Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

Just when the fast horse was about to collide with Chen Yang, the knight pulled the reins hard and stopped abruptly.

Even so, with Chen Yang's current thin body, he was still frightened and took a few steps back, and then sat on the ground with his buttocks unsteady.

What's even more tragic is that the honey jar that Chen Yang was holding in his hand came out at this moment. It was the honey he had bought through so much painstaking efforts.

At this critical juncture, a gust of fragrant wind blew, and another slim figure flashed in front of Chen Yang, and she reached out to catch the falling honeypot.

Seeing this, Chen Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and finally saved it.

This slender figure was the woman who almost ran into Chen Yang with her horse.

The woman looked no more than sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing close-fitting clothes suitable for riding a horse, showing a perfect figure. The first impression she gave Chen Yang was that she was heroic.

However, now Chen Yang was very angry, he shouted: "Damn it! Do you understand the traffic rules? Where are your parents? Let them all come out..."

Clang!

Before Chen Yang finished speaking, the woman in front of him suddenly drew her sword out of its sheath, and the cold blade was pressed against his neck.

Chen Yang was startled, and he immediately apologized with a smile: "Little girl, swords have no eyes, don't act recklessly, you must know that killing people is against the law."

The woman stared at Chen Yang, and snorted coldly with disdain: "With your courage, how dare you say you want to see my parents?"

Looking at it from such a close distance, Chen Yang suddenly found that the woman in front of him was still a stunning beauty.

Although she is not very old, she is slim and her figure is even more flawless. With the movement of her breathing, a certain place on her heart goes up and down, which is very spectacular.

Especially her charming peach eyes, Chen Yang and her have been looking at each other for a long time, and he was almost fascinated by her, unable to look away.

"You're still a prodigal son, if you look again, I'll dig out your eyeballs!" the woman said coldly.

After finishing speaking, she casually threw the honey pot back to Chen Yang, and got on the horse with smooth movements.

"Next time, Miss Ben will definitely kill you!"

The woman snorted again, and then rode away, but her speed was much slower than before, as if she didn't dare to go on the rampage any more.

Chen Yang looked at her leaving back, then slowly retracted his gaze, and said, "Little girl, don't let me see you again, or I will beat your ass to pieces!"

Cursing, Chen Yang returned to the tavern, but saw a person outside the tavern looking furtively inside.

"Who are you?" Chen Yang saw and shouted loudly.

He just thought it was a thief!

That person was Dian Wei. He turned around and heard the sound, and said pleasantly, "Master Chen, you are finally back."

Dian Wei first laughed, and then he quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, shopkeeper Chen, for saving my life!"

"why you!"

Chen Yang felt relieved, luckily he wasn't a thief, but he asked suspiciously, "Thank you for saving your life?"

Dian Wei suddenly remembered what Cao Cao had said about hiding his identity, so he immediately changed his words: "I am General Dian Wei's cousin, and I was there in the first battle of Wancheng. General Wei's personal soldiers probably won't be able to come back to Xudu either."

"I see!"

Chen Yang suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Then you are Lao Dian, why don't you come in and sit?"

Dian Wei naturally couldn't wish for it, and nodded repeatedly: "This time, besides thanking shopkeeper Chen for saving his life, I also want to have a drink with you, shopkeeper."

Hearing another guest came to the door, Chen Yang looked at him and asked, "Drinking? Do you have money?"

Dian Wei smiled and took out a few pennies, and said: "Last time in Wancheng, I also made meritorious service, and the prime minister rewarded me quite a lot!"

Seeing that Dianwei is really rich, Chen Yang said happily: "It's good to be rich, and I have enough wine today. I have a kind of fine wine recently, which is very delicious, I guarantee you will like it!"

"really?"

As an excellent old alcoholic, as soon as Dian Wei heard that there was good wine, he immediately urged Chen Yang to open the door and go in.

Chen Yang collected the money for the wine first, and then served Dian Wei the wine.

When Dian Wei drank the first sip of wine, he felt that his whole soul had been sublimated.

"Good wine!"

Dian Wei was shocked and said: "Master Chen, you are really amazing, I have never had such a good wine, it is so refreshing!"

……

During this day, Chen Yang's little inventory was about to be emptied by Dian Wei.

After finally waiting until the evening, Chen Yang sent the drunken Dian Wei away, so he had to make some more wine for later use.

However, on the second day, Dian Wei came to drink again, and he was addicted to drinking.

It's not Dian Wei's fault, it's because Chen Yang's wine is so delicious.

