Chapter 17 "Linglong Enters School in Late Autumn and Comes to the Distillery to Become a Small Talent"

Renzong has recently become unwell, so the queen summoned the imperial doctor.

The imperial doctor just said that he was too tired and should not be tired, and he should rest for a period of time to recuperate his body. But everyone else knows that in the 20 years that Renzong has been in power, his body can't support it. In the end, under the threat of the queen, the morning dynasty was not changed every day, it should be changed to once every three days, and Renzong also rarely had time to rest.

Except for major events, the prime minister will come to discuss with him, the rest is to play chess and fish in the imperial garden, chat with the prince and princess, and return to his father's duties.

Today is the day of the last dynasty, and all the officials know that the emperor has been recuperating recently, and it is not appropriate to use the liver fire.

Coincidentally, they all picked up good things and said, and Renzong was extremely comfortable when he heard it.

"Your Majesty, Jiangnan Taishou Yue is not the same as the book. All the victims in Jiangnan have been rescued, and no one has been injured or injured. The travel expenses to return to their hometowns were all funded by the General's Government, and only a small number of them chose to stay in Jiangnan to live again. ”

When Renzong was recuperating, what Renzong was most concerned about was the tens of thousands of victims in Jiangnan, if it weren't for Jizhou's closed doors, Jiangnan would not have such a big disaster. Now that Chang Bin's father and son have been secretly executed, Renzong is afraid that he will not be able to handle this matter with the young Su Hua, and now he can't help but smile when he hears it.

"Good! Tens of thousands of people were killed or injured. ”

"Thanks to Your Majesty's grace, it is difficult for the people of the Tang Dynasty to tide over the difficulties, and the ministers congratulate Your Majesty."

"Congratulations to Your Majesty."

Renzong enjoyed the flattery for a while, and then remembered: "Such a good thing, Su Yunjin can go to Beijing with the book?" ”

"Returning to Your Majesty, Su Yunjin only said a twist on the grounds of reorganizing the army, and his people are still in Jiangnan. Shangjing is only different from Jiangnan Taishouyue, who is currently waiting at Xuanwumen. ”

"Declare him into the temple."

It is a great honor to enter the temple and face the saint, except for the high-ranking officials and princes in the capital, there are very few people who can step into this Jinluan Palace.

Yue Wei heard that the emperor had summoned him to the palace, and hurriedly tidied up his clothes. Yue Wei bowed his head all the way, for fear of colliding with Long Wei. This was the first time he had seen the emperor, and he kept reviewing the etiquette he had learned, for fear that something would go wrong in the palace.

"Jiangnan Taishouyue is different, meet the Tang Emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"Excuse me, get up and speak."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Yue Wei raised his head at this time, and after only a glance, he quickly moved his gaze to the ground. Looking directly at the emperor, there is a suspicion of rebellion.

Renzong was sitting on the dragon chair, looking at him.

"Jiangnan is managed by Su Yunjin, but I haven't seen anyone on this trip, why are you the only one who came alone?"

"The major general is currently starting to reorganize the army, and he really can't leave Jiangnan, I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Yue Wei already belonged to Su Hua, so Su Hua sent him to Beijing on this trip. It's not that Su Hua is busy training, but he doesn't want to come at all, he doesn't want to come after three bows and nine knocks, the rules are troublesome, and the road is still bumpy, so he doesn't want to come, which Yue Wei doesn't know.

So Su Hua made up an excuse to use the whole army in Jiangnan as an excuse to prevent the Western Xia from sneaking up again.

"Presumptuous, the saints in Beijing dare to push back. He Su Yunjin is so bold! ”

I saw a person snort coldly, and Yue Wei hurriedly knelt down.

"What His Majesty said is true, some time ago, when the victims were displaced in the south of the Yangtze River, the Western Xia thieves smuggled across the cold mountains and attacked the south of the Yangtze River. If it weren't for the major general's example, I'm afraid that Jiangnan would have been bleeding. ”

When Yue Wei came, Su Hua told him that there would be someone in the palace who would make a fuss about this matter. He, a major general, is in the way of many people, and sure enough.

