The Demon Queen of Divine Doctor is not to be trifled with

Chapter 800 The Emperor Is Not Without Money

"Your Majesty." Ye Chulian sat up straight and said to Quan Qingcheng seriously, "Fourth sister talked to me once before she left, and mentioned the silver in the treasury. She said that it was the Emperor who told her that the previous emperor spent too much when he was alive, and she was afraid that when it was your turn to be emperor, there might be nothing left in the treasury. So we stayed here, firstly to help the emperor with advice and solve problems when appropriate. Secondly, we also find ways to help the emperor fill up the treasury. And this wine-making industry in my hands is actually prepared for you, Your Majesty..."

Quan Qingcheng suppressed his excitement, pulled a chair and sat opposite Ye Chulian, "Chulian, please continue."

Ye Chulian nodded and continued, "I first picked up this wine-making skill because I wanted to make medicinal wine to cooperate with the family clinic. But before leaving, Fourth Sister told me that medicinal wine cannot be popularized, and daily drinking wine is the real source of money. But we can't make this money by ourselves, we have to get you, the emperor, to make it together.

The daily needs of the people are nothing more than food, clothing, shelter and transportation, so you see, salt, cloth, grain, and horses are the big items that merchants from all over the country are competing for. These daily necessities and large-scale consumption items are the fastest way to make money, and wine is one of them.

Your Majesty, you may as well ask Eunuch Wu to do the math for you. How much wine is consumed every day in Lin'an alone? After calculating the consumption in Lin'an, calculate the consumption in other provinces and the entire Northern Qi to see how much it is.

Of course, we can’t eat up the entire country’s alcoholic beverage business in one go, as that would upset the balance of merchants, but if we can keep pace with them, or take over half of Northern Qi’s alcoholic beverage orders, then Your Majesty, we will be rich.”

When she said this, Zhuier also interrupted, "Besides, it's not just wine, there's also something called beverages, which are for women to drink, and they have to be sold like wine. The fifth lady has already started to make a lot of wine and beverages." Ye Chulian nodded, "Zhuier is right, our family has a farm in the west of Beijing, which was originally under the name of the second branch. But the second branch is gone now, and the things they had in their hands have all belonged to the Ye family's public office. The eldest lady made the decision and divided some of the farms and shops between me and my second brother, so I chose the largest one to make a winery.

The most wonderful thing about the farm is that it has a ready-made cellar. I don’t know whether it was used for brewing wine or storing grain, but the entire underground of the farm is hollowed out, which is just right for me to use.

In the past six months, I have done almost nothing else. Whenever I have time, I go to the farm to make wine, and I only make one kind of wine. "

Quan Qingcheng heard a hint of something, "What's so special about this wine?"

Ye Chulian smiled and said, "My fourth sister left a wine primer. As long as we soak it, not only will the wine's fragrance and mellowness be improved by several levels, but it will also save years of cellaring. The emperor also knows that the things that my fourth sister can bring out are definitely not ordinary, so the wine I brew must not be ordinary wine. If this kind of wine is taken out, as long as we manage it carefully, we can soon open up the market throughout Northern Qi and even the entire continent.

The emperor must know how profitable the wine business is. The best wine in the capital is sold at a high price of 500 taels of silver per jar. You have to rely on connections to buy it, and you can't buy a jar for several months. If our wine can replace it..."

Wu Fei was listening to these words and was a little nervous when he heard this. He carefully interrupted, "But those wine merchants have been entrenched for many years, and there are even many wealthy families that have been making wine for hundreds of years. If we do this, will we steal their business?"

Quan Qingcheng also nodded, "All merchants who can expand their business have backers behind them. I even know that many officials in the court have money from the people. Otherwise, with their little salary, how can they build such a beautiful mansion and support so many servants. What we do seems to be targeting the merchants, but in fact it is the court. Chu Lian, you don't know that those court officials are very cunning. They won't talk about the wine business openly, but they will use other methods to make things difficult for me."

Ye Chulian nodded, "I thought of it. Fourth sister has said these words a long time ago, so we also have a solution here."

The next words were said by Zhuier: "Although I don't know much about business or government affairs, I can recite what my young lady said. My young lady said that if we want to make this deal, we can't do it by ourselves. None of us has the energy to plunge into the trade route, and our status does not allow it. So if we want to make this happen, we have to cooperate with those big merchants.

You can let the Fifth Miss take the wine primer to negotiate with the wine merchants. Of course, you have to talk to those merchants who have the ability to make wine.

