Fang Chongyong is confident that Wang Defu will definitely return to Kuizhou.

Because, the people of the Tang Dynasty drank alcohol to the point of madness, and they were almost free of alcohol and joy every day!

You must drink it during the holidays, and you should drink some on weekdays. Drink when you're happy, and drink even more when you're unhappy!

If the wine suits their taste, it will not be sold. This is also an important reason why Fang Chongyong does not engage in any distilled liquor and burns knives. The cost of wine with too high a degree is also very high, and if you make a koji liquor of more than ten degrees, you can already take it out for waves, and there is no need to make a kind of soju with forty or fifty degrees.

The people of the Tang Dynasty tasted sweet, liked sweet wine, and sometimes even added sugar (not white sugar) if the wine was not sweet.

Red yeast wine, which is bright red in color and has a smooth and sweet taste, is easily sought after by those dignitaries.

The Tang Dynasty is a country of wine, and there is no joy without wine.

According to the official statistics of the Tang Dynasty, the annual output is about 10 million dou. Counting the private brewing of the people, the total consumption of alcohol is about 50 million dou, which will only be counted as less and not more.

Not only that, but there is no shortage of really good wine, but the price is frighteningly high, and countless drunkards still flock to it, and the expensive wine money cannot deter them. Rice wine itself was a frequent guest at the banquets of the aristocratic class.

Therefore, Fang Chongyong is very sure that the best red yeast wine will have the effect of "sudden rise" at this time. After all, no one has seen it before.

The expensive brewing cost (legend has it that red lotus rice is used as raw material), good taste, novel and high-grade appearance, is destined to have many people willing to join the Red Lotus Spring!

There is a poem in Li Bai's "Will Enter the Wine" "Five-flowered horses, golden qiu, Hu'er will exchange for fine wine, and sell eternal sorrow with you." ”

Where will high-end drinks be sold out? If you like fine wine, you have to buy wine if you sell clothes and horses!

Guanglu Temple, the central institution of Chang'an, is responsible for the food and wine supply, and there are departments such as the "Liang Zhi Bureau" and the "Food Official Bureau" to coordinate the wine used by the court and the government in the capital, which is the so-called "official wine".

When the emperor sacrificed heaven and earth, the Liang Brewing Department led his subordinates to arrange and display a large number of wine vessels. If it is an official, it will provide "spring storm, autumn clear, phenol brewing, mulberry and other wines." ”

For example, there are 30 people in charge of brewing in the Liang Brewing Bureau, 120 people in charge of bronze wine vessels in charge of brewing technology, and 13 handymen.

Although the official brewing is already very powerful, the principle of "the master is in the people" is still applicable in the Tang Dynasty. Many of the tribute wines offered from all over the world are quite capable of beating. Wealthy businessmen such as Wang Yuanbao naturally also run the wine business in Chang'an City.

There are even many liquor shops, restaurants and other industries. Trafficking different flavors of liquor from all over the world to Chang'an, making a lot of profits.

If you don't rely on external forces, no matter how good Red Lotus Spring is, it is impossible to become famous in the short term and spread it by word of mouth among drunkards. Therefore, it can only rely on wealthy businessmen to "advertise" in private, ferment and hype public opinion, and finally "become popular".

It's a win-win deal.

Sure enough, before the New Year, Wang Defu came again and agreed to buy Honglianchun, but put forward three more requirements.

The first, the first batch of red lotus spring harvest 1,000 buckets, the price must be reduced to 20 per bucket. The price in the future will be adjusted according to the market conditions in Chang'an. It is not ruled out that it will rise, but it may also fall, or even not close.

The volume of a thousand buckets is about the same as a thousand bottles of two-liter Coke in Fang Chongyong's previous life, which can be loaded in one or two boats, and the risk of transportation is also very low. I have to say that the Wang family is worthy of being a wealthy businessman in Chang'an, and he calculates everything to death.

If Red Lotus Spring is not popular, they won't be able to lose much money, and they can recoup their capital by selling it slowly.

If the red lotus is on fire, then although their purchase price is high, they will sell it more expensively, and they will not lose money either!

Dealing with these merchants, their abacus crackles. You may earn, but they never lose.

Fang Chongyong was very open, readily agreed, and signed the deed, which gave Wang Defu a reassurance.

Second, Wang Defu invited a "wine tasting expert" to Kuizhou to verify the quality of the finished wine to be delivered. After getting the approval, the bulk purchase can be made.

Regarding this point, Fang Chongyong was also full of confidence, and agreed without thinking about it.

Third, Wang Defu hopes to obtain the brewing method of "Red Lotus Spring" and the method of making koji. They originally intended to buy it at a high price, even if it was 100,000 yuan, it was not negotiable.

Seeing the poor dagger, this article is probably Wang Yuanbao's true intention to come to Kuizhou this time.

Fang Chongyong didn't think about it and refused directly. Seeing his categorical refusal, Wang Defu was disappointed and relieved.

