Section 3 Celebrating the New Year Together

After laughing for a while, Jian Yong stood up, saluted me and said, "I see that Xuande is living in the township, and he will come back soon, I don't know if Jian Yong can follow him when Xuande recovers." ”

I immediately replied: "Xianhe, I also have this intention, I want to ask you these days, and you also mean this, which is great." I happily said, "It's a pity that there is no wine here, otherwise I would have had a drink with Xianhe." ”

Liu Hun replied on the side: "How can it be said that there is no wine, the wine is in the car."

It's really sleepy and meets a pillow, can there be such a coincidence? Tian Chou immediately said: "The spring is melting, how can there be no wine, Liu Hun, you said that the wine is in the car, where is it?" ”

Liu Hun further explained: "Izumo City sent 12 boxes of fruit wine, each with 24 bottles, which was made by collecting mountain fruits and using a new method. There are three kinds of wine, one is jade liquid, which is made of wild apple juice and barley, and the color is turquoise; One is the golden soup, which is made of wild pear and yellow rice, and the color is golden; One is the hero's blood, this wine is the strongest, the entrance is like fire, it is made of wild hawthorn and begonia fruit, and the color is bright red. We shipped four boxes of these three kinds of wine, Uncle Gao Shan said, one box of each of them, sent to Su Zhang and Zhang as samples, and the remaining nine boxes for us as New Year's gifts. ”

Everyone was overjoyed and expressed their willingness to taste this wine first, I immediately stopped everyone's excitement and asked Liu Hun again: "If there are any other gifts, they will all say it together." ”

Liu Hun replied: "There are also 12 boxes of candy, two of which are also to be sent to Su and Zhang as samples. There are also two types of candy: one is peanut candy and the other is beet candy. Also, Uncle Gao Tang asked me to tell Su and Zhang that they still have two unpaid payments, and if they come to Izumo City to purchase goods again, the previous accounts will not be cleared, and new goods will not be credited. ”

Ha, it seems that Gao Tanglong wants to tempt the two merchants with new goods, and wants to turn the procurement attention of the two merchants to agricultural and sideline products. There is progress, and it seems that I have been edified well.

In the midst of everyone's joy, I issued an order: "Disassemble the sugar box and the wine box, except for the samples left for Su and Zhang's two merchants, the rest of the wine will be bottled for each person, and half of the sugar will be taken out and distributed to the soldiers." It's the New Year, so let's make the soldiers happy. ”

Turning my head to see Tian Chou's expectant gaze, I continued: "The three sages will first divide three bottles of each wine (a total of nine bottles per person), and the candy will be taken by the three of them at will. ”

With a cheer, I opened the third layer of the gift box, which was four crystal glass bear cups and a set of porcelain, which consisted of four white porcelain teacups.

Looking at the porcelain, I knew that Takayama was suggesting that our thermometer had been invented. This new type of porcelain contains bone meal, so it is so hard that it will not break if it falls to the ground. At the same time, it is as white as jade, as bright as a mirror, and it makes the sound of gold and stone when struck. It's just that because it contains bone meal, the temperature needs to be extra controlled when firing, and there is no temperature measurement equipment, so you can't produce such good porcelain.

I picked up a porcelain cup, raised my hand flat into the air, and as soon as I let it go, the people around me let out a cry of surprise and regret, and the cup made a crisp sound and bounced a few times on the wooden floor. Jian Yong immediately picked up the cup and inspected it - it was intact.

Everyone let out a burst of amazement, and I smiled and said, "Since Xianhe picked up this cup first, this set of teacups will be given to Xianhe." ”

As soon as the words fell, Jian Yong was immediately beaten by everyone. Guan Ning Daxian, self-respecting identity, but his face showed a slight sense of regret, and Tian Chou clapped his right hand while shouting: "Why did I start so late?" Hands, hands, I hate you".

