Yunzhou County.
at monthly meetings.
Fan Zhengzheng was reporting loudly on the current situation of the tea, wine and horse trade.
"Your Majesty, since we started trading liquor and tea bricks with the medium-sized and small Tatar tribes on the grassland in exchange for war horses in late May, by the middle of this month we have consumed a total of 900,000 shi in food purchased from the pass. Nearly five million catties of turbid wine and seven million catties of tea bricks.
At present, there are one million kilograms of strong liquor distilled from turbid liquor, which has already brought us a profit of 20,000 war horses.
The rest of the remaining turbid liquor is being distilled, and it is expected that it will be completely distilled later this month, and 500,000 kilograms of spirits can be produced, which is expected to be exchanged for another 10,000 war horses.
But now we can no longer buy turbid liquor in Guan Nei. Nearly 70% of the turbid liquor on the market has been purchased by us. If we continue to buy it, it will attract attention, so Xiaguan has stopped the trade of purchasing turbid liquor from Guan Nei.
The exchange of wine for horses is expected to eventually bring back 30,000 war horses for our Yunzhou County.
The official decided to obtain the remaining 130,000 horses through the tea-horse trade.
Unlike war horses, tea-horse trade has advantages that wine-horse trade does not have.
The first is sustainability and demand.
Wine is not irreplaceable, but tea is a necessity among the Tatar tribes and is consumed almost every day. This trade is expected to be a long-term trade, and it can be brought to our Yunzhou County even after the war. Come to huge profits.
Moreover, the supply of tea and horse trade is much more abundant than that of turbid wine. Due to the lack of food in the pass, the amount of wine that can be produced each year is limited, and the quantity will not be too large.
Seven million kilograms of wine a year is already the limit of Guan Nei Zhuojiu. No matter how much there is, there is simply not enough food to brew it. The imperial court also strictly prohibits this behavior.
We estimate that the amount of maojiu we can obtain from Guan Nei every year is only about four to five million kilograms. If we want to expand the production of maojiu, we can only wait for our local winery in Yunzhou County to brew the first batch of wine. This is a short-term cannot be achieved within.
The supply of tea in the tea-horse trade is extremely abundant. There is less tea in the north, but in the south, especially in the four southeastern counties, tea is a widely planted economic crop with huge output.
And all we need are tea bricks made from the leftover defective products after making ordinary tea. This has little sales in the customs. Except for a few large merchants in the northwest who are engaged in border trade, no one needs this anymore. .
We can purchase in large quantities at low prices.
Ten kilograms of grain can buy us a tea brick weighing one kilogram.
Therefore, based on the current situation, Xiaguan has asked Feiyun Trading Company to continuously purchase these tea bricks and dump them to the medium and small Tatar tribes.
Judging from the current situation, sales are very good and rising steadily.
Now we have sold a total of five million tea bricks to these Tatar tribes and bought nearly 50,000 war horses for our Yunzhou County!
But so far, the tea wine horse trade has brought back a total of 70,000 war horses to Yunzhou County, and the remaining shortage of 90,000 war horses is expected to be fully filled by the end of this month. "
After finishing the above report, Fan Zheng himself breathed a long sigh of relief. God knows how much pressure was on his shoulders during this period. This was a shortage of 160,000 war horses.
Not sixteen horses, not one hundred and sixty horses, but a full 160,000 horses!
It has to be a war horse!
If it were the imperial court, they wouldn't be able to get it together in six or seven years, and that's even if they have enough money and food.
Judging from the current situation of the court, it is simply a dream for the court to raise such a sum of money and food!
Not only did the imperial court say that it couldn't come up with the money, even if it did, it would be impossible to sell the war horses on such a large target grassland as the imperial court.
But their Yunzhou County is different. First of all, their goals are small. So far, no one in this land thinks that their Yunzhou County is a big place, and no one will take Yunzhou County seriously.
This also led to the actions taken by Yunzhou County to be more secretive and less noticeable.
It is also more convenient.
Coupled with the large amount of food produced by the three counties of Shendu and the continuous wartime system in Yunzhou County, Yunzhou County is not short of money and food at all, and has enough money and food to complete its goals.
