Seeing that the wine business is on the right track, it is starting to make profits.
Some wealthy families couldn't help but be jealous. They didn't know that the boss behind this business was the son of the Lord of Yizhou.
Naturally, everyone wants a share of this new profitable business.
The Yizhou clan, which is politically powerless but deeply entwined in this land, is the vanguard among them.
Just like the Zhang family in Qianwei County.
However, Uncle Zhuge discovered the clues and immediately took the wine management rights back to the government in name only.
After all, Liu Bei's ban on alcohol was in front of him, so this move can be regarded as a famous move.
In protecting Liu Chan's fledgling career, Zhuge Liang showed an iron fist that he rarely showed.
However, this move further increased the dissatisfaction of the local families in Yizhou.
When Liu Bei appointed senior officials, they were all members of your Jingzhou and Dongzhou factions. They only wanted to suppress my Yizhou family.
Oh, now we want to get involved in some profitable business, but you won’t allow it?
You, General Zuo, are so majestic and domineering.
After Liu Chan learned about this incident, he was moved by Uncle Zhuge's move and had an idea. He also proposed a plan.
OEM production.
Your family wants to participate, right?
Okay, I will send someone to guide you to use your own land to grow grapes, and then you will transport the grapes to Chengdu.
I'll help you process it into wine, charge you a processing fee, and then you can sell it.
The condition is that when selling, the pricing must be in sync with me.
Anyway, the private lands of those wealthy families always try their best to cheat when paying taxes. The taxes received are really limited, so it is better to use them to make advantage of my Liu Chan's business.
As soon as the Yizhou family heard that Military Advisor Zhuge relented and allowed them to participate in this way, and Liu Chan's processing fee was not high in their opinion.
Even if the costs of cultivation, transportation, etc. are taken into account, they still make a profit, and they immediately nodded happily.
Liu Chan seemed to be giving in to them, but they didn't know how high the price of wine was at this time.
They compared Liu Chan's wine based on the profit of ordinary wine, and took it for granted that Liu Chan's processing fee was very reasonable.
Little did he know that their profits were much less than Liu Chan's...
Zhuge Liang thought that Liu Chan was worried that he would offend the Yizhou clan by being too cruel and make it difficult for him to do his job, so he was forced to give up the profits.
I feel that this child has such political sensitivity and broad-mindedness at such a young age, and his favorability has increased.
This was an unexpected surprise. In fact, Liu Chan's larger purpose of letting them participate in drinking soup was to further expand the scale of the industry.
This allows you to sell to farther places and earn greater profits.
The first bloodless confrontation between Liu Chan and the Yizhou clan ended in a win-win situation.
Of course, it seems that both sides of the Yizhou clan will win together.
In Liu Chan's opinion, he won twice...
There was a war going on in the north, and there were mostly ethnic minorities in the south, so Liu Chan naturally turned his attention to the east.
Jingzhou originally had seven major families: Cai, Kuai, Huang, Pang, Xi, Ma and Yang.
Lao Liu was able to prosper in Jingzhou. Later, Uncle Guan was able to carry out his work smoothly. To a large extent, apart from Cai and Kuai's family, the other five businesses supported him.
Coupled with the families who fled to the south before, there are quite a few wealthy people in Jingzhou.
Compared with them, the families in Yizhou are a bit inferior in terms of quantity and quality.
These families have a close relationship with Lao Liu and Uncle Zhuge. After getting a few letters from Uncle Zhuge, it is not difficult for wine to open up in Jingzhou.
Liu Chan also imported oak from Jingzhou, built oak barrels, and dug a wine cellar specifically for making higher-quality wine for aging.
In publicity, drinking this kind of high-end wine is strongly associated with noble temperament and the elegance and calmness of literati.
Naturally, higher prices and profits will follow, and these good-looking big fat sheep can be slaughtered accurately.
For a time, among the dignitaries in Jingzhou, it would be quite shameful for any of them not to have a vat of aged wine produced in Chengdu to entertain distinguished guests.
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Manager Zhao handed over a scroll of bamboo slips: "Young Master, this is a record of the income and expenses of this trip. The money and the purchased grain, iron ore, medicinal materials and other materials have been transported to the young master's camp outside the city. Please also ask, young master. Follow your subordinates to take stock."
Liu Chan took the bamboo slips with a smile, read them and said, "No need, I can rest assured that Manager Zhao is doing the work. You can take 20% of the money and food for yourself and share it with the brothers who are traveling with you. You have worked hard all the way, and you should rest for a while."
