Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 367
"Sure enough, good wine!"

"Clear as water, strong as fire, worthy of being named by a sage!"

Li Shan, who was sitting at the top, looked at the crowd who were full of praise indifferently, and out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the old man sitting in the third place from the left. This is the head of the Zhang family. The Zhang family was also able to do business abroad, and had manpower and even shops in Shuozhou and Yunzhou.

"I heard that the name of Yuhuchun has been spread in Jingzhaoguan, so I am lucky today." He Lou Shanzhu said with a smile: "The Ming government gave wine today..."

"It's over, it's over." Li Shan interrupted gently, "He Lougong and you are all seniors. If you don't lose the crown next year, how dare you say a gift."

Some people laughed apologetically. After all, although the person in front of him was only a county magistrate, he was named county magistrate, and some people nodded slightly. No matter where the elder should be placed... this person is very polite.

A slightly younger old man raised his voice, "I heard that Zhuangzi set up a winery outside the city..."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

A violent cough interrupted the conversation, and He Lou Shanzhu turned his head and glanced at him, cursing inwardly, a bunch of idiots!
The smile on Li Shan's face was still gentle, and he asked with concern: "Is Mr. He Lou feeling unwell?"

"Thank you for the Ming government's concern." He Lou Shanzhu said seriously: "I'm calling today, and I also ask the Ming government to show me."

"Haha, since Mr. He Lou said so, then I'll cut to the chase." Li Shan seemed a little shy, and said intermittently: "I was born in Lingnan, and I was struggling in my early years, so I couldn't help..."

He Lou Shanzhu pondered for a moment, and asked tentatively, "Does the Ming government want to sell wine?"

Li Shan glanced down, some people frowned, but more people shot golden light, "Old servant occasionally got a secret skill...Of course, since I'm an official, I can't do business business, but there are a lot of personal guards under the door, and it costs a lot... ..."

There are two well-informed old men who can't help but feel contempt... The reputation of Chang'an Yuhuchun Winery has spread to Dai County. You, Li Huairen, love A Duwu, so there is nothing wrong with it, and you still use this excuse to prevaricate.

"What Mingfu said is very true." He Lou Shanzhu nodded and said: "This is nothing but a trivial matter, but... this old man is quite confused, please ask Mingfu to clarify."

"First, half a year ago, the sage issued a ban on alcohol."

"Although the sage issued an edict to prohibit alcohol, it is limited to Jingzhao and Guanzhong." Li Shan said with a smile: "On the way to the next post, I saw that there are wine shops in various prefectures in Hedong."

"Secondly, why is Daizhou the most withered among all the prefectures in Hedong?" He Lou Shanzhu said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint Mingfu."

Li Shan is the magistrate of Dai County, so he doesn't necessarily have to do business in Daizhou... This is obvious.

It would be nice to have a traitor to help... Li Shan smiled as he thought about it: "But going out of the fortress is the most convenient way to go to Dai County."

"Business in the frontier?" He Lou Shanzhu let out a low cry, turned his head and looked around, and saw that the face of the head of the Zhang family was quite happy.

There was a discussion below, and everyone whispered to each other. Li Shan lowered his eyes and sat there silently.

After a while, a middle-aged man got up and said: "Mingfu, last year the sage issued an edict to stop the Turkic trade."

Li Shan didn't even raise his eyelids, "Turkic trade...but after leaving Yanmen, Shuozhou and Yunzhou are both homelands."

There was another discussion below, this reason is a bit far-fetched... Although most of Yunzhou is Han Chinese, even in name it is Yuan Junzhang's territory, but the actual owner is Turkic.

After a while, people raised objections one after another. Li Shan stopped back with a few words, and glanced at He Lou Shanzhu out of the corner of his eye... Is that what you are looking at?

He Lou Shanzhu sighed secretly, got up and said: "This is not a trivial matter, but since the Ming government is interested, we are willing to work for the Ming government, but..."

