"This is Gyeongju, everyone is in a relationship of mutual dependence, that is, a contract, everyone is not trustworthy, can it work?" Zhu Qingsu said angrily.

"Wu Yuanwai, you don't say a few words, Zhu is in charge, you don't have to be surprised, some time ago, Sun Gong checked private salt and fined Wu Yuanwai nearly a thousand times, and Wu Yuanwai was also afraid." The old man persuaded and asked, "What else?" ”

"The rest is that there are two business incomes that are not within this tenth, the first is the Buddhist scriptures."

"Buddhist scriptures?" Everyone was stunned first, and then they wanted to laugh. Buddhism is flourishing in Western Xia, but there are a few people who can read and write, so they plan to sell 10,000 Buddhist scriptures a year, and one Buddhist scripture can earn 100 yuan, which is only 1,000 yuan, which is not enough for you to toss about food subsidies for a month.

"We agree with this one, but what about the other one?"

"Wine."

Zhu Qing said it in front, and everyone in the back finally couldn't help laughing together.

"Are you sure it's wine?" The old man asked.

"That's it. These two kinds of business income, can not be included, not only horses, but also some other expenses, the expenditure is very large, I hope you understand. ”

"Okay, then we agreed." The old man said speechlessly.

This is the wine of the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was very cruel about salt, and Shengsheng raised the price of salt to thirty or forty wen yuan a catty, and the salt shortage areas could reach several hundred wen yuan a catty. You must know that those coolies only earn 100 yuan a day, and the daily work of this 100 yuan cannot be guaranteed every day.

But the squeezing is slightly better.

There are two kinds of official wine and moonshine, and moonshine is not allowed to sell wine to private wine, if it is eaten at home, it can be allowed to brew dozens of catties of wine, and that's it. You must also go to a place designated by the government to buy koji. Moonshine is also called buying and puffing.

Private people go to the government to buy high-priced koji, and they are allowed to brew as much koji as they buy. After buying a puff, you can make sake and sell it. But there is an advantage, that is, the government will take the initiative to cooperate with local businessmen to carry out regional protection. For example, I bought a wine puff in Huazhou. You can make wine and sell wine in Huazhou, but other foreign wines are not allowed to enter.

Therefore, there are also cheap liquors, which cost four to eight cents a catty.

It's also very expensive, it's low-alcohol wine, rice wine, and low-alcohol rice wine. Low-alcohol fruit wine.

Moreover, it is superior in quantity, so it can bring more than 10 million yuan of income to the Song Dynasty a year, which is often higher than the income of Yanyan.

However, the Western Xia side also made wine, and even because there was no wine system, it was cheaper than that of the Song Dynasty. And there's also a shipping fee.

"But I have said it first, if someone violates the regulations, and there is private salt, don't blame Wang Zhixian for not being merciful in the future. And before that, my boss had talked to Sun Gong and repeatedly promised not to touch private salt. ”

This series of arrangements, Wang Ju is hidden in the dark, after all, he is playing a side ball. Fortunately, he is a civil servant, if the military general does this, he will successfully organize a thousand cavalry. If you don't get it right, it will also end up being a thorn and exile.

Therefore, Zhu Huan and Li Yuanwai paid a generous visit to Sun Wei, and some things were also publicly said, including this exchange of private goods for war horses, and promised that if there were more war horses in the future, they would be sold to Gyeongju at the prescribed price of 30 guan each, so as to enrich the number of other battalions of cavalry horses. And the horse must be a third-class horse or above. You can't pass off a bad horse as a good horse.

Bootlegging states are also not very permitted, but not as strict as illicit salt.

And the heart is also good. If there were a few decent cavalry troops in Gyeongju, the defense would be strengthened.

In fact, this form is quite similar to the horse buying society in the Song Dynasty before. But the buying agency also has the right to sell horses freely. The price given by the government is not suitable, and we also have the right not to sell it to the government.

Don't ask what the intentions of the Zhu and Li families are, even if they plan to use money to pile up Wang Ju's political achievements, in this process of piling up, it is not Wang Ju who will benefit the most, but the country, and there are many people who benefit, and it is not Wang Ju alone, including the officials of Huachi County, the defense and military of Gyeongju.

Sun Wei thought about it for a while, there are still taboos, but Gyeongju Yan zhòng lacks horses, there is no way, this is also a canal path, so he finally agreed.

The old man looked at everyone again.

Everyone agreed, the lack of private salt income will inevitably decrease, but this is tantamount to joining hands with the government to carry out private business, not only Hwachi County, may Gyeongju can acquiesce to this kind of private business, although the lack of private salt income will be reduced, but the scale of private business will expand, the income will not be reduced much. I had no choice but to take it.

