Chapter 447: 449. Chapter 443: Liquor Business

449. Chapter 443: Liquor Business

Besides those Lawrence family members in Jincheng, there were also some Lanse hadn't seen before.

They didn't go to live in Jincheng, but went to other places. The Holy Farming Festival is the day they gather every year.

Although other holidays are also very important to them, they only gather together on this holiday.

Lanse and Patricia went to see her horse.

There was no knight suit, no knight whip, just ordinary clothing.

Outside the stable, there was a horse farm of about a thousand square meters. Some horses were walking in it, eating the grass on the ground.

When Patricia shouted "Hu Luobo," one of the horses with shiny mane suddenly raised its head and looked over here.

After a few seconds, it had a clear starting action, the streamlined muscle contour was suddenly tight and obvious, and it ran towards this side.

Patricia waved her hand and screamed, "Hu Luobo" actively slowed down when running close.

When it approached Patricia, it had stopped completely.

Patricia rubbed its hair, and it had been observing Lanse with one big eye.

This thing called a horse is very strange.

When it is relatively far from you, you will find that this animal is really fucking handsome!

But when it approaches you, very close, you will find that this animal is really fucking ugly!

"Let's go, let's brush its hair." On the way back to the farm, Lanse asked this question. Patricia pulled Lanse and led "Hu Luobo" into the stable together, found a hard brush, and began to brush the hair on "Hu Luobo's" body.

This is an action to enhance the feelings between people and horses. She was very serious, and when she did one thing with full attention, she would appear a bit cute and silly.

"Hu Luobo" was obviously refreshed. It stood quietly in place, occasionally turning its head to nudge Patricia, a picture of harmony between people and animals.

The time today was a bit late, she didn't intend to ride it out for a walk, and after feeding "Hu Luobo" some carrots and apples, she left.

"I remember you said there was a little lamb and a little cow?" Lanse asked this question on the way back to the farm.

A smile that couldn't be said appeared on Patricia's face, not necessarily a smile, because her eyebrows were drooping.

If it were a smile, the eyebrows should be flying up.

"They... have returned to nature."

"Speaking of this, I am very angry. They didn't tell me and killed Shirley and Myers, and even made them into... delicious food."

Patricia's face was slightly red, because she was the one who ate the most fiercely!

Lanse couldn't help laughing. "The taste must be very good, otherwise you wouldn't have forgotten it until now!"

Patricia hammered him, and soon hugged his arm again. "When you start to accept the fact that your little pet has become dinner, it's actually not that sad."

"This is a farm, not an animal charity. This is the final ending of every animal."

"Being eaten!"

She paused. "Okay, don't talk about these boring things. Tonight you will be able to eat the special delicacies of the farm!"

After arriving at night, Lanse knew that the so-called special delicacies were actually very primitive barbecue.

On the long table, there were large basins of barbecue, and then on the plates beside them were roasted potatoes, tomatoes, roasted corn, and fruit salad and other foods.

Everyone would have a plate in front of them, and there were salt and some spices in the small grids of the plates.

The three old people sat in the first seat, because today is not the Holy Farming Festival, so there are not so many ritual things.

The oldest of the three old people is Hubert, who is the second of the brothers. The eldest died many years ago because of an accident.

Their bodies looked very healthy. Hubert picked up the dinner spoon and knocked on the iron cup in his hand.

Yes, a cup knocked out of iron, the most common in the countryside is iron cups and wooden cups.

Poor people mostly use wooden cups, cut a tree in the wild, take a section they like, and then hollow out these trunks, and they can leave a cup.

And those who are richer, they will ask the blacksmith to help them make an iron cup.

The reason why they are all iron or wooden cups is mainly because they are not easy to be broken.

They are not unable to afford good-looking glass cups, and even crystal cups can be used, but on the farm, in the countryside, the probability of them being broken is very high.

And after being broken, those glass shards that cannot be cleaned up in time may cause damage to the hooves of livestock.

The sound of the dinner fork hitting the iron cup made several dining tables quiet down, and people's eyes were focused on him.

"I have many happy things this year."

"The first thing that makes me feel happy is that our farm will continue to expand, and we have obtained a perfect bumper harvest again!"

People at the table began to cheer, applaud, and whistle. Such family relationships are not like those political families, which will be very serious. There are not so many rules here, and everyone can do what they want.

Hubert's face was full of smiles. After a while, after people vented some emotions, he nodded to signal them to be quiet.

"The second thing that makes me happy is that William has become a municipal councilor. This is a long-term progress!"

Someone shouted below, "William, say a few words!"

Soon someone started to boo, and Hubert also signaled William to say something.

Having an extra municipal councilor in the family is indeed an inspiring thing.

