The Storm of the Qin State Chapter 25 The Wine Workshop
An ox cart carrying Li Qing and Huang Meng slowly drove towards the city gate, and the person driving was Zhang San.
"Stop, the adults have orders, and idle people are not allowed to enter and leave the city gate at will."
At the gate of the city, the ox cart was stopped by the Qin army.
Zhang San jumped out of the ox cart, straightened his clothes, and a sneer appeared on his face full of meat, and said: "Master Jun, it's me, Zhang San of the Zhang family, I'll take my buddies to the wine shop outside the city to get wine, if you don't get wine again, there will be no wine left in the city." ”
As he spoke, Zhang San had already quietly handed over more than a dozen Qin Cast Copper Coins, which were round and square.
The commander of the Qin army, who was guarding the city gate, quietly took the copper coin, and then said loudly: "It's Zhang San, it's really a big deal for you to go out of the city to get wine, okay, you go out." ”
Zhang San said with a smile: "The military master is hard, come to the shop to drink another day." ”
Zhang San turned over and got into the ox cart, and was about to leave with the ox cart, when the commander of the Qin army suddenly stopped Zhang San, pointed at Huang Meng and Li Qing and asked, "Zhang San, who are these two people?" How is there still a cripple? ”
When Huang Meng heard this, a trace of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and he subconsciously put his hand on the wooden board on the soles of his feet, and underneath that, there were the weapons of him and Li Qing.
Li Qing was also very nervous, there were dozens of Qin troops guarding the gate, and there were hundreds of defenders stationed on the city tower, once they moved, the two of them would not have the slightest chance of winning.
The words of the commander of the Qin army attracted the attention of the other Qin soldiers, and even a dozen Qin soldiers with Ge surrounded them, holding Changge in their hands against Li Qing and the others.
Seeing this, Zhang San hurriedly said: "Master Jun, these two are my Zhang family's buddies, this one with a broken arm is my Zhang family's guard in Luoyang, a few days ago when he was transporting goods, he was cut off by a bandit and can no longer be a guard, so he was sent by the head of the family to me to help me do some light work to transport goods, this young man is his younger brother, and he is also a guy who came to help me work." ”
Wu Chang looked at Huang Meng suspiciously, he didn't look like a good person no matter how he looked at Huang Meng's face.
Li Qing got up and said respectfully: "Master Jun, we are really the guys of the Zhang family." ”
Before Wu Chang could ask, at this time, a Qin soldier next to him suddenly whispered a few words in his ear, Wu Chang's color changed slightly after listening, he glanced at Li Qing solemnly, waved his hand, and said, "Since you are from the Zhang family, let's go out." ”
After leaving the city, the three of them were a little dazed, they thought that they needed to work hard this time, but they didn't expect Qin Jun to let the three of them out of the city like this.
In the city, looking at the backs of Li Qing and the others, the commander of the Qin army touched his chin and muttered to himself: "It has something to do with the adults from Xianyang, but it is a bit interesting to falsely claim to be the servants of the Zhang family." ”
The Zhang's winery is located in a mountain village ten miles outside the city, the scale of the winery is not small, and the people in the whole village belong to the Zhang's farmer and do things for the Zhang's family.
Zhang San's status in the Zhang family is obviously not low, along the way, people kept saying hello to Zhang San, and they only glanced at Li Qing and the two people brought by Zhang San, and then they were busy doing things.
Zhang San got off the ox cart and took Li Qing and the two straight to the winery, originally the winery was not allowed to outsiders to enter, but under the guidance of Zhang San, Li Qing and the two entered the winery very easily.
A hot current hits the brewery, and the brewery is steaming, so that the people who work in the brewery are topless, but even so, you can still see the sweat on their bodies.
The Qin Dynasty's winemaking technique was more sophisticated than Li Qing had imagined, they first steamed the grain used to make wine, then added koji, and then precipitated it after semi-sealed fermentation, so that the wine was successfully brewed.
The wine made in this way has a lot of impurities, and the taste is too strange, but now people are used to this kind of wine mixed with impurities, they like the feeling of being drunk and fluttering, of course, sometimes in order to reduce the astringency in the wine, people will choose to heat the wine, and the taste of the heated wine will become more mellow, and similarly, the alcohol will volatilize because of heating, and it will become less likely to get drunk.
Li Qing and the three of them were watching the workers make wine, and a middle-aged man came over with a dissatisfied face, and said coldly: "Third young master, this wine shop is important, why did you bring outsiders in?" Who are they? ”
When Zhang San saw the middle-aged man, his face showed a trace of unhappiness, but he still pointed to Li Qing and Huang Meng and introduced: "These two are my friends, they have research on winemaking, and they say that they can help us make good wine." ”
When the middle-aged man heard this, he sneered: "Third Young Master, you're afraid you're stupid, right?" In terms of winemaking, in the entire Dangjun, who can compare to our Zhang family, just your two friends? A milky kid and a waste? Do you know how to make wine? ”
When Huang Meng heard this, his eyes suddenly widened, and his already fierce appearance made the middle-aged man's feet weak and he almost collapsed to the ground.
Li Qing hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop Huang Meng and said, "Big brother, don't be angry, let's leave it to the third brother to deal with." ”
The middle-aged man said this about his friend, Zhang San was obviously a little angry, but although this middle-aged man was only a side branch of the Zhang family, he was proficient in wine-making technology, and half of the Zhang family's livelihood was in his hands, so although Zhang San was angry, he didn't dare to blame this person too much.
Zhang San snorted: "Zhang Gu, how can you insult my friend, and next time, be careful that the third master is not polite to you." ”
A trace of shame flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged man Zhang Gu, but Zhang Gu also knew that although he had mastered the brewing technology, there was still a big gap between him and Zhang San in terms of identity, although he was not happy, he still didn't dare to say much, he just glanced at Li Qing and Huang Meng coldly, but when he met Huang Meng's eyes, he felt the murderous aura on Huang Meng's body again, and quickly turned his head, not daring to look at Huang Meng.
"Two brothers, Zhang San has wronged the two of them today, and Zhang San is here to make amends to the two."
Out of the wine shop, Zhang San saluted Li Qing and Huang Meng, with a look of shame on his face.
Li Qing hurriedly supported Zhang San and said, "What did the third brother say, you and my brother, how can you care about these trivial things." ”
Although Huang Meng was angry, he and Zhang San were also like-minded, so naturally it was inconvenient to say more, but there was still a little anger on his face.
Zhang San sighed and said: "Don't hide it from the two brothers, that Zhang Gu is actually just the son of a servant of my Zhang family, but I don't know where he learned the method of refining pure wine, and the three-day drunken in my store came from this person, so I don't blame him much." ”
When Li Qing heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Third brother, if you can trust me, I can make you a better wine than three days of drunkenness." ”
When Zhang Sanyi heard this, his face showed suspicion, and he said, "Is this true? ”
Li Qing showed a confident look on his face and said, "Third brother, if you want to say that other junior brothers may not be good, but when it comes to winemaking, no one in this world should be able to beat me." ”