Jiuniang shook her head: "What are you playing, don't we need to prepare?" ”

"Ready?" Fusang laughed, "Senior sister, do you think we are not anxious enough now?" Where is the time to prepare for this? ”

The biggest thing in the year is how to fight this battle with people who are not drunk with wine.

As for everything else, you can put it all aside.

Anyway, there won't be any uncontrollable situation at that so-called event. At most, the aroma of the wine will take out some of the aging in the cellar and let the merchants taste it. Besides, after these few competitions, these guests who come to Yecheng this time will not necessarily look for wine.

And Jiu Niang doesn't know anything about these things.

Fusang frowned and thought for a while, and patted Jiu Niang's shoulder: "Senior sister, if you and Master really decide...... I think it's better for you to ask Master about some things. Does he want you to be his right-hand man, or does he want you to be just responsible for being beautiful, I think you need to ask about these things. ”

Jiu Niang was stunned for a moment and nodded slowly.

Yes, she didn't know anything about these things. I don't know what Gu Huacheng wants to do, and I don't know what I can do to help, what I can do seems to be obedient all the time.

But sometimes, I don't even want to hear something.

Many times, Jiu Niang herself will feel very conflicted.

Really, is it because of this face? Because of this face, Gu Huacheng will like himself?

Lowering her head, Jiu Niang suddenly felt a little sad.

Fusang didn't know what to say for a while, so he was stunned for a while before he smiled and spoke to Jiu Niang: "Senior sister, it's actually quite fun to wait for the merchants to enter Beijing." When the time comes, you can just hang out with your junior sister. ”

Jiu Niang nodded and glanced at Gu Huacheng again. before returning to his room. As soon as I entered the door, I saw the package of Chinese medicine spread on the table, frowned, Jiu Niang stepped forward and picked it up, thought for a moment, and went out with the medicine bag again.

In the pharmacy, the gray-bearded old doctor talked to Jiu Niang about some important precautions, and said that he would dispel phlegm, cough, defeat fire and dispel dampness, and suddenly mentioned the hop flower, Jiu Niang couldn't help frowning.

The old doctor glanced at Jiu Niang's expression. "Girl, is there something wrong with the hops?" ”

"No, no, I don't know medical skills, what can be wrong, I just think the hops are a little familiar." Jiu Niang smiled embarrassedly.

The old doctor nodded and continued to say something, Jiu Niang didn't hear it, just thought about what the henry was, weishenme herself just felt that she had heard it.

Took another pair of medicines. Jiuniang said goodbye to the old doctor and walked back slowly, and there were many people in exotic clothes coming and going on the street, saying some words that they didn't quite understand. Jiuniang couldn't help but sit in a tea shop and asked for a pot of tea. Listen to the conversations of those people. In this way, the merchant festival in Yecheng is a bit like foreign trade. I don't know if this wine is still booming in import and export.

Jiu Niang suddenly remembered where she had seen a hop flower.

When she was studying, Jiu Niang liked to read some strange books. Anyway, I like to read all kinds of books except textbooks. I've seen some reports about alcohol.

I don't remember what year it was, but the Germans first added hops to brewing beer. As a result, the beer has a refreshing bitterness and a fragrant aroma. Since then, hops have been known as the "soul of beer" and have become one of the indispensable ingredients for beer brewing. It gives the beer a unique bitterness and aroma and has the ability to preserve and clarify the wort.

And hops, the scientific name is hops.

It's a wine that doesn't belong here, but it doesn't necessarily can't be brewed by the people here.

According to common sense, there should have been no beer in this era, and the main thing was that hops were only used as medicinal herbs at this time. Gu Huacheng is known as the first brewer in Dayue Kingdom, but he has never heard of Gu Huacheng brewing beer.

Jiuniang paused, turned around and returned to the medical hall: "Bring me three catties of hops." ”

The white-bearded old doctor stroked his beard and looked at Jiu Niang and shook his head: "Girl, although you eat too much of the hops to clear heat and detoxify, they will still kill people." ”

"I'm not eating, I'm going to make wine." Jiu Niang frowned and explained.

"Winemaking?" The old doctor looked Jiuniang up and down as if he didn't believe it, "We have Mr. Gu and Boss Yu in Yecheng, which of your disciples are you?" ”

"Mr. Gu's subordinates." Jiuniang was happy when she heard it, but fortunately, this old gentleman still knew his master.

Who knew that the old doctor still shook his head: "Mr. Gu's subordinates shouldn't have come to buy so many hops, most of the wine that Mr. Gu is best at brewing still relies on good spring water and grain and rice, why buy so many hops." Little girl, don't come to me. I'm old, but Hayworth knows people. ”

"......" Jiu Niang twitched the corners of her mouth, "We are planning to make some new wine, and the master naturally hasn't used it before." ”

"Too much, no good." The old doctor was very persistent.

Jiuniang grinded with the old doctor for a while, but she could only buy three dollars of hops.

