Duan Xiushi and Guo Song returned to Lingwu County. As soon as they arrived at the gate of Jiedu Mansion, Liang Yundao hurriedly walked out. He smiled at Guo Song and Duan Xiushi and said, "I was just going to find you two about the news about Fengzhou."
Guo Song quickly asked: "What's the matter?"
"I just received a decree from the imperial court. The imperial court has approved the transfer of Yulin County to Fengzhou."
Guo Song was immediately overjoyed. This was the news he had been waiting for.
Duan Xiushi also smiled and said: "Everything you lose must be gained. Congratulations to Ambassador Guo."
Duan Xiushi was referring to Guo Song's agreement to place the shipbuilding factory in Lingzhou. He was afraid that Guo Song would regret it, so he said to Liang Yundao: "I have just reached a consensus with Guo Shijun on the shipbuilding factory. Please ask Liang to join the army to draft an agreement."
, Guo Shijun and I signed and confirmed."
Guo Song smiled bitterly and said, "There's no need for an agreement!"
Duan Xiushi shook his head, "I think it is necessary, and I believe you will not regret it, but what about your resignation? There is no written agreement, and I am worried that your resignation will not be recognized."
Duan Xiushi was very rigid in his work, so Guo Song had no choice but to follow him.
At noon, Liang Yundao invited Guo Song to sit at a small table in Lingzhou Restaurant. He filled a glass of wine for Guo Song and said with a smile: "My daughter is fine in Fengzhou! I wrote to Liang Wu and he didn't reply. To be honest, I'm still worried."
Guo Song smiled and said: "Ling'er is in my house, playing very well with Xiaoyu Niang, and there is also a daughter of Xue Changshou. The three of them have a tacit relationship. During this time, Xiaoyu Niang was teaching them how to fly knives. I found that Ling'er
I don’t seem to be interested in studying, but I am very interested in practicing martial arts.”
Liang Yundao was a little relieved and said: "Martial arts and light literature are the customs of Lingzhou, and they were forced out by the annual invasion of Xue Yantuo's army in the past ten years. I have no objection to her liking to practice martial arts, but I am afraid that she will go crazy and mention her in Lingzhou.
Everyone has a headache with her name, and I couldn’t control her, so I thought of letting her leave Lingzhou for a while.”
Guo Song took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "The little lady was quite rebellious for a while when she was growing up. It will be fine after this period of time. Besides, Ling'er is not really messing around. She is still very measured outside.
She didn’t do anything out of the ordinary, and the people in Fengzhou basically praised her for her delicacy and beauty.”
Liang Yundao bowed slightly and said, "I am really grateful to Guo Shijun for taking care of my little girl."
Guo Song said with a smile: "I have always regarded her as my sister, and it is natural for me to take care of her. Uncle Shi, there is no need to be polite."
Liang Yundao also knew Guo Song's character, so he was relieved to let his daughter go to Fengzhou. However, he vaguely hoped that Guo Song would become his son-in-law one day. At this time, Guo Song confessed frankly that he regarded Ling'er as his sister, and Liang Yundao felt a little bit in his heart.
Lost.
Of course, Liang Yundao also knew that Guo Song was a dragon among men and had an unlimited future. Although his daughter was good in all aspects, she could only be regarded as a little girl. She lacked the temperament of a real lady from a wealthy family and was really not worthy of him.
At this time, Guo Song smiled again and said: "When I came to Lingzhou this time, in addition to meeting Jiedushi to discuss the shipbuilding factory, there is another thing I want to do, which is to ask Uncle Shi for help."
Liang Yundao was very happy to help Guo Song and let Guo Song owe him as much favor as possible. He happily stroked his beard and said: "You can just say, as long as I can help you, I will definitely help you."
Liang Yundao's attitude made Guo Song quite happy. He quickly said: "That's it. Fengzhou is also considering establishing a stable financial source. Last time Ling'er gave me a bottle of wine, saying it was produced by the Liang family. I think it's very good.
, I’m considering growing grapes to make wine in Fengzhou, and I happen to have some connections in the wine market in Chang’an, and I hope I can use this avenue to add another financial source to Fengzhou.”
Liang Yundao pondered for a moment and asked: "Are you going to do it yourself, or will the Fengzhou government do it?"
"Now we are basically considering letting the Fengzhou government do it."
Liang Yundao said calmly: "My dear nephew, would you like to hear a suggestion from me?"
"Uncle Shi, please tell me."
"I suggest you do it yourself. To put it harshly, if you leave it to the government, you will end up making wedding dresses for others. The next term may not be able to do it, but in a few terms, the vineyard you have worked so hard to create will be
and breweries will eventually be acquired by others.
The second is the quality of the wine. If it is made by the government, the quality of the wine will definitely not last long. With all kinds of cutting corners and irresponsibility, the brand you have worked so hard to create will be smashed. Only by making it yourself can quality be achieved.
lasting."
Guo Song bowed his head in silence for a while, and Liang Yundao added: "Generally speaking, the government's income comes from the supply of raw materials, such as grapes. This is related to the local water and soil. It is difficult to say whether Fengzhou is suitable for growing grapes. Even if it is suitable,
It will take several years to improve, and with all due respect, I'm afraid that by the time my nephew's term of office expires, he may not even be able to grow grapes, let alone make wine."
Guo Song nodded. He knew that Liang Yundao was right. Unless a special brewing organization was established, there would be many hidden dangers in the government taking the lead in brewing.
Just like Liang Yundao said, after several terms as governor, the winery became private. Of course, it was not necessarily an open robbery, but it could be secretly robbed, the formula was taken away, the best raw material origins were bought, and good winemakers were poached at high prices.
