"You two will cooperate with Fang Junzhi until today!"
Ju Wendou and Chimu Hague almost thought they were hearing hallucinations...
So far?
Ju Wendou said in surprise: "What does the Chief Manager mean by this?"
Guo Xiaoke casually glanced at the fat-headed and big-eared former Prime Minister of Gaochang Kingdom, snorted, and said angrily: "It means literally, you can't understand Chinese or what?"
Ju Wendou said quickly: "Don't dare, I will understand naturally. It's just that the chief manager's blunt words are really surprising. I am so bold, can I ask the reason?"
When you cooperate with Fang Jun, is there any day when you don’t make a lot of money?
You can’t just say “that’s it” in an understatement, and it’s really the end!
Guo Xiaoke was displeased and thought that his authority had been questioned. He immediately glared and said, "Isn't it easy for my words to be applied in this territory of Xizhou?"
Ju Wen is vindictive.
You are the general manager and the governor of Xizhou, but you can't be unreasonable!
It was not appropriate for him to continue talking at this time. If he talked too much, he would really question the authority of the Protector of Anxi of the Tang Dynasty, although in his heart he was questioning this person's stupidity...
He glanced at Akagi Hague.
Akagi Hague took over the conversation and said with a smile: "The General Manager is the highest official in Xizhou and represents the power of the Tang Dynasty. How dare we not listen to your words? It's just that this matter is of great importance. It's not just our two families, it's
Most of the merchants in the Western Regions have business dealings with Fang Jun, especially the grape wine and wool businesses, which are too involved. The two of us are just elected by everyone. We are just running errands. How can we make decisions for everyone? The chief manager wants to
We don’t want to cooperate with Fang Jun, so we have to tell you the reason so that we can have an explanation with everyone, right?”
He is different from Ju Wendou.
Although Ju Wendou has a prominent reputation, he has the status of a former prime minister of Gaochang State, which is equivalent to a "criminal", but he was just sentenced to a suspended sentence. If Guo Xiaoke arbitrarily places a crime with this status, he will have to shed his skin even if he is not dead.
Therefore, he could not and did not dare to act too tough in front of Guo Xiaoke.
Chimu Hague is a member of the Uighur tribe, and the family power is very strong in Gaochang Kingdom. As long as Guo Xiaoke is not blinded by lard and wants to disrupt the Western Regions, he will never dare to be rude to Chimu Hague.
Furthermore, Akagi Hague is over 70 years old, so he has the qualifications to rely on his old age in front of Guo Xiaoke...
Guo Xiaoke glanced at Chimu Hague with a half-smile, knowing that this old man was difficult to deal with. The Uighurs were very clinging to each other, and Chimu Hague had a high prestige among the clan. If he was rude to him, it would be equivalent to offending the entire Uighur people.
Son clan.
No matter how conceited Guo Xiaoke is, he will never do such a stupid thing...
"I don't mean to ask you to give up the grape wine business, I just want to find a new partner."
Akagi Hague was stunned and asked tentatively: "What does the chief manager mean... do you want to participate?"
"It is not my participation, but my leadership."
Guo Xiaoke said it with full confidence and great courage!
How could Fang Jun integrate the Hu merchants in the Western Regions and expand the grape wine business to all states in the Tang Dynasty? Isn't it because after the destruction of Gaochang Kingdom, Fang Jun stayed here and suppressed all the Hu merchants with force!
Fang Jun was only a small general at that time and was able to do this. Now that he is in charge of the Western Region, isn't he as good as Fang Jun at that time?
Fang Jun has the connections to sell grape wine to every corner of the Tang Dynasty. Is Guo Xiaoke worse than Fang Jun? Besides, now that the grape wine has been sold in the Tang Dynasty, and the trade roads have been laid, there is no need for him to take over.
With a lot of effort, you can get a lot of money. How can you give up such an opportunity to get revenge on Fang Jun and make money at the same time?
At worst, the profits will be distributed to the major lords in Guanzhong and allies in the DPRK. Everyone has been very greedy for the profits of grape wine...
Ju Wendou and Chimu Haiya looked at each other, dumbfounded.
The emotional person just thought that Fang Jun was using force to make everyone surrender, so he had to follow Fang Jun to engage in the grape wine business.
The general manager didn't even understand the key points, so he eagerly wanted to pounce on him and take a bite...
Akagi Hague smiled bitterly and said: "The general manager must have a fashion that he doesn't know about, right? Although this grape wine is jointly managed by Fang Jun and I, the most critical winemaking process has always been in the hands of Fang Jun."
