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The Song Dynasty, formed in the early Warring States period, originally belonged to the rule of the Zhongshan Kingdom.

Later, it was under the jurisdiction of the late Zhao, and the Qin Dynasty ruled for 20 years, and was finally occupied by Qin.

To be precise, Songzi is a town. It is about 300 zhang (700 meters) long and about 240 zhang (550 meters) wide, surrounded by fertile fields for thousands of miles, and its prosperity is not even weaker than Handan, the capital of the old Zhao State. However, Handan has now been slaughtered by the Qin army, and it has long since lost its bustle. This also made Songzi the most prosperous area of Julu.

Generally speaking, like a small town, the population can be one or two thousand, and more than 10,000 people are amazing.

However, the situation of Song Zi was different, 6,000 households, more than 30,000 people gathered in this not too big city, even compared to the total population of Jianpu County (now Zhao County, Hebei), not far from Song Zi, which can be regarded as an outlier town.

For the sake of this Song Zi problem, Prime Minister Wang Juan and Tingwei Li Si also had a huge disagreement.

Do you want to arrange officials in Songzi?

Due to the uncooperative attitude of the scholars of the Six Kingdoms, the officials of the Qin Empire were extremely scarce. The officials who can be assigned to the county level are overstretched. Not to mention that arranging an official in Song Zi is undoubtedly a waste in terms of the current situation of the Qin Empire. But the problem is that the population of Song Zi is too large, and the remnants of the old Yan and Zhao have gathered, so they have to guard against it.

After some heated debate, Song Zi was finally proposed to the county system, and officials were selected from among the old Qin people.

Songzi County Lieutenant, surnamed Xu, is a native of Liyang, and most people call him Xu Gong.

Xu Gong is more than forty years old, and he is thin and withered. A pair of triