Chapter 314 Liquor Agency

"Nope." Yuan Jian shook his head and said, "Wen Zhang, at that time, the old man thought that as long as he inquired in many ways, he would be able to know the location of Biluo Palace, and at least he could ask for an approximate range, so he didn't deliberately ask again, and he never thought that with the old man and my relationship, in more than 20 years, he couldn't find out where this Biluo Palace was, and no one had even heard the name Biluo Palace. ”

I said, "Sir, it seems that this Biluo Palace is as mysterious as your Imperial Valley. ”

Yuan Jian smiled: "Your Majesty, maybe so." ”

Wen Zhang asked, "Mr. Yuan, have you tried it with that Zhang Yun'an, who is more powerful." ”

"Hehe, we haven't fought each other."

"Ah, then how do you know that Zhang Yun'an is strong in martial arts."

"Wenzhang, the terrain of the Mangdang Mountain in Fujian is steep, and the lonely peak where Zhang Yun'an collects medicine is extremely dangerous, there is almost no slope at all, even the old man has to be careful on it, not to mention that Zhang Yun'an has to collect medicine at the same time, only with this light skill and concentration, he is not under the old man."

Wen Zhang, who was already proficient in martial arts, knew the difficulty of standing on the cliff for a long time, nodded and said, "Then what about later, does Mr. Yuan still have news of Zhang Yun'an?" ”

"Yes." Yuan Jian said, "Later, in the sixth year of Baoyou (1258), the Great Khan of Mongolia ordered the second 'imperial debate' between Buddhism and Taoism in his capital, and the people attending the Taoist faction were respected by Zhang Zhijingzhen, the chief representative of the Quanzhen Sect, and the people who participated in the Buddhism were headed by Master Fuyu and Namo Guoshi, and the Tibetan Buddhist master Ba Sipa was ordered to decide right and wrong, and the final result was that Taoism was defeated by foreign Buddhism due to the lack of theoretical energy, and lost to the Buddhists led by Master Fuyu in public, and Taoism was defeated again. ”

"Again." Wen Zhang asked curiously: "Then the first debate on who wins and who loses, could it be that Taoism is also defeated." ”

"Well, the first time was also the defeat of Taoism, at that time the chief representative of Taoism was Zhang Zhijing Zhang Zhenren's senior brother, Li Zhichang Li Zhenren, and the chief representative of Buddhism was Master Fuyu." Yuan Jian continued, "At this second debate, I heard that Zhang Yun'an appeared. ”

Wen Zhang thought for a moment and asked, "Mr. Yuan, did Master Zhang Yun'an appear to participate in the debate on behalf of Taoism?" ”

"It is said that after the first Buddhist debate in the third year of Baoyou (1255), the Taoist leader Li Zhichang Zhenren, who was the losing party, said to his successor Zhang Zhijing on his deathbed, 'If I want to win Fuyu in the next debate, unless I ask the old master Zhang Yun'an of Baiyun Zen to come out of the mountain, or the senior brother Yin Zhiping is resurrected,' Zhang Zhijing Zhenren remembered the words of the senior brother and knew that it was impossible for his senior brother Yin Zhiping to come back from the dead. So he pinned all his hopes on Zhang Yun'an, and sent his disciples to look around, but they couldn't find it, so in the second debate, Zhang Zhijing Zhenren had to play by himself, and then somehow, this Zhang Yun'an actually appeared in the second debate, but it didn't seem to be involved in the debate of Buddhism at that time, and the time of his appearance was very short, alas, since the occasional appearance of the hero, there has been no news of him. ”

I smiled and said, "These so-called masters are all Shenlong's head and tail. ”

Wen Zhang seemed to feel the same way, and praised: "Your Majesty's words are quite incisive. ”

I smiled and said nothing, but Yuan Jian was still immersed in the memories and said, "I didn't expect to know the news that Zhang Yun'an has a successor, by the way, Wenzhang." ”

"Mr. Yuan, what do you command?"

"Zhang Yun'an's descendant, that is, what is the name of the young man in black."

Wen Zhang always referred to the young man in black when he told the story: "Mr. Yuan, the young man in black is named Zhang Zichong, what are the words, ah, I forgot." ”

"Zhang Zichong, also surnamed Zhang, but I don't know if it has anything to do with Zhang Yun'an."

"Mr. Yuan, I haven't asked about this." Wen Zhang said, "I heard Mr. Yuan tell the story for so long, but I forgot to ask His Majesty for instructions on how to handle this matter." ”

"Wen Zhang, in the afternoon, I want to go to the Ministry of Commerce to see the meeting of the liquor agency auction, so let's take that Zhang Zichong to the Shifeng Commercial Bank before dinner today, the backyard of Shifeng is very quiet, and the place is also big, which is suitable for you to compete in martial arts."

Wen Zhang said excitedly: "In this way, Your Majesty has agreed to compete with the minister." ”

I nodded and said with a smile, "Well, it's been a long time since I've seen a battle between masters. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will retire first."

As the Ministry of Commerce, the highest authority in charge of the imperial court's commerce and trade industry, it is extremely lively today, and due to the full preparation and publicity in place, the number of merchants who came to participate in the auction of the high liquor agency rights was very large, which greatly exceeded the earlier expectations.

This auction is also the first large-scale cooperation meeting with private businesses since the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce, and the entire Ministry of Commerce attaches great importance to it from top to bottom, and Liao Yingzhong, the new secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, also attended in person.

