Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 256 Ripples from Toffee

Shanyang City is a block system, there is no curfew at all, and more than an hour after dark every day is the busiest time in Shanyang. People who have finished their day's work will not go to bed immediately after eating at home, because , the street here is brightly illuminated by the lights of various houses, and there are many activities.

At this time of day, teahouses with storytellers are people’s favorite places to go. You can buy a cup of hot water for only a penny. If you have ample money, you will buy tea with tea leaves or better milk tea. Everyone Squeezed into a big room, warm and cozy, listening to the story for an hour, very comfortable, not only the Han people from Guanzhong, most of the Hu people have this habit now, who told them to get paid every day, the money they have There is more money left!
Of course, this is only at the level of ordinary people. More children from aristocratic families like to take a sauna, have a full-body massage, and then go to the flower houses built on both sides of the Sanggan River to have fun with the little ladies. Recently, Shanyang came out at night There are many people visiting, and all kinds of small vendors selling stalls along the street are also open at night.

"It's selling toffee, it's selling toffee, the new product developed by the Anbei Duhufu Workshop, it's sweet and chewy, delicious and nourishing..."

Sun Xiangfu gave an order, and in less than half an hour, many stalls in the city received this fresh goods. Shanyang has many flower fields and is rich in honey. How to increase the added value of these products is naturally the team under Sun Xiangfu. In terms of research direction, the production of toffee is the simplest. In fact, it was researched early on. However, due to the lack of abundant milk sources, it has not been marketed in large quantities. However, the research on toffee has not stopped.

Nowadays, these toffees on the market are no longer known to be the first generation of products produced by the food research workshop. The candy not only has a little milky fragrance, but also adds some floral fragrance. As long as you chew one, most Ordinary people who usually just use their fingers or branches to clean their teeth, will immediately feel the smell in their tongues, which is really a wonderful thing.

In fact, Xingfu Village has already produced a pig hair toothbrush, but there is only research and development there, and no workshops have been set up for mass production. Therefore, it is only spread among a small number of people who have intersected with Sun Xiangfu. Ordinary people simply cannot afford fine salt to brush their teeth, so it cannot be promoted on a large scale for the time being.

In addition, Xingfu Village also produces a lot of chicken and duck down, and Sun Xiangfu has already asked Nie Sanniang to find a way to make lighter and warmer down jackets. I believe that down jackets will be available soon. These are all things to come .

Soon, the vendors' hawking attracted some customers, and then, the news that Sun Xiangfu deliberately released spread to the ears of the big aristocratic families through the small vendors raised in the mansion.

"Sun Zhengming is really good. After selling out the first-class land at a high price, he immediately lured the price of the second-class land with profit." After Wang Rui put a toffee in his mouth and tasted it, he thought in his mind. Yes, not to praise the delicacy, but to Wang Xu who was also chewing toffee in the hall.

"So what, just like this spice field, he has to find someone to cooperate with, and my Wang family, as long as we cooperate with him, we will earn benefits. I wish he could be more capable! In this way, the money we earn There will be more money, and when it reaches a certain level, you don't need to look at the faces of other companies at all." Wang Xu said disapprovingly.

Hearing this, Wang Rui said worriedly, "That's what I said, but if the other families unite, my Wang family will have to pay a lot of price. After all, it's not just about business. Chang'an There has been an urgent letter over there, and officials from several families have begun to jointly attack my Wang family. Fortunately, the emperor has operated from it, not only my Wang family has not been damaged, but also a lot of people in important positions in their family have been pulled down."

"Does the emperor want to use our Wang family's hand to suppress other families?" Although Wang Xu was young, he was not a fool. Hearing this, he looked at Wang Rui with a serious face and said.

The struggle for power is the most troublesome thing for the aristocratic family. Money is only one of the foundations for their development and growth. What they ultimately want to obtain is power. In this feudal era, without power, there is no social status. Ordinary merchants, you No matter how rich you are, it's useless. They will kill you in a flash.

