Fang Chongyong is confident that Wang Defu will definitely return to Kuizhou.

Because people in the Tang Dynasty drank to a crazy level, and they almost never had fun without drinking!

You must drink during festivals and drink at ordinary times. Drink when you are happy and drink even more when you are unhappy!

Liquor that suits their tastes will have no worries about sales. This is also an important reason why Fang Chongyong does not engage in distilled liquor or Shaojiu. Liquor with too high an alcohol content is also very costly. To make koji liquor with more than ten degrees of alcohol,

It’s ready to be taken out for fun, there’s no need to make 40 or 50 degree soju.

People in the Tang Dynasty had a sweet taste and liked sweet wine. Sometimes if the wine was not sweet, they would even add sugar (not white sugar).

Red yeast wine with bright red color and smooth and sweet taste is easily sought after by dignitaries.

The prosperous Tang Dynasty was a country of wine, and there was no joy without wine.

According to official statistics of the Tang Dynasty, the annual output of official wine was about 10 million dou. Including private wine production, the total consumption of wine was about 50 million dou, which is only a small amount but not a large amount.

Not only that, there is not only no shortage of market for truly good wine, but the price is frighteningly high. Countless drunkards are still flocking to it, and expensive wine prices cannot deter them. Rice wine itself is a frequent visitor to the banquets of the aristocratic class.

Therefore, Fang Chongyong is very convinced that good red yeast wine will have the effect of "sudden rise" at this time. After all, no one has seen it before.

The expensive brewing cost (it is said that Red Lotus rice is the raw material), the good taste, and the novel and high-end appearance are destined to have many people willing to support Honglian Spring!

There is a poem in Li Bai's "About to Enter the Wine": "The five-flowered horse and the golden fur will call the children to exchange for fine wines, and they will sell the eternal sorrow with you."

Where can you find endless supply of high-end drinks? People who like fine wine will buy wine even if they are selling clothes or horses!

Guanglu Temple, the central organization in Chang'an, is responsible for the food and wine supply. It has departments such as the "Liang Brewing Department" and the "Food Official's Department" to coordinate the use of wine by the palace and the capital, which is the so-called "official wine".

The Liang Ling Department "orders the governor to enshrine the state's sacrifices to the Five Qi and Three Wines." When the emperor offers sacrifices to heaven and earth, the Liang Ling Department will lead his subordinates to arrange and display a large number of wine vessels. If he is an official, he will provide "Spring Storm, Autumn Storm"

Qing, phenol, mulberry and other wines."

The specific affairs of official brewing are handled by the "Liang Brewing Department" and the "Food and Drinking Department", both of which are manned all year round. For example, the Liang Brewing Department has 30 people in charge of brewing, and there are 120 people with brewing skills in charge of bronze wine vessels.

There are 13 handymen.

Although official wine has become very powerful, the principle of "masters among the people" still applies in the Tang Dynasty. Many of the tribute wines presented by various places are quite good. Rich businessmen like Wang Yuanbao naturally also

Runs the liquor business in Chang'an City.

There are even many wine shops, restaurants and other industries that traffic wines with different flavors from various places to Chang'an and make a lot of profits.

If we do not rely on external forces, no matter how good Honglianchun is, it will not be able to become famous in a short period of time and spread word of mouth among drunkards. Therefore, we can only rely on wealthy businessmen to "advertise it widely" in private, ferment and hype public opinion, and finally "one

"The gun became popular".

This is a win-win deal.

Sure enough, before the New Year, Wang Defu came again and agreed to acquire Honglianchun, but made three more demands.

First, the first batch of red lotus is harvested in spring, and the price must be reduced to 20 bucks per bucket. The price in the future will be adjusted according to the market conditions in Chang'an. It is not ruled out that it will rise, but it may also fall, or even stop collecting.

The volume of a thousand buckets is about the same as a thousand two-liter bottles of Coke in Fang Chongyong's previous life. It can be loaded on one or two watercrafts, and the risk of transportation is also very low. It must be said that the Wang family is indeed a wealthy businessman in Chang'an, and they have calculated everything.

Deadly.

If Honglianchun is not popular, they won't lose much money, and they can get back their money by selling it slowly.

If Red Lotus Spring becomes popular, then even though their purchase price is high, they will sell it more expensively and they will not lose money!

When dealing with these businessmen, their calculations are crackling. You may make money, but they will never lose money.

Fang Chongyong was very open-minded and readily agreed and signed the deed, giving Wang Defu a reassurance.

Second, Wang Defu invited a "wine tasting expert" to come to Kuizhou and be responsible for verifying the quality of the finished wine to be delivered. Only after obtaining approval can batch purchases be made.

Regarding this point, Fang Chongyong was also full of confidence and agreed without thinking.

Third, Wang Defu hopes to obtain the brewing method of "Honglianchun" and the method of making distiller's yeast. They intend to purchase it at a high price, even if it is 100,000 yuan, it is not non-negotiable.

As you can see from the picture, this is probably Wang Yuanbao’s true intention of coming to Kuizhou this time.

Fang Chongyong refused without thinking. Seeing his flat refusal, Wang Defu was disappointed and relieved.

It's normal not to sell, because you have confidence in the wine and know that it is a money tree, so you can't sell it. If you can't wait to sell the secret recipe for wine, then you have something wrong with you.

Wang Defu didn't dare to buy it.

Thinking that Honglianchun would be out of the cellar soon, Wang Defu was worried about gains and losses for a while and waited anxiously in Kuizhou Fucheng.

……

"Uncle, how about you try the red lotus spring in Fucheng?"

