Chapter 6 Is This an Investment?

It's dawn, Li Jie got up late today, and forgot the time when he whispered to the girl yesterday. When he woke up, the girl had already prepared face wash and mouthwash for him, and after cleaning up and eating a few snacks, he was ready to go out. Walked to the door and thought about it, "Xing'er, clean up, go out with me", "But Your Highness...", "No, let's go". The girl followed behind Li Jie obediently, and when she was about to arrive at the mansion gate, Xue Liang's brother and sister stood in the mansion gate and waited. Today, Xue Liang's sister is also dressed as a martial artist, with a sword hanging from her waist. "This is..."Li Jie was stunned, Xue Liang stepped forward and hugged his fist, "Your Highness, my sister Manniang has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and martial arts are not under me." Li Jie glanced at Manniang and said with a smile, "I didn't expect to be a heroine", and said to Xue Liang, "You go to the account room to withdraw three thousand taels of silver, and personally send it to your brothers, remember to be careful and don't let outsiders know." It's quiet at the door these two days, you can rest assured". Xue Liang knelt down on one knee, "Your Highness Xie, your humble position will not live up to your trust." Li Jie suddenly changed his face at this time, put one hand on his chest and the other to support his chin, and said with a smile, "Manniang Xing'er, you go with me today, if I expect that there will be a few more fish hooked today, hahaha...", this sudden change made several people stunned, and then Manniang said, "Your Highness, why do I suddenly feel that you are very treacherous", Xue Liang also said, "Alas! I don't know how many more His Highness has deceived". Li Jie shook a finger under his head, and said proudly, "No, no, no, this is not treacherous, this is a willingness to fight and a willingness to suffer, okay, let's go fishing."

Today, because of the female companion, Li Jie was lazy and corrupt again, Xue Liang asked people to prepare a carriage, sitting in the carriage Li Jie thought to himself, "It's too corrupt, too luxurious" In the wide carriage, the two girls sat together and whispered, Li Jie sat on the thick fox fur cushion and leaned on the tiger skin low chair, the two exquisite incense burners on the side of the carriage exuded the smell of incense, and there were exquisite snacks on the desk in front of him. Li Jie thought about not knowing who else would come today and what would happen. The carriage walked unhurriedly, the shouts of the street vendors came into the car from time to time, the two girls would open the curtains and look out when they heard what they liked, sometimes Xing'er looked back at Li Jie, he would smile lightly and let the carriage stop, and the two girls jumped out of the car happily, and after a while they would come back with a bunch of things. Li Jie, on the other hand, stood by the car and paid the vendors who came up, and then Li Jie thought, "How does it feel like going shopping with my daughter-in-law?" Then Li Jie sat with the coachman, looking at the coachman in a daze, Li Jie slapped it, "Don't drive yet" The coachman hurriedly whipped the carriage and moved again, Li Jie whispered, "I can't cure them, I can't cure you", and then Li Jie said, "I can't take my daughter-in-law out in the future." Xing'er's voice came from inside the car, "Your Highness, what are you talking about", the frightened Li Jie jumped out of the carriage and said, "I didn't say anything", and the crisp laughter of the two girls came from inside the car.

Coming to the restaurant, Li Jie jumped out of the carriage and looked up at the words "Drunken Xianglou", then turned his head to the car and said, "It's arrived" The two girls got out of the car, Manniang jumped down at once, Xing'er was about to step on the stool and get out of the car, Li Jie stepped forward to support him, and Xing'er was so ashamed that his face was flushed. The little second person last time stepped forward and beckoned the carriage to the backyard, and led the three of them to the second floor, pushed open the door of the private room, and several people in the room hurriedly stood up, seeing that there were a few more people Li Jie smiled, and entered the house Xing'er Manniang stood behind him, Qin Fang arched his hand, "Your Highness, let me introduce you, this is Ma Lin, Zu Shang Ma Zhou", a man in white stood up and bowed to the end. "This Li Tang, ancestor Li Jing", a brocade-clothed boy bowed to the end, "This awakened, ancestor Su Lie". He pointed to a man in red and said, "This Liu Tie, ancestor Liu Wenjing." Then he arched his hand to Yi Li Yi, "We are all blessed by the shadow of the ancestors, and I have won the position of captain in the Shence Army." Li Jie smiled slightly, stood up and arched his hand, "A few sons are polite, this king is fortunate to get to know a few sons, and Sansheng is lucky!" Raising the wine bowl on the table, Li Jie drank it all and "do it first for respect", and several sons also took the wine bowl and drank it all, why is it a bowl, not a cup? Don't the people of the Tang Dynasty find it ugly? Looking at the records of the Tang Dynasty, it is easy to "drink 300 cups at a time" and "100 cups of wine with crazy songs", although there are exaggerated ingredients by poets, but in fact, it is also revealed that the wine of the Tang Dynasty is limited by the brewing process, and the general degree is not high, and the distillation and brewing method was only invented between the Song and Yuan dynasties after the Tang Dynasty. At that time, sake brewing was mainly made by natural fermentation of koji and grains, which was more like modern rice wine.