Guo Xiaoke was stunned and asked: "You don't know how to make wine?"
Stop talking nonsense, did you have no grape wine in the Western Regions before Fang Jun?
Akagi Hague said helplessly: "It's not that we don't know how to do it, but the quality is too different. Let's put it this way, if the grape wine from Fangjia Winery is top-notch wine, then the grape wine we made before, then
It’s just sour dregs…”
This is really no exaggeration.
Wine merchants in the Western Regions had no way of removing tannins from wine, and the wine produced was bitter and unbearable. Before, it was drinkable without comparison, but after Fang Jun's winery brewed a brand-new grape wine, all the wine merchants in the Western Regions...
Gave up home brewing.
There is no way, the craftsmanship is too different and the quality is very different.
Nowadays, except for the grape wine produced by Fang Jun’s winery, the previous grape wine is simply unpalatable...
Guo Xiaoke really never considered this issue.
The secret recipe for wine making?
This Guo Xiaoke really had no choice. No matter what, Fang Jun would not be able to sell this recipe to him.
However, General Manager Guo has always been simple and rude in his work. He waved his hand and said: "Before Fang Jun's secret recipe, wouldn't the grape wine still be as popular? In the future, if Fang Jun is kicked out, the grape wine will be brewed according to the previous method. Anyway, there will be no
Comparatively, what does it matter? If you want to drink it, you can drink our grape wine; if you don’t want to drink it, you can’t drink anything! What’s the problem?”
Ju Wendou was stunned.
What is the problem?
The problem is huge!
It would be fine if people in the world have never drank the grape wine made by Fang Jun, but they have already tasted the sweet and mellow taste. How can they endure the bitterness before? Even if there are only bitter wines on the market, there will definitely be many customers who would rather not drink it.
drink!
As a result, the sales of grape wine will definitely be greatly reduced...
Guo Xiaoke is not afraid. He has nothing to gain from it, and even the penny he gets is in vain, but the wine merchants don't do it! He can obviously make a lot of money every day, but who wants to see a sharp drop in sales volume and a sharp drop in income?
Akagi Hague is an old fox after all. Seeing Guo Xiaoke's attitude, he must have insisted on going his own way to the end. Discouraging him would not work, so he said in a roundabout way: "What about the wool business?"
"wool?"
A sneer appeared on Guo Xiaoke's face.
I really don’t know if there is something wrong with Fang Jun’s brain. He spends hundreds of thousands of dollars on wool every year and has not yet made any profit. What is he trying to do? Why exchange wool for food? Sheep can eat people.
People eat sheep...
I just don’t know what it means!
Since he could be appointed the governor of Xizhou and the governor of Anxi by the imperial court, it was natural that he could not fail to explain the imperial court's strategy in the Western Regions. This strategy was formulated by Fang Jun at that time and finalized after deliberation at the political hall.
Using the profits from grape wine to integrate various forces in the Western Regions, and using wool to squeeze the food cultivation in the Western Regions, the food in the Western Regions was controlled by the Tang Dynasty, achieving control over the Western Regions in both economic and food aspects.
But Guo Xiaoke neither understands nor cares about this!
In his opinion, what kind of economy and what kind of food are of no use?
After all, is it necessary to rely on the swords and crossbows of the soldiers to attack and conquer the city? He has more than ten thousand elite soldiers, which is enough to defeat any force in the Western Regions. Even if the Turks resurrect, they will still be able to fight!
Even so, why waste all the effort?
At this moment, a soldier hurriedly came in and reported: "Reporting to the General Manager, there was a fire in a farm outside the city just now. The fire was so strong that we couldn't save it when we rushed there... It is said that that is the stable of Huating Hou and his son-in-law.
A handsome industry."
"oh?"
Guo Xiaoke pretended to be surprised: "Is it the property of the prince's consort? Have you ever asked where it is and whether there are any casualties?"
Ju Wendou and Chimu Haiya were stunned. They felt a cold air rising from their spines and quickly spreading throughout their bodies, making them shiver.
Could it be...your wool workshop?
As expected, the soldier said: "Whether there were any casualties is still unknown. It's just that the property was probably the prince's consort's wool workshop, and the wool stored during the period will probably be burned..."
Ju Wendou and Akagi Hague were really scared!
Thinking about Guo Xiaoke's expression when he heard Akagi Hague mention the wool business, the two of them had no doubts.