The name of the wine was also the same as yours. In the end, the government collapsed, but the private wineries rose again.
For the government, it is most appropriate to master the raw materials.
"Has Uncle Shi ever considered starting a winery business?"
Liang Yundao was silent for a moment and said: "To be honest with my nephew, the Liang family has wanted to run a winery since my father's generation. The vineyard alone has been in business for more than 20 years, and the winemakers have changed one after another, accumulating
After countless experiences and lessons, it was finally up to the Liang family to brew a satisfactory wine. The wine my nephew drank should have been brewed ten years ago. According to family rules, it is not allowed to touch it. In order to please you, that little girl secretly poured it into you.
After a few bottles, I found out about it later.”
Guo Song was ashamed. The Liang family had been working on something for decades, but he actually thought of poaching the winemaker. This was simply too embarrassing.
"Uncle Shi, it was me, Meng Lang, just now." Guo Song apologized quickly.
Liang Yundao smiled and waved his hand, "It's nothing. If my nephew wants to make a wine shop, I will give you the recipe and send people to help you with all my strength. But I have a better idea."
"Please give me some advice, Uncle Shi!"
Liang Yundao picked up the wine glass and said calmly: "To be honest, the whole Lingzhou knows that the Liang family's wine is good, but Lingzhou is still too small. My goal is to sell it to the capital, but we have no way in the capital. I
I know that my nephew's Meishou wine is selling very well. Can we cooperate? The Liang family will be responsible for the raw materials for brewing, and my nephew will be responsible for selling the wine to Beijing. We will each get half of the profit. Is my nephew interested?"
Guo Song sighed slightly, "Of course I have no problem, but what about Fengzhou?"
"It's very simple. Make the winery bigger. Fengzhou can grow grapes. The Liang family has experts in growing grapes. I will send someone to guide you."
"Then thank you very much, Uncle Shi. I will not be involved. I will write a letter later and call my senior brother to Lingzhou. You can discuss how to do it specifically."
Liang Yundao laughed, "Then I should be thanking my nephew."
At this point, Guo Song already understood in his heart that Liang Yundao had probably planned this for a long time. The bottles of wine that Liang Ling'er brought to Fengzhou was definitely not accidental. Even if he didn't come to Lingzhou, he would definitely go to Fengzhou to discuss it with him.
The matter of opening a wine shop.
From this, we can see that Liang Yundao was very scheming. He knew that Meishou Wine was his property in Chang'an. I am afraid that he had this idea at that time, but he kept silent and waited for the opportunity.
Although Liang Yundao's actions were beyond reproach and did not harm his own interests, this kind of scheming still made Guo Song feel a little uncomfortable. He would call Zhang Lei to Lingzhou later because he no longer wanted to participate in their wine business.
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Guo Song returned to Fengzhou early the next morning. Before leaving, he made an appointment with Liang Yundao, and the Liang family sent people to help Fengzhou grow grapes. Regardless of whether he cooperated with the Liang family or not, Guo Song felt that wine should be used as a symbol of Fengzhou.
A big financial goal.
Being the governor of Fengzhou was indeed very hard. The day after he returned to Fengzhou, he led a group of officials to Yulin County, where they had to meet with officials from Shengzhou to negotiate various matters regarding the transfer of Yulin County to Fengzhou's jurisdiction.
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At this time, spring droughts in Shengzhou and Xiazhou followed summer droughts, and a large number of people fled to Yulin County. Guo Song had to stay in Yulin County to help resettle the victims, and ordered 20,000 shi of grain to be transported on rafts from Jiuyuan County.
Relieve victims.
Just after the resettlement of the victims was completed, Guo Song went to inspect the three surrendered cities.
Guo Song spent the whole summer on tours in various places. In the blink of an eye, it was late August, and the autumn of the twelfth year of the Dali calendar arrived.
That morning, Guo Song led several officials to inspect the wheat growth in the military camp in Nancheng. The Fengzhou garrison finally reclaimed 2,000 hectares of wheat fields. Two thousand hectares of wheat fields were equivalent to 200,000 acres, stretching for more than a dozen acres.
Here, the three thousand garrison in Fengzhou alone could not bear such a large amount of reclamation. Guo Song had to order soldiers from the three surrendered cities to be transferred to participate in reclamation and farming.
The reason why two thousand hectares of wheat fields need to be cultivated is also to achieve an important indicator of the imperial court's increase in troops to Fengzhou, which is the degree of food self-sufficiency. Currently, plus Fengzhou's three thousand troops, the three surrendered cities system has a total of six thousand troops. According to
Each soldier consumes six shi of grain per year, so 36,000 shi per year is enough, and the two thousand hectares of land produce 500,000 shi of wheat per year, which far exceeds their own needs, and a large amount of grain can be allocated to the court.
The imperial court would inevitably consider Fengzhou as an important food planting base. In fact, this is why the Eastern Han Dynasty vigorously developed the Hetao Plain. The immigration of nearly one million people eventually made the Hetao Plain one of the important food sources in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Of course, this was also Guo Song's political achievements. For the imperial court, boasting about his achievements in governing the local area was not as convincing as the yellow wheat and the white silver.
With solid political achievements, he could confidently make a request to the emperor to increase troops in Fengzhou and surrender the city.
Only when the army reaches 15,000 people, can the Fengzhou garrison take the initiative to take the offensive and defend Xue Yantuo's army from a hundred miles away, instead of huddled inside the city and allowing Xue Yantuo's army to do whatever they want outside the city.
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