Quan Yutianxia GL

At the beginning of April, Heaven and Earth finally opened in Chang'an, and Hongyan Pavilion moved in immediately. Some of Muyang City's main products, such as refined salt, blue and white porcelain, ceramic tiles, soap, candles, liquor, etc., were sold to Chang'an one after another. .

Also at this time, many officials suggested to the imperial court successively that Yantie official camp, together with many virtuous people in the field, also gathered many times to discuss government affairs, deeply thinking that salt and iron official camp must be suppressed to suppress merchants from all over the world, in order to enrich the treasury, to be able to Rich country and strong army.

With the thawing of the land, spring plowing has begun in most areas of the Central Plains, and the aquatic plants in the northern grasslands are gradually plentiful, and the various tribes around Daqing have begun to feel restless again.First, Murong Xianbei and Yuwen Xianbei attacked Duanbu at the same time, and then the Huns also fought against Zhangye.And last winter, the envoys of various ministries who arrived in Chang'an started a new round of open and covert fighting, and even some fighting happened from time to time, affecting the common people on the streets of Chang'an.

At the same time, there are rumors spreading all over the place that the Hedong Sangluo wine not only has the miraculous effect of prolonging life, but also cures all kinds of diseases. There are even rumors that drinking the Hedong mulberry wine can guarantee the birth of a boy...

For a while, Hedong wine was more expensive, and Sangluo wine was even more expensive.

Yuan Xin, the fifth son who was in charge of the business of the Yuan family, and Yuan Zhi, the fourth son who was in charge of Yuan's property, left Chang'an one after another after receiving the news that Sang Luojiu was selling well, and went to Hedong and Chen County respectively.

Both Hedong County and Chen County are large grain-producing counties. After the Huo family's tragedy, the Yuan family took a lot of benefits from Hedong County. In addition to Sangluo Winery, there are countless good fields and beautiful land.

Yuan Xin rode fast all the way, and when he arrived at Sangluofang in Hedong, he found that wine merchants from all over the country had been waiting for a long time, and even merchants from the Western Regions had brought their treasures and waited to buy wine.

Before this year, although Sangluo wine had a good reputation, it had never experienced such a skyrocketing price. The best price was only seven or eight hundred copper coins per bucket.

A bucket of wine is four catties. As long as these merchants transport the wine out of Hedong County, they will get several times the profit. I heard that the most expensive price has been sold for four to five thousand copper coins a bucket.

At present, the best wine on the market is the wine of heaven and earth, and the worst wine among them is Lihuabai. Each jar of three or four catties of puree Lihuabai sells for 88 copper coins in heaven and earth. As for the wine that has been mixed with water outside Wine, the price is even more astonishing.

Such a sky-high price of wine is naturally unaffordable for ordinary people.Yuan himself also understands very well that compared with Lihuabai, Sangluo wine is far behind, no matter how much its price rises, it is impossible to be higher than Lihuabai, and can only watch helplessly as the sky dominates the sky-high priced wine market .

Of course, this was last year's idea.

This year's situation has changed suddenly, and there are so many kinds of miraculous effects in one body, which is not even good for Lihuabai. Even if there is no means of operation by merchants, Yuan's will not worry about the sales of Sangluojiu.

Therefore, after Yuan Xin arrived in Hedong, he immediately announced to the merchants the news of the price increase of Sangluo wine - two thousand dollars per bucket!

Even though the price of wine has skyrocketed, it has not extinguished the enthusiasm of the merchants, and they are even willing to pay in advance and wait for the winery to brew the wine.

Seeing this, Yuan Xin took the opportunity to raise the price again, from 3000 yuan per bucket to more than [-] yuan, and made it clear that he would arrange wine making only after receiving a deposit.

After many merchants thought about it, most of them paid a deposit and decided to wait in line for wine making.

Therefore, after Yuan Xin received a large amount of money, he also began to expand the winery, brew wine wantonly, and collect money wantonly. Only in the middle of May, he collected more than [-] guan, which he exchanged for money and escorted back to Chang'an.

Looking at the cart full of gold and silver, Yuan Xiangguo felt a little dizzy, couldn't help rubbing his forehead, and asked Yuan Xin: "How much wine did those merchants order in the wine shop?"

"It's about [-] catties." Yuan Xin said with a smile: "This is the first batch. When other merchants go back to bring the money, it is estimated that the income next month will only be more."

"20 jins of wine? This will require more than 20 jins of grain!" Yuan Zhi couldn't help being shocked: "It's okay to say in two or three months. If things go on like this, where does my Yuan family get so much grain?"

"Yuan's family doesn't have food, other families have it." Yuan Dao said, "Hedong County and Chen County are both large grain-producing counties. Even if there is a shortage of crops, the price of food is only a hundred dollars a stone."

"Compared with the price of wine, although the food prices in these two counties are cheap at the moment, if we use them to make wine on a large scale... I'm afraid the price of food will rise accordingly?" Yuan Ren thought about it.

"After all, the price of wine can't go up." Yuan Dao said: "With this large sum of money, elder brother can let go and assist His Highness Shao, not only can we control Gu Wenxiong, but even Liu Yunji, we can try to win him over."

