Chapter 394
After seeing the jujube wine, Zhu Fu invited Zhao Zhen and his wife to go to the hall and explained the current situation of the winery in detail.
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said to Zhu Fu and others: "It is hard work in the winery to make wine. The wine masters will each reward two golden melon seeds and a bolt of Caijuan, and the apprentices will each be rewarded with half a bolt to a bolt of coarse cloth. ”
After hearing this, everyone came forward to thank him.
While it was busy, I heard a laugh outside and saw Xiao Rang and Pei Xuan coming in together.
"Master, today the jujube wine has become wine. Brother Pei Xuan and I are here to ask for a drink."
Zhao Zhen said: "I have something to do. I want to go to the county government office to find my brothers to discuss and buy two jars of wine. Send it to the two brothers' residence. Make another pot and send it to the county government. I will talk to the two brothers. "
After saying this, Zhao Zhen left the wine shop and the medical clinic and took Xiao Rang and Pei. Xuan and Xuan returned to the county government together.
Zhao Zhen sat at the top, Cheng Wan'er sat at the side, and below were Xiao Rang, Pei Xuan, and Yu Baosi.
After everyone sat down, Zhao Zhen told everyone what Jin Cuilian said to him while asking someone to pour wine. Zhao Zhen asked: "What do you two brothers think?"
Xiao Rang said: "It's not easy to force this matter. Most of the heroes in the county only like to learn how to use guns and sticks, and women's sex is not very important. Besides, these women have some connections with Wu Erlang, so we should ask him. "
Pei Xuandao: "Yes, half of the heroes in the county are unmarried. Although the high-ranking officials have good intentions, it depends on the wishes of the brothers. You can invite us to the county. If brothers are interested, just find someone to propose marriage.”
“It’s not a big deal with Wu Erlang. He is an upright man, and these weak women have not. It will definitely not be difficult to provoke him."
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said: "Even so, you must tell him. I will write a letter and have it delivered to Shouzhang County Wu. Erlang said that there should be no quarrel between the two brothers."
After drinking a pot of jujube wine, Xiao Rang said: "I have something to report to Wangtai Township today. The stone carving workshop in charge of Brother Jin Dajian has begun to produce. Today, Sergeant Jijiaopu sent a letter to Brother Jin Dajian. Some businessmen from outside went to the countryside to purchase Jinshan inkstones and asked if they wanted to sell them abroad. "
Zhao Zhen said: "It's okay for ordinary inkstone workshops and retail investors to sell takeaways. You can also sell a small amount of the good ones. Don't sell any of the superior ones."
Seeing Xiao Rang nod, Zhao Zhen said: "Most of them are in the county. There are few farmers and small traders. Restaurants, teahouses, grocery stores, cloth shops, and jewelry shops are all run by farmers. Speaking of which, Liangshan County is not a serious county, and there are only a few doing business. It's a lot worse than Shouzhang."
Xiao Rang said: "Master, after all, Liangshan County is different from other places. Liangshan is surrounded by water, and the villages are scattered everywhere, so they cannot be gathered into a county. Nowadays, the population of East and West Liangxi Village is quite large with the permanent sergeants.”
“Although there is no market, the folk customs are much simpler. At the same time, the high officials are kind, and they are light on corvee and low on taxes. Miscellaneous donations are collected from the people, and the shops everywhere can meet the needs of the villagers, and there is no need to deliberately be the same as elsewhere. "
Pei Xuan continued: "Now the city wall has also been selected, and many green bricks have been fired. , Just wait until after the autumn harvest, and the construction will begin.”
Xiao Rang said: "Speaking of shops, there is also a pawn shop to be opened in the county."
"Although the county government now also has Qingmiao Loan, it cannot take care of the various situations where bankers are in urgent need of money. If there is a The pawn shop is the best place to deal with emergencies. It also saves you the trouble of going to the rich. After nine outings, you will eventually be unable to recover.” Open? After all, there is no such thing as paying tribute to the master."
Xiao Rang said: "Every grocery store can do it, but the owner of the smaller one can do it after collecting the collateral. It is decided that the older ones will report to the county. Then ask Brother Jiang Jing to check. This way, I can’t say that it is foolproof, but it can make the banker’s life better.” Zhao Zhen said, “Brother Liang Shan is right about this. The villages in the mountains are isolated from the outside world, and most of the villagers in the mountains have never been out of Liangshan. Although they are simple, there are also rich and poor in each village. I think it will be of some use to the villagers, so the brothers inform various places of groceries. Shop and see how it goes.”
The three of them said one thing to you and another to me, and they improved the implementation details and asked all places to follow them.
By the time Zhao Zhen returned to Baishi Manor, it was already dinner time.
As usual, after dinner, Zhao Zhen's family began to chat in the living room, each talking about what happened today.
I heard that Jin Cuilian and Dong Ping's concubines Guiqing and Guijie were going to recruit some beautiful women. Several people came to be interested and asked many questions.
Chu Yan and Chu Yuan made Jin Cuilian pay close attention to them all the time, waiting for these three people to come to the county to see them together.
At night, Zhao Zhen rested in Chu Yan and Chu Yuan's room.
Early on the next morning, just after breakfast, Zhao Zhen asked Wu Yong to be invited out.
Waiting for Zhao Zhen to sit down, Wu Yong had already spoken: "Official, there is news from Qingzhou."
"What is the situation?"
"Qingzhou The whole territory was occupied by Song Jiang. Yun Tianbiao, Wei Huchen, Tuanlian Xie De, and Lou Xiongxiang led their troops to retreat to Zizhou. The letter mentioned that Song Jiang's troops were attacking Weizhou. "
Zhao Zhen said: "It seems that Song Jiang gave up going west and turned to the east. I have never heard of any powerful people on Jingdong East Road."
Wu Yongdao: "If Song Jiang really moved Jingdong East. If the road is occupied, it will really become a huge bandit. Fortunately, he is now focused on heading east, so I don’t need to be on guard for the time being.”
Zhao Zhen nodded: “I’m afraid the Grand Master won’t. If you are willing to give up, you will definitely have to raise troops to attack." Wu Yong said: "Master, it will be winter in more than a month, and it will be cold and freezing, so it will not be a good day for fighting. Pay attention, I think there will be a large army coming to suppress it next year. I don’t know which army it is.”
Zhao Zhen said: “I will not be waiting here. Now that Song Jiang invades from the east, I can relax a little bit. One or two.”
Wu Yong said: "Senior official, would you like to send someone to Bianjing to find out something?"
Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "There is no need for this. When soldiers coming from the west, they have to pass through Dulonggang Wasi, so Zhu My brother, please pay attention. You will know when the time comes. I wonder how many soldiers Song Jiang has now?" Wu Yong listened and said, "Now, except for the most skilled soldiers, Song Jiang has only 30,000. In the old camp, Qingzhou and Yizhou made up the majority of the surrendered troops. Most of the garrison sergeants were selected from the surrendered troops, so that they could quickly expand the army and achieve the current situation. "
While the two were talking, Zhao Yuanli came in and said, "Master, there is a big man outside the village who has come to seek refuge."
(End of Chapter)