Only then did Zhu Qing say: "Can you take me to introduce me, let me meet the people over there." ”

That's no problem.

The group came to a ravine north of Gyeongju.

Further north is the meat stab ballast fort in Gyeongju.

As one person went to the front and made a few gestures, more than a dozen people came out of the mountain forest.

That's Zhu Qing's old business, but the rules are slightly different. After a while, the Xixia people came over, looked at Zhu Qing and asked, "Do you want to see us?" ”

"Not bad."

"Still want horses?"

"I'll give you a fair price for this horse, but I want a good horse."

What the Song Dynasty hated was private salt, and what the Western Xia hated was good horses. However, the Western Xia side also could not prohibit it, so it could only be said that it was just a check to prevent flooding, which was similar in nature to the salt ban in the Song Dynasty.

As long as it is a transaction, there is no zài problem.

Zhu Qing said again: "In addition, I also brought one thing. ”

As he spoke, he took out a small wine bag and a small wine glass from his arms. I opened the sac and poured a glass of wine into the glass.

"Sake?" The leading Tangut said. It seems that he was more familiar with the situation in the Song Dynasty.

A glass of turbid wine is thousands of miles away, that is, ordinary rice wine and rice wine, the color is turbid, and it is generally cheaper. However, distilled liquor appeared in the Song Dynasty, and this distilled liquor was not a later high-grade liquor. As in the case of 100 steelmaking, it is light to hit once, although it can make good steel, and the cost is unbearable in the end. This distilled spirit is similar to 100 steel, there is a process of distillation, and there is no process of sealing.

Therefore, no matter how you steam it, you can't steam the spirits, but if you steam it, the degree will be slightly better. In addition, steaming two or three times, although the cost increases, during the steaming and cooling process, some impurities will precipitate, and the color will become pure, which is sake. It is generally more expensive, and ordinary people are reluctant to eat it.

Zhu Qingdao: "It's not sake, you taste it." ”

The man took the glass, and drank it in one gulp. Then he bent down and coughed violently. After coughing, he said loudly: "This is wine, it is fire." ”

"Yes, it's called soju." Zhu Qing watched its reaction.

It may not be everyone's favorite, such as most wines in the Song Dynasty. Because of the low degree, sweet and sour, sometimes it can be drunk as a drink. That's why Wu Song drank eighteen bowls of wine, and if it was soju, he didn't need eighteen bowls. The three bowls were put down and couldn't move.

This wine is too strong.

Anyway, Zhu Qing didn't like it very much, but Wang Ju also said that it was hot or spicy, and it was cold in the northwest in winter, and some people were still happy.

The man's face was red, and he said again for most of the day: "It's soju, which burns more than fire." ”

"This big brother, it's not only fierce. And it's the only one in the world, think about it, not only you Xia people. There are also Jiashan people further north, and the divination people. When winter comes, a glass of soju will be in the stomach, and it will not be cold? ”

The man's eyes immediately lit up and said, "What a unique one?" ”

"If you don't believe it, you can ask us first before trading. I don't even have such a good thing in the city of Tokyo. ”

The man was finally moved and stretched out his hand. The two men put their hands out of each other's robes and began to talk about business.

Zhu Qingdao said: "No. Think about it, is this wine a hundred times stronger than the turbid wine you used to eat, it is strong, so there is more food, dozens of times better than the usual turbid wine. ”

Anyway, it's all over the sky, and it's okay to sit on the ground and pay back, so it's okay to talk nonsense.

The man said, "You want horses, if you want a few horses, I can give them to you for free for the sake of friendship, but you want a lot of horses, this is very troublesome." If I change it to green salt, I can double the price. ”

The two of them kept moving their sleeves and kept talking on their mouths. Of course, what the price is, others can't see it.

After a long time, the business was finally completed, and the man was satisfied, and left with a smile. Zhu Qing was also satisfied, and went back with a smile.

When he came to Huachi Town, Zhu Qing said: "Wang Zhixian, it's good to talk." It's just that at the beginning he couldn't judge the sales, so the number was a bit small. ”

"Steward Zhu, let's talk about it."

"Previously, he only gave fifty horses, which were not lower than the specifications of my second-class horses, and seventy thousand catties of wine."

Wang Ju immediately calculated in his heart, fifty second-class horses could not be calculated according to the price set by Han Qi and Zhao Shu, and they would not be able to buy back even one horse. The correct thing is to count it according to a horse of fifty yuan, fifty horses, two thousand five hundred yuan, always more than 700 yuan, about 1.9 million yuan, and the price of a pound of wine is about 27 yuan.

