Chapter 3: Nuggets

The courtyard of the ancestral hall in the village is crowded with men, women and children from Liuzhuang Village, and on the high platform in the middle, a person wearing a Taoist robe, with a slender figure, a delicate face, and a long hair under his chin, is talking eloquently, preaching the teachings of Taiping Dao. Liu Ze listened to it for a long time, pondering that the reason why Zhang Jiao won the hearts of the people was because of the help of doctrinal propaganda and the creation of peace. The common people have been oppressed by the government and the family for a long time, and their spirits are empty. The Taiping Daoists gave alms and water, under the guise of treating the people's diseases, so it is not surprising that the common people saw hope and enthusiastically participated. Liu Ze thought that after the Yellow Turban Uprising, he coerced the people, burned, killed and looted, ten rooms and nine emptiest, and was dubbed "ant thief" by the government. At this time, Ma Zhu was preaching: The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world is auspicious. Liu Ze estimated that the Yellow Turban Rebellion was about to break out, and remembered that Zhang Jiao gathered his troops with these slogans to launch an uprising. What should I do? After crossing, can I go back? Like that thunder and lightning weather is so coincidental, I was accidentally shot, and when I encounter that kind of weather again, the lightning is a little off, maybe it will be wiped out, and I may not necessarily travel back, what if I travel to another era? Liu Ze shook his head vigorously, don't think about it, think about what to do with yourself, right?

The summer at the end of the Han Dynasty was not very hot, due to the abundant vegetation and abundant rain, Liu Ze lay on the wooden bed, looking at the night sky outside the window, deep and far, and the faint moonlight shone in front of the bed. As a traverser, that kind of loneliness, helplessness, helplessness, all kinds of thoughts come to me, what should I do? What to do? The end of the Han Dynasty was a time of great turmoil, the princes from all walks of life appeared on the stage, and the heroes competed against each other, and it was the people who suffered! I remember watching a documentary, saying that the population of the country was about 50 million during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and after the war, the population dropped sharply to more than 16 million during the period of the Three Kingdoms, and more than 30 million people died in the war. As a modern person's thinking, the concept of people-oriented is deep-rooted, and the benevolence of doctors puts human life in the first place. What should an ordinary person do if he knows a little bit of medical skills? Liu Ze thought wildly and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Liu Ze habitually woke up, played a set of Tai Chi in the yard, washed up and prepared to eat. To say that the ancients were really ancient and hot, and their bones were full of chivalry, Liu Ze's kitchen was full of all kinds of food sent by the villagers of Liuzhuang, although it was rude, it was rare. Liu Ze was eating, when he was bored, there was a cry of pain outside the courtyard, Liu Ze pushed open the courtyard door, and saw Liu Hu and several young villagers carrying a man, who was holding his left leg with both hands, and his mouth was crying out in pain. It turned out that everyone was hunting in the mountains in the morning, and they encountered a big wild boar, and they were chased by the wild boar, and the man fell down and accidentally broke his left leg. Seeing this, Liu Ze hurriedly beckoned everyone to put the man flat on a bluestone slab, returned to the house and took out a few wooden boards and strips of cloth, reached out to touch the man's left leg, experienced it carefully, and said to everyone: "The left leg is fractured, slightly misplaced, everyone listen to my command, and I will help him straighten his bones." The man with the broken leg was unfamiliar with Liu Ze, and said suspiciously: "Who is Your Excellency?" Liu Hu said on the side: "I don't know, this is Liu Rundong, three generations of grandparents and grandchildren practicing medicine, it turned out to be from our village, because my grandfather and father died, I returned to the village yesterday." Seeing that the man no longer spoke, Liu Ze commanded everyone to grab the third child's body, so as not to move in pain, he grabbed the third child's ankle, and suddenly pulled it, the third screamed, Liu Ze slowly let go, corrected the broken bone to the correct position, and then fixed it with a wooden strip of cloth. The third child felt that the pain was suddenly reduced, and his face couldn't help showing admiration. Liu Hu introduced everyone to Liu Ze one by one, all of whom were from the Liu family, all of whom were around 20-30 years old, all of whom were sturdy men. Because Liu Hu had been a palace guard and had good martial arts, the young people in the village were convinced of him, with Liu Hu as the leader. Liu Ze prescribed some herbs to invigorate blood and disperse blood stasis and sent everyone away.

Sitting in the courtyard, Liu Ze thought, Liu Hu can convince everyone, and he still has some ability, how should he use it? The troubled times are coming, and the main thing is to save one's life, so what does it depend on to gather people? Money and food, how can I make money empty-handed? How much can I earn by practicing medicine on my own? was thinking about it, Liu Hu came in, followed by a person, Liu Hu said: "Rundong, this is the third brother, Liu Yang, who healed the third child's broken leg for Rundong, and I am here to invite you to eat and drink." Liu Ze is not hypocritical, with Liu Hu and Liu Yang coming to the third child's house, the third wife has prepared the wine and food, the third child is lying on the bed, and said to Liu Ze: "Rundong, I can't accompany each other." Liu Ze smiled and said, "It's okay." The three of them knelt and sat down, raising their glasses and drinking each other, this was the first time Liu Ze drank wine after crossing, it felt like drinking swill, light and tasteless, Liu Ze suddenly thought of an idea, and asked Liu Hu: "Brother Tiger, where did you buy this wine?" Liu Yang said on the side: "The wine made by Liu He in the village is a rare wine, and many people from other villages come to buy it." Liu Ze sneered in his heart, just this wine, it's still good wine? Liu Ze said: "After dinner, how about asking Brother Hu to take me to see the wine shop?" Liu Hu smiled: "What's so difficult about this? Liu Ze slowly recalled the equipment of Dong Boss's distillery in the village in his previous life, and remembered that Dong Boss also showed off his distillation equipment, saying that the alcohol content was all improved by these equipment.

