After drinking and chatting with the three beauties they had grown up with since childhood, Mrs. Wu left them talking while Liu Chan walked into the study alone.
My small study room is quite similar to Uncle Zhuge's study room.
The tables and couches were all ordinary items, and there were no luxurious items in the room.
It can be said that it is like a day and a place with Mr. Zhang's mansion in Nan'an County.
As far as Liu Chan knew, Master Zhang's house was just a shabby house compared to the top of the family.
But to say that Liu Chan's study is worthless is not entirely true.
There are many letters in this room.
Its rich content is more complicated than the collection of books in the homes of many scholars.
In addition to what Lao Liu kept, there were also gifts from officials at all levels, and some were collected by Liu Chan's caravans from all over the place...
When it comes to intangible value, this small study is much higher than Master Zhang's house.
It's not that Liu Chan is as self-denial and frugal as Uncle Zhuge, but at the level of this era... apart from beauties and music, there really isn't much enjoyment that Liu Chan values.
No electricity, no Internet, no mobile phone, no video, no games.
gourmet food? I'm in Bashu, but I don't even have chili peppers or woks. How can I talk about delicious food?
antique? In Liu Chan's eyes, he lives in a world full of antiques every day...
Famous calligraphy and painting? Liu Chan doesn't understand art and can't appreciate it.
Instead of spending money on these gadgets, it is better to buy books.
What's more, Ji Han will soon turn from prosperity to decline, and he has no intention of enjoying it under the pressure.
Most of the books in this study are military and political works, such as "Shenzi", "Hanfeizi", "Six Taoists", etc.
Unlike the Six Classics, Liu Chan believes that these books teach people to do practical things.
It goes without saying that Six Tao talks about military matters.
For example, Shenzi is a Legalist work, focusing on the science of punishment and power.
Han Feizi was also a legalist who advocated centralization of power. This is very important to Liu Chan. Like Zhuge Wuhou in history, if he wants to change the original historical trend, he must take the path of centralization.
In this world, no one can 100% understand his thoughts and ambitions. Uncle Zhuge is not sure whether he can do it in the future, but others certainly can't.
If you want to achieve great things, you must ensure that there is only one branch to ensure that the government orders can be passed unimpeded, which is bound to strengthen the centralization of power.
Of course, there are also ideas that are limited by the times. For example, merchants and industrialists disrupt the legal system and are "insects of the state" that must be eradicated.
That's it. As long as a modern person is not a fish out of nine leaks, he knows that business can promote the circulation of resources and promote regional prosperity, and just provide good guidance.
And workers, that is, handicraftsmen, have even greater significance.
A sickle and a hammer. What can we do without the hammer?
Being able to feed these recruited refugee bandits and train and arm them depends on business and industry.
Therefore, Liu Chan, who stood on the shoulders of many future giants, would certainly not accept all of these biased thoughts.
There are also many other collections such as "The Book of Si Sheng" which talks about agriculture, as well as geography, climate astronomy, smelting and blacksmithing, etc.
Thanks to Uncle Zhuge's hexagonal talent bonus, these books were not difficult for Liu Chan to understand, and his reading efficiency was quite high.
He is like an eternally hungry glutton, greedily absorbing all kinds of useful knowledge.
Otherwise, if you have talent for nothing and don’t practice it, wouldn’t it be like starving with gold bricks in your hands?
But I am not interested in the Six Classics, which are required for today’s scholars.
Nowadays, thanks to Zheng Xuan's single-handed efforts to annotate Confucian classics, the dispute between modern and ancient classics in Confucian classics has basically ceased.
Confucian classics has entered an era that can be called "small unification".
He does not deny that these books all have very good positive meanings, but most of them exist as ideological weapons.
Unfortunately, Liu Chan's mind has been armed with more advanced weapons and is now invulnerable and unshakable.
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"Sir, Manager Zhao wants to see you."
Liu Chan, who was reading with peace of mind, looked happy and said loudly: "Please come quickly."
After saying that, he got up from the couch and came to the door to greet him.
The visitor is an elegant and easy-going middle-aged man with a smile on his face and small eyes, but he looks very shrewd because of it.
At this moment, when he saw Liu Chan standing at the door, he immediately took two steps with a slight fear, and bowed to the ground: "How dare you, young master, to greet me."
Liu Chan said with a smile: "Manager Zhao has worked hard all the way, please come in without courtesy."