This price is relatively satisfying, it sells strong, not delicious, not Moutai, so the materials used are the lowest sorghum brewing, and there is no need to brew 60 degrees or 70 degrees, it can have 40 degrees, which is enough to satisfy the other party. Even if this technology is backward now, four or five catties of sorghum can produce a catty of wine. Coupled with the cost of buying and labor, the cost of a pound of wine is only a dozen yuan.

The main reason is the lack of grain in the northwest, otherwise the price of sorghum will be cheaper and the cost will be lower if it is replaced by the Central Plains of Hebei and other places.

But Wang Ju was already very happy about this deal, and said: "Manager Zhu, don't worry, as long as the other party opens up the market, it will definitely not be only fifty horses." As for that Wu Cha......"

"This person almost ruined the big thing in Wang Zhi County."

"The world is so big, who dares to underestimate it? Use it righteously, use it evilly. Wang Judao, but in his heart, he thought in his heart, this person should pay some attention, but there are too many things at the moment, one after another, especially the arrival of Sun Wei, which has increased some variables, and he has no heart to care about a businessman in Gyeongju.

The two talked for a while, and Zhu Qing took Wang Xiaoma back again.

When they came to Yanzhou City, Zhu Huan and Li Yuanwai immediately met Cheng Kan: "Cheng Gong, I want to buy wine." ”

Fu Bi saw that it was not good, and asked for more than 20 tables. But not only Fu Bi, but also an important minister, the privy envoy Zhang Sheng, Zhao Shu and Cai Xiang, and Prime Minister Zhang were also worried. Whether Cai Xiang wrote that secret letter or not has become a mystery. But Zhang Sheng asked Zhao Zhen publicly, Your Majesty, do you doubt it?

This crown prince doesn't seem quite right, don't you doubt it at all?

Zhao Zhen was poured * soup by Han Qi and Aunt Cao, and he couldn't think of it at all, not only did he not think about Zhang Sheng's extraneous voice, but instead said that as long as it was surnamed Zhao, it would be fine.

Zhang Sheng knew that persuasion was useless, so he stopped talking.

But now that Zhao Shu is turning over the old accounts, Zhang Sheng is also worried, I am old, I can't stand your toss, so I should take the initiative to ask for a retreat.

In addition, there is another important minister who also asked for Zhishi, that is, Cheng Kan.

Cheng Kan was full of enthusiasm when he first arrived in Yanzhou, but the imperial court not only did not recall him, but Sima Guang stared at him and bit him. It's not even deadly.

The movements of the Tangut people became bigger and bigger, and the imperial court not only did not come up with a specific policy, but instead made a so-called three stabs. Lao Cheng doesn't have Lao Cai's ability, and with the power of three or four states, he can defeat Li Liangzuo's 100,000 army.

Therefore, he inevitably thought in his heart, it is not good to go on like this, Yanzhou has limited troops, and these prime ministers in the court don't understand anything, they don't understand anything, they can't be petty, and they can still be angry, so let's retreat. So he wrote again and again and asked for Zhishi.

But usually retreat, but at this time, the Song Dynasty was full of soldiers, and Lao Cheng retired, who would replace him? Therefore, Zhao Shu disagreed.

After listening to Zhu Huan's words, Cheng Kan was puzzled: "Zhu Huan, do you want to run a wine?" ”

"This wine was not sold to the people of Yanzhou, but used to exchange horses with the Tangut people."

Wang Ju's movements in Huachi are not small, Huachi is not far from Yanzhou City, Cheng Kan also heard about it, he wanted to retreat, and it was not in his own territory, he heard about it, but he would not ask. At this time, he asked in surprise: "Zhu Huan, are you sure you can exchange wine for horses?" ”

"We have negotiated a deal, and the first batch is to exchange 70,000 catties of wine for fifty horses."

"Are the Tangut people stupid?" Cheng Kan was confused, he thought that he could exchange 70,000 catties of turbid wine for four or five cents a catty, and he could exchange it for fifty horses. So a horse doesn't only have * money, don't ask what kind of horse, even if it is a horse that is too bad to be worse, it can be replaced.

"So Cheng Gong, we have to buy wine." Zhu Huan said again. Gyeongju also wants to buy sake, but this grain is a bit sad, once a large-scale transaction, I am afraid that Gyeongju will not have enough food. Therefore, not only did I buy some sake in Gyeongju, but I also had to buy it here in Yeonju, and then set up a sake workshop in Shikijeong County, although there was a rugged mountain road in the middle, but it was not far away, only a hundred miles away. At this point, it can be said that everything is ready. (To be continued)

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