A cold rain in early winter landed quietly, with the raindrops not heavy, and the cold wind seemed to lift it up. But because the weather was cold, the raindrops turned into misty water ice and fell down scatteredly.

The capital is gradually quieting.

Zhao Pu sat at home reviewing letters from all over the country.

As a powerful minister, you have to have the ability to do it. Whether Sima Yi, Li Linfu or Zhao Pu, his government skills are also first-class. Otherwise, the letters of the whole country will come and be under the Secretariat, and the more they accumulate, Zhao Kuangyin will sooner or later take him down. However, Zhao Pu is slightly inferior to the previous two people. After all, he has read too few books, but he also has a way. If he sees the letters that he disagrees with, set up a large copper furnace in the Secretariat, and then throw them into them and burn them.

If it were ten years after the excitement, it would be miserable. Sima Guang and Wang Anshi would join forces to deal with him. But it was okay, this was the Song Dynasty.

The capital was quiet, and the Zhao family gradually became quiet. The concierge brought a small yellow door and came in and said, "Mr. Liu, Eunuch Liu, please see you."

Eunuch Liu stood outside honestly waiting. The Zhao family was not the Song Jiu family, which was a place where even the emperor had to be polite when he came in.

Zhao Pu said: "Let him come in."

Eunuch Liu came in and reported first: "Grandpa Zhao, the wife of the Pan family was summoned by the queen to speak. Mrs. Pan brought a lot of wine. The official saw it and tasted it again. Let me give you more than ten bottles."

With a wave of his hand, two guards carried a box in.

It is normal for the wife of the Song family to summon women to come in. The ancient rituals also allow Zhao Kuangyin to go out for a walk, but the women can't do it anymore. Once they enter the harem, they should stay in it as deep as the sea, or think about the sky outside. However, some noble masters have a way of entertainment, which is to summon some ministers' wives to the deep palace to talk and relieve their boredom. Before Queen Song entered the palace, there were many close friends, not only Pan Lian'er, but others, who occasionally summoned close friends to the palace to talk.

When Pan Lian'er entered the palace, Zhao Pu didn't care too much, he was the offering of wine.

He stood up and looked north from afar and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Lord, Longyou."

Go back to the little yellow gate.

Zhao Pu opened the wine box, but he couldn't see the wine. There were big boxes and small boxes inside. The big boxes were left behind. Pan Lian'er was intentional this time and prepared two ox carts of fine wine to bring to Empress Song. Queen Song could not eat so many strong wines, leaving a few bottles of bright colors, containing some honey juice, and the rest were handed over to Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin was overjoyed. He liked drinking the most. He didn't care about the delicious food in the Shundian, but the one he cared about was this shochu. In the past, in order to get to know his craving, he drank the inferior shochu he bought. The eunuch around him looked pitiful and said, "Your Majesty, you ordered that Song Jiu offer some bars." Zhao Kuangyin said no, once this is the case, everyone in the world will imitate it."

But he also understood Song Jiu's difficulties. Vegetables were better. For all the monarchs and ministers, Song Jiu lost a lot of money. This wine could not be shared. If offered alone, the ministers would have to speak again. Zhao Pu thought, Zhao Kuangyin also thought that Song Jiu was gone. It was Pan Lian'er who offered it. He was just a wife and a close friend of the queen. Besides, her husband was in front and her father was on the front line. How could he not worry? Then the ministers would not speak.

When I opened the box, it was very troublesome to drink it. There was a slug plug on the bottle, and the varnish was sealed to prevent the alcohol from spreading. I also had to pry the varnish with a knife before I could drink it. The eunuch was slowly working, and Zhao Kuangyin snatched it up and did it himself. He was very strong and quickly pried open the varnish plug. After taking a sip, it not only had the domineering spirit of the wine, but also a rich and delicate fragrance of the sweet and round wine immediately melted between his tongue. Zhao Kuangyin seemed to feel every hair standing up. He said for a long time: "Good wine."

Queen Song said worriedly: "Your Majesty, don't drink too much, my brother can only eat half a pound of this wine."

"I know," Zhao Kuangyin took another sip, and then the eunuch opened all the wine bottles, mostly transparent, and there were a small amount of yellow, green, red, brown, and purple. There were some precious medicinal materials, some other materials, and even various fruits mixed with fermentation, so the colors were different. Many kinds were tested, some of which tasted too weird, so they were chosen. But some kinds were kept. There were instructions on the box. No matter what taste, Zhao Kuangyin was reluctant to give it to others, and only gave it to several people, including Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pu knows more.

Moreover, when his son took the opportunity to inquire about the skills of soju and glass, Song Jiu didn't know how many troops the south had used before leaving. There were only a few soldiers and horses that could fight the Southern Han. If he could not defeat the Southern Han, Pan Mei would not be a famous general.

But it is impossible to come back in a short time.

Zhao Pu would not ask what his son wanted to do. Hebei made a lot of money, but lacked huge profits. This sour wine and liquor would be more powerful. At this time, Zhao Pu regretted it. If he had known this, he should have given the sour wine technology to the country. At that time, he had to hand over it.

However, I encountered trouble.

Ordinary workers don’t know that because several workshops are assembled production methods, and there were also those in the Song Dynasty. For example, in history, some people found a way to get a chef in Cai Jing’s family. How delicious is Cai Jing’s family is so famous all over the world. They thought they got a senior chef back, but they were disappointed when they got home. The maid could only cut onions, and then asked the whole story. It turned out that Cai Jing liked to eat crab roe buns, so the slaves at home divided the work and cooperated, buying crab roe, picking crab roe, cutting meat, making filling, cutting onions, making buns, steaming, and steaming, and checking the heat. This maid was the one who cut onions in it. She didn’t know anything else, and she couldn’t even sweep the floor. This man was stunned when he heard this. Who could afford to play except the Cai family?

