Chapter 69: Ladder over the wall
The Emperor asked for wine by name, so the matter of winemaking should not be delayed. Fortunately, Wang Hu was more reliable, and he did not throw the distillation equipment halfway, but brought it to Chang'an, stored it in the warehouse of the Cao Guo Mansion, and took it out to connect it to use. This equipment is too small, at most ten jars of wine at a time, it is impractical to put it into commercial use, and the larger distillation equipment, Li Mu is already brewing, he plans to find a good location on his field, and build a winery similar to that of later generations, which will take time, but he has already handed over the sketch to Li Bi, and Li Bi will go to the craftsman to build a house, not to mention it for the time being.
In order to make wine for the Emperor Taishang, Li Bi arranged a quiet place for Li Mu in the Cao Guo Mansion, which was originally the martial arts arena of the Cao Guo Mansion, but because Li Siwen was not in the mansion at this time, and Li Ji's eldest son Li Zhen never practiced martial arts, so he was idle for a long time.
The next day after picking up his mother, Li Mu found Bai Gensheng as a helper, and spent a morning connecting the distillation equipment, and Bai Nao'er also wanted to help, but was driven away by Li Mu, and gave him the twenty acres of land deed, and asked him to go to Bashang to measure the land. As for the title deed of another piece of land of fifty hectares, he was asked by Li Bi in the morning, saying that he wanted to give Li Mu a piece of good land next to the Guogong Mansion, so that the two families would be connected, and it would be more convenient in the future.
After eating, Li Mu took Bai Gensheng to open the pot and make wine. The first pot of wine is still three glasses to pour, and the second pot he plans to brew something else, but he hasn't thought about it yet. There is one biggest difference between making wine in this shed and making wine in the house, it is cool! As we all know, brewing is a process of steaming and distillation, in a confined space, the firewood is filled, the heat rises, and a pot of wine is brewed as if it is in a bath. In the shed, this situation is much more relieved, and the heat rises and disperses, and it is much cooler.
But this also leads to another problem, which is the escape of the aroma. When it was steamed, it was better, but when it was time to distill, the wine was churning, and the autumn was getting cooler, and the fog around the shed was billowing, like a fairyland, and the fog was visible to the naked eye.
Beyond a wall, it is also a martial arts arena. But it is not the martial arts arena of the Cao Guo Mansion, but the martial arts arena of the Su Guo Mansion. The martial arts arena of the Suguo Mansion is not as deserted as the Cao Guogong Mansion, Suguo Gong Cheng bites Jin with a total of six sons, and his favorite thing is to train his sons, stipulating that there is an hour of homework every morning and evening, and the schoolwork of other families is all Zi Shiyun, Chengfu's schoolwork is a bow, a sword, and a gun, as long as they are at home, several sons must practice, when they serve in the army like Cheng Chumo, and they don't live at home, so they can be regarded as a head.
It can be seen that it is not unreasonable for Li Siwen to be beaten. Six young men are being drilled at home all day long, and there is no place to release an evil fire in their stomachs. This is equivalent to an ordinary second-year teenager who only knows how to play and eat chicken every day, and he is still a dozen or six in the face of the devil muscle man who lifts iron in the gym all day, and it will be hellish if he can beat it.
On this day, Cheng Chumo finished handing over his official duties in the army and went home to visit. Cheng Yanjin was very happy and ordered someone to hold a banquet - in the martial arts arena, he wanted to check whether Cheng Chumo's martial arts had regressed, because he was worried that his son would be abolished after following Li Ji.
In the early Tang Dynasty, famous generals were like clouds, who was higher and who was lower, of course, later generations had comments, but these were all rankings ranked by later generations according to their own ideas. Who can really convince whom in the hearts of these people? If you talk about it, everyone has contributed to Datang, and they are irreplaceable, and no one is much lower than anyone else in terms of merit. It's just that some people are good at strategy, such as Li Ji and Li Jing, and some people are brave, such as Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chi Jingde, etc., everyone has different ways of establishing meritorious service, if anyone lowers their heads and admits that the other party is better than themselves, it is impossible.
Cheng Yanjin is a 'brave' faction, he fights, stresses a refreshing, first wraps up the enemy, and then forces to the Jedi, and strives for a decisive battle. During the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Biting Jin did not do this kind of thing, the two armies lined up, and before the first drum was beaten, he saw that the main general had already rushed out of the formation, and the others had to chase after it. In contrast, Cheng Yanjin felt that Li Ji was fighting too hard, this plan, that plan, delaying for half a month without going to war, the girls were boring. In this battle to level the Turks, Cheng Biting Jin asked for battle more than a dozen times, but whether it was sprinkling or rolling, and even staged a 'pillar collision' drama in the court, he failed to succeed in the battle. This time, Cheng Chumo went home, and he just touched the mold. Cheng Yanjin listened to him tell how Li Ji commanded the troops, how he used many tricks, and caused the greatest damage to the enemy with the lowest damage.
Cheng Chu didn't have time to cry silently, he knew that this was the case, and he didn't let out a fart when he went home. But the old man let go, and he didn't dare to disobey him if he was given ten dares, so he had to pick up the knife and start practicing the 36-way family knife technique, followed by the 54-way home marksmanship, the 72-way home swordsmanship, and the 18-way family sword...... What the? Some people think that the marksmanship is a bit like the Luo family, and the gongfu is a bit like the Qin family? No, no, no, that's impossible, it's all from the Cheng family, all from the Cheng family!
When Li Mu was distilling, Cheng Chumo was practicing the 'Cheng Family Method', and Cheng Yanjin was sitting on the edge of the martial arts arena, drinking Sanle pulp, watching his son sweat, and his mood gradually became comfortable. No matter how much credit Li Ji has made, his two sons are not as good as my sons. One is a rotten Confucian who only knows how to read, and the other is an idle gentleman, how can there be my son's kung fu, in front of the two armies, my son is alone, your two sons, go up and die!
When he was proud, he suddenly had some itchy nose, sneezed and sniffed again, and his brows furrowed.
This smells of alcohol! It's still good wine! Cheng Yanjin sniffled a few times, glanced at the next door, raised his hand and called Cheng Chumo, and said, "Do you know what this smells like?" Your master will come back from the Turks with good wine? ”
Cheng Chumo heard the words 'your master general', he couldn't help but smile bitterly, he didn't dare to take this stubble, wiped his sweat and replied: "Dad, it's not from the Turks, it's a kid named Li Mu, the wine he brewed, I also drank it once, the wine is really good, I feel full of strength after taking a sip, and my stomach is full of heat, as if it wants to burn!" I just didn't dare to drink more, the strength was too great, and I poured it in one bowl. ”
"Phew! To put it scarily, what kind of wine hasn't your father drunk? And a bowl of poured wine? Cheng bit the golden eyeballs and rolled around, turned around and called the next person: "Go and move the ladder over, Lao Tzu wants to see what kind of wine is so powerful!" ”