Bao Zheng thought a lot during this time, he first thought of the New Year's coin, mentioned the New Year's coin, the court and the opposition Wenchen Shilin, all gritted their teeth and hated it, thinking that it was a great shame, and Lord Bao was no exception. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

However, the ban on alcohol smuggling can attract Liao soldiers to the south and attack the grass valley on a large scale, and the Great Song Dynasty suffered heavy losses. If the New Year's coins are stopped, wouldn't the consequences be even more serious?

Once hundreds of thousands of barbarian cavalry go south, does the Great Song Dynasty have the ability to resist?

At that time, wouldn't it be a greater loss, rather than this, it would not cost 300,000 taels a year to buy a peace. Moreover, through Song Liao's field, the Great Song Dynasty can still earn back millions of yuan every year, and the Great Song Dynasty has not suffered a loss in terms of economic accounts alone......

Again, a few years ago, how prosperous the new policy of Qingli, all the gentlemen and gentlemen, the emperor supported, the people supported, the law is for the benefit of the country and the people, Bao Zheng was also full of enthusiasm, the world's scholars are unwilling to lead the horse for several ministers, and participate in the grand event.

As a result, in more than a year, the stars fell and scattered...... Could it be that the way of the world has changed, and the set of sage learning that I have read since childhood is not useful?

When he was leaving, his old friend Tang Jie told himself that the border was very involved, and he must be cautious, because if there is a slight mistake, it will cause a big disaster, and his reputation will be ruined in an instant.

I still don't believe it, and I think that if I go straight on the right path, I will be invincible.

And now?

Dispose of the Cui family, is it wrong?

Of course that's right, but Liaokou went south and harmed the people, and as a parent official, he had a guilty conscience!

Bao Zheng wanted to write a letter to resign, in addition to being ashamed, he was more confused, what was right and what was wrong, he couldn't think clearly, in other words, Bao Zheng's three views were still shaken and urgently needed to be saved.

If he passes this hurdle, from now on, nothing can be difficult for him, and if he can't break through, his life's fame and career will end here.

The sea rises and falls, and the phoenix is nirvana.

Every famous minister has to go through this level!

Among the gentlemen of Qingli, Han Qi has taken the lead in breaking the shackles, completing the counteroffensive, and sitting in the position of privy deputy envoy, and Fu Bi is also actively accumulating energy, and returning to the imperial court is just around the corner.

As for others, Ouyang Xiu is still drunk, Fan Zhongyan is old and frail, and he is displaced, and it is unknown what will happen......

Wang Ningan could guess a trace of Bao Heizi's thoughts, before he was leaving, Wang Ningan must slap his face to say goodbye, and even celebrate.

But after really seeing the treasure of the ancestors, Wang Ningan changed, he felt that he had to do something, at least in his lifetime, to avenge his ancestors! And Bao Zheng is at least a gentleman, he is loyal to the country, as long as he benefits the country and the people, he will do his best to support himself, if he is exchanged for a dumb official, or a selfish waste, it will be difficult to do anything!

Wang Ningan hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind.

"Lord Bao, in fact, it is not difficult to deal with the Liao people, I have a clever plan here!"

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The Liao people like to drink, and they do not hesitate to go south to loot for the sake of wine, so they do what they like and resume smuggling alcohol.

"No way!"

Bao Zheng jumped like thunder, "I am a dignified China, how can I bend my knees, how can the old man, as an official of the imperial court, communicate with foreign countries?" Besides, wine brewing needs food, and there are still countless people in my Great Song Dynasty who can't eat enough and don't have warm clothes, how can they use wine to please the Yi people? In this way, what is the difference between the old man and the Cui family? ”

Master Bao shook his head like a rattle, and did not agree at all. Wang Ningan smiled, took out a wine gourd from his waist, asked people to find two wine glasses, and poured a glass for Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce.

The wine was poured out, and the aroma was overflowing, and both of them were stunned, they picked up the wine glasses, and found that the wine was extremely clear and mellow.

Bao Zheng hesitated, opened his mouth suddenly, and poured it into his stomach. I only felt that it was on fire from the throat, and my black face was purple. It took a long time for his neck to recover. Gongsun Ce was worse than him, and his face was like a big red cloth.

"Fight--heh."

Good fellow, you can't even speak.