After the meal, Liu Hu took Liu Ze to Liuhe Wine Workshop, the big courtyard was full of large and small wine vats, and Liu He was busy turning over the wine lees. When Liu Zheng finished his work, Liu Hu made an introduction, and Liu He said with a smile: "The name of Rundong has spread throughout the village this morning. Liu Ze smiled: "Brother Liu, I have something I want to cooperate with my eldest brother." Liu He said: "I don't know what? Liu Ze said: "I don't know how much wine my eldest brother can brew in January?" Liu He said: "If there is enough food, a thousand jars is not a problem. Liu Ze said: "Okay, I have a method that can improve the taste of wine, and use this method to make wine, and the wine can be fragrant for miles, and the drink is unusually spicy." Liu He's eyes lit up and he smiled: "Please Rundong come quickly." Liu Ze said with a smile: "After the wine is brewed, the cost is converted, and I will buy it at a price three percent higher than the cost, without my permission, Brother Liu cannot sell this wine privately, I don't know what Brother Liu wants?" Liu He thought about it for a long time, felt that it was profitable, and said with a smile: "No." Liu Ze said: "In this way, Brother Tiger is the witness, I hope that the eldest brother will not break the contract." Liu He said with a smile: "My husband's words are difficult to chase the horse." ”

Liu Ze had been busy in the Liuhe Wine Workshop for more than a month, and he saw the golden wind moving, and the hot summer had passed. The hard work pays off, after distillation, the degree of the wine increases rapidly, Liu Ze tastes the distilled wine, although it is not as good as the wine of later generations, the taste is indeed much better, and after drinking, the throat of Shunzi is spicy all the way to the stomach. Liu Ze knows that the fine wines of later generations are blended by bartenders, and then additives are added to make the taste more beautiful. Looking at the three hundred jars of distilled liquor in the courtyard, Liu Ze was full of a sense of accomplishment.

Liu Ze found Liu Hu and said to Liu Hu: "Brother Hu, I have already brewed 300 jars of fine wine, I want to trouble Brother Hu to find a few people, and we will transport it to Dongping Guocheng to sell together." Liu Hu smiled: "What's so difficult about this? ”

Early the next morning, Liu Ze and Liu Hu and his entourage of more than a dozen people, pushing six wooden carts, headed towards Dongping Guocheng. Liuzhuang is about 50 miles away from Dongping Guocheng, and the group sweated like rain and finally arrived in the afternoon. Liu Ze took out the five baht money he borrowed from Liu He, bought a meal, let everyone have a full meal, and then went to the largest tavern. Liu Hu has been on an errand in the palace for many years, Dongping Guocheng is very familiar, when he came to the tavern, when Liu Ze looked, he saw a flag floating on the tavern, which read: Mancheng Spring Tavern. Liu Hu's face was still there, and after a while, he invited the tavern owner, and after Liu Ze's greetings, he smiled and pointed to the wine jar in the car and said, "Please point out a jar at will." The boss pointed casually, Liu Ze took out the wine jar, uncovered the mouth of the altar, and a smell of wine came to his face, the boss has sold wine for so many years, where has he smelled such fragrant wine, Liu Ze scooped out the wine glass, handed it to the boss, and motioned the boss to taste, the boss drank a little slowly, his face was full of admiration, joy, and disbelief, and then he drank a cup, full of fragrance, which meant that it was not finished. The boss was a man of understanding and asked, "What price?" Liu Ze stretched out two fingers, shook them, and said, "Two hundred dollars for one jar." The boss hesitated for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, and said, "Yes." Liu Ze smiled: "I don't know how many altars the boss wants?" The boss looked at the wine jar of the six cars, swallowed his saliva, gritted his teeth and said, "All wants." "A jar of ten catties, a catty of wine is twenty yuan, Liu Hu and the others looked at it greedily.

Six carts of wine, sold for 60,000 yuan, in addition to the capital of 20,000 yuan, Liu Ze made a net profit of 40,000 yuan, on the return trip, Liu Ze bought six horses, everyone sat on the car, pulled the money and the purchased grain goods, and returned proudly. Back to Liu Zhuang, Liu Ze took out 3,000 yuan for Liu Hu to share with everyone, one person got 300 money, everyone was happy, 300 money was enough for a family's living expenses for a month, where did everyone earn so much money in a day, and their hearts were full of goodwill towards Liu Ze. Liu Ze gave Liu He the principal and urged Liu He to speed up production. Liu He secretly calculated, in a month, he made a net profit of 5,000 yuan from Liu Ze, and he was developed! Immediately gather manpower to sell more grain and speed up production.