Chapter 4: Nectarine and Jade Liquid!
Chen Ji ordered a few bowls, scooped a little wine from each jar in front of him, and then pretended to "mix" it. Every time he added a little, he tried it with his mouth.
After almost the observation was over, Chen Ji brought up the wine bowl, looked at the sun, then turned around and used his body as a cover to strengthen the wine bowl.
He is now very skilled in strengthening ability, and the success rate of strengthening for white-quality mass items is very high.
This bowl of wine was easily strengthened successfully, and evolved from "ordinary liquor" to "aged wine".
Chen Ji took another bite and it turned out to be a refreshing fragrance, soft in the mouth, with a fragrance of green apples.
"It's almost done." Chen Ji brought the wine bowl to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper was also a person who had been rolling in the wine jar for the rest of his life. In terms of professionalism, he was much higher than Shen Ji.
He sniffed his nose and noticed the changes in the wine body. After taking a sip, his expression changed at that time.
"How did you do it?" the shopkeeper exclaimed.
"It's just a simple blending." Chen Ji said, "If the proportion is right, the taste is right."
Then the shopkeeper doesn't believe it. If it were that simple, wouldn't he have used it long ago?
He probably remembered the proportion of Chen Ji's blending just now. He quickly learned to hook up another bowl, but after taking a bite, it was not as good as that.
Seeing that he didn't believe it, Chen Ji mixed a bowl of wine in front of him, which was still "old wine".
"Sir!" The shopkeeper changed his name, "Can you teach me?"
"A subtle proportional change can affect the taste of the wine. I just mix it casually and tell you that the wine is wrong." Chen Ji knew that the time was up, so he prepared to say goodbye.
"We hire you!" said the shopkeeper, "How can you miss it when you meet an expert? You can offer a price!"
The shopkeeper also knew that Chen Ji came over from afar and must have another intention. He couldn't just show off and drink a few sips of wine.
Chen Ji didn't know the market conditions, so he had no interface, but he didn't leave immediately, just looked at him with a smile.
The shopkeeper knew that there was a way to go, so he promised to make a monthly payment of one tael of silver and three meals.
Chen Ji smiled and was about to leave again.
The shopkeeper quickly raised the price.
After being promoted twice in a row, the shopkeeper said that he could not raise the price. Five taels of silver a month was already considered an absolutely high salary in this rural area. Even the shopkeeper himself was not considered a good deal, but only four taels of silver a month.
Although Chen Ji didn't know the market, his expression was very accurate and he knew that it was over.
He then agreed, but he required at least one meat dish in the daily meal.
The shopkeeper quickly agreed and promised to drink wine casually. In comparison, this is nothing.
Of course, in his heart, this is still not a long-term solution.
He only hopes how to cheat Chen Ji's recipe and then fire him.
After all, the monthly money of five taels is indeed a bit too high for their small roasting pot.
Chen Ji also just wanted to find a temporary place to stay and think about his next plan.
He rented a house in the town, cleaned it up briefly, and lived a small life with class and drinking.
Chen Ji's salary is high, but his work is not busy.
There are masters who specialize in brewing wine and workers who steam wine. He is only responsible for mixing the steamed new wine with aged wine into "aged wine" twice a day.
Although his job is easy, it has made the business of Bandung's pot roasting business soar.
Even if you use the new wine brewed on the same day, you can taste the "old flavor".
By the end of the month, Chen Ji's salary was reduced to more than ten taels of silver than last month.
Moreover, this is the case when the price of wine has not risen. If some speculation is carried out, the profits next month may even be increased.
The shopkeeper was so happy that he couldn't stop praising the bartender for the value he invited.
The other masters were jealous and stared at him every day, wondering how he used these ordinary soju to blend the aged wine.
Chen Ji naturally couldn't tell them the truth, so he bought a lot of bottles and jars, and went to the pharmacy to buy some Chinese medicine, which was boiled and soaked. When they were blended every day, they were mysterious and unwilling to let others see it.
Even the medicine residues he refined were specially taken away at the end of the preparation every day, just to study his formula.
But no matter how many times they tried, they couldn't find the taste of Chen Ji, and the wine they made was inappropriate.
Of course, Chen Ji's bartender was not always successful.
He specially prepared a large jar, and if it fails, he will pour the waste wine into it.
Anyway, he has a lot of wine every day, so there will always be some loss in mixing, right?
There are failures and successes. On this day, he finally ushered in a long-lost great success and upgraded to a jar of orange "nion jade liquid".
As soon as this wine came out, the smell was filled with strange fragrance, as if an invisible big hand pulled the shopkeeper outside in.
"Sir, are you bringing out new wine?" the shopkeeper asked.
Chen Ji knew that he could no longer hide, so he simply scooped a spoonful and handed it over: "Try it."
The shopkeeper even softened his bones when he drank it: "This thing should only be found in heaven, and there will be no wine in the world from now on..."
With this jar of wine, he can exchange even the profit of this year's pot!
The shopkeeper didn't want to know Chen Ji's identity now. All he cared about was: "Can this quality wine be produced in the future?"
"It's hard, you have to try your luck." Chen Ji replied.
It doesn't matter if you try your luck, just have a chance.
The shopkeeper immediately started his operation.
He immediately went out to order four exquisite porcelain bottles with four beauties and a few poems that were not chanting without swaying, poured the nectar and jade liquid into it, and then put a brocade box outside.
Seeing that the birthday of the chief manager who was in charge of the Songjiang branch was approaching, he personally went to the Songjiang branch of the Money Gang in the name of congratulating his birthday, and gave it to him along with other gifts.
After returning, the shopkeeper ordered a batch of the same bottles and brocade boxes, filled them and sealed them, waiting for the reply from the Money Gang.
A few months passed in a flash, and there was no news about the Jinqian Gang, and the shopkeeper was not in a hurry.
He knew that such a thing was in a hurry.
The Money Gang is the largest secular sect in the Da'an Dynasty. It is known as the four major secular gangs in the Sage Cat Gang in the Gongle Kingdom of Jiangnan, the Feige Gang in the Hanguang Kingdom, and the Wolf Claw Gang in the Xuanhua Kingdom.
Even in the remote Songjiang Prefecture, the business scope is very wide. The leader of a Songjiang branch has much greater face than the head of an ordinary sect.
A business like Bandung roasting pot can only be regarded as a small sesame seed.
The things he sent may not be visible to the shopkeeper.
He just asked Chen Ji to calmly mix the cocktails and slowly hoarded himself, waiting for a wave of explosions.
Sure enough, when the twelfth lunar month was in, a special envoy from the Money Gang arrived and brought a reward of 1,000 taels.
Chapter completed!