In the era before the advent of distilled spirits, the wine of the Han people was very low in degree, and the taste was average, and some inferior wines even had a sour taste.

On the other hand, it is a wine with a taste and a strong aroma, but it is a sake made using a specific technique, and it is in the hands of some families, because it is rare and precious.

The northerners still can't drink much, let alone the Jingchu people.

But even then for the sake of the wine, it is not so fragrant.

Ma Jie is a gentleman in wine, but a good winemaker. After smelling it, he knew that it was probably a good wine, so he quickly took a sip of the wine glass, which was sweet in his mouth, and then exploded, slitting his throat like a knife, sliding into his belly, and then burning his belly.

After a sip of wine, Ma Jie felt something, and if he drank ordinary wine, it was difficult to have such a feeling even if he drank a jar of wine.

"It's like the best of a sake." Ma shot with such emotion, crooked beating is very appropriate to distill liquor, distilled liquor concentrates alcohol, isn't it the essence of wine?

Ma Shot didn't care about singing and dancing at all, just tasted the wine one by one, the more he drank, the more he tasted, the more he drank, the more he felt delicious, and before he knew it, a glass of wine had been swallowed, and Ma Shot's face was red.

Next to each guest's desk, there is a servant or servant. There is a small wine jar of one pound next to the desk.

"Wine!" Ma Jie said to the slave beside him.

"No." The slave and maid softly agreed, picked up the wine, and set the wine for the horse. When the glass was full, he put down the jar and knelt down to serve.

After Ma Shot was full, he couldn't wait to take another sip. After taking a sip, I didn't dare to drink it anymore. Because he was already on his head, he was a little dizzy.

Although getting drunk is commonplace for Ma Shot, getting drunk at the banquet of General Liu Bei of Zuo will damage the image.

Now this is the case in Jingzhou.

Liu Biao reused Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and used a large number of two henchmen, so that talented people, such as him, Yin Guan, Yi and many others, were idle at home.

Liu Biao Confucian people do not know soldiers. Many characters in Jingzhou know that Liu Biao may not be able to hold Jingzhou, on the contrary, Liu Beixiong is overlooked, and he is a hero of the Han family, and he definitely has a bright future.

So Liu Bei stationed troops in Xinye, posing as a corporal of Lixian. The Jingchu scholars are like clouds, and the scholars here are only a small number of important figures, and there are hundreds of thousands of others.

There is a Lord.

People like Ma Jie are also competing to show themselves, and of course they will not and are unwilling to get drunk and lose their temper at such a banquet.

And there are actually many people who like to drink like Ma Shot. Some people are indeed strict with themselves, but more are leisurely people.

Get together for a drink, talk about current affairs, and talk about heroes. There is hardly a person who does not drink, and since he is dipped in drinking, it is a lifelong thing.

Of course, this is also an elite, and it is generally enough to stop like horse shooting. But an urgent question popped up.

What kind of wine is this wine and why is it so delicious? Why haven't you drunk it before? Where is it produced? What if you can't drink it in the future?

Drinking, of course, is good drinking.

I didn't know that there was good wine before, and I just drank those bad wines. Now that I have drunk such good wine, I think of the wine I drank before, and it is naturally like chewing wax.

If you don't have this wine to drink, you can go back and drink the bad wine of the past, but how can you eat it?

There are not a few people who think like this, and who are so restless. Therefore, Liu Bei's banquet was led astray from the beginning, and it was also very positive from the beginning.

Liu Bei nominally entertained these Jingchu elites for the purpose of contacting feelings and talking about current affairs, but the real purpose was to sell wine.

The elites of Jingchu came to the banquet thinking that they would enjoy singing and dancing, drink wine, and then talk about current affairs and contact Liu Bei.

All of a sudden, they were led astray, and no one wanted to talk about current events. Anyway, there's nothing to talk about, the world is still like that.

Now the key is the wine, where to get it.

Liu Bei's goal was achieved, and these Jingchu elites were led astray.

Singing and dancing are actually pleasing to the eye. In order to support the scene, Liu Bei is training musicians, and the singers have made a lot of money, and they still play northern songs and dances.

Jing Chu is rare to see.

If it is usual, these Jingchu elites have to taste, watch, and appreciate. At this moment, I wish this song and dance would pass quickly, and then ask Liu Bei about the wine!!!

In a word, life is like a year.

Finally, when the song and dance passed, the gentleman in the wine couldn't help but take the lead in standing up, shook his bow to Liu Bei, and asked: "Dare to ask General Zuo, this wine is so delicious, but I have only seen it in my life, I don't know where General Zuo got it." ”

The twenty or thirty elite people in Jingzhou all pricked up their ears and listened, all of them were red-faced, but many of them really drank it.

