Chapter 399: Will Binzhou go to war again?
Wei Yunyi, who was busy working, quickly pointed at another little snowman and said, "Uncle, this is what I made. It's also called Yunyi. I'm awesome, right?"
"right."
Wei Chengyi was obviously more adept at doing things against his conscience the first time. However, his attention quickly shifted to the two largest snowmen in front of Shen Xiangwan, and he even whispered to her, "Are they called Wei Chengyi and Shen Xiangwan? Coincidentally, they're also a couple?"
"You have a nice idea!"
Looking back and glancing at him with a smile, Shen Xiangwan had a smile on her lips, neither denying nor confirming. Wei Chengyi looked at her with a look filled with deep and unbreakable doting. For two people who truly love each other, just meeting at night is not enough. This is one of the reasons why he came back after arranging everything. He really missed her!
Shen Xiangwan gave the drawings not only to Zhao Dashan, but also to Zhou Changqing, asking him to carve the templates and print them in large quantities as quickly as possible. The next morning, Zhou Changqing personally delivered several large stacks of printed drawings to the Wei family. Shen Xiangwan asked Yuan Xiu to send people to distribute them to various counties as soon as possible and give them to all people in need.
In the next few days, snowflakes continued to fall from the sky, and the snow on the ground became thicker and thicker. A large number of people were needed to clear the roads every day, but almost every household had a fireplace, and they no longer shivered in the cold, and could barely withstand the sudden cold wave.
"Well, if necessary, we can open a shop in Wuzhou, Tongzhou, and other places, or expand to Jiangzhou and Luzhou in the south. We must sell more kimchi."
In the study on the second floor of the Wei family, Shen Xiangwan was discussing the sale of kimchi with Cheng Yusheng. After solving the problem of keeping warm for the people, government offices in various places quickly organized personnel and went deep into the villages to purchase kimchi from door to door. Since the sorghum wine workshops had stopped working, the shops in Jiaozhou and Mingzhou switched to selling kimchi, but having only two shops was obviously not enough. They needed to recover funds as soon as possible and use the money they earned to buy the excess food in the hands of the people and solve the refugees' three meals a day. The only consolation was that after the heavy snow began to fall in Chenzhou, the number of refugees pouring in finally decreased, and the burden on their shoulders was slightly lighter.
"I suggest expanding directly to the south. The further north you go, the colder the weather gets. Other prefectures aren't like our Chenzhou, where the government organizes people to clear snow every day. Transportation will be the biggest problem. Even if there's the same amount of snow in the south, it should be better than in the north."
If they didn't have ready-made shops in Jiaozhou and Mingzhou, Cheng Yusheng would never have considered selling kimchi there because transportation was too inconvenient.
"Okay, you can handle these things. If it's convenient for you to handle the accounts, just contact Yuan Xiu directly. We will no longer sell sorghum wine on the 10th. Have you announced this?"
When it comes to business, Cheng Yusheng is the expert, and Shen Xiangwan usually doesn't interfere too much. At present, all the sorghum wine that they are still fermenting has been distilled, and she doesn't plan to sell the remaining sorghum wine that needs to be stored. She will keep it for use in the celebration banquet for the soldiers next year. Therefore, the shops in the county will also stop selling sorghum wine. As for kimchi, it is estimated that it cannot be sold in Chenzhou, and they are too lazy to bother.
"We've put up notices a long time ago. Our regular customers have been going crazy these past few days. Restaurants and other places that need a lot of alcohol are asking us to ship in large quantities. I've already tripled their price, but they still think it's not enough. They come to the shop to find me every day. I'm almost annoyed by them."
Cheng Yusheng felt a buzzing pain in his head when talking about this. Unlike wine which only rich people can afford, sorghum wine has a huge audience. After learning that they would no longer sell it to the public on the 10th, everyone went crazy. The wine shipped from the village to the shop every day would be sold out very quickly. In the past few days, their shelves were empty. People who didn't know might think they were a newly opened shop and had not had time to put the goods on the shelves.
"Take away all the matured sorghum liquor in the warehouse. Restaurants and other places that need large quantities of liquor don't need to place additional orders. Sell as much as possible to the people."
This had been expected a long time ago, and Shen Xiangwan was not surprised. However, she still insisted on giving priority to meeting the needs of the people. In such cold weather, drinking a few sips of sorghum wine from time to time is also a good way to keep warm.
"Um."
Cheng Yusheng nodded, then laughed again, "Madam, you don't know. The people were afraid that books and perfume would suddenly run out of stock, so they also started looting. It wasn't until we repeatedly assured them that perfume shops and bookstores would be stocked for at least until the New Year that they became a little more reasonable."
"Not to mention the papermaking and printing workshops, by the beginning of next month at the latest, all the medicinal materials and spices needed to make ointments and soaps in the warehouse will be used up, and the ointment workshop will also be shut down. With our current inventory, we can only sell it until the middle of next month at the latest."
Hearing this, Shen Xiangwan pondered for a moment before saying that before the New Year, all the ointments and soaps stored in the warehouse would be cleared out. As for when to resume work next year, it would depend on the situation. Yue Ruyan was basically in charge of the ointment workshop, so we'd see how she would do it then.
"Um."
Cheng Yusheng also agreed. The two then discussed some issues about the sale of kimchi and determined their sales direction and other matters. About half an hour later, Cheng Yusheng got up and left. Before leaving, he did not forget to say hello to Wei Chengyi, who was also handling government affairs in the study. After all, he was the real helmsman of the Wei family, and they all had to obey his orders.
"Is Binzhou going to start a war again?"
After seeing off Cheng Yusheng, Shen Xiangwan walked over to sit next to Wei Chengyi and casually picked up the opened letter, which recorded the news that Binzhou was about to go to war again. The rumors spread by Wei Chengyi earlier played a significant role, causing the morale of the Binzhou army to become more unstable. You know, soldiers also come from the people. The dog emperor and the court don't care about the lives of the people. How can they be so brave and work for him?
On the contrary, the rebels not only had high morale, but also received support from many people across the country. Some people even secretly sent them money and food to support them in continuing to fight against the court. As a result, although the rebels did not win the two battles in September and October, they survived tenaciously. It is said that the snow in Binzhou is more than 20 centimeters thick. Shen Xiangwan originally thought that they would not fight again this year, but he did not expect that the war would break out again there.
"Well, the imperial court urgently needs to completely suppress the rebels to prove their continued strength and to suppress the restless princes and warlords in various places. It is also to warn the people who have been incited by rumors and are vaguely thinking of uniting and overthrowing the imperial court."
The pressure has been completely placed on the emperor and the court. If they fail to suppress the Binzhou uprising army, the world will probably be in chaos.
[End of this chapter]
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