Rebirth of the eldest daughter

Chapter 1040 How to prepare so much wine?

The brother and sister discussed for a long time, finalized many details, and discussed the charter before they dispersed.

People who are on duty in court don’t spend much time at home.

Before dawn, Bai Mingwei and Bai Yu were ready and about to go out.

Mrs. Shen was waiting in the flower hall early.

Seeing this, the brother and sister hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "Sister-in-law."

Mrs. Shen waved, and Qingyuan brought two cups of morning tea: "Look at you, you are in a hurry every time you go out, and you don't have time to have a good breakfast. Drink the morning tea first, and then go out."

The brother and sister thanked each other and drank the morning tea prepared by Shen.

Bai Mingwei asked: "Sister-in-law, do you have anything to say to us?"

Mrs. Shen nodded: "It's about your third sister-in-law. She must be hiding something from us, but she never said it. The people I sent out have no news yet."

"So after the seventh brother is off duty, can you go to the Gao Mansion first and inquire with the third brother and sister-in-law to see if anything happened to the Gao family?"

Bai Yu agreed: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I will handle this matter. If you have any news, tell me immediately."

Mrs. Shen nodded: "Everyone is still worried about the Nan'an Marquis Mansion, and we don't dare to go out easily."

"It's convenient for you brothers and sisters to walk outside, so I can only leave this matter to you. Sister-in-law, I have no choice at all."

Bai Yu said: "Sister-in-law, just ask my servants to inform me about this matter. Why are you waiting here in person so early in the morning?"

Shen said with a smile: "Yesterday, His Majesty hosted a banquet for the envoys. You were inevitably made things difficult, but when you came back, you went directly to your grandfather's place."

"It's not too early, so I didn't bother you. I thought I'd get up a little early today and drop by to see if you were okay while we were talking."

Bai Yu's face was filled with pride: "Mingwei had anticipated everything that might happen at the banquet, so there was no danger yesterday and we are all fine."

After hearing this, Shen didn't ask any more questions.

Now that it has passed, many details need not be mentioned.

Just knowing that they are fine is enough.

So, Mrs. Shen said: "It's getting late, let's all go to court."

Bai Mingwei and Bai Yu said goodbye to Mrs. Shen and left together.

Before getting on the sedan, Bai Ming said slightly: "Seventh brother, I'll leave you to worry about the third sister-in-law's affairs."

Bai Yu nodded: "I take care of these things, don't worry, just go about your business with peace of mind. If you can't handle it, I will let you know."

Bai Mingwei heard the words and said nothing more.

The brother and sister went their separate ways.

Bai Yu went to the court meeting, while Bai Mingwei went to the post house as usual.

Because the details of the wine trade had not yet been finalized, after the end of the dynasty, Shen Zian, the Minister of Household Affairs, came to the post house to discuss the details of the first batch of goods with Yuan Wu.

When Yuan Wuyi opened his mouth, the sum total of all kinds of things amounted to hundreds of thousands of jars.

He also requested that the envoys of Northern Yan be taken away when they returned to Yan.

Shen Zian first agreed to stabilize Yuan Wu.

Then, he said goodbye to Yuan Wu for the time being on the pretext of going back to discuss the shipping details.

After coming out of Yuan Wu's courtyard, he directly found Bai Mingwei: "General Zhenbei, Lord Yuan is going to buy a batch of wine and asked to take it with them when they return."

"The various categories add up to a total of 12 taels. Judging from the current quotation, if this transaction is completed, we can earn nearly 20 taels."

"But if the Beiyan envoy is in a hurry to return home, he may not be able to prepare so much wine in a short while, and the business will be ruined by then."

Bai Mingwei heard the words but did not say anything immediately.

There are tens of thousands of altars and 10 taels of silver.

Judging from the information obtained, the Yuan family is not wealthy.

Where could Yuan Wu get so much money in such a short time?

The most likely thing is to threaten Qin Fengye to give him money.If this deal can be facilitated, Qin Fengye will also be able to bleed heavily.

However, Zui definitely doesn’t have that much inventory for the time being.

Unless, the imperial court gets the winery, and then invites private wineries to speed up production.

Tangling's treasury is empty, so he will definitely find ways to supply it.