"Jiangnan was also attacked by Western Xia? Why hasn't this matter been reported? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, just after accepting the victims, the four gates of Jiangnan were attacked. The major general led the soldiers to fight and killed 37 people, the major general was seriously wounded, and there were no casualties among the victims. His Majesty was worried, so the major general concealed the matter. I also hope that His Majesty will remember the painstaking work, and if he wants to punish him, he will even punish the lower officials together, and at that time, it was the hands of the lower officials when he wrote the folds. ”

Renzong glanced at the prime minister, and Huangfu Shu nodded.

It has been two days since Yue Wei went to Beijing, and the establishment of the Lingyan Camp has been completely perfected.

Training in the barracks was also in full swing, and the workshop was the first step in making wine.

Su Hua, who was double happy, couldn't help but happily give himself a half-day vacation, rest at home by the way, and accompany Su Linglong.

"Brother, what are you writing?"

Listening to Su Huazheng writing the key to training dead soldiers in the rain building, this spy lurking is his specialty.

Su Linglong was playing chess with Huanxi, but her little head couldn't turn around, and she lost to Huanxi every time, causing the little girl's interest to be gone. I can only find a way to have some fun with Su Hua's body.

The little girl was flexible and went directly into Su Hua's arms, and Su Hua had to put down the brush and hold Su Linglong to her lap, "Linglong is good, my brother is writing, go to Huanxi to play." ”

"I don't, Sister Huanxi won't let me play chess."

The little girl pouted, looking dissatisfied.

"Then you just hone your chess skills, and always let Huanxi let you, how can you make progress."

"Playing chess is so boring, Linglong doesn't want to learn to play chess."

"Then go to Faber and ask him to take you to the bazaar."

"Grandpa Fu ran away when he saw me recently, and he said that he had an upset stomach. What, when you're so old, you know how to deceive people, and it's obviously disrespectful to the old! ”

Disrespectful to the old? It doesn't seem to be the case that this word is used, Su Hua was a little puzzled, and then Huanxi understood Su Hua's question, and whispered in his ear: "Miss, I always pull Fubo's beard..."

It turned out that Su Linglong was naughty and funny, and always made some pranks to trick Fu Bo and his subordinates. is the only lady in the General's Mansion, and the subordinates really have suffering, so they can only stay away.

The little girl's ears were very pointed, and she hurriedly denied: "No, it's obvious that Fubo doesn't like to play with me!" ”

"Okay, well, it's Fauber's fault. I'll talk about him in the evening and let him play with you, okay? "Su Hua is really spoiled by Su Linglong, the little girl will inevitably be bored when she stays in the huge general's mansion, it is the nature of a child to make some pranks, her nature is not bad, Su Hua knows this.

"I don't want to play with Fauber, it's not interesting at all." The little girl put her eyes on what Su Hua wrote, "Brother, you write so beautifully, Linglong also wants to learn to write." Su Linglong said directly on a blank piece of paper.

Su Hua couldn't help but think, yes, Su Linglong's age is the time to study. should meet some children of the same age, going to school is her life, what's the matter with staying in the general's mansion all day.

"Do you want to learn?"

"Yes!"

"Then brother will send you to the academy, okay?"

"Academy?"

"The school is a place to learn to write, learn a lot of useful knowledge, and Linglong can also meet a lot of friends."

"Brother, can't you teach me?"

"Brother, it's not that the teacher can't teach you anything, besides, I'm going to be busy all day."

"After learning knowledge, Linglong can help my brother?"

"That's for sure, having knowledge will help not only me, but millions of people. Linglong, you've suffered from displacement, and you don't want other children to be like you anymore, right? ”

"Hmm."

