Chapter 68: Wealth in Wine (Part II)
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The Song Dynasty implemented a policy of patent liquor.
The monopoly of liquor is called liquor, that is, the government strictly restricts the private brewing and sale of liquor, and the government monopolizes it and enjoys its benefits, and the people can drink some soup at most.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were three forms of liquor, the first was the official supervision of liquor, that is, the government monopolized the liquor.
The second is to buy a shop, the so-called "buy" is a promise to pay a certain amount of taxes to the government, to obtain the right to open a shop, brew and sell wine.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to ensure the income of the official liquor class, the government strictly divided the official liquor prohibition in the form of legislation, that is, the location of the city and rural liquor farms where the capital of Beijing and Zhudao Prefecture is located. Within a dozen miles of this range, private households are generally not allowed to sell private wine, forming no other branches, only this official government.
However, outside of the forbidden land of the government, the sake brewers who have obtained the permission of the government can brew or sell it. This is the concessionaire.
In Tokyo, there are two types of sake brewers, one is those who use kankoji sake for sale, and most of these sake merchants live in the Kukoji district and are called kyo sake households. The so-called koji is the government's monopoly on koji, which is equivalent to an indirect monopoly, and Beijing liquor households can buy koji from the government's koji courtyard and then brew and sell it themselves. On the other hand, there are pΓΉ shops that pay taxes and get the right to sell wine, which are called village sake merchants.
Obviously, the drunken immortal residence belongs to the Beijing wine household.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, the larger restaurant is called the main store, and the smaller one is called the foot shop, the difference between the two is that the main store has the qualification to buy koji and brew wine, and the foot shop is just the consignment point of the main store.
Nowadays, the price of official koji is very expensive, worth more than 200 wen per catty, and the best koji, the government does not sell it to the public, and they, the Beijing wine households, pay the official qu money, and have to pay an extra amount of white trough and glutinous rice money to sell the wine.
By the time the Beijing wine households finished brewing the wine, the profit margin had been compressed very little, and the imperial court had all taken the big head, and a big restaurant like Fan Lou had purchased 50,000 catties of koji a year in its heyday, which was a typical small profit but quick turnover.
However, in recent years, due to the plummeting business of Zuixianju, Wu Furong naturally did not dare to make more wine, so the surrounding foot shops naturally became the sales point of Jade Xuan, which made matters worse.
Although the Northern Song Dynasty was the only dynasty that encouraged drinking, the private liquor industry was not very developed, and it was not on the same par with the thriving state-run liquor industry.
After Li Qi understood it clearly, he gave a two-word evaluation--- cheat dad.
It's just a pit in his grandmother's bay.
Li Qi angrily paced back and forth in the room for more than a dozen times, shook his head and said: "No, if we do the same, then we will still make a p of money, and we can't fight with Jade Xuan at all." β
Wu Furong was puzzled: "Then what are you going to do?" β
Li Qi sneered and said, "Make it yourself, go to TMD bullshit official music." β
"I can't do it, I can't do it."
Wu Furong hurriedly stood up and said nervously: "Now the government is strictly investigating those who brew koji without permission, if they are caught, they will have to go to jail, and they will be sentenced to death in the early years." This is absolutely unacceptable. β
"There's nothing in this world that can't be helped."
Li Qi snorted coldly and said, "Uncle Wu, you remember for me that there is a kind of person in this world who must not be trusted, that is, politicians, that is, those who are officials, or even the emperor---γ β
"Li Gongzi, don't say these words to others." Wu Furong hurriedly interrupted Li Qi's words, he was already sweating profusely from being frightened by Li Qi, and his fingers were trembling.
"I know that."
Since the last time he almost died at the hands of that ladyboy, Li Qi has spoken a lot more restrained, but sometimes he can't help but say two big rebellious words. nodded, and continued: "Whatever politicians say, you must first listen to it, whether it is related to your own interests, if not, you have the right to be bullshit." And these laws are drawn up by those who are in power, and they are nothing more than for profit, since there are interests in the existence, then there must be loopholes, and if there are loopholes, there will naturally be interests leaking out. Do you understand? β
Wu Furong shook his head, looking completely puzzled.
Li Qi rolled his eyes and said, "Let me ask you, killing people pays for their lives, this is a natural thing, right?" β
Wu Furong nodded and said, "Of course." β
Li Qi said again: "That's good. If a soldier in our country kills a Liao soldier on the battlefield, will the government sentence him to death? β
Wu Furong said: "Of course this --- not, if he can go into battle to kill the enemy, not only is there no fault, but he should be rewarded for his hard work, how can he be sentenced to death." β
"Isn't this over, it's also murder, why is one meritorious, and the other has a fault." Richie shrugged.
Wu Furong wondered: "How can this be the same." β
Li Qi laughed and said: "What's the difference, as long as we turn this dead man into a Liao soldier, then everything will be fine." β
"Become a Liao soldier, how can you change the law?"
