City's Best Divine Doctor-Chapter 1423 - 1422: Trading Land for Wine

Now there are so many servants at the Eastern Castle, Ye Qiu doesn’t need to personally handle those small matters.

While Ye Qiu and Count Charley were walking through the vineyard after leaving the Eastern Castle, Ye Qiu said, "Count Charley, I am interested in purchasing all the vineyards around here. Do you know who owns these vineyards?"

Ye Qiu wants to buy the large surrounding vineyard?

Doesn’t that imply Ye Qiu wants to produce more Viscount Red Wine?

Count Charley finds this feasible!

Because looking at this year’s production volume of Viscount Red Wine, it wasn’t even enough for him alone, meaning it’s more than France can consume, let alone other countries.

Initially, Count Charley wanted to collaborate with Ye Qiu to produce more Viscount Red Wine. However, Ye Qiu also knows that more isn’t necessarily better; too much of it could become devalued.

Like Lafite’s annual production, which is only twenty or thirty thousand cases, meaning two or three hundred thousand bottles, it’s very valuable, especially the 1982 Lafite. If it were two or three million bottles per year, the price would drop more than tenfold.

Scarcity is precious, that’s for sure.

Right now, the total Viscount Red Wine, even including subpar wines, which are not yet circulating in the market, amounts to less than two thousand cases. In this situation, it’s definitely worth more than Lafite.

Of course, the value over Lafite right now isn’t just the price; it’s also better tasting.

Because currently Viscount Red Wine doesn’t have as high a reputation as Lafite, but its notoriety is steadily increasing now.

If the surrounding vineyards are all purchased, the annual production could reach up to five thousand cases of Viscount Red Wine, more than doubling the current output.

However, compared to Lafite, it’s still minimal, allowing for control over both price and wine quality while maintaining high prices.

The main reason is Ye Qiu wants to buy them to prevent nearby vineyards from producing counterfeit Viscount Red Wine in the future.

Although the taste of the grape varieties planted is similar, without the brewing recipe, the brewing techniques certainly differ.

"Why?" Count Charley asked.

"I’m afraid the nearby vineyards will imitate Viscount Red Wine."

"Dr. Ye, according to European regulations, these people definitely wouldn’t dare to counterfeit, at most just the production location is the same."

However, in the current outside market, Count Charley’s aware fake Viscount Red Wine has started appearing in high-end French restaurants, proving this wine is indeed becoming more valuable.

"Even though it’s said like that, there’s still a possibility because I drank some fake Viscount Red Wine a few days ago."

"I’ve already heard from Housekeeper Ivan."

Of course, if last time my proposal had been agreed upon by Ye Qiu, Count Charley wouldn’t have said much. Unexpectedly, now Ye Qiu wants to buy the surrounding vineyards.

Count Charley thinks Ye Qiu wants to expand the production.

Of course, if Ye Qiu wants to expand production, that’s normal, considering Viscount Red Wine is indeed very valuable, something Count Charley himself didn’t expect.

Even now, without having sold that batch of Viscount Red Wine, he’s already made more than two or three times the profit, which is quite valuable compared to other investments without doing anything.

Looking at Count Charley’s expression, Ye Qiu smiled, knowing what the old man was thinking.

"If Count Charley is willing to help, later on, I can sell two thousand cases of Viscount Red Wine to you, and at last year’s price."

It’s evident that by this year, the brewed wine will definitely be more expensive.

Two thousand cases?

That’s twenty-four thousand bottles?

That’s nearly half of the Viscount Red Wine under his control, allowing Count Charley to sell at whatever price he wishes.

"Deal."

Count Charley knows Ye Qiu has given him a significant advantage.

"Then I’ll help you buy all the vineyards in this area, calculated against the batch of Viscount Red Wine you sold this year."

As for the actual price, Ye Qiu doesn’t know, but now Ye Qiu has essentially mortgaged this year’s two thousand cases of wine to him.

Count Charley happily said, "There are also two castles nearby, I can gift them to you."

"Forget it, castles need maintenance, plus inheritance tax has to be paid. Having this one is enough for me. But if all the vineyards in this area are bought, I want to enclose it with walls. The vineyards outside the walls and those inside will be unrelated, and the wine brewed will certainly be different."

Ye Qiu knows this is a major project; it’s a few kilometers of private estate.

So still needs consideration.

Count Charley thought Ye Qiu would want those two castles, but Ye Qiu doesn’t want them.

Indeed, maintaining castles requires a significant sum. Without Ye Qiu’s Viscount Red Wine, relying solely on the yearly income from the vineyards wouldn’t be enough to maintain that castle.

However, these castles are protected by the state, if not maintained well privately, the state would take them back forcibly.

Under such circumstances, many castles in Europe have been left badly deteriorated due to years of no maintenance, possibly useful for filming horror movies.

After Ye Qiu and Count Charley finished negotiating, both were pleased; Ye Qiu didn’t need to pay that money. He can use the Viscount Red Wine produced by the surrounding vineyards to swap for a large surrounding estate next year.

And for Count Charley, he wouldn’t lose out either, and would earn a sum, making lots of money annually in the future.

"Count Charley, should we sign the contract?"

Ye Qiu asked.

"We are all on the same side, trustworthy!"

Actually, Count Charley isn’t afraid of Ye Qiu deceiving him, nor does Ye Qiu need to deceive him.

Returning to the outdoor barbecue venue, preparation hasn’t started yet, but over there they’re already preparing to fish for sea fish, and the nearby town will deliver half a cow plus two sheep for grilling.

These arrangements are under Housekeeper Eugene’s management.

Count Charley went back to rest first, waiting until the barbecue is ready before coming down, mainly because he’s quite fat and seems a bit tired after walking a few hundred meters.

However, underneath the Eastern Castle, Count Charley knows arrangements need to be made to clean up the bat droppings. After all, he can tell Ye Qiu doesn’t believe in his religion.

This is understandable; Ye Qiu is of the East and is skilled in medical skills, so it’s no surprise he doesn’t believe it. But remembering Ye Qiu suggesting using the droppings as grape fertilizer, Count Charley thinks this young man is quite amusing.

Ye Qiu saw Louise, Zhou Wenting, and Song Ying helping to arrange the barbecue venue. Since it’s neither raining nor sunny, and both the weather and temperature are very good, barbecuing in such conditions should be very comfortable.