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Chapter 36 I want to make wine
Zhu Biao quickly returned to Liao Tiancheng with a smile on his face.

"My dear brother, I came to the palace to bring you good news."

Liao Tiancheng was quite skeptical about this and asked cautiously: "Brother Zhu, what is the good news?"

"That's it. Brother Wei feels that with your talents, running such a small business is really an incompetence. Therefore, Brother Wei has asked the emperor to allow you to take over the glass factory owned by the left and right minister! With your ability, you will definitely be able to Earn hundreds and thousands of times profits for the imperial court!”

Liao Tiancheng suddenly took a breath!
"Brother Zhu, I must not take this job!"

Zhu Biao was stunned: "Brother Xian, why is this? Erxiang's glass factory is very large and can make more glass. Why don't you take it?"

"Brother Zhu has only met people, and he must know the principle that things are rare and valuable! My glass is sold at a high price because it is small, and because others can't make it. If I make more, it will be the same as firewood, rice, oil and salt, and I can't sell it. What a great price!”

Zhu Biao's teachers include Song Lian, Li Shanchang and others. He himself is diligent and smart, so it is not difficult to understand this truth.

However, he had already obtained Zhu Yuanzhang's consent. If he wanted to go back on his word now, I'm afraid it wouldn't be that easy.

Seeing that he was wavering, Liao Tiancheng continued: "Of course I can also make some rare things and sell them at high prices, but who among the rich people in the world is willing to spend money repeatedly on glass? If you can't sell at high prices and only win by quantity, then it will be up to the court to It’s enough to send people to run it, and I don’t need to be responsible. What’s more, I have some new ideas recently!”

Zhu Biao's eyes suddenly lit up: "Brother Xian, please talk to Brother Wei carefully. If it is feasible, Brother Wei will go for you again and ask the emperor to take back his order!"

Liao Tiancheng's face turned solemn: "Brother Zhu, I want to make wine!"

“Brewing wine??”

Zhu Biao took a breath.

"My dear brother, in order to raise food, the court has to sell salt to salt merchants every year at a low price! If you want to make wine, you won't be able to sell it for less. If you have more, it will be difficult for the court to explain!"

Liao Tiancheng waved his hands with a calm expression on his face: "Brother Zhu, don't worry, listen to me in detail. The court is indeed short of food, but there are many rich households in the world who have more food than they can eat! Due to the rules, the court does not pay homage to the gentry. To collect taxes, we can only rely on the salt merchants to get some profits to attract the gentry to take the initiative to provide food. If my wine is more attractive than salt, wouldn't it be easier to collect food?"

Zhu Biao smiled and shook his head: "Brother Xian, this is just a joke. Although wine is good, how can it be compared with salt? If you don't eat salt, you will have no strength, but you can do it without drinking."

Without saying much, Liao Tiancheng went in and poured a glass of Gujing tribute wine.

"Brother Zhu, drink slowly. This wine is very strong."

Zhu Biao didn't take it seriously: "We usually drink a lot, but this one drink is not a big deal."

Before Liao Tiancheng could say anything more, Zhu Biao had already taken a big gulp.

But he immediately felt something was wrong!
"Well!"

Zhu Biao's eyes suddenly widened, his face turned red, and he almost burst out!
But to save face, Zhu Biao actually swallowed it forcefully.

Instantly, all the internal organs were brushed by a scorching heat, and the heat in the lower abdomen did not dissipate for a long time.

"Phew! Good fellow! Brother Xian, what did you give me to drink?"

Liao Tiancheng smiled bitterly: "Wine! I've already said that this wine is very strong. How dare Brother Zhu drink it all?"

"Is this wine too?"

Zhu Biao looked at the remaining liquor in the glass suspiciously, feeling deeply suspicious.

I didn't take a closer look just now, but now I realized that the wine was extremely clear, with not a grain of grain in it. It was completely different from the wine I had seen.

Suddenly thinking of Liao Tiancheng's sugar cubes, salt cubes, and glass, Zhu Biao looked up in shock!
"Brother Xian, you have also improved the wine recipe? Is this the wine made from your new wine recipe?"

Liao Tiancheng smiled: "Brother Zhu, we'll talk about this later. In short, I can guarantee that as long as I make wine, the profit will be no less than that of that batch of glass! Moreover, this wine is a long-term business, and people in the world will not stop drinking for a day. , I can keep making money!”

Zhu Biao was immediately moved.I felt uncomfortable when I drank it just now, but now I feel endless aftertaste. This is obviously the best wine!
That kind of glass can only make huge profits for a while, but this wine does seem to be very promising.

As a member of the Zhu family, while helping Liao Tiancheng, Zhu Biao naturally also wanted to get more benefits for the Zhu family.

"My dear brother, of course I can persuade the emperor for you, but if you just rely on these words, I'm afraid it won't be easy to change the emperor's will. You know, the current emperor is very independent and not easily influenced by others."

Liao Tiancheng didn't take it seriously: "It's easy to say! As long as there are no natural or man-made disasters, I can guarantee that I will contribute 30 yuan in income to the court every year! I don't believe that the emperor will not be tempted by such a considerable income!"

Zhu Biao's heart was hit hard!
The imperial court's tax revenue is limited. After several years of development, it is now only a million dollars.

Liao Tiancheng alone must contribute [-]%!
If this is true, it’s crazy!

"My dear brother, if this matter is reported, it will go directly to the emperor, and you cannot go back on it! How about you think about it more carefully?"

"Don't think about it, I am sure of this little money."

Seeing the calm look on Liao Tiancheng's face, Zhu Biao was deeply shocked again.

If someone else said this, he would definitely not believe it.

But he had to believe what Liao Tiancheng said.

Not to mention white sugar and refined salt, he made nearly a million dollars just by selling glass this time.

Selling wine to make money seemed unimaginable, but deep down in Zhu Biao's heart, he always felt that Liao Tiancheng was not just talking nonsense.

"Brother Zhu, I'd like to trouble you to come over and speak to me. If you become a brother and make money, your share will naturally be indispensable."

Zhu Biao knew what Zhu Yuanzhang was taboo about, and immediately shook his head: "As a brother, I will naturally help you, but I absolutely cannot ask for the benefits."

"Brother Zhu, how can you not get paid for being the accountant? If you don't get paid, then my little brother won't dare to use you."

Zhu Biao scratched his head for a while.

In order to complete what Zhu Yuanzhang told him, he decided to agree first.

The worst thing is, I just have to hand over all my wages from now on.

"Okay, okay, my dear brother praises my brother so much, so my brother has the audacity to agree!"

Zhu Biao didn't hesitate and returned to the palace immediately.

After meeting Zhu Yuanzhang, he told Liao Tiancheng that he wanted to make wine.

"Brewing wine? No more glass? Then the caves in his old house were all in vain? Moreover, he also promised to burn a batch of glass for us to decorate the palace!"

"Father, I think everything is false, only real money is real! Since he is sure to make money, why not help him?"

Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his head and began to calculate.

Glass does not seem to have the brains of Liao Tiancheng, so it is indeed difficult to sell it at a good price.

But in the final analysis, this thing is just glass. It is dispensable and will not go far.

But wine is different. The richer the person, the more they can't live without it.

If there really is such good wine, those wealthy landlords who guard countless grains will naturally be happy to exchange grains for wine.

(End of this chapter)