"Xie Qianchou will stop production completely."
"The Mo Family will make Western Region wine in Dengzhou!"
With the departure of Zheng and Chen, the decision of the Mo Family to give up the liquor business and make Western Region wine immediately caused an uproar in the business circle of Chang 'an. The agent of Xie Qianchou who had taken out the deposit immediately regretted it.
The ban on liquor had been imposed. Wine was a unique business. Anyone could see the great business opportunity of wine. The secret of making wine in the Mo Family came from the famous Gao Chang Wine Workshop. It was said that Mo Jiazi had brought all the winemakers of Gao Chang back to the Tang Dynasty.
The news of Dengzhou wine had been spread in Chang 'an before it started to be made. It could be imagined how popular this business would be.
However, when they returned to Fish Scholar's Restaurant to continue to be the agent, they were rejected by Wu Meiniang. She said that the agent of other eight wines in the Tang Dynasty had to wait until next year for a fair bidding.
The group of agents immediately sighed and lamented that they had missed a good opportunity. Although Wu Meiniang's method was fair, everyone knew that if they wanted to obtain the qualifications to be an agent, the price would probably be several times higher.
"Mo Jiazi deserves to be Mo Jiazi!" All the people in Chang 'an could not help praising.
With the announcement of Xie Qianchou to stop production, the price of Xie Qianchou, which had been on sale, immediately soared. The tradition of the Mo Family Winery was to sell a batch of wine and store a batch of old wine as the base wine. It could be imagined that the value of the wine stored in the Mo Family Winery would be doubled.
Although it was a pity that the Mo Family Winery would lose the huge profit of Xie Qianchou, no one expected that Mo Jiazi would have another wine. This unintentional arrangement allowed the Mo Family Winery to get a unique business again. It not only made up for the lost profit of the liquor business, but also made it to a higher level.
"Sir, the order of the Medical Family Winery was given to the Zhang Family Winery, and the Mo Family Winery has stopped production completely. The other workshops have also stopped production and sealed their cellars."
In the Censorate. When Yu Zhining, who was in charge of the alcohol ban, heard his subordinate's report, he couldn't help but reveal a trace of complacency. The reason why he tried so hard to implement the alcohol ban was because he wanted to take this opportunity to attack Mo Jiazi's family. After all, Xie Qianchou was the most expensive and profitable liquor factory. Losing Xie Qianchou was like breaking a finger of Mo Jiazi's family. It was enough to make Mo Jiazi's heart ache.
"That's right. The alcohol ban is related to the stability of the food prices of the commoners and the safety of the Empire. We can't ignore it in the slightest. Once we find a workshop violating the alcohol ban, we will punish them severely," Yu Zhining shouted.
"Yes," the subordinate nodded. He naturally understood the meaning behind Yu Zhining's words. Suddenly, his heart moved as he remembered the news he had just heard.
"Regarding Mo Jiazi, there is another piece of news that needs to be reported to you, Sir." The subordinate thought for a moment and said.
"Speak!" Yu Zhining was in a good mood.
"It is said that Mo Jiazi's family has decided to make Western Region wine in Dengzhou. I don't know if this violates the alcohol ban." The subordinate was a little uncertain.
Generally speaking, the alcohol ban prohibited the use of grains to make liquor. However, the raw material of Mo Jiazi's Western Region wine was grapes, so it didn't endanger the food safety. However, the imperial court had just issued the alcohol ban. Mo Jiazi gave up on making liquor and turned to make wine. This was indeed suspected of taking advantage of the imperial court's loophole.
"Mo Jiazi is really audacious. How dare he go against the rules and deliberately go against the imperial court." Yu Zhining suddenly became furious.
It wasn't easy for him to ban Mo Jiazi's Xie Qianchou, but Mo Jiazi turned around and found another source of income. Even if he didn't know much about economics, he knew that wine was the only business in the Tang dynasty. The profit from it must be like before the secret of the Mo Jiazi's family was leaked.
At first, he was wondering why Mo Jiazi was so cooperative with the alcohol ban. He didn't expect that Mo Jiazi had already thought of a way out and used him instead. When he thought that he didn't cause any losses to Mo Jiazi, but instead helped Mo Jiazi to make money, Yu Zhining felt as if he had swallowed a fly.
"I will report to His Majesty right now. We must report Mo Jiazi." Seeing Yu Zhining's anger, the subordinate immediately expressed his sincerity.
Yu Zhining took a deep breath, shook his head and said, "No! Mo Jiazi just returned from a great victory and was wronged. Strictly speaking, making wine doesn't violate the alcohol ban. Even if we report to His Majesty, Mo Jiazi can still argue his way out. "
The subordinate frowned and said, "Are we just going to watch Mo Jiazi be so arrogant?"
Yu Zhining snorted and said, "Mo Jiazi thinks that he has played a little trick and thinks highly of himself. But he doesn't know that he is asking for trouble."
"Why do you say so?" The subordinate was puzzled.
Yu Zhining said proudly, "Making wine requires the secret of the wine. Do you know where the secret of the Mo Jiazi's family came from?"
The subordinate thought for a while and said, "It comes from Gao Chang. It is said that Mo Jiazi only took two secret of the Gao Chang's family. One is the secret of weaving, which he gave to the Ma Village. The other is the secret of the wine, which he is preparing to make in Dengzhou."
"That's right! The secret of the wine comes from Gao Chang. It is the trophy of the Western Expedition. Now that Minister Gao has not returned victorious and the Western Expedition is not over, Mo Jiazi took the trophy of the Western Expedition as his own for the benefit of the Mo Jiazi's family. Isn't this an act of embezzlement? "Yu Zhining sneered.
Mo Jiazi's subordinates suddenly realized something. Mo Jiazi's use of grape wine to brew wine might have been a borderline violation of the alcohol ban, but he had embezzled the secret wine-brewing technique as his spoils of war. Embezzling spoils of war was a big taboo, and this crime was even more serious than the alcohol ban.
"Not only that, Mo Jiazi abandoned the Firearms Division and returned to the capital alone for the sake of Princess Changle. It is also a big crime for a general to abandon his own soldiers. "Yu Zhining said ruthlessly.
Since Yu Zhining wanted to impeach the son of the Mo family, just the borderline prohibition of alcohol was not enough to hurt the son of the Mo family. The two crimes of embezzling the spoils of war and abandoning the soldiers to return to the capital alone were Yu Zhining's real trump cards this time.
"You are so wise!" The subordinate said admiringly.
"Go and write the memorial! This time, we're not alone. The Firearms Division is renowned throughout the world, and its offensive power is unparalleled. I'm sure many people are drooling over this army, wanting to take them under their command. "Yu Zhining revealed a sinister smile.
He had waited for many years. Mo Jiazi had finally shown a flaw, and that flaw was Princess Changle.
As long as he could prove that Mo Jiazi was guilty of these crimes, he would lose the first merit of the Western Expedition and the world-renowned Firearms Supervisor. Mo Jiazi's power would be greatly reduced and he would be able to suppress Mo Jiazi again. Moreover, he believed that many people had the same idea. As long as he took the initiative to attack Mo Jiazi, there would naturally be others who would follow suit.
Under Yu Zhining's efforts, an impeachment against the Mo Family's son was quickly formed, and it was scheduled for the next court assembly.
Li Shimin, who had finally finished dealing with Tubo, thought of Qu Zhisheng, the king of Gao Chang, and prepared to summon him. As the general who had escorted Qu Zhisheng back to Chang 'an, Mo Jiazi would attend this court meeting.
At that time, they would meet on the battlefield.
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