Ji Zixuan was quite surprised when he followed Lin Jinyue to the village.
Before he arrived, he had already thoroughly investigated the background of this group.
These things are not difficult to find out. With a little inquiry, it was discovered that this group of people were refugees from the north who had not been there for long, less than two months.
In just two months, they resolved the problem of Chen Dawei's family, a headache for everyone in the Shawan County area.
That wasn't all. Their restaurants had already surpassed those of these century-old establishments in just one month.
Upon arriving here, Ji Zixuan felt that this place did not resemble a village.
It's like a paradise on earth.
Ji Zixuan asked, "Little sister, who is the person you can talk to here? I have something important to discuss with him."
As he spoke, he took out a string of candied hawthorns for her and coaxed her like a child.
He then noticed that everyone around him was staring at the little girl who was only waist-high to him. Could it be that this little girl was the one who could speak up among this group?
Ji Zixuan was shocked.
He was already considered a business genius in Shawan County. At the age of sixteen, he had already taken over most of his family's business.
But what was he doing when he was eight or nine years old?
When he was eight or nine years old, he was playing with cats and dogs and throwing mud at his older brother, and he was starved for three days and three nights.
Lin Jinyue said with a smile, "That's me."
Ji Zixuan did not look down on her because of her young age. Instead, he said, "It is because I have not been strict with my subordinates. I did not expect that the servants in my household would be outwardly compliant but inwardly disobedient."
Lin Jinyue: "It's okay, we beat him up too."
Ji Zixuan choked.
Lin Jinyue looked at the young man in front of her; he had red lips and white teeth and was very handsome.
However, even if she sent such a handsome man to use her charm, she would not hand over the brewing method.
Lin Jinyue didn't waste any time. "Alright, I'll get straight to the point. My family's brewing method is not for sale. I plan to do brewing business in the future, so you don't need to waste your breath."
Come to think of it, bars didn't exist in ancient times.
Once she can figure out how to make electric lights, she'll open a bar.
Bars used to be so profitable.
Even if it doesn't make money, Lin Jinyue still has to open it; she wants that atmosphere.
The brewing method must not be handed over.
Ji Zixuan came prepared this time. He glanced at the villagers and, as he suspected, the reason Lin Jinyue wasn't opening a restaurant was because she didn't have enough staff.
There were only a handful of people working in the fields.
There are few idle people wandering around the village.
Ji Zixuan then suggested, "It's not that we necessarily need your brewing method, but I think you definitely don't have enough manpower. Why don't we cooperate and open a larger brewing workshop? Our Ji family has boats and enough manpower to transport the wine to various places in Lingnan."
"Once the war is over, the wine can be transported to the capital and Yangzhou, which will earn you much more than selling wine in this small Shawan County."
Lin Jinyue glanced at him.
The pancake is drawn to be big and round.
Lin Jinyue smiled and said, "Brewing wine doesn't take much effort. If we cooperate, I'll just provide the recipe, and the people I brought with me will be in charge. What percentage will I get?"
Ji Zixuan pondered for a moment, "Thirty percent... no, forty percent."
He then explained, "Our Ji family will provide the venue and manpower, and we can also provide the brewing materials, as well as the fleet and sales volume."
Lin Jinyue shook her head: "No."
No matter how much you offer, it won't work.
It's not that I'm worried about anything else.
Lin Jinyue's judgment of people is accurate; Ji Zixuan is indeed a good person. However, with such a large business, mistakes are inevitable.
Ji Zixuan should be reliable. His manager is just pretending to comply while actually causing trouble.
Not to mention expanding the business beyond Lingnan.
Even if we take a step back and assume that all his people are reliable, for profitable businesses like selling alcohol, she can build her own boats and let trustworthy people handle the trade, or she can wholesale them to Master Hu.
There's no need to rush into offering concessions to cooperate with others.
Lin Jinyue shook her head, "Brewing wine isn't difficult, and I don't plan to expand the business that much for the time being."
Seeing her insistence, Ji Zixuan couldn't help but sigh, "You little girl, how can you be so clever at such a young age?"
Lin Jinyue said with a smile, "You look so honest and simple, how come you're so scheming?"
Ji Zixuan's little scheme was seen through by Lin Jinyue.
So they changed their approach: "How about this, you sell the wine to me, and we'll give you an extra 20% of the silver, but you have to promise not to sell it to anyone else in the future."
Lin Jinyue smiled and said, "How about this, I'll sell the wine to you at the original price, and you can handle the barrels and transportation yourself. I won't sell the wine to anyone else for less than this price."
Trying to establish a monopoly?
No way.
If she wanted to sell these drinks at a high price, she could simply buy a small boat and transport them to the big restaurants in Guangcheng to sell at a higher price.
Lin Jinyue also wanted to use these drinks to promote their Yunheji brand.
Thinking of this, Lin Jinyue added another condition: "However, we can only sell you one hundred barrels of wine per month, but if you are willing to engrave our Yunheji trademark on the barrels and jars when you sell them, the monthly quantity can be negotiated."
Ji Zixuan thought to himself, no wonder they were able to gain a foothold in Lingnan so soon after arriving.
This girl is really amazing.
Finally, Ji Zixuan and Lin Jinyue signed various terms, under which she would provide 300-600 barrels of fruit wine every month. This amount was mainly to prevent unforeseen circumstances from affecting her ability to provide that much.
Depending on the taste, process, and price of raw materials, each barrel of wine cost approximately one to one and a half taels of silver.
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