Beiyang new warlord

The kang was heated by the coal stove, and the table was full of dishes. The potstickers, pancakes, stewed fish, steamed cakes, and pheasant and mushroom pots, which had gradually become famous, were all delicacies from mountains and seas. With a big wine jar.

Qian Zeng still had that bitter face.

Sitting opposite, he picked up a piece of chicken leg and stuffed it into his mouth angrily, just now the kid with kidney deficiency hummed angrily again.

"Brother Mao, you have really hurt brother!"

"Brother Qian, don't you say that! In business, and business, besides, brother, didn't you say nothing? If you take this price back, if those masters in Yangzhou are not satisfied, just don't pay. Brother Qian will come back when the time comes, brother I don't say anything!"

Mao Jue slapped his chest loudly enough, but when he heard Qian Zeng's face grinned bitterly, things were as easy as Mao Jue said, so it's okay!

We all know that ginseng is produced in the north, but at this time, there are only three ways for Ming to obtain ginseng, smuggling by Shanxi merchants and Tatars, smuggling by Liaodong army, and Pidao in Dongjiang Town.

Among them, mountain products such as ginseng, mink, and deer antler in Phi Island are the cheapest, because the former two have to travel a long land route. These days, the Mongolian tribes outside the mouth are poor and frightened robbers. The cost can be imagined, the Liaodong army had to go through Shanhaiguan for smuggling, and if they wanted to transport ginseng and mink into the customs, they would have to have great powers, otherwise it would be a capital offense to open a private exchange.

Only in Dongjiang Town, Marshal Mao’s family started from a wild way, and he pulled out a military town by himself. There are no civil servants to supervise the army, and he still goes to Shandong by sea when he returns to the customs. It can be exchanged for this Northeast treasure at a very low price.

But now, a Cheng Yaojin like Mao Jue has come out. It is impossible for Pidao to produce ginseng. Most of them come from Tieshan, but Mao Jue strangled this source. Those who came from the gold trade were still digging up the mountain by themselves, and those who were hunted had to be traded to General Tieshan first. With the capital of monopoly, Mao Jue naturally got lice. A mink fur was four times more expensive. For two silvers, ginseng was also two to ten times more expensive depending on the color and size. This time, his cost had increased by at least five times.

As for Mao Jue's good words, he should trust himself, give himself credit first, and then get it back if he doesn't give the money, is it possible?If he dares to play with him like this once, next year he will have this ginseng, who will give this skin to someone!Without these things, his money is worthless.

But even if Mao Jue raises the price, it is still several times lower than the prices in the hands of Shanxi merchants and Beijing merchants, and he has to accept it. In the past, it was divided among dozens of merchants, but now he buys the goods alone, so he also has The advantage of this monopoly, this year Da Ming is still fighting with Hou Jin, and the trend of ginseng mink fur will definitely be tighter next year, and he can also increase the price when he takes it back. A piece of mink fur is originally 20 taels, and it costs [-] taels if you buy it, and ginseng will also be pulled up. , can still make a lot of money.

But when he went back, the big bosses behind him probably had to complain to him. Thinking about it, Qian Zeng's face became more and more ugly.

"Okay, brother Qian, let's just be romantic today, don't talk about those vulgar ones, don't you pour wine in plain clothes?"

"Yes, Master!"

Waiting on the sidelines for a long time, eager to try, Su Yi held the jar and poured Qian Zengman a glass. This guy is indeed a veteran of wine, picked up the glass and smelled the aroma, sniffed first, and then sucked. Take a small sip, then shake your head for a while, and then let out a breath, the face of the kid with kidney deficiency showed a smile that is full of wisdom.

"The new soju that just came down?"

"Brother Qian is indeed an expert!"

"Brother Mao wants Qian to help you sell this wine to Jiangnan?"

"Of course!"

This guy is indeed an old fried dough stick in the mall, he guessed it right, Mao Jue didn't go around with him, and nodded directly, but saw this guy shaking his head violently.

"Brother Mao, let's stop thinking about this!"

