Chapter 221: Lack of Talent
Pei Qing's posthumous seal this time is just right, of course, according to the merits, Feng San is actually not enough, but Pei Qing changed it to Feng San died because he saved Wei Yan's life and saved a general for the country, so he won this honor, so there was no opposition from the beginning.
In the following days, Wei Yan secretly practiced the knife skills taught to him by Pei Qing, and also asked generals in the army who were good at making knives, such as Zhou Cang and Huang Zhong, to learn knife skills with him, which made Wei Yan's knife skills improve quickly.
And in these days, good news has come frequently, first of all, Yin Neng came to report that he had developed the kind of high-grade five-grain wine that Pei Qing said, and specially brought ten jars to Pei Qing.
"Oh? Please! Pei Qing was pleasantly surprised when he heard the news, this was good news, so he immediately ordered Yin Neng to be invited.
After a while, I saw Yin Neng come to the mansion, bowed to Pei Qing with a panicked face, and said cautiously: "The villain Yin Neng came to see the hussar general, and I wish the general a noble body." ”
"Haha, Yin Neng, don't be polite, sit down quickly." Pei Qing was very warm and kind to Yin Neng, and waved his hand to let him sit down. However, Yin Neng is just a small craftsman, in the era of heavy agriculture and suppression of business, compared with Pei Qing, it is very different, where dare to sit down in front of Pei Qing? So I didn't dare to sit down anyway.
But Pei Qing didn't care, pulled Yin Neng to sit down, and then said to him: "Let Ben Jiang taste it, is the wine you brewed good?" If it's good, Ben will definitely reward him heavily. ”
Then Pei Qing opened a jar of wine in public, scooped it and tasted it, and suddenly tears almost flowed out, because this is the taste that he often tasted before crossing, very pure and thick.
"Good wine, it's really good wine, I occasionally tasted this kind of wine when I was in the Western Regions before, and asked people for a recipe, but the profiteer was vague, I kept thinking about it in my heart, so I told you this recipe, I hope you can brew it, in fact, I didn't have too many illusions at the beginning, I really didn't expect you to be able to brew it, this is really too surprising."
Pei Qing's face was full of excitement, and he immediately ordered to reward Yin Neng with 50,000 yuan, and then sighed: "It's a pity that I have too little grain in Guanzhong at present, and I can't brew this kind of wine in large quantities, otherwise this alone can make us get a lot of income, but it will be good after the wheat harvest, this year's crops are growing well, and the wheat will be harvested in a few days, I believe that we will have a margin for winemaking at that time." ”
Seeing this, Yin Neng hurriedly said with emotion: "This is also the result of your benevolence, this year encountered a drought that is rare in a century, but the people rarely starve to death, this is all thanks to the general, general, for the people, in addition to spending huge sums of money to buy food from Jingzhou and other places, and do not hesitate to transfer a large amount of military food to help the people, the most amazing thing is that the general you actually came up with a genius to come up with a way to work for relief, mobilize migrant workers to dig wells, carry water to irrigate the ground, and overhaul canals, dredge rivers, greatly alleviating the drought, And from the vast number of soldiers and officials to save the grain between the teeth, this is what today's weather, the general did this, survived hundreds of thousands of people in Guanzhong, the people are all grateful, and the villain is also because of the fact that he can meet the general such a parent and feel the blessing of three lives. ”
"Haha, these are all the words of love from the people, to tell the truth, in fact, the reason why we were able to survive this disaster is mainly the result of the concerted efforts of all the people, if there is no unity from top to bottom, I alone will not be able to help everyone through the crisis."
Pei Qing listened to these sincere words of appreciation and felt very comfortable, because there are indeed not many people who can do this in history, he has saved hundreds of thousands of lives through these comprehensive disaster relief measures, and also made the people in Guanzhong completely return to their hearts, which will definitely be capitalized in the history books, and will also make his reputation unprecedentedly enhanced, which will greatly benefit the future development.
And a day later, there was a report from the soldiers, saying that Zhang Wu had come to visit, and the worship post wrote that Pei Qing instructed him to make steamed buns, bacon, ham and other products that had been successfully developed.
"Really? That's great news! Pei Qing was naturally overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately ordered Zhang Wu to come and see him.
After a while, Zhang Wu also reported to Pei Qing with a respectful face that those steamed buns, bacon, ham and other foods had been prepared.
Pei Qing was naturally full of joy from time to time, he was very satisfied after seeing those foods and tasting them in person, these foods are more convenient to carry and preserve, and meat is easier to replenish physical strength (the steamed buns at the beginning are also filled with meat), and it will naturally be more advantageous when fighting on the battlefield in the future.
"It's a pity that we have less meat, and the cost of raising pigs, cattle and sheep is relatively high, not to mention the general public, even middle-income families basically can't afford to eat meat, which is really not a small gap compared to nomads, huh?" Pei Qing suddenly had an idea when he thought of this, and secretly thought: "Actually, we can trade with the Xiongnu and Qiang people for the time being, open up a field, exchange our cheap products for their cattle and sheep, and improve the physical fitness of the soldiers with meat, and when the strength becomes stronger in the future, we can find an excuse to lead the army to crusade against them and obtain a large area of pasture, on the one hand, we can raise horses, provide war horses for the army, on the other hand, raise cattle, provide a large number of cattle for farmers, and also use cattle and sheep to provide a steady stream of meat for soldiers and even the people." ”
This is really a genius note for Pei Qing, now the strength of Guanzhong is in a weak period, and it is urgent to concentrate on the development of production, restore strength, and strive to accumulate strength during this period for future development, and during this period the policy towards the Xiongnu and Qiang people naturally cannot use force, but should be based on pacification, and the opening of the field can ensure that the Huns exchange almost no cost of cattle and sheep for goods, to ensure that their basic life will not be affected, and at the same time can also exchange some precious luxury goods from those nobles for a large amount of property.
For the Han Dynasty, the most precious luxury is naturally silk, when the Han Emperor moved eastward, in order to streamline the team, but also to show that Xijing is still the palace, the Son of Heaven will come in the future, leaving a large number of craftsmen, this group of craftsmen are skilled generations of craftsmen, the production of utensils are extremely exquisite, as long as they provide them with a steady stream of materials, can produce extremely exquisite utensils, including silk, exquisite pottery and other luxury goods.
Anyway, they were idle, and Pei Qing decided to make use of these people and sell the silk produced in the palace to the upper echelons of the Xiongnu or Qiang people in exchange for a lot of property.
Of course, after all, these craftsmen are all in the palace, and most of the products produced are for the royal use, if it is not for those violations, Pei Qing can also use them, but if they are taken out and sold, it will definitely become an excuse for others to attack, so Pei Qing must use the means of transferring flowers and trees to get those exquisite instruments out of the palace, but fortunately, the guards and stewards in the palace are all Pei Qing's people or have been bought, and it is not difficult to get them out.
So after some consideration, Pei Qing felt that this matter was more feasible, so he secretly made up his mind.
"However, silk and fine pottery are produced in the palace after all, and it is impossible to pound them like this for a long time, so I still have to continue to increase my efforts to study porcelain, and in addition, should this glass also be studied and studied by the technology of colored glass? Fine glass products are inexpensive, but they are sure to become highly sought-after high-end luxury goods in this day and age. ”
Pei Qing couldn't help frowning after thinking of this, it seems that I still lack a lot of talents.