Hubert also signaled William to say something to everyone, before this important holiday arrives!

As the great landlord class, they actually know better than ordinary people what it means to have a municipal councilor in the family.

If an ordinary person becomes a municipal councilor, then he can only be a municipal councilor.

But for a big family, having an extra municipal councilor means that there will be more civil servants in the family, and they will fill more government departments.

Their actual influence on the city's power will also become greater!

William had to stand up, but from the smile on his face, Lanse could see that he was proud now!

"Lanse gave me a lot of help in this matter, including winning the election."

"With his help, I successfully got this position. I hope that with our efforts, we can go a little further."

"Before, they always said that only the Williams family and the Wade family are real families, and we are just a group of farmers!"

"But now, we can proudly tell these people that it's time to face this problem!"

"Because we also have a councilor from now on!"

Hubert and the two brothers beside him nodded constantly. William said what was in their hearts. For the old people, perhaps honorary things are more attractive to their attention than actual benefits.

Hubert nodded to signal William to sit down, and then continued, "The third thing that makes me happy is that our family has grown a bit stronger."

"This year, some new young people have come here. They will become our new family members. I like this."

"I like to see more and more people here every year!"

He looked at the maid beside him. "Pour wine for us!"

Some maids working on the farm began to pour wine for everyone. It was not a high-degree wine, only about ten degrees, and everyone had a cup.

The three old people stood up, and others also stood up one after another. They held their wine glasses high, and their smiling faces were all smiles from the bottom of their hearts under the reflection of the bonfire!

The next day...

Actually, Lanse didn't want to go directly to the next day. The wine on the farm didn't look like a high degree, so it was easy to drink too much without knowing it.

And everyone was very enthusiastic, and after the old people finished those toasts, everyone didn't seem to follow the rules when eating.

They left the dining table at will, went to the fire to do on-site barbecue, or people with very good relationships stayed together to talk. In short, the atmosphere was very hot.

Lanse was also very popular here. Many people came to have a drink with him, and without knowing it, he drank a little too much.

When he opened his eyes the next morning, he breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

When he came out of the room, there were already many people in the hall.

Patricia, who was chatting with her sisters on the sofa, saw Lanse and immediately ended the conversation and walked over. "Do you want to eat something?"

"Later we are going to pick pumpkins in the pumpkin field, which can be used for the Holy Farming Festival parade."

"In addition, the grandfathers asked me to take you to the stable, you have to choose a horse."

"Choose a horse?"

Lanse casually took some food to fill his stomach. The taste was not bad, and there was a primitive fragrance.

Fresh milk is also delicious, just a little fishy.

"Everyone will have a horse of their own," William also walked down from upstairs, rubbing his head.

Today he changed into the same clothes as the farmers, white top, suspenders, and straw hat.

He has to do farm work, and only during the Holy Farming Festival every year will these family members in the big city return to the farm, so they also have to fulfill a family member's responsibility.

This is the family motto of the Lawrence family. No matter who it is, no matter what their status is, they must do farm work for a day in person.

If a member of the Lawrence family doesn't care about the family's business, and doesn't even want to do farm work in person, how can you expect others to do the farm work well for you?

This is actually a kind of "ruling means," a means used to rule those farm workers. They use this way to tell those farm workers, don't fucking fool me!

Because I also know how to do farm work, and to what extent.

Emily didn't change into farmer's clothes. Although she followed her husband's surname, she didn't have the blood of the Lawrence family, so she could not work.

"Do you have one too?" Lanse asked.

William nodded. "Yes, you will see it later."

Lanse looked at Emily, and Emily also nodded. "I have one, a little mare, very gentle."

"Although I don't quite understand this custom, I think I can accept horse riding."

After picking pumpkins, they found a big pumpkin of more than 500 pounds, but Hubert thought they might not be able to win in the big pumpkin competition.

There are many other farms around. The Lawrence family will take out 300 dollars every year as a reward for the first place in the big pumpkin competition.

This kind of giant pumpkin is actually often used as an auxiliary material in feed. They don't eat this themselves.

Through special cultivation, now pumpkins are getting bigger and bigger, and local governments, including the Laizhou government, actually support this kind of activity very much.

This can be seen as a sign of agricultural success!

After picking pumpkins, Lanse was taken to another stable, where there are also many horses.

Lanse doesn't understand these, but fortunately Patricia knows a lot and chose a good horse for him.

The rest is to communicate and communicate feelings. In fact, the farm also knows that they will not come back often. This is more of a symbolic meaning.

Perhaps for the old people, these horses represent these family members who are far away from the farm at certain times.

Lanse noticed that there was another stable that looked larger in the distance. "Is that also a horse?"