"As for how it will change, I haven't figured it out yet, anyway, all in all, this is the wine money, I don't plan to share it with the imperial court, if you want to share it, then we have to take the lion's share." Richie snorted.
"This ---!"
Wu Furong looked at Li Qi dumbfounded, opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, he has always been a responsible trader, and now when he meets Li Qi, who is like a hooligan, it is really a little difficult for him.
"Brother Li, Brother Li."
At this moment, Wu Xiaoliu's voice was suddenly heard outside.
"Come in."
As soon as the words fell, Wu Xiaoliu opened the door and walked in, followed by a Chen Anan, but the faces of the two were very strange.
"Uncle, you're here too!"
As soon as Wu Xiaoliu came in and found that Wu Furong was also there, he stuck out his tongue in fright.
"Brother Li, shopkeeper Wu."
Chen Anan saluted Li Qi and Wu Furong respectively, and secretly pulled Wu Xiaoliu's sleeve with his hand.
This small action naturally did not escape Li Qi's eyes, frowned, and asked, "What's the matter?" β
Wu Xiaoliu glanced at Chen Anan, smiled, and said, "That's the case, I just found Anan hiding in the kitchen to steal wine." β
"Oh?"
Li Qi asked Chen Anan, "What the sixth son said is true?" β
Chen Anan nodded, looking like he bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
Li Qi suddenly smiled and said, "You kid, just tell me if you want to drink, can you use it to steal?" β
There are no drinks these days, children are curious to drink some wine, Li Qi thinks it's not a big deal, anyway, the wine of the Northern Song Dynasty has a low alcohol content, as long as you don't drink too much.
Wu Xiaoliu saw that Li Qi was not angry but laughed, so he shook his head and said busily: "Brother Li, don't you know, he still poured water into the wine jug." β
Li Qi looked strange and asked curiously, "Anan, why are you pouring water into the wine jug?" β
Chen Anan lowered his head and said, "I was afraid of being discovered by you, so I did this, Brother Li, I know it's wrong." β
Li Qi was stunned for a moment, laughed, and said: "You guy, you're quite clever, okay, forget it this time, don't do it next time, a good pot of wine will make you ruined." β
Chen Anan saw that Li Qi didn't blame him, his face was happy, and he nodded vigorously to reassure.
Li Qi shook his head with a smile and said to Wu Xiaoliu: "Also, Liuzi, you did the right thing, Anan did something wrong, you should tell me or your uncle in time, so that we can help them correct it in time." But you must also remember to me that when facing outsiders, no matter what Anan does wrong, if you betray Anan like today, I will never let you go. β
"I see." Wu Xiaoliu said with a sweaty head.
Li Qi nodded, and said to Chen Anan again: "Anan, you are the same, do you know?" β
Chen Anan nodded.
"Okay, you guys go out first. Oh, by the way, Anan, you don't have anything to do anyway, tomorrow you will follow Uncle Tian and help them do some work, you know? β
"Oh, I see." Chen Anan nodded and said, he never dared to disobey what Li Qi told him to do.
When Wu Xiaoliu heard this, he laughed secretly in his heart, Brother Li is so powerful, he doesn't say it, but he changes the law to punish you.
Li Qi looked at Wu Xiaoliu's expression, he didn't know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Sixth son, don't laugh, when I'm done with the things at hand, I will test your and Xiaozhu's cooking skills, if you don't qualify, go and be a bartender." β
Wu Xiaoliu said with a sad face: "Well, I will step up my practice." β
"Okay, that's it, you guys go out first."
After Wu Xiaoliu and Chen Anan went out, Wu Furong laughed and said, "Master Li, your method of discipline is really an eye-opener for the old man!" β
Li Qi shook his head and smiled.
"This Anan, naughty tight, you can control him, pour water into the wine jug, and think that you can hide the past, if someone else drinks it and finds that the wine has become weaker, isn't this revealing the filling, and it's a shame that this kid can figure it out." Wu Furong shook his head and said helplessly.
When Li Qi heard this, he was stunned, and said in his mouth: "Pour water into the wine, and the taste of the wine will become weaker?" β
"yes, what's the problem?" Wu Furong was surprised.
Li Qi didn't seem to hear Wu Furong's words, and repeated it: "Koji, low-alcohol wine, add water, and become light." β
After thinking for a while, Li Qi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said happily: "I know, I know how to turn this dead man into a Liao soldier." β
Wu Furong was puzzled and said: "What kind of dead man becomes a Liao soldier, Li Gongzi, don't you mean that you are playing tricks?" β
"Yes, I'm just going to play tricks."
Li Qi had a wicked smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Uncle Wu, you can help me prepare some things tomorrow." β
"What's that?"
"Fruit wine."
Li Qi sneered: "Return the fucking official song, to hell." β
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