Chapter VIII Supervision of Liquor Affairs

Before the sun had yet to rise, Lotte came to the yamen early. It's not that Lotte remembered it so early, but after seeing the girl last night, he had a nosebleed just when he got home, and he was happy and wet in his dream, so he had to get up and take care of it.

As soon as he stepped into the class room, Lotte saw his sister-in-law with a pair of dark circles under his eyes, looking at him with resentment. hurriedly stepped forward to talk, but unexpectedly, his sister-in-law snorted coldly at him and turned his back, and he didn't know why he was in the same class.

It's boring in the morning, and Lotte smiles bitterly. Just after the point, there was an inner hall door out to shout Lotte, and it was rumored that it was summoned by the big man, and the people were stunned immediately, only to see that Li Dutou ignored his brother-in-law, and now he was summoned by the county master, and I don't know what kind of trouble Lotte caused.

Under the leadership of the inner hall doorman, Lotte walked through the lobby and walked through the second hall, and turned to the west, which was the flower hall where the old man met guests, and then the door waited outside the outer hall, allowing Lotte to walk into the suite on the west side of the flower hall. Although he had never entered the inner hall before, Lotte knew that this suite was the office where the county magistrate handled his official business every day, and it was also the signing room.

Hearing that he was summoned by the eldest master, Lotte estimated that it was for the sake of the wine debt, and entered the signing room, but saw the Yan master sitting aside, and a middle-aged official bowed down and stood at the bottom, Lotte was busy saluting the two adults, and then stood behind the middle-aged official, listening to the county lord's question.

"You wrote that Peach Blossom Anthem?" Putting down the official document in his hand, the magistrate looked at Lotte and asked with some curiosity.

"Yes!" Lotte hurriedly replied, but he didn't know what instructions the county master would make.

I saw that the young county magistrate raised his eyebrows, and snorted coldly: "You have also gone to the hall to read and hyphenate, but you don't seek to be motivated, you don't study the sage knowledge well, and you write some frivolous and decadent words, how can you make this official commit the heavy responsibility to you?" ”

The lines are a little wrong, according to the normal development of the plot, in order to win himself over to ask for wine money, this county master will definitely give him good words and encouragement first, and then promise Xiaohui, but now he doesn't play cards according to common sense, and he beats himself first for no reason, which makes Lotte have a short circuit in his mind for a while.

"County Honor!" The master Yan next to him smiled slightly, and excused Lotte: "This little official has only made a few words of poetry and profligacy for a few years, but he is still very willing to work hard to do errands!" ”

This will make Le Tiancai understand that these two masters are singing with red faces and white faces, and they are clearly deliberately beating themselves with grace and power, and letting themselves work hard, which is the art of leadership.

Hey! But why don't you see Wei but not En?

Hearing what Yan Zhubo said, the county magistrate took away the grim color on his face and began to get to the point: "Let's talk about it, how can you ask for the five thousand yuan of wine?" ”

I had already thought of a countermeasure in my heart, and Lotte responded: "If the big man can trust too little, during the time when he is asking for wine debts, the villain wants to temporarily supervise the wine business!" ”

When the words fell, I saw Zhixian and the master book glance at each other, but the middle-aged official who had arrived earlier had a cold sweat on his head.

Before the two masters could speak, they saw the county post man coming in a hurry and whispered a few words in the ears of the two masters.

"The worship bureau is located in the southeast, what is this transfer so that you don't take the waterway to Pingyu?" The magistrate raised his eyebrows slightly.

"It's nothing more than to loot some Cheng Yi, just entertain your lords!" Master Yan said, and then opened his mouth to say something, but he stopped talking, looked at Lotte and said: "This official is the master of the county, for the time being, I will send you to supervise the wine business, and if you have something to report, discuss with the official, if you don't ask for wine money within two months, be careful that the county will treat you for the crime of bullying the official!" ”

Speaking of this, Master Yan pointed to the middle-aged official who came to the signing room one step ahead of Lotte: "He is the Shen official who is in charge of the county's liquor affairs, if you have any needs, just let him cooperate!" ”

Hearing this, Lotte and the official in charge of wine affairs immediately retired. Lotte suddenly understood that in the Great Song Dynasty, there seemed to be no position of the master's staff, judging from Fang Cai's conversation, the relationship between this Yan Zhushu and the county zun was extraordinary, and everything was planned for the county zun.