Su Linglong nodded heavily, she never wanted to experience that kind of suffering of displacement again. If she hadn't been lucky enough to come to Jiangnan, she didn't know what would have happened in the future.

"We are born, there are many ways to go, and the choice is in your hands. You can choose to be a carefree little princess in the General's Mansion, and your brother will shelter you from the wind and rain for the rest of your life. You can also choose to learn knowledge and use your skills to save more people in dire straits. ”

Su Hua felt that it was necessary to establish a correct life values for Su Linglong, and it was not a high platform to educate at least to persuade people to be kind, although he was not qualified to say so, but he still hoped that his sister would do what he wanted to do.

The little girl sounds very profound, in the clouds. But she learned one thing that her brother had saved many people. Saved a lot of irrelevant people, a quality she admires so much.

"Linglong is going to the academy! In the future, I want to be a person like my brother! Su Linglong said firmly with a small fist at Su Hua.

"Linglong is really good, then go out with Sister Huanxi first, and after my brother finishes writing, I will go to find a suitable school for you."

Hearing Su Hua say this, the little girl stopped making trouble, jumped out of Su Hua's arms, took Huanxi's hand and ran out of the door.

The two had just walked out of the yard and happened to bump into Fu Bo, and Su Linglong waved and said hello.

When Fu Bo heard this, he hurriedly covered his beard: "Miss, the old slave, this old bone, really can't stand your toss, don't embarrass the old slave." ”

"Who is embarrassing you? , I'm not going to get your beard anymore. Tomorrow, I'm going to the school. The little girl jumped away.

"Reading?"

"It's the young master who said, find a school for Miss tomorrow. It's not a way to stay in the house every day. Huanxi patiently explained to Fauber.

"Sister Huanxi, let's go, let's fly a kite!"

"It's coming, it's coming." Huanxi responded, and turned his head to Fu Bo and said: "The young master is listening to the rain pavilion writing, if Fu Bo has something to do, just go to the study, I will accompany the young lady to fly a kite, and Huanxi will retire." ”

Fu Bo then remembered something important, and hurriedly stepped into the courtyard, so frightened by Su Linglong, he almost forgot about his business.

Seeing that Fu Bo was coming, Su Hua stopped the brush in his hand: "Fu Bo, you won't be here to sue, right?" ”

"Young master, what is the old slave's complaint, Miss is playing with me, isn't it..."Fu Bo was almost led astray by Su Hua again, "It was Chu Wanqiu, the daughter of the Chu family, who came to visit, and is now waiting in the lobby." ”

"Chu Wanqiu? We don't have any contact with the Chu family, we don't have any contact with each other, so there's nothing to visit. Just say that General Ben is not there, and let her come back another day. ”

Su Hua's current winemaking involves the interests of the Chu family, and it is not a bad thing or a good thing to come to visit at this time. Besides, he was busy writing things, and everyone came to visit and receive him, so he simply didn't do anything.

"But the young master..."

Su Hua continued to pick up the brush and wrote: "But what is it, General Ben is busy." ”

"The Chu family has sent a lot of gifts, and the old slave estimates a lot of silver."

"Silver?"

When Su Hua heard these two words, he raised his head and glanced at Fu Bo.

This housekeeper understands his mind more and more, and the two money fans reach a consensus at this time.

"How much?"

"Estimated at thirty thousand taels."

"Let's go, go out and see you." Su Hua couldn't help but say that he packed up the articles he had written, turned around and walked out.

"Young master, wait for me."

In the hospitality hall of the General's Mansion, Chu Wanqiu sat on a wooden chair, and she deliberately dressed up for this visit.

Dressed in white, his dignified appearance reveals an indescribable tenderness. If Shen Qinghan's characteristic is that she is a strong royal sister, Chu Wanqiu gives people the feeling that she is a virtuous wife at home.

