In the hall of Chaoyang Building, the conversation between Cui Wenqing, Chen Ningmo, and Zhi Zhao continued.

Chen Ningmo first sighed lightly and concluded: "Wen Qing, to be honest, the pork cultivated in the four states of the Northland this time, in terms of taste, is very different from the previous pork, and there is no such unpalatable taste, your breeding method can be said to be very successful, but if you want to promote pork throughout the country, be accepted by all the Shinong business class, and become the main meat, it is not so easy." ”

This was exactly where Cui Wenqing's doubts were, he knew that Chen Ningmo was well-informed, and immediately asked shamelessly: "Bachelor, please give me some advice and explain the difficulties in detail." ”

Chen Ningmo nodded, and said: "Let's talk about the first aspect first, for thousands of years, mutton has occupied an important position in the meat of the Chinese land, especially after the Wuhu Chaos in China, Hu Feng invaded the Central Plains, the food culture north of the Yangtze River has changed drastically, and the cooking methods are not the same, mutton has become the first choice for the people's meat, such as the traditional famous dish red sheep branch cane, sheep through the hall, mutton cake, muddy sheep death, etc., all of which are made of mutton as the main material, my dynasty inherited the system of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the folk meat is also based on mutton, so eating mutton is deep-rooted. Because pork is classified as cheap meat, most of them are despised by scholars and doctors, and only some poor people will eat it, so if you want to use pork to change people's traditional eating habits, it is not an overnight effort, it is very difficult. ”

Hearing this, Cui Wenqing waved his hand and chuckled: "Bachelor, about what you said, in my opinion, it is not difficult. ”

Chen Ningmo raised his eyebrows, a trace of sneer ripples overflowed from the corners of his mouth, and he seemed to laugh at Cui Wenqing's incompetence, and asked, "Okay, tell me, why is it not difficult to say that it is not difficult?" ”

"Hehe, in fact, I think it's very simple, as long as the court supports pork."

"Imperial court support?"

"That's right," Cui Wenqing nodded and said with a smile, "If the official family supports the eating of pork, and takes the lead in eating pork by example, and also mobilizes all the princes and ministers to eat pork, I believe that it will not be long before the metaphor of pork and cheap meat can be eliminated immediately, and pork can quickly become popular among the people." ”

"What? You even want to invite the official family to eat pork too? Chen Ning looked at him dumbfounded, "Cui Wenqing, you're really crazy!" Lose your marbles! Do you know that this is a felony of murder? ”

Cui Wenqing snorted dissatisfiedly, and said bluntly: "The reason why pork is cheap meat is because it used to taste fishy, and now the pigs bred in the four states of the Northland have no such strange smell at all, and naturally they should not be listed as cheap meat, but have the same treatment as beef and mutton. ”

"Cui Wenqing, you're really crazy!" For a while, Chen Ningmo didn't know what to say, thought for a moment, nodded with a cold face, and said, "Okay, when the time comes, I will go and talk about it, as for whether the imperial brother is willing, there is no guarantee." ”

Cui Wenqing was overjoyed, and hurriedly smiled and said, "Thank you for the success." ”

"Don't thank me yet!" Chen Ning Moyun waved his sleeves and said solemnly, "I just said the first aspect, and there is another more troublesome problem, as far as I know, the meat supply in Luoyang City has its own fixed number, as far as mutton is concerned, it is dependent on the business name of the big family, if the implementation of pork, it will definitely have an impact on the sales of mutton, and you Cui Wenqing will definitely become a thorn in the side of these people, a thorn in the meat." ”

Cui Wenqing was stunned: "What? How could there be such a thing? ”

Zhi Zhao interjected and added: "Luoyang City is located in the heart of the Central Plains, it is the imperial capital of our dynasty, and it is connected to the Grand Canal, and the merchant trade is very developed, so if bulk commodity goods want to enter Luoyang, there are special chambers of commerce to operate, and the entanglement of interests in this is appalling, and there are countless conspiracies and tricks hidden in the secret. ”

"Ah Zhao is right." Chen Ningmo nodded in agreement and said, "People can't leave food, clothing, housing and transportation for a day, in terms of clothing, Luoyang City is monopolized by the Silk Chamber of Commerce, which I believe you also have experience, I won't say much, and in terms of food, especially the sale of mutton, several businesses have the shadow of the prime minister Xie Junhao behind them, Xie Junhao is the owner behind these mutton sales shops, directly monopolizing the supply of meat. ”

"I'll wipe it!" Cui Wenqing was furious, and couldn't help but shoot the case, "Xie Junhao is also a prime minister, and he still covets the private meat business?" He doesn't like to be ridiculed by people who smell copper! ”

Chen Ningmo sighed lightly: "That's a good point, but do you know how many people there are in Luoyang City?" There are millions of them, how many high-ranking officials and aristocrats, rich businessmen? How much meat do you need per day? To put it mildly, this meat supply business is a lucrative business, and it can be said that it is a car of money every day, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is rich and rivals the country. ”

"What's more, even if it is Xie Junhao, it is impossible to swallow such a big benefit alone, did King Qi participate in it? Did the other princes and ministers participate? Even whether the queen mother, who has lived in the deep palace for a long time, is not involved, these are not easy to say. If you promote pork, you will definitely summon these people to join forces to suppress it, just with your humble official status, let alone Ah Zhao at that time, even your teacher Wang Anshi may not be able to protect you. ”

Cui Wenqing was shocked when he heard this, and he immediately understood that the implementation of pork was even more difficult than opening an Armani clothing store in Luoyang.

However, Cui Wenqing is not the kind of person who gives up easily, nor is he the kind of person who is easily frightened by a few words, he said angrily: "Bachelor, the implementation of pork is a move for the benefit of the country and the people, and it is an important condition for whether my Daqi can recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. Moreover, I believe that there is righteousness between heaven and earth, and there is justice in the court, as long as the implementation of pork is beneficial to the country and the people, everyone will agree. ”

Chen Ningmo said solemnly: "What you said is indeed right, but many times, the right thing may also be wrong in the eyes of others, if you insist on it, I can't persuade more, but there is only one ...... I will unswervingly support you in promoting pork, as for whether it can succeed or not, then it is up to fate! ”

When the words fell, Cui Wenqing and Zhi Zhao looked at each other, both of them couldn't believe their ears.