For the next half month, Dian Wei would run to the tavern whenever he had nothing to do, and occasionally he would bring Cao Ang along.

Cao Ang also couldn't forget Chen Yang's wine, and he would go back every time he was very drunk.

During this period of time, Chen Yang will not be idle.

He has already begun preliminary purification of the stones brought back from the salt mine.

After tossing and tossing for several days, Chen Yang finally got a small bowl of refined salt, which was regarded as a success. Next, he had to find a way to get the salt mine and start large-scale production.

Because there were strict restrictions on salt in ancient times, if Chen Yang wanted to sell salt openly, he still had to start with Lao Cao. After all, he was a relative of Boss Cao.

However, in the past half month, Lao Cao has not come to drink, and Chen Yang is a little anxious to wait.

Today, Dian Wei came to look for Chen Yang again.

"I'm talking about Lao Dian, you've spent all the money the prime minister gave you on this wine, do you still want to drink it?"

Chen Yang glanced at Dian Wei, and said while keeping accounts.

Old Dian Wei blushed, and he unceremoniously took down a bottle of wine from Chen Yang's counter, and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Chen, we will probably run out of wine in a while, this time I'm here, I plan to buy Drink enough!"

He sat beside Chen Yang, leaned his head, glanced briefly at the ledger, and said with a smile: "Since the beginning of spring, there has been no rain in Xudu, and the grain harvest may have decreased, so the prime minister ordered that the entire Xudu stop winemaking. "

Hearing this, Chen Yang calculated the time, half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and it did not rain, as he said half a month ago there would be a spring drought.

Food is needed for wine making. If there is not enough food, wine cannot be brewed.

Half a month ago, Chen Yang reminded Lao Cao to stockpile food, but he didn't bother to care about the follow-up, since he already had enough food anyway.

Even for wine, Chen Yang prepared a lot, enough for him to make it.

"I still have a lot in stock. As long as you have money, Lao Dian, you can drink whatever you want, but..."

Chen Yang said, and showed Dian Wei the account book: "Old Dian, you still owe me a lot of wine money, I remember it!"

Chen Yang's bookkeeping method is still the modern one. Dian Wei has been with him for a long time, and he often reads Chen Yang's bookkeeping, and he can understand the numbers on it.

What are those Arabic numerals? They are crooked and look very simple and easy to understand.

Dian Wei casually put the account book aside, and said with a smile: "Master Chen, I have a good way to make money now, and I promise to pay back the money for the drinks. Are you interested?"

Hearing that you can make money, Chen Yang's eyes lit up: "What good method do you have?"

"Of course it's to earn the prime minister's bounty."

Dian Wei stopped drinking, sat upright, and said, "Now, we won't fight in Xuzhou for the time being, so many soldiers are spending food to support them. It doesn't rain this day, and the prime minister is worried about the grain harvest, so they want to We are going to reclaim a lot of wasteland in Xudu to grow food. But reclaiming requires employment, and there are not enough farmers now, and the prime minister is planning to use all the soldiers to reclaim and cultivate the land, and he will not train soldiers."

"Currently, the counselors around the prime minister are arguing over this matter. Some people even say that taxes should be increased and food should be collected as soon as possible, so that they can fight at any time without delaying military training."

"Shopkeeper Chen, which of these two methods do you think is better? How about you just give me a few clever ideas and present them to the Prime Minister. If I succeed, I'm sure I can ask for some rewards?"

It turned out that the idea of ​​this old Dian was similar to that of Lao Cao.

Chen Yang thought for a long time before he said, "All the soldiers are going to farm. If they don't train, how will they fight in the future?"

"The battle between the two armies is about the overall strength and morale of the army. If the soldiers are trained to be farmers, they will lose their blood and their morale will also be greatly weakened. If you fight like this, you will definitely lose! This will definitely not work."

Chen Yang continued: "The method of increasing taxes will not work either. Given the current environment, it is tantamount to suicidal! Throughout the ages, those who can achieve hegemony have all relied on strong national power, and the source of this national power is the people of the world. Only those who hide wealth in The people can breed endless food and military power. Increasing taxes is tantamount to driving the people to a dead end and killing chickens to get eggs, which is not advisable."

Dian Wei didn't understand these words, but he clapped his hands and said: "Although I don't understand, it seems very powerful."

Chen Yang rolled his eyes at Te. Suddenly, he thought of something, and said with a smile: "Lao Dian, if the prime minister just wants to open up wasteland, I have a tool that guarantees it can be done. This time the bounty can't escape!"

As he spoke, he took out a clean white cloth strip from the back kitchen and wrote and drew on it.