Manager Zhao was overjoyed and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "Thank you, young master."
Liu Chan was very kind to him. Every time he did business, he would share a lot of profits.
And he never looked down upon him just because he was a businessman. Manager Zhao was grateful and naturally worked more diligently in his work.
As for whether the guards assigned to him by the young master also had the meaning of supervision... Manager Zhao thought it was completely normal.
If the young master really turned a blind eye to such a large transaction, Manager Zhao would not respect Liu Chan as much as he does now.
After all, it is difficult for a shrewd businessman to truly respect a kind fool.
"By the way." Manager Zhao took out another tip bag from his sleeve, "There is also a secret letter to pass on to the young master. The subordinate has confirmed the handover code with the other party."
After Liu Chan took it, he took out a piece of cloth and saw a brief message on it: "The jungler is in place, the grass is clear."
Although it was an encrypted writing method that he originally designed, Liu Chan couldn't help but smile when he suddenly saw it.
"The jungler is in place" is the person he originally sent to Jingzhou, and he has successfully sneaked into Mi Fang's command and gained a foothold.
"The grass is clear" means that eyeliners have been set up in Lukou, Dongwu and other places.
If the secret letter is written like this, it won't matter even if it is robbed.
As his talent improved, his related memories of the Three Kingdoms era gradually became clearer, but after all, they were not solid to begin with, and no matter how clear they were, they were limited.
For such an important event as the Battle of Jingzhou, it is natural to prepare in advance.
"Okay, okay." Liu Chan put the letter away and said to Manager Zhao, "You guys have a good rest for a while. When I prepare the next shipment, I will let someone know.
"Next time, a group of people will go with you to Jingzhou. Please help me settle them into Jiangling without attracting attention."
"As commanded."
Liu Chan thought for a while and then said: "When you come back next time, you won't have to go to Jingzhou and Soochow to do business in a short time."
Manager Zhao was stunned when he heard this.
The business in Jingzhou is getting better and better, and I can make a lot of money every time I go there. Soochow has just opened up sales, so why don’t I do it again if I go there again?
He doesn't understand.
But in the past, some of the young master's decisions that he didn't understand were proven to be correct by facts, so he didn't say anything this time.
After Manager Zhao went out, Liu Chan picked up the bamboo slips and was very satisfied with the harvest.
It's good to be able to buy food and grass. Jingzhou and Soochow are not barren lands in the first place.
Things like iron ore are not something that can be easily bought with money. Manager Zhao's ability is still very reliable.
Putting down the bamboo slips, Liu Chan looked at the time. He guessed that his mother had almost finished chatting with them, so he got up and went to Mrs. Wu's room.
After saying hello and pushing the door open, Mrs. Wu was the only one in the room.
"Are they going back?"
Mrs. Wu said: "We have all gone back. When you were away, thanks to these girls, they often came to accompany me."
Liu Chan walked over to rub her shoulders and said with a smile: "My child is back now. He won't go out again for the time being. This time I can spend more time with my escort girl."
Mrs. Wu smiled and said, "You know how to say nice things to make my mother happy. Tell me, what's going on this time?"
"Uh..." Liu Chan's hands froze and he praised, "Mom, you are really clever and clever. I think Military Advisor Zhuge is nothing more than that."
Snapped.
Mrs. Wu patted his hand: "Don't be so glib. Speak quickly, otherwise I won't listen."
"Hey." Liu Chan hurriedly went to the other side of the couch and sat down, "Mom, when will uncle return to Chengdu?"
The uncle Liu Chan mentioned was Mrs. Wu's elder brother Wu Yi. His uncle Wu Kuang was once an official of General He Jin.
After entering Sichuan, Lao Liu worshiped Wu Yi as his army protector. Now he is staying in Yizhou. He is a figure with real power in the army.
Mrs. Wu looked as if this was true: "I guess I should go back by the end of the month."
"That's great. Then my mother will ask my uncle to come over and talk to me. The child can ask for help."
"If you have nothing to show your courtesy, I know you must have something!" Mrs. Wu scolded with a smile, "I know, I can't delay your 'big event'."
In her eyes, Adou's fooling around every day was just for fun, and the young man was almost playing house in order to live out his addiction to being a general.
Anyway, it's not a big fuss, so I'll just fight the bandit Roadhog when I go out, so I'll leave it to him.
Little does she know that her son is really planning to do something big...