Fu Song

Chapter 407 The Wine Business Can Be Bigger

It can be considered that Zhang Lin, who has been in officialdom for a long time, took a long time to taste it.

It's no wonder that he didn't react for a while, it's really that the result was too unexpected.At Xiao Cheng's age, it's not uncommon for someone from the fifth rank to the fifth rank. Many children from noble and wealthy families can climb up to this level just by relying on their ancestors.

However, rank is rank, dispatch is dispatch, a short rank, apart from the corresponding salary supply, does not have any other too special benefits.If you really get the assignment, that is the real thing.

Given Xiao Cheng's age, his rank and dispatch are all genuinely fifth-rank, which is already extremely rare in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty.

But now, Zhang Lin really couldn't believe that this person was going to wear a purple robe and become a pacifier all the way from at least the third rank.

But after recovering, thinking about the details of this person in front of him, and seeing the strength in his hands now, he was relieved.

"Congratulations to Futai, the last general." He immediately stood up, crossed his hands and saluted respectfully, a bit more respectful than before.Because if he was coerced in his own capacity before, but at least he could still be a collaborator or partner, then after that, he would truly become a subordinate.

One place to appease, for a character like myself, it is really a matter of life and death, and it is all up to him.

"Sit, sit, and wait for the court's order!" Xiao Cheng smiled, and only said that he was waiting for the order, not saying that he could not wait. Obviously, the person in front of him should have reached an agreement with Zhao Ziyu, who had left earlier. agreement.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help scolding Zhao Yuan in his heart.

This old boy, just digging a hole and not burying it, almost killed himself.

"Next, I'm going to prepare for the establishment of the Guizhou Road Pacifier Yamen!" Xiao Cheng took a sip of his wine and asked seemingly casually: "This time Zhang Zhijun also made great contributions, and he will be rewarded for his achievements. What are your plans, have you ever thought about going a step further, to appease the envoys to do things?"

Zhang Lin instinctively wanted to refuse. It is better to be in charge now than to be an official. He is a Zunyi Zhijun. ?
The words just came to his lips, but he remembered something, and immediately swallowed back the words he was about to say, his vest was also cold.

How could Xiao Cheng ask this casually?

Now that the question is asked, the answer is already obvious.

In fact, I am a well-known army, but the problem is that I still have an armed force in my hands!

Let the one in front of you think about it, I'm afraid it's this army with an establishment of [-] people!
"If Futai doesn't dislike the young general, the young general is willing to go to Futai Yamen." Zhang Lin made a decision in a blink of an eye.

There is no need to hesitate at all to choose between power and life.

"That's great!" Xiao Cheng clapped his palms and laughed, "I'll tell Zhang Zhijun that what I'm most worried about now is that there are too few talents under my command, and talents with both civil and military skills like Zhang Zhijun are even more pitiful. It's not like my elder brother Cen Zhong who made friends all over the world and responded to everyone. It's my honor that Zhang Zhijun is willing to come."

Zhang Jun swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Didn't Cen Zhong, the solicitor of Guangnan West Road, say that he would be promoted to the comfort envoy of Guangnan West Road soon?Ganqing also has a fellowship with this one!
"I'm afraid that I won't be able to provide Futai's encouragement because of my lack of talent and learning, and I will miss Futai's major event!" Zhang Lin said modestly.

"How could it be? How could it be?" Xiao Cheng said repeatedly: "Don't worry Zhang Zhijun, since you are willing to come, I will naturally not treat you badly. When Futai is officially established, you will be indispensable for a fourth-rank rank. You can choose the position in Futai Yamen by yourself!"

Zhang Lin was both happy and worried, Xiao Cheng said that he could just ignore the selection of seats, if he really didn't know how to pick those famous seats, he might be in trouble for himself.

However, if he really reached the fourth rank, it would be a major breakthrough in his official career.

Originally, I didn't have much hope for climbing up.It is a qualitative leap from the fifth rank to the fourth rank. After passing this hurdle, when I have worked hard for some years and retires, the imperial court will give me a false title of the third rank. He is a serious senior official above the servant system.Although it is useless to me, but to my family and my descendants, the influence is completely different.

