At the beginning, I became a county magistrate with greed of 500 million. The empress asked me to be

"How's business lately?"

As soon as he sat down in the box, Xia Yun asked.

"In reply to your Excellency, in the past half month, the winery has received 256 new orders and has paid a deposit of 360,000 taels of silver. In addition, the scale of the Shanyin County winery has expanded nearly tenfold and is expected to be completed next month."

Wei Erhu immediately responded respectfully.

The deposit of 360,000 taels has set a new record for Xiamao liquor.

Xia Yun nodded when he heard this, with a rare hint of admiration in his eyes.

Wei Erhu is not only proficient in brewing technology, but also has great skills in business management.

"Sir, after tonight I plan to vigorously promote Xiamao wine in the name of Your Majesty. I wonder if Your Majesty will approve it at this time?"

Seeing Xia Yun nodded, Wei Erhu continued speaking.

"can."

Xia Yun agreed with Wei Erhu's idea without hesitation.

The reason why he asked Wei Erhu to offer wine at the celebration banquet was naturally to leverage the empress's fame and thoroughly promote the reputation of Xiamao wine.

"Once the next batch of Xiamao wine is brewed, it must be supplied to Hongyanlou first, and the price sold to the outside world can also be raised."

The quality of Xiamao liquor is excellent, but its price in Hangzhou is just the same as that of ordinary liquor.

As a result, for some dignitaries and wealthy businessmen, the grade of Xiamao wine is slightly insufficient.

Therefore, a moderate price increase will not only not reduce the popularity of Xiamao liquor, but will increase the brand effect.

"That's what the adults taught me."

Wei Erhu nodded repeatedly.

Since he started working under Xia Yun, his horizons have broadened.

From the original small Shanyin County, it has grown to the entire Daliang Dynasty today.

In his heart, he only felt gratitude and admiration for Xia Yun!

……

"The Xiamao Liquor business is now handed over to you. Do a good job."

After a cup of tea, Xia Yun learned from Wei Erhu about the current overall development of Xiamao Liquor.

Then Xia Yun stood up from the box, patted Wei Erhu on the shoulder, and left the winery.

He has great expectations for Xiamao wine.

He believed that one day, Xiamao Liquor would become the national liquor of the Daliang Dynasty!

After leaving the winery, Xia Yun wandered around the streets of Hangzhou City.

After parting more than two months ago, the city of Hangzhou has undergone tremendous changes, and even he was shocked.

However, just as Xia Yun passed a street intersection, he came across a stone pavilion.

Suddenly, Xia Yun saw a familiar figure in the pavilion.

But the person was wearing a yellow-green long skirt and had a slim and attractive figure. Even in this prosperous city of Hangzhou, she could be regarded as an outstanding beauty in the world.

Xiao Ling'er?

Why is he here?

Xia Yun recognized the woman's identity at a glance. She was none other than the empress of the Daliang Dynasty.

At the same time, there was a burly figure standing behind Xiao Ling'er.

From a distance, Xiao Yan in the pavilion was looking at where Xia Yun was.

Seeing this, Xia Yun looked around.

Soon, many guards were spotted around the pavilion.

If nothing unexpected happened, Xiao Ling'er would have been waiting here.

Xia Yun smiled bitterly and shook his head, then walked forward step by step.

After entering the pavilion, Xia Yun bowed to Xiao Ling'er and Xiao Yan respectively.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Xia Yun spoke first.

"No need to be so polite. You can just call me Xiao Ling'er in private."

The corners of the empress' mouth curved slightly.

Hearing this, Xia Yun simply stopped being polite and sat down directly in the pavilion, right opposite Xiao Ling'er.

"Tell me, why are you two waiting for me here?"

Xia Yun shrugged.

"I can't hide anything from you."

The empress suddenly laughed, a sound like a silver bell came out of her mouth, and she looked even younger at this moment.

"Yes, I am waiting for you here. I hope you can go to the capital with me."

Xiao Ling'er immediately went straight to the point and told directly the reason why she was waiting for Xia Yun here.

"why?"

Xia Yun didn't rush to respond and asked back on the spot.

Through observation over the past few days, he discovered that the empress seemed very eager to bring him back to the capital.

This made him very puzzled.

After all, no matter how you look at it, he is more like a lawless official.

Bringing someone like him back to the capital doesn't seem to be of much benefit to the court structure.

"Xia Yun, this is an urgent border report from the cabinet."

At this time, Xiao Yan, who was originally smiling, suddenly looked much gloomier.

As he spoke, he took out a memorial from his arms and handed it to Xia Yun personally.

Xia Yun took the memorial and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that something has happened at the border.

Then Xia Yun opened the memorial and took a look.

as predicted.

The first sentence on the first page of the memorial was: "Urgent news from the northern border, barbarians are invading!"

Xia Yun's brows suddenly sank.

Then, Xia Yun's eyes quickly scanned the lines of content on the memorial.

Until dozens of breaths passed.

When Xia Yun finished reading the contents of the memorial, a gloomy look appeared on his face.

The content of the memorial is not complicated.

in short.

The Tatars, who had just been defeated by the imperial army not long ago, gathered all the barbarian tribes in the north after hearing about the invasion of Japanese pirates in Zhejiang, and are approaching the northern border!

The number of troops once reached 500,000!

"The court is full of capable and skilled generals, and Lord Zhao Gongming is in charge of Zhili. Why do you have to send me there?"

Xia Yun had already guessed what the empress and Xiao Yan were thinking.

I'm afraid this time they are preparing to let him lead his troops north to fight the enemy.

"Zhao Gongming is indeed a good fighter, but the situation in the court is complicated now. If Zhao Gongming is reused again, it will inevitably lead to opposition from many ministers in the court."

"By then, internal and external troubles will come one after another, and our Daliang Dynasty will be in chaos immediately."

It was Xiao Yan who responded to Xia Yun.

The gloom on Xiao Yan's face became more and more obvious.

"In the past half month, the Governor-General of Shaanxi and Gansu, the Governor-General of Yunnan and Guizhou, and the Governor-General of Sichuan have successively submitted memorials to impeach Zhao Gongming for various illegal acts."

"Xia Yun, the situation inside and outside the government is far more complicated than you think."

After Xiao Yan finished speaking, he sighed again.

After hearing this, Xia Yun fell into a brief silence for a moment.

He knew a little about the situation outside the court.

Over the past few months, Xu Wan'er has also collected a lot of intelligence information.

The influence of Jiangnan Party officials was not limited to the Jiangnan region and the imperial court.

Over the years, Xu Jinsong's students and former officials have spread all over the world.

There were originally nine governors-general in the Daliang Dynasty, six of whom were from Xu Jinsong's name.

Moreover, most of these governors had their own armies.

Even if Xu Jinsong is loyal to Xiao Ling'er, these governors inevitably have other thoughts.