At that time, the brewing of sake was usually made by taking grain, water, and koji, mixing them in a certain proportion, putting them in large urns and sealing them, waiting for the fermentation to be completed. The fermentation time tends to range from a few days to several months. To continue fermenting the wine is sour, then sprinkle with lime to end the fermentation process. The biggest feature of Tang Dynasty wine is about turbidity, and turbid wine is talking about this kind of wine. If you don't pick, simply strain it and drink it. This kind of turbid wine, at first glance, is usually a little green, just as Bai Juyi said, "Green ant new roasted wine, red clay small stove", and as Li Bai said, "A thousand cups of green wine are not drunk, and one side of red makeup is annoying and killing", you will see the author use green to describe wine in many literary and artistic works at that time. There is no way, because of the problem of the brewing process, the quality of the koji is difficult to guarantee, and it is often mixed with other microorganisms, and the wine is green during the brewing process.

Speaking of taste, modern people drink wine, often spicy, but the Tang Dynasty people do not have this feeling, because the wine at that time was sweet, in the poems, poets also often use the soup, the poet also often used the soup, the poet ((the Tang Dynasty is a sweet seasoning, equivalent to the Tang Dynasty sugar, the starch is also a kind of maltose syrup) and so on to metaphor wine, such as Gao Biao's "flower branches are like fire wine such as food", Liu Yuxi's "lake fish is fragrant better than meat, official wine is heavier than food" and so on. This is also due to process problems, which often lead to a large part of the grain saccharification during fermentation. Of course, this green, low-proof, cloudy, sweet, viscous wine was the most common and readily available wine at the time. It is also the most described wine, of course, there are low-end, there are high-end. If you are not in a hurry, you can heat it first, completely end the process of microbial fermentation, and then filter it, and the quality of the wine will be higher. However, by using high-quality koji, it also has a great impact on the quality of the wine, such as red yeast rice, which is a very commonly used food additive today because it contains monascus and ferments better. The color of the wine made from good koji is no longer green, but from red to yellow (which the Tang people like to call amber) because it is relatively pure—it should be a bit close to the modern rice wine, which was considered the most high-end wine in the Tang Dynasty.

Everyone laughed and ate and drank in the private room, and raised a bowl from time to time to invite each other. I almost finished eating, and I woke up and hugged my fists, "I heard that His Highness had fought with Pauline a few days ago, and I met His Highness today, I don't know if His Highness can let me wait to open my eyes." Li Jie knew that the meat drama was coming. smiled lightly, "Since Brother Su has spoken, this king will be ugly." A group of people came to the backyard of the restaurant, and there were several sons' guards guarding the hospital door. Li Jie came to the middle of the courtyard and pulled out the frame, and everyone was stunned when a set of military body punches were played, and every move was a killing move. Fierce and fierce, without dragging mud and water, there is no showmanship. Xing'er Manniang's eyes lit up and clapped. After a set of punches, Li Jie came to everyone and arched his hand, "This king is ugly", Cheng Moyu patted Yu Chi Baolin on the shoulder, "How about it, don't be unjust!" Yu Chi Baolin nodded again and again, "Fierce and fierce, I am not wronged to lose." Everyone returned to the private room again, and after sitting down, Qin Fang arched his hand, "Today we are an eye-opener, Your Highness's martial arts are really admirable!" Several people threw up their hands together and said "yes". Qin Fang said again, "I don't know what His Highness's plans are", Li Jie said in his heart, "It's finally here", but he still pretended not to care, "What plans can I have, it's good to come out and sit with a few friends every day, chat and drink." A few people looked at each other, and Qin Fang said again, "Doesn't Your Highness have other ideas?" Li Jie glanced at the crowd, then leaned back and said slowly, "Do you want to invest in me?" Don't you think you're white wolves with empty gloves? What a calculation! Several people were shocked and quickly knelt down, "I don't dare to wait." Li Jie smiled, "This king said that he laughed, please get up." After a few people sat down, Li Jie said, "The weather is good these days, I'll go hunting in three days, since you want to invest in me, then I'll let you take a good look at the king's methods, and when that time comes, I'll give you time to think about it and see what you're willing to pay." Several people hurriedly bowed their hands and said, "Weichen doesn't dare"

On the way back, Li Jie snatched the horse of one of the guards and followed the carriage, and the four guards did not dare to laugh or look at him. Li Jie pretended to be casual, "It's okay, it's too stuffy in the car and cool outside." Soon the guards couldn't laugh either, for the two girls' desire to buy was so strong that even their horses were full of things. Then Li Jie said, "I must not go out shopping with my daughter-in-law in the future", and several people nodded frantically. When she returned to the house, the nurse looked at the people who took the big bags and small bags to the house, and said to the two girls, "Buy things blindly, how much does it cost", the two girls lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak, and then said to Li Jie, "Don't get used to the two girls from now on." Li Jie looked at Xing'er, his eyes were full of happiness, "It's okay, we have money." The nurse smiled and said, "I like it, are you satisfied?" Li Jie nodded "yes", and the embarrassed Xing'er fled into the house again.

Qin Fang and his party did not go far, looking at Li Jie who was far away. Qin Fang said, "I can't see through His Highness's thoughts, but our thoughts can't escape His Highness's eyes, and I don't know if our choice is correct." Everyone was silent, and Qin Fang said again, "No matter, when you go back, you will say it as it is, and ask your father to decide." The people returned separately. In the study of the Qin Mansion, Qin Fang originally told Qin Chong about the matter, Qin Chong thought about it slightly, and asked to "Go to the appointment on time in three days, and see what means His Highness has first!" And there are several other places where the same advice is given.