Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 658 - 656

As spring came to an end, the weather gradually warmed up.

A week had passed since the school reunion that day.

Lin Wanwan returned to the Great Tang to pursue her business. The Late Wind Tavern, which she co-owned with Lady Cui of the Su Kingdom, launched a new wine yesterday. It took the wine market in Chang’an City by storm, marking a blazing grand opening.

Before the new product was launched, a small spring banquet was held at the Cheng Mansion, where Duke Su personally entertained a few colleagues and they all enjoyed the new famous wine together.

The renowned generals of the Great Tang, who drank like it was water, became thoroughly intoxicated and reluctant to leave! Instantly, word of mouth about the new wine spread even before its release, so the explosive sales on the launch day were to be expected.

In the low-alcohol wine market of the Great Tang, drinkers had no resistance to the distilled wine.

After drinking the wine released by Lin Wanwan and Lady Cui’s Late Wind Tavern, other drinks like green ant new wine, triple brew, or grape wine were nothing but water! They didn’t even deserve to be called "wine"!

Lin Wanwan had already anticipated this market reaction, so it didn’t surprise her at all.

She hadn’t gotten involved in the wine business before because it wasn’t necessary. Anyway, money was not an issue, and keeping a low profile was better. But now that someone influential came knocking for common prosperity, ignoring it would seem too timid.

If the heavens give, and one does not take, one will suffer the consequences; if the time presents itself, and one does not act, one will suffer the disaster.

For the distilled wine, Lin Wanwan and Lady Cui marked off two wine-making estates outside the city.

One was converted from Lady Cui’s dowry estate, and the other was built on Lin Wanwan’s own plot of land.

In the winery near Lin Wanwan’s estate, besides a few experienced brewers, most of the craftsmen were Lin Wanwan’s manor guests, whose loyalty was beyond doubt.

In terms of wealth, Lin Wanwan was undoubtedly the richest in the Great Tang, but concerning actual landholdings, she was far inferior to the aristocratic families!

After all, land is not something you can just buy with money. The landholding accumulated over hundreds and thousands of years by the aristocratic families through struggles was something even the Emperor dared not move lightly. Lin Wanwan dreaming of buying it with money was just folly!

Being able to have this piece of estate now was already quite satisfying for Lin Wanwan.

The five qing of land awarded by Li Shimin were not all arable; there was also a considerable amount of wasteland and mountainous terrain, which Lin Wanwan didn’t mind using for workshops.

In the matter of producing fine wine, besides using the existing Tang wine to distill into high-concentration wine to sell in the East Market Tavern, Lin Wanwan directly brought over a few bottles from modern times, changed the bottles, and claimed them as her "treasures of the house".

Therefore, Lin Wanwan was busy to the point of exhaustion every day—ah, the capable do long work!

The pig farming industry of the Great Tang couldn’t function without her, nor could the agriculture industry or the business sector!

Just this morning, Lin Wanwan had taken a stroll through the village, inspecting each household’s pig farming business. Then she went for a round at the Soap and Music Workshop and the newly set-up distillery, and upon returning to the estate, she didn’t forget to review her medical books for half a day.

A few days ago, Old Sun once again carried a medicine basket and went into the mountains. He didn’t just go to the mountains to collect herbs but also to treat the sick and help others.

Many people suffering from leprosy who couldn’t afford medicine had become recluses in the mountains, living short and miserable lives due to the lack of sufficient medical resources.

Old Sun often ventured into the mountains to deliver medicine and treatment, bringing hope for life. Lin Wanwan had only accompanied him once and was deeply shocked within.

The sincerity of a Great Doctor, Sun Simiao embodied through action, combining knowledge and practice, was never just empty words.

However, this time, Lin Wanwan didn’t accompany Old Sun’s venture, not because she was afraid of the hardships of gathering herbs or the terrifying leprosy patients, but because she truly was unable to manage everything.

Soap and Music Workshop, already on the right track, didn’t require Lin Wanwan’s personal attention, but the spirits business was still in its startup phase, demanding more of her focus.

Lady Cui, being in confinement, hadn’t forgotten to care for the business, so how could Lin Wanwan slack off?

Thus, on the second day of the wine launch, a few unexpected guests came to the house—Lizhi and her two siblings.

The youngest, Little Brat Li Zhi, naturally bounced around looking for Little Qingyu to play, while Li Tai and Lizhi stayed with Lin Wanwan for a yard barbecue.

Of course, being a freshly appointed Heart Lamp Saintess of Daxingshan Temple, Lin Wanwan was undergoing the arduous penance of nine-nine-eighty-one days of vegetarianism and chanting, so there were no meat dishes today - everyone was eating vegetarian.

"Are the leeks ready? Give one to me!" The plump Li Tai had no intention of dieting, always eating and taking whenever he came to Lin Wanwan’s estate.

"Here you go." Lin Wanwan, who was in charge of the barbecue, calmly handed Li Tai a skewer of oily leeks,

"Qingque, you need to eat less, you’re gaining." The slender and nimble Lizhi snatched it from Lin Wanwan’s hand.

The little chubby Li Tai looked at his empty hand, feeling indignant. After leaving the palace, his royal sister had become less elegant, even snatching food with her younger brother. Truly, it was a sin!

"Don’t worry, there’s more, more." Lin Wanwan casually looked at Li Tai’s round chubby face and comforted him with a grin.

The two of them had brought little bean Li Zhi not just to visit but under the Emperor’s orders.

With the outside wine gaining popularity, the nobles in the Taiji Palace of Chang’an City, who always had spies watching the market, naturally got word.

Like soap and scented soap, the palace wanted versions different from those on the market.

Lady Cui was still in confinement, so it was not convenient to disturb her (also, there was a generational gap), hence why they came to the estate to find Lin Wanwan.

They were already quite familiar with Lin Wanwan here and had visited countless times. With enough gourmet food, this place was almost becoming the temporary palace of the Princes and Princesses.

They would never miss a chance to visit together here anytime possible.

After a delightful barbecue, Lin Wanwan took them to see several pots of special palace edition fine wine she had prepared.

Knowing the gravity of the task, Lin Wanwan made sure the palace wine was carefully managed; she couldn’t afford to make any mistakes, which would spell a disaster for both her and Lady Cui.

So, the palace wine was not made from the leftover distillation equipment of the Great Tang Winery but was directly purchased by Lin Wanwan from modern times.

Though the modern wine bottles were replaced by beautifully crafted special wine jugs provided by the Cheng Mansion.

"Well, here is the special palace version of the wine from our Late Wind Tavern. May Princess Changle and Prince Yue assist in taking it into the palace for me."

"Wanwan, you are thoughtful." Lizhi gave Lin Wanwan a sweet smile.

"No worries, no worries." Lin Wanwan smiled and reminded, "However good the wine is, don’t overindulge. Especially since the empress is pregnant, alcohol is a no-no. Otherwise, the fetal education efforts would be in vain, and the alcohol could harm the baby."

"Yes, Le’an is right; we will remind Ah Ye and the Empress."

Earlier, during the barbecue, the Prince and Princess had sampled a bit of the new wine.

However, truth be told, the wine’s spiciness was a bit overwhelming for the young royalty.

But they had seen enough to discern quality.

Compared to Lin Wanwan’s wine here, all they’d had before was mere water.