The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 172 Prohibition

King Xing's Mansion slowly got on the right track, but in the afternoon of that day, Zhuge Pi came to talk to Liu Wei, and after the two of them finished talking, Liu Wei's expression froze slightly.

Then he ordered people to call all the wine-making bosses in Xingwangfu City to Xingwangfufu.

Although King Xing's Mansion has just passed through chaos, there are quite a few wineries making wine, so when the owners of dozens of wineries gathered in King Xing's Mansion, Liu Wei was still taken aback.

He thought that in the situation of Prince Xing's Mansion, there should not be many winemakers, but he obviously underestimated the people's pursuit of wine. For alcoholics in this world, wine is more important than food.

After the bosses of the winery gathered in Xingwang's mansion, they talked among each other, they didn't understand why Liu Wei called them here.

Among these winery owners, Qin Jun is the biggest person in the winemaking industry among all of them, and because Qin Jun is closer to Liu Wei, some people come to Qin Jun to inquire about news.

"Boss Qin, why do you think Mr. Liu asked us to come here?"

Qin Jun looked embarrassed, he didn't know why Liu Wei called them here, he, like these people, didn't know much.

Among these people, there is a middle-aged man in his 40s named Hua Ping'an, who is the behind-the-scenes owner of Huajia Winery opened by Qiushuang. At this time, many people have anxious expressions on their faces, but he Acted very calm.

Of course, it doesn't mean that he knows Liu Wei's reason for calling them here, but that he is overconfident in the intelligence of Qiu Shuang, the boss behind the scenes. Not enough to be afraid of.

While these people were discussing, Liu Wei, Zhugepi and others had already arrived in the living room.

Everyone hurriedly saluted Liu Wei, Liu Wei waved his hand slightly: "Sit down, I'm calling everyone here today, I just have something to discuss with you."

Everyone glanced at each other, and then sat down in their respective seats. After everyone sat down, they turned their attention to Qin Jun. Qin Jun is the boss of the wine making industry in Xingwangfu City, which is equivalent to their representative. The matter of discussion will naturally be handed over to Qin Jun.

Qin Jun was watched by everyone, so he had no choice but to stand up and cup his hands and said, "I don't know why Mr. Liu told me to wait here?"

Liu Wei smiled lightly: "Is Boss Qin's business doing well?"

Qin Jun was taken aback, as if he didn't expect Liu Wei to ask him about the business of the Qin family.

"Although it is not as good as before, it is barely passable."

Liu Wei nodded: "Everyone's business is still going well, but many people can't go on!"

When Liu Wei suddenly said such a sentence, the hearts of everyone present sank slightly, thinking that Liu Wei wanted them to donate money and food again?

Qin Jun was still able to remain calm, and said: "What do you mean by this, my lord? Since your lord came to Xingwang's mansion, the people have money, food and land, how can they not live on?"

Everyone echoed again and again, for fear that Liu Wei would really do something to ask them to donate money and food. They are not as rich as the five big families. If they donate some, they will drink the northwest wind.

Liu Wei was not in a hurry to answer Qin Jun's question, but only smiled slightly: "I think you all know that I also opened a winery when I was in the capital, right?"

Everyone was stunned again, wondering why Liu Wei suddenly brought up this issue, could it be that he also wanted to open a winery in Xingwangfu City?If he opened a winery, they might not be able to sell their wine.

After Qin Jun heard this sentence, he was a little excited. He was very obsessed with the wine made by Liu Wei Niang, and he always wanted to taste it again. In addition to Tanxiang wine, he also wanted to try strong wind wine and wine.

"What do you mean, sir?"

"The wine brewed by me is famous all over the country, but why didn't I start brewing again during my visit to Xingwangfu City?"

"This... I don't know, please tell me clearly."

Liu Wei sighed softly: "Because wine needs food, but at this time the Xingwangfu City does not have so much food, if the food is used for wine, what will the people eat, and how will the people cultivate the land?"

Hearing Liu Wei's words, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. They didn't understand that they were businessmen, and as long as businessmen did things in line with the law of interests, it would be fine for them to make wine. What does it matter to the common people?

But Hua Pingan in the crowd frowned slightly.

Among the five major families, the Qin family has a lot of food, and they don't need to buy it from the people to make wine, but all the food in their Hua family winery is bought from the people in Xingwangfu City, and they buy the food from the people. Now, the people naturally have no food in their hands. They have no food, but they have money, and they will not starve to death for a while, but the land outside the city has been allocated, and they want to plant land. How can they do it without food for seeds?

Hua Ping'an finally understood Liu Wei's intention of calling them here.

