At dusk, Guo Song returned to his mansion from the governor's office, and as soon as he entered the mansion, the steward Wang stepped forward to report, "Envoy Qi, Zhang Ye is here!" ”

Guo Song didn't react for a moment, and asked again, "Which Zhang Ye?" ”

"It's the proprietor of the Treasure Pavilion, Fat Zhangye!"

Guo Song was overjoyed, it turned out that the senior brother was here, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is the person?" ”

"It's in the East Courtyard! Madame asked me to arrange for Master Zhang and a few entourages to stay first. ”

Guo Song hurriedly came to the East Courtyard, and as soon as he entered the courtyard, he heard Zhang Lei shouting: "Don't untie the luggage, I don't like the weather here, let's go back after two or three days!" ”

Guo Song walked into the courtyard and said with a smile: "When did Senior Brother become so squeamish, and he still has requirements for the weather?" ”

Zhang Lei couldn't close his mouth for a long time, and said: "The weather is just an excuse, I'm really worried that your sister-in-law won't be busy in the capital alone." ”

"Then how could the senior brother think of coming to Ganzhou, could it be that he wanted to collect a few sheepskins and go back?"

Zhang Lei's eyes widened, "Why didn't I say there was no news all the time!" It turns out that you kid simply forgot. ”

"Forget what?" Guo Song was a little confused.

Zhang Lei said angrily: "Have you forgotten about the wine?" ”

Now it's Guo Song's turn to laugh, "Of course I haven't forgotten, but I don't have the energy to take care of this matter yet." ”

Zhang Lei rolled his eyes, "I knew you forgot, so I came to Zhangye." ”

Guo Song smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be angry, come with me to the study for a cup of tea, and we'll discuss." ”

Zhang Lei was half-persuaded and half-coaxed by Guo Song to go to the outer study, and Guo Song asked the maid to serve tea.

Zhang Lei took a sip of tea, and then said: "I'm really anxious, now Chang'an wine is selling more and more, our Meishou wine is needless to say, it must be the best, but the output has never been up, the mid-range wine is basically the world of Zhangye wine, our problem is that we can't get the goods, Zhangye wine is monopolized by several commercial houses, and it is not supplied to us at all, so I have to come to you from the source." ”

Guo Song really knew about Zhangye wine for the sake of military spending in the past two days, and he said to Zhang Lei: "Zhangye wine is produced in the south of Ganzhou, with tens of thousands of acres of vineyards, and the winemaking place is in Zhangye County and Cutan County, there are three large households, one is Hexi An's family, and one is Gaochang Pu's, and the other family is surnamed Luo, which is more mysterious and the origin is unknown. ”

"I know this surname Luo very well!"

Zhang Lei said: "I specially spent a lot of money to ask someone to investigate, this family surnamed Luo was the first Gaochang Wushi, in Gaochang is a very famous winemaker, because of the oppression of the Shatuo people, 20 years ago, they moved part of the winemaking industry to Zhangye, bought tens of thousands of acres of land to plant grapes, and later succeeded, only to have Hexi An's and Gaochang Pu's follow-up."

This wine merchant surnamed Luo is actually the son-in-law of the Wu family, called Luo Yu, he is very shrewd, successfully sold the wine into Chang'an, and then he slowly controlled the vineyard and winery, about ten years ago, the Wu family suddenly made a mistake, saying that it was collusion with Shatuo, as a result, the eldest son of the Wu family in Zhangye was killed, and the two younger sons were sent back to Gaochang by Luo Yu overnight, and the vineyard and winery were confiscated by the government, but soon, Luo Yu bought the vineyard and winery at a very low price, including dozens of winemakers, but it had nothing to do with Gaochang Wushi. ”

"Is this true?" Guo Song asked.

"Of course it's true, this case was a sensation in Zhangye ten years ago, you go and ask the people of the older generation, they all know about it, and they still praise the savior."

"This Luo Yu is very interesting!" Guo Song smiled faintly.

"The fart is interesting, it's clearly collusion with the government and swallowing the Wu family's brewing industry, I don't believe you don't understand!"

How could Guo Song not understand, his eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of imperceptible sneer flashed in his eyes, this news came too timely.

"Senior brother, this matter will not be resolved so quickly, you can live in peace for a few days first, and then I will give you an answer."

"Alright! I'll stay for a few days, and if there's anything you need me to help with, just ask. ”

Guo Song groaned and said: "Speaking of which, there is really one thing that needs the help of my senior brother, I urgently need a sum of money now, I want to ask my senior brother to borrow 100,000 yuan, and then slowly deduct it from the wine money, do you think this will work?" ”

Zhang Lei's eyes narrowed with a smile, "I mean, you are very sure about winning the winery?" ”

Guo Song said lightly: "It's about the survival of the army, and if you don't know it, you will be sure." ”

"No problem, as long as you can get wine for me, it doesn't matter how much money I lend you."

.........

sent Zhang Lei to rest, Guo Song immediately asked his own soldiers to find Wang Yue, the commander of the internal affairs battalion, and Cao Wannian, the county commander, and after a while, the two hurried to Guo Song's mansion and were taken into the outer study.

"See the envoy for your humble position!" Wang Yue knelt down on one knee and saluted.

Guo Song waved his hand, "Don't be polite, sit down and talk." ”

The two sat down, Guo Song told them about the military situation of the Liangzhou army, Cao Wannian smiled bitterly and said: "It's the same everywhere, there is no threat from Xue Yantuo in Fengzhou, and the military court of the self-recruited army doesn't care, Guo Shu was anxious about this matter, and finally had to disband the self-recruited army and return to the field, and change it to a militia group, but I didn't expect Liangzhou to be like this." ”

"Since I have been made the envoy of Hexi Jiedu, I have to solve this matter, the solution is nothing more than two, open source and throttling, throttling is impossible, I can only find a way to open source, I plan to make a fuss about wine, do it well, there is no problem with the income of tens of thousands of yuan per month, this will be the bulk of military spending."

"Do you want to move the three major wineries?" Cao Wannian suddenly understood what Guo Song meant.

Guo Song shook his head, "It's not the three major wineries, but the Roche Winery, how much does Lao Cao know about this winery?" ”

Cao Wannian frowned, "This winery seems to be quite mysterious, two days ago, the gentry gave me a wine, and it seems that I didn't see the head of the Luo family, so I really don't know very well." ”

Wang Yue next to him said: "Enlighten the envoy, you may know a little bit about your humble position." ”

"How do you know?" Guo Song asked puzzled.

"Last time, Yu Xiancheng brought the list, and there was this Roche Winery in it, and he personally investigated it."

"Wait!"

Guo Song suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that this Luo Château is also related to the Sogdians?" ”

"Envoy Qi, they don't have much to do with Sogdia, but they have a little to do with Shatuo."

Guo Song's interest became even stronger, "What do they have to do with Sha Tuo?" ”

"They have been buying milk cakes from Shatuo, and the amount is very large, which is strange, and Hexi also produces a large number of milk cakes, why do they have to buy them from Shatuo?"

Cao Wannian shook his head, "Actually, it's not surprising, Shatuo's things are cheaper, and the price of sheepskin is cheaper than that of the Hexi Corridor, and the milk cake should be the same, it's profitable!" ”

"But the problem is that buying from Shatuo means being an enemy, which is a matter of principle of right and wrong."

"There are more businessmen doing business with the Shatuo people, and the historians are doing even more......."

"You two don't fight!"

Guo Song waved his hand, stopped the quarrel between the two, and said to the two: "I need the Luo family's winery now, the two of you are one bright and one dark, Lao Cao re-investigated the case of Gaochang Wu's collaboration with the enemy, the situation is a little bigger, the eldest son of the Wu family was killed by the government, and Luo Yu used 30,000 yuan to buy the Wu family's winery and winery, is it cheap, and then the king will make every effort to investigate the Luo family's purchase of Shatuo milk cakes, it is best for someone to prove that the children of the Luo family have been to Shatuo, I hope to produce results within three days." ”

"Ignorance, understood!" The two bowed together.

.........

Sending the two away, Guo Song returned to the inner house, and his wife Xue Tao smiled and handed him a cup of ginseng tea, "It can be seen that this festival is not good, and the husband is tired." ”

Guo Song put down the teacup, gently stroked his wife's already bulging lower abdomen, and sighed: "I don't know the price of firewood and rice, I never worried about the military before, but now that I am the governor of Liangzhou, I know how many mouths are waiting for dinner!" ”

"Husband is ready to pay out of his own pocket again?"

Guo Song shook his head, "I have to settle hundreds of thousands of yuan in military expenses a year, how can I have so much money?" I can only find a way! ”

Xue Tao thought for a while and said: "I heard that after the ancient famous generals got the rewards, they would distribute them to the soldiers, in fact, we are not short of money, and the 10,000 taels of gold will be taken out to the soldiers after the husband!" ”

Guo Song was very moved by his wife's deep understanding of righteousness, and he nodded, "10,000 taels of gold are still in the capital, and I don't know when I will be able to get it, but at the moment, I urgently need at least 100,000 yuan to reissue the Liangzhou Army's three-month military salary, I have borrowed it from my senior brother, but I am a little worried that it will be too late, and he will send me money from the capital, at least two months." ”

"How did my husband become stupid!"

Xue Tao pursed his lips and smiled: "Won't you ask the Shi family directly to borrow it?" Then let the senior brother give the money to the Shi family in the capital......."

Guo Song slapped his forehead and said with a dumb smile: "I've really become stupid!" ”