Chapter 93: Raising the Army with Wine
"Miss, the little one has already inquired about the identity of the son, but he has already left."
In the Zhen family restaurant, the shopkeeper looked at Zhen Jiang and replied.
"It's so slow." Zhen Jiang glanced at the shopkeeper and said with some displeasure.
"Who is he?" Zhen Jiang looked at the shopkeeper's opening and asked.
"This person is His Majesty today." The shopkeeper replied in a whisper next to Zhen Jiang.
"Your Majesty? How is it possible, when the Yuan family held a banquet in the past, I was lucky enough to have a relationship with it, and now Your Majesty is not attached to the Yuan family, how can it be so? After listening to the shopkeeper's words, Zhen Jiang spoke.
In her opinion, since she wanted to be attached to the Yuan family, how could she be so heavy-handed to Yuan Tan.
"Miss, you misunderstood, miss, have you forgotten that there is more than one majesty in the world today, that person is the majesty before Dong Zhuoli's new emperor, and now he is in charge of the state." The shopkeeper still whispered.
"Is that him?" Zhen Jiang's eyes lit up, "If it's him, then it can explain why the Yuan family swallowed their anger that day." ”
"That's exactly what happened, so the little one found out his identity at this time." The shopkeeper nodded and spoke.
"Now that His Majesty has returned to Jinyang."
"Jinyang, but the Jinyang who established the Chamber of Commerce?" Zhen Jiang suddenly asked as if he had thought of something.
"Exactly." The shopkeeper replied.
"Okay, it's none of your business, go get busy." Zhen Jiang nodded thoughtfully, then looked at the shopkeeper's opening and said.
Liu Wei naturally didn't know that after he left, Zhen Jiang actually took the trouble to check him.
For him, Zhen Jiang is just a passerby, and he is also the kind of passerby who makes him feel unpleasant.
After returning to Jinyang, Liu Wei told Yuan Shao's thoughts to Xi Zhicai and others.
"From this point of view, the battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan may not be long before." Xi Zhicai listened to it and said.
"Well," Liu Wei nodded, and Yuan Shao signaled to himself to send troops to Gongsun Zhan, and even did not hesitate to let Liu Xie speak, which already proved that Yuan Shao was already preparing.
"If Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zhan, then the power of Dejizhou and Youzhou will be further expanded."
"Not only Youzhou, but Qingzhou is probably also in its goal, so that Yuan Shao can get the land of Sanzhou." Guo Jia added after Xi Zhicai finished speaking.
"The Land of Three States." Liu Wei smiled, "I'm afraid it won't go so smoothly this time." ”
Since he is here, he will definitely not let Yuan Shao occupy Sanzhou so smoothly, and now that there is an accident of Pang Tong, he will naturally try his best to prevent Yuan Shao's development.
"Yuan Shao's matter is not in a hurry for the time being, I have thought of a way to make money when I go to Yecheng." Liu Wei looked at everyone and said.
"Your Majesty refers to that?" Xun You looked at Liu Wei and asked.
With the increase of soldiers, the consumption is also increasing, which has always bothered him, so Xun Yu's first thing is curiosity.
"Sell liquor." Liu Wei looked at Xun You and replied.
"In fact, this method was also inspired by General Dian Wei when he was in Yecheng." Liu Wei then looked at Dian Wei and said with a smile.
"Me?" Dian Wei was very puzzled, looking like what this had to do with me.
"Do you remember that you made a bet with Pei Yuanshao to invite you to drink?"
Dian Wei alone can make Pei Yuanshao drink in his pocket, which shows the profits.
He had been ignoring it before, because he was not in the habit of buying wine in restaurants.
And in ancient times, there was no fixed price for selling, what brand had to be sold for as much as it was, as long as the wine was good, no matter how much it was, it was a willingness to fight and a willingness to suffer.
"Although wine is profitable, it is difficult to make a profit if it is not good wine." Xi Zhicai spoke.
"Whether it's good wine or not, you'll know when the time comes." Liu Wei said with a smile after listening to Xi Zhicai's words.
The good wine in Xi Zhicai's mouth naturally refers to the purity of the wine.
The traditional wine-making method of the Han Dynasty, the grain is steamed and cooled, and then sealed in a large vat to ferment slowly, this fermented wine is only more than ten degrees, and contains a large number of grain residues, must be filtered layer by layer before drinking, but the wine is still turbid, and there is a bitter taste.