Wang Ningan smiled and introduced the origin of this drink to Lao Bao...... Since the Wang family reorganized the tribe, fighting and killing all day long, it was inevitable that he would be injured, Wang Ningan thought of winemaking and alcohol. He also wanted to make a fortune by selling wine for a while, but after learning about the monopoly policy of the Song Dynasty, he gave up.

The Song Dynasty allowed merchants to participate in buying, and after gaining power, they could make wine and sell wine, but it was wrong to think that if they got the power to buy buying, they could sell wine all over the world and make a fortune.

Because the area where wine was sold in the Song Dynasty was regulated, the places with dense population, strong consumption power, and large profits were all official monopolies, just like the salt of later generations, and the wine from outside could not be bought at all.

The area of buying and selling is limited to remote places, and the profits are meager, so they will be given to the people.

Moreover, the wine tax in the Song Dynasty was very high, at the beginning of the founding of the country, a pound of wine cost 15 Wen, and then the price of grain fell, and it stands to reason that the cost of winemaking was also reduced, but the wine tax rose all the way and never came down.

A pound of ordinary wine, the cost plus tax costs 30 Wen, and the cheapest wine on the market is no more than 100 yuan, that is, 10 Wen per catty, even lower than the tax!

If there is no water in the wine, Wang Ning'an will not believe it! And in fact, even so, many merchants in the Song Dynasty who bought flutters, after the time was up, carefully liquidated, actually lost money.

After Wang Ningan learned about the situation, he even felt that it was understandable that the Cui family was smuggling on a large scale, and that private brewing, without smuggling, and without tax evasion, would not make money at all!

"Master Bao, you have two hurdles in your heart, one is to do business with the Liao people, and you feel shameless and embarrassed! Second, I used grain to make wine, worried about harming the interests of the people of the Great Song Dynasty. I can't help the first one, but the second one I have an idea, not only will it not hurt our people, but it will also allow everyone to make a profit, and I can take the opportunity to weaken the Liao State. War is not just about real swords and guns, sometimes a small drink can destroy a country! ”

"Hmph, bragging!" Gongsun Ce suddenly interjected.

"Mr. Gongsun, have you forgotten that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Yue Kingdom used steamed seeds to make the grain harvest of the Wu State go unexpected, the country was in chaos, and the Yue Kingdom took the opportunity to destroy the Wu State?" Wang Ningan said with a smile.

Gongsun Ce didn't believe it, "Wang Erlang, this wine will only reduce the grain of the Great Song Dynasty, not the Liao Kingdom!" ”

"Not necessarily!" Wang Ningan said with a smile: "If we induce the people of Liao to exchange grain for fine wine, Liao will not have enough food to eat, and it needs to be imported through the field." We can temporarily increase the grain production in the field, first make a fortune from the Liao State, and then suddenly interrupt the grain trade, so that the Liao State will be in chaos without a fight! You can even exchange wine for horses to form my Great Song Dynasty's iron horse, what does Lord Bao think? ”

Wang Ningan has always thought that as the largest economy, the understanding of economic power in the Great Song Dynasty is too shallow, and between buying and selling, it is completely possible to make waves and make the opponent unable to guard against it.

Take the wine in front of you as an example, it is clear and mellow, and the degree is at least 35 degrees or more, which is too far from the second pot head in later generations, but at present, Song Liao's wine is generally below ten degrees, and the Cui family's soju is less than twenty degrees.

Squeezing wealth from the hands of the Liao State and getting war horses is definitely hand-to-hand and effortless.

Bao Zheng is stupid, really stupid.

For the first time, he felt that Wang Ning'an's kid was too terrible, what was in his little head? Even the best talents of the Great Song Dynasty were afraid of the Liao State, but he dared to fight the idea of the Liao State, and the most important thing was that his method was still very feasible.

It's just smuggling to Liao, once it is poked out, it will be a dead end.

Bao Zheng pondered for a long time, "The old man has made a mistake before, and this time the old man is willing to do whatever it takes to atone for his sins!" Erlang, are you willing to help the old man? ”

"I don't want to!" Wang Ningan simply shook his head and denied it.

Bao Heizi's face was suddenly weird, and he almost flashed his waist, you kid was still full of ambition just now, and he was cowardly in a blink of an eye, do you want to trick the old man?

Seeing that Bao Zheng was furious, Wang Ningan hurriedly added: "I mean that your Excellency should hurry up and go to the court, this business must be done by His Majesty as a shareholder." ”