At the end of December, Dapanbao.
A few days after Liu Yan reached an agreement with Song Gongming and Wang Wenzhen, several people from the ancient town inspection department came.
In the general flag hall of the fort, Liu Yan looked at a young man in his twenties with some surprise. This young man called himself Song Guan, another nephew of Song Gongming.
Liu Yan looked at Song Guan and saw that this person was completely different from Song Long. He did not give people the impression of being arrogant and domineering. Instead, he had a sense of politeness, and his behavior and conversation also made people feel very comfortable. It can be seen that this person The wink is spot on.
"Song Xiaoqi?"
"I'm making General Liu Qi laugh. I'm just a small flag officer of the Ancient Town Inspection Department. I came here this time on the order of Inspector Song to send someone to General Liu."
Liu Yan raised his brows and said with a smile, "Isn't it Zhao Maqun?"
"Mr. Liu Qi Mingjian is none other than Zhao Maqun."
Liu Yan asked: "Then I don't understand. What does Inspector Song mean?"
Song Guan said seriously: "When I came here, Inspector Song once told me: The misunderstanding between the ancient town and Dapanbao was caused by scum like Zhao Maqun, so in order to express my gratitude to the Inspector of the Ancient Town, According to his attitude, Zhao Maqun will be sent over and handed over to Mr. Liu Qi."
Liu Yan smiled in his heart. It seemed that Song Gongming gave him a lot of face today. In fact, he just threw him an abandoned son. Inside, he wanted to use his own hands to get rid of Zhao Maqun and wipe Song Gongming's butt. .
However, Liu Yan didn't care and said immediately: "In that case, I will accept Inspector Song's wishes."
Song Guan smiled and said: "Well, Zhao Maqun is on the carriage outside the general hall, and asked General Liu to go and check. After the inspection is correct, I can go back and resume my life."
Liu Yan nodded, and then ordered someone to call Miao Shao, the flag officer, and asked Miao Shao to go outside and bring Zhao Maqun in.
After a while, Miao Shao led two Dunjun soldiers to escort Zhao Maqun into the courtyard. Liu Yan and Song Guan walked out of the main hall, only to see Zhao Maqun limping over. When they saw Liu Yan and Song Guan, At that moment, his expression suddenly changed. He turned around and was about to run away, but Miao Shao kicked him in the injured leg and fell to the ground with a scream.
"Song Guan! You actually lied to me. The inspector didn't want to send me away for refuge at all. You are all lying to me!"
Song Guan sneered and said nothing, but looked at Liu Yan.
Liu Yan was indeed a little surprised, and he also had an intuitive understanding of Song Gongming's methods. This person was capable of setting traps and deceiving people at his fingertips. He had to be careful in the future.
At this time, Liu Yan was not in the mood to waste words with a loser like Zhao Maqun, and nodded to Miao Shao. Miao Shao then pulled out his sword and walked towards Zhao Maqun.
"Ah? No, I, I surrender, please Mr. Liu, please let me..."
Before Zhao Maqun finished speaking, Miao Shao impatiently chopped off Zhao Maqun's head in front of Song Guan.
Song Guan looked at the bloody scene, and his originally calm expression instantly turned into panic. Song Guan originally expected that Liu Yan would definitely kill Zhao Maqun, but he never expected that Liu Yan would kill Zhao Maqun in front of him. This was clearly to give himself and the ancient town inspection department a solid blow. Show off your power!
But even so, what can Song Guan do?
Liu Yan looked at Song Guan, who was stunned and trembling slightly. He smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, "We are all rough people. Once we get angry, we can easily kill people. I hope Song Xiaoqi won't take offense." .”
Song Guan looked at Liu Yan with wide eyes, opened his mouth for a long time before saying, "Okay, that's easy to say, Mr. Liu Qi is so polite."
Later, Liu Yan wanted to keep Song Guan to eat in the general hall of the flag, but Song Guan had no intention of eating at this time, so he hurriedly said goodbye to Liu Yan, left Dapanbao immediately, and went back to resume his duties.