Plus the prince’s full support.
Only in this way can such a big move be completed within a few months.
It can be said that it was the right time, right place, and the right combination of people. Even if one of them was missing, it would be impossible to achieve the goal in such a short period of time.
After listening to Fan Zheng's report, Zhao Jun also showed a satisfied smile.
Zhao Jun saw Fan Zheng's actions during this period. Not only was he smart enough to think of this way to fill the gap in the war horse, but more importantly, this guy's execution and action abilities were exceptionally sufficient.
From the time he proposed the idea to the present, from mid-May to mid-August, in just three months, a full month earlier than his scheduled mid-September, he has already completed more than half of his goal, with a maximum of eight more goals. In a matter of months, the goal will be achieved.
During this period, according to the secret guard's report, Fan Zheng was almost naked and devoted himself to work without sleep or food, which is why he achieved his current achievements.
Moreover, his actions inadvertently brought some additional benefits to Yunzhou County, benefits that Zhao Jun did not even know about...
He coughed twice, attracting everyone's attention to himself, and Zhao Jun said loudly: "Very good, since we set the goal in mid-May, Master Fan has achieved what we have now in just three months. The results have solved most of the biggest problems restricting the expansion of our army in Yunzhou County, which fully proves Chief Secretary Fan's working ability.
The king is very satisfied with this, and hopes that all officials in Yunzhou County can also learn from Master Fan and become capable officials like Master Fan who can both handle affairs and take action! Official!
Contribute to the development of our Yunzhou County! "
After a pause, Zhao Jun looked around the crowd. After slowly standing up, he nodded slightly to Li Yi who was standing aside. Li Yi immediately understood and stood up together.
He picked up a piece of golden paper in his hand and began to read loudly.
"Here!
Now there is Fan Zheng, the chief registrar of the Grain Reserves Department, who is an upright, honest, and talented official.
He worked hard and worked hard on the shortage of war horses for Yunzhou County to expand the army, and made great contributions to Yunzhou County. He used his intelligence and wisdom to solve the problem of the shortage of war horses for Yunzhou County!
Its merits can be demonstrated and its achievements can be checked!
Therefore! Starting today, Fan Zheng, the chief clerk of the Shanxi Grain Reserves Department, has been promoted to the position of director of the Grain Reserves Department and enjoys the same treatment as a fifth-grade official. "
After reading the appointment certificate in his hand, Li Yi smiled and said to Fan Zheng:
"Director Fan, now that you have been promoted to this position, I hope you can continue to fulfill your duties in this position, work bravely, and continue to make greater achievements for the development of our Yunzhou County!"
As he spoke, he stretched out the golden appointment certificate in his hand.
Fan Zheng shivered all over, and finally recovered from the surprise of his promotion. He hurriedly ran out of his position, came to the rostrum, and took his appointment letter with respectful hands.
Looking at the lines of appointment documents on the golden appointment certificate, Fan Zheng was so excited that he couldn't help himself.
He quickly bowed to everyone where Zhao Jun was and said:
"I have thanked the prince for the reward. I will definitely work harder for the prince and make greater contributions to our Yunzhou County!"
Zhao Jun smiled and nodded, walked out and patted his shoulder to encourage him: "Then it's settled, I will watch your performance from now on."
"Your Majesty, don't worry!"
Fan Zheng patted his chest and promised.
Zhao Jun smiled, but then his expression changed and he said solemnly:
"Although I have fulfilled my promise in advance and promised you promotion, you cannot relax about the war horse. Autumn is getting closer and closer. We, Yunzhou County, do not have much time left. We must not relax our vigilance and complete it as soon as possible. The exchange of war horses should be done as early as possible so that we, Yunzhou County, can have more time to prepare."
"I understand! I will definitely live up to the prince's expectations!"
"very good!"
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Hello, today is the Dragon Boat Festival. Did everyone eat rice dumplings? Piaoxue wishes all brothers and sisters a healthy Dragon Boat Festival!
Hahahaha, the update is a little late today. I finally took a break from the falling snow and was lazy, so I only posted it now.
But it doesn’t matter, there are three that are indispensable!
(End of chapter)