"Even so, I always feel a little strange." Yuan Yi interrupted suddenly: "This Sangluo wine has been in the hands of the Huo family for more than a hundred years, but I have never heard of it having such a miraculous effect. Why is it now? But suddenly spread?"

Yuan Ren said: "Although it is strange, this price increase is a very good thing for my Yuan family."

"But it's a bad thing for the people of the world." Yuan Li sighed: "If a large amount of grain is turned into wine, the price of grain will inevitably rise. Ordinary people, I'm afraid it will be..."

"Third brother, you are a bit indecisive when you say this." Yuan Tao said: "Since ancient times, those who achieve great things do not care about small things. Although the price of food in the market will rise and affect the common people... But it is only temporary. After the autumn harvest, grain prices will come down."

"Fifth brother is right." Yuan Ren said: "Although the Gu family is also a family, Gu Wenxiong is loyal to the emperor. If we don't get enough benefits, how can he be tied to us?"

"That's right, there is also that Liu Yunji." Yuan Yi said: "The power in charge of Bingzhou has hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and his appetite is very big. If he is not blocked, His Highness Shao..."

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Listening to the discussions of his sons, Yuan Xiangguo couldn't help but smile lightly. He thought with relief that these sons of his were much stronger than those dragons.

"Since it does not harm the interests of my Yuan family, let's make wine." Yuan Xiangguo finally said: "Recently, the courtiers have been advising the emperor, saying that they want salt and iron to be an official camp. As long as these two interests can be smoothly Take it out of the hands of merchants and let them sell and sell wine. "

"The emperor will definitely agree to the Yantie official camp." Yuan Ren said: "After all, the envoys of the major tribes are still waiting in Chang'an City. If the emperor doesn't come up with something, how can he fool these people away?"

"This is what the emperor should worry about." Yuan Dao said, "We only need to worry about Yuan Shi."

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As Yuan Ren expected, in late May, the emperor issued a decree, announcing that from now on, the two items of salt and iron will be managed by the imperial court, and ordinary merchants who take advantage of profit will have their families wiped out.

When the Daqing court vigorously improved the salt and iron system, Murong Yao finally stepped into the jurisdiction of the Murong Ministry.

The handsome young man from last year is now skinny and skinny. When Murong Hu saw him, he hardly dared to confirm that this was the high-spirited young handsome Murong back then.

"I didn't expect that the first acquaintance I met when I came back turned out to be Uncle Nu."

"I didn't expect that after the first battle with Husu, Xiaoshuai Yao was still alive." Murong Hu got off his horse and saluted, but said: "Since he is still alive, Xiaoshuai Yao shouldn't come back."

"Yeah, I also know that I shouldn't come back, but I'm still here." Murong Yao closed his eyes, then opened them again: "Did Grandpa decide to take that step after all?"

Murong Hu didn't answer, but pulled out his saber and pointed it at Murong Yao.

"In that case, then Uncle Hu will do it."

Murong Yao let out a long sigh, closed his eyes, and waited for a long time, but he couldn't wait for Murong Hu's movement.

After a long silence, after several struggles, Murong Hu asked aloud, "Are you captured?"

"No." Murong Yao almost didn't think about it, and told the experience he made up in advance: "At the time when Husu fought, my nephew was defeated again and again. In order not to fall into the hands of Xiao Hongfei, I would embarrass Murong, my little nephew. My nephew took the road and fled into Yanyun Mountain, and didn't dare to find the way back until after the New Year's Eve..."

It is precisely to fulfill this lie that Murong Yao intentionally starves himself into such a state.

When mentioning the battle between Husu and Xiao Hongfei, Murong Hu felt a little dejected, retracted his saber, and said in a hoarse voice, "It's not your fault."

Murong Yao can't be blamed for the Husu battle. After all, Murong Hu is Xiao Hongfei's opponent. Murong Yao is only a young man. Against a veteran like Xiao Hongfei, defeat is inevitable.

"Since you've come back, let's go to Hui clan with me to meet your lord." Murong Hu said, "It's just that Xiaoshuai Yao should be more careful in his actions in the future."

"Don't worry, protect uncle." When Murong Hu turned around and got on the horse, Murong Yao lowered his eyelids slightly to cover the expression in his eyes, and then raised a wry smile: "From now on, my nephew only asks for a bite of food, nothing else. , have nothing to do with me."

As the son of the leader of the Murong Division, he disappeared for a long time after World War I, and now he has returned unscathed—from now on, who else would dare to let him be in charge of the entire Murong Division?

After all, who can guarantee that he didn't fall into Qingchao's hands during his disappearance; and who can guarantee that he didn't do anything harmful to Murongbu?

In his capacity, casually revealing some information to Qingchao is enough to bring disaster to the Murong Department.

What's more, the ambition that the Murong Ministry has hidden for so many years has finally begun to be revealed—at such a critical juncture, who would want more variables?

Before returning to the tribe, Murong Yao glanced in the direction of Muyang City.

But he only glanced at it, then turned around silently, took firm steps, and embarked on the way home.

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