Chapter 343 He and Yuan Wei have never been the same person
Fa Zheng was very capable and did what he said. The ship traveled for a month and arrived at the coast of Qingzhou. After landing, the messenger sent Fa Zheng's letter to Meng Da, the magistrate of Langya County.
Meng Da suddenly received a letter from Fa Zheng, and after reading it out of curiosity, he was immediately pleasantly surprised.
This guy Fazheng is truly a good friend for many years. When good things happen, he always thinks of his old brother and old buddy!
Needless to say, the news about Fa Zheng came quite timely.
Langya County suffered relatively heavy losses in the previous Tiandu Rebellion. Many local powerful landowners and officials colluded and joined forces to cause chaos and resisted the Tiandu Order, causing a lot of casualties. Meng Da was at the time
Wearing armor, he personally placed it on the city's head. It took a lot of effort to defend the county seat before the reinforcements arrived, and the county seat did not fall.
Even so, Langya County also had a lot of farmland destroyed by the rebels. Seeing the agricultural harvests destroyed, many farmers were very sad. Now they can only look forward to transfer payments from the court to help them tide over the difficulties.
Although transfer payments are bound to come, Meng Da is also a young man with ambition. He also wants to do something on his own, do something eye-catching and make a contribution. The most important thing is that he also wants to be promoted.
He also wants to be a county governor, even in a remote place, just like his friend Fazheng.
He asked himself that his talents might not be as good as those of Fa Zheng, but they were not far behind. The two had played together naked since childhood and knew each other's strengths and weaknesses. He felt that although Fazheng was excellent, he, Meng, was nothing.
Ordinary people - for example, someone like him is very rich.
His father, Meng Tuo, was the first important person to help Liu Bei sell salt and Liangzhou specialties. He was also a major contributor to Liu Bei's opening of sales in Guanzhong. It was also for this reason that he was able to enter Liangzhou Academy and become one of Liu Bei's disciples.
Even Fazheng was able to enter Liangzhou Prefectural School together because of this relationship in his family.
Later, Liu Bei's status and power increased, but he still took the same care for the Meng family. Meng Tuo also worked hard to help Liu Bei promote the entire process of selling salt, from Guanzhong to Hebei, from Hebei to Guandong, and all the way to
On the edge of the Yangtze River.
In this process, Meng Tuo made the greatest contribution.
Therefore, after Liu Bei became emperor, he appointed Meng Tuo as the second person in charge of the Shaofu, responsible for selling salt. Although Meng is no longer the super landowner he once was, in business, Meng's family business is
Still very prosperous.
So Meng Da may not be as good as Fa Zheng in terms of ability, but Fa Zheng is the one who is not as good as Meng Da when it comes to money.
This time when it came to making money and seeking development, Meng Da smelled the smell of progress and thought that this matter could be handled and pursued. If it was successful, wouldn't he be a great contributor?
Now the imperial court is spending money everywhere. Almost everywhere, people stretch out their necks and open their mouths like little birds waiting to be fed, asking Liu Bei's father for money. If he, a small county magistrate, can find another way to make money on his own, wouldn't he be among a group of little birds?
The most beautiful one?
At that time, after the term of this county magistrate ends, it will not be unimaginable to be promoted to the title of county magistrate.
With such political ambitions, Mengda was ready to take action.
It just so happened that Gu Yong, the former governor of Langya County, had just been transferred back to Luoyang to serve as the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, which was a high promotion. Now the appointment of Langya County Governor has not yet come down. It is said that there are no tigers in the mountains and monkeys dominate. Meng Da contacted the county
He Zhi, an old classmate who also serves as the county magistrate, decided to join forces and get in touch with Fazheng.
If this relationship is established, you will make a lot of money in the future. Organize the relevant production units in the county to negotiate orders and prices with Fa Zheng. As long as the price is right, then go ahead and supply Fa Zheng. Transportation costs
Let Fa Zheng take responsibility.
If this old boy doesn't want to, then we can give him a little bit, but in terms of profit sharing, we must not be polite to him, we can ask for as much as we need.
This old boy has one method after another, and he is a master who will never suffer any loss. To be polite to him is to send a sheep into the tiger's mouth, which is really unnecessary.
Meng Da knew about Fa Zheng, and knew that this boy had a kind face but a dark heart, good grades, a lot of ambition, and a quick brain. He was very good at adapting to local conditions and focused on the benefits. He was brave like a warrior who was the first to attack things that were of no benefit.
Things, he will be invisible.
Therefore, you must not have any sense of shame or shame when dealing with him, because this kind of thing is something Fa Zheng does not have. Communicate with him in accordance with the general social ethics. Even if you are sold by him and you will happily help him count the money, you can only abandon everything.
Only those whose morality is above the average moral line of human society can barely compete with him on the same level.
