Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 462 Brewing Licence Order

The three generations of grandparents and Hualei thought about it for a long time in the study room, and finally adopted Rong Jin's suggestion. They just followed what Hualei had said to them.

When I was distilling lotus pure water, I thought of extracting fragrance from the flowers. I suddenly had an idea that the wine I brewed at home was not fragrant enough, so I wanted to make a more fragrant wine to sell, so I tried to distill the wine, and accidentally made this alcohol.

Originally, the flower buds were called wine dew, but Lord Pei felt that this was the essence of wine and it was more appropriate to call it alcohol, so they called it alcohol.

After hearing this, the other three felt that this explanation made sense and was consistent with Hua Lei's character of learning from one instance and applying it to other situations. There was nothing sinful about it, so they all nodded.

So, the next day, Lord Pei took Hualei's alcohol to the imperial study. In the imperial study, because the land reclamation work was going smoothly recently, Emperor Shengwu was in a good mood.

Because he felt that as long as rapeseed was planted and rapeseed oil was pressed, his treasury would be just one step away from being full. Unexpectedly, Lord Pei gave him another surprise.

When Emperor Shengwu saw Old Marquis Pei carrying a jar of wine into the imperial study, he was a little puzzled. Why did he come with a jar of wine in broad daylight?

Did Lord Pei get some good wine and want to drink with him? For a moment, Emperor Shengwu, who loved drinking, had some anticipation on his face.

However, after hearing what Lord Pei said, Emperor Shengwu looked even more expectant, and he immediately sent someone to find the director and imperial physician of the Imperial Medical Bureau.

Eunuch Fu, who was standing aside, looked at the wine jar and was amazed. Deputy Envoy Hua had just been rewarded with a rare black agate bun a few days ago. Now he had something new to please the emperor?

His Majesty seems to be very interested. If this thing called alcohol is really useful, it seems that he will get a reward.

Deputy Envoy Hua is not only intelligent and kind, but also very lucky. He can even encounter such a blind cat catching a dead mouse.

Director Gu of the Imperial Hospital and several other imperial doctors came in a hurry. After hearing what Emperor Shengwu and Old Marquis Pei said, they were also surprised.

Distilling lotus pure water, and thinking of distilling wine to make a more fragrant wine? This train of thought is also very strange!

However, they were already very familiar with the flower farmer Zheng who often came to the Imperial Hospital to buy medicinal herb seedlings and seeds.

It turns out that this flower farmer is not only good-looking, but also very smart. She has learned a lot of planting experience from the seedling department.

They were also very hospitable. Every time I came to the Imperial Hospital to buy seeds, they would bring me various snacks.

Fresh flower cakes, egg yolk cakes, and green tea cakes all tasted really good. So, I had a very good impression of the flower buds. By the way, now I can’t be called the flower farmer anymore, I should be called the flower deputy envoy.

Facing the wine jars in the imperial study, Dean Gu and several imperial doctors began to examine them. After all, they were the best doctors in the Great Sheng Dynasty, so they had done a lot of work in identifying medicinal materials.

Although this type of alcohol has never been seen before, white wine is often used in the Imperial Medical Bureau. By comparing them with each other, the approximate result will come out.

Several people gathered around the wine jar and looked and smelled it carefully. Then Dean Gu picked up a piece of clean gauze, wiped his hands, and said respectfully to Emperor Shengwu.

"Your Majesty, the concentration of this jar of alcohol is indeed much higher than that of ordinary liquor, and the disinfection effect is indeed higher than that of ordinary liquor.

However, the exact effect still needs to be verified with live animals. If possible, I would like to take some alcohol back to the Imperial Medical Bureau and test it with live animals."

"Okay." Emperor Sheng Wu nodded, and then instructed, "Use it sparingly. Forget it, you'd better get a jar and pour some back." Emperor Sheng Wu looked at the half-empty jar of alcohol and was reluctant to give it all away.

"Yes." So the people from the Imperial Hospital went back to get another jar, poured out the alcohol at the bottom of the jar and went back. In fact, Emperor Shengwu was standing by, watching closely, so they didn't dare to take more.

A few days later, the effects of alcohol were reported to Emperor Shengwu. Looking at the results, Emperor Shengwu nodded with satisfaction.

So, a few days later, the Imperial Hospital's Chief Gu and several imperial doctors personally found Hua Lei and asked her for the specific method of distilling alcohol.

Of course, Eunuch Fu, who came with them, handed Hua Lei a silver note with a huge amount of money, as well as a five-year wine-making license and a liquor purchasing order.

Within five years, in addition to the wine produced by Hualei's original farm, he could also produce a certain amount of wine and sell it to the Imperial Hospital for the extraction of alcohol.

In other words, Hualei not only received a large sum of money at one time by using this method of extracting alcohol, but also obtained a five-year official wine-making license and purchasing contract.

Moreover, for the wine-making license, only 30% of the tax is required, which is much lower than Hualei’s original 50%. This is the net profit.

However, you are absolutely not allowed to distill alcohol and sell it privately, otherwise it will be a capital crime.

Looking at the data on the brewing order and the liquor purchasing order, Hua Lei did a quick mental calculation, then put the data into her sleeve pocket with satisfaction. Smiling, she took Gu Yuanshou to the farm and began to demonstrate the process of distilling alcohol to them.

Eunuch Fu, who was standing by, looked at the twenty-liang silver ingot quietly stuffed into his hand, nodded with satisfaction, and took the young eunuch back to the palace to report.

After Hualei demonstrated the alcohol extraction process to Gu Yuanshou and several imperial doctors, Gu Yuanshou left with satisfaction. Hualei looked at the cleaned-up pots and pans, feeling a little regretful.

Although the money given by Emperor Shengwu was quite a lot, and there were five years of extra sweet potato wine to brew and sell, if you really counted it, the money earned was not small. However, there was always a little bit of reluctance.

Oh, forget it, let's first settle the matter of the winery. Hualei immediately rushed to Wanhua Manor and customized various large and small pottery jars and pottery pots, as well as various distillation equipment.

All the sweet potatoes were transferred from several other manors to Wanhua Manor. More manpower was added and arrangements for wine making were made in a hurry.

He even took inventory of the sweet potato wine that had been brewed in the warehouse, and sent a batch of it directly to the Imperial Hospital the next day. He said that he was closely cooperating with the needs of the Imperial Hospital and sent the wine in advance to prepare for the Imperial Hospital's emergency needs.

Looking at the nearly one hundred jars of sweet potato wine in front of him, Dean Gu smiled and shook his head, but still signed his name on the receipt.

You know, the Imperial Medical Service also needs time to prepare the equipment for distilling alcohol. Now the Ministry of Industry is so busy that it has been working hard to make water wheels.