Datang Biansai, Shanzhou.

This year's last batch of Zhenguan ten-year wine, led by Wang Xuance and Zheng Yang, was sent over under the banner of Cheng Yanjin's family.

There were several caravans of the families that set off with them, but these families were far away from the Cheng family's caravans, and they all tacitly didn't let them find themselves.

At least they thought they hadn't found out.

The caravan met with the Tibetan cavalry outside the city of Shanzhou.

On the Tibetan side, the leader of the team is still the old acquaintance Lu Dongzan.

"Your Excellency, I haven't seen you for many days!"

Lu Dongzan has always maintained a very enthusiastic attitude towards Wang Xuance now, which can be regarded as a messenger's self-cultivation.

He stepped forward in three or two steps, pulling the young man as old as his son and talking eagerly.

Wang Xuance didn't lose face either: "Oh, why did you come over and hand it over?" It's freezing on this day, and it's not easy to walk on the road! ”

After caring for two sentences, Lu Dongzan seemed to inadvertently mention the matter of wine sales.

"I wonder how this wine has been selling in Chang'an recently? Now the desert weather is very cold, although Chang'an is located in the Central Plains, it is not considered the south, presumably it is also very cold. At this time of year, the wine should sell very well, and you can still bring so much wine, it's amazing! ”

He asked very cleverly, as if he was just lamenting that Cheng Yanjin, as a national prince, had extraordinary means, and he could still take out wine and sell it to Tubo when Datang's sales were so good.

However, who is Wang Xuance?

Even if the operation of one person to destroy a country was done at an older age in history, Wang Xuance himself was not an ordinary person.

At least he had a good brain, and it must have been a certainty.

He heard the tentative meaning in Lu Dongzan's words in an instant.

Wang Xuance took out a wine bag from his arms, drank the strong wine in his mouth to warm his body, and then laughed indifferently.

"Your Excellency is kind-hearted, and I won't hide it from you—"

"This wine can't be sold in Chang'an now."

Hearing this, Lu Dongzan couldn't help but be stunned.

He never expected that Wang Xuance would give such an answer!

"What's the point of that?" Lu Dongzan was a little anxious, "Could it be that there is something wrong with the wine itself!" That's not going to work! ”

Wang Xuance didn't rush to explain, but pulled him to the only carriage in the convoy.

When there was no one around, he handed the wine bag to Lu Dongzan and motioned for him to drink a little too.

"If you don't drink, you'll have to ride a long way back to Luo after a while!" Lu Dongzan waved his hand and refused, and then hurriedly asked, "Brother Wang, can you elaborate on why this wine can't be sold in Chang'an?" This doesn't make sense! ”

How could he not be in a hurry!

At present, there are thousands of bottles of Zhenguan series of wine in Tubo's hands.

Tens of thousands of horses have been given out, not to mention countless cattle and sheep!

This business is a bridge he pulls, once something goes wrong, the first person who will be punished is himself!

Wang Xuance forced the wine bag into his hand, and his attitude was tough: "You take a sip of wine first, warm up your body and calm down, and I'll tell you when you're done!" ”

There was really no way, Lu Dongzan reluctantly took it and drank a few sips, until his face turned a little red, and Wang Xuance nodded with satisfaction.

"That's right!"

Wang Xuance didn't dislike it, picked up the wine bag again, poured a sip of wine, wiped his mouth, and then explained.

"Although it is winter now, there are many powerful families in Chang'an, and they have almost seventy percent of the total amount of wine in their hands."

"The rest are even retail investors, but they are in the production area, the restaurant is also in Chang'an, and there are many ordinary people who can grab wine on weekdays."

"Let me ask, even if you are in Tibet, do you have to buy thick clothes and firewood in winter, and you have to serve the cattle and sheep to prevent them from starving to death? Changing to a Han Chinese is also a truth. ”

"Everyone wants to sell the drinks they have stocked up on and exchange them for some cash to buy supplies, and they are all very tight on hand...... In this case, it's strange that it can be sold! ”

"Except for those wealthy families in Jiangnan and northern Datang who can't buy much wine, the wine in Chang'an and Luoyang is not easy to sell, so everyone transports the wine to those places and doesn't sell it in Chang'an!"

"But I guess that after the beginning of spring, the sales of alcohol will continue to rise."

After listening to Wang Xuance's words, Lu Dongzan's heart finally settled down.

Naturally, he understood the truth.

Although the Tibetan people do not need firewood, and dry cow dung is used for fire, but winter is the time when supplies are most needed, which is normal.

If Wang Xuance told him that there are still many people buying and selling now, if you think about it carefully, it will be even more suspicious.

How can there be so much spare money!

Lu Dongzan's tense nerves relaxed, and the expression on his face relaxed a lot.

"I see, I see!" He arched his hand gratefully at Wang Xuance, "Thank you Brother Wang for telling me the truth, this news is really important to Zaixia!" ”

Wang Xuance was obviously a little surprised.

"What's so important about that? Although the sales of Zhenguan wine in Chang'an and Luoyang are not good, it is just as popular in other places. You are in Tibet, how the wine of the Tang Dynasty sells has nothing to do with you, right? ”

Oops, that's a leak!

Lu Dongzan regretted it in his heart, but he soon made excuses for himself.

"This really has nothing to do with Tubo, it's just that Tubo has bought so much wine from you, if the wine doesn't sell well for no reason, I'm afraid it will worry Zampu and other nobles who drink alcohol."

"Now that I know the inside story, I can explain it to them when I go back next time, right?"

After listening to his explanation, Wang Xuance burst out laughing.

"Your Excellency is really worried!"

"Don't worry! Our Cheng family does business, and the most important thing is the word Xinyi! Whatever wine is sold to you, it's the best part of the sale! ”

Lu Dongzan hurriedly greeted him politely.

"You are so sincere in what you say and do, I naturally believe in my little brother. Come on, drink some more! ”

The two of them pushed and changed cups on the carriage for a while.

It didn't take long for Lu Dongzan, who was flushed, to get out of the car and lead the team out of here under the excuse that he was not strong enough to drink and had important things to do.

Looking at the back of the team leaving, Wang Xuance regained that calm state.

I couldn't tell that I had just drunk half a sac of spirits.

After a while, Zheng Yang climbed into the carriage and came to his side.

"Xuan Ce, why did you just tell him that the wine is not selling well in Chang'an? What if the Tibetans regret it and don't want to buy any more drinks? ”

Wang Xuance smiled and waved his hand.

"Brother Zheng, if I don't say it, he will feel strange after he comes back to his senses!"

"If you tell a lie to bluff someone, then you have to say it half-truthfully, so that he can believe it completely. Blindly telling lies, there are too many flaws. ”

"Let's see......"

"Lu Dongzan left at this time, probably to meet with the family's caravan."

"When they talk to each other, he will believe the nonsense we just talked about."