Patricia nodded. "That is the place where the three grandfathers use to cultivate champion horses. The best horses on the entire farm are there, and they plan to send some of them to the competition this year."

Horse racing is also a very important social activity, and people from top to bottom like it very much.

For people in the lower-middle class, betting and winning money through horse racing is a place they pay more attention to.

For the middle and upper class, effective social interaction through these horses is what they pursue.

Because of special reasons, there are many great landlord classes in the upper society of the Federation, and politicians with these backgrounds have their own horses, and even racehorses.

Through these things, you can easily talk to them, in the lounge of the racecourse.

At the same time, horse racing is also a very worthy investment project. Its investment is large, and the return rate is also very high.

As long as a racehorse can win the championship, it means it will become a cash-printing machine that constantly squeezes cash from the bell.

For racehorses like the Triple Crown, the price of each breeding will make many people who don't understand these things feel crazy and incredible!

Thousands of dollars, tens of thousands of dollars, and even more than 100,000 dollars, just for breeding!

Sometimes this has to make people sigh, people are really not worth money, not even as good as horses.

During the entire Holy Farming Festival, Lanse spent it on the farm and the town. The Lawrence family has high popularity in the nearby town and is also very respected.

The atmosphere of the activity is very hot, plus there are many tourists, this is the most leisurely holiday Lanse has spent since coming to the Federation and coming to this time.

But as long as it is a holiday, there is always a termination.

They stayed here for nearly a week before and after, and then began to return one by one.

Lanse also established initial contact with these people, and they also regarded Lanse as an official member of the family!

Hubert warned him when Lanse left that if he was just playing with Patricia, he would take the hunting gun on the wall that had killed more than a dozen bears to Jincheng to find him...

During these few days, Lanse also talked about a business with the three old people, liquor.

The farm has enough crops that can be used for brewing. If these crops are sold as crops, for example, wheat, it is now 4 dollars and 47 cents a barrel.

A barrel of wheat can brew at least 60 liters of beer. According to the price of Lanse's bar, a single liter of beer is 15 cents, which is 9 dollars, and the price directly doubles.

If sold in bars outside, it can sell for 12 or 13 dollars or even 15 dollars!

This is why everyone is trying to do smuggling liquor business. Even if these liquors are smuggled from Yalan or other places, after deducting the freight, they can still make a lot of money!

The three old people are very interested in the brewing business proposed by Lanse. Instead of selling these crops retail at a price of less than 5 dollars a barrel, it is better to turn it into nearly 10 dollars of liquor.

It's just that they are relatively primitive in brewing technology and have no good sales channels.

In the environment of prohibition, this large-scale brewing and sale cannot be completed by small workshops. They must have a complete industrial chain to produce, otherwise it is not as good as selling grain directly.

Lanse filled this link. No matter how much liquor they can take out, Lanse can sell it, so the three old people made a decision immediately.

A considerable part of the grain is used for brewing. Not many people know about this for now.

Lanse believes that a large amount of liquor trade can make the Lawrence family more wealthy, and it will also bring him a lot of wealth. Perhaps soon, this family will undergo a transformation!

After having wealth and political resources!

The Holy Farming Festival is a national holiday, and many institutions will have holidays, including government departments.

The Hazardous Materials Administration also has a holiday, and it has a three-day holiday. Pang Da took Lisa to Xigu City for a three-day holiday.

Because of the special environment of Xigu City, and the "tax rebate preferential policy for filming movies locally" proposed by the local City Hall, more people have come to Xigu City for filming.

And the Xigu City Hall is also negotiating with the Laizhou government, and they intend to promote the transformation of Xigu City's industrial focus.

Transform from a tourism and light industry city to a "Movie City."

The local Mayor saw the vigorous development of the film industry and also saw the opportunity for urban development.

Being close to Jincheng didn't bring better opportunities to Xigu City, but instead constantly sucked blood from Xigu City. If you don't find another road of development that has characteristics and is differentiated from Jincheng.

Perhaps in a few years, Xigu City will become a district of Jincheng.

They already have a "Xigu District"!

The Laizhou government is also very interested in these proposals. After all, "cultural construction" is also an important political achievement.

So during this period, there are not only tourists who like the atmosphere of movies in Xigu City, but also some government officials conducting research and inspection here, including Mr. Hoff (opinion leader in the Jincheng area).

He just finished a meeting, came out of the conference room, took the elevator to the hotel lobby, and was just about to go to the door to take a car and leave, but found a woman in a booth in the corner of the hotel lobby.

Lisa.

He frowned slightly, then looked at Lisa and her pregnant belly with a rather playful look, with a smile that was worth thinking about on his face, and then walked out of the hotel. ===== CHAPTER 448 =====