The green silk is draped, only tied with a pink hairband, and the white lining sets off the woman's skin with a faint pink, which is beautiful, the phoenix eyes are rippling, and the lips are like cherry blossoms, especially the proud twin peaks, which are even more infinitely reverie.

The maid Xingyu standing behind her, the injuries on her body are not very serious, just rest a few times.

Later, Gan Wei came to visit, and this matter ended in peace talks. After discussing it, the Chu family still decided to visit the General's Mansion, if it weren't for Su Hua's action, the Liang Zi between their Chu family and Gan Wei would be even bigger. With the relationship between Su Hua, Gan Wei also regressed a lot, and the Chu family saved a lot of interests.

The last time I said goodbye in a hurry, Su Hua's figure lingered in Chu Wanqiu's mind.

There is no flaw in her imagination, her kung fu is good, her appearance is not bad, and the key hero saves her beauty, which satisfies her long-standing fantasy. The more she thought about it, the more excited she became, Chu Wanqiu couldn't help but care more about her appearance, for fear that there would be some bad image in front of Su's picture.

Su Hua also followed Fu Bo to the outside of the lobby, and ordered Fu Bo to serve a good pot of tea, and then walked into the lobby.

"I didn't know that Miss Chu was coming, and I missed the distance and was sluggish."

Su Hua's face was unusual, and he didn't look impatient in the study.

Chu Wanqiu pinned her hair to her ears, and replied with a smile: "The young general said that he was laughing, how dare the little woman bother to greet her." ”

Su Hua sat in the main position, "I don't know if Miss Chu is here, what advice do you have." ”

"I didn't dare to give advice, I came here on the order of my father, and General Xie helped him that day."

"Protecting the safety of the people in Jiangnan is within our purview and should be done." Su Hua looked at Chu Wanqiu and couldn't help but secretly say: This girl is really well developed. But it's good for the sake of face, and I'm embarrassed to look at it more.

"I heard that the Major General has been building a distillery recently?"

Chu Wanqiu opened the topic first, and this is not a secret. Su Hua recruited a lot of temporary workers, and the people who came and went were also aware of it. Many people are talking about how a young general Su Hua does something as a trader, which is really insulting. However, due to the deterrence of the General's Palace, these are all private discussions among the people.

Su Hua waved his hand: "It's just a fool's errand, and you can't get on the stage." ”

"The Chu family has a master who specializes in winemaking, and the glazed wine is also a good product. If the major general needs help, he can talk to Late Autumn. ”

"Don't bother Miss Chu."

Chu Wanqiu didn't know that the wine brewed by Su Hua was a hundred times better than her glazed wine. Su Hua knew that it was a good intention, but he could only shake his hand and refuse, after all, only he knew the technology of winemaking.

Chu Wanqiu was rejected and couldn't speak, so she had a plan, so she wanted to help Su Hua financially: "Can that little woman become a capital?" ”

"I'm afraid this won't work, Shen Qinghan still has the right to speak here, I can't be the master."

"But Shen Qinghan of Renxin Hall?"

"Exactly, you two know each other?"

"I've met a few times, so I guess I know each other." Chu Wanqiu bowed her head, and the woman's intuition told her that this Shen Qinghan was a dangerous message. Su Hua doesn't know her, doesn't she understand, this Shen Qinghan, who eats people and doesn't spit out bones, must have some plan. It's not good to let her get a head start.

Su Hua looked at the pensive Chu Wanqiu: "Miss Chu, what's wrong?" ”

"I'm just thinking about what kind of magic the wine made by the major general has made Shen Qinghan invest."

"It's not that a contemptible person has no relatives in Jiangnan, he only knows one friend of her, so he simply cooperates with her. Miss Chu can't invest in the distillery, but the first batch of wine brewed can be provided to the Chu family, and I still have this right. ”

"That's bothering the young general, I don't know what price the wine is going to be sold?"

"It's three times more expensive than glass brew."

