Chapter 65: Making Up for It (Part II)
For an old bastard with status, status and no shame, Yang Ming finally admitted defeat. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Such an old bastard, he has a delusion, and it is very likely that he did it deliberately because Suizhou has not been outstanding in his hands for several years.
It is said that if the water is deep, there will be no fish, and if people are cheap, they will be invincible!
The wisdom shown by Pang Yan is not something that can be written with the word mediocrity.
Yang Ming is very similar to taking a closer look at this old man who can be his grandfather, under what circumstances can he let this old man over sixty put down his skin and play tricks with himself, a half-grown baby who is not as weak as a crown.
But obviously this is not a very good idea, if Yang Ming dares to stare at the old bastard like this, it will definitely not end well.
"The boy thinks that the shepherds in Tibet are very rich, they have countless cattle and sheep, I think they should be very willing to support the people in Shu, for example, they have an extraordinary reverence for God!" Yang Ming looked at the West with a sad face, as if the Tibetans over there were really kind-hearted people.
"Tibetans?" Pang Yan gradually fell into deep thought, he didn't think that those beast-like barbarians would generously hand over their cattle and sheep, Yang Ming should have some means, such as grain or iron tools?
It's just that these things belong to strategic materials, and if anyone dares to use their hands to fund the enemy, they must be ready to cut down all the doors.
Pang Yan didn't think that Yang Ming was ready to die, and he didn't do it either, so this one was definitely not a good way, maybe Yang Ming had other ways, and he was not in a hurry to see how Yang Ming explained it with a smile now.
"Tibet is a bitter cold place, and it is not difficult to enter Tibet from Chengdu through Ya'an. I believe that adults should know that in fact, Kangding and Ya'an are the junction of Shuzhong and Tubo, and the people there have long been living together, or they are talking! Adults say yes or no? Yang Ming asked slowly.
Pang Yan nodded, it is true that the people in Ya'an and the surrounding area have already lived with the Zang people, and most of the Tibetans there are undoubtedly the same as the Han people in terms of clothing, food, housing, transportation and living habits, which many people know is not a secret.
Yang Ming continued: "Tubo is bitter and cold, and from Xiaosheng's point of view, there must be a lot of market for spirits, for example, Hongcheng is famous for liquor, and most of the wine produced has flowed to Tubo except for drinking in the book, and it must be clear that the adults are in charge of Suizhou." ”
Spirits are not considered a strategic material, and the trade of spirits is a kind of profiteering, if it is not for the low output and the extreme consumption of food, Pang Yan does not feel that it is wrong to do so, on the contrary, if the grain harvest year he also encourages winemaking.
It's just that if there is a big drought today, although the benefits of Dujiangyan in Shu will not be lost, but the grain production is at least three layers short from previous years, and these grains must be supported by other disaster-stricken places in addition to the use of the people, so he is not optimistic about the purpose of converting interests by making wine, or this method is not suitable for the current situation.
Yang Ming didn't know what Pang Yan was thinking? He looked at the melancholy on the old bastard's face, smiled slightly, and said, "Your Excellency is worried that the food is not enough to make wine?" ”
"Do you know that the grain produced in the spring and autumn of the entire Shu is only 12 million stones, and three layers of these grains are used for their own use in the hands of the people, and the rest are either transported to Gansu or Guizhou, these places are like hungry wolves, no matter how much grain is not enough to eat, as for the remaining less than one layer of grain is used for winemaking." Pang Yan felt a little empty and happy, and thought that Yang Ming came up with a good method, but he was still too young to know these keys, he explained: "This is still a previous year, now there is a drought in various places, and the grain harvest in Shu is still less than seven layers in previous years, Yang Gong has already drafted a cabinet ticket that the grain in Shu should not be used for brewing, your method.... It's not timely! ”
"What if Xiaosheng doesn't need grain to make wine?" Yang Ming was already smiling and looked at Pang Yan.
"Huh!" Pang Yan smiled bitterly, in fact, it is not necessary to use food to make wine, for example, many things can be used for winemaking. Sweet potatoes, mulberries or some fruits are fine, but the wine made from these things is not a spirit, and such a drink is like juice that cannot be sold at a good price, let alone much profit.
"If adults can use one jar of wine from the past, Xiaosheng can make a hundred jars of spirits, and its intensity is better than before, I wonder if adults think this is not okay?" Yang Ming gently spit out a few words from his mouth.
"Blending?" Pang Yan asked tentatively, and he regretted it as soon as he asked.
The more water is added to the wine, the lighter it will be, if a vat of wine is blended into a hundred jars, it is estimated that it is no better than clear water, he only thinks that Yang Ming is joking, if there is such a method, there will be no one who makes wine in this world, only need to add wine to water, but where do you still need to brew?
"My lord is right, the kid is the hook, but some of the secret methods are not enough for outsiders to know, you know that this is definitely a big deal, and the kid's little arms and legs want to live a few more years, in order to make up for the mistakes made before, as a way to make up, do you say that the emperor is very happy to exempt Shuzhong from ten years of taxes?" Yang Ming also wants to take a part, but this method is not complicated, and the benefits are more than a hundred times higher than coal, it can be said that where there is water, spirits can be produced, he dare not take this money, if he takes it, many people will find a way to cut off his head, but if it is replaced by Shuzhong's ten-year tax reduction and exemption to make up for the problems brought by the coal group to the people of Shuzhong, he thinks it is worth it, as for other places, he doesn't want to take care of it, and he can't manage it.
"If there is really such a way, your kid is a saint, even if the emperor does not reward the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, he will not agree, the old man is thinking about your method? You're not fooling the old man, are you? Pang Yan glanced at Yang Ming very meaningfully, the amount of information in Yang Ming's words just now was too great, but he hoped that it was true, if this was the case, then the predicament in Suizhou and even Shuzhong would be solved, and the remnants of the White Lotus Sect who were planning for this could only be busy.
"The kid has a friend named Zhang Wencai, this person said that he is familiar with the scriptures and books, and Gao Badou is the most righteous word in the world, and he is talking about Xiaosheng, but the brewing of this spirit, please send someone to learn it, and as for the secret recipe, it should be sealed and dedicated to the emperor as soon as possible!" Yang Ming's face suddenly looked a little strange, "It's just that there is a problem with this wine, but I can't quote it from the people of the Ming Dynasty..."
"What's wrong with this drink?" Pang Yan is planning to get to the bottom of it, why can't the people of the Ming Dynasty drink it with such a means of mass-producing wine and not costing food?
"This!" Yang Ming took a deep breath of cold air, and only after concentrating did he spit out a few words word by word: "If you drink this wine for a long time, you will become a person with dementia!" ”