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Chapter 51 Economic Aggression

I ate this meal for quite a while, and the purified wine was quickly finished, and even the wines stored in the cellar were drunk for several jars.

Zhao Yuanzuo saw that it had been a long time and ended today's banquet. Yang Yanzhao and others said goodbye one after another. Zhao Yuanzuo nodded, but kept Zhao Qi, Chen Tong and Zhang Shou and his son.

The servants brought tea, then retreated, and closed the door. Zhang Shou and his son didn't know what was going to happen next, and they were all a little nervous.

Zhao Yuanzuo took a sip of tea and asked with a smile: "I heard that the fine wines in Deshengfang are loved by the people of the Liao Kingdom, and even the nobles of the palace in the Liao Kingdom praised them?"

Zhang Shou was stunned, and sweat came out from his head. Is he going to label us Tongliao? Thinking of this, Zhang Shou quickly said: "Your Highness, we only have commercial contacts with the Liao Kingdom, so we dare not do anything to our ancestors."

Zhao Yuanzuo knew that he had misunderstood and smiled slightly, "Shopkeeper Zhang, don't panic. I know that you are still in our Song Dynasty. Not only will you not blame me, I also want to ask you to help me?"

Zhang Shou and his son looked at each other and smiled and said, "If you have any instructions, just say it bluntly. We father and son will never refuse!"

Zhao Yuanzuo laughed and said, "Shopkeeper Zhang, what would happen if the fine wine I purified was sold to Liao Guo?"

Zhang Shou and his son were stunned and couldn't speak for a long time. The sweat from their heads flowed down.

After a while, Zhang Shou said helplessly: "Your Highness, most of the Liao Kingdom are bitter and cold places, and they prefer strong wine! If these refined wines enter the Liao Kingdom, you can imagine that they will definitely be snatched away, and the other wineries will only be closed."

Zhao Yuanzuo laughed and said, "That's right! This is one of the methods of economic aggression that I have always told you about, and it is also one of my ways to weaken the Liao Kingdom.

When the nobles of the Liao Kingdom were already accustomed to our fine wine, I just promised that they would not be able to bear the taste of losing. This is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality!

Then we can block their necks with fine wine, and we can exchange them for food, war horses and other supplies, and continue to strengthen us and weaken our enemies."

Everyone had never thought that the two countries could confront each other like this, and they were stunned by surprise.

Zhao Yuanzuo laughed and said, "What? This is wherever you go! Wine is just my method! I have success or failure for things like this. After I use them one by one, these things will crawl all over the body of the Liao Kingdom like leeches and absorb their blood."

Zhang Shou's sweat never stopped. Who is this person? It's so sinister. With such a prince in the Song Dynasty, Liao was in great danger!

Zhao Yuanzuo stared at Zhang Shou with burning eyes and said, "Zhang Shou, if I want to complete my arrangement quickly, I need your sales channels. I don't know if you are willing to help me!"

Huge pressure came to his face. Zhang Shou knew that he had already said this. As long as he said that he was unwilling to do so, the big knife on his head would be cut off.

"It is the honor to help Your Highness. Just say whatever you need! Just say it! It happened that there was nothing at home during this period, so Zhang Zenghui went back to manage the winery, and I will assist Your Highness here."

The old shopkeeper is so good at it, but he saves a lot of trouble. Zhao Yuanzuo laughed and said, "No need! Deshengfang is the largest winery in Jingzhou and even Hebei, but it must be busy with business. Please ask the old shopkeeper to go back to host the winery! It is enough to have Mr. Zhang here."

Zhang Shou thought about it and finally nodded and agreed. His Highness also wanted to use their Deshengfang and would not make things difficult for his son. Although Zhang Zeng was a hostage, he would not be troubled.

Zhang Zeng did not have the awareness of being a hostage and said with a smile: "Dad, go back! I still want to learn how to purify wine with Your Highness?"

Zhang Shou sighed and said, "Okay! You must study with Your Highness well. Don't be arrogant on weekdays, don't violate Your Highness's orders."

"Dad is so long-winded! I am so old, I don't know what!" Zhang Zeng disliked his father for being long-winded and wanted to break away from his control as soon as possible.

Zhao Yuanzuo looked at the guy who was in a blessing and didn't know how to be blessed and smiled and said, "Old shopkeeper, don't worry! I think Zhang Zeng and I will definitely cooperate closely."

Zhang Shou sighed and said, "Your Highness, Zhang Zeng has been spoiled by his family since he was a child. If there is any collision between words, please forgive me!"

Zhao Yuanzuo smiled and said, "Don't worry, old shopkeeper. Let me ask you a little more, how much is your wine sold to Liao Kingdom?"

