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Chapter 225 Honest Officials

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    Chapter 231 Honest Officials

    Li Zhen asked herself, she is now inferior to one person, superior to ten thousand people, and the crown prince of the Tang Empire.

    On the surface, the scenery is endless, but who knows, I am walking on thin ice.

    With my status, I don¡¯t dare to make a wrong move. If I make a wrong move, I may be doomed.

    After drinking the beer in the cup, Li Zhen slowly stood up, glanced at the drunken crowd, and sighed softly

    The next day, at dusk, the Prince's Mansion.

    Li Zhen asked someone to call Zou Fengchi.

    At this time, with the support of Li Zhen, Zou Fengchi had grown from a small businessman to the top businessman in the Tang Dynasty, and was also Li Zhen's agent in the business world.

    Zou Fengchi specializes in the franchise of refined salt, sugar, wine and other items, making huge profits.

    The wines of the Tang Dynasty were divided into liquor, sake, boiled wine and shochu.

    The liquor of the Tang Dynasty was not white, but green.

    This is because the Tang Dynasty did not have the aseptic technology of later generations, so it was inevitable that some microorganisms would be added when making wine, causing the wine to turn green.  There will be a layer of white floating matter floating on top of Tang Dynasty liquor, like a group of white ants floating on it.  Gu is also known as "ant green wine".  Commonly known as "turbid wine", this kind of wine is relatively cheap.

    Tang Dynasty sake is a wine that uses filtration technology to remove floating matter from the "turbid wine".  Sake is sold much better than turbid sake, but the price is a bit more expensive, which is within the acceptable range of the public.

    Boiled sake is made by heating "sake" to boiling. It has a slightly worse taste than sake and has a different taste.  Why heat?  This is because the wine-making technology of the Tang Dynasty was not high, and the wine produced was not easy to preserve and was at risk of rancidity.

    The principle and concept of making shochu in the Tang Dynasty are the same as that of cooking wine. It is a wine made to prevent rancidity.  However, soju is only heated to 60-70 degrees, which can sterilize and prevent rancidity while preserving the flavor.  Shaochun, also known as Shaochun, was most famous in Sichuan during the Tang Dynasty.

    These are the wines that ordinary people drink. The rich and powerful generally drink wine, so there are luminous cups of grape wine. If you want to drink, the pipa will prompt you immediately.

    Based on her own memory, Li Zhen drew a set of sketches for distilled liquor production and gave them to Zou Fengchi. The clever Zou Fengchi quickly used this set of sketches to build the first distilled liquor factory in the Tang Dynasty.

    In this way, Li Zhen brought the technology of distilled wine and beer to the Tang Dynasty. Of course, there was only one beer workshop in the entire Tang Dynasty, which was in Li Zhen's prince's palace. However, Zou Fengchi promoted distilled wine and gained great fame.  success.

    In the past two years, Zou Fengchi used the three treasures given to him by Li Zhen - refined salt, sugar, and distilled liquor - to build a huge business empire in Datang, attracting countless shops to join.

    Zou Fengchi has done business all over the Tang Dynasty. From towns to villages, there are Zou Fengchi franchise stores everywhere.

    ¡° If these franchise stores want to sell refined salt, sugar and distilled liquor, they must pay Zou Fengchi a certain franchise fee. In this way, money will continue to flow into Zou Fengchi¡¯s pocket.

    Zou Fengchi handed over most of the money to the Prince's Mansion. In this way, Li Zhen accumulated a large amount of money in a short period of time.

    Zou Fengchi also became the super rich man of Datang in one fell swoop.

    However, when Zou Fengchi came today, he brought bad news to Li Zhen, that is, Li Daliang, the Minister of Household Affairs, wanted to seal up Zou Fengchi's head office in Chang'an.

    The reason is very simple. Salt is a national monopoly, and Zou Fengchi¡¯s sale of refined salt violated the interests of the country, so he had to be shut down.

