Chapter 90: The moon is dark and the wind is high

Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said, "I wanted to make some room for my stomach, but I knew that this lantern fell to the ground halfway, so I washed my hands first." ”

Li Xi and Dou Zhong heard Li Jiancheng's words and glanced at each other, the two of them said before, why did Lang Jun go for so long and didn't come back, it turned out to be ......

After washing his hands, Li Jiancheng sat down, and after the activity just now, he felt hungry again.

He first soaked the meat of two large chopsticks, the directly sticky sugar dish, the meat slices were full of sugar, not to mention, and he also used chopsticks to pick up a lot.

After eating it, I felt much better.

Li Xi saw Li Jiancheng eating like this, so he also used slices of meat to stick sugar, but his expression was not sweet at all, and after swallowing it, he said with a bitter gourd face: "Lang Jun, this taste is too weird." ”

Li Jiancheng naturally won't say, I am because of lack of sugar, thinking that it is too strange to chew sugar cubes when eating, so I use meat slices to dip in sugar, you love to eat.

However, he couldn't say that, he just said: "I just suddenly want to taste what sweet meat slices taste like." Who told you to try it too. After smacking his mouth twice, he said, "It's a pity that I can't drink two cups." ”

As soon as he talked about wine, Dou Zhong came to his senses, and after taking a big sip of tea soup, he said: "Lang Jun, it's good to turn the New Year, let's have a drink together." ”

Because Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian abolished the national liquor tax, there were many liquor shops in Daxing City at this time.

Although it is depressed because of the national mourning.

But those who defend the country and mourn are all officials with excellent character, and if the people secretly drink, no one will be held accountable.

Throughout the ages, the people have not raised their opinions, and the officials have not held them accountable.

At this time, the wine is more expensive than the usual one, after all, it is a share of insurance.

Dou Zhong sometimes secretly drank two sips, but it was really only two sips, which relieved the addiction of the wine bug in his stomach.

Because Li Jiancheng had done the things in his heart, he had nothing to remember, so he chatted along with Dou Zhong's words:

"Okay, Uncle Zhong will call me then. I think it should not be bad to make Uncle Zhong say good wine. ”

Dou Zhong said with a smile: "That is, the taste is no worse than Fenjiu at all." ”

Li Jiancheng knew that the Book of Northern Qi recorded that Xinghuacun Fenjiu was a palace tribute wine during the Northern and Southern Dynasties 1,500 years ago.

The great poet Du Mu of the Tang Dynasty "borrowed the restaurant to borrow it, and specifically referred to Xinghua Village." ”

Because distilled liquor was founded in the Yuan Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty medical scientist Li Shizhen. He wrote in the "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Shochu is not an ancient method, it has been created since the Yuan Dynasty. The method is to use strong wine and dregs, steam to steam, use a vessel to take drip dew, and all sour wine can be steamed and burned. ”

Therefore, the original method at this time is still ancient, and the taste is different from that of more than a thousand years later.

It has a lower degree and is closer to sake.

Li Jiancheng looked at Dou Zhong and said, "Then it's a word!" "I want to try it.

Li Jiancheng is not good at wine, but tasting the taste of wine at this time is a kind of taste, and satisfies his curiosity, pulls in the relationship with Dou Zhong, and has other plans.

Immediately, he asked, "What kind of wine do we usually have in this house?" ”

Don't look at the previous time when Li Jiancheng was in good health, Dugu's grandmother celebrated, but she called the children together to eat a delicious meal, avoiding the national funeral, and there was no wine on the table.

In the memory of 'Li Jiancheng', the ladies in the family like to drink two sips.

After all, the alcohol at this time is not high, such as chrysanthemum wine or something, and sugar is added to it, which has a sweet taste, which is very popular.

Li Jiancheng knew that Ge Hong's "Xijing Miscellaneous Records" of the Eastern Jin Dynasty recorded that on September 9 in the palace of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Pei Zhuyi, eating lotus bait, and drinking chrysanthemum wine could have made people live longer.

He once helped his mentor brew it, and it tasted good.

But looking at the memory of 'Li Jiancheng', there is still a lot of surprise with the taste of chrysanthemum wine at this time.

Asking this sentence at the moment, Li Jiancheng moved his mind to distill liquor, and when the time came, let his cheap father turn around and dedicate this wine to Yang Guang, and then open a small liquor shop by the way, in addition to selling money, he can also toss out a lot of alcohol to prepare for the future.

After all, when the war broke out, there was no one to cultivate the arable land, and at that time people could not fill their stomachs, so how could they waste food and make wine.

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, alcohol was forbidden for a long time.

Now there are still five years left before the chaos of 611, and if it is done properly, a lot of private goods can be saved.

Dou Zhong raised his eyebrows and asked Li Jiancheng: "Lang Jun, it doesn't seem to be a good drinker usually." ”

"Three years ago, I was 14 years old, and I didn't drink much. It doesn't matter whether it's good or not, it's just that I suddenly talked about wine and wanted to know about it. Li Jiancheng said quietly:

"After all, my father is in charge of His Majesty's food, clothing, housing and transportation, and I found that I seemed to have some ideas about food, so I wondered if I could make something fresh, which could also be regarded as my father's work and political achievements."

When Dou Zhong heard Li Jiancheng say this, he nodded and said, "Don't you say that I haven't thought that the mutton steamed bun before, as well as this mutton shabu, has some meaning." But this is different from wine, which is a science. ”

Li Jiancheng nodded and said: "Anyway, I won't forget it, so let's try it, I heard that His Majesty likes to drink two cups." ”

"Although it is for the sake of His Majesty's preference, I think you should discuss it with Madame."

"Of course, if you want to make wine, you have to spend money on food, and my purse is more dry than my face. Just talk about it here first, and then you have to ask Uncle Zhong for help, after all, the people in the house, you know the most about wine. Li Jiancheng smiled and put a high hat on Dou Zhong.

Dou Zhong laughed and said: "If Mrs. should go down, even if you don't say it, I will rush forward, I have no other hobbies in my life, only favor the things in this cup." ”

After chatting for another hour, they heard the sound of the gong of the third watch, and the charcoal fire was extinguished, so they went back to rest.

The next day, the same Tai Chi slow motion, but Li Jiancheng punched a few more times, delaying for half an hour.

However, this is already the limit, and if it is delayed any longer, it will make people suspicious.

So, he went back to the house to eat, and after the meal, he left the strip for taking the stove to Li Rong, and instructed: "After the stove is retrieved, send it to the other courtyard as soon as possible." ”

Li Rong naturally responded, originally he wanted Li Xi to bring a letter to Li Shou, so that he could have a good relationship with the people around Da Langjun.

Now when he heard that he was going to send the stove back, he didn't take out the letter.

Although the people at this time are sincere and not treacherous, how many words can be said in the seal?! Li Rong thought about going back and going to Wugong County by himself, and talked to his son face to face.

As soon as Li Jiancheng got into the car, he said to the driver: "Wait a minute, how are you going to go?" ”

"Pass through the scenery and wind gate, and go out of the summer gate." The coachman replied.

Walking this way is a right angle, you don't have to go around the streets, and it is not easy to get lost in this chessboard city. (To be continued)

PS. Chapter 2, and chapter 3, on the way......