The nature is similar, and it is like this in each workshop or even the store. The kitchen is large and extends to the ground, and then each takes responsibility and divides the work and cooperates. The speed is fast, and everyone does that thing all day long, and the heat will be very good. Just like minced meat, there are also skills. You practice minced meat every day. Who can compare the minced meat to cut out that kind of minced meat?

Therefore, it is not enough to ask the workers. Even if the embroidery is divided into multiple labors in the future, the assembly line processing is still divided into division of labor. Only a few elites can master most of the technology, but they are not easy to buy. One is that the salary is so high that they are afraid of people, the other is that they will have to build a small villa worth five or six hundred yuan, and the third is that Song Jiu is kind and loyal to them. In these three things, it is not easy for ordinary people to buy them. Or forcibly force them, that would be bad. At least Song Jiu is not bad to Hebei and is often advised. Repaying kindness and hatred, and spreading them out is not beautiful. The most hateful thing is a pair of living treasures from the Gao family, Song Jiurang

They were optimistic about Hezhou and gave them additional rewards. The Song family's manager went to Quanzhou and brought back a lot of wealth. They also brought back a few shipbuilders. However, they were not in the capital, but in Mizhou, so they built four larger ships. They had not yet been launched. Next year, they would bring some yamen and goods to Goryeo Japan for trade. The Gao family had the largest proportion, so the Gao brothers wandered around Hezhou like two ignorant tigers all day long. Zhao Pu knew that the eldest princess might not be so noble, but the eldest princess didn't know that if she made a fuss in the palace, everyone would not be very good at face to face. After all, she would be unreasonable.

Zhao Pu was a little lost when he looked at these fine wines.

He did not think that Song Jiu was a loyal minister like Wei Zheng, even though he choked on the people with Wang Quanbin in Sichuan.

He gave wine to win over the feelings of the little queen, and she was able to blow the pillow wind, which was more effective than anyone else. Don’t underestimate the little queen. Song Wei saw all kinds of Hezhou and started doing business, but his business was wrong and he opened a shop directly in his subordinate military camp. Is that okay? The emperor heard that he was moved to Jingnan Jiedushi. What is the background? The court was releasing military power for the second time. If anyone did this, the Jiedushi also took it. But he only changed his place, from Chenzhou to Binzhou.

No matter how good the emperor has to drink, one pound a day is enough. If he does not reward his subordinates, the two ox cart wine will be enough for the emperor to drink for one or two years. During this period, drinking the wine will remind him of the benefits of Pan Mei and Song Jiu, which is enough to ensure their safety.

Zhao Pu didn't believe that it was Pan Lian'er's solution. She was just a small vase like the little queen in the palace. She married the Song family for so long, but the financial power was still in the hands of a concubine. The Song Jiu family did not raise any counselors, all of this was the solution that this kid thought of.

Thinking of this, he asked Zhao Quan: "Zhao Quan, what kind of person do you think Song Jiu is?"

"Report to my husband, if this son is not a traitor or a sloppy person, if he is not a Dongfang Shuo person."

"What's the solution?"

"My husband seems to have made many mistakes, but when I think about it seriously, these mistakes can be ignored. He has always done a good job in big trouble. Therefore, he may be a traitor and a sloppy person. It is not ruled out that he only learned to learn Dongfang Shuo, regarded the court indifferently, and regarded it as a place for invisible self-protection. He was eager for fame and fortune, but fame is enough, and he is not enterprising, unwilling to take responsibility, and unwilling to involve too much."

"Do you think he is the second king's person?"

"No..." The housekeeper said suspiciously, it's not impossible, it's possible, but it's not a big elephant. The emperor said that Song Jiu was his peach blossom. If you choose to choose a good emperor or a brother? Those who defect to the second king are mostly unsuccessful people, middle and low-level officials, otherwise who would join him?

"Send someone to investigate the witchcraft case back then, the second is the origin and where the Song family's money is from, and the third is the contact between some servants of the Song family."

This is not easy to investigate. The witchcraft case has been a long time ago. If it were investigated at that time, it might be possible to resolve the doubts immediately. What should I do now? Even the two river houses have been planned and have become unfair. As for the cashiers of the Song family, it is even less easy to investigate. When the basic money comes out, it will be used later. The amount is still huge. Not to mention that it is in the dark, even if it is in the dark, it may not be possible to find out if it is taken out. The worst thing is that the sea business is, if it is brought back.

Money and silk are better, even if they are not afraid of gold and silver, they also have to pay tariffs, but there are many spices and some unrefined gold and sand that have not been sold, and even Song Jiu doesn't know the actual price. As for personnel interactions, it is even more complicated. There are so many yamen. Or servants, the Song family is very good to servants. Even if they did something, they might be beaten to death, and they may not be willing to say it. What else does Song Jiu have to do? If they have not done it, if they are forced into an unjust case, they cannot submit a job.

Zhao Quan hesitated and said, "My husband, it's not worth it."

"It's wrong, it's worth it. If he had any contact with the Second King, if I had evidence, the Second King would no longer be rampant. This is for the country and the country. The Second King always feels that something is wrong with me.

Zhao Quan went down to arrange the manpower.

Zhao Pu continued to think that there was another way, that is, to support Zhao Dezhao to come to power. In order to ensure that his son's status is stable, the emperor would definitely suppress Zhao Kuangyi with thunder.

Then Zhao Dezhao...
Chapter completed!