Chapter 13: Apprenticeship

Yu Wenhua looked at Yang Chong's eyes as if he had seen gold, and said with a smile on his face: "I have heard what the clan brother said, and finally decided to let you be his junior brother, you and I will be brothers in the future, don't see each other." ”

Yang Chong inquired with Yu Wenhu and Wei Lei, Yu Wenhua was no worse than the description in the novel, he was known as a "light and thin son" when he was young, greedy and arrogant, often led his family, rode a high-headed horse, carried a bow and held a bullet, and galloped on Chang'an Road; Later, he became a palace guard, and he was very close to Yang Guang, and he was tired of moving to the prince's servant. Yang Chong didn't believe that he was an exception, and lowered his posture and said, "Thank you, sir." ”

"Hey." Yu Wenhua was actually very satisfied with Yang Chong's consciousness, and said enthusiastically: "I came to pick you up to go to the wine shop, the Holy Son of Heaven is urging you, and the clan brother is already waiting there." ”

When he arrived at the winery, Yu Wenhua and Yang Chong left him, and went to busy his own business, but Yu Wenkai watched Yang Chong taste each jar of wine prepared with great interest, and then arranged for the bricklayer and carpenter to do things. ”

Yang Chong nodded and said: "Yes, it's a bit similar to the method of making rice wine in the south, except that the rice wine is steamed with glutinous rice, and I steam the wine directly." ”

Yue glanced at it for decades, and said: "It makes sense, but it's easy to know that it's difficult to do, and the most important thing in winemaking is that little bit of skill." ”

The three of them laughed, Yang Chong said some precautions, made an appointment to steam wine tomorrow, handed over the back nine stoves to Yue Yi to supervise, and returned to the mansion with Yu Wenkai. Zhuge Ying had been waiting for a long time, and was discussing the scriptures with Yuwen Rutong, when he saw the two of them stand up and said, "Lord Yuwen, I thank you on behalf of my brother, I really helped him find a good heir." ”

Yu Wenkai deliberately quipped: "Uncle Shi, are you accusing me?" ”

Zhuge Ying's hair was white, his face was ruddy, and he said indifferently: "I'm just accusing you, you can't look down on your master's broken things at all, and that Feng Qiqi is even more disagreeable, I'd rather be a Taoist priest than accept the mantle." Compared with Yang Chong, what you lack is a normal heart. ”

Zhuge Yingyuan was a member of the Jin Dynasty's military affairs, and he was Yang Guang's minister from the dragon, and he was quite important in "Zhou Yi", "Hetu" and Weishu, "Cangjie Chapter", "Erya", "Zhuangzi", and "Laozi", but the amount of gas was a little small, and it was really difficult for Yu Wenkai to answer. Yuwen Rutong is commonplace, Yang Chong hurriedly stepped forward to salute and relieve Yuwenkai; Everyone talked and laughed and went to the prepared room together.

The furnishings in the room are very simple, not even like the place of apprenticeship, there is an incense burner on the two meters wide in the middle of the room, and in front of the incense burner are three things, a zigzag spring, a small crossbow, and an umbrella. Yang Chong was surprised: "Spring." ”

Yu Wenkai nodded, stepped forward to light the incense in the incense burner, asked Yang Chongsan to bow nine times, and said after finishing the apprenticeship: "This is something that the family master bought from a Great Qin merchant, and I don't know how to make it. The other two are the Zhuge crossbow and the Qin Wang umbrella, both of which are made according to wild histories and notes, you can take a look; The master had a last word, whoever can make these three things can get his "Organ Technique". ”

Yang Chong has seen the Zhuge crossbow in the modern museum, it is the kind of copper crossbow machine, the body is very large, the Zhuge crossbow left by Zhuge River is small and small, hiding five arrows; The technical content of the Qinwang umbrella is in the umbrella rod, the umbrella handle is hollow, and the sharp weapon is hidden; The bottom of the handle has multiple mechanisms, which can flexibly control the parachute handle to slide on the cross base and adjust the tilt of the parachute. Yang Chong cared most about the sheet spring, and when he looked at it in his hand, he concluded that it was made of a curved bronze plate.

Zhuge Ying waited for Yang Chong to stop fiddling and asked, "Yang Chong, you called out the name of the spring earlier, could it be that you know the use?" ”

Yang Chongxing said happily: "Uncle Shi, if we make this thing, we will make a fortune, but I need time, and I need to find a smelting workshop." ”

Yu Wenkai immediately said: "In order to study this thing, the master built a workshop near the Mengjin Ferry, Uncle Shi, otherwise you let Zhuge Quan take the time to come here in the past few days, and we will discuss it." ”

Zhuge Ying's face was stiff, and he snorted: "I knew that you were fighting this idea." ”

Yu Wenkai said with a smile: "The whole brother is talented and intelligent, well-read, it's a pity to waste it." ”

Zhuge Ying waved his hand and said: "He is here, you persuade him, don't be too small, I don't want him to become Tao Zhugong, do things first in the court, and then have a way out." ”

Yu Wenkai hurriedly agreed. Sending Zhuge Ying away, Yang Chong asked Yu Wenkai curiously: "What kind of person is this Zhuge all?" ”

Yu Wenkai thought about it for a while and said: "Zhuge is all Zhuge Ying's concubines, and he is a person who is very good at making money, and the business of the Zhuge family has doubled in his hands, but this is just an appearance, he is very similar to Fan Li in ancient times, and he is very indifferent to everything." Uncle Shi and I agree that he does things entirely according to his own interests. ”

Yang Chong knew that Fan Li said by Yu Wenkai and Tao Zhugong said by Zhuge Ying were actually one person, and together with Wen Chong, they helped King Goujian of Yue to restore the country, and then escaped with Xi Shi, and finally became a generation of huge riches and became famous all over the world. If Zhuge Quan is such a person, it is worth befriending, and he can even discuss some problems with him, as Zhuge Ying's son refuses to be an official, it will definitely not be as simple as being a small official.

Yang Chong spent the next half a month in the Yuwen family's winery, until the ten jars of wine were sent into the palace, Yuwen Wu came over in the afternoon and announced that everyone in the workshop would be rewarded with half a month's salary, and there was a burst of jubilation in the workshop. Yuwen Wuji carefully asked Yue and the steward, and made sure that the winery could brew alone, so he politely sent Yang Chong back to Yuwenkai's mansion,

On the way, Jin Wuxi fell, and the wind blew, Yang Chong put down the curtain, withdrew his gaze to look at the scenery, and asked Yuwen Wuji: "I heard from the senior brother, the wine business will be in charge of the non-level brother in the future?" ”

Yuwen couldn't hide his excitement and said, "Thank you for this." It turns out that the three wineries of the Yuwen family are to brew some wine to drink by themselves, at most to some of the subordinates in the army, but now it is different, today won the palace thirty percent of the tribute wine order, after the news spread, the palace will definitely come to place an order, and my father is discussing with Brother Kai to expand the winery. ”

Yang Chong smiled and said: "I'll give you an idea, when the winery is expanded, you buy some folk wine and come back, brew it according to this method, and specialize in supplying the major restaurants in Luoyang, Chang'an, even if the profit is a little less, it is money." ”

Yuwen was overjoyed, patted Yang Chong and said: "Brother Yang, my brother knows in his heart, and he will need his brother's place in the future, just open his mouth." ”