him off.

During this period, those families who planted lotus roots were all very happy.

They took the dried vermicelli to the county town to sell, bringing over a hundred kilograms, and they sold out as soon as they got there.

Twelve coins per pound, a hundred pounds is more than one tael of silver. Once all the lotus roots in the family are made into vermicelli, a family can sell more than ten taels of silver.

This is because we have to keep many varieties and cannot make all of them into vermicelli, otherwise each family can only sell more than twenty taels.

This is the income from one acre of land. They have planted a lot more this year, so every family will definitely earn a lot of money next year.

All the other families in the village also followed suit and planted the crops. Now they all regret not planting together last year. How could they miss it again this year?

Xiang Chunhua hugged Zhang Hulan, tears streaming down her face, "Sister, what should I do if I miss you in the future?"

Zhang Hulan couldn't stand this about Xiang Chunhua and would make sentimental advances towards her from time to time.

"Okay, okay, if you miss me, if the farm is not busy in the summer, you can go to the capital with your parents and others to play."

"real?"

Xiang Chunhua's tears stopped immediately and she looked at Zhang Hulan with shining eyes.

"Why would I lie to you? Just go if you want to."

"Okay, okay, if I'm not busy, I'll go to Beijing to play with my elder sister."

…

Early March, Beijing.

As soon as Zhang Hulan returned to her home in the capital, she hurriedly asked Nanny Tao if anything had happened at home.

Nanny Tao did not follow Zhang Hulan back to Changning County, and was left in the capital to take care of Zhang Xinyue and the others.

Aunt Tao smiled and replied, "Don't worry, Madam. Everything is fine at home. Miss San is at the Imperial Observatory during the day and comes home at night. Taoist Master Daochen escorts her there and back. The two cousins and Master Zhou study every day. Everything is fine."

Zhang Hulan was relieved, as long as everything was fine.

"Ma'am, would you like to take a bath or eat something first?"

"Take a shower first."

Zhang Hulan and Zhang Xinyao both took a shower and ate something, then Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi went to rest.

Zhang Hulan first delivered two jars of wine to the Wang family, then chatted with Ye Hongling for a while before leaving.

Then she took the wine and went to Wu's house to find Ye Hongyun.