Yang Chong's most significant political achievement in Zhangye is the school, in a month's time, Zhangye and Shandan, Fulu three counties have set up schools, Shandan County is specially for the children of soldiers and herdsmen, including accommodation to recruit 150 students, Zhangye, Fulu are day students, only provide a lunch at noon. The situation of Zhangye scholars is much better than that of Gaochang, as soon as the newly established Hexi Commercial Bank posted a notice to recruit teachers, nearly 100 people signed up, and finally Xue Shang and Yin Zhou selected 40 people and sent 10 teachers to Shandan and Fulu.

Shandan is a county based on a racecourse. In the second year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the hussar general Huo Quai's ten thousand horsemen went out of Longxi, crossed the Yanzhi Mountain, and reached the western end of the Qilian Mountain, defeated the Xiongnu tribes entrenched in the Yanzhi Mountain and the Damaying grassland, and raised horses in the Damaying grassland; From the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, the Dama camp has always been the place where the pastoral supervisor is located, shepherding the official horses. Shandan County is relying on the Guanguan army and the herdsmen who have migrated to and fro, and gradually formed a county, with more than 3,000 people in the county town and nearly 4,000 soldiers and civilians in the Dama Battalion.

Fulu County is the original Jiuquan County, which was the first county established in Hexi by the Han Dynasty, and was named after "there is a golden spring under the city, and its water is like wine". It's just that it has gone downhill in the past few decades, and after three years of opening the emperor, Jiuquan County was placed in Ganzhou; In the second year of Renshou, it was separated from Ganzhou, and Suzhou was first placed, and Fulu County was led; In the first year of the Great Cause, Suzhou Prefecture was struck and Fulu County was incorporated into Zhangye County, with a population of more than 8,600 people, which was not as good as a mud city.

The matter of the school made the local scholars and people feel a little relieved, and Yang Chong did not increase any taxes, when Du Yan and Xue Shang asked all parties for help to set up a library, people from all walks of life donated more than 300 books, and what made them surprised was that Yang Chong transported more than 500 books from Gaochang, and also mobilized a group of people who knew how to read and write in the army and commercial houses to copy books, and quickly built the library on a certain scale. For this reason, Du Yan, Xue Shang, and Yin Zhou all wrote letters to acquaintances in Longyou and Hedong, asking for reinforcements in the books.

Zhang Ye also has a character like Li Liang who eats both black and white, Kang Laohe, an old man who is still well maintained. Kang Laohe was tall and burly, wearing a pale cyan robe, his gray hair was neatly combed, and he was calm in the face of Yang Chong; The Kang family came from the nine cities of Zhaowu, and it has been two hundred years since the rise of Mengxun in the Northern Liang period, and most of Zhangye's wine and grain business is controlled by the Kang family.

Kang Laohe believes that Yang Chong does not dare to mess around, Zhangye is not a place dominated by Han people in Gaochang, and if you are not careful, there will be chaos. Zhangye County is a mixed ethnic group, Han, Qiang, Di, Xianbei, Turkic, Xiaoyue clan is one of the larger six ethnic groups, long-term war and slaughter with each other, the Kang family has become one of the few surviving wealthy clans, is the leader of Xiaoyue clan and Sumo people.

Yang Chong casually asked people to pour a glass of wine for Kang Laohe, Kang Laohe's smile froze after tasting the first sip, the wine was fragrant, it must be new wine, but there was no trace of sluggish taste, and the sweetness left on the tip of the tongue. Kang Laohe tasted it again, and after a long aftertaste, he could only sigh; I have heard that this county guard Yang Chong has turned stones into gold, and today he is considered to have learned, the new wine can make the taste of ten years of aging, as long as Yang Chong pushes this wine to the market, the Kang family's wine will hardly be sold in a jar.

Yang Chong smiled, he just added a little glycerin to the wine, a certain concentration of glycerin can provide the sweetness of the wine, glycerin can also suppress the unpleasant spiciness, modify the roughness and bitterness of the wine. Yang Chong asked Wang Fu to experiment hundreds of times before he got three more satisfactory tastes, and in this way, Wang Fu wished that Yang Chong had better not be an official and devote himself to invention.