It's normal not to sell because you have faith in the liquor and know that it's a cash cow, so you can't sell it. If you can't wait to sell the secret recipe for brewing, you have a ghost in your heart.

Wang Defu didn't dare to buy it.

Thinking that the red lotus spring would not be out of the cellar for a long time, Wang Defu was also suffering from gains and losses in his heart for a while, and waited anxiously in the capital city of Kuizhou.

……

"Uncle, come and taste the Red Lotus Spring in Fucheng."

Outside Wushan County, in a certain ganlan stilt house in the Dongyang Mansion camp of the Tang Army, Fang Chongyong carried a pot of red lotus spring wine that had just come out of the cellar yesterday, and came to get close to Wang Zhonghe.

Looking at his hairy-footed son-in-law who was not very old, but had 800 hearts, Wang Zhongsi smiled helplessly, took the wine jar, tore open the seal, and smelled a rich aroma of wine.

"Good wine."

Wang Zhongsi drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, put down the old clay pot made of pottery (a kind of folk wine cup, common in the middle and lower classes), and after tasting it, he poured another glass.

This time, he didn't want to take a sip, but picked up the old clay pot, tasted it carefully, and tasted it until he drank not a drop left, and finally reluctantly put the wine glass aside, sighing deeply.

"Uncle, but don't you think this wine is good?"

Fang Chongyong asked with a curious face, yesterday Wang Defu and the "wine tasting expert" he invited had already drunk like mud in disguise, and they were amazed by the quality of Red Lotus Spring, saying that it was a unique flavor that was not inferior to the top official wine. Its color and taste are unique!

Otherwise, how would Fang Chongyong dare to offer the treasure in front of Wang Zhonghei today!

"No, this wine is mellow and long, and it is a first-class good wine. If you are in Chang'an, you are afraid that there will be no less than ten buckets, and you can buy several horizontal knives. ”

couldn't help but think of the border pass, Wang Zhongsi couldn't help but sigh and sigh. The border soldiers are really bitter, and many of the equipment even need to be brought by themselves. As for the wine, not to mention the grade of Red Lotus Spring, even the most ordinary "green ant wine" is difficult for ordinary soldiers to drink, and it is only possible to get the wine when it is time to rotate or fight.

Many people in the Tang Dynasty may not be able to know what the taste of this grade of red lotus spring wine is.

After all, these are the patents of the nobles.

"Uncle, I'm probably going back to Chang'an."

Fang Chongyong said in a deep voice.

After the red lotus spring was transported away by Wang Defu, the payment for the goods would be sent directly to the palace by the wealthy merchant Wang Yuanbao. Kuizhou shipped here, and Chang'an directly gave cash, but it was no more than the hands of Fang Chongyong and Zheng Shuqing. I believe that before the Shangyuan Festival, Li Longji will order Zheng Shuqing to be transferred back to Chang'an to report on his work.

Of course, before taking office, he must be "idle" for a while, and he will not be awarded an official position immediately.

But Zheng Shuqing's entry into the center is Duzhilangzhong (referred to as Duzhilang), so there should be no big problem.

After Zheng Shuqing's "popular science", Fang Chongyong already knew that Du Zhilang was the prefect of Du Zhicao under Shangshu Province.

In the Shangshu Province of the Tang Dynasty, there was no Shangshu Order. Because the first Shangshu Ling of the Tang Dynasty was Li Erfeng. He was an official, how could others be again?

Li Erfeng has been an emperor, can any official try to be an emperor?

So the most powerful Shangshu Ling in the Tang Dynasty, the governor of the head of the three provinces, was vacant in this way, and the left and right servants discussed the major affairs of Shangshu Province together.

Everyone understands the truth of the two monks carrying water to eat, so in the final analysis, Shangshu Province is a place where the emperor can directly intervene in government affairs and install his favorite officials.

This is what the Tang Dynasty has had since Tang Taizong, a kind of power balance from the system! The administrative power was fragmented and flattened to counter the two governors of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, forming a dynamic decision-making system to prevent the power ministers from becoming dominant.

I have to say that if the factors of the emperor's laziness are not taken into account, this is indeed an effective system.

Thinking wildly in his head, Fang Chongyong saw that Wang Zhongsi fell silent and didn't speak for a long time.

"When you go back to Chang'an, are you really sure that I will leave Dongyang Mansion?"

Wang Zhongsi looked hesitant, and it took a long time to hold back such a sentence.

It's not that he doesn't have confidence, it's that Li Longji is becoming more and more moody, and Wang Zhongsi really doesn't know what Li Longji is thinking now.

"Uncle seems to have something on his mind."

Fang Chongyong poured a cup of red lotus spring for Wang Zhongsi, and he himself watched dryly.

Drinking alcohol at a young age has irreversible damage to the cranial nerves. Fang Chongyong doesn't want his prodigy character to become a drunkard character.