"Too difficult!"

Chapter 75. By-products

The era of Mao Jue in the later generations was the era of baijiu. Wuliangye Moutai Fenjiu Xinghua Village, supermarkets and restaurants just shared the world with beer, and occasionally some wine came out. But in this era, baijiu or shochu is still in the ranks of dicks, and it is really rampant The whole world is rice wine.

Especially in the south of the Yangtze River, Shaoxing rice wine is the main southern wine, and even the northern wine of Cangzhou rice wine has been defeated. In this case, people at that time also regarded rice wine as the top wine, and shochu as the side wine. Mao Jue wanted to sell baijiu to the south of the Yangtze River. It's really hard, harder than going to the blue sky.

But it is not without chance! The reason why baijiu became popular in later generations was because during the Anti-Japanese War, the entire Chinese transportation line was cut off, and Jiangnan, the main rice wine production area, was also occupied, but ordinary people still had to drink. Occupy the market, and when the world is peaceful, people's taste buds will also get used to shochu.

In a few years, a chaos in the late Ming Dynasty that was even more brutal than the period of the Anti-Japanese War is about to take shape. By then, people will not have enough to eat, so they still need to make wine?There is a lot less competition, and with proper operation, it is not a problem to occupy the northern wine market.

The problem is that it will have to wait for a few years, Mao Jue wants to see the money now.

Just now he was posed by Mao Jue, Feng Shui took turns, seeing that his face was full of depression now, and he took another sip of shochu, but Qian Zeng's face with kidney deficiency became oily, as if he had eaten a certain source of kidney treasure.

"Brother Mao, you don't need to be discouraged. You don't recognize shochu in the south, but you do in the north! If Brother Mao wants to make money, you can work hard there. Shuai Mao has been camping in Dongjiang for a long time. I believe this is more convenient than Qian. Go wide! Haha!"

What Qian Zeng said is not unreasonable. The colder the place, the more people like to drink spirits, and they use spirits to drive away the cold, and selling alcohol to Houjin Eight Banners, Mao Jue is not burdened at all. If everyone in Eight Banners drinks too much , Drinking one by one into a big bag of wine, Mao Jue is living comfortably in Dongjiang!

It's just that Qian Zeng thought highly of him. He really didn't have any connections with the Jurchen Eight Banners. He didn't know as many people as Huo Dahai.

This Mao Jue was meditating, but the kid with kidney deficiency didn't treat him badly at all, he continued to drink and eat, seeing Su Yi's poured wine, this guy had already drank the third cup, but the foreign girl was a little unhappy.

"Young Master Qian, this is the wine made by the brewing method brought by my family from my hometown, you should try it too!"

"Oh? Miss A has such a skillful hand? Brother Mao is blessed, Qian is envious! Hurry up and fill Qian, let me also taste the taste of Western wine!"

Holding the glass, Qian Zeng was quite enthusiastic. The joyful Adelaine also poured the wine jar over and filled him a glass. This wine was completely different from Mao Jue's shochu. There was a strong fragrance, and Qian Zeng, a wine worm, sniffed it with his nose, and immediately showed a look of twitching his index finger. However, watching him raise the wine glass high, both Mao Jue and Su Yi's faces showed Weird sympathy comes.

I saw this guy gulping down half a glass in one gulp, then his face turned red quickly, and half a bowl was sprayed out in one gulp, he clutched his throat, ran downstairs, and plunged his head into the snowdrift .

This stuff is potato wine brewed by Adelaine with potatoes. It is said that Germans like to drink a glass of it for breakfast. It is indeed fragrant and closer to rice wine, but it is too strong! Taking small sips, Qian Zeng pretended to drink too much, and it would be cheap for him not to let him want to breathe fire.

Raising her head, Mao Jue laughed heartily, Su Yi also covered her mouth, giggling like a little hen, only Adelaine stomped her little feet angrily, speaking in her mother tongue I don't know what he was muttering, but he probably said that Orientals don't know what to do.

