Chapter 84: Wine Fairy Ye Hua
Zhao Pu's brain power is of course first-class, but in his insight, there is no concept of international trade, so let the party help escort the people, give salt introductions, exchange for green salt, and then get the money from the Southern Tang Dynasty to make a profit...... This is a very complicated process, Zhao Pu digested it for a while before he suddenly became enlightened!
The three traditional salt-producing areas are the first line along the coast, mainly Changlu and Lianghuai, followed by the pond salt in the northwest and the well salt in Bashu...... These three places have supplied the salt needs of the Central Plains for thousands of years.
When the unified dynasty disintegrated, and the local kings were divided, whoever could master the salt undoubtedly gained an innate advantage. The Southern Tang Dynasty is the largest country in the south, the capital is Jinling, the territory is about equivalent to the later Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and the eastern part of Hunan and Hubei, the land is rich, the population is large, the small life is very good, the only bad thing is the problem of salt.
First of all, the well salt of Bashu and the pond salt in the northwest are out of reach, and the only thing that can be planned is sea salt, but there is a Wuyue country in the south of the Yangtze River, which occupies the coastal area of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the Southern Tang Dynasty is in constant conflict.
The only remaining source is the land of Jiangbei and Huai, but here it borders the Great Zhou, with frequent wars and intermittent supply, not to mention how depressed it is.
This time, the Southern Tang Dynasty took advantage of the chaos to attack Huaibei, but also wanted to push the territory to the north and completely solve the salt gap. Who knew that stealing chickens would not make rice, and was defeated by Wang Yin, and the situation was even worse.
Ye Hua revealed his plan to Zhao Pu, on the one hand, he sent men and horses to attack the salt works of Lianghuai and destroy salt production, and on the other hand, through merchants, secretly smuggled high-quality green salt to seize the salt market in the Southern Tang Dynasty.
"Green salt is only 100 yuan in the capital, and when it is transported to Nantang, it can be sold for at least 200 yuan, which is double the profit! The silk, porcelain, and tea of the Southern Tang Dynasty are very cheap, and we collect them at a low price and resell them to the party members, at least double the profit. In other words, we used the manpower of the party and the financial resources of the Southern Tang Dynasty to recruit the people of the Northern Han Dynasty for us and reclaim the land of the Great Zhou...... How about this approach? β
Zhao Pu was messy, for the first time in his life, he felt that his brain power was a little insufficient, and he needed to sort it out. Looking at Zhao Pu holding his head and tangled and painful, Ye Hua was very satisfied, what about the founding prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, he was not driven crazy by Lao Tzu!
Comfortable!
Ye Hua crossed Erlang's legs and drank tea, a cup of tea was almost drunk, Zhao Pu suddenly stood up, his eyes lit up, and he clenched his fists hard.
"Ye Yuanjun, according to your strategy, the Northern Han, Dangxiang, and Southern Tang have all suffered losses! Am I right? β
"Hmm!" Ye Hua smiled, "They have suffered a loss, but they have no choice, this is called the international division of labor!" β
Zhao Pucai doesn't care about the division of labor or not, he just wants to implement it quickly, this thing has been done, it is a great credit! Zhao Pu was in a hurry and found Li Yiyin's son Li Guangrui again.
As the young master of the party, Li Guangrui is more shrewd than his father, and anyone who is deceived by his rough appearance must be fooled.
"1,000 catties of salt, very sincere, but I'm sorry, we can't agree."
Li Guangrui took out a dagger, skillfully cut off a browned leg of mutton, threw it into his mouth, chewed it, and praised vaguely: "You Han people are amazing, we eat mutton every day, and it is not as good as your roast." β
"No way, this is talent!" Zhao Pu said without being salty or indifferent: "I want to hear the reason." β
"Why?" Li Guangrui hesitated for a moment, and said with a smile: "The reason is very simple, we also have to live, and we can't offend too many people." β
"Who will you offend if you do things for us?" Zhao Pu asked.
"It's more, Hedong Liu Chong, and ...... Khitan! β
"Khitan?"
"Hmm." Li Guangrui smiled and said: "The envoy we sent to pay tribute to the Khitan has sent news that the Khitan is going to send troops, and they will not watch Liu Chong be destroyed." β
Zhao Pu's face changed, the Khitan people entered Kaifeng a few years ago, destroyed the Later Jin Dynasty, and were majestic and powerful, which was really a big trouble, and it made people shudder when they mentioned it.
