and leave

Lu Yiqing opened his mouth and wanted to sell the wine to Chang'an, Shen Wangshu couldn't help being startled, but didn't say anything for a while.Because she knew Lu Yiqing very well, she naturally understood the meaning of her words.

The wine is not the key, the key is the colored glass bottles that hold the wine - Lu Yiqing burned a lot of colored glass over the years and sold them all to the Qin State. I have also accumulated a lot of family business.The glaze on the upper layer and the wool on the lower layer, these two things alone almost destroyed most of Qin's economy.

Qin State still seems to be prosperous now, but it is just a false body propped up by peace.In fact, the treasury of Qin State was already empty, and the emperor's treasury had a large number of exquisite colored glazes, but these were beautiful, but they were worthless when they were really needed.

And now, Lu Yiqing has decided to sell Liuli back to China, isn't he repeating Qin's old ways?

After a long time, Shen Wangshu finally opened his mouth and said, "Ah Qing, the south of the Yangtze River has only suffered from drought this year, and the grain production has been severely reduced..."

Lu Yiqing nodded with a serious expression: "I know. But you should also know, Chen, wine is precious, and glass is also precious, and those who can afford these must be high-ranking officials and dignitaries. If they have money, they will not spend it on The common people have a penny, and I don’t feel bad about taking their money.”

Shen Wangshu thought for a while, but was speechless, but his mood was still complicated.

Lu Yiqing could probably understand her thoughts, took her hand and squeezed it lightly, and promised: "Ah Chen, you have to believe that I am not a person who is blind to money. I choose to sell wine at this time and make money to see her. Wherever there is a disaster, we may also be able to help one or two."

Shen Wangshu raised her head, met her clear and sincere eyes, and finally concealed the complexity in her heart: "Of course I believe in you." After saying this, she felt relieved in her heart, and looked again. There were bottles of wine filled in the house, and I couldn't help asking: "I see that there are quite a lot of wine made, why doesn't Ah Qing sell some to Qin?"

Lu Yiqing waved his hand and explained: "The commercial roads of the Western Regions are blocked by the State of Qin, and good things are passed on their side first. Wine is rare in Liang State, but not in Qin State. And we have been going there for three years. There are quite a lot of colored glazes sold in Qin State, and now the colored glazes over there have started to drop in price, and even resold to Liang State, these wines are sold in the past, which is just a transfer."

Regarding Liang Guo, Lu Yiqing obviously still had some concerns. At the beginning, he was very cautious when selling glass tea sets, and he only burned ten sets and sold them at a high price.But selling it to Qin State is different, it is purely for making money.Even if things are rare and expensive, every time she sends glass products to Qin State, they are pulled by carts, and there are ten carts and eight carts in one pull. The reason why they can be sold for so long is purely because of the new styles.

However, if something is worthless, it is worthless. In the past three years, Qin State has spent countless money, and now Liuli's sales have already weakened.As a result, a large amount of colored glaze began to flow into Liang Guo, and Lu Yiqing had no choice but to advance the plan.

The two chatted over the wine for a while. On the surface, it sounded like doing business to make money, but it actually had too many deep meanings.

When leaving the winery, Lu Yiqing finally gave Shen Wangshu an accurate word: "The Army of the Guards has been at ease for too long, no matter how well the recruits drill, they will never become elite without seeing blood."

In a word, it is an understatement, but it is also a killing intent.

Shen Wangshu was silent for a long time, and then said: "Isn't the young general still talking about the conscription today, why is the war going to start?"

While talking, Shen Wangshu turned to look at Lu Yiqing. At this time, her side face looked a little cold: "Conscripting and training at the same time, there is no delay. At this time, the consumption of troops can be exhausted as soon as possible."

Shen Wangshu pursed her lips, and said no more, after all, she had already expected today.

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When the first snow fell in early winter, another caravan came to Chang'an City.Caravans from Xiliang can always bring many new things to this bustling city, from spices and gems from the Western Regions, to cheap warm sweaters, to expensive colored glaze from Qin.Although not everything can be sought after by people, the dignitaries in Chang'an City have gradually become accustomed to coming here to shop for treasures.

As soon as the caravan came, the young master of Changping Hou's family took the initiative to find the door. When he saw the familiar steward, he smiled and said, "Guard Zhao, what rare things did your caravan bring this time? I asked you to buy it last time." Go to Qin to find some glass, can you bring it to me?"

Zhao Guanshi also laughed when he heard the words, and led Changping Hou's young master to walk in while saying: "Of course there are rare things, and it just so happens that the colored glaze that the young master wants is also there. You may as well go and have a look with me."

The young master paused when he heard that, and turned his head to look at Guanshi Zhao: "Are you talking about the new style of Liuli? It's not uncommon now."

Zhao Guanshi smiled without saying a word, still led the young master to the inner room, and asked someone to serve tea and snacks and greeted him carefully, before he went to fetch the things.Not long after, he came back with a long and narrow box and put it on the table in front of the young master.

The young master also became very interested, and opened the box himself, and saw a glass bottle lying quietly in it.Although the style is grand and elegant, it is not too exquisite and novelty. At least the young master, who is used to seeing good things, does not take this glass bottle seriously.But the bright red liquid in the bottle, at first glance, I thought it was blood, but after I was shocked, I found it really gorgeous.

