Chapter 285 Good Wine, Salt and Iron Supply

Wei Chengyi and his men had no way of knowing what the emperor was thinking. After November, the weather became colder and colder. Because it had not rained, the air was still very dry. Many areas were in a water shortage crisis. The people had to pack up and start migrating on a large scale. Disputes broke out between local governments and refugees, which placed a huge burden on the imperial court.

In Chenzhou, because Shen Xiangwan had already summoned people with water-related special abilities to go to various counties to assist the government in finding water sources and digging deep wells, the people basically had no shortage of water, at least no shortage of drinking water. For this reason, the status of the government in the eyes of the people was greatly raised.

"Ow!"

As soon as Shen Xiangwan came back from outside, the little wolf cub rushed to her like a fly. In just a few months, it had grown several times bigger, and its snow-white fur was shiny and smooth. One could tell at a glance that its daily meals must be very good.

"good."

Rubbing its head, Shen Xiangwan took Yuan Yue into the main hall: "Master, I heard that you like to drink, I brought you a jar of good wine."

After nodding to Zhao Yuping and the others, Shen Xiangwan's gaze fell on Ji Shaohan. Since the destruction of Yinyue Tower, he basically never went out. He stayed at home every day to accompany his pregnant wife and took care of her meticulously.

"Oh?"

Raising his eyebrows, he looked past her to the jar of wine Yuan Yue was holding, and Ji Shaohan smiled knowingly and asked, "Is this the sorghum wine you brewed?"

As early as when she was brewing sorghum wine, he had already gone to the workshop to taste it. However, the wine at that time was still so strong that it burned his throat, so he didn't take it seriously. Now that he saw her taking it out like a treasure, he thought it must have been matured.

"Ah."

Shen Xiangwan did not deny it. After taking the jar sealed with mud, she asked Zhou Wushuang to find tools to break the yellow mud on the mouth of the jar. A strong aroma of wine wafted out. Not only Ji Shaohan, but everyone in the hall couldn't help but look over. In this era, there was no distillation technology. Most of the wine on the market was turbid and the alcohol content was not high. However, anyone with a little wealth, young or old, men and women, had drunk wine. Just the rich aroma of wine made many people eager to taste it.

"Master, please try it."

Shen Xiangwan poured the wine from the jar into a glass, then held it up and handed it to Ji Shaohan.

After taking the wine, Ji Shaohan did not rush to taste it. Instead, he shook the glass, brought it to his nose and gently sniffed the strong aroma of the wine. Then he slightly opened his lips and took a sip, carefully feeling the aroma of the wine between his lips and teeth. Every movement revealed unparalleled elegance and dignity. He did not look like a rough man of the world at all, but a natural nobleman.

“The wine is crystal clear, with a long-lasting aroma. The taste is softer and mellower than when it was just distilled. It gives people a comfortable and pleasant feeling. It is indeed a rare wine!”

Shaking the liquid in the cup, Ji Shaohan smiled and praised generously. He was a wine lover and had drunk countless good wines. The sorghum wine brewed by Shen Xiangwan was undoubtedly the strongest and best, especially the matured wine, which was countless times better than when it was just distilled. It was worth his long wait.

"This is not the best taste of sorghum wine. If it is stored for another year, its taste will definitely be more amazing."

As she spoke, Shen Xiangwan also picked up the wine glass and took a sip. Normally, she didn't drink alcohol because it would have a certain effect on her hands. At most, she would just take a sip like she did now.

"is it?"

Raising his eyebrows, Ji Shaohan immediately became interested. He loved wine but was not addicted to it. If the wine could be made to taste better, he wouldn't mind waiting another year or two.

"I brewed a total of 6,000 jars of sorghum wine this time, all stored in the cellar under warehouse No. 1 and No. 2 in the back. Master can take it whenever he wants to drink it."

Seeing through his thoughts at a glance, Shen Xiangwan did not hesitate to give them the wine. Compared with his help to them, the wine was really insignificant. "Okay."

Ji Shaohan didn't bother to be polite with her. He picked up the wine glass again and took a sip. The more he drank, the more drunk he felt. He was afraid that he would not be able to drink any other wine in the future.

“Is it really that delicious?”

Wei Ling'er, who had been sitting next to them, asked curiously. To this day, she has never forgotten the feeling of taking that gulp of wine. It was so spicy and painful.

"Taste it?"

As if remembering what happened that day, Shen Xiangwan handed her the wine glass.

“No, no, no…”

Seeing this, Wei Linger waved her hands repeatedly: "Second sister-in-law, you should drink it yourself."

Please forgive her for being timid, she really doesn't dare to try it a second time.

"hehe···"

Shen Xiangwan couldn't help laughing out loud. Although the others didn't know about what happened, seeing Wei Linger's exaggerated reaction, they also curled their lips. Wei Chengyi has not returned home yet, and Ji Shaohan cannot drink a ten-jin jar of wine by himself. Shen Xiangwan asked someone to keep some, and asked Yuan Yue to send the rest to Yuan Xiu and the others.

That afternoon, more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages left the village in a mighty procession, all loaded with mature sorghum wine. Most of them were sent to the provincial capital to Wei Chengyi and his men. Only one carriage went to the county town. Shen Xiangwan asked someone to deliver two jars each to Cheng Yusheng and Fu Qiuhua, and the rest were taken to Huanxi Tower for Yue Ruyan.

"The emperor cut off the salt and iron supply to Chenzhou?"

At night, after an in-depth communication in the space, the couple chatted idly while lying on the bed. Although Wei Chengyi had not been home for a long time, they would meet in the space almost every night, so there was no feeling of separation.

"Ah."

Grabbing her hand that was playing tricks on his chest, Wei Chengyi leaned his back against the bed and hugged her: "We didn't notice it at first, until the army started to run out of salt recently, we realized something was wrong. After investigation, we found that not only the army, but also the civilians couldn't buy salt. Even if they could, the price was ridiculously high. The Salt Transport Bureau then reported to us that the court had long cut off the supply, and the supply of pig iron was also cut off at the same time."

Pig iron was fine, as their gold-type psychics had already found all the iron mines in Chenzhou. After two months of mining and smelting, they had no shortage of iron, and it was more than enough to supply the people. But salt was more of a problem, as Chenzhou did not produce salt and was not near the sea, so they could not get enough salt for them and the people.

After discussion, they have sent people to other states to buy private salt. Even though the price is ridiculously high, they have no choice but to buy it.

"Does the dog emperor know that the military power of Chenzhou has fallen into our hands?"

Otherwise, how could he have directly cut off Chenzhou's salt and iron supply?
Shen Xiangwan frowned almost imperceptibly. The salt and iron trade was controlled by the government. In order to deal with them, did the dog emperor even ignore the people? However, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing strange about it. If he would take the people into consideration, there would be no peasant uprising in Binzhou, and refugees from all over the country would not have disputes with the government one after another.

【End of this chapter】

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