Chapter 282: Successfully Brewing White Wine

Steward Zhao nodded woodenly, “I’ve heard of it!”

That wheat yielded a thousand pounds per acre! It was all over the neighborhood, everyone ran to see what was going on, and he followed, looking at the heavy wheat on the ears, his mouth watering!

“Now that I’m the owner of this Caili Farm, I can only collect rent if you have a good harvest, can I still harm you?” Wei Ruo asked.

Steward Zhao shook his head again and again.

It felt like the man, despite his fierce face, was actually a bit naive in his reactions.

“Then listen to me and follow my instructions, get up those remaining seedlings, and we’ll replant new rice seeds that are just as productive and well-established as those earlier wheats.”

Steward Zhao nodded.

Wei Ruo continued to command, “Well, don’t freeze, pass on what I just said to the farmers, along with the promises I just told you about, and if you really don’t get it, you’ll explain it properly, and if you can’t explain it clearly, then bring them along to see me.”

Steward Zhao listened to Wei Ruo’s words and led the men down.

Xiu Mei, who stayed behind, laughed, “Miss, I have a feeling that after you get the Cai Li farm done, the tenants of some nearby farms will have to look forward to the moon and the stars for you to buy their land.”

“I would like to, if I could, I would like to make all of the large fields to the east and north of the Prefecture my own, I don’t mind having too many fields. When it’s all connected, I’ll merge it into one big manor, and it’ll be easier to manage.”

“You really think so, miss! I was just saying that off the top of my head!”

“I really think so ah, how good to be a big landowner, have money and food and store, free and free.” Wei Ruo said.

Xiu Mei nodded, “Then I will accompany Miss from now on to count the silver and grain silos!”

The master and servant smiled at each other.

After Wei Ruo’s meaning was passed on, at first the tenants were not very convinced, thinking that it was impossible that any proprietor would be so kind as to care about the tenants’ lives and deaths.

But after hearing that their current young proprietor was also the proprietor of the farm they knew so well from the wheat harvest, everyone was somewhat convinced.

Because the proprietor of that house was known to be good, far and wide, the long laborers who worked in that manor lived a good life, well-fed and well-dressed.

A lot of people are rushing into that family manor work, but unfortunately that family, in addition to the original long laborers, the back only received homeless stragglers beggars, and did not recruit additional long laborers.

With Wei Ruo’s promise, and the fact that the government office was doing the same thing now, it took the tenants a little while to accept the arrangement, cooperating in eradicating the original seedlings and turning the land over again to irrigate.

After that Wei Ruo arranged for late rice seeds and sweet potato seed vines to be given to them.

Because for the tenants, having enough to eat is the primary key, then the crops to be planted must also be food that fills the stomach like rice and sweet potatoes.

And Wei Ruo also felt that with the uncertainty of a possible great famine in the future in other areas of food production, it was imperative to grow more high-calorie crops.

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The next day, Wei Ruo went to the brewery first, as he received news last night after returning to the school captain’s residence that the first jar of distilled spirit from the brewery had come out.

The color of the wine is pure as water, wafts with a strong aroma and has been tried by multiple people with a strong flavor.

Now it’s just waiting for Wei Ruo to inspect it.

Before even entering the brewery, through the fence Wei Ruo could smell the strong aroma of wine.

It’s a very mellow flavor that feels basically unrun.

As soon as he entered, he met the smiling Steward Yu and the fellows of the brewery.

It was quite a bit hotter in the brewery with the boiler up than it was elsewhere, so the fellows wore sleeveless linen vests and rough shorts.

If it wasn’t for the rules set by Steward Yu, these people could all just bare their shoulders.

“Donger!”

The crowd greeted Wei Ruo in unison, their voices dripping with excitement.

“Look, proprietor, this is the wine we’ve made!”

The crowd made way for a path that led to a large wine vat not far away, covered with a conical hood made of woven bamboo.

Wei Ruo walked over and uncovered the cover, and the scent of wine suddenly became even stronger.

“Don’t worry, proprietor, a few of us have tasted it to make sure there’s no problem!” A fellow on the side said smilingly to Wei Ruo.

They wouldn’t have dared to give the proprietor a taste of it if they hadn’t verified it.

Now the proprietor is asked to appraise the wine to see if it passes muster.

Wei Ruo picked up the wooden spoon on the side and scooped a spoon out and poured it into a large bowl.

First, he put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, and then he tasted it lightly, savoring the different stages of the flavor.

From the entrance to the roar, the fiery burning sensation spread all the way from the mouth to the stomach.

Mellow, strong, just the flavor of white wine Wei Ruo needed.

The crowd nervously looked at Wei Ruo, waiting for his answer.

“Very good! This wine is adult!” Wei Ruo announced.

At that the crowd cheered and jumped up and down, laughing and joking like a bunch of kids.

Wei Ruo also smiled and waited for everyone to calm down a bit before continuing to talk to everyone:

“Well done everyone, it’s been a hard time.”

The crowd hurriedly waved their hands back:

“No hard work, no hard work, no hard work at all in helping the proprietor.”

“It’s a blessing for us to be able to help the proprietor!”

“Yes, it’s a blessing for us!”

Wei Ruo smiled and said, “Next we are going to start the official production in a tight schedule, I hope that everyone will keep the initial spirit, keep up the good work, not lazy and not slack, to ensure the quality of the liquor produced by this brewery of ours, so that we can grow bigger and stronger.”

“Yes!” The crowd responded in unison, their voices unusually loud.

“Everyone will rest today, and we’ll officially start early tomorrow morning.” Wei Ruo commanded.

Immediately afterward, he explained to Steward Yu, “Steward Yu, you arrange for everyone to have a good meal tonight. Treat everyone well.”

“Okay, no problem.” Steward Yu was also filled with joy.

“And the wine, have someone fill three or five jars out for me, I have a use for it.”

After Wei Ruo finished speaking, before Steward Yu could say anything, the fellows from the brewery grabbed it and went to do it.

Steward Yu smiled and said, “Master Dong, why don’t you give the brewery a name. Since we’re going to make a signature wine, we always need a loud name.”

Wei Ruo pondered for a moment before saying, “Then let’s call it Thyme.”

“Good, that’s a good name, the wine floats for a hundred miles!” Steward Yu agreed, “Proprietor mention a word, so I can find someone to make a plaque out according to the proprietor’s word.”

“Forget about my characters, you find a country squire to write them.” Wei Ruo was still self-aware of those few words of his.

“That’s fine.” Steward Yu agreed.

By the time Wei Ruo and Steward Yu finished talking, the several jars of wine had also been moved by the fellows to the foot of the mountain to be loaded on their wagon.

Wei Ruo left the brewery with the crowd cheering him on.

“Miss where are we going now?” Xiu Mei asked Wei Ruo as she drove the carriage in the front.