I smiled and said, "This set of gifts, Xianhe and You'an have a share, this chessboard chess piece will be given to Zitai." ”

Tian Chou said with a little embarrassment: "The New Year's gift sent by Izumo City, the lord has shared it with us, it seems inappropriate. ”

I immediately replied, "The greatest gift I have ever received is that when I am in the most painful time, a few great sages can be by my side, and with this gift, I have been happy in my heart, how much more." ”

Guan Ning Tianchou immediately left the table and saluted: "The lord is gracious, we can only repay the liver and brain." ”

I reached out and picked up the four crystal glass bear cups and said, "This may be the last four crystal glass cups made by Izumo Castle, and in a short period of time, Izumo Castle will not make such cups again." Come, there are good wine vessels, you must drink, serve wine, I celebrate the New Year with you. ”

The golden wine was poured into the crystal cup, and the sunlight reflected everyone's faces in gold, and I muttered to myself, "Gao Shan, don't be a fake wine." This yellow is not the color of normal wine, and he added some dye to make it like this. ”

I took a shallow sip, in addition to the pear flavor, there was also a bit of turmeric flavor, fortunately, it seemed to be a plant dye, and maybe koji yellow. I took a sip of confidence. Good wine, this year's wine is 3 to 5 degrees of rice wine, this wine is afraid of about 15 degrees.

"Good wine", Guan Ningtian and Jian Yong praised in unison, "The wine is the color of gold and stone, and the entrance is sweet and soft with a spicy atmosphere, like a person drinking gold and stone, worthy of the name of gold liquid." ”

After Guan Ning finished appreciating it, he drank it all, fiddled with the unopened wine bottle next to him, and asked slightly drunkenly: "I don't know what the other two wines taste?" ”

Alas, the wise also have greed. I put aside the unfinished gold liquid and opened a bottle of jade soup.

The color is turquoise, and the wine is crystal dialysis like a piece of jade in the crystal glass, and it is as lovely as the dew on the grass in the morning, which makes people swallow it. Take a sip, a fragrance of apples into your heart, good wine.

I suddenly thought of something, and turned my head and ordered Guan Hai: "Bingyuan, the soldiers get different wines, let them exchange them with each other, and strive to taste each wine." Also, this wine is extremely precious and fierce, so let them taste it slowly, and they should not drink more than one time. ”

Looking back, I said to the three of them, "My mother is dead, I can't drink more, so I will retire." Come on, take two more bottles of each kind of wine, and everyone, taste it slowly. ”

The three of them nodded immediately, and I got up and took my leave.

Soon, the neighbors began to come to worship in an endless stream, and I thanked the neighbors with candy as a gift in return. It's a pity that Liu Deran, a clan relative who has taken care of Liu Bei since childhood, has served in other counties, and the whole family has moved to the office. Now, there are no Liu Bei's relatives in the village, so although I don't have to worry about identity leakage, on the occasion of the New Year, I will inevitably be a little inseparable.

At noon, Su and Zhang two merchants also came to pay New Year's greetings, seeing this wine and delicacies, they immediately drank with Guan Tianjian, and after adding a new force, the three drank even more darkly.

When the wine was half-drunk, the two merchants took the opportunity to complain to me: "I don't want to pay the old accounts of Cloud City, but every time I go to Izumo City, I can see some new things, and every purchase exceeds the budget, so the old accounts are always unsettled, and we owe new accounts, Xuande can teach us." ”

These two merchants often take care of Liu Bei's family, but they can't be offended, so I pondered for a while and came up with an idea for them: "Izumo City has sent a few boxes of samples this time, and the two of you can use the New Year's occasion to gather merchants to come to your house to taste new goods." If they are satisfied, they can negotiate the price at the banquet and then ask them to make a deposit and set the purchase quantity. In this way, the two of them can buy the purchased goods without their own money. In this way, the two of them will pay off their debts, and won't they have the money to buy new goods? ”

Su and Zhang were overjoyed, and then returned drunk.

Next, we were busy through the New Year.