Speaking of which, He Zhi was quite grateful to Fa Zheng.
At that time, there were many exams in Liangzhou Prefectural School, the requirements were very strict, and the questions were also very difficult. Many people were so worried about the exams that their hair fell out, and they burned the midnight oil every night, and some people suffered from eye problems.
Thanks to Fa Zheng, who was the number one academic at the time, he gave them some extra time and helped them with after-school tutoring, so they were able to pass the passing line at a low altitude, which was a thrilling leap.
Now that he is able to serve as a county magistrate, to be honest, without the merits of Fa Zheng, He Zhi's conscience would not be able to bear it.
But Mengda severely stopped He Zhi's attempt to repay his kindness.
"That kid never does good things for no reason. He is a person who won't suffer losses. He must have had his own ideas when he helped you. Maybe he was still here today!"
He Zhi's eyes widened.
"He was even today? Is he a man of God?"
"I can't tell. I'm not sure how smart this kid is."
Meng Da sighed: "Anyway, my father sighed many times, saying that if Xiaozhi were his son, he would be able to wake up from his dreams with a smile."
He Zhi nodded.
"In this case, I have to help him even more. It doesn't matter if he takes advantage of him. As long as he can bring me with him when he has good ideas in the future, Zijing, don't be too fussy about it. You are so
If you have money, do you still care about this?"
Meng Da was stunned immediately.
"I...I don't care about the money! I just want to fight for it!"
"What's there to fight for? The opportunity was given by Xiaozhi, and the method was also thought up by Xiaozhi. Let's just follow and have a sip of soup. We still want to eat meat. It's too unscrupulous. After all, we are classmates and classmates. Be more generous!"
He Zhi patted Meng Da on the shoulder and left with a smile.
Meng Da was stunned for a while before he realized that Fa Zheng was not only a smart guy, he was also a first-rate master at winning people's hearts...
Fa Xiaozhi, you guy, did you take this into account?
However, the two of them went separately and contacted experts in the lacquerware, porcelain and silk fabric industries in their respective counties, and made some contacts and understanding with them.
Later, Meng Da sent someone to tell Fazheng the relevant news, and also sent some samples, proposed their output and quotation, and said that as long as Fazheng agreed, he would send someone to discuss it in detail.
Start drying.
Of course, the transportation costs are mainly borne by Fa Zheng, and they do not bear the transportation costs.
It took more than twenty days for Fazheng to get the news, and he laughed for a while, knowing that Meng Da would definitely be willing to borrow his Dongfeng to make a lot of money, but it was no big deal for him, an old classmate and old friend, to make a little more.
The cost of coming out... should be borne by stupid foreign businessmen with lots of money.
In a seller's market, we, the Han Dynasty, have the final say on everything.
Fazheng took the samples given by Mengda to the foreign businessmen who were interested in buying. After seeing these businessmen, they were surprised and said that they had seen such high-quality products more than ten years ago. If Fazheng had the supply,
You can provide them in large quantities and they will accept the order.
The price is easy to negotiate. If the money they bring is not enough, they will immediately send people back to raise funds. They can provide gold, silver, or copper, but Fa Zheng is willing to sell it.
There are also people who directly ask Fazheng for information about Shu Brocade, wanting to know whether Fazheng can obtain Shu Brocade, even if it is only a small amount.
Shu brocade?
Do you want Shu brocade?
Fazheng laughed loudly when he heard this and said that Sichuan brocade is not cheap. If you want to buy it, I can find a way to operate it, but at this price...
It may be more expensive than gold.
As soon as these merchants heard that Fa Zheng could handle Shu brocade, their eyes immediately turned red. They immediately patted their chests and said that as long as they could get genuine goods, price was not an issue.
Fazheng looked at their anxious expressions, and there was a murmur in his heart——
The high-ranking dignitaries of the Han Dynasty want Shu brocade to save face, to show their identity, to show off, or even to offer sacrifices. We have this social atmosphere and tradition of showing off, is it possible that you people also have it?
Do you also want to use Shu brocade to show off?
Fa Zheng doesn't quite understand.
But since they are willing to pay, Fazheng is also unambiguous. Who wouldn't be happy to make money? If he can sell Shu brocade for more than gold, then that's his skill, right?
And it's hard to say that other people have a way to get Shu Brocade, but he really has Fa Zheng.
Shu brocade was a special specialty item in the Han Dynasty, which could only be sold by the imperial court, or to be more precise, only the Shaofu system controlled by Liu Bei could sell it.
The Shu brocade trade leads directly to the Emperor Liu Bei himself, and it is also an important new currency, the price-anchored product of general money. Most people would never even think about obtaining the Shu brocade supply and selling it privately.