Liu Wei looked at the winery owners in front of him, and said in a slightly cold tone: "Some merchants bought the grain from the common people for wine making. Although the trade is free, but at this time, grain is too important to the common people. After buying it, how will the people live? Is there going to be another chaos?"

After everyone heard the word chaos, their hearts sank, and a little panic appeared on their faces. The chaos last time frightened them, and they really couldn't stand it again.

"I don't know what your lord means?"

"It is forbidden to buy grain from the common people. If you want to make wine, please buy grain from other places. If not, I have no choice but to issue a ban on alcohol."

"prohibition?"

When everyone heard this word, they couldn't help being shocked. All of them opened wineries. If the imperial court issued a ban on alcohol, then they would have no business. How would they survive without business?
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and then turned their attention to Qin Jun. Qin Jun's family has a lot of food, and there is no need to buy it from the people, so he cupped his hands and said, "I will obey the orders of the adults and will not buy food from the people."

When the others saw Qin Jun like this, they couldn't help frowning slightly, but their power was very weak, but they didn't dare to say much, so they could only obey orders.

Seeing that everyone obeyed, Liu Wei was not at all complacent, and continued to say: "I know that some of the people are dissatisfied, but the people of King Xing's Mansion really need this food to tide over the difficulties, so please don't challenge me." Bottom line, if this official finds out that someone is buying grain from the people, this official will not only shut down his winery, but also confiscate all his property."

Liu Wei's punishment was very serious. After everyone listened to it, even the lucky ones couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, thinking that they would not dare to do it again.

"In addition to this punitive measure, this official has decided to promulgate a rewarding measure for reporting among you. As long as someone can report, this official will give one-tenth of the property of the informant to the whistleblower. Therefore, if you are smart, it is best It’s best not to think about taking chances.”

After saying this, no one in the room dared not to take this matter to heart. If there were no rewards for reporting, they might still dare to do it secretly. After all, who can guarantee that the people in the court will know that it is them made?
But if there is a reward for reporting like this, it will not work. Everyone is in the same industry. The so-called colleagues are enemies. Who doesn't want to kill their enemies?In this way, who doesn't keep their eyes open and pay attention to others?

With the supervision of peers, who would dare to take risks?

Seeing that his measures had worked, Liu Wei felt at ease.
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While Liu Wei was discussing these matters with many winery owners, Qin Yun who was in the mansion suddenly received a letter. After receiving the letter, she left the mansion alone.

Qin Yun walked through several streets and finally entered an inn.

It was the afternoon at this time, the business of the inn was very poor, there were almost no people there, only a woman was sitting boredly in the corner of the inn near the window, the woman looked a bit glamorous, it was hard for human beings to tell in such a summer cool feeling.

After Qin Yun saw the woman, he walked straight over.

"How did you come?"

Qin Yun's tone was slightly cold, and he didn't seem to welcome the woman very much.

The woman slightly raised her head and glanced at Qin Yun, then pointed to the chair opposite: "Sit down."

The woman's tone is also cold, calm and cold.

Qin Yun was quite helpless, but he still sat down opposite the woman. After sitting down, Qin Yun lowered his voice slightly, and said, "Now Xingwang's Mansion is the place of Song Dynasty, and your witch sect has also moved to Qiongzhou Island. You It is very dangerous to appear here." Speaking of this, Qin Yun frowned slightly: "Could it be that your witch sect has some actions?"

The woman is Hua Qiongxian, but at this time Hua Qiongxian only smiled indifferently: "The witch sect didn't do anything, and I came here for my own business. I want to meet Liu Wei, but in order to avoid being caught by the government His princess misunderstood, so I have to find you first."

Qin Yun looked at Hua Qiongxian with a slightly puzzled look on his face, but soon he showed a look of ignorance, and then shook his head very firmly: "If you want to harm Lord Liu, I will not help you to date him."

Hearing Qin Yun's words, Hua Qiongxian couldn't help laughing, her laughter was very pleasant, but Qin Yun couldn't help frowning slightly.

"why are you laughing?"

"I think Miss Qin has misunderstood the suzerain. I don't intend to hurt Liu Wei at all, but I just want to meet him and talk about something." Having said that, Hua Qiongxian showed an imperceptible smile: "Miss Qin refuses to help , Could it be that you fell in love with Liu Wei and were afraid that Liu Wei would be snatched away by me when she met me?"

"You... are really shameless."

It never occurred to Qin Yun that a woman who always gave people such a cold feeling would suddenly say such shameless words. Could it be that she is the kind of woman who doesn't care about anything once she falls in love?
Hua Qiongxian smiled suddenly: "After dusk this evening, at Babaili Creek in the east of the city, you tell Liu Wei that I will wait for him there."

(End of this chapter)