"Clean this place up."
After sending Song Guan away, Liu Yan saw Zhao Maqun's body in the yard, frowned slightly and said to Miao Shao: "There is no need for a coffin, just find a mass grave and throw it away."
Miao Shao said: "It's easy to say. Don't worry, Commander A. I will take someone to do it tonight."
After saying that, Miao Shao called several Dunjun soldiers over. He first carried Zhao Maqun's body down, then brought in several large buckets of water, washed the yard and washed away the blood.
In the following days, Liu Yan continued to inspect the soap workshop, salt drying field, and wine shop.
With the joint distribution of Wang Wenzhen and Song Gongming, these three best-selling products in Dapanbao will no longer have to worry about sales. Wang Wenzhen and Song Gongming each bear 20% of the sales, which is 40% for the two of them. Liu Yan will find a way to sell the remaining 60% on his own.
A few days later, Liu Yan summoned Chen Jiang, Wang Yunhe, and Chu Yunfei to the flag office to discuss the distribution matter with them.
"Now the output of soap workshops, wineries, and salt drying fields is very considerable. In addition to the shares borne by Wang Wenzhen and Song Gongming, we have to sell the remaining 60% of the output ourselves. This pressure is still not small. , after all, if we can’t sell it, we won’t be able to make any money. Do you three have any specific ideas?”
Although Liu Yan said this, Wang Yunhe, Chen Jiangshi and Chu Yunfei were not worried at all. They were all relaxed at this time and could not see any pressure.
The relationship between Wang Yunhe and Liu Yan was basically public, so with the future mistress sitting here, both Chen Jiang and Chu Yunfei humbly let Wang Yunhe speak first, which set the tone.
Wang Yunhe said: "Now we have four Shaoguo pots in our wine shop, and we can make more than 16,000 kilograms of Shaoguo wine every month. The amount of Shaoguo wine we need to sell ourselves is about 10,000 kilograms. This quantity seems to be a lot, but Now that our Shaoguo Liquor has become famous through the merchants of the Inspection Department of the ancient town, it has become famous in the Qianhu Office in front of Xiahe Village, and 10,000 kilograms of Shaoguo Liquor is simply not enough for those merchants to share."
Having said this, Wang Yunhe smiled playfully and said: "So the problem of the winery now is not how to sell shochu, but how to expand production as quickly as possible and make more money!"
Chen Jiangshi and Chu Yunfei immediately praised Wang Yunhe again and again, saying that Wang Yunhe's management was so good.
Liu Yan smiled and praised Wang Yunhe a few words, and then Chen Jiang said: "I would like to inform you, the output of our soap workshop is currently insufficient. With the current output of more than 7,000 yuan a month, it is not enough. Yes. Almost every month, many merchants come to our Dapanbao to purchase goods, and some even give me money, but I kick them out, which scares me to death!"
Liu Yan smiled and said, "Next time someone gives money to my siblings, just accept it and treat us to meat and wine. How about that?"
Chen Jiangshi waved her hands hurriedly and said: "Chief A is joking, I won't do this corruption thing, it's too scary!"
After Liu Yan joked, he asked: "In this case, the current problem of the soap workshop is not sales, but also increasing production."
"Exactly."
Finally, Liu Yan looked at Chu Yunfei and asked with a smile: "If I guess correctly, the situation in the salt drying field is similar, right?"
Chu Yunfei stood up respectfully and saluted, and said: "Commander Jia Mingjian, my subordinates took over the salt drying field from Zhang Xiaoqi. Now they are familiar with all the conditions, and it is indeed what Commander Jia said."
"Now there are four salt drying ponds in the salt drying field, and the monthly output of sea salt is 8,000 kilograms, but it is still not enough for the needs of private salt dealers everywhere. Now my subordinates are ready to mobilize manpower to dig four more salt drying fields. We will double the production of sea salt. But the weather is too cold now, so we will have to wait until next spring at the earliest to implement it.”
