Three Kingdoms: Prosper Han from the beginning of brushing favorability

Chapter 21

After drinking and chatting with the three beauties who grew up together, Mrs. Wu left them to talk, while Liu Chan walked into the study alone.

This small study of mine is quite similar to Uncle Zhuge's study.

A table and a couch are all ordinary goods, and there are no luxury items in the room.

The mansion of Mr. Zhang in Nan'an County can be described as one day and one place.

As far as Liu Chan knew, the mansion of Mr. Zhang, compared with the top of the family, was once again a humble room.

But if you want to say that Liu Chan's study is worthless, that's not entirely true.

There are many letters in this room.

The richness of its content is even more complicated than the collection of books in many scholars' homes.

In addition to Lao Liu's collection, there are also gifts from officials at all levels, and some are collected by Liu Chantuo's caravan...

If we really want to talk about intangible value, this small study is much higher than Mr. Zhang's house.

It's not that Liu Chan is self-denying and frugal like Uncle Zhuge, but at the level of this era...except for beauties and music, there is really nothing Liu Chan can enjoy.

No electricity, no internet, no mobile phone, no video, no games.

gourmet food?I am in Bashu, but I don’t even have chili, and I don’t even have a frying pan. What kind of food are you talking about.

antique?In Liu Chan's eyes, he lives in a world full of antiques every day...

Calligraphy and painting by famous artists?Liu Chan doesn't understand art, so he can't appreciate it.

Rather than spending money on these things, it is better to buy books.

What's more, Ji Han will soon turn from prosperity to decline, and he has no mood to enjoy it under pressure.

Most of the books in this study are military and political works, such as "Shenzi", "Han Feizi", "Six Secret Teachings" and so on.

Different from the Six Classics, these books teach people to do practical things in Liu Chan's view.

It goes without saying that Liu Tao talks about military affairs.

For example, Shenzi is a legalist work, and he lectures on the study of criminal names and powers.

Han Feizi is also a legalist work, advocating centralization.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 if he will be able to do it in the future, but others will certainly not.

If you want to accomplish great things, you must ensure that the decree comes out, so that the decree can be unimpeded, and it is bound to strengthen the centralization of power.

Of course, there are also thoughts limited by the times, such as commercial and industrial people who disrupt the legal system and are "worms of the state" and must be eradicated.

This is over, but any modern person who is not Jiu Leyu knows that business can promote the circulation of resources and the prosperity of the region, and it is enough to guide it well.

And workers, that is, handicraftsmen, have even greater significance.

A sickle and a hammer, how can we do without the hammer?
I can feed these recruited refugees and bandits, and I can also train and arm them, isn't it because of the word "business and industry".

Therefore, Liu Chan, who stands on the shoulders of many future giants, will certainly not fully accept some of these biased thoughts.

There are also other collections such as the "Book of Bo Sheng" about agriculture, as well as many other books on geography, climate and astronomy, smelting and forging...etc.

Thanks to Uncle Zhuge's hexagon talent bonus, these books are not difficult for Liu Chan to understand, and the reading efficiency is quite high.

He is like an eternally hungry glutton, greedily absorbing all kinds of useful knowledge.

Otherwise, if you have talent in vain, if you don't practice it, you won't be starving with gold bricks?

But I am not interested in the Six Classics, which must be learned by today's scholars.

Today, after Zheng Xuan's single-handed efforts to annotate the Confucian classics, the controversy over the Confucian classics has basically ceased.

Confucian classics has entered an era called "small unification".

He does not deny that these books have their own 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 now he is invulnerable and unshakable.

……

"Young Master, Manager Zhao is asking to see you."

Liu Chan, who was reading in peace, looked happy, and said loudly: "Please."

After that, he got up from the couch and came to the door to meet him.

The person who came was an elegant and easy-going middle-aged man, with a three-point smile on his face and small eyes, which made him look very shrewd.

At this moment, when he saw Liu Chan standing at the door, he immediately took two quick steps with a little panic, and bowed to the ground: "How dare you welcome me, young master."

