In order to do business with other countries, Zhao Feng must come up with some very profitable business, and it must be what those countries need.
In fact, the road from the Zhou Dynasty to the Western Regions was not smooth, but was cut off by the Xiongnu. Fortunately, the Zhou Dynasty had already repelled the Xiongnu before, and signed a covenant with the Xiongnu not to violate each other, so this road was allowed. Some caravans may be allowed to pass.
It's just that the danger of traveling on this road is extremely high. Many caravans will be robbed by the Huns.
Fortunately, it is spring and summer now, and the Xiongnu people are busy herding horses on the grassland, so they will not go to this road to plunder for the time being.
The Huns are not stupid either. If they often plundered on this road, no one would go to those countries in the Western Regions to do business.
So they only occasionally send some people over to plunder, and these businessmen are people who are willing to take risks. Everyone thinks that the disaster may not happen to them.
This is why Zhou Zhen felt that it was a bit impossible when Zhao Feng said he wanted to do business with those countries in the Western Regions.
Because if you want to make money quickly by trading with those countries, you must establish stable and continuous trade routes.
Moreover, the trade between countries must be particularly large, so the Huns will definitely keep an eye on these caravans.
Zhou Zhen was unwilling to take risks, but Zhao Feng had to take this risk.
Fortunately, Zhao Feng had organized caravans to go to those countries several times before, and he did not encounter the Xiongnu people who came to plunder them on the way, so Zhao Feng planned to upgrade these businesses.
Currently, there are two main things that Zhao Feng trades with the countries in the Western Regions. One is the fabrics produced by Shen Chuchu's house, and the other is paper.
The profits from paper and cloth are huge. After all, those countries in the Western Regions live in very dry and water-deficient places, and there are not particularly many plants.
Therefore, the clothing of those countries in the Western Regions is mainly animal skins.
But Zhao Feng knows that there is actually a very unique plant in the Western Regions, which is cotton. If these cottons can be introduced and planted on a large scale, higher quality cotton cloth can be produced. This cotton cloth is much more comfortable than the linen cloth currently used. .
It was just that the caravan sent by Zhao Feng searched for a long time but could not find it. Zhao Feng planned to send more people, one to find these cottons and the other to find those special plants in the Western Regions.
Zhao Feng thought this way, if he wanted to do business with those people in the Western Region, he must have more profitable things.
At this time, Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu looked at Zhao Feng with confusion, frowned, and asked Zhao Feng.
"Husband, what exactly do you want to get?"
"Yes, husband, isn't it enough just to make money from those papers and fabrics?"
Zhao Feng shook his head with a smile, relying only on these things, how could it be enough?
Although these things are hugely profitable, they are only suitable for small businessmen like him. After all, the demand for these things is not much.
Even in the Western Regions, only wealthy families or nobles had the opportunity to read and write, and at the same time, they could use these papers.
And their fabrics are considered a luxury product in the Western Regions, so people from poor families cannot afford these fabrics.
So in order to make a lot of money, Zhao Feng had to come up with something that even the poor could use.
So Zhao Feng smiled slightly and stretched out a finger.
“It’s simple, it’s wine!”
Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu looked at Zhao Feng with some confusion, while Zhao Feng couldn't help but smile.
Wine can not only be brewed with grains, but also with some whole grains or bran. In this way, the taste of the brewed wine can be guaranteed by using appropriate brewing methods.
After all, there was a very famous wine in later generations, wasn't it brewed from whole grains?
Most of the wine consumed in this era was rice wine. This wine was not only low in alcohol content, but also consumed a lot of food.
You must know that food is a very important strategic resource. If a large amount of food is needed to make wine, there will not be that much food to meet the living needs of the people in the country.
So of course Zhao Feng would not make such a mistake, but chose to use whole grains to make wine.
However, if such wine is brewed using normal methods, the brewed wine will not only taste very unpleasant, but will also be very turbid.
Therefore, if you want such wine to reach drinking water quality, you must make high-strength wine through distillation.
Zhao Feng had actually considered this business before, but Zhao Feng didn't have much funds at that time, so he gave up the business.
Now, since the Zhou Dynasty began to implement the terrace system in various places, the terraced fields in the north can be used to grow crops such as sorghum and beans. These are good materials for wine making and are also very cheap.
Thinking of this, Zhao Feng said directly to Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu.
"I plan to use these hundreds of thousands taels to open a brewery directly."
"The wine made in this way can not only be sold to many countries, but even the Huns will rush to buy it."
Hearing this, Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu looked at Zhao Feng in shock. They really didn't know how Zhao Feng's brain grew, and he still had such thoughts.
Whether it is the countries in the Western Regions or the Huns, due to the lack of food, it is impossible for them to use food to make wine, so even the rice wine currently on the market is very popular in these countries.
If Zhao Feng can make better drinks, he will surely hit the market quickly.
After all, drinking is addictive, and even those poor people will think about buying some drinks from time to time once they are addicted to alcohol.
And the higher the rank of princes and nobles, the greater the demand for drinks. This is especially obvious among nomadic peoples and those countries in the Western Regions.
After all, nomads are very generous in character, and the same is true when it comes to drinking.
The temperature difference between day and night in those countries in the Western Region is relatively large, so it would be better if there were some spirits to warm the body.
Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu supported Zhao Feng's plan unconditionally, so after Zhao Feng expressed this idea, Chen Rou and Shen Chuchu took out all the funds from the beauty salon and asked Zhao Feng to open a brewery.
Soon, Zhao Feng bought a piece of land on the outskirts of the capital to open this brewery.
Zhao Feng wanted to drag Zhou Rui and Zhou Kang to do business together, but they both refused.