What, the Khitan is finally going to make a move?
This is not easy to do, Zhao Pu fell into deep thought.
Li Guangrui cut off another piece of meat, swallowed it in three bites, and then got up and ordered: "Send this sheep to my tent." He said to Zhao Pu again: "Even if it is a reward for intelligence, I will not let my friends suffer." β
After saying that, this guy pretended to be generous, patted his ass and wanted to leave.
Before he went out, Ye Hua turned in from the door of the tent and smiled at Li Guangrui.
"Roasted whole sheep is only interesting if you want friends to eat it together, are you willing to drink stuffy wine?"
"This ...... You're Ye Yuanjun, right? Sure enough, it's a young hero, but I don't know how much alcohol is, just right, I want to learn! β
Ye Hua smiled, "Please!" β
Don't use others, Zhao Pu poured wine next to him, Ye Hua was not humble, and directly made a bowl, Li Guangrui was not to be outdone, and also followed a bowl, just like that, two people you have a bowl, I have a bowl, and when the 8th bowl is drunk, Li Guangrui is stupid, his stomach is full, his head is dizzy for a while, and his face and neck can fry eggs...... But Ye Hua on the other side was like no one, and shouted at Zhao Pu: "It's not refreshing to drink wine with a bowl, go change the basin!" β
Zhao Pu couldn't figure out what kind of road Ye Hua was, not to talk about business and change to wine, he obediently went to get a basin, Ye Hua said with a calm face: "Why is it just one?" Didn't prepare it for Brother Li? β
Zhao Pu said with a bitter face: "I, I'm afraid he won't be able to drink." β
"Hmph, what is this called, a man from the party, can he still drink? Right? Ye Hua raised his eyebrows at Li Guangrui.
Li Guangrui gritted his back molars, "Yes!" Change a pot for me, and change it to one that is bigger than Ye Yuanjun! β
After this basin, Li Guangrui only drank less than a third, and then he vomited a lot, and he was in an uproar, how miserable it was, and the girl was completely convinced.
That kid wasn't a human at all, he was a wine fairy!
Ye Hua sneered, when it comes to drinking, he is not afraid of anyone. It's not that he is addicted to alcohol, but in his previous life, the master of the funeral home liked to drink, especially strong wine, and he also abducted Ye Hua and told him to drink some wine, so he was not afraid. At that time, Ye Hua was so naΓ―ve, he actually believed it, he came and went, and after a few years, he actually practiced the amount of alcohol and was able to overturn the master.
The wine of the five generations is lower than the degree of beer, and to Ye Hua, it is almost like water.
However, he warned himself that he must be cautious, he will not drink easily, let alone drink too much, this time there is no way, if he doesn't pour Li Guangrui down, he won't know that Ma Wangye has three eyes!
Ya dares to talk about the Khitan, wants to blackmail Lao Tzu, dream of it!
"Brother Li, how much does my brother drink?"
Li Guangrui didn't dare to look directly at Ye Hua, so he could only stretch out his thumb.
"Hahaha, brother, people say that wine is like character, what do you think of my brother's character?"
"No, I didn't say it!"
Ye Hua laughed even louder, "Brother Li, the younger brother treats you as a friend, you can't be sorry for your friend!" β
"I, I really can't help it, there are hundreds of thousands of Khitan soldiers......"
"Don't tell me it's useless!" Ye Hua waved his hand and sneered: "You have been in Yinzhou Xiazhou for many years, what battle have you never seen, and you are still afraid of the Khitans?" β
Li Guangrui was speechless when asked, he couldn't admit it!
Ye Hua said more bluntly: "What do you have?" It's just green salt and livestock, and others, firewood, rice, oil, salt, silk, cloth, pots and pans, tea and farm tools...... Which one should not be purchased from Centaline? Let me say one more word that is out of line, you have everything in the Khitans, if one day, Da Zhou and the Khitan make peace, your life will not be easy! β
"What?" Li Guangrui was so shocked that he sweated, "You want to make peace with the Khitan?" β
"What's so strange about that? You are not willing to help, Liu Chong and the Khitan join forces, I can only trade with each other in the Great Zhou, and stop the war, and when the time comes, whether the Khitan people will break through Helan Mountain, is not for me to say. β