In a stilt house in the Dongyangfu camp of the Tang Army outside Wushan County, Fang Chongyong came to get close to Wang Zhongsi, carrying a pot of Honglianchun wine that had just been taken out of the cellar yesterday.

Looking at his son-in-law who was young but had eight hundred tricks, Wang Zhongsi smiled helplessly, took the wine jar, tore open the seal, and smelled a strong aroma of wine.

"The wine is good."

Wang Zhongsi drank the wine in one gulp, put down the old pottery basin (a kind of folk wine cup, common in the middle and lower classes), thought about it for a while, and poured another glass.

This time, he did not want to get bored. Instead, he picked up the old earthen basin, tasted it carefully, and savored it until not a drop was left. Finally, he reluctantly put the wine glass aside and sighed deeply.

"Uncle, do you think this wine is not good?"

Fang Chongyong asked with a curious look on his face. Yesterday, Wang Defu and the "wine tasting expert" he invited had already become very drunk under the pretense of public service. They were full of praise for the quality of Honglianchun, saying that it had a unique flavor and was not inferior to the top official wines.

Fine wine. Both its color and taste are unique!

How else would Fang Chongyong dare to present the treasure in front of Wang Zhongsi today!

"No, this wine is sweet and long-lasting. It is a first-class wine. If we were in Chang'an, I would probably not be able to buy ten guan in a fight, so I could buy several horizontal knives."

Wang Zhongsi couldn't help but sigh and sigh when he couldn't help but think about the border affairs. The border soldiers were really hard-working, and they even needed to prepare a lot of their own equipment. As for the drinks, let alone Hong Lianchun's, even the most ordinary "

"Green ant wine" is difficult for ordinary soldiers to drink, and they can only be allocated wine when they are on rotation or in battle.

Many people in the Tang Dynasty may never know what Honglianchun's level of wine tastes like.

After all, these are the patents of noble people.

"Uncle, I'm probably going back to Chang'an."

Fang Chongyong said in a deep voice.

After Honglianchun was transported away by Wang Defu, the money for the goods would be sent directly to the palace by the wealthy merchant Wang Yuanbao. The shipment from Kuizhou and the direct cash payment from Chang'an would not be able to reach the hands of Fang Chongyong and Zheng Shuqing. I believe that before the Lantern Festival,

Li Longji will order Zheng Shuqing to be transferred back to Chang'an to report on his duties.

Of course, I will definitely "idle" for a while before taking office and will not be appointed immediately.

But since Zheng Shuqing took over the central office as Du Zhi Langzhong (referred to as Du Zhi Lang), there shouldn't be much of a problem.

After Zheng Shuqing's "popular science", Fang Chongyong already knew that Du Zhilang was the chief of Du Zhicao under Shangshu Province.

In the Shangshu Province of the Tang Dynasty, there was no Shangshuling. This is because the first Shangshuling in the Tang Dynasty was Li Erfeng. How could anyone else hold the position of an official he once held?

Li Erfeng was once the emperor, should any official want to try to become the emperor?

Therefore, the most powerful minister in the Tang Dynasty, the chief of the three provinces, was left vacant, and the left and right servants discussed major affairs of the minister together.

Everyone understands the principle of two monks carrying water, so in the final analysis, Shangshu Province is a place where the emperor can directly intervene in government affairs and place favorite officials.

This is what has existed in the Tang Dynasty since Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, a kind of power check and balance derived from the system! The administrative power is fragmented and flattened to confront the two officials of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, forming a dynamic decision-making

System to prevent powerful officials from becoming dominant.

I have to say that if the emperor's laziness in politics is not taken into account, this is indeed an effective system.

With random thoughts in his mind, Fang Chongyong saw Wang Zhongsi fell silent and didn't speak for a long time.

"When you return to Chang'an, are you really sure that I will be able to leave Dongyang Mansion?"

Wang Zhongsi looked hesitant, and it took him a long time to say such a sentence.

It's not that he has no confidence, but that Li Longji is getting more and more moody. Wang Zhongsi really doesn't know what Li Longji is thinking now.

"Uncle seems to have something on his mind."

Fang Chongyong poured Wang Zhongsi a glass of Honglianchun, while he watched from the sidelines.

Drinking at a young age will cause irreversible damage to the brain. Fang Chongyong does not want his prodigy character to turn into an alcoholic character.

"It's true that he has something on his mind. The saint... actually doesn't know much about the situation at the border."

Wang Zhongsi sighed quietly, he was treating Fang Chongyong as a confidant, otherwise, how could he say similar words?

He regarded Fang Chongyong as one of his own, not because he was Fang Youde's son, but because of the saying, "If you can only control the invasion of the mausoleum, how can you kill more people?"

Now Li Longji's border town policy has really gone too far, and has exceeded the limit that the country can bear.

Wang Zhongsi began to tell Fang Chongyong some of his experiences at the border of Datang. Fang Chongyong was very surprised by the contents.

In Li Longji's eyes, border officers should be eager to perform meritorious service, fight bravely to kill the enemy, regard their country as their home, and their robes as their brothers; they should have the highest goal of being invincible in the Tang Dynasty, and use this as the strongest belief to motivate themselves!

But in Wang Zhongsi's eyes, those are all living people. They are also afraid, cowardly, and fearful.

The unmarried girl misses her childhood sweetheart in her hometown.

Married people miss their wives and parents at home.

Whether they can beat the Turks and Tibet is actually very far away for these soldiers. But the struggle against these forces is closely related to their lives: because the soldiers of the Turks and Tibet are the ones who fight.
To be continued...