We will issue a wine ticket, and then set a price for each jar of wine. We will charge them the same amount of money based on the number of wine tickets issued. Then, it is up to them to decide how much to sell the wine to. In this way, their source of income will not be cut off. They can continue to use their own wine recipes, but they will only have one more kind of wine, ours.

Your Majesty, don’t think that their wine recipe is stealing our business. Drinkers are not stupid. They can tell whether the wine is good or not with just one sip. So maybe they will buy it according to their previous habits at first, but once they have tasted our wine, they will naturally change this habit. What’s more, we sell it cheaply. As long as it is cheap, with small profits and quick turnover, we will soon monopolize the market.”

At this point, she asked Quan Qingcheng, "Do you know what monopoly means?"

Quan Qingcheng thought about it and nodded, "I know."

"That's good to know. My young lady also said that it's not enough to just sell cheap wine, and it's not enough to just rely on wine merchants. We have to open a few shops ourselves, and we have to choose a good business name. We have to put the expensive wine, that is, the wine that has been soaked for a long time, on our own counters, mark it with a high price, and make a name for ourselves. In short, we have to sell both cheap and expensive wines, and make money from the people and the rich merchants. Of course, Your Majesty, you have to invest a little bit, and you have to pay for opening a shop, and you can't just take advantage of us. And our Ye family is not working for you for free. After deducting the cost, we will split the profit in half."

Zhuier said this and added: "The following words are my own words, not my young lady's. Your Majesty, you can listen if you want to. If you don't want to listen, just pretend I didn't say it."

Quan Qingcheng quickly expressed his opinion: "Go ahead and tell me, I'm happy to listen!"

"Yeah." Zhuier nodded. "In fact, if we talk about profit distribution, we are at a disadvantage if we take 50%. Because the wine voucher is ours, the current winery is also ours, and we also invested the money needed in the early stage. How much money can you, an emperor who has not yet taken power, have? For this kind of private transaction, the money in the national treasury must not be touched, and your own small treasury... I don't mean to look down on you, but I'm afraid you don't have any money at all, right? So even if I ask you to take out money, I'm afraid you can't take out much.

You have no money, but you have connections. We can't openly say that this business is done by the emperor. So to deal with things outside, I'm afraid we have to use the name of our Ye family. Then why do you take 50% of the profit?"

Quan Qingcheng made her blush.

That's right, he has nothing, why should he take 50% of the profit? And even if he can use his title as the emperor to deal with things outside, he is a young emperor who has not yet taken power, and his title is not as famous as that of the First-Rank General's Mansion.

Quan Qingcheng was silent and depressed.

Fortunately, Zhuier was just talking casually, and immediately found a reason for him: "Maybe it's because you are my lady's adopted brother! Okay, it's settled. If you agree, go and raise some money. It doesn't matter how much it is, as long as it's a gesture. We don't really rely on your money."

Ye Chulian also nodded and said, "Yes, Fourth Sister left us a lot of money, and we don't really need your money. But you have to feel involved in this matter, and you can't just wait for everything to happen. My Fourth Sister has recognized you as her younger brother, but sisters know how to take care of their younger brothers, and younger brothers also have to understand and be considerate of their sisters. If you just want to be an emperor who has everything he wants, then my Fourth Sister has wasted her efforts in cultivating you, and it has also been a waste of the Emperor's acceptance of you as a disciple and the hundreds of years of experience he has passed on to you."

Quan Qingcheng took a deep breath and said seriously: "Chu Lian, Zhuier, don't worry, I will definitely not just sit there and wait for money for this matter, I will definitely do my part. I also have some silver, and I can borrow some more from my mother. In short, I will do my best to raise money. Besides, I am not completely penniless, so wait a moment."

He ran away and rummaged in the eastern warm room of the Temple of Gods. After a while, he came out holding a small box.

"Here are all land deeds and shop deeds, not just in Lin'an City, but all over Northern Qi. These were given to me by my mother after I ascended the throne. Some of them were the dowry she brought from her natal family when she entered the palace, and some were given to her by my father after he had been by her side for several years to express his gratitude for her taking care of him. My mother gave all these to me, saying that I could use them someday.

Look, it's all in use. I may not have much money, but you can take these shops and farms."

Zhuier reached into the box and said, "Wow, such a thick stack. Quan Qingcheng, you have a lot of inventory! I really underestimated you."

Quan Qingcheng was a little embarrassed, "I just picked it up ready-made, there is no effort of my own here."

Ye Chulian quickly diverted the discussion: "Okay, these will solve our big problem, and it is only right that the emperor takes 50% of the profits. So, if the emperor is at ease, just put these things with me first, and I will sort them out later to see which ones can be used, and then send the rest back to the emperor."