Chapter 11: Xianglu, After the Fierce Man

In the Song Dynasty, there were already distilled liquors, but the Song people had a special preference for fermented liquor. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 infoOnly in the northland, the temperature is cold, and high-altitude sake is more popular. Although the degree is not as high as in later generations due to the utensils, according to historical records, there are also shochu that can be ignited by fire.

And Meng Jiucheng is not going to make soju to sell, of course, the market demand is the main reason, everyone is used to drinking low-alcohol wine, and it is definitely not popular if it comes up at once. He wanted to extract essential oils, produce distilled water and high liquor, and actually intended to make perfumes.

The window was bright, and I expected that the man was not there. The smoker took off his old clothes, and it was difficult to race each piece of incense. I went in a hurry, and this mirror was not covered. I haven't come for thousands of days, and I don't have these picks.

The meaning of the words seems to be slipping through the mouth, saying that the author went to visit a famous prostitute, but he fell into the air and could only peek through the window into the boudoir.

Through the sunlit flower window, you can see the faint fragrance in the smoked cage, and the surface of the cage is covered with Yiren's clothes, although it is not new, but each one is smoked with a fragrant smell. On the dressing table on the side, a full moon-like mirror leaned on the frame, and there was no time to cover the mirror curtain, indicating that the hostess went out after putting on her makeup in a hurry, so that she did not return to the dressing table and threw down a messy boudoir.

In the Song Dynasty, lavender clothes were not exclusive to women, and men also liked to dress sultryly. Because the ancients believed in "aroma nourishing", they began to use flowers and other aromatic plants to make "sachets", "incense", "incense" and other things, and burned incense, incense, incense, bathing and other widely used.

The so-called perfume is the perfume of later generations, and in the Song Dynasty, it was an authentic import. At that time, the imported perfume was most famous for the rose dew of the Great Food Country, "but the fragrance is still thoroughly smelled for dozens of steps, sprinkled with people's clothes, and it does not stop for more than ten days." ”

However, imported rose dew was too expensive, so the merchants of Guangzhou at that time thought of homemade perfumes. Because there are no roses, they replace them with jasmine, which is also fragrant, and the perfume produced is "enough to attack the nose".

The perfume that Meng Jiucheng wanted to make was first aimed at the needs of the moderate Song people, and the spices used were relatively ordinary, so that the general public could afford to consume them.

You know, the same spices, the price difference is huge. For example, historical records record: "Haijia Zhen ambergris (incense) two dollars, cloud 300,000 guan can be sold", while ordinary frankincense is divided into 13 grades, the price ranges from consistent to dozens of guan, within the price range that the people can afford.

"The official was originally going to make the incense." Wang Zhongfeng listened to Meng Jiucheng's explanation, although he was not very clear whether it could be successful, or whether it could sell well, but based on politeness, he still praised it.

Meng Jiucheng is more confident in this, but it is not easy to talk too much. Just as Liuqiao cut cooked meat and fat chicken and put it on the table, Meng Jiucheng invited the Wang family and his son to sit down and drink. Wang Yiyong is a well-behaved person, he only said that he was helping to add firewood in the kitchen, but he didn't come to the table for a while.

Wang Zhongfeng filled his wine glass, got up to toast Meng Jiucheng, and said: "Medical treatment, funding, the great grace of the officials will never be forgotten. ”

"With a gesture, Brother Wang doesn't have to forget it." Meng Jiucheng raised his glass and touched it, drank the cup, and after eating, drinking, and chatting for a while, he couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart, and asked: "That day, I heard Ah Yong say that the Wang family's gun is powerful, and if you are lonely, if you offend, you will be——"

Wang Zhongfeng smiled bitterly, waved his hand, and said, "Presumably, what the officials have heard in their ears are the Yue family gun, the Yang family gun, and the Gao family gun, and there is no need to say anything. Speaking of which, it is all the incompetence of the descendants of the Wang family, and the reputation of the ancestors has been insulted, and the descendants of the Wang family are really ashamed, ashamed! ”

"Brother Wang doesn't have to be annoyed, dare to ask which hero is the ancestor?" Meng Jiucheng was comforted and continued to ask.

"The ancestor of the king of the family is a ...... of Lu Qi"

The two most glorious dynasties in Chinese history are the Han and Tang dynasties. The Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty and the Five Dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty were all extremely chaotic periods! In this turbulent and turbulent era of five generations and ten countries, it is an era of fierce generals! Helplessly, there is no famous book like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", so it was heroic at that time, and later generations know very little.

For example, Wang Yanzhang, the ancestor of the Wang family, is a five-generation fierce general recorded in the official history of China, holding an iron gun, riding and galloping, fighting like flying, and the army is called "Wang Iron Spear". Although there are many descriptions in operas and commentaries, when it comes to real names and deeds, there are really very few people who know them.

After listening to Wang Zhongfeng's account, Meng Jiucheng searched for his memory, and couldn't help nodding his head and praised: "Qiankun is not allowed to belong to Li Tang, and the lonely army will survive and die." The Great Liang had to be delayed for only three days, and the horses were still able to defeat the five kings. Who thinks that there is Feng Dao in the world, but fortunately he met Ouyang behind him. The thousand-year-old leopard is dead and has its skin left, and the broken mound is surrounded by iron guns. ”

Speaking of Wang Yanzhang, it is still the source of the idiom "people die and leave their names". In The History of the New Five Dynasties? In the Biography of Wang Yanzhang, there is a description: "Yanzhang martial arts, who do not know books, often say to people in slang: 'The leopard dies and leaves the skin, and the person dies and leaves the name.'" ’”

Although Wang Zhongfeng is coarse in writing, the meaning of praise in Meng Jiucheng's words is understandable, praising his ancestors is a glorious thing for many people, and he is simply in awe of Meng Jiucheng, and his good impression is bursting.

"Thank you for the praise of the officials, this, can this be written down for Wang to be remembered by future generations?" Wang Zhongfeng earnestly made a request.

Meng Jiucheng didn't feel that plagiarism was shameful, he was just surprised that he was able to search for Wang Yanzhang's information in his mind. But soon, he felt what seemed to be the reason for finding an explanation.

In later scientific research, it was believed that each person's eyes were like a video recorder, which could record everything he saw at that time. But due to the brain's self-maintenance mechanism, all useless information will be precipitated, so there is such a thing as forgetting. But forgetting is not non-existent, it is only hidden, but it is still a part of memory, and it can still be retrieved by some means or under some kind of inducement.

After the comprehensive crossing, his mind seemed to become very sensitive, and he almost never forgot to read the book, and Meng Jiucheng became more and more sure that God still gave him some benefits for the traverser.

Regarding Wang Zhongfeng's request, Meng Jiucheng happily agreed, and the topic gradually turned to the aspect he had planned.

"Officials want to practice martial arts? It is necessary to know that everything is inferior, only reading is high. Wang Zhongfeng was a little surprised, the status of martial artists was low, and he felt that Meng Jiucheng should take the bright road of studying and entering the office.

Meng Jiucheng smiled faintly and said: "Brother Wang, do you know that there is another sentence: 'Fame is only taken immediately, and he is worthy of a hero and a husband'. ”

Wang Zhongfeng looked at Meng Jiucheng carefully, and saw that his face was solemn, although he was a little puzzled, he also guessed Meng Jiucheng's thoughts. Without waiting for him to speak, Meng Jiucheng had already made it clear first.