Chapter 7: Encounter with Yu Wenkai

From Weishui to the south, the terrain gradually rises, the momentum is like the dragon's head, it is the dragon's head original, it is said that in ancient times, there was a black dragon from Chang'an County to the Weihe River to drink water, turned into the dragon's head original, so the west end abruptly rises from the side of the Weihe River. In fact, really standing on the Longshou Plain, there is really nothing to see, blue sky and white clouds, clear water and green mountains, in later generations is a landscape, in the Sui Dynasty where is not this kind of landscape; Yang Chong only felt bored, thinking of his crossing, he was sad from his heart, and chanted: "The peaks and mountains are like gathering, the waves are like anger, and the mountains and rivers are like Tongguan Road." Looking at the western capital, he hesitated. Sad, the Qin and Han dynasties, the palace and thousands of rooms have been made of soil. Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer. ”

The applause sounded from behind him, and a person floated in, praising it: "What a long and short sentence, integrating this scene, I don't know if it was made by Childe?" ”

It was a middle-aged man who came, with a slender figure, a pale complexion, bright eyes, and a few wrinkles on his forehead, looking at Yang Chong with a smile; Yang Chongyin is the Yuan Dynasty Zhang Yanghao's loose song "Hillside Sheep Tong Care Ancient", the things in the middle school textbook, Yang Chong was embarrassed to plagiarize, shook his head and said: "I also heard it below, I just think it is better to deal with the scenery in front of me." ”

The middle-aged man looked Yang Chong up and down and asked, "Where are you from?" ”

The clothes on Yang Chong's body were bought before he left the city in the morning, but the burden was wrapped around his body, and he was obviously not from Chang'an, Yang Chong replied: "I am from the South China Sea." ”

"South China Seas." The middle-aged man thought and said, "If there is such a saying, then you are from Lingnan?" ”

"Andorrans." Yang Chong could only take a gamble; The middle-aged man repeated and asked, "What's your name, how did you get to Chang'an?" ”

Thankfully, when encountering a simple question, Yang Chong replied: "My name is Yang Chong, I have traveled to the north, I just arrived in Chang'an, and today I am here for sightseeing in Longshouyuan." ”

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "My name is Yu Wenkai, and my manor is opposite, so it's better to go to the village to rest." ”

Yu Wenkai pointed to the village on the opposite side of the official road not far away, dozens of households, cooking smoke curling, wine banners displaying; Yang Chong was indeed hungry and nodded in agreement. The two walked slowly, and as soon as they walked onto the official road, they saw a carriage galloping from a distance, Yang Chong estimated the speed of the carriage, and simply stood on the side of the road, waiting for the carriage to pass; This is the minimum traffic rule in later generations, but in Yu Wenkai's eyes, Yang Chong is a careful and humble person.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the coachman pulled the reins, he shouted, the carriage stopped in front of the two, and an old man about fifty years old stepped off the carriageway: "Lord Yuwen returned to Chang'an and didn't inform us, it really disappointed and rude for me to wait." ”

Yu Wenkai arched his hand and smiled: "Miscellaneous things at home, don't dare to disturb Lord Wei's purity." ”

"Luoyang City has been built and the capital has been moved, what else is going on." Master Wei shook his head in disbelief, saw Yang Chong, and asked Yu Wenkai, "This is your new student?" ”

Yu Wenkai said with a smile: "Master Wei, don't be joking, his name is Yang Chong, and he is from Lingnan." Yang Chong, this is Lord Wei Fuzi. ”

When Yang Chong heard the sentence "Luoyang City has been built", he remembered that Yu Wenkai was the first builder of the Sui Dynasty, and he designed and supervised the construction of Daxing City and Luoyang City in the Sui Dynasty. Yang Chong heard what Yu Wenkai said, and hurriedly stepped forward to see Wei Fuzi, Yu Wenkai said: "Master Wei, you might as well go to the village and sit together." ”

Wei Fuzi came over, because he had something to discuss with Yu Wenkai, and he happily went when he heard the words; When he arrived at the hotel, Yang Chong knew that Wei Fuzi and Yu Wenkai had something to discuss, so he said calmly: "I saw a wine shop in front of me, I want to go and see it, and I will come back to listen to Mr. Advice." ”

Yu Wenkai said with satisfaction: "I didn't expect you to have research on wine, that winery is my industry, you can look at it casually." ”

Yu Wenkai called a villager and asked him to send Yang Chong to the winery, where there were mountains of jars piled up in the courtyard, and the rich aroma of wine could be smelled from afar. Yu Wensui, who is in charge, is Yu Wenkai's nephew, and when he heard the villagers say that Yang Chong was a guest of his uncle Yu Wenkai, he was very polite, Yang Chong tasted a sip of the wine in the bowl in front of the brewing master, very light, and then asked: "Can you watch the production process?" ”

The brewing master Lao Liu shook his head, and Yuwen Sui said curiously: "You know the brewing of wine?" ”

Yang Chong understands that now is a real opportunity for him to encounter after crossing, Yu Wenkai himself is a famous craftsman, and he must like people with skills, Yang Chong secretly gritted his teeth and said: "I have the recipe for making wine in the South China Sea, I only need two jars of wine, and some items to try." Well, if there is a loss, I am willing to compensate. ”

Yuwen shook his head and said, "It's serious, my uncle needs to call the shots in this matter." ”

The two chatted for a while, Yuwenkai accompanied Yang Chong back to the hotel, Wei Fuzi had already left, Yuwenkai heard what Yang Chong meant: "There is no way to do craftsmanship without paying a price, Yang Chong, even if you have a secret recipe, you may not be able to succeed at one time." I'm not the kind of foolish person, so be it, I'll give you five jars of wine, what else do you need, I'll let the steward buy it, and give you an empty house. ”

Knowing that Yang Chong only needed yellow wax and charcoal, Yuwen Sui breathed a sigh of relief, asked the quantity, and immediately arranged for someone to buy it; Yang Chong asked for a kitchen with two large stoves, and asked Yu Wensui to drill a hole near the bottom of the sides of the two empty wine urns, plug them with a stopper made of poplar branches, and then pour in the wine. When the wine is full, Yang Chong covers the mouth of the wine jar with a piece of cloth, and then ties it tightly around the mouth of the altar with a rope, and then covers a layer of mud on the mouth of the sealed wine jar, and when the mud is dry, he uses a little yellow wax to seal the upper part of the wine urn and the plug wood.

When everything was ready, Yang Chong put the wine urn on the pot on the stove and heated it with charcoal for seven days. In the past seven days, Yang Chong did not leave the winery for a single step, and every hour went to see the fire, the fire was too fierce, and the wine was volatilized; The firepower is too weak to be refined. Yu Wensui was a careful person, and on the second day of cooking wine, he sent someone to send two sets of old clothes to Yang Chong for him to change and wash.

I don't know if it's the reason why I don't believe Yang Chong, or if the people of the Sui Dynasty are real, in the process of brewing wine, neither Yuwensui nor Old Master Liu came to take a look, but Yang Chong gave whatever he wanted. Yu Wenkai left on the second day of cooking wine, and on the seventh day of the agreement, Yu Wenkai returned to the wine shop, Yang Chong had already extinguished the charcoal fire and moved out a wine urn that had finished putting the chaos at the bottom of the urn.