Zhang Shou laughed and said, "Our wines are also divided into grades. For example, we buy twenty jin of a jar of ten kilograms in 20 years; we buy ten jin of a cellar for 10 years; we buy two to four jin of ordinary wines."

Zhao Yuanzuo nodded after hearing this and said, "Very good! Then I decided to buy one hundred guan a jar of distilled fine wine."

"One hundred guan?" Everyone took a breath of air conditioning as soon as they heard this.

"Shopkeeper Zhang, I have seen the distillation process just now. Ten kilograms of fine wine can only be distilled out 3 kilograms. This consumption is very huge. At present, our strength is difficult to promote it on a large scale, so my plan is to take the high-end route, and only take out 100 bottles per kilogram per month to sell it, each bottle of 10 guan!"

"Tianguan, is anyone buying this?" Zhao Qi and others frowned.

Zhao Yuanzuo snorted and said, "Tianguan is in Xincheng County. If I go to Kaifeng, I dare to buy 100guan! This is a unique thing. Don't doubt people's vanity. Those who can drink this wine will not care about their price at all.

Now I am still trying to make my fame come true. Don’t worry, when he truly occupys the market of Liao Kingdom, there will be no problem with how much we want to sell it.

Moreover, we have to use this fine wine to rush into the Liao market with high-end resistance, destroying all their wine industry, and rely entirely on our Song Dynasty.

At this time, we can make conditions and exchange them for some strategic materials such as war horses."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, but what Your Highness said was very reasonable. Maybe it could be realized?

"Your Highness's wise!" Everyone quickly lowered their heads and expressed their admiration.

Zhao Yuanzuo laughed and said, "Everyone, it's not enough to just imagine it. We need to take action from all aspects and also need a lot of talents, so we will rely on everyone in the future!"

"Your Highness, you are willing to assist You, if you are weak, Liao will rise to Song." Everyone bowed and bowed again.

Zhao Yuanzuo waved his hand and asked everyone to sit down, and then began to discuss with them how to sell this distilled wine to Liaoguo as soon as possible.

Everyone expressed their opinions, and before they knew it, the sky gradually became dark. Zhao Yuanzuo interrupted everyone's discussion and said, "Economic aggression is not a forceful attack. The biggest feature is that it unknowingly weakens the enemy. This matter is unimpressed.

Today it is rare for the old shopkeeper to come. Today I treat you to my house. You will only stop drunk in the evening."

Everyone laughed and Zhao Qi said, "Your Highness's words are unreasonable. You treat you to your house, and we will be drunk at the end!"

Zhao Yuanzuo said solemnly: "Don't I have family? It's not good to let Yingzi see that I'm drunk. It's harmful to my image."

This reason has left everyone with nothing to say. A dignified Your Highness! He is not even free to drink, which shows how much he loves Zhao Ying.

Zhao Qi asked with a smile: "Your Highness, are you a little too fond of Yingzi? Be careful not to be too late, don't spoil her."

"Can Yingzi?" Zhao Yuanzuo asked back without any attention. Zhao Qi thought about it. Although His Highness favored Zhao Ying, he never relaxed in education. With Dai Yuan in Wen and Lishan's mother, there was no need to worry about her being spoiled.

Zhao Yuanzuo laughed and said, "You! Don't worry about Yingzi anymore. Call Yang Yanzhao and He Chengju and others, and everyone gets together."

"Yes! I'll make arrangements now!" Zhao Qi agreed and turned around and left.

Meng Liang and Jiao Zan were both listless all afternoon. At noon, the wine was just a simple taste and didn't have enough fun. This made the two alcoholics itchy throats all afternoon and couldn't get excited no matter what they did.

At this moment, Yang Yanzhao came over. The two of them hurriedly ran over and said, "Brother, why are you here?"

The two of them are from grass-roots origins and have been called brothers since they were subdued by Yang Yanzhao. Yang Yanzhao had no choice but to teach them well, so he could only agree with this.

"You two have to clean up and treat your guests tonight! By the way, pay attention to it. After all, it is your Highness's mansion. Don't yell and lose your etiquette."

"Is there any good wine you can drink today?" Meng Liang and Jiao Zan felt their throats itchy and their whole body became a little weak.

Yang Yanzhao glared at them and said, "Of course there will be no less wine, but remember that as a general, you must remember that drinking is a mistake and you must grasp your desire to eat."

Meng Liang and Jiao Zan laughed and said, "Brother, you don't know. We brothers have more strength when drinking a little wine. Drinking tens of wine has tens of ability. Don't worry!"

Yang Yanzhao sighed secretly. After all, these two people were bandits, and they would slowly take advantage of the situation to make them change their greedy habits.

"Hurry up and clean up. We have been disturbing Your Highness these two times. We always have to bring some gifts to Your Highness!"
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