After a brief moment of daze, the young master recognized it, and pointed to the glass bottle with a look of astonishment on his face: "This, this, this, isn't this wine from the Western Regions?"

Manager Zhao smiled slightly, and admitted without guilt: "Young master has good eyesight, it's the wine from the Western Regions."

The grapes transplanted from the Western Regions, the master winemaker invited from the Western Regions, what is the wine that is not made from the Western Regions?Zhao Guanshi said without guilt, with a sincere look on his face, as if he had found this wine from the Western Regions through untold hardships.

The young master was really pleasantly surprised, looking at the wine with an eager expression on his face - Shen Wangshu felt that it was extravagant to bottle the wine in glass bottles, because she had witnessed the brewing of the wine and drank it many times.But the aristocrats in Chang'an City are different. Most of them have never drank wine from the Western Regions. People always regard things that are only famous and respected by others as more precious.

After staring at the wine in the box for a while, he carefully took out the bottle and looked at it for a while, then the young master raised his head and asked, "Guan Zhao, how much is this bottle of wine?"

Zhao Guanshi was still smiling, and stretched out his thumb and index finger to compare: "800 taels, you can use the glazed vase as a vase in the future."

To be honest, the young master thinks that the price is not expensive. A bottle of wine with a length of forearm is worth more than 500 taels for the crystal clear glass bottle, plus the wine inside. The price is simply too good!

Unfortunately, the end of the month was approaching, and the young master had already spent almost all of his monthly money for this month, so he was a little embarrassed to take out 800 taels all at once.So he hesitated for a while holding the wine bottle, and finally said with a blushing face: "Master Zhao, can it be cheaper?"

It was probably the first time in this life that the noble son of a noble family was negotiating the price, and his face blushed before he could speak, and when he saw shopkeeper Zhao hesitated, his face burned even more.But young people are always happy when they see Lie Xin, and finally seeing a wine seller from the Western Regions makes him give up like this, and he is a little bit unwilling.Just as he was hesitating whether to leave a deposit first and ask Guanshi Zhao to keep the wine for him, Guanshi Zhao gritted his teeth in pain and said, "Well, it's not once or twice that the young master takes care of our caravan. I will give you a reserve price, 600 taels."

All of a sudden, 200 taels were reduced. The young master didn't feel that Manager Zhao was cheating people by charging a high price. On the contrary, he really felt that he was cutting flesh.For a moment, my eyes lit up with surprise, and I asked: "It really only costs 600 taels?"

Manager Zhao stopped laughing, and nodded with a look of pain: "Yes, I will only charge you 600 taels if I sell this bottle of wine to you at the base price. It is considered a good relationship. But don't go out and tell people about the price. , I can't give this price to others, and I will lose money."

The young master was overjoyed when he heard the words, and believed in Guanshi Zhao's words, and he took the initiative to say: "Don't worry, I'll introduce someone to buy it later."

Then the young master happily gave 600 taels of silver, carried the bottle of wine and left, never thinking that he had fallen into the trap of a profiteer.After waiting for two days, I really brought friends to buy wine again, and those who sold it for 700 taels also felt that they had made a profit.

However, these scattered sellers were small heads, and Manager Zhao was quite bold in starting a business. After the wine's reputation spread, he went directly to Prince Xiang's Mansion with samples.He expressed his intention to take refuge, saying that he could sell this batch of wine to King Xiang at a discount, and then resell it at King Xiang's shop to earn profits. In this way, he directly sold a thousand bottles of wine to King Xiang's mansion at a price of 500 taels a bottle. .

When the news got out, Zhao Guanshi hadn't left Chang'an yet, and the emperor's people came to his door.So under the other party's "coercion and lure", Zhao Guanshi had no choice but to sell another thousand bottles of wine to the emperor at a price of 500 taels.

After the two businesses were completed, Manager Zhao made some calculations in his mind, and felt that even if wine was a consumable, such a high price would be enough for Chang'an City to digest for a while.So he patted his horse's ass, and took the remaining wine to sell elsewhere - the wine that the emperor and King Xiang rushed to buy, is it still worrying about selling it, is it too expensive?

Naturally not, even if the packaging is excessive, some people will pay for it.

What's more, there are those who don't like fine wine but love glass. Seeing that the glass bottle that holds the wine looks good, they simply buy it at a high price and arrange flowers.

In this way, the first batch of wine allowed Lu Yiqing to make a lot of money, but at the time when the wine was selling like a raging fire, not many people paid much attention to the battle report from the northwest to Chang'an.

The barbarians from the state of Qin came to the border to plunder again - what year did they not come to plunder in autumn and winter?

The Wei family army is fighting with the barbarians again - as long as it is not a national war, let them do small fights.

The Hu people were repelled, and the Wei family army chased the Hu people to fight to the grassland-as long as the court didn't need to pay for it, it would be good to fight there to teach a lesson.

Those who only care about fighting for power and profit will always see only immediate interests.They can't see the beacon fire in the distance, and they can't see the hardships of the people, waiting for the day when the world will be overthrown.