"Ahem!" Liu Yan cleared his throat.

"This time, I want to recruit 8,000 soldiers, in addition to the three elite soldiers, a total of 3,000, there are about 10,000 ordinary soldiers, so that the entire army will reach 13,000 people.

As for the number of displaced people, it is difficult to estimate it at present, but as far as the wasteland area measured by Fu Zhu and Xin Ping is concerned, this Gaoyi can accommodate about 50,000 peasant households.

Then, even if the existing people in Gaoyi can be self-sufficient, according to the existing land harvest and the reserves of the official warehouse, they should support my thirteen thousand soldiers for a year, which should not be too much of a problem.

In this way, the food gap I need is the 50,000 peasant households, and the grain I need to make wine. It is estimated that the people's grain will cost 200,000 stone a year, and the cost of brewing wine is estimated to be about 100,000 stone! ”

The people here here, except for Hua Tuo, the miracle doctor, are all a generation of talents, what they have learned in their chests, and it is normal for them to enter and exit, when Liu Bian reported the numbers one by one, several people have already calculated in their chests, and when Liu Bian finished speaking, everyone already had the answer in their hearts.

At this time, as Liu Bian's first minister, Xun Yu was also a feather fan, and said to Liu Bian with some concern.

"Your Majesty, if 200,000 stone of grain is supplied to 50,000 people, although it is a little nervous, but according to the wartime law, it should be enough to cope with it for a year. It's just that Your Majesty's new brewing method requires a huge amount of 100,000 stones, and the sum of these two items is 300,000 stones, which is not a small amount! ”

"Hehe, Mr. Wen Ruo, the amount of 300,000 stones is indeed an unbearable burden for a Gaoyi in my district, but this amount is shared among the major scholars and merchants in Youzhou and Jizhou, so it is not a problem to think about it!"

Liu Wei said this, turned his head to Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, do you know how much the price of grain is now?" ”

"Now Liang rice is about 400 yuan a stone, millet rice is 300 yuan a stone, and barley, chestnut rice and cereals are 220 yuan a stone."

"Not bad! Then I ask you again, what is the price of wine now? ”

"A bucket of alcohol is fifty dollars, and a bucket of rice wine is thirty dollars!"

"Haha, Feng Xiao really knows everything about people's livelihood! If, now, I put this wine on sale, how much does Feng Xiao think this wine should be worth? ”

"Your Majesty, this kind of fine wine, priced at five hundred yuan a bucket, is considered cheap!" Guo Jia's words are chiseled.

Not to mention Guo Jia, whether it is Xun Yu, Xun Yu or Xi Zhicai, they also nodded slightly for Guo Jia's valuation, which can be regarded as agreeing with Fengxiao's statement.

Of course, as a person who loves alcohol, the price set by Guo Jia is the most valuable reference among the people, not to mention such a fine wine, a bowl can be worth ten bowls of ordinary wine, which is the taste of this wine, and it is comparable to those low-degree turbid wines obtained by brewing methods!

"Good! If I were to sell this wine to you for three hundred dollars a bucket, would you be willing? ”

"Haha, Your Majesty, although Fengxiao is not a businessman, if you sell this wine to me at this price, then I can consider it and go to Tao Zhugong!"

Guo Jia also laughed, although he did not directly answer Liu Yan's question, but the implication could not be more obvious!

"Haha, Feng Xiao's ambition is not small, although Tao Zhu Gong is a businessman, but governing the country, why not worry about it, and the baht must be investigated? There is a saying that you can't eat poorly, you can't wear poor, and if you can't calculate, you will suffer poor, and now I will do a good calculation with you! ”

Although Liu Bian's words are a bit rough, the truth in them is irrefutable to everyone.

"This distillation method is almost two stones of grain to get one stone of wine, then 100,000 stone of grain can get 50,000 stone of fine wine, then according to the valuation of Fengxiao, ten buckets of one stone, then one stone of fine wine can get 3,000 yuan, and 50,000 stone of fine wine can get 150,000 yuan.

If the cereal grain is purchased in large quantities, it should be possible to buy one stone for 200 yuan, and then the 100,000 stone cereal grain will only cost 20 million yuan, and the profit will be 130 million yuan. ”

Everyone here has seen the world, but when they heard Liu Bian's accounts, they were all smacked, and in this small winery, between Liu Bian's wonderful hand flipping, a business with seven and a half times the huge profits appeared!

"Next, I will calculate for you, if the rations of the people in Gaoyi are all chestnut rice, then one stone is 300 yuan, 200,000 stone, it will cost 60 million yuan, but even so, if the cost of purchasing grain is deducted from the profit of winemaking, it will also make a profit of 70 million yuan, even if some other expenses are subtracted, at least 60 million yuan can be profited, so I don't know if this transaction can be done?"

Xun Yu and other children of the scholar clan, subconsciously, are a little disdainful of those businessmen who pursue profits, but at the moment, in Liu Bian's mouth, the thick tone of the businessman, listening to everyone's ears, has become the supreme sound, this is not the identity of Emperor Liu Bian, but what Liu Bian is planning is not his personal interests, but the benefits of the country and the livelihood of the people.

In this way, in the eyes of everyone, this set of business scriptures in Liu Bian's mouth has become a safe and secure policy for the people to be rich and the country strong! It's ridiculous to say, as far as the four hundred years of the Han River and the mountains and mountains, now it is maintained on a small jar of wine, if there is knowledge underground, Gaozu Liu Bang, Emperor Wu Liu Che, Guangwu Liu Xiu, I don't know what to think!

When everyone heard Liu Yan's inquiry, only Guo Jia wiped the tip of his nose and said with a hint of crying and laughing.

"Your Majesty, are you all fools when we are? Think that ordinary merchants, nearby sellers, the profit is only one to two percent, those giant businessmen, adjust the presence or absence of the two places, the average market price, the profit may reach more than fifty percent, but they are all far away, and bear a greater risk, as for the Western Regions business road, it goes without saying that the risk is too great.

Now, Your Majesty, the profit on this transaction can reach more than seven times, and there is no need for me to answer such a question! ”

"Your Majesty!" When Guo Jia just finished speaking, Xi Zhicai, who was sitting opposite Liu Fang, asked.

"Feng Xiao is right! This kind of lucrative wine-making method is indeed a policy to enrich the people and strengthen the army, but at present, whether it is the people's rations or the wine-making grain, it is obvious that His Majesty cannot take it, as His Majesty said, these grains need to be borrowed, and if they are borrowed, then Your Majesty will naturally not forcibly levy and apportionment as the Son of Heaven, so how can you ensure that you can borrow food? ”

Xi Zhicai's statement, in fact, also left Liu Bian's face, although the Son of Heaven is rich all over the world, but now let Liu Bian go to the forcible conscription, in fact, there is not much difference from robbers to rob, now can put the emperor in his eyes, to be honest, there are not many sincerely.

Since you want to win people's hearts and can't forcibly requisition, then you have to borrow money, okay, you Liu Bian is the emperor, those scholars and businessmen, you have to give some face, but all of them are symbolic and a little, just like sending beggars, so can you Liu Bian still borrow the food you need?

Although the gentleman has the friendship of wealth, is Liu Ban about to face a gentleman? They are all businessmen who must compete with each other! In short, Xi Zhicai is very worried!