Liao Yingzhong knows that Shifeng Commercial Bank once held an agency auction last year, which has a great influence in the business community in the Lin'an area, and this time for the agency auction of high liquor, Liao Yingzhong is also full of confidence, in any case, this new type of distilled liquor is not good for drinkers, and it has been tested in Tongle Building for more than a month, and the reputation is excellent.

If nothing else, this kind of high liquor will bring extremely rich taxes to the imperial court, liquor and monosodium glutamate have a big difference in sales strategy, Shifeng Commercial Bank's monosodium glutamate in line with the principle of making the people of the world can afford it, so the price is moderate, there is no pursuit of profiteering, and the profit of distilled liquor is significantly higher,

Before this meeting, Liao Yingzhong specially asked me for the pricing policy of liquor.

"Liao Aiqing, monosodium glutamate has gradually become the necessities of life for the people of our dynasty, just like salt, to ensure that every household can afford to buy and use, so this kind of items can not pursue high profits, from the moment of view, highly distilled liquor is a category of luxury goods, its user base is a relatively wealthy class, naturally you can adopt a high-profit price strategy, any item must be used in accordance with its object to develop its sales strategy, the Ministry of Commerce in addition to the management and restraint of our business behavior, If necessary, the Ministry of Commerce can even forcibly set the market pricing of basic daily necessities to ensure the basic livelihood of the people, and for goods such as luxury goods, you can follow the rules of the market and let the merchants set their own prices, even if they maximize their profits as much as possible, in this regard, the tax rate of the imperial court can also be set very high accordingly, especially when exporting, the big profit must not be soft. ”

Liao Yingzhong, who was sitting on the rostrum, remembered what I said at the time, not only with a lot of thoughts,

The venue of the auction is in the largest conference room of the Ministry of Commerce, after I put on the mask in the Shifeng Commercial Bank, I came to the scene with Fang Ling, Yuan Jian, and Xiao Tian, there is a row of long tables covered with red cloth in front of the venue, which is a detailed introduction to the display of liquor and its packaging and the auction of agency rights, more than a dozen staff of the Ministry of Commerce are enthusiastically receiving the merchants who came to participate in the meeting, as long as they show the vouchers of each business, you can taste a small glass of liquor for free, Interested people can also write down the judgment suggestions for the liquor in the guest book, if the suggestions are adopted, they will get additional rewards, the most striking is the packaging on the table, there are about 20 kinds, the material is ceramic, there are glass, there are wooden, the style is different, it looks extremely exquisite, it looks high-end and elegant, each firm can choose three according to their own vision preferences, with the highest number of votes of the three packages as the packaging of the official sale of liquor,

A group of four of us came to the meeting in the name of Shifeng Commercial Bank, and I also informed Liao Yingzhong in advance that Shifeng Commercial Bank would not participate in this agency auction, and the Tonglelou system across the country would only be used as a direct sales point for high liquor, only for dine-in food, and would not be sold to the outside world, although I don't know if Jia Rudao had told Liao Yingzhong the news that I was the backstage of Shifeng Commercial Bank, but I still clearly told him as early as the end of last year that Shifeng was opened by me, and Shifeng did not participate in the auction this time. It is also convenient for the Ministry of Commerce to be fair, just and open, otherwise no matter what I say, Liao Yingzhong will not dare not hand over this agency to Shifeng Commercial Bank.

Most of the businesses who came to participate in the meeting came from Liangzhejiang Road, with Lin'an as the majority, and a small number of them came from the surrounding Fujian Province, Jiangnan East Road, Huainan East Road, and the number of businesses from various roads and provinces was very small.

Of course, this kind of large-scale scene is indispensable to the editors and reporters who are active in Lin'an City, since the relaxation of tabloid restrictions this year, 20 or 30 tabloids have popped up in Lin'an City, most of the content reported by these tabloids are people and things related to the lives of the people, and the entertainment surname is very strong, and the question of the ownership of liquor agency is a topic that can be chosen by large newspapers and tabloids, and large newspapers can tell a bunch of big truths, such as this public activity of the government, breaking the previous behind-the-scenes work, and the tabloids will seize the lace news of the meetingto attract attention,

We sat at the back of the room, and we could see the people coming and going in the room very clearly.

"Dear friends from the business community, the auction of the agency rights to distill high-grade liquor starts now." Liao Yingzhong said excitedly, "Everyone has read the specific rules about the agency rights of this auction, and here, Xia Guan will not talk about them one by one, this kind of high-grade liquor must have been tasted by everyone, tell Xia Guan, how it feels." ”

"Okay."

"Good."

Yuan Jian whispered in my ear and laughed: "Childe, the saying 'lower official' is very popular in the officialdom now. ”

"Well, it should be a good thing."

Liao Yingzhong motioned for everyone to be quiet: "Friends, Xia Guan himself is also a good winemaker, in all fairness, this wine is indeed delicious, whether it is color, fragrance, or taste, it is the best choice, the birth of high liquor, on behalf of the economic development of our dynasty, on behalf of the improvement of the quality of life of the people in our dynasty, but also on behalf of the current emperor's sage and the progress of the government." ”

"Is this related to liquor, the economy and life can be touched to some extent, but does the emperor, the government and liquor have anything to do with it?" I thought to myself,

In addition to claiming to be a subordinate official, there is another set of official words invisibly popular in the officialdom, no matter what you say, you must reveal the meaning of the emperor's sage, as for how it was formed, even I, the emperor Yanjing, don't know, just like in the Cultural Revolution period in the later generations, what to say, what to do, before a great man quotation,

I only heard Liao Yingzhong continue: "This auction will be divided into regions, and the first auction is the liquor sales agency in Fujian Province. ”