Shen Yimu, who is in charge of wine affairs, is also a knowing Lotte, but Lotte relies on his sister to become a catcher, and now the situation is not all like this, it seems that this Le Erlang has more blue eyes than Li Dutou. At the same time, he knew in his heart that it was just a fictitious position for Master Yan to let Lotte supervise the wine affairs, and he was the official official official appointed by the imperial court to manage the wine affairs, but he was subject to Lotte's moderation at the moment.

The relationship between the general and the supervising army is the most appropriate way to describe the relationship between the two.

can serve as a minister, this Shen is not illiterate, just heard that the recent recitation of the peach blossom song is made by Lotte, in addition to being stunned, he is also a little impressed by Lotte.

The two went out of the county office together, and Shen Yimu smiled at Lotte: "'The ancients said: water is the blood of wine, and water is the soul of wine!'" As the saying goes, good water produces good wine, and I set up a clear river bank for the wine business. ”

After admitting two sentences, Lotte naturally didn't have the leisure to accompany this Shen official to drag what Sven, if you have this interest, it is better to copy two words and songs to tease the female trick, and cut the conversation to the point: "Shen Yanmu, haven't you ever asked for this wine debt?" ”

Hearing Lotte mention the matter of collecting wine debts, Shen Yi's eyes were bitter: "Shen once sent someone to urge, the first few times the Huang family just said that they needed to turn over and give some grace, and then they went to urge, and the little official sent to the official was beaten out by the Huang family's slave!" Then he said: "If this wine debt can't be collected, I'm afraid that Shen's official will also do it!" Looking at Lotte, this Shen Yimu looked hopeful again: "Listen to the meaning of the two masters, does Brother Le have a way to recover this debt?" ”

"Let's go to the brewery first and then make plans!" Lotte diverted the topic, and secretly said in his heart, who knows if you are in trouble with the Huang family.

Looking at the auctioneers who went in and out of the liquor business to buy wine, Lotte sighed secretly in his heart, no wonder the official camp of the Great Song Dynasty tea, wine, salt and iron, every year this liquor business alone earned a large amount of income for the imperial court.

The so-called liquor business, in today's terms, is a state-owned distillery, as for this auction is a modern hotel restaurant, because the state-owned distillery is not responsible for home delivery, these hotels and restaurants can only come to the government-run distillery to buy wine.

After worshipping the god of wine, Shen Yanmu took Lotte to the wine cellar: "Go to the summer to the flood, the price of rice in the autumn has risen, and the rice wine brewed has decreased by three percent compared with the previous year, so I can only make more fruit wine to fill the number!" ”

"Fruit wine is a lot of fun to accompany the banquet!" Lotte shook his head.

"That's why the rice wine available to auctioneers is limited this year!" Shen Yimu led Lotte aside again, pointed to the wine jar on the ground and said: "These are all high-quality wines specially brewed for the county lords, go back to Shen and order someone to send a few jars to Brother Le's house!" ”

Without speaking, Lotte just nodded, staring at the wine jar, not knowing what was on his mind. After half a ring, Le Tiancai said: "Shen Yanmu, from tomorrow onwards, the supply of rice wine to auction households will be halved!" ”

Hearing Lotte's words, Shen Yan was taken aback: "Brother Le, the wine class is an important income of the county government, if the supply is reduced, the county government will lose the silver income, and the old man will blame ......it."

Lotte said: "If the eldest master asks about this, you will push it on me!"