Liu Chan smiled and said: "Guan Zhao has worked hard all the way, please come in without courtesy."

This steward Zhao originally worked for the Mi family and was responsible for assisting the Mi family in business. He is shrewd, loyal and experienced.

Later, the Mi family drifted away with the old Liu Dianpei and lost their base. This manager Zhao had less and less room to use his skills. A few years ago, Liu Chan asked Mi Zhu to take him under his command.

Soldiers and horses go first before using food and grass. If you want to support people and fight wars, you must first have resources.

The two exchanged some polite greetings, Liu Chan asked him to sit opposite each other on the couch, and after a short rest, they chatted about business.

"Guan Zhao, I don't know how you will gain from this trip?"

Speaking of this, Guanshi Zhao's eyes immediately lit up: "Thanks to the young master Hong Fu, fortunately, the wine is selling very well in many places in Jingzhou, and the wine tasting party held in Soochow this time is also very smooth, and it can be regarded as an opening there. market!"

This is to be expected.

The stepmother, Mrs. Wu, has a good impression of the [Wealth and Life] provided to her. Although the introduction of the characteristics is vague, the motivation is not vague at all.

Since Liu Chan wanted to make money, as long as he didn't intentionally reverse the operation, it can basically be said that there will be no disadvantages.

In fact, in Shu County, the best product is naturally Shu Brocade.

However, the Shu brocade has been incorporated into the strategic materials by Uncle Zhuge who has a unique vision, and has been brought back to the official camp.

Since it was agreed not to use public funds, naturally he was 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 ruled out by Liu Chan.

First of all, grain is too precious to Yizhou now, even if Uncle Zhuge favors him, he will not allow him to use grain to make wine on a large scale.

Moreover, he made money to arm and train soldiers and support their families, not for his own enjoyment. Isn't it putting the cart before the horse by using grain to make wine?

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 growing, and the conditions in all aspects are perfect.

The disadvantage is that it takes 2-3 years to bear fruit after planting.

This is why as soon as Old Liu took Xichuan, Liu Chan started the idea of ​​raising soldiers, but it took until the past two years to achieve results.

As for the soap, the glass...don't bother.

Liu Chan, who grew up in the Three Kingdoms period, 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 for bathing.

With that kung fu science popularization, the grapes are ripe for two crops.

After a period of seed selection and small-scale trials, the grapes grown mature early and have good sugar content, and then Liu Chan began to expand production.

Of course, the first initial capital was given by the stepmother who had just filled up her favor at that time...

Chengdu has no shortage of high-quality water sources, and Liu Chan has grown good-quality grapes.

Regarding the wine-making process, I was chasing Uncle Zhuge, the hexagonal warrior, and dragged him to discuss improvement methods when he was free, which was quite effective.

In this way, the wine produced is naturally not bad.

But at this time, people had already formed a stereotype of low-quality, sour and unpalatable fruit wine, but sales were a problem.

To solve it, you still need to advertise.

Literati and doctors are the best advertisements for wine products.

Uncle Zhuge only said that he was not allowed to use public funds, but he didn't say that he would not advertise for himself.

After soft grinding and hard foaming, Wolong has become the image ambassador of Liu Chan wine.

Whenever there is a party and banquet, Liu Chan's wine will definitely be promoted.

Gradually, wine became popular in Chengdu.

First, the scholars of the Jingzhou School, and then the Dongzhou School and Yizhou local scholars also began to try.

With the unremitting efforts of Liu Chan and the powerful blessing of [Fuguiming], wine has finally begun to become the mainstream wine in most parts of northern Yizhou.

Moreover, Liu Bei at that time strictly prohibited the private brewing of wine in order to raise military rations.

The common people were short of food, and there was a ban, and private wine making was almost banned for a while, so there was very little grain wine circulating in Yizhou.

Liu Chan's wine was born at this time, quickly occupying the empty wine market.

At that time, limited by the size of his own vineyard, the wine production 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 drank the wine, almost no one knew that the boss behind the wine was the young Liu Chan.

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(End of this chapter)