If that's the case, we can only put pressure on Jin Chaozui to try to win.

What is Yuan Wu going to do?
Are you trying to deceive the owner behind Jin Chaozui?
Thinking about this, Bai Mingwei didn't give Shen Zian any accurate words. He just said: "I don't understand much about the supply. Your Excellency, you are asking me questions."

Shen Zian put his hands into the sleeves of his official robe: "Old Madam also knows that this matter is no longer your responsibility. She is just complaining to you."

"Silver is needed everywhere now. The Ministry of Revenue is eager to break a copper plate into two pieces. Now that there is such a big business, I naturally want to facilitate it."

"After all, this is as much as the tax money of a state capital in a year. I'll think of a solution later."

After saying that, Shen Zian left.

Bai Ming slightly looked at his leaving figure and remained silent.

"He is really in a dilemma. How can he produce so much wine? Unless the entire Jin Dynasty is wiped out, he will have to raid many private wineries before he can deliver the goods."

It was Yuan Wu's voice.

Just after Shen Zian left, he came to Bai Mingwei's side, leaned against the wall with his hands folded, and looked at Bai Mingwei leisurely.

Bai Ming smiled and said: "It's not Mr. Yuan who needs delivery, why are you worried?"

Yuan Wu smiled meaningfully: "Of course Yuan is worried. You said that the imperial court squeezed the relevant wine merchants in order to earn this money."

"When the time comes and there are complaints among the people, do you think they will blame the court, or will they blame you who first proposed the wine deal and personally facilitated it?"

Bai Ming's smile remained unchanged: "No one can blame Master Yuan, right?"

Yuan Wu touched his eyebrows: "That's right, Yuan is just an innocent buyer."

Bai Mingwei asked: "You did this deliberately? Are you afraid that you won't be able to get so much money?"

Yuan Wu smiled and said: "Why can't I produce it? As long as I produce the evidence of the Qin family's activities in Northern Xinjiang, not to mention a mere 10 taels, but millions of taels, they will have to kneel down to deliver it. Come up."

Bai Mingwei showed an expression of sudden realization, but his eyes were full of expectations: "It turns out that Mr. Yuan has already thought about it, so he quickly stamped it."

Yuan Wu held his hands, and when he smiled, he actually showed two small tiger teeth: "The human heart is so cold, and when things don't concern you, everyone can be a living Bodhisattva."

"Once your own interests are involved, no matter how much humanity you have, you will give in to the beast/nature. You are now the anti-Yan hero praised by everyone."

"If the imperial court touches the interests of many people due to the wine trade, will you still be a hero or will you be called a bandit?"

Bai Ming smiled slightly: "If that's really the case, there's nothing I can do about it."

Yuan Wu raised his eyebrows: "If I were you, I would have to find a way to help the household department prepare so much wine as soon as possible."

Bai Ming's smile remained unchanged: "If Your Majesty gives you an imperial edict, I will do my best to fulfill my duties. If Your Majesty does not issue an imperial edict, I cannot interfere in this matter."

Yuan Wu chuckled: "Is it true that I can't interfere? As you can easily get the Acacia wine, it shouldn't be a problem to persuade Jin Chaozui to offer the wine as soon as possible, right?"

Bai Mingwei's face was as calm as a lake: "What Mr. Yuan said is really puzzling. Now I'm drunk and selling my acacia wine, but I won't sell it to you. Why don't you learn to find the reason within yourself?"

Yuan Wu touched his chin: "Is it because of me? I thought that the current drunkenness belongs to you, so you can easily have the acacia wine."

Bai Ming's face was calm: "If this drunkenness belongs to me, I can just sell it to you directly. How can I be willing to let the court make the difference?"

Yuan Wu smiled and said: "Probably because this shabby government affairs has made you worry so much. You seem to be able to do things that can make money for the national treasury."

Bai Ming said softly: "You think of me as noble."

Yuan Wu smiled playfully: "It seems too early to say this now. When the time comes, the court will do something crazy because of the order preparation, and what impact these things will have on you, let us wait and see."

After saying that, Yuan Wu turned around and left with his hands behind his hands.

Bai Ming looked at his back and narrowed his eyes slightly.

(End of this chapter)