Zhang Lin made up his mind, and after he got the real fourth-rank rank under Xiao Cheng's command, he would immediately ask someone to transfer him from Guizhou Road.

It doesn't matter if you go to a certain place to sit on the bench, as long as you survive until retirement safely.

No matter how courteous Xiao Cheng is to the corporal, this Guizhou road is not a safe nest!
What's more, Xiao Cheng can't be regarded as a corporal of courtesy, right?This fourth-rank seat was bought by himself with the army of [-] people.

I deserve it.

After I go back, I have to go to Bianliang to find friends of the same year, and explain to them my last resort, otherwise when I want to leave, Bianliang will think that I am Xiao Cheng's accomplice, and I will leave if I want to. If you can’t leave, that’s the bad food.

Some things have to go ahead.

Xiao Cheng was also very happy. He never thought that Zhang Zhijun would be so knowledgeable and interesting. He would honestly hand over his military power before he had even used threats and lures.

This is a smart man, maybe he will be useful in the future.

Generally speaking, people like this are not too talented, but they are just too slippery. It is not easy to get them to work sincerely.

This man in front of him, who dared to make a decision above that threshold, followed old Yang Qing to send troops out of the Luo family's ghost country, and now he broke his wrist with a strong man, and handed over his military opportunity neatly, is indeed a talent.

As long as he is willing to stay, he might as well give him some power to exercise.

As for his own selfishness, what is it?

When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no disciples!
Xiao Cheng is not worried at all about the selfishness of his subordinates, on the contrary, selfishness and desires, this is the real flesh and blood of a person.

If he really lived like a saint, Xiao Cheng would not dare to use it.

As soon as this important matter was finalized, the atmosphere between the two of them immediately relaxed. Xiao Cheng even filled the wine glass for Zhang Lin himself, raised the glass, and Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "This wine was brought by the boss. It can't compare to Zunyi Huairen's wine, so Zhang Zhijun will have some, come on, let's have a drink!"

"Futai, we in Zunyi don't dare to say anything else, but this wine from Huairen County is really unique." When mentioning wine, Zhang Lin beamed with joy.

"Of course, even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once praised it as delicious!" Xiao Cheng said, "I don't know how many wineries there are now?"

"It was a little more in the past few years. In the past two years, the imperial court has tightened its mouth and food is also in short supply, so there are only two or three that are bankrupt and merged with each other." Zhang Lindao: "They are all tributes. Wine, no matter what, you have to keep it."

"Is Hengxing Laimao still there?" Xiao Cheng lowered his voice.

Zhang Lin opened his eyes wide: "Futai is really an expert, do you know that Lai Mao is the best?"

"Our Huairen's wine is very good, but it's a pity that the reputation is still not obvious, and it hasn't become bigger." Xiao Cheng said: "It's a pity, if we really want to talk about the quality, it is better than the seventy-two main stores in Bianliang. The wine here is much better!"

"There is no way. The seventy-two main stores in Bianliang all have extremely strong backgrounds. They can get as many quotas as they can sell. The wine in our Huairen County is only so much every year. With a small quota, if the tribute is taken away, there will not be much left, so how can there be any surplus to sell?"

Xiao Cheng stroked his beard all over his face, and said with a smile, "How much have you brewed in private?"

Zhang Lin looked embarrassed, but he didn't dare to hide it from Xiao Cheng: "As far as I know, it's only five or sixty thousand catties."

"You know [-] to [-] catties, so the actual private wine is estimated to be more than a hundred thousand catties." Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "If there is more, it is estimated that those who supervise the wine tax will not be able to explain it. It turns out that such a large food consumption is still easy to leak."

The face can only be a dry smile.

These unplanned outputs are naturally everyone's self-interest. Such private brewing without paying taxes can be said to be a serious violation of the imperial court's policy. Who wouldn't want to make some extra money.

It seems that Futai, who is about to take office, is not too disgusted!

"This matter, let's think about it later. The scale is still too small. We need to expand it to a larger area and produce more wine." Xiao Cheng knocked on the table and said: "What fine wine, what jade wave, let's take this The wine is ready, these so-called famous wines are all little brothers!"