The ginseng business can continue. Mao Jue has accumulated a lot of these wild goods. After negotiating the price with Qian Zeng, he will start to register and record it in the ledger. Yes, but this shochu business can only come to an end temporarily.Fortunately, shochu is not afraid of storage. The longer the wine is aged, the more expensive it can be sold.

And within a few days, the hunting team sent by Mao Jue also came back.

Every winter in later generations, there are quite a few wild beasts that migrate from Russia to North Korea via Heilongjiang. Now this era is even more numerous. Hunting is also a kind of military exercise. The cattle records of the Eight Banners of Jianzhou are drawn by hunting teams. Hunting in the vast mountains and forests, in the ice and snow, also tested the willpower and coordination skills of the team. Anyway, most of the Jiannu are still fighting bloody battles with Qin Wang Mingjun on the land of the Ming Dynasty. Mao Jue simply sent all the troops under his command I went out to hunt, and more than 600 of the eight hundred soldiers went out.

On November 25th, these teams that went out to hunt came back one after another, one by one. At this time, the holiday was approaching, and it was really lively, as if the New Year had already arrived. When he came out of the village, the old man almost had bags under his eyes, the children surrounded the mule, and the aphids pulled by the old cow were running around excitedly.

The things these guys brought back were really rich, including aphids, frozen naked deer, roe deer, roe deer, and wild boars, pile after pile, and there were probably more than a hundred wild animals, big and small, and even more amazing Yes, he even beat two black blind men and one Siberian tiger.

If this were to be placed in later generations, Mao Jue, Pang Dahai, Wen Meng and several leaders would be enough to be pulled out and shot, but now, every household is cheering when they see a tiger being shot. The bullying and intrusion of this big worm, there are always one or two woodcutters who are buried in the tiger's mouth every year.

The meat of these beasts brought rare protein to the villagers of Tieshan Town.

Among them, the most gratifying thing is Qian Zeng, deerskin, antler and deer whip, mink, rabbit and fox fur, as long as they can be sold to the south of the Yangtze River, they are all worthless money!

Early in the morning, Mr. Kidney Deficiency dressed like a long-haired rabbit and greeted him at the intersection. The hunting team returned to the castle. This guy was even more active than Su Changmei, commanding the soldiers to collect animal skins, bones, and energy. Those who sell money are carefully stored in the warehouse, not daring to damage it at all.

But at this time, the benefits of the feudal era are also revealed, the best must be filial piety!

"Fortunately, the mission was fulfilled! After hitting this pair of blind men and a big worm, I dedicate the bear's paw, tiger whip and tiger skin to the general!"

People really can't be idle, in Phi Island, Wen Meng is a bad gambler, but when he arrived in Tieshan, he forgot to gamble, and took the team out for a trip, which made Fengshuang wipe his old face The vicissitudes of pruning are a bit, but there are more charms of mature men.

In the hall of the second-floor building of the barracks, a tiger skin, four big paws, and a thing that made Su Yi blush and heartbeat were thrown on the ground, and Wen Meng clasped his fists and worshiped carelessly.

Following behind, Pang Dahai was also beaming. After two days of the New Year's Eve, Mao Jue will be rewarded. Everyone has wrapped a big red envelope, and there are even more precious southern goods. Now Mao Jue has no shortage of these, and there will be soon Putting the money into the account also made the guy's puffy face turn red, and he was also holding his fists there.

"General, you can stew this bear's paw. While it's fresh now, make a mattress from the tiger skin and give it to Commander Mao. You can also get a filial name! As for the tiger penis, hehehe!"

A man can understand Fei Yuqing's laughter, this bastard's eyes fluttered towards Su Yi and the foreign girl, making Su Yi's little face blush like an apple, but Adelaine was a little confused and dazed. Watching the adult below suddenly become crazy.

"This thing is used to make wine, it is definitely a great tonic!"

"Wine!"

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the heart. These days, people are obsessed with wine. When this guy talks about making wine, Mao Jue's eyes light up suddenly, right!