After sending Cheng Yu off, Bai Feng began to think about his next plan.
Now that the biggest problem had been solved, the next step was the main event.
Bai Feng had always planned to use business as the main route to solve the current situation of the three countries.
After all, in ancient times, agriculture had always been advocated.
If he used agriculture to rule the country, the disadvantage was too great. It was far from enough to satisfy him only by eating.
People had to continue to move forward.
And to advance this, he only needed to use economy and business.
Therefore, using business to rule the country was the only way, and it was inevitable.
However, it would be too difficult to implement it directly.
After spending so much time in the imperial court, Bai Feng had a general understanding of the situation of the ancient landowning households.
First of all, the landowning households would never agree to let the lowly and clumsy profit-seeking behavior of merchants be the foundation of ruling the country.
Of course, the conflict between Bai Feng and the landowning households was not a matter of a day or two.
However, the landowning households were still very powerful, and it was not something that Bai Feng could change directly at the moment.
If he wanted to change it, he could only do it slowly.
And Hanzhong was the most suitable place.
Hanzhong's terrain limited it. Using it to develop business to promote the development of the entire county was a very strong reason.
Bai Feng had discussed this with Cao Cao before, so he finally decided to come to Hanzhong.
In this way, there would be a way to directly shut the mouths of the landowning households.
After all, with Cao Cao's support, even if the landowning households had complaints, they would not say much.
Moreover, during this period, Bai Feng had contributed so many magical artifacts, seeds, and food.
Whether it was in the imperial court or among the common people, Bai Feng's voice was very loud, and he had many supporters.
It was basically impossible for these landowning households to shake Bai Feng's position.
Moreover, Bai Feng had military power in his hands.
With power, he would speak with firmness.
No landowning household dared to go against Bai Feng like this.
There was also the most important point.
It was the support of the Xun family.
The Xun family had many affiliated landowning households, and they also followed the Xun family and chose to support Bai Feng.
As a result, Bai Feng had already formed his own faction in the imperial court.
They didn't belong to the Humble Class, nor did they belong to the Landowning Class. They belonged to the middle party.
The landowning households could deny Bai Feng's ideas and decisions, but they couldn't completely stop him.
During this period of time, Bai Feng had dealt with these landowning households a lot because of this.
Finally, he ushered in a huge breakthrough.
In short, whether it was a mule or a horse, the best answer would be to use actual results to prove it.
Bai Feng was also very confident in managing a country through business. After all, from ancient times until now, success had always been achieved step by step.
If he wanted the people to support him, he had to do things that would make the people happy and benefit the people.
The happiness of the common people was not as simple as filling their stomachs.
Everyone wanted to have money on hand.
If you want money, you have to develop the economy and promote business.
Moreover, commerce and trade could speed up the development of a country.
Therefore, Bai Feng directly ordered a few of his subordinates to start collecting dark plums and grapes in large quantities.
During the Three Kingdoms period, dark plums were relatively common, but ordinary people couldn't afford them.
As for grapes, they were different from modern grapes, but they tasted basically the same.
However, the ancients didn't think that they could be eaten.
These two things were abundant in Hanzhong, and very few people were interested in them.
Therefore, it cost very little money to purchase these things.
Bai Feng naturally knew very well what to do with these two things.
There were only two ways to make these things that people didn't like to drink into something that was suitable for all ages and would be popular all over the world.
Sour plum soup and wine!
Wine had a very unique taste, and it had many effects and was very nutritious.
The ancients liked to drink wine, but they drank turbid wine, and many people couldn't stand the taste.
However, the taste of wine was suitable for most people.
As for sour plum soup, it was a good way to quench thirst in summer.
Especially with some honey and ice, it was even better.
With these two things, they could start promoting business from the basics.
This kind of thing wasn't complicated to make, and it was basically easy to learn. However, other than Bai Feng, no one had done it before.
Soon, Bai Feng began to get busy.
The first thing he made was the sour plum soup.
After all, wine needed a certain amount of time to ferment, and what Bai Feng needed at this time was to prove that he was right as soon as possible.
It was a hot summer in Hanzhong now, and there were no air conditioners or electric fans in ancient times. There was only a folding fan.
Using a folding fan to fight against the hot summer didn't exist.
Because it was difficult to make ice in ancient times, Bai Feng used saltpeter to make ice.
Once the iced sour plum soup was on the market, it immediately became popular in Hanzhong.
Such a cold, sweet, and delicious sour plum soup on a hot summer day was simply too good for people.
In just one day, the sour plum soup sold 50 million servings in Hanzhong.
This was a very exaggerated number.
One had to know that the population of the entire Hanzhong County was less than 50 million.
However, there were still many traveling merchants in Hanzhong.
These traveling merchants, as well as some merchants who came to Hanzhong for sightseeing, were the biggest consumers.
In just one day, Bai Feng's little treasury skyrocketed, and he made a lot of money.
This matter quickly spread to the ears of the landlords.
But then, Bai Feng's wine was made again.
With the sour plum soup as an example, people directly bought it without any explanation.
This time, it sold more than the sour plum soup.
This matter quickly spread to Xuchang.
The landlords in Xuchang couldn't sit still.
At this time, in Cao Zhi's residence.
"How … how is this possible? What method did Bai Feng use?! "
After hearing the news, Cao Zhi's eyes widened. He couldn't believe it.
But Yang Xiu wouldn't lie to him.
Yang Xiu sighed and said,
"I originally thought that Bai Feng was just digging his own grave by doing this."
"He dared to use business to rule the country. He was simply making an enemy of the landlords and the scholar-officials in the world."
"But I didn't expect that he would find another way and find such a way …"
Cao Zhi frowned and said,
"If this goes on, I'm afraid that father will make him a Marquis!"
"Although father hasn't become an emperor, you and I both know that it's only a matter of time!"
"If he is made a Marquis, won't he be on the same level as me?"
"This kind of thing can't happen!"
Thinking of the seriousness of this matter, Cao Zhi was furious.
At this time, Yang Xiu waved his hand and said,
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