The little Xu Ling actually spoke to himself like this, and he had to control the distribution of alcohol, which made Shen Yan's eyes quite unhappy, and then he thought that Lotte was the person who was favored by the county lord, and he was busy pressing the little anger in his heart.

"These days, you are sick at home, and the wine business is under my control for the time being!" Lotte said again.

Hearing this, Shen Yan was stunned, and the anger he had just suppressed began to rise again.

"If you want to keep your position, do as I say!" Seeing Shen Yanmu's face angry, Lotte was about to turn around and leave, stopped his body and said: "Shen Yanmu, didn't you say that you would give me a few jars of good wine, and someone will send it with me!" ”

Whether or not you can get back this wine debt is a matter of your future, Shen Yan didn't say much, so he hurriedly selected the best wine on the four altars to find a porter to bear, and left behind Lotte.

Coming to my sister's house has passed through the sky to noon, Lotte ordered people to unload the four jars of wine and send them away, seeing that his sister-in-law is still ignoring him, he said with a smile: "Yesterday, the younger brother did not have time to discuss with his sister-in-law and made his own opinion, and today he brought a few jars of good wine to make amends with his sister-in-law!" ”

Seeing the wine on the ground, Le snorted lightly: "Just buy some food for your nephew, why waste money to buy some useless cat urine!" ”

"Now you are a celebrity in front of the county magistrate and the master of the book, Li doesn't dare to be it!" Li Dutou snorted coldly, obviously still angry, but his eyes were already attracted by the wine jar on the ground.

Seeing his sister-in-law's gaze, Lotte pretended: "Since my brother-in-law doesn't like this drink, my little brother will take it home and enjoy it himself!" ”

"Huh!" Li Du stepped forward and hurriedly protected it, carefully looked at the wine jar and said in surprise: "Where did Erlang find this peach blossom red, green bamboo green, and amber yellow?" This is a fine wine that can only be brought out by a few masters in the yali when they entertain distinguished guests! ”

"I'll go get a few dishes, and your uncle Lang will talk first!" Le went to prepare the meal.

Ignoring Lotte, Li Dutou patted the sealing mud on the wine jar, took a sip and asked, "What did the lord call you to go to today?" ”

In front of his sister-in-law, Lotte didn't have to hide it, and he told him about the signing room. Li Dutou sighed: "Erlang, in Yao Si's case, thank you for your brother, and I have to admire your resourcefulness, but now you are a brother but I don't know what to say, you know for yourself!" ”

Pouring wine for himself and his brother-in-law, Lotte smiled and said: "Sister-in-law, this wine is not for you to drink, the younger brother has something to ask for, as long as the sister-in-law is willing to help, this kind of wine will be indispensable for the sister-in-law to enjoy in the future!" ”

"What?" Li Dutou was a little curious.

Lotte said seriously: "From tomorrow, the rice wine supplied to the auction households in this county will only be half of the usual one, and the fruit wine will remain unchanged, so I want my sister-in-law to order his subordinates to strictly investigate the entry of foreign wine into the county!" ”

"This is as it should be, the Great Song Dynasty has a law that does not allow foreign drinks to flow into this realm, but this private wine is difficult to stop!" Li Dutou nodded, and then asked curiously: "Isn't Erlang trying to raise the price of wine and make up for the deficit of 5,000 guan?" ”

"Maybe there's only a few laws!" Lotte perfunctory.

How can Lotte not know in his heart, how can things be so simple, if this can be done, Yan Zhubo is such an old and treacherous character has already done this, this matter involves the matter on the tax books of the imperial court, if it is discovered, it will inevitably be severely punished by the officials, and end up with dismissal and dismissal, this consequence is not something that the county and the strict lord Bo can bear, and the county is young and is a Jinshi, how can he miss a good future.

While speaking, Le Shi came up with the dishes, looked at Lotte and said: "Erlang, you are also old now, and you have found an errand in the yamen, and you can be regarded as having a regular business, my sister should give you a marriage to start a family!" ”

This novel is from the Book King