Wang Rui nodded and said, "Well, he wants to stir up internal strife in our family and take the opportunity to reverse the situation in the court."

Hearing this, Wang Xu patted the handle of the Grand Master's chair and stood up, "Father, this is a chance for our Wang family to become the first family in the world!"

"Hehe, I only saw danger for my father, let's talk about how you saw the opportunity." Wang Rui heard the words, the worry on his face was gone, and he looked at Wang Xu expectantly.

"It's true that the emperor wanted to gain real power, but he never thought about it. To govern the country, we still have to rely on scholars from aristocratic families like us. So what if Sun Zhengming is capable? Shuozhou, the officials of the Anbei Protectorate, don't use all of them. The people of our Wang family, I feel, since the emperor has such thoughts, we should fight boldly and confidently, and take the opportunity to strengthen ourselves. It is best to suppress all the other families, so that the emperor has no choice.

Of course, even if it is impossible to completely crush the other companies, so what?We only sought some benefits within the rules set by the emperor, and did not violate the laws set by the court. Even if the emperor finally controls all the real power due to fighting, within a generation or two, these powers will still return to our hands Yes, because we have enough money and background to cultivate enough talents, the new emperor still has to rely on our talents to rule the country. "

Hearing this, Wang Rui showed a gratified smile on his face and said, "Hehe, my son's vision has become more and more far-sighted, and it is precisely because of this that my father has thought of this, so he dared to disregard several alliances that have been on the general trend in the past. In this incident, he chose to fight for his interests with all his strength, but his father did not want to see this kind of struggle spread to the court. A purely agricultural and commercial matter would become complicated if it involved politics.

However, my Wang family does not have to be afraid of the battles in the court, because the emperor's goal is to attack all the families, so he will not allow our Wang family to lose.

The general situation now is that the military power in the hands of the emperor is tyrannical. He wants more power. Why should our royal family unite with other families to fight against the emperor?Succeeding with him for the time being, and making a fortune in silence is the best way..."

Wang Rui talked a lot about his own considerations to Wang Xu, and instilled the essence of the family's way of life into Wang Xu. In the past thousand years, not all were war-torn times. During this period, many ZTE masters were born. In that period, how to handle the relationship between the family and the emperor was also a technical task. As the patriarch of a large family, he always considered how to continue the prosperity and wealth of the clan. In this regard, Wang Lin and Wang Xu, compared Wang Hao, a guy with unique ideas, did a good job, so Wang Xu said in front of Sun Xiangfu before that when it comes to pleasing Wang Rui, Wang Hao is not as good as him and Wang Lin.

After the news of the dairy product project spread, there were quite a few people discussing it in Shanyang City. For example, Zhaojun Li's, which has relatively little land, has a relatively large amount of cash on hand. For tomorrow's second-class land auction, It was determined to win, and another group of people in the city with more cash on hand also thought about it.

Small and medium-sized families, because their serfs were sold to five surnames and seven families, and they brought a lot of money, they now have a huge amount of cash in their hands, and this dairy product development project is destined to Projects employing many Turkic people did not have high requirements for the number of serfs, which gave them another opportunity.

Under Sun Xiangfu's assignment, Wei Shuxie contacted the Guanlong family. The small and medium-sized families in Shandong all went to visit the inn where Wei Zheng stayed. The families in Yangzhou, Shuzhong and Luoyang also gathered together because of this news. Together, everyone was eating toffee while discussing how to make a profit on this project.

The Huihe tribe was also interested in this project. Before Jieli was defeated in Guanzhong, the Huihe tribe was a force that surrendered to the Turks in name. In fact, the Xue Yantuo tribe, which has grown stronger in the north, has not established a khanate at this time. Therefore, they are now a relatively independent nomadic tribe. , and a large part of the land classified by Sun Xiangfu is adjacent.As far as it is concerned, apart from the Xue Yantuo tribe in Mobei, it is the tribe with the largest population on the grassland who knows how to graze and produce milk.