Liu Bei's more than a dozen helpers, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian and others also drank too much, this wine is really tired of drinking, and at this moment the helpers let out a soft laugh.

"Hehehe."

Not contempt, of course, but joy, joy, and understanding of the same people in the wine. Since drinking this wine, the old bad wine has remained.

Unpleasant.

Only this Mishi wine is really good wine.

Of course, Liu Bei also smiled, and then replied, "This wine." Called to make Mi's wine, Fangzi is my nephew Guan Ping's out, Mi Zizhong funded a workshop, so it is called Mi's wine. This wine is really delicious, I have to drink some every day, thinking that it is better to be happy alone than to be happy with all, so I invite you to taste this good wine. ”

Guan Ping is very low-key and reluctant to be famous. Liu Bei casually sold Guan Ping, of course, these Jingchu elites didn't care much.

Who knows who Liu Bei's nephew Guan Ping is. It's a good thing to have a recipe, of course, but this wine is just a pleasure thing.

It's like a good sword, everyone in the world knows the sword, but you don't know who the person who made the sword is, it's a matter of course.

If it is said that the reputation is promoted, it is not as effective as the gift of Wei Yanlai by the Ping Finger Horse.

All in all, this matter is not a matter of fame and fortune, it can only be profitable.

After listening to Liu Bei's answer, these Jingchu elites immediately turned their eyes to Mi Zhu, and the tiger-wolf-like eyes made even Mi Zhu feel numb for a while.

However, Ma Jie and the others did not continue to say anything, it was too rude to talk about buying wine at the banquet, and after the banquet was over, it was wrong, and I would go to Mi Zhu's house tomorrow.

These Jing Chu elites thought almost in unison.

So the banquet was a bit anticlimactic, and it was very lively at first, but then it was hurried and dull.

Now there is nothing big in the world, there is nothing to talk about.

And everybody is thinking about wine.

After the banquet ended, Liu Bei invited all the elites to stay and rest, and he didn't say that he would stay for a few days, anyway, he wanted to stay Liu Bei welcome, and if he wanted to leave, he would at least wait for tomorrow.

This is normal, every time Jing Chu's group of scholars come to Liu Bei, many of them have to stay for a few days and talk to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's General Zuo's Mansion is very large, there are a lot of guest rooms, one room for two people, it is enough to arrange these twenty or thirty Jing Chu elites, and they slept very well this night, and everyone went to bed early.

It's not so easy to sleep, the two of them sleep in the same room, and everyone is mixed up in the Jingchu realm, and they know each other very well, so they have to say something.

Current affairs, political affairs, many people will scold Cai Mao, Zhang Yun or something.

But forget it tonight, because the drinking is a little too much, as soon as I came to the room to lie down, I have already begun to fall asleep.

This night was particularly sweet, and the next day, the Jingchu elites got up early in the morning, after enjoying the breakfast made by General Zuo's Mansion. (Liu Bei eats with him).

A group of twenty or thirty people all walked to Mi Zhu's house. Because it's close, there's no need to take a car, so let's go on foot.

Of course, Mi Zhu is prepared, and he has absolutely nothing to say about dealing with people. Let the people in the house sweep the street in front of the door, clean the lobby, and light incense.

Hearing that everyone in Jingchu was visiting, Mi Zhu personally went out to greet everyone and welcomed everyone into the lobby. After the host and guest sat down, there was no shortage of pleasantries.

These Jingchu elites come to Liu Bei from time to time to sit here, and they are also very familiar with Mi Zhu, and they don't see anything outside of each other.

After this normal procedure, the gentleman in the wine couldn't help it, and asked, "Zizhong, is the Mi's wine from last night in stock?" ”

The rest of the Jing Chu elites also pricked up their ears when they heard this, waiting for the following.

"Yes, it's 10,000 catties." Mi Zhu smiled very calmly. In recent times, Liu Bei has stepped up the expansion of his brewery, expanded the population, and put in place strict security and confidentiality measures.

10,000 catties of wine freshly baked.

Fifty pounds of one altar is two hundred altars.

Half a gold for each jar, a hundred gold. It seems that it is very little, Liu Bei's Lu horse was sold for two hundred gold, and an ordinary war horse was sold for ten gold.

This 10,000 catties of wine is worth ten war horses.

The problem is that the cost of this wine is low, and one pound of grain can produce more than five taels of wine. As long as there is food, there are employees who can make it in a steady stream.

Widely informed, fame spread.