Returning to the aroma of wine, he was bumping into Fuso, who was about to go out.

Jiuniang squinted her eyes and looked at Fusang for a while, then pursed her lips and smiled: "Senior brother, I will give you a great task." ”

"What's wrong with you again? If you want to admit your mistake to Master, you can dare to go in now, and I see that Master is in a good mood now. Fusang rubbed his forehead and looked at Jiuniang helplessly.

Jiuniang couldn't help but roll her eyes at Fusang: "How can I make mistakes, as if I make mistakes all day long." I want you to go to the hospital and buy some things for me. ”

"Doctorate?" Fusang frowned and waited for the medicine bag in Jiu Niang's arms, "Aren't you holding the medicine?" ”

"Not enough." Jiu Niang rolled her eyes.

Fusang twitched the corners of his mouth: "It's enough for you to make trouble, what are you doing?" Sister, you won't be ...... Is there any incurable ......?"

"Phew!" Jiu Niang chirped, "Can't you think of me?" ”

"So what are you...... You've got to make me understand. ”

Jiuniang glared at Fusang angrily, and said, "Winemaking." ”

"I don't need a lot of sake brewing." Fusang frowned, still a little disbelieving.

Jiu Niang was suddenly annoyed: "Whether you go or not, forget if you don't go, don't shirk it so much." ”

Fusang was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Go, go, definitely go." ”

Jiuniang was a little happier at this, but she still glanced at Fusang before entering the door.

Jiu Niang, who entered the door, did not go to Gu Huacheng first as she had done in the past, but went to Jiang Nu's side and knocked on the door for a long time, but no one came to open the door.

Gu Huacheng said quietly behind Jiu Niang: "I haven't come back." ”

Jiu Niang turned her head and glanced at Gu Huacheng: "Oh." Huh? Master, aren't you uncomfortable? ”

"I didn't say I was uncomfortable, did I?" Gu Huacheng raised his eyebrows, "What are you arguing with Fusang at the door?" I heard movement in my study. ”

Jiuniang looked down at her toes, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's nothing, it's just ......"

"What medicine do you have in your hand? We've been relatively idle these days, are you planning to continue to boil the smell of medicine in our yard? It's better to teach you how to brew medicinal wine for the teacher. Gu Huacheng said to himself, not realizing that Jiu Niang's expression was already a little unnatural.

Jiuniang hesitated for a moment, then hesitantly asked, "Master, what if...... If I say I thought about what kind of wine we make to win Yu Jiao Niang, do you believe it or not? ”

"Oh?" Gu Huacheng raised his eyebrows, looking at Jiu Niang's expression with a little unnaturalness, "What did you think?" ”

"Beer."

"Beer?" Gu Huacheng had never heard of it.

"Yes, the basic method is actually the same as the wine we make, it's just ...... It's just that hops are used, and the main ingredient is barley. Jiu Niang tried to recall the information about beer that she had consulted during the Oktoberfest, "The brewed wine has a frothy aroma and a refreshing bitter taste. ”

Gu Huacheng frowned, thought for a while, and thought of a question that would not hurt Jiu Niang's feelings: "Are you a whimsical idea?" ”

Jiuniang frowned, pursed her lips, and did not say a word.

It seems really hard to understand this. In this era, when rice wine was still the mainstream, and even baijiu was not very famous, she proposed the brewing of beer. Shijie, the three ancient famous wines, is still not accepted by everyone after all.

Unless, Jiu Niang can brew beer.

Glancing at Gu Huacheng, Jiu Niang tugged at the corners of her mouth hard: "Just think of me as a whimsy, Master, if I can brew it, what should you do?" ”

"Oh?" Gu Huacheng squinted his eyes and looked at Jiu Niang, and chuckled, "Are you giving a military order with me?" ”

"Sort of." Jiuniang sighed, feeling that Gu Huacheng should still have room for bargaining.

Gu Huacheng looked at Jiuniang for a while and smiled: "If you really brew the beer you said, if the taste is really first-class, how about you vigorously promote beer this year as a teacher?" ”

"Actually, as long as Master, you let me brew." Jiuniang smiled, and for Gu Huacheng's statement, she couldn't tell whether she was happy or unhappy.

It's just that on that day, everyone in Yecheng knew that Jiuniang was full of shijie's exchange of hops, and those who didn't know thought that Jiuniang had some incurable disease, so they had to find hops to make home remedies?

Yu Jianniang leaned upstairs, squinted at the aroma of wine opposite, called Su Ho to come to her, frowned and asked, "Did you really inquire clearly?" ”

Soho nodded: "That's what the people in the medical hall said, and now I'm afraid that Yecheng will know." Jiuniang said that she wanted to use the hops to make wine, but it seems that she can't buy too much of it, and now she is trying to figure out a way. ”

"You can make wine with hops?" Yu Jiaoniang frowned, thinking that Jiu Niang might really start to get sick and go to the doctor. (To be continued......)