Manager Zhao originally worked for the Mi family and was responsible for assisting the Mi family in doing business. He was smart, loyal and experienced.
Later, the Mi family fled with Old Liu and lost their base. Manager Zhao's usefulness became smaller and smaller. Liu Chan asked Mi Zhu to be his subordinate a few years ago.
Before the soldiers and horses move, food and grass must go first. To feed people and fight the war, you must first have resources.
The two exchanged a few more polite words, and Liu Chan let him sit opposite each other on the couch. After taking a short rest, they chatted about business.
"Manager Zhao, I wonder how you will gain from this trip?"
Speaking of this, Manager Zhao's eyes immediately lit up: "Thanks to Hong Fu, young master, I have lived up to my mission. The wine is selling well in many places in Jingzhou. The wine tasting party held in Soochow this time also went very smoothly, and it can be considered an opening there. market!"
This is to be expected.
Mrs. Wu, the stepmother, was very fond of the [rich life] provided by Laman. Although the description of the characteristics was vague, the motivation was not ambiguous at all.
Ever since Liu Chan wanted to make money, as long as he didn't deliberately reverse the operation, he could basically achieve success.
In fact, in Shu County, the best product is naturally Shu Brocade.
However, the Shu brocade has been included as a strategic material by Uncle Zhuge with unique vision and returned to the official camp.
Since he had agreed not to use public funds, he was naturally not allowed to get involved in the Shu brocade business.
So Liu Chan set his sights on another profitable thing - wine making.
Traditional grain wine was first excluded by Liu Chan.
First of all, food is too precious for Yizhou now. Even if Uncle Zhuge prefers himself, he will not allow him to use food to make wine on a large scale.
Moreover, the reason he makes money is to arm, train sergeants and support their families, not for his own enjoyment. Using grain to make wine is putting the cart before the horse.
So he took aim at another kind of wine - fruit wine.
When it comes to fruit wine, the first thing that pops into Liu Chan's mind is wine.
The land of Bashu is one of the areas suitable for grape cultivation, and the conditions are perfect in all aspects.
The disadvantage is that it takes 2-3 years to bear fruit after planting.
This is why as soon as Old Liu captured Xichuan, Liu Chan had the idea of raising troops, but it was not until the past two years that the results were achieved.
As for soap, glass... stop it.
Liu Chan, who grew up in the Three Kingdoms era, knows very well that in this era when hygiene knowledge is approaching zero, who is willing to spend a lot of money to buy soap to take a bath.
With that kind of popular science, the grapes have been ripe for two crops.
After a period of seed selection and small-scale trials, the grapes matured early and had good sugar content. Liu Chan then began to expand production.
Of course, the first initial payment was given by my stepmother, who had just gained a lot of affection at that time...
There is no shortage of high-quality water in Chengdu, and Liu Chan has grown good-quality grapes.
Regarding the wine-making process, I was chasing Uncle Zhuge, the hexagonal warrior, and when he was free, I dragged him to discuss ways to improve it, which was quite effective.
In this way, the wine produced is naturally not bad.
But at this time, people had already formed a stereotype about fruit wine as being of low quality, sour and unpalatable, and sales were a problem.
To solve it, we still need to advertise.
Literati and doctors are the best advertisements for alcoholic products.
Uncle Zhuge only said that he was not allowed to use public funds, but he did not say that he would not advertise for himself.
After hard work, Wolong became the image ambassador of Liu Chan wine.
Every time there is a party or banquet, Liu Chan's wine will be promoted.
Gradually, wine became popular in Chengdu.
First, the scholars of the Jingzhou faction, and then the Dongzhou faction and local Yizhou scholars also began to try.
With Liu Chan's unremitting efforts and the strong blessing of "Fu Gui Ming", wine finally began to become the mainstream wine in most areas of northern Yizhou.
Moreover, in order to raise military rations, Liu Bei at that time strictly prohibited private brewing.
The people were already short of food, and there was a ban. Moonshine wine was almost banned for a while, so there was very little grain wine circulating in Yizhou.
Liu Chan's wine emerged at this time and quickly occupied the vacated wine market.
At that time, limited by the scale of his vineyard, the wine output was not high, which further pushed up the price of wine, allowing him to make a lot of money.
As for the dignitaries, mid-level and senior military officers and generals who were drinking wine, almost no one knew that the boss behind the wine was the young Liu Chan.
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