Just selling wine, selling it to all over the world, earning at least hundreds, or even thousands of gold, every day. When Xinye's business prospers, you can take the opportunity to set up a market and collect taxes, which is another large amount of income.

With gold, you can buy grain from Jingchu, Bashu, and Jiangdong, and you can farm the land and produce grain.

As Guan Ping said, the development of Xinye will definitely attract worldwide attention.

This is the commercial influence brought by a special commodity, just like the Shu brocade that has been famous in the Bashu region for countless years.

When everyone heard that there were still 10,000 catties of wine, they were immediately relieved. There were twenty or thirty people present, and there were hundreds of catties of profit every day.

This wine is easy to get on, you shouldn't drink much every day, hundreds of catties are enough to drink for a few years. Of course, if it's like a horse shot, it can only last a year.

Everyone was moved, but no one spoke for a while. I'm sorry to speak. They are all people who come and go to Liu Bei's place, and they are very familiar with Mi Zhu.

When it comes to trading, it always feels tacky. But everyone is a reasonable person, and no one would want to force Mi Zhu to give them wine.

How do you say this?

On the contrary, Mi Zhu was prepared, so he smiled and said: "This wine is named Mi's wine, which is actually a means for the lord to gather money and grain." You're all smart people, so I don't need to say more. ”

These people, of course, are elites, and they understand it as soon as they hear it. It turns out that they were asked to drink to promote the reputation of this wine.

However, these elites are not angry, but feel very motivated.

After all, they are interested in Liu Bei, and they are disgusted with Liu Biao's appointment of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun. If Liu Bei can raise money and food and greatly increase his strength, it will naturally be of great benefit to them.

This wine is no longer a problem with wine, it has risen to a level. Jing Chu's gang looked much more serious, and Ma Jian asked, "Zizhong, what is the price of this wine?" ”

"Half gold!" Mi Zhu also replied seriously.

"This!" The elites were stunned when they heard this, and Yin Guan, who had always been steady, also frowned and asked, "Is this price too cheap?" ”

The people who buy wine and drink it say that the price of wine is too cheap, which is absolutely wonderful, but it also proves that Liu Bei has won the hearts of the people in Jingzhou.

These elites in Jingzhou support Liu Bei so much.

"It's not cheap, it's a very productive wine. It can not only be sold in Jingzhou, but also in Jiangdong and Bashu, and even if the northerners know about the existence of this wine, I am afraid that a large number of merchants will gather here. The daily progress is not idle. ”

Mi Zhu shook his head, and when he said this, Mi Zhu got up from his seat, bowed deeply to everyone present, dragged the floor with his big sleeves, and said sincerely: "Please, everyone." ”

Ma Jie and the others glanced at each other, and hurriedly got up to return the salute. Yin Guan, the most old-fashioned, said: "I'll understand." ”

Helping Liu Bei is a matter of course.

Help Liu Bei without hesitation.

After that, the gang dispersed and returned to their homes. However, everyone took hundreds of catties of wine and swept away the inventory of the brewery.

The cost is not worth mentioning, a few hundred catties of wine per person, that is, four pieces of hardware per person. A war horse is worth ten gold, and these four pieces of gold are naturally nothing.

It's just that these Jingchu elites are all here for the banquet, and no one brings gold. So although I bought wine, it was all on credit.

Everyone is a kind gentleman, and of course they will not fail to repay their debts. When he returned home, he would naturally send someone to Xinye to bring the gold.

Mi Zhu politely sent the Jingchu elites to the gate of the southern city and handed them over. After sending everyone away, it was almost noon, Mi Zhu couldn't take care of eating, and went to General Zuo's mansion to see Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was eating in the small hall, and when he heard that Mi Zhu hadn't eaten, he hurriedly let the kitchen drink and dish, and the two of them chatted while eating.

Although he doesn't say anything, Liu Bei doesn't have so many rules here.

"How's it going?" Liu Bei took a sip of wine and grabbed a piece of chicken leg to gnaw, which was a little difficult to chew if it was slippery or not, so he grabbed it directly with his hands.

After eating the chicken thighs, he spit out the bones, and Liu Bei licked his fingers very casually.

In private, Liu Bei is very casual.

Mi Zhu didn't see it at all, but said with joy on his face: "All the gentlemen are kind gentlemen, 10,000 catties of wine have been dispersed, and soon after, there will be businessmen who will gather in Xinye." ”

"Hahaha." Liu Bei laughed very happily, and after laughing, Liu Bei raised his wine glass and said to Mi Zhu: "Come on, come on, drink this cup." ”

Mi Zhu is as good as a stream, raising a glass and drinking with Liu Bei.