In later generations, all countries did not allow the addition of glycerin, a decorative substance, in the laws and regulations of related wines, and only allowed to rely on the winemaker's selection of yeast and the control of the fermentation process to achieve the sweetness and thickness of the wine, but in the Great Sui, forget it, Cang Liao knows the etiquette, and now most areas are not full of food, or two meals a day.

Kang Laohe sighed with emotion that the future was terrifying, and lowered his posture and asked, "My lord, what do you command?" ”

Yang Chong asked lightly: "This is a new product in my wine shop, what does Elder Kang think?" ”

"Okay." couldn't figure out Yang Chong's thoughts, Kang Laohe sincerely praised it; Yang Chong nodded and said, "I want to make all the wines in the Zhangye region to this taste, and compete with the wines of Gaochang." ”

Kang Laohe was stunned, Hexi wine, but and Gaochang's is not at all in the same quality, grapes are not as good as Gaochang's in the first place, edible grapes pay attention to large grains, thin skin, more meat, less juice, wine-making grapes need to be small, thick skin, less meat, more juice, Zhangye's grapes not only have little room for choice, and the color and fragrance are a little worse. However, if Yang Chong's recipe can make up for these shortcomings, as long as the price of Zhangye's wine is the same as that of Gaochang, it will also increase the profit by one and a half times. ”

Yang Chong said with satisfaction: "I still have some connections in Gaochang, and I can transport a large number of grapes to brew over, and Kang Lao does not need to worry about raw materials." What I hope is that the wine in Zhangye area can be purchased and sold by Hexi Commercial Bank in the future, and become an economic pillar of Zhangye, of course, I will not force it. ”

Kang Laohe smiled a little bitterly, Yang Chong didn't need to be reluctant at all, he had Gaochang's grape brewing to ensure the output of the winery, and Zhangye's disobedient winery was not cooperative, so there was only one way left to close. Kang Laohe said in a low voice: "Lao Yu will take the lead, and in the future, all the grapes of the Kang family will be sold to Hexi Commercial Bank." ”

Yang Chong said appreciatively: "Kang Lao is really a big deal, so let's do it, in the future, the merchant house will supply food to the Western Regions, and the Kang family will be regarded as a supplier, if you want, when the army goes out, you can form a caravan to accompany the army." ”

Kang Laohe is a well-known grain merchant in Hexi, knowing that Yiwu has been short of food for a long time, Yang Chong's Turpan trading house even controls the price of grain in Gaochang and Momo counties, and Wuwei Li Liang is a business partner of Yang Chong, who has made a lot of money, and now participates in Yuan Hongsi's army, like a rising political star. Kang Laohe lowered his waist and said: "The villain knows that as soon as the adult's wine comes out, seventy percent of the original wine in the market will be unmarketable, and the villain doesn't care about money, and is dedicated to making profits for the people." ”

This is an important official, Yang Chong smiled and said: "I don't know how many sons there are in Lao Kang's Mansion, all of them are high there?" ”

Kang Laohe was a little angry, Yang Chong didn't even fancy him, and said quietly on the surface: "Lao Yu has two sons, the eldest son Kang Ziming is doing business in Chang'an, and the second son Kang Chi is serving as a government soldier in the local Yingyang Mansion. ”

Yang Chong said briskly: "I'll talk to General Xie, and if Kang Chi can accept it, let him be the centurion." ”

Yang Chong This is a temptation, the Kang family is not a pure businessman like Li Liang, the Kang family's household registration is not a business registration, it is a local scholar, if Kang Laohe is willing to spend some money, not to mention that Kang Chi is a centurion, it is possible to get a centurion, even five hundred long. Kangchi is still a government soldier, and there must be unknown reasons for it.

Kang Laohe thanked him: "Thank you for your love, the dog is really not the material for the army, but he loves vanity and feels that being a soldier is majestic, I just want him to be safe and sound, and after a few years, I still want him to be in charge of the family's field workshop." ”

Yang Chong knew in his heart, and casually echoed: "If Kang Lao has this opinion, it is not bad, if Kang Lao still has ideas in the future, he can come to me at any time." ”

(End of chapter)