"Mr. He Lou can speak frankly."

"First, Yuhuchun is a famous wine in the world. I heard that the price in Beijing is extremely high." He Loushanzhu said with a wry smile: "Dai County has few people and land, and there is little production,..."

The old people below all nodded secretly... Everyone is a local, and they know very well that Yuhuchun will be sold in Serbia, and the profits will be huge, and everyone has to go out for business every year, but they haven't been there recently... Liu Shirang is a ruthless person People, in the early years when he was the governor of Bingzhou, he used to fight against smuggling.

The key is, how to divide the spoils?

Don't even think about it, smuggling and other things, we will definitely not have anything to do with the Guantao county magistrate on the surface, so we will bear the risk... If the county magistrate eats meat, we can only share some soup If so, it's really not necessary.

"Xu Huanjiu, sell it and return to make up for it." Li Shan said bluntly.

There was a coaxing voice from below, and everyone asked various questions in a hurry, and Li Shan answered them one by one.

You can redeem the wine first, and then give money after selling it... In a sense, it is almost a no-cost business, and you only need to take a trip, and from Dai County to Shuozhou, and then north to Yunzhou, this road They are familiar with each other, after all, only ten years ago, Yunzhou was still in Zhongtu.

When things gradually calmed down, Li Shancai added: "Everyone knows that Shuo and Yun are short of copper coins, so let's use cattle and horses to calculate the price."

He Lou Shanzhu nodded and said: "What the Ming government said is that caravans also need to carry goods on the return trip, and the price of cattle and horses is the most convenient."

The patriarch of the Zhang family asked cautiously: "Dare to ask the Ming government, the price is calculated by cattle and horses, and the state is replaced..."

The difference between the price of a cow and a horse in Daizhou and the price in Yunzhou is not too great, but it is still a lot.

He Lou Shanzhu shouted: "The Ming government has promised to redeem the wine, how can we get Longwangshu?!"

"Mr. He Lou, it's natural to tell us about business matters in advance." Li Shan persuaded, thought for a while, and said with a smile, "How about adding [-]% to the price in Daizhou?"

"Cows and horses will make up the price of wine, but other goods will not be asked."

"If there are other goods such as spices, we can form a caravan and send them to Jingzhao. The Li family has shops in both the east and west cities of Chang'an."

"Some spices can be priced in gold."

"If the cattle and horses are sent to the vicinity of Jingzhao, the price will be higher. This is also to make up for the lack of cattle and horses in the dynasty, which is beneficial to the country."

Li Shan made it clear, but unfortunately no one would believe it except for the traitor He Lou Shanzhu... Well, in fact, He Lou Shanzhu was also half-believing, mainly because Li Shan's description was too exaggerated...

Form a caravan to go out of customs, exchange for cattle and horses, and then send them to Jingzhao for sale... After a trip, the profit is too high.

Li Shan also specifically asked... He Lou Shanzhu didn't say anything, but he just thought about it in his heart, and he might have to double it.

"Mingfu, if you go out of customs with wine and return with cattle and horses, you must pass Yanmen." He Lou Shanzhu hesitated: "Now Yanmen..."

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, Fan Shiyi, who was standing behind Li Shan, stepped back quietly. A moment later, Li Gaoqian, the Duke of Jiangxia, the General of Zuowuwei, appeared at the door with a smile.

Li Shan stood up with a smile and cupped his hands: "Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, and the county magistrate is here, just like the east wind."

Next, Li Shan, Li Gaoqian, and He Lou Shanzhu narrated, and the others narrated below. Zhou Zhoulang, He Lou Xingshu and others also joined in. Soon, a smuggling plan with huge profits and clear division of interests was released. .

Li Shan looked back, he had been in office for more than a month, and he had finally gained a firm foothold, and he and Li Gaoqian, the most powerful person in Dai County, and the most established rural clan in Dai County, used a large network of interests, tightly linked together.

(End of this chapter)