After chatting with Li Qikun a few more words, Gao Feng finally understood that the reason why the wine in the Song Dynasty was low was because they were purely brewed.

Wine is meant to be brewed, so what's the point? This is not the case.

In order to promote the fermentation of grain, the brewing industry in the Song Dynasty was developed from the Tang Dynasty, and in order to promote the fermentation of grain, the brewing required koji, which was controlled by the government, so the restaurant needed to buy koji from the official before making wine.

To put it bluntly, sake brewing is to ferment the sugars (starches) in the grain into ethanol (alcohol) through enzymes (koji), and in this process, a large amount of water is produced, and the concentration of water is much higher than that of alcohol, so the alcohol content is very low.

He knew that the boiling point of alcohol was low, about 70 degrees, while water was 100 degrees, and as long as it was heated and distilled, its concentration could be increased, so as to produce high-grade liquor.

With this thought, Gao Feng didn't care about Li Qikun's mockery, but said, "Brother Li, I see that you have a lot of wine, can you give some to my junior brother." ”

This is asking for wine, and saying it so cheekily is that Li Qikun is not happy, and he will not refuse, not to mention that he didn't think about it at all.

"Okay, if my brother wants to drink, I'll give you ten jars for my brother, how about it?" Li Qikun agreed without hesitation, and even said the quantity.

"Ten altars are a bit less, can you send twenty altars?" Cheeky always takes advantage and dares to say anything.

Of course, it makes sense for Gao Feng to ask Li Qikun for wine like this. It is definitely too late for him to brew it himself, even if it is not so easy to buy koji from the official, the procedures are very complicated, not to mention that the brewing itself will take a long time, it is better to get it from Li Qikun, he plans to launch a new wine during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Moreover, he did not ask for wine for drinking, but for processing, and there was a lot of water in the wine, and it would be reduced by six or seven percent to distill it to 60 degrees, so that ten jars could process at most three or four jars of high wine, which was too little.

"This--, it's not for my brother not to give it, but the fragrance of flowers is less than twenty jars in total, and if you want it, you can only use other wine." Li Qikun said embarrassedly.

Gao Feng took the initiative to ask for such a thing once, he couldn't be satisfied, this brother should really fail.

"It's okay, other drinks are fine." Gao Feng is not picky, and said casually.

"That's good, I'll send my brother ten jars of flowers and twenty jars of osmanthus mellow." Li Qikun was really generous, and as soon as he shot thirty jars of wine, it was gone.

For this, Gao Feng didn't buy it, but said in his stomach, when you have drunk my wine, maybe you will be willing to give me all the wine.

After talking about wine, the two of them staggered and drank happily, even if the alcohol was low, drinking too much would be intoxicating, and now both of them have a sense of drinking.

"Brother, what is your goal in life?" Li Qikun asked with a sense of wine.

"Alive." Gao Feng replied without hesitation.

Alive? This answer surprised Li Qikun and puzzled him. I thought that Gao Feng would talk about making money, buying a house, marrying a wife, and even being an official, etc., it is not an exaggeration to want to be a poet, but he made the most primitive choice. Who doesn't live for the sake of living? As long as you have something to eat, you can live, the meaning of living is too simple, this answer is boring, it is simply coping.

Seeing that Li Qikun was stunned, knowing that he didn't understand himself, Gao Feng asked rhetorically: "Brother Li, it's good that you have a lot of money, but if there is an invasion by a foreign enemy, the country will not be a country, how will you deal with yourself?" ”

"I had the intention to say that I would scatter all my wealth and go into battle to kill the enemy, but this is probably useless when I am old, so I still don't talk empty words, besides, isn't there a country there? Where do we need it? Li Qikun shook his head and said.

"What if the enemy hits your door?" Gao Feng then asked.

“……”

"Let me ask you again, if the government is corrupt and the people are struggling to make a living, what will happen to you?" Gao Feng asked again.

"Since the world has been a bright future, it's just that his personal strength is weak, and he may not be able to return to the sky." Li Qikun shook his head again.

"What if the government oppresses you?"

“……”

"What will you do if someone robs a house, robs the rich and gives to the poor, or rebels?" Gao Feng asked nonchalantly.

"We don't need our own government to take care of it, but they may have been forced to rebel, so they can only express sympathy, but not support." Li Qikun replied.

"What if it comes to your house?" Gao Feng continued to ask.

“……”

Li Qikun's every answer is anticlimactic, it seems that his ambition has long been worn out by the years, but this is in line with his identity and status, who wants to do those thankless things when he is old, not to mention that he is not bad for money.

However, the ideal does not match the reality, Gao Feng knew that in a few years, Fang La and Song Jiang's uprising would occur in the country, and then there would be the southern invasion of the Jin State, even now the world is not peaceful.

The emperor at home is mediocre and traitorous ministers are in power, the southwest is in a state of anarchy, there are constant disputes abroad with the Western Xia and the Great Liao Kingdom, as well as the raids of the Japanese people along the coast, the betrayal of the Goryeo, and so on, as long as a discerning person can see and know how to make trade-offs.

However, the current Song people have long been paralyzed by a comfortable life, and they would rather lie to themselves and live in a kind of fairy tale of drunken dreams and death, rather than face reality.

What else does Gao Feng have to say about all this, his so-called life is not only about his own fate, but also about the fate of everyone in the Song Dynasty, but it can't be understood yet.

Of course, when the time is not ripe, he doesn't want to leak the secrets, even if he leaks it, it is just a joke, and no one will believe it, so it is better to prepare silently alone.

"Brother, does what you mean by being alive have anything to do with these problems?" Gao Feng asked so many questions, although the answers were unsatisfactory, but Li Qikun still realized that if they were connected, the meaning of life would be greater.

Gao Feng didn't answer, he nodded, then shook his head with a smile again. This ambiguous approach made Li Qikun scratch his head.

Gao Feng actually didn't make a fuss, he nodded and said that you were right, shaking his head and wanting to say that it is useless to talk about this kind of problem, it is better to face the present.

"Come, Brother Li, life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon, there are some things that don't need to be considered, let's have a drink." Seeing Li Qikun thinking about it, Gao Feng was afraid that he would think too much, so he raised his glass and saluted.

"Yes, life must be happy, cheers." Li Qikun happily picked up the wine glass and drank it.

After drinking this wine, they drank until the sun went down and the sun was nearly dusk, and both of them were very drunk.

Seeing that it was not early, Li Qikun tried his best to keep Gao Feng for one night, Gao Feng was afraid that his family would worry, so he tried his best to leave, Li Qikun had to let go, fortunately, Hu Bao was there, and he could be dragged back with a board car, which was a lot easier.

Before leaving, Li Qikun promised to send someone to deliver wine early tomorrow morning, but he didn't need to run again at the peak of the rush.