Xu Han shook her head and smiled helplessly as she listened to their increasingly exaggerated embellishments.
"Don't throw away the sweet potato residue after distillation. Put it all into a large wooden barrel and take it back to the mountains for composting."
This is a great stuff; the fertilizer it makes is much more fertile than the fertilizer we make from withered branches and leaves.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Chunsheng immediately took it as a treasure, saying, "Such a good thing can't be thrown away carelessly."
Not a single drop can be wasted; keep them all so Han Qi can take them back tomorrow.
There are many large wooden barrels at home, all with lids. The old ones are just right for storing sweet potato residue, and they won't spill out during transportation.
However, it would be too troublesome to bring all of these back little by little. It would be great if there was a piece of land near the county town. I wonder when the imperial edict will arrive.
A few days ago, Yunhua wrote to say that he was coming back, and that the imperial messenger would be coming with him.
Yunhua wrote that the imperial edict was originally planned to be issued next spring, but when the emperor heard that he was coming back for the New Year, he sent the messenger with him, saying that it would be good to have someone to look after him on the way.
Fortunately, the capital city isn't too far from here, so a round trip won't take too long.
Xu Han was very curious about this reward, but she didn't want to write to Yun Hua directly to ask, so she could only wait patiently.
It's been a few days, let's wait and see. She doesn't care whether it's money, land, or official position, as long as she has it, she's fine with it.
The group worked for a while longer, until around 8 p.m., before finally heading back together.
The next day, Xu Han joined them in distilling sweet potato wine as usual.
Once distillation begins, the firewood burns out much faster. The reason is simple: just like cooking sweet potatoes, the stove is running all day long, which inevitably consumes a lot of firewood.
In order to ensure a supply of firewood, Lu Chuan had to go into the mountains twice with Han Qi to store some firewood in advance, so that they wouldn't run out of firewood at a critical moment.
Meanwhile, on their way back to the mountains, the group went to the trouble of hauling back a lot of sweet potato residue, just to compost more fertilizer for use in the wasteland next year.
Before we knew it, it was December 20th. After several days of hard work, a lot of sweet potato wine had been distilled in the temporary workshop.
However, the total quantity was still insufficient to meet the order volume, so Xu Han kept the goods on hold and did not dare to deliver them.
We can only wait a few more days until we have accumulated a certain number of orders before we can process the payments.
I'm afraid that when a batch of goods is released, some people will be able to grab them while others won't, and there will definitely be trouble.
Moreover, the orders are placed by prominent figures in the county. If this leads to friction or disagreements, it could be disastrous.
After becoming the owner of the tavern, Xu Han offended people from both sides and gained no good results.
Since that's the case, it's better to wait a few more days and then everyone can pick up the goods together, which will save a lot of unnecessary trouble.
There are only a few days left, we can't wait too long.
Xu Han's initial plan was to sell them all at once on December 24th.
After four days of hard work, the orders will definitely be able to be shipped out, and maybe there will even be some left over to sell in the store.
With the Lunar New Year approaching, there are many people buying alcohol, which will double the shop's turnover.
This might even boost the sales of fruit wine in the shop.
You should know that Xu Han had people pick wild fruits in the mountains for several days, and she used all the good fruits to make fruit wine.
Therefore, the last thing the family has in stock is fruit wine. After all, Xu Han used almost all the sweet potato wine that the family had left to make fruit wine, which is why the family's sweet potato wine supply was insufficient.
That morning, Xu Han arrived at the temporary workshop as usual to help them rush to complete the order and to direct their work.
As soon as Xu Han arrived, Ju Xiang came over and said, "Madam, I just counted the goods, and we have a total of 300 jars of sweet potato wine that can be shipped out. Do you think we should transport them to the tavern first?"
They're all distilling sweet potato wine here, but there's no space to store it, and it's also difficult to repackage.
I was thinking, why don't we just transport the large wine jars to the tavern and repackage them there?
"Yes, that's fine. Didn't Manager Liu already send all the wine jars to the tavern a while ago? Let's repackage them there."
Xu Han thought for a moment, then felt it was inappropriate. "There are only two shops over there. If we send all these wine jars over, I'm afraid we really won't have enough room to store them."
"That's true, I overlooked that problem. I was only thinking about getting rid of all this sweet potato wine as soon as possible, and I forgot that the tavern is too small."
Xu Han asked, "Will it be in the way here? If it's not, let's wait a couple more days. We can pack up and send out the large orders in two days, which will free up a lot of space."
If it gets in the way, we'll move some to the tavern first; there's still a storeroom there that hasn't been used yet.
The new wine jars weren't put in the tavern's storeroom. Lu Chuan had Manager Liu unload them and put them in the backyard, covering them with an oilcloth so they wouldn't be affected by rain or snow, since they needed to be washed before use anyway.
"Let's move some over first, since we'll have to move them over sooner or later anyway. Moving them over now will free up some space."
The distilled sweet potato wine was all stored in large wine jars, each jar weighing 100 jin (50 kg). Transporting it back and forth wasn't too difficult; two people could easily lift it onto the vehicle.
It's definitely not good to put it directly into a small wine jar. Not only will it take up space, but it also won't allow the sweet potato wine to fully blend, and the alcohol concentration will be different, affecting the quality of the wine.
"Okay, when Han Qi arrives, we'll have a few of them transport it together. Using an oxcart is faster and can hold more."
The two chatted for a few more minutes before Han Qi arrived.
Xu Han followed them to the tavern. As soon as they entered, Li Wen saw her and came over, asking, "Madam, many people have come to ask when our sweet potato wine will be available."
"Hmm, what did you say? Is there a refund for the deposit?"
Li Wen was taken aback. "There really isn't any refund for the deposit. I told the people who asked that it would be ready soon, that the workshop was working overtime to ship the goods, but because the sweet potato wine is complicated to make and takes too long, there's no stock available for the time being."
They were told to wait patiently for two more days, and that they would be notified as soon as the goods arrived, but no specific date was given.
"If they haven't asked for their deposits back, it means they're still willing to wait. Try to reassure them. As for those who are asking for refunds, just give them the refunds directly, just like I said."
However, if someone asks when the goods will be available again, you can just tell them that the goods will be released on December 24th.
Since we promised to let them buy it before the new year, we definitely won't go back on our word.
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