Zhang Lin almost thought he heard it wrong.

"Do it in Dali? Futai, we don't have a quota!"

After saying a word, looking at Xiao Cheng almost looking at himself like a fool, it suddenly dawned on him that there was this guy standing in front, regardless of whether he had a quota or not, but he was eager to do so.

"We have food now, and we have no shortage of sales channels!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "Don't forget that we have a business association."

Zhang Lin nodded clearly: "Then Futai, what shall we do next?"

Of course Zhang Lin understands that since Futai has made this opening, Zunyi's wine industry will naturally have to reshuffle the cards. In the future, the largest shareholder of the winery may be replaced by the Futai in front of him.

Xiao Cheng said: "Next, Zhang Zhijun will hand over the military affairs of the Zunyi Army first. Well, we will send someone to contact you. Then Zhang Zhijun will stay in Zunyi to take charge of government affairs for a period of time, but the main energy will be put here In addition to expanding the production capacity of wine, we must first make a plan that can always take into account the interests of all aspects."

"Understood, Futai. When you come up with a plan, you will report to Futai after you leave the job. Please Futai make a decision!" Zhang Lin said repeatedly.Leaving this matter to him naturally promised him enough benefits.

"The plan must be comprehensive. When you arrive at the Futai Yamen in the future, I will probably leave this matter to you." Xiao Cheng smiled and said: "My goal is not only to be satisfied with our wine in the Song Dynasty. If it is a best seller, it must be able to be sold to the Liao Kingdom, the Northwest, and overseas. This is a big business, Zhang Zhijun, you have to work hard!"

Zhang Lin was very excited when he heard this, and thought about Futai, which meant that he could produce as much as he could produce. If he really did this step, what a profit it would be!If he can achieve the scale of the wine business that Futai said in his own hands, then as the general manager, how much benefit should he get!
At this moment, Zhang Lin immediately threw away the idea of ​​going far away after he got the fourth-rank official.

In the Song Dynasty, there were not many professions that could compare to the huge profits of wine!
Because there is no backer who wants to do wine business, the final outcome is basically to lose his head.

"Integrate the remaining few wineries together!" Xiao Cheng said: "These wineries are all in Huairen Moutai Town, right?"

"Yes!"

"From now on, our wine will be collectively called Moutai Bar!" Xiao Cheng made a final decision. "Tianxianglou, a merchant in the federation, also has some secret recipes for wine making. They mainly make spirits. I will ask them to come over with the recipes, and I will discuss them with you here, and strive to improve the quality of our Moutai liquor. Take it to the next level."

This is the person who wants to mix himself in!Zhang Lin understood.

That's right!
After receiving Zhang Lin, he successfully deprived this guy of his military power, and arranged for him a position that would allow him to work for his family with peace of mind. Xiao Cheng was in a happy mood and prepared to go home.

Needless to say too much about Yang Qing.

This time the old guy stood firm and acted decisively and swiftly. Next time he divided the fruits of victory, he would naturally be richly rewarded.

The Tianwu Army, the Tiannan Army, the Xiang Army led by Wang Zhu and Han Yan, and even the Zunyi Army must be rewarded with victory after the war. This must be done quickly, otherwise the morale will be inevitable. land will be affected.

The next step is to deal with the threat from Dali. If the rewards that should be given to the soldiers are not in place in time, and something goes wrong, it will be too late to cry.

Dali's Gao Yingde and Chen Bing border, staring at him, looking like he wants to take advantage of it.

Now Xiao Cheng is going to fight tit-for-tat and drag Gao Yingde's main force to the border. Only in this way can monk Huiyuan have a wider space for activities in the Shanchan Mansion, and give those families and the Emperor Dali room to move around!
When enough bounties for the soldiers have been distributed, we might as well create some more friction to make the atmosphere more lively.

The Qianzhou soldiers who had just wiped out a country had gained so many benefits, so they would eagerly want to do the previous thing again.

Morale is available!
Therefore, the reward must be paid in a timely and sufficient manner, so that those who did not get it will be envious.

(End of this chapter)