After listening to the report of the three people, Liu Yan nodded and pondered for a while, and then said: "Starting from tomorrow, the three of you will start to formulate a production increase plan. After giving it to me for review, you can take my approval to Director Zhao to collect the money. Soap, Shaoguo wine, and sea salt are our current financial resources in Dapanbao, so the more we produce, the better.”
"And I feel that the sales direction of these three goods cannot be limited to the Qianhu Office in front of Xiahe Village, but must go out."
"You can make more contacts with merchants everywhere and gradually spread our goods to all parts of Lingshanwei, even Jiaozhou, Gaomi and other places..."
Two days later, Liu Yan received production increase plans from Chen Jiang, Chu Yunfei and Wang Yunhe.
When Chu Yunfei came over to deliver the production increase plan, he also specifically asked Liu Yan for instructions, hoping to convert more than 70 salt workers under him into military households. Liu Yan smiled and comforted Chu Yunfei for a few words, and then said what he said. Prepare to reorganize Yan Ding and integrate all these seventy people into the Dun Army.
Chu Yunfei naturally agreed with both hands, and Liu Yan directly absorbed his old team members without any screening. This was a sign of trust in him, and he regarded himself and his old subordinates as Dapanbao's cronies.
So Chu Yunfei thanked Liu Yan repeatedly and promised to run the salt drying farm well in return for Liu Yan's kindness.
When Wang Yunhe came over to deliver the production increase plan, Liu Yan said with a smile: "I think you will take care of the winery's affairs in the past few days, and then I will send someone to take you back to Wangjiazhuang."
Wang Yunhe was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Is something wrong?"
Liu Yan pretended to be mysterious and said: "I need you to go back to Wanfu Youfang to stay for a few days. In a few days, I will bring a wild goose and some belongings there."
Wang Yunhe immediately blushed, lowered his head and said in an inaudible voice: "You, you, are you going to propose marriage?"
When Liu Yan looked at Wang Yunhe, his heart suddenly rippled, and then he said in a very serious tone: "Yunhe, I want to go to your father to propose marriage. In a few days, I will take someone to pay the betrothal gift. You go back and wait for me! "
Wang Yunhe raised his head, nodded with tears in his eyes, and then laughed happily.
A few days later, Liu Yan came to Wangjiazhuang Wanfu Oil Shop with the betrothal gift. Wang Jing had been waiting at the door and invited Liu Yan and his party in with a smile.
The pedestrians and people around him saw this and came to congratulate him one after another. Wang Jing smiled and returned the greetings one by one, and a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground.
On that day, the wedding date of Liu Yan and Wang Yunhe was set for April next year. Wang Yunhe was so happy that he almost suffocated. Wang Jing also prepared a banquet that night and planned to leave Liu Yan to celebrate a little at Wanfu Youfang, but he was stopped by the chief flag officer. Jia Hongyu came to the door.
"Mr. Liu, you are really here!"
Seeing Jia Hongyu coming uninvited, Liu Yan was slightly startled and said, "Brother Jia, is there something wrong?"
Jia Hongyu first complained to Wang Jing. Wang Jing very wisely found an excuse and went out, leaving only Liu Yan and Jia Hongyu in the house.
Then Jia Hongyu said to Liu Yan: "The leader of the team asked me to invite you. Now the armor commanders from all the Huolu Dun and Tunbao are on their way. You are the only one I have come to invite."
Liu Yan couldn't help but ask: "What happened?"
Jia Hongyu first sighed, and then said: "Early this morning, a report from Shandong's Beiwa Dusi was sent to Wangjiazhuang: A locust plague has broken out in various parts of Shandong, involving many prefectures and counties, and countless people have become refugees in various places. , the higher-ups have ordered that all security stations must take strict precautions to prevent the refugees from causing chaos!"
"So the leader of the team asked everyone to gather in the Hundred Household Office to prepare strategies to stabilize the place!"