"Three?" This frightened Chu Wanqiu, her family's glazed brew was only thirty taels of silver, and Su Hua dared to sell this wine for one hundred taels? Could it be that it is made of divine water, so expensive.

"It's not that the wine industry of the Chu family is maliciously pulled, it's just that the wine brewed by General Ben is very different from that of Liuli Brew. If you don't believe it, you will send someone to the house in a few days to personally inspect it, and then we will discuss cooperation. ”

It seems that Su Hua is confident, and Shen Qinghan's woman is mixed in, is the wine brewed really better than his own? Chu Wanqiu had a small calculation in her heart.

"That's not necessary, our Chu family will book five hundred bottles, and send someone to send a deposit in the afternoon."

Since Miss Chu believes it, the price is set at seventy taels. The external sales are all one hundred taels, but the Chu family only accepts seventy taels. To show the sincerity of this general, how? ”

"Then thank you Major General."

"You're welcome, Miss Chu, drink tea." Su Hua took a sip of tea, this tea is really sweet. Today, I will earn 60,000 taels, and it will be worth taking a half-day break.

Su Hua remembered Su Linglong's matter, Chu Wanqiu was familiar with Jiangnan, and asked her directly, if she didn't know, then it would not be too late for her to run to find out.

"By the way, which one of the top three academies does Miss Chu know in Jiangnan City?"

"Academy? That is the Pear Blossom Academy of the Murong family, but it was opened in the name of Murong Cheng, the former supervisor of the Guozi Supervision Academy. It just so happens that the Murong family and my Chu family are old friends, but the general has relatives who want to enroll? ”

"I have a fierce general, his sister is young, he is busy with the barracks, and he has no intention of disciplining. I want him to enter the academy and learn knowledge so that he can meet some playmates of the same age. ”

Because he promised Xing Dahu before, he simply said it in the name of Xing Dahu. In order to conceal her identity, Su Hua simply said that Su Linglong was a relative of Xing Dahu, and she enrolled with Xing Dahu's sister, so she had a response.

"I and Murong Li of Pear Flower Academy are Jinlan, and it will be a success for me to come forward."

Chu Wanqiu agreed, Su Hua was a little ashamed, attacking other people's industries, he had just refused to invest in others, and now he wanted others to help.

He apologized: "It's good to have Miss Chu come forward, I still have something to do in the afternoon, so I can only trouble Miss Chu to run." ”

The two chatted about leisure in the lobby again, and only got up at noon did Chu Wanqiu get up and leave.

When Su Hua sent Chu Wanqiu out, Chu Wanqiu told him that if there was news, she would come to disturb him at night.

Su Hua's first feeling for Chu Wanqiu is very good, he is responsible for doing things, and he has a beginning and an end.

Su Huazheng and several masters in the old building were standing on the side watching the installation of the still, and the workers of the distillery were busy steaming, breaking up, and distilling a series of steps.

Wang Kaizhi, a stonemason, said: "The grain on the old man's side has almost fermented, and the vat and cellar containing the wine have also been dug, and its temperature is strictly controlled according to the instructions of the young master. ”

"How's the koji brewed?"

Su Hua uses the most primitive method to make liquor, using the fermentation of koji and grain, distillation and purification, so as to obtain the most mellow taste of liquor. So far, the grains used in Su painting are glutinous rice, sorghum, rice and millet, and in order to prevent failure, Su Hua has made many preparations. The koji is the core secret of Suhua liquor, the original koji is made of wheat, moistened with water, piled, ground, mixed with water, loaded into the koji mold, stepped into the koji room, cultivated, turned, piled up, out of the koji, stored in storage, finished koji; Treading is a hard and interesting job, and it is quite exquisite. The production step is also Su Hua instructed different workers to start the production, except for Su Hua, no one else knows the process.

"Young master, you better see for yourself." Wang Kaizhi sold a pass.

