The feeling of witnessing the true power of an empire is extremely shocking.
Originally, it was with this period of living.
Not only did Pu Yuji gradually let go of her fear of the Tang Empire and her lament for the destruction of Silla, but she also began to care about her descendants who were quite close to her.
we can even say……
During this period of life, Pu Yuji gradually changed her impression of the empire a lot. Although Hangzhou is a large city, based on her experience in Silla...
Such a prosperous big city is often full of excrement and filth, and the level of filth is far more than that. The public security is often extremely poor, with bloodshed and noisy everywhere...
But over the years, Pu Yuji has discovered that the city of Hangzhou does not seem to harbor evil and evil.
On the contrary, this place is in order, and there is no bloody struggle for interests in the city. Instead, everyone is confident and elegant, not at all like the grassroots heroes she knew in the past.
The differences between grassroots heroes are the differences that truly reflect the cultural ethos of a country.
In this extremely reassuring atmosphere, Pu Yuji gradually felt that...perhaps she had misunderstood that the Tang Dynasty was not such a violent empire...This feeling was not obvious, but it was real.
and……
Silla and Baekje.
Among the upper echelons, those who can teach and study Chinese and Han classics are all able to teach and study.
The main reason why China looks down upon China is because the great Han Dynasty back then is long gone, but its cultural treasures... are top intangible assets no matter where they are.
But with the Great Migration, things really started.
Pu Yuji slowly realized...
Although this empire is kind, it is never easy to mess with!
The reason is also simple.
If you can say that you can defeat Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and recently conquered Tuyuhun, as well as a country said to be called Tubo, this reflects your incomparable strength, then...
To transport tens of millions of Xianbei people, who have been extremely ferocious since ancient times, to thousands of miles away is an almost miraculous power.
…
As the military aggressiveness of the Tang Dynasty increased day by day, more and more foreigners appeared in the Tang Dynasty.
In addition to relatively special beings like Jin Baiman and Pu Yuji, there were countless ordinary foreigners who came to the Tang Dynasty due to the big policy of changing the population.
Although by design, these are all used as fuel and consumables for the Tang Dynasty's booming business of "opening factories and running sea trade", at least within ten years... these Xianbei people will still be slaves, to put it bluntly, as for
It is completely uncertain when we will really be able to take root in Datang Real Estate.
And such a grand undertaking, involving so many people, will of course appear in the streets and fields of many states, counties and cities.
Because sugar cane wine is now also the flagship product of Datang's maritime trade export business, this sugar cane... is not easy to grow, and of course it requires a lot of Xianbei slaves.
And just recently... a group of new "guests" appeared at a winery in Hangzhou called "Cuihua Winery".
In recent years, sugar cane wine has become Datang’s flagship product exported overseas, so overnight, well-informed maritime merchants have purchased goods one after another, and Datang’s trade surplus has hit new highs in succession - even in the summer of nine years
, in this originally off-season for sea trade, sugar cane wine shipments hit a new high.
As for the sugar cane wine itself...the main core key is nothing more than two things.
One, of course, is the sweetness of sugar cane. Even if it is brewed into wine, the sweet and delicious taste still exists in the wine, which is extremely attractive.
The second is the distillation process, which increases the alcohol content of the originally sweet wine through distillation and makes it sweeter - the aroma of the wine is also much stronger than that of the initially brewed sugar cane wine.
The contradictory characteristics of being both sweet and strong naturally made this wine popular quickly, but then again, the technical content of these two things is actually not high.
Whether it is growing sugar cane or distilling alcohol, it does not require much technology or equipment. Of course, distillation requires some... But fortunately, this is not difficult for today's Hangzhou craftsmen.
And as we all know…
If something is not that difficult, there will usually be many people to do it, so... The owner of Cuihua Winery in Hangzhou, whose surname is Huang, originally did well in the city, but later because of its proximity to the West Lake Industrial Zone, it is close to the water and the terrace.
The owner of the wine shop made a small fortune - so why is it a "a fortune"? Of course it is because...
After finally transforming, Huang Yuanwai, the owner of Cuihua Winery, realized something was wrong because he already knew what was in front of him.
Countless imitators!
There are so many imitators that I can’t even count them in books. In the city of Hangzhou, countless wineries brewing distilled sugar cane wine popped up overnight—not that the wineries that originally existed started making sugar cane wine one after another, but
Among the countless wineries, a considerable number appeared out of thin air. These wineries were either chosen by the far-sighted merchants, or they decided to remove their armor because the sea was too rough and too dangerous.
But in short, it's the kind of thing where the whole thing is rolled up overnight, and the person who rolls it up every minute can't breathe.
Huang Yuanwai thought about it over and over... thinking about it over and over again.
Since the end of summer, facing the yellow leaves of early autumn, I have been thinking about it with a sad face for half a month, and finally found out a piece of news...
The Tang Dynasty would migrate millions of Xianbei people from the north, Tuyuhun and Goguryeo to the south!
Either working as slaves in various factories, or working as slaves in various military towns outside the South China Sea, in short...all kinds of slaves.
If you hit Caogu in the Tang Dynasty, you have to pay back your money with profits!
Upon hearing the news, Huang Yuanwai immediately felt that the "glimmer of hope" he had been dreaming of for most of the month... had finally arrived.
That's right, after Huang Yuanwai thought about it, in such a fierce competition, he had to rely on making wine well and getting along well with his neighbors as he did in the past. These two methods to ensure profits were probably impossible.
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So here comes the question, what should I do specifically... Obviously, if the quality cannot be improved, it is equivalent to the failure of "industrial upgrading". However, if the industry cannot upgrade, it faces increasingly fierce competition, which means that
All I can do is reduce costs as much as possible.
but!
I am an old native who has lived in Hangzhou for generations. My family's wine shop is only this big and my daily expenses are only so much. I have always been very prudent in my life. Even if I choose to be diligent and frugal, the cost that can be reduced will not be much.
