Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 735 Persuasion

Seeing that Peng Dongjia's expression was relaxed, Hua Lei added fuel to the fire and promised Peng Dongjia that if Peng Dongjia was willing to build a winery in Xichang Prefecture, Hua Lei could collect 3% less business tax in the first five years than Peng Dongjia's family in Jiangnan Prefecture.

This is the biggest concession that Hualei can make within her authority. This is also because Xichang Prefecture is located in a remote area of ​​the Great Sheng Dynasty, so there are local tax incentives.

Hearing about the tax benefits, Peng Dongjia became even more excited, and the balance unknowingly tilted towards Hua Lei.

Seeing that Peng Dongjia was still hesitant, Hua Lei used her last trump card. In addition to the various benefits mentioned above, Hua Lei also promised that within five years, Peng Dongjia could use the brewed liquor to exchange sorghum with the Xichang government every year.

In other words, in the next five years, Hualei will use sorghum to purchase a certain amount of liquor from Peng Dongjia in the name of Xichang government office to support Peng Dongjia in setting up a winery in Xichang.

This five-year period is also the longest period Hualei can give. Even if Hualei leaves Xichang Prefecture and returns to Beijing in two years, this agreement will still be valid.

For this certain amount of liquor, only the difference in commercial tax for replacement needs to be paid, instead of the high full commercial tax on the liquor itself.

For the Peng family, this means they can pay much less commercial taxes, which is simply a blessing from heaven.

By the time Hua Lei finished speaking, Peng Dongjia had already completely agreed to this matter in his heart. So, he readily agreed to Hua Lei's suggestion.

However, he required himself to choose the location of the winery within Xichang. Water quality is also very important in the brewing of liquor.

This was not a problem for Hualei. As long as the winery was in Xichang, all the commercial taxes of the winery had to be handed over to Hualei. Therefore, Hualei readily agreed.

Therefore, the matter of Peng Dongjia establishing a winery in Xichang Prefecture was basically settled. In the next few days, the two of them discussed the subsequent matters of the winery, and after carefully considering many details, they finally signed an agreement for Peng Dongjia to establish a winery in Xichang Prefecture.

Then, they added a clause to the previous exchange agreement, which stipulated that liquor could be exchanged for sorghum. At the same time, the two also signed a ship transportation agreement.

After getting a few agreements, Hua Lei felt relieved. So, Hua Lei asked the official in charge of the etiquette office to take Peng Dongjia to several prefectures under Xichang Prefecture and let Peng Dongjia choose a location by himself.

After carefully looking around several provincial capitals below, Mr. Peng decided to choose Changlan Prefecture as the location for the winery.

To be honest, Hualei expected Peng Dongjia's decision. Peng Dongjia came from the wealthy Jiangnan Prefecture and had just arrived in Changlanzhou. As a newcomer, he certainly looked down on Changlanzhou's poverty and backwardness.

But after walking around Xichang Prefecture, he will find that among the short ones, Changlanzhou is still the best. After all, Changlanzhou is the capital of Xichang Prefecture.

Compared with other state capitals, it is still the most prosperous. Moreover, because many toilets have been built, the living environment and sanitary conditions are much better than other state capitals.

As for the water quality used for brewing wine, the water in several prefectures under Xichang Prefecture is similar, so after signing the agreement, Hua Lei suggested that Peng Dongjia use well water.

At first, Peng Dongjia had some concerns, thinking that using well water would be too labor-intensive. However, after a tour of Xichang, he realized the reality.

Well water is actually the best choice, but it is a little more troublesome. However, the quality of the liquor brewed is guaranteed.

Moreover, Changlanzhou and the neighboring Xi'an Prefecture of Prefect Bao are adjacent to each other and the distance is relatively short. In this way, the sorghum exchanged from Xi'an Prefecture can be brewed directly here in the future.

There is no need to transport it all the way to Jiangnan Prefecture for brewing, which can save a lot of transportation costs.

After comparing several places, Changlanzhou is more suitable. Moreover, it is very close to the Xichang government office, so it will be very convenient for the other party to come to me to discuss things.

After all, if you want to build a winery in Xichang Prefecture, many subsequent procedures still need to be handled at the government office. This is also the reason why Hua Lei readily agreed to let Peng Dongjia choose the site himself.

For Hualei, she really hopes that Peng Dongjia will set up the winery in Changlanzhou. As the capital of Xichang, Changlanzhou's economy needs to set an example.

Hua Lei also carefully looked at the conditions in several prefectures under Xichang Prefecture. Here, people are unable to get enough food and have no idea where to put their next meal. Therefore, there are no decent wineries in the local area.

Although some wealthy merchants were wealthy, the imperial court's control over wine brewing was relatively strict, and they were not qualified to brew and sell wine.

If they want to drink, they usually brew some at home for their family members to drink.

Or go out and buy some, which is why the sweet potato wine in Bai Yunhe shop is selling so well. In the past, Hualei, as a supplier of Bai Yunhe, of course hoped that the demand for Bai Yunhe sweet potato wine would be as large as possible.

When I first arrived in Xichang Prefecture, I thought about whether I should join forces with Bai Yunhe to set up a sweet potato winery in Xichang Prefecture?

However, if she vigorously developed her private business as soon as she arrived, it would be easy for people with ulterior motives to criticize her. Therefore, Hua Lei suppressed her thoughts and did not even tell Rong Jin.

After serving as the prefect of Xichang Prefecture for a few months, Hua Lei's perspective on things changed again.

If we want to change the current situation of Xichang Prefecture's backward economy, we cannot rely on the strength of one or two people. After all, our strength is too small.

Therefore, Xichang can only truly develop if it vigorously attracts investment and business opportunities and brings more wealthy and capable business people from other places to Xichang Prefecture.

Therefore, Peng Dongjia, who had the wine brewing order and the qualification of imperial merchants, should be her first target for attracting investment and business in Xichang Prefecture. Fortunately, it was successful.

After the address of the winery was finalized, Peng did not return to Jiangnan Prefecture for a period of time. Instead, he wrote a letter directly and sent it to his relatives in Jiangnan Prefecture.

He asked his relatives to send people to assist him, while he stayed in Xichangdu and began to recruit soldiers and build a winery.

Seeing that Mr. Peng was so quick to start the winery in Xichang Prefecture, Hua Lei felt more relieved and began to focus on her own business.

Because the weather in Xichang Prefecture is hot, there is no worry about the land freezing. In addition, due to the agreement with Peng Dong's family, sorghum planting was immediately put on the agenda.

However, how to plant it? Who should plant it? This is also something worth discussing. Some of it can be planted in the name of the government office as a year-end benefit for local officials.