Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 590 Sweet Potato Wine 2

Xu Han listened to their increasingly exaggerated modifiers, shook her head and smiled helplessly.

“Don’t throw away the sweet potato residue after distillation. Put it all into a large wooden barrel and bring it back to the mountains for composting.

This is a good thing. The fertilizer made from it is much more fertile than the fertilizer we make from dead branches and rotten leaves."

When Zhu Chunsheng heard this, he immediately treasured it and said, "Such a good thing cannot be thrown away.

Don’t waste any of it, collect it all and let Han Qi take it back tomorrow.”

There are quite a few large wooden barrels at home, all with lids. The old ones are just right for storing sweet potato residue, and they won’t spill during transportation.

However, it is really too troublesome to bring all of these back bit by bit. It would be great if there was a piece of land near the county town. I don't know when the imperial edict will arrive.

A few days ago, Yunhua wrote to say that he was coming back, and he would bring the messenger from the palace with him.

Yunhua wrote to say that the imperial edict was originally planned to be issued in the spring of next year, but later when the emperor heard that he was coming back to celebrate the New Year, he asked the official who was to deliver the edict to come with him, saying that it would be good for someone to take care of him on the way.

Fortunately, the capital city is not too far from here, and it doesn’t take long to go back and forth.

Xu Han was very curious about this reward, but it was not easy for her to write to Yunhua directly to ask, so she could only wait patiently.

It's only a few days away, so let's wait and see. She doesn't care whether it's money, land, or an official position, as long as it's there, she won't be picky.

They were busy like this for a while, until about eight o'clock in the evening, when they went back together.

The next day, Xu Han started distilling sweet potato wine with them as usual.

Once the distillation of liquor begins, the firewood consumption will decrease much faster. The reason is simple: just like cooking sweet potatoes, the stove must be kept on all day long, which will definitely waste firewood.

In order to supply firewood, Lu Chuan had to follow Han Qi to the mountains twice to save some firewood first so as not to wait until the critical moment when he would run out of firewood.

At the same time, when they returned to the mountains, they did not hesitate to take a lot of sweet potato residue back in order to make more fertilizer to be used in the wasteland next year.

In the blink of an eye, 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 not enough to meet the order quantity, so Xu Han kept holding back and did not dare to deliver the goods.

You can only wait for a few days and settle the order after accumulating a certain amount.

I’m afraid that when a batch of goods is released, some people will be able to grab them while some people can’t, and there will definitely be trouble.

Moreover, those who placed the orders were all well-known figures in the county. It would be bad if friction and unpleasantness arose because of this matter.

After becoming the owner of a tavern, Xu Han offended people on both sides and got nothing good out of it.

In this case, it would be better to wait for a few days, and then everyone can get the goods together, which will avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.

There are only a few days left, so we can't wait too long.

Xu Han's initial plan was to wait until December 24th and sell them all at once.

After four days of hard work, the order will definitely be shipped, and maybe there will be some extras to sell in the store.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, many people come to buy wine, so the store’s turnover can be doubled.

Maybe it can also boost the sales of fruit wine in the shop.

You know, at that time Xu Han had people picking wild fruits in the mountains for several days, and all the good fruits she picked out were used to make fruit wine.

Therefore, the item that the family has the least shortage of is fruit wine. After all, Xu Han had used almost all the remaining sweet potato wine in the family to make fruit wine, which led to the shortage of sweet potato wine in the family.

That morning, Xu Han came to the temporary workshop as usual and helped them to deliver the goods, while also directing them in their work.

As soon as Xu Han arrived, Juxiang came over and said, "Madam, I just counted and found that the total amount of goods that can be shipped now is 300 jars of sweet potato wine. Do you want to transport it to the wine shop first?

We are distilling sweet potato wine here, but there is no space to store it, and it is difficult to package it.

I was thinking, why not just transport the large wine jars to the wine shop and package them there?"

"Yes, that's fine. Didn't Manager Liu send all the wine jars to the wine shop some time ago? Then we can package them there."

Xu Han thought about it and felt that it was not appropriate. "There are only two shops over there. If all these wine jars are sent over there, I'm afraid they won't be able to fit in."

"Yes, I overlooked this problem. I just wanted to clear out the sweet potato wine quickly, but I forgot that the wine shop is too small."

Xu Han asked, "Will it be in the way if you leave it here? If not, just wait a little longer. We can pack and send out the large orders in two days, which will free up a lot of space immediately."

If it's in the way, just transport some of it to the wine shop first. There's a warehouse there that doesn't have anything to store there."

The new wine jars were not placed in the warehouse of the wine shop. Lu Chuan asked Manager Liu to unload them directly to the backyard and cover them with oilcloth. They were not afraid of rain or snow. Anyway, they needed to be cleaned before use.

"Then let's transport some of it first. It will have to be transported there sooner or later anyway. Transporting it now can free up space."

All the distilled sweet potato wine is packed into large wine jars. Each jar weighs 100 kilograms. It is not too troublesome to transport it back and forth. Two people can load it onto the car.

If you put it directly in a small wine jar, it will definitely not work. Not only will it take up space, but it will also prevent the sweet potato wine from fully blending, and the alcohol concentration will also be different, affecting the quality of the wine.

"Okay, when Han Qi comes, let them transport it together. Using an oxcart is faster and can hold more."

The two chatted for a few more sentences, and then Han Qi came.

Xu Han followed him to the wine shop. As soon as she entered, Li Wen saw her and walked over to her. He asked, "Madam, these past few days, many people have come to ask when our sweet potato wine will be available."

"Well, what did you say? Is there any refund for the deposit?"

Li Wen was stunned. "No one has refunded the deposit. I told the people who asked me that it would be soon. The workshop is working overtime to ship the goods. However, because the production of sweet potato wine is troublesome and takes too long, there is no stock yet.

We asked them to wait patiently for two days and we would notify them as soon as the goods were available, but we did not give them a specific date. "

"If they haven't returned their deposit, that means they are still willing to wait. You should keep them company. If they have returned their deposit, just return it as is.

But next time someone asks you when the goods will be available, you can just tell them that they will be available on December 24th.

Since we said we would allow them to buy it before the New Year, we will definitely keep our promise.