After the transformation of the entire Shu Brocade Bureau, it became a subordinate agency of Shaofu. The entire Shu Brocade production line, from raw material cultivation to finished product manufacturing, and even to professional weavers, was strictly controlled.
The entire process from manufacturing to selling Shu brocade is not open to the public. If you want to reach out, you will really risk the dissatisfaction of the three tribes.
But when it was Fa-rectification's turn, the situation was different.
First of all, Fa Zheng is Liu Bei's disciple. This relationship is quite special. Moreover, as the county guard, Fa Zheng has the qualification to report directly to Liu Bei and to Tian Ting. He can directly tell Liu Bei his thoughts and let Liu Bei make a decision.
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Secondly, his good friend and half-brother Mengda's father Meng Tuo worked in the Shaofu and was a key official of the Shaofu. Even if he was not directly responsible for the Shu Brocade trade, he wanted to contact Shu Brocade and Liu Bei.
That is also an easy thing.
So Fazheng is really not showing off.
After confirming that the foreign merchants had such urgent needs, Fazheng sent people to formally report to Liu Bei and directly established Liu Bei's relationship. At the same time, he sent people to tell Meng Da about the trade news and let him start operations.
In addition, Fazheng also specifically talked about the Shu brocade matter, saying that if he could not persuade Liu Bei, he would ask Meng Da to persuade his father to give Liu Bei some advice and make Liu Bei aware of this important market relationship.
If Shu brocade can be sold at a price higher than gold, then not only Rinan County, but the entire Han Empire can make a lot of money in this regard. It should also be an important one for Liu Bei who is currently throwing money around the country.
Is it a supplementary means?
Now, in the period after the Tutian Law Rebellion, Brother Liu is blood-letting the younger brothers everywhere. Although the older brother has a large amount of milk and can handle it, if there is any younger brother who can breastfeed the older brother in turn, the older brother will definitely not refuse.
right?
In addition, in addition to these traditional business relationships, foreign merchants who came to Rinan County also made a relatively special transaction request to Fa Zheng.
They took a fancy to the iron pots that Fazheng and others brought for cooking and stewing meat when they came from the north. They hoped to buy the iron pots in bulk and take them back for use. They didn't know how much they would cost.
In the previous month, these businessmen paid a considerable amount of tax to the government. Fa Zheng, with the idea of making friends and bringing more people to send money, invited these tax-paying businessmen to have a meal at the county magistrate's house.
potluck.
Of course we eat stir-fried vegetables.
Ever since Fazheng ate too much stir-fry, he couldn't get used to the bland soups in local places. He preferred to eat stir-fry with strong ingredients, especially in a place like Nichinan County. If the taste couldn't be stronger,
It was even more difficult to swallow.
So he invited the businessmen to have a light meal at his house.
As a result, these guys ate so much that they asked Fazheng how they made this food. Fazheng was so proud that he called the chef from his house to perform the skill of subduing the dragon and eighteen stir-fry for them on the spot.
They were dazzled by what they saw.
After that, these businessmen probably became interested.
In the transaction request, these merchants said that they did not have such strong and easy-to-use cooking utensils. They only had pottery that was relatively easy to damage. During the process of trading at sea, it was easy to encounter bumps. It was very inconvenient for these fragile cooking utensils.
During storage, if you were not careful, it would shatter all over the floor.
So in extreme cases, they can only eat raw fish, crabs and other things they catch from the sea. They can't make a fire to cook, and they are like savages.
The iron pots used by the Han people are very strong, excellent iron products, and have a large capacity. They can cook a large pot of food at one time, enough for several people. They have never seen such a product, and they want to buy it back for use.
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Fa Zheng was a little surprised at the time, but then he thought that it had only been in the past few years that the Han Dynasty began to use iron pots. There had never been such a thing before.
It is said that the iron pot was a by-product produced by the imperial blacksmiths when they improved the iron smelting process. It was first promoted in the army, and soon became popular and loved by the army. The first batch of stir-fry chefs were born in the army's Huotou Army.
Later, when the iron pot technology matured, it began to be promoted to the public. Now people in the Jiangbei area have begun to use iron pots on a large scale. "Stir-frying" as an emerging cooking technology has gradually been promoted and is liked by many people.
Moreover, it is said that Emperor Liu Bei is a loyal lover of stir-fry, and the cooks in the palace are basically the masters of Jianglong Eighteen stir-fry skills. They have developed the skills of shaking pots and spoons, and the stir-fried food
That's a fragrant aroma.
The food in the palace was said to be so popular that many officials were willing to stay and work overtime at night just to have one more late-night snack provided by the court for free.
In order to have a free breakfast in the morning, some officials also competed to come to the palace early, or simply made a bunk in the workplace for the whole night. Anyway, they could have a delicious and sumptuous breakfast, which was a lot.