The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 211 Zhao Pu's Economic Acumen

"Master Zhao was asked by Eunuch Zhang to let me inform you of the news. I won't stay here any longer, I have to go back and report to Eunuch Zhang."

A little eunuch laughed with his skin bruised, which showed his servility to the fullest.

"The little eunuch has worked hard all the way, I will leave these for the little eunuch to drink tea."

When Zhao Pu heard that the little eunuch was leaving, he immediately stuffed an ingot of yellow-orange gold into the little eunuch's hand.

It's true that eunuchs are greedy for money. When he touched the heavy gold in his hand, he knew it was a lot of money.

It was rare for him to get so many rewards in the palace. He didn't expect to receive so much when he came out to do business for Eunuch Zhang this time. He really hoped that there would be more such jobs in the future.

"Then thank you, Mr. Zhao. The younger one will leave first. Sir, please stay."

"Little eunuch, go slowly." Zhao Pu still sent the little eunuch outside the door, but anyone could tell that Zhao Pu was in a very good mood now.

Can you be upset, now that he has received the internal news that he is about to ascend to the aspect, that glorious position.

"Come here and give me a glass of wine, sir. I'm going to commit a serious crime today, hahaha." Zhao Pu is now smiling from the bottom of his heart, extremely happy.

Think about how poor and destitute I was at the beginning, and I had no talent, but no one appreciated it.

In the cold winter, I can only wear single clothes, shivering in the cold wind, no one is willing to pity me.

Sometimes they laugh at themselves wantonly, which is the most unbearable thing. When they speak out to some powerful people, they are thrown out. What a sad thing.

Later, in Huainan, he met Zhao Xu, who was going to look for him, so he had a place to live. Gradually, he gradually received the attention of the Song and New Dynasties, and now he was even more concerned about his appearance.

To put it in an inappropriate way, it really is the rooster that flies up the branch and turns into a phoenix, and becomes the pinnacle of an official, and he is not very old.

As long as I don't make any mistakes, I can definitely be in charge of Xiangyin for more than ten years, and I can be regarded as a glorious ancestor.

"It seems that I really came at the right time, just in time for you, Zhao Pu, to have dinner. I don't know if I am so lucky?"

While Zhao Pu was wandering in the sky, a hearty voice came in from the gate, which Zhao Pu was very familiar with.

No mistake, it was Zhao Kuangyin, the current emperor, his highest boss, and the head of the empire.

"My minister sees the emperor, long live my emperor. Your majesty's visit, the humble house is really full of splendor. Please forgive me for knowing that your majesty's visit is a crime of being far away."

Zhao Pu led all the servants in his family to kneel down in front of Zhao Kuangyin.

"Aiqing hurry up, I came to see Aiqing on a whim today, it was I who disturbed Aiqing, how could it be said that it was Aiqing's fault?"

Zhao Kuangyin helped Zhao Pu up with a smile, this is the most common method to appease the courtiers, and now the old Zhao used it with great proficiency.

"By the way, Aiqing, just now when I entered the door, I heard you said that I wanted to drink. It seems that I came just in time. I don't know if Aiqing welcomes my uninvited guest?"

This question is asking, whether you are welcome or not, you are already here, and they can still kick you out.

Besides, the emperor said this sentence, who dare not give you face, let alone you are an emperor, even an ordinary citizen, you can't be kicked out if you say this sentence.

"The emperor sees what you said. I look forward to your coming on weekdays, and you may not have time. It is a great honor for you to come to the humble house today. Please come inside, and I will order the kitchen to do some cooking. Serve the emperor with a delicious side dish."

He, Zhao Pu, would not be so stupid as to say that he would prepare delicacies from mountains and seas for the emperor, not to mention what the emperor hadn't eaten in the palace.

Could it be that the imperial palace is not as good as your minister's home? If this is the case, you are really in danger.

Besides, the emperor in front of him is a thrifty emperor, and his family is poor, so when he comes to you, how dare you treat him so well.

Then the highest leader's impression of you will immediately drop, and it is estimated that your promotion in this life will be over.

Zhao Pu has been familiar with official affairs since he was a child, so of course he has a thorough understanding of these Taoism, and naturally he will not do anything out of the ordinary.

"Come here to offer you a toast, the emperor. The ministers are not willing to part with this wine. Even if you are here today, the ministers are willing to take it out."

Zhao Pu is also showing his merits, which shows that your emperor has a lot of face, otherwise, I, Zhao Pu, would not show it to anyone else.

"Oh, what kind of wine can make you like this, it seems that I must have a good taste, otherwise I will live up to Ai Qing's kindness."

After speaking, Zhao Kuangyin began to slowly taste the precious wine that Zhao Pu said, to see what it was.

Is it better than the wine he usually drinks?After drinking the strong wine that Zhao Xu sent, the emperor no longer tasted any other wine.