    What happened next was completely foreseeable. The main store was sealed off, and the branch stores were naturally not safe. Such a move would affect the whole body. Not only would Zou Fengchi become a criminal, but his head would be at risk. More importantly, his store dealt in refined salt, distillation, etc.  Businesses such as wine and sugar will inevitably be seized together, and the financial resources of the Prince's Mansion will also be interrupted.

    Zou Fengchi had great supernatural powers and learned about this situation from an acquaintance in the Ministry of Household Affairs. He immediately came to Li Zhen in advance, hoping that Li Zhen would mediate and not seal his shop.

    Li Zhen nodded and said, "You did a good job on your mission. Leave the matter of the store being closed down to me."

    Zou Fengchi thanked her and left, and Li Zhen said to Nina: "Let's go to Li Daliang's house."

    At this moment, Li Zhen rode on his black horse and took Nina and a group of guards to Li Daliang's home.

    Not long after leaving, they arrived at the door of Li Daliang's house. Li Zhen looked up and was surprised. Li Daliang was the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, which was an official position with great power.

    Originally, Li Zhen thought that LiDaliang's home must be as luxurious as other princes and nobles, but the scene in front of him surprised him.

    Outside Li Daliang's house, the paint on the door has almost peeled off. There is not even a gatekeeper outside the door. The house is not as good as the ordinary people in Chang'an. It looks like a poor person.

    Li Zhen was puzzled, how could Li Daliang¡¯s family be so poor when he had such a high official position?

    Li Zhen opened the door and saw Li Daliang carrying water there.

    Li Zhen asked: "Why do you do such rough work?"

    When Li Daliang saw Li Zhen coming, he quickly put down the bucket, saluted Li Zhen, and said, "Your Highness, I don't have any servants in my family, so I have to do all the work myself."

    Li Zhen took a look at Li Daliang¡¯s home and saw that Li Daliang¡¯s home was extremely poor. It could be described as a bare house, and she felt very emotional.

    Li Zhen asked: "Li Shangshu, why do you live like this?"

    Even if you have no other income, the salary the court gives you is not low, right?

    "I remember that you were also General Zuowei, the highest-ranking general. You also served as the current governor of Liangzhou, which was the highest local official. You are not so poor."

    Li Daliang smiled sheepishly and said: "When I was the governor of Liangzhou, because it was the beginning of Zhenguan and the country had no savings, I used my salary to do some things. For example, after the war, many corpses were not buried.  , I will pay for it myself and hire someone to bury these bones."

    ¡°Isn¡¯t this done by the state?¡± Li Zhen asked.

    "At that time, the country was in ruins and was not rich. How could I bear to use the court's money?"

    "Also, I was the first magistrate of a county. When I went to take office, I caught up with the local drought. The drought happened in the first year, and this year happened to be the lean period. Everyone went out to beg for food. But if we go out to beg for food again this year,  There is no hope for next year.

    What can I do?  My family has no savings, the government has no savings, and I am a soldier, so I can only sell the horse I ride and buy seeds to distribute.  "

    When Li Zhen heard this, she was filled with emotion. You must know that in the era of cold weapon warfare, the horse you ride on the battlefield is your leg. The degree of cooperation between you and your horse determines your life and safety.

    But Li Daliang had nothing special, only this horse was valuable. In order to provide disaster relief and for the livelihood of the people of a county next year, he sold the horse. For this reason alone, Li Daliang is worthy of admiration.

    "Li Shangshu, I remember that Emperor Gaozu rewarded you with a hundred slaves at a time because of your military exploits. Why didn't I see any of them?"

    Li Daliang smiled naively and said embarrassedly: "I also know that slaves can be sold for money, and the slaves rewarded by the emperor are property. But these maids are all good people, and they were plundered and sold into slavery because of the war. How can I  How about selling them? On the same day, we will free and return a hundred slaves."

    "Also, I have raised many war orphans and adopted dozens of adopted children in my life. In order to support them, I have also spent a lot of money. After all, my family does not have enough money, so I have to sell it to sellers from time to time.  Of course, as time goes by, the house will be reduced to nothing." (Remember this website address: www.hlnovel.com
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