The beggar servant, the head of the Huihe tribe, who had eaten the milk candy with the fragrance of flowers, was very obsessed with this kind of food. He knew that other people would not be able to resist the food that no grassland nobles like himself could resist. With the cooperation of Beidu Protectorate, he will definitely be able to earn a lot of benefits.

It's a pity that he was not well prepared for coming to Shanyang this time, and the money he brought here was far less than that of the Han family, so he decided to use some other methods to persuade those who have mastered the production process of this kind of milk candy The governor of the Han people.

The bone beggar, wearing new clothes bought from a tailor shop in Shanyang City, arrived at the Sun Mansion overnight, so he must come overnight!The auction of the second-class land will start tomorrow morning.

Through some film and television dramas, Sun Xiangfu knows that Huihe is another rising power on the grassland after Xue Yantuo, but now, his strength is ranked after the Turks, a younger brother after Xue Yantuo. Some urgently needed salt and iron supplies bowed their heads to the aristocratic families in the Central Plains. Wang Lin used some property to send them troops outside the remote pass to scare Li Jing. Li Jing of Guan was startled and drove away for dozens of miles.

Sun Xiangfu's impression of the bone beggar was that he was a philistine with no talent or even integrity. He was a little surprised when he received the news of his visit, but he still met him in the living room immediately.

After a very ceremonial salute, the two sat down in the living room as guests and hosts, and Sun Xiangfu asked first, "The patriarch of the beggar servant was invited by the governor to come to Shanyang as a guest, but unfortunately the governor has been busy recently. , did not do the landlord's friendship, it is really rude."

"Sun Dudu, you are welcome. The store did not charge for our department's food and lodging needs in the city, and the shops in various places did not restrict our department's purchase of ironware and food materials. I am very grateful. Come today, It is impudence to ask for something."

Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "Hehe, don't say it first, let me guess, but because of the dairy product project?"

The bone beggar nodded and smiled, "In the words of your Han people, Dudu Sun is really good at predicting things."

Sun Xiangfu continued, "It's not difficult to guess, but the second-class land sold by the governor is more than [-] miles east of Shanyang, which is nearly a thousand miles away from the territory of your Huihe tribe! , once the land outside the customs is completed, there will be field ridges everywhere, unlike before, it is a grassland where you can come and go as you please, it seems..."

Speaking of the latter, Sun Xiangfu's expression became more and more perplexed. At this moment, he was already thinking about how to tie this strong neighbor to the west to his chariot.

"Sun Dudu misunderstood. The population of my Huihe tribe is only more than [-]. It has already occupied a thousand miles west of Ganliang. The grassland is enough. I just want to cooperate with you to develop this dairy product so that our tribe can cooperate with the Central Plains, or Countries in the Western Regions exchange some scarce supplies."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu understood that during the Tang Dynasty, the ecological environment outside the customs was still very good. In most places, the vegetation was lush and the population was small. If there were no white disasters, there was no need to worry about insufficient fodder for cattle and sheep.Sun Xiangfu watched a documentary recording the history of environmental evolution in the interior of China in his later generations. He once said that before the Han and Tang Dynasties, the landscape of this land was very different from that of later generations, and the desert area was not as large as later generations. , Moreover, in later generations where desertification or drought made it look like no man's land, there were many small countries and small tribes that relied on farming and fishing for their livelihoods. It can be seen that the abundance of aquatic and grass resources is not much worse than that of the Central Plains .

His mind was spinning rapidly, and after thinking about it, Sun Xiangfu said with a smile that was not a smile, "The grasslands newly included in our territory in the Tang Dynasty are thousands of miles away, and there are countless cattle and sheep herders. Why should we cooperate with your Huihe tribe and let the benefits go How do you make money?"

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