Chapter 0042 On Politics

is greedy for alcohol, but in the name of taking care of others, Qian Heng doesn't want to say anything more about Huang Sheng and Li Ruoshui's methods. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Gu Gu Bo put the two jars of remixed fruit wine on the table, and without Qian Heng doing anything, Li Ruoshui had already stood up and pulled out the stopper of one jar of fruit wine.

Suddenly, there was an intoxicating aroma of wine in the reception hall, with a hint of intoxicating feeling in the lightness.

Just by hearing this, Uncle Zhang's eyes had become shining, staring at Qian Heng, who was pouring wine for a few people with a jar in his hand, and asked, "Hengyuan, you actually know this wine-making skill?" ”

For the first time, Uncle Zhang heard Huang Sheng mention that the fruit wine brewed by his disciple was extraordinary, and Huang Sheng was Zhang Shuye's teacher, or in other words, Zhang Shuye also saw Huang Shang's face before he came over.

However, when he smelled the fragrance of the fruit wine in front of him, Zhang Shuye knew that he had come to the right place, at least the wine in front of him was not ordinary.

Uncle Zhang was a little suspicious every night, what kind of way did Mr. Yanshan come from, he didn't concentrate on studying to gain fame, but he focused on the affairs of these businessmen and vulgar people.

At this time, Uncle Zhang was still a little curious about Qian Heng.

Qian Heng smiled, "Master Zhang, it's just some gadgets that students have nothing to do in their spare time, and they also want to earn some money for the future!" ”

Uncle Zhang twisted his beard and said with a smile, "Hengyuan, you little thing, it's not just as simple as making some money, if this fruit wine can be pushed to Bianliang City, it won't be a problem for you to become a rich man at all." ”

Qian Heng's chin raised slightly, with a generous and ambitious look, "Thank you Lord Zhang for your appreciation, the students make this fruit wine, not to become a rich party, but also to care about the prosperity of my Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Uncle Zhang's expression changed, and he looked at Qian Heng with a little more doubts in his eyes.

Merchants are cheap in the eyes of the Great Song scholars, although their status is much higher than that of ordinary people, but they can't enter the eyes of the scholars after all.

If Qian Heng wants to gain fame and serve the imperial court, it can be said that it is reasonable, but to say that this brewing merchant is for the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty sounds a bit excessive.

Since Qian Heng said it so openly, Zhang Shuye also wanted to hear Qian Heng's words, so he didn't talk, just smiled lightly, leaned back on the back of the seat, and put on a posture of listening patiently.

Not only Qian Heng, but also Huang Sheng and Li Ruoshui also looked surprised, and the two of them didn't expect Qian Heng to say so.

A jar of fruit wine can influence the rise and fall of the Great Song Dynasty, which sounds a bit unbelievable.

Qian Heng coughed lightly, and then he told the story.

In fact, the urbanization rate of the Northern Song Dynasty was extremely high, and the proportion of the urbanized population could account for more than 30% of the total number. The biggest premise for such a high urbanization rate is the industrial and commercial development of the Great Song Dynasty.

If you don't consider that the economy has gone a long way downhill during the Xuanhe period, except for the prosperous situation on the Qingming Shanghe map in Bianliang, Tokyo, other places have long since returned to prosperity.

The Great Song Dynasty has always governed the country with literati, and the military generals have been suppressed in various ways, and many children of meritorious families, some of them have chosen to switch to the path of the imperial examination, while the other part has relied on the merits of the military generals to step into the field of business, open restaurants, build workshops, and do a good job.

However, the children of the nobles who were businessmen, regardless of their status and status, were still inferior to the literati, especially during the Xuanhe period, when internal and external troubles were frequent, and the economy began to collapse rapidly.

The reason why Qian Heng dared to say that with this fruit wine, he could influence the rise and fall of the economy of the Great Song Dynasty was not just as simple as selling wine.

Today's Emperor Huizong, as the emperor with the best artistic attainments, listens to and believes in the strategy of governing the country, and only likes to listen to all kinds of praise from a few guys who know how to flatter, but he doesn't understand what the reason for the Great Song Dynasty to be so rich in the first place is.

Not to mention Emperor Huizong, even Zhang Shuye and Li Ruoshui in front of him, even Huang Sheng counted, he didn't understand what the fundamental principles of industrial and commercial economy were.

Developed industry and commerce, what is needed is not just a simple business between buying and selling, Qian Heng himself does not know too much about this economics, but he also understands that when an industry is made into an industrial chain, the production capacity that can be driven is very considerable.

To use the simplest analogy, the rise of a fruit wine industry will inevitably drive a large number of fruit tree planting, fruit wine brewing, and then the freight involved in the fruit wine sales channels, as well as the wine stores at the sales terminal, including the main store and foot store of the restaurant, and the labor involved alone is enough to make the economy rise.

As soon as Qian Heng's example came out, Uncle Zhang didn't say anything, but Li Ruoshui stood up excitedly first, "Hengyuan, what you said is feasible?" ”

Qian Heng smiled and glanced sideways at Uncle Zhang, "Then it depends on whether Master Zhang can help us!" ”

Uncle Zhang was also a little enthusiastic when he heard it, after all, most scholars took serving the Great Song Dynasty as the direction of their lifelong efforts, although Qian Heng made this analogy, he just felt that he could use many people, and this alone could make many people have something to do, which was enough to impress Uncle Zhang.

Since Qian Heng had said everything about this, Uncle Zhang also asked happily, "Hengyuan, you just said what you need me to do!" ”

"Lord Zhang, you have led the Huaiyang Army to conquer bandits everywhere, and you know much more about the rules in the Xiang Army and the Forbidden Army than the students, and the students have asked someone to inquire that in the Xiang Army and the Forbidden Army, it is possible to build a wine storehouse, so~"

When Qian Heng said this, he didn't continue.

Uncle Zhang was stunned for a moment, and his face gradually showed a sudden look, "Hengyuan, I didn't expect you to fight the idea of the wine depot in the army again, so have you ever thought about it?" No matter if you cooperate with the forbidden army or the box army, your profits and earnings will be stripped of by them! ”

Qian Heng nodded, "The student understands that the generals and colonels in the army now, except for the salaries of the lower-level captains, there is no oil and water to make at all, if it is really because of the marketing of this fruit wine, these generals and colonies are exempted from the looting of the salaries of the captains, wouldn't the students have done a little good deed?" ”

Qian Heng's words, Zhang Shuye shook his head for a while, and smiled wryly, "Hengyuan's matter is too taken for granted, not to mention that among the Xiang army, there are more desperate people who have been co-opted, even the forbidden army with the strongest combat effectiveness in my Great Song Dynasty has already collapsed to the point of being unable to clean up!" ”

What Zhang Shuye said is basically the truth in the Great Song Army today. The Xiang army has no combat power, and it relies more on the remaining military salaries that have been looted to make ends meet, and even in many of the military camps of the Xiang army, those sergeants of the Xiang army, in order to have enough to eat, have turned the entire military camp into a craftsman workshop.

Even in the only forbidden army that the Great Song Dynasty could handle, it was difficult for those sergeants to even assemble a complete set of the inferior equipment.