Border Soldiers: My granaries are full of grain and meat, and I guard this region.

With Qi Feng's words, the crowd, who had been harboring some grievances, gradually calmed down.

This was none other than Qi Feng, the legendary brewer of Qi wine. They dared not show him any displeasure and quickly responded in agreement.

"Manager Qi, it's alright, we'll just wait a little longer."

"Exactly! Good wine needs no bush. I'm willing to wait any amount of time for this!"

Among the crowd, some people looked at Qi Feng with somewhat gloomy expressions; these were Wang Huanzhi and Wang Dun from Laixianglou.

However, they were all standing quite far away, and seeing the booming business of Ye Family Restaurant was even more painful than killing them.

"Father, what should we do? The Ye Family Restaurant is doing too well. Our Lai Xiang Lou hardly has any customers now. We lost the last competition. Not only did we not win against the Ye Family Restaurant, but our reputation has also plummeted."

Wang Dun looked at the booming Ye Family Restaurant and spoke with some anxiety.

Wang Huanzhi narrowed his eyes and slapped Wang Dun on the forehead.

"It's all because of you, you brat! You secretly went to have some kind of competition with the Ye Family Restaurant without my knowledge. If I hadn't intervened in the end, you wouldn't even have been able to save Laixiang Restaurant."

Hearing Wang Huanzhi's words, Wang Dun lowered his head and dared not refute.

Last time, he was indeed out of his mind. Without telling Wang Huanzhi, he went and made a bet with Ye Zhiwan, which not only resulted in him losing money, but also damaged the reputation of Laixianglou in Fuxing County.

The once stable customer base is no longer willing to come, and even their miraculous brew cannot salvage the situation.

Seeing that Xianglou's business was getting worse and worse, Wang Huanzhi and Wang Dun learned that Ye Family Restaurant had reopened, so they rushed over.

Wang Huanzhi narrowed his eyes as he looked at Qi Feng in the distance, stroked his goatee, and spoke in a calm and unhurried tone.

"I'll go talk to them in a few days and ask if we can cooperate. It seems that Qijiu will probably dominate the entire Fuxing County in the future. If we can't cooperate, then our Laixianglou will have no chance of survival."

Upon hearing Wang Huanzhi's words, Wang Dun's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Father, that's the Ye Family Restaurant. Do we really want to cooperate with them?"

Wang Huanzhi slapped Wang Dun on the forehead.

"You idiot, are you just waiting to die if you don't cooperate?! Wine isn't something you can just say is good. I've tasted Qi wine myself, and it's incomparable to any divine brew."

Wang Dun lowered his head and stopped arguing.

At this time, the two chefs in Ye Family Restaurant were still not enough to satisfy everyone's appetites. However, since it was the first day of business, everyone was quite patient and ordered home-style dishes to go with drinks. Therefore, no one chose to leave, since most of their purpose in coming here was for drinks.

Ye Family Restaurant still had about 500 jin of liquor in stock. Qi Feng had been brewing it day and night for the past few days, but the amount consumed today still exceeded his expectations.

Qi wine is more popular than they expected. At this rate, the inventory probably won't last more than three days.

To Qi Feng's surprise, the most popular item was not the wine that cost 200 coins per pound, but the wine that cost one tael of silver per pot.

"It seems that the main consumers are still the wealthy," Qi Feng remarked with some emotion.

The sun rose in the east and gradually approached the west, and the Ye Family Restaurant was packed with people all day long.

Afterwards, Ye Zhiwan checked the bills with the two accountants and suddenly realized that they had sold more than 20 taels of silver in just one day.

This is because they deliberately controlled the amount of alcohol they sold. If they had sold it freely without any restrictions, they probably could have sold out all 500 jin of alcohol in a single day, and the sales revenue would have reached a staggering 70 taels of silver.

The profit margin for alcoholic beverages is about 60%, which means they earned 12 taels of silver today.

"Brother Qi, I didn't expect our drinks to be so popular." Ye Zhiwan looked at the bill in her hand, her eyes curving into crescents.

Ye Ling Shuang and Yu You Rong were also shocked. They hadn't expected the Ye Family Restaurant to be so popular, attracting so many customers.

Qi Feng smiled faintly: "This is nothing. Let me think about how to improve the process and expand production capacity. Once things stabilize, earning a hundred taels a day will not be a dream."

Upon hearing Qi Feng's words, Ye Zhiwan, Ye Lingshuang, and Yu Yourong all widened their eyes.

100 taels of silver was something unimaginable to them before. They never thought they could earn so much silver, and in just one day.

Now, Qi Feng is gradually turning the impossible into possible.

"Brother Qi, won't expanding our production capacity cause our brewing techniques to be leaked?" Ye Zhiwan asked, raising the question that had been on her mind.

If we choose to expand production capacity, the brewing process will inevitably have to be outsourced. If others find out, we're doomed.

Even the finest Qi wine has a specific brewing recipe, known only to Qi Feng. Outsourcing the brewing process to expand production capacity would pose a risk of leakage.

Qi Feng shook his head and smiled faintly.

"Don't worry about that, I have a plan. I will break down the process into different steps, with different people in charge of each part, and we will keep it strictly confidential. This way, they won't be able to know the entire brewing process. Later on, I will use machines to replace labor costs, so the brewing recipe will be absolutely guaranteed."

Listening to Qi Feng's words, the three women were somewhat confused. They didn't understand what Qi Feng meant by machines replacing human labor, but they could roughly understand. Seeing the confident expression on Qi Feng's face, the three women said no more.

Meanwhile, Wang Huanzhi and Wang Dun secretly sent people to buy some of the three different types of Qi wine at different prices and return them to Xianglou.

"Master Lin, do you think it's possible to make a copy of this Qi wine?" Wang Huanzhi asked respectfully as he handed the Qi wine to Master Lin.

Master Lin narrowed his eyes. He hadn't returned to Linzhao City these past few days. After all, the birth of Qi Wine would challenge his status as a divine brewer in the future. He had to stay and figure out the impact of this matter on his future, and also make plans as soon as possible.

Master Lin looked at the three grades of Qi wine in front of him, took a sip of each, and after a long while, he slowly sighed.

"This wine is truly exceptional, far surpassing my divine brew. However, to attempt to determine the recipe for Qi wine solely based on its taste and texture is wishful thinking. This matter is beyond my ability to resolve."

Hearing Master Lin's words, Wang Huanzhi sighed.

"Master Lin, is there really no other way? If this happens, Qi Wine will definitely jeopardize the status of Divine Brew in the future."

Master Lin shook his head, and seeing this, Wang Huanzhi said no more.

At this moment, Wang Dun's eyes flashed with a fierce light: "Father, Master Lin, since that's the case, why don't we get rid of that brat Qi Feng?"