Everyone followed Wang Kaizhi to the fermentation workshop of the grain, and Su Hua opened the stone jar sealed with cloth. Glutinous rice is spread all over the stone jar, a small pit is dug in the center, koji is added, and it is pressed with a small bowl to prevent better volatile fusion. Su Hua took the spoon handed over by Lao Lou, opened the small bowl and scooped a spoonful into the white wine. There was a dry and sweet taste in the throat, with a glutinous rice-like grain mellow aroma, and Su Hua smashed his mouth with satisfaction; Let everyone taste it again in turn.

"The taste is sweet and silky, similar to glass brewing."

"Young master, why is the glutinous rice brewed with the same taste as the fruit brew?"

"The most important thing is the fermentation of koji, which has a unique rice aroma that blends with koji, which has a hint of fruity sweetness. But that's still the flavor we want, and it's only after distillation that it has a real aroma. Listening to Su Hua's explanation, everyone understood that maybe the young master said that the wine brewed was better than the glass wine, and it was not without basis.

"While everyone is here, try the first distillation and purification."

Make a fire on the stove and boil water in a large pot. Put a wooden steamer on the pot, add steamed and beaten glutinous rice with koji added to the wooden steam, and a macaroni bamboo pole is responsible for adding water. One end of the still is propped out of the hole in the wood steam, and the evaporated wine will come out through this pipe, and this is the real wine. In order to better purify, Su Hua is also divided into six stoves for brewing at the same time, different fires, and the best temperature control.

Autumn is cool, but it's too hot in the workshop. The workers all took off their shirts and shirtless, still sweating profusely. Su Hua has to take off filial piety clothes except for sleeping, and he has to wear them the rest of the time, which is damn feudal and old-fashioned.

Lao Lou was holding a fan to fan Su Hua: "Young master, why don't you go out to breathe, it's too hot." ”

"No, you don't know how to control the temperature. I have lost all my work when I leave, and this heat is nothing compared to the workers who burn the fire. ”

The distillation process is undoubtedly the longest process, and it takes a long time to fill the barrel with a drop of liquor. It wasn't until the afternoon that half of the bucket was filled. Only then did Su Hua get up and taste the wine in turn in the six wooden barrels. The taste was very different from what he expected, and it seemed that the temperature was still not enough, so Su Hua carried the six wooden barrels away and laid them away, and ordered his subordinates to bring the fire folds. If the taste doesn't live up to your expectations, you have to test the combustion temperature.

"Have you ever seen water that catches fire?" Su Hua said to everyone.

"How is that possible? Young master, you must be joking. ”

"Yes, since ancient times, water overcomes fire, how can water still catch fire?"

Su Hua took the fire fold and tested it against the wooden barrel in turn.

It wasn't until the fifth barrel that the situation that Su Hua wanted happened. The wine in the barrel was ignited by the fire fold for a moment, but disappeared after only a few seconds; That's what alcohol tastes like. This scene shocked everyone and broke their lifelong belief that water can catch fire? Why is that? Why can it still catch fire?

"Bring in the worker in charge of the fifth stove, I have something to say to him."

After a while, a middle-aged man was brought over, and he thought he had done something wrong and was a little trembling.

"Major General, are you looking for me?"

"You're in charge of the fifth stove, aren't you?"

"It's the villain."

"You burned the fire very well, what did you do before?"

"The villain was in charge of the bellows in iron smelting before, so he has an indescribable feeling about fire control."

"Very well, you will be the fire captain of the distillery from now on, overseeing all the fires on the stove. Just like how you burned the No. 5 stove today, I will increase my efforts to maintain this fire in the future. And all the barrels must be strictly forbidden to encounter open flames, and today you have done a good job, and you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver, and you will go down to receive the reward. ”

"Then young master, why is this on fire? Explain it to us? ”

Under the curious gaze of everyone, Su Hua said slowly: "This is the essence of the liquor purified by the distiller - alcohol, it has flammable characteristics, this is not the ultimate alcohol, so it burns quickly." ”

Only then did the crowd understand