"It's really on the mind. Sage...... In fact, I don't know much about the situation at the border gates. ”

Wang Zhongsi sighed faintly, this was treating Fang Chongyong as a confidant, otherwise, how could he say something like that?

He regarded Fang Chongyong as his own, not because the other party was Fang Youde's son, but because of the sentence "If you can control the invasion of the tomb, how can you kill more".

Now Li Longji's border town strategy has really gone too far, too far, and has already exceeded the limit that the country can bear.

Wang Zhongsi began to tell Fang Chongyong about what he had seen and heard at the Tang Border Pass, and the content made Fang Chongyong feel very surprised.

In Li Longji's eyes, the border soldiers should be earnest in meritorious service, brave in killing the enemy, taking the country as their home, and robes as their brothers; It should be the highest goal of invincibility in the world of my Datang Dynasty, and take this as the strongest belief to motivate myself!

But in Wang Zhongsi's eyes, those are all fresh people. They will also be afraid, they will be cowardly, and they will be afraid.

The unmarried misses the childhood sweetheart of his hometown.

Married miss wife and parents at home.

Whether they can beat the Turks or beat the Tibetans is actually very far away for these soldiers. But the struggle against these forces is closely related to their lives: because the Turkic and Tibetan soldiers are their opponents!

This creates a misalignment in which they have their responsibility and efforts to win or lose a war, but the interests of war have nothing to do with them. Under the infection of such emotions, the border soldiers were eager to rotate home, and those who had not yet been on duty tried their best to escape military service.

Li Longji may want to plant the banner of the Tang Dynasty in every place in the Western Regions, but most people in the border passes of the Tang Dynasty may not think as much as he does.

Their aspirations, more humble, more real.

"Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate."

Fang Chongyong sighed, feeling the emotion in Wang Zhonghe's body.

"I heard that your father didn't care about teaching you in his daily life, but I didn't expect you to be so smart."

Wang Zhongsi poured another glass of wine and drank it down.

"Back then, in Hexi, the Tubo Zanpu chief was training in Yubiaochuan, and the generals under my command were very afraid, thinking that they were invincible and wanted to return for help. At that time, I was young and vigorous, and I didn't think that there was anything to be afraid of in Tibet, so I rushed into the enemy line with my sword.

In this battle, thousands of beheadings and tens of thousands of sheep and horses were captured. I was reappointed as General Zuo Weiwei and acting governor of the Northern Metropolitan by virtue of my military merits, and I was named a man in Qingyuan County. But that war...... Many of my men have died, and many of them are like brothers to me!

If it weren't for my meritorious efforts, they would ...... I could have avoided dying. ”

Wang Zhongsi smashed his fist on the bamboo table, and the old clay basin was shaken and turned over on its side, frightening Fang Chongyong.

I don't know if it's because I drank wine or because I was emotional, Wang Zhongsi asked with red eyes: "Do you think that I want to take the lives of my soldiers to dye the official robes on my body and pave the Qingyun Road of the border town generals?" ”

"Uncle, you're drunk and can't drink anymore. It is not good for such words to reach the ears of saints. ”

Fang Chongyong persuaded with a little panic.

The words just now, but complaining about Li Longji openly and secretly, can easily form such a fatal rumor as "Wang Zhonghei complained about the sage's meanness and lack of kindness after being demoted". When it reached Li Longji's ears, this sage sitting in Chang'an didn't know what to do.

You see, that is not a big-hearted Lord! fell in love with his daughter-in-law, and said that he would rob it. This is the case for his own son, and he is also the son of a favorite concubine, how to an outsider like Wang Zhonghe, its practical toes can also be imagined.

"What can't be said! For the sake of the interests of the border passes, they sacrificed the lives of the front-line soldiers at will, and they were not allowed to say it! ”

Wang Zhongsi excitedly pounded the table case, and actually smashed the table case made of bamboo!

"Bang dang!"

The jar containing the red lotus spring fell to the ground and shattered, and the aroma of wine instantly permeated this extremely simple ganlan stilt house. It also freed Wang Zhongsi from his grief and indignation.

"It's a pity for the wine."

Wang Zhongsi also calmed down, took a deep breath, and stabilized his emotions.

"Uncle, as the saying goes: the past cannot be admonished, but the coming can still be chased. My uncle also knew how to cherish the lives of the soldiers at the border gates, but many generals in the court did not know this, they all wanted to climb up with their bones, please the saints, and achieve their immortal deeds.

Comparatively, only when my uncle becomes a border general, can this kind of thing happen to be minimized, isn't it? How could my uncle give up on himself in Dongyang Mansion? ”

Fang Chongyong patiently persuaded him.

"You're right."

Wang Zhongsi actually calmed down quickly.

"This time, you go back to Chang'an, work harder, and do your best to help me move. I repair a letter that you bring with you, if there is disharmony, you can find a way to find a way to be loyal to the king. ”

Wang Zhongsi pressed his big hand on Fang Chongyong's shoulder and said earnestly.