Now there is actually a kind of wine that is so precious to Zhao Pu here, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly became interested, he wants to see what it is like.

A scent of fragrance floated inward along the nostrils, and the brain was shocked at that time, the fragrance was extremely mellow. After entering the mouth, a pungent smell flowed down the throat, followed by an indescribable comfortable feeling.

"Haha." Suddenly Zhao Kuangyin burst into hearty laughter, which made Zhao Pu wonder what happened to the emperor and why he was laughing.

"Zhang Dejun, if you guess what kind of wine I drank at Zhao Pu's place today, you will know why I laughed."

Zhao Kuangyin didn't tell Zhao Pu directly, but turned to Zhang Dejun.

Seeing the emperor asking himself this question, Zhang Dejun immediately stood up. As the personal eunuch next to the emperor, he naturally knew why the emperor smiled.

"Qi reports to the emperor's servants to speculate that the emperor may have drunk this wine before, otherwise His Majesty would not be like this."

What eunuchs do is to figure out the emperor's mind, otherwise how can they serve their master.

"Enen is not bad, I can still guess what I'm thinking. Yes, I have indeed drank this wine. I didn't expect that it would become a treasure in Zhao Pu's place."

"What do you mean, Your Majesty, that you have mixed this wine?" Zhao Pu asked stupidly.

It took him a month's salary to buy this wine, and he was not willing to drink it. He usually drinks the cheap ones, so he is not willing to drink it at all.

And he bought it from a restaurant in the market, how could the emperor come into contact with it, because this is not a special royal wine.

You must know that the wine that the emperor drinks is brewed by a special department, and it is even more difficult for ordinary people to enter the palace.

In addition, the emperor hadn't been out of the palace recently, where would he come into contact with this wine, so Zhao Pu was puzzled to drink it now.

"Is Zhao Pu wondering why I know this bar?" Zhao Kuangyin saw Zhao Pu's surprised expression after hearing Zhang Dejun's words.

"Not only have I seen it, but I often drink this kind of wine now, and I am the first person to taste this wine. This is the crown prince's invention."

When Zhao Xu made this kind of wine, Zhao Kuangyin tasted it, and said that it was the best product of his family, a fairy wine from the sky.

Because all the beer on the market is very low alcohol, according to the current saying, it is seven or eight degree beer.

It makes sense that the ancients would die if they didn’t get drunk after a thousand cups. Now, how much you can drink with beer, as long as you urinate smoothly, it’s not a legend to drink a thousand cups.

"Your Majesty, do you mean that this is brewed by the crown prince?" Zhao Pu couldn't turn his head. How could the crown prince understand everything.

"Yes, according to the crown prince, this is a high-quality wine. It is made from five grain crops: rice, glutinous rice, buckwheat, sorghum, and fermented rice. However, it is many times better than real good wine."

As he said that, Zhao Kuangyin poured himself another cup, sniffed it vigorously, looked like he was enjoying the clothes, and then drank it down in one gulp.

"In private, I named this wine Wuliangye, which means that it is made from five kinds of crops."

"However, the price of this wine is very expensive, and ordinary people really can't afford it." This is Zhao Kuangyin's only deficiency and satisfaction.

The most expensive jar of ordinary wine is one tael of silver. Such a jar of Wuliangye would cost at least a hundred and eighty taels of silver, and it might not be possible to buy it.

After Zhao Kuangyin's narration, Zhao Pu also understood that the thing of emotion was invented by his son, no wonder the emperor can often shout.

It's delicious but it's too expensive. Most people really can't afford it. It's too expensive. Expensive?There is.

Suddenly Zhao Pu's eyes lit up, and he had a slap in the face with a brilliant idea, and he could use this to make money.

What Zhao Pu means is that this wine is unique, so we can sell it to the whole country, but we don't supply it to ordinary people.

Ordinary people do not have the ability to buy, they are working hard to earn money to eat, how can they have the mind to use such consumer goods.

My initial positioning was not for you. I wanted to take the high-end route and sell it exclusively to those rich businessmen and big local tyrants.

In this way, how much fiscal revenue can be brought to the country, so that it can bring another revenue to the imperial court's finances.

In other words, the imperial court had dedicated personnel to manage this matter, and Zhao Pu believed that the sales of this wine would be very good.

You must know that those wealthy businessmen have nothing but are rich. After they have money, they just want to enjoy it and stimulate it.

As long as these requirements can be met, they will naturally be willing to take the money out of their pockets, don't tell me.

What Zhao Pu thinks is that he is willing to spend almost a month's salary to buy such a sentence, which shows how tempting it is, so he believes that those people will definitely buy it without hesitation.

Not because of it, because this kind of wine is not available in the market yet, it is a scarce item, and everyone is more curious, so some people are willing to buy it.

If Zhao Xu were here, he would definitely say that Zhao Pu really had an economic mind, and he even knew the word scarce items.

But it's a really good idea.

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(End of this chapter)