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1In the 1940s, there were three private breweries in Maotai Town, Renhuai County, Guizhou Province, namely Chengyi, Ronghe and Hengxing, with very simple equipment and very small scale. The maximum annual output of 1947 was 60 tons, and 1949. Due to the sudden change of the situation, the annual output of wine dropped to 20 tons, making production unsustainable.
▲ Brewing stoves during private house burning period/Maotai Distillery Records
1950, the people's government adopted a supportive policy for private house burning, and lent 24 million yuan to supply 3,000 kilograms of wheat to help restore production. However, due to various poor conditions, production has not improved significantly.
195 1 In the autumn of, Renhuai County People's Government asked the provincial and local monopoly departments for approval, and instructed Wang Shanzhai, then head of the county tax bureau and monopoly bureau, to come forward, with Mr. Zhou Mengsheng, a well-known person in the county, as the witness and with the consent of the boss of "Chengyi Burning House". On 195 1 year 1 month 5 and 195 1 year/month 8, respectively, the contract was signed twice (once for burning house property and once for auxiliary property). At that time, in order to unify the chaotic use of money in various regions, the maximum face value was 50,000 yuan, and this currency was stopped one after another around 1955)10.30 billion yuan, which was RMB10.30 million yuan (of which 1000 yuan was deed tax and work fee), and it would be "burned into righteousness"
? ▲ Contract for Receiving Hengxing Burning House/Centennial Maotai Town
Since its boss, Wang Binggan, was executed by Renhuai County People's Government on February 2 195 1 year, it stopped production. 19521October 4th, Renhuai County Finance and Economics Committee decided to merge the confiscated old coins (RMB 500 yuan) of "Ronghe Burning House" with a new life.
▲ Dry Qucang/Tuyuan Network of Ronghe Burning House
"Hengxing Burning House", although it received many economic support from the government after the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, maintained its production. However, Lai Yongchu, the boss, was found to have stolen national gold worth 4.6 billion yuan (old coins) and RMB 460,000, and was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment by Guiyang People's Court in 1952.
▲ Lai Yongchu/"Centennial Maotai Town"
According to the records of relevant documents at that time, at the end of 19521February, Zunyi Finance and Economics Committee forwarded the notice of Guiyang Finance and Economics Committee (hereinafter referred to as Finance Committee) 19521February 19 on "taking over the property of Lai Yongchu Hengxing Winery" to Renhuai County Finance and Economics Committee.
1in the spring of 953, Zhang Xingzhong, the head of Maotai Distillery, went to Hengxing, and Wei Ling, the agent of the employer, summoned the employees of Hengxing. Zhang Xingzhong read out the document about the confiscation of Hengxing, which won the support and support of the employees of the whole factory. Then, after the inventory of the property of the whole factory, * * * discounted 225 million yuan (old coins) to 25,000 yuan. At this point, the three private houses managed the burning of Maotai liquor into a state-owned Maotai distillery, which was placed under the leadership of Guizhou Provincial Department of Industry by the Provincial Monopoly Bureau on 1 August 19531July 1958, and was placed under the leadership of Guizhou Light Industry. ?
▲ Zhang Xingzhong works in Maotai/"Centennial Maotai Town"
195 1 year1February, the CPC Renhuai County Party Committee and the People's Government sent cadres to the factory to take charge of the overall work of Maotai Distillery as instructed by the higher authorities. At the beginning of the establishment of the new factory, the task of resuming production was arduous. The factory director personally led only a few dozen workers to clean up the site and repair the equipment together, and invited some old winemakers back one after another. The state also gave 4,300 yuan in time to purchase necessary production equipment and raw materials, which enabled Moutai to resume production in a short time.
▲? Maotai Liquor in 1950s/Maotai Distillery Records
At that time, there were only 49 employees in the winery, including 4 wine cellars1unit, 5 retort (note: retort is a container for distilling wine) and stone mill 1 1 plate. Due to the mobilization of the production enthusiasm of the staff, the ability of only equipment was brought into play. In 1952, 75 tons of Moutai was produced, with an output value of 60,000 yuan and a profit of 8,000 yuan. In the first year when the factory was established and production resumed, it exceeded the highest level in history when the three houses were burned.