This kind of wine belongs to the general public, and it is also considered a cheap drink.
However, as long as he purifies it a little, Liu Wei believes that the result will definitely be very different.
"Why is Your Majesty so confident?" Guo Jia looked at Liu Wei and asked.
"You'll know when you come with me." Liu Wei looked at Guo Jia and smiled, and said.
Liu Wei got up and led everyone to the backyard, and Huang Zhong was already waiting there at this time.
Next to Huang Zhong, there was also a vat of somewhat cloudy liquor placed there.
"Are Hansheng's things ready?" Liu Wei looked at Huang Zhong and asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, everything is ready." Huang Zhong replied.
Liu Wei nodded, and the tools he asked Huang Zhong to prepare were naturally used to distill and purify the liquor.
In fact, the utensils for distilling liquor are very simple, two large iron pots, a large wooden barrel, some cloth, and a long copper pipe, but there is no long copper pipe in this era, so Liu Wei replaced it with a very long bamboo.
When everyone followed Liu Wei into the kitchen, they were stunned when they saw those things.
"Your Majesty, what are you?" Everyone looked at Liu Wei with a confused expression.
If it is the way of governing the country and the strategy of the art of war, Guo Jia and the others don't think there is any problem, but these things that Liu Biao manipulated really made them feel confused.
"Could it be that Your Majesty said that it is these things to make good wine?" Guo Jia looked at Liu Wei and asked.
"Hmm." Liu Wei nodded.
Then Liu Wei asked people to put the first cauldron on the stove, and then asked Huang Zhong to fill the pot with the wine in the previous jar.
Then use several layers of cloth to seal the mouth of the pot layer by layer; A large wooden bucket is placed on top of the pot and the pot is completely encased inside.
The place where the barrel mouth and the pot mouth are spliced is sealed with yellow mud, and a small opening is made in the upper part of the barrel, so that the bamboo pipe should be just stretched in, and the gap is also sealed with yellow mud, and another cauldron is placed under the other end of the bamboo pipe.
Everyone was still confused after seeing Liu Wei get everything right.
They had never seen anyone toss wine like this.
"You go and light the fire." Liu Wei looked at a soldier next to him and commanded.
"Yes."
Soon the fire was lit, and it grew stronger and stronger as the flames burned.
They looked at everything in front of them, and gradually they noticed that from the bamboo pipe, there was a crystal liquid dripping towards the second cauldron.
One drop, two drops... More and more, the original kitchen has become full of wine by this time.
"Your Majesty, can I discuss something with you?" Dian Wei looked at the wine in the cauldron, looked at Liu Wei and said.
"What?" Liu Wei saw that Dian Wei's greedy appearance would not know, but he pretended not to know.
"Can I taste this wine, Your Majesty will let me taste it, and then I will kill a few more thieves for Your Majesty."
"General Dian, you're not right, how can the two be confused, judging from Zhicai, since Yingchuan, I haven't drunk with Your Majesty for a long time, this wine is just right."
Without waiting for Liu Wei to answer, Xi Zhicai had already answered first.
"Bonghyo, you said yes or no?" After finishing speaking, Xi Zhicai did not forget to pull Guo Jia.
"Extremely, extremely." Guo Jia also said with a smile.
"There are a lot of things that you scholars have detoured and curved, and Your Majesty hasn't even opened your mouth yet." Dian Wei looked at Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia and said.
"Haha." After hearing Dian Wei's words, everyone laughed.
"General Dian, you have to remember what you told me today." Liu Wei looked at Dian Wei and smiled.
Then he motioned for the soldier to scoop out a bowl of wine from the cauldron and handed it to Dian Wei.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, I Dian Wei is the talker." Dian Wei said with a smile on the wine in the bowl, and then dried it down.
"Good wine, really good wine, I've never drunk such good wine, I still want it." Dian Wei said after drinking.
"You guy, you still want me to drink it yet, didn't you just say that we scholars have a lot of curves, and I'm not afraid that I will punish you." Xi Zhicai looked at Dian Wei and scolded with a smile.
"I'm not afraid, only His Majesty can punish me."
Then everyone tasted the liquor distilled by Liu Wei in this way, and they were full of praise.
"With this wine, it will be sold, and the profits will be used to raise the army." The crowd spoke.
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