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After seeing the jujube wine, Zhu Fu invited Zhao Zhen and his wife to the hall and explained the current situation of the winery in detail.

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said to Zhu Fu and others: "It is hard work in the winery to make wine. The wine masters will each be rewarded with two golden melon seeds and a bolt of Caijuan. The apprentices will each be rewarded with half a bolt to a bolt of coarse cloth."

After hearing this, everyone came forward to thank him.

While it was busy, I heard a laugh outside and saw Xiao Rang and Pei Xuan coming in together.

"Your Highness, the jujube wine has become wine today. Brother Pei Xuan and I are here to ask for a drink."

Zhao Zhen said: "I have something to do. I want to go to the county government office to find my brothers to discuss. I will buy two jars of wine and send them to the two brothers' residence. I will also buy another pot and send it to the county government office. I will talk to the two brothers."

With that said, Zhao Zhen said goodbye to everyone in the wine shop and medical clinic, and took Xiao Rang and Pei Xuan back to the county government office together.

Zhao Zhen sat at the top, Cheng Wan'er sat at the side, and below were Xiao Rang, Pei Xuan, and Yu Baosi.

After everyone sat down, Zhao Zhen told everyone what Jin Cuilian said to him while asking people to pour wine. Zhao Zhen asked: "What do you two brothers think?"

Xiao Rang said: "It's not easy to force this matter. Most of the heroes in the county only like to learn how to use guns and sticks, and women's sex is not very important. Besides, these women have some connections with Wu Erlang, so we should ask him. ”

Pei Xuandao: "Yes, half of the heroes in the county are unmarried. Although the high-ranking officials have good intentions, they must also depend on the wishes of the brothers. In my opinion, these people can be invited to the county. Brothers If you are interested, just find someone to propose marriage."

"It's not a big deal with Wu Erlang. He is an upright man, and these weak women have never provoked him, so they will definitely not be in trouble."

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen said: "Having said that, you must tell him. I will write a letter and have it delivered to Wu Erlang of Shouzhang County to punish him. Don't let the Wu Er brothers get into trouble." "

After drinking a pot of jujube wine, Xiao Rang said: "Today, I have something to report to the high official. In Wangtai Township, the stone carving workshop under the supervision of brother Jin Dajian has begun to produce output. Today, a sergeant from Jijiaopu just sent Jin Dajian. A letter from a brother. A businessman from outside went to the village to buy Jinshan inkstones and asked if he wanted to sell them abroad. "

Zhao Zhen said: "It's okay for ordinary inkstone workshops and retail investors to sell out. You can also sell a small amount of the good ones. Don't sell any of the superior ones."

Seeing Xiao Rang nodding, Zhao Zhen said: "There are mostly farmers farming in the county, but there are few small merchants and hawkers. Restaurants, teahouses, grocery stores, cloth shops, and jewelry shops are all run by farmers. Speaking of which, there is no one in Liangshan County. In the serious county town, there are not many people doing business, which is much worse than Shouzhang. "

Xiao Rang said: "Master, after all, Liangshan County is different from other places. Liangshan is surrounded by water and the villages are scattered everywhere, so it cannot be gathered into a county seat. Nowadays, the population of the two river villages in the east and west, plus the permanent sergeants, is already quite large. "

"Although there is no market, the people's customs are much simpler. At the same time, the high-ranking officials are kind, do little corvee and pay little tax, and plunder the people regardless of miscellaneous donations. The shops everywhere can meet the needs of the farmers, and there is no need to deliberately be the same as elsewhere."

Pei Xuan continued: "Now the location of the city wall has been selected, and many green bricks have been fired. It will be built after the autumn harvest."

Xiao Rang said: "Speaking of shops, there is also a pawn shop to be opened in the county."

"Although the county government now has Qingmiao Loan, it cannot take care of various situations where bankers are in urgent need of money. If there is a pawn shop, it is best for bankers to respond quickly. It also saves the money to go to rich households, and they will return home after nine outings. I can’t turn around anymore.”

Zhao Zhen said: "Brother is talking about, but how to open this pawn shop? After all, there is no one to pay homage to the master."

Xiao Rang said: "Grocery stores in various places can serve as both. They just collect the collateral and then pay. For smaller ones, the owner of the grocery store can decide, and for larger ones, he will report to the county. Then please invite [divine fortune teller] 】Brother Jiang Jing checked, so I can’t say it’s foolproof, but it can make the banker’s life better.”

Zhao Zhen said: "Brother is right about this. Especially the villages in Liangshan Mountain are isolated from the outside world. Most of the villagers on the mountain have never been out of Liangshan in their lives. Although they are simple, there are rich and poor in each village. The pawnshop is in emergency , I think it will also be of some use to the dealers. Brother, please notify various grocery stores to see how the situation is."

The three of them said one thing to you and another to me, and they improved the implementation details and asked all places to follow them.

By the time Zhao Zhen returned to Baishi Manor, it was already dinner time.

As usual, after Zhao Zhen's family had dinner, they started chatting in the hall, each talking about what they had encountered today.

I heard that Jin Cuilian and Dong Ping's concubines Guiqing and Guijie were going to recruit some beautiful women. Several people became interested and asked many questions.

Chu Yan and Chu Yuan made Jin Cuilian pay close attention to them all the time, waiting for these three people to come to the county to see them together.

At night, Zhao Zhen rested in Chu Yan and Chu Yuan's room.

Early the next morning, just after breakfast, Zhao Zhen asked Wu Yong to be invited out.

Before Zhao Zhen could sit down, Wu Yong had already spoken: "Official, there is news from Qingzhou."

"What's the situation?"

"The entire territory of Qingzhou was occupied by Song Jiang. Yun Tianbiao, Wei Huchen, Tuanlian Xie De, and Lou Xiongxiang led their troops to retreat to Zizhou. The letter mentioned that Song Jiang's troops are attacking Weizhou."

Zhao Zhen said: "It seems that Song Jiang gave up going west and turned to the east. I have never heard of any powerful people on Jingdong East Road."

Wu Yong said: "If Song Jiang really takes over Jingdong East Road, he will really become a giant bandit. Fortunately, he is now focused on heading east, so I don't need to be on guard here for the time being."

Zhao Zhen nodded: "I'm afraid that the Grand Master will not give up. We will definitely raise troops to attack."

Wu Yong said: "Master, in more than a month, it will be winter. The weather will be freezing and it will not be a good day for fighting. The grand master attaches such importance to it. I think there will be a large army to suppress it before next year. I don't know why. Which army and horse."

Zhao Zhen said: "I will never be the one waiting here. Now that Song Jiang is invading from the east, I can relax a little while waiting here."

Wu Yong said: "High official, would you like to send someone to Bianjing to find out something?"

Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "There is no need for this. When soldiers come from the west, they have to pass through Dulonggang Wasi. Let Brother Zhu Gui pay attention. They will naturally know when the time comes. I wonder how many soldiers and horses Song Jiang has now?"

Wu Yong listened and said: "Today, there are thirty to fifty thousand soldiers under Song Jiang's command. Except for the old camp, which is the best at fighting, Qingzhou and Yizhou make up the majority of the surrendered troops, and the garrison sergeants everywhere are mostly selected from the surrendered troops. With the old battalion sergeants as the backbone, we can quickly expand the army and achieve the current situation. "

While the two were talking, Zhao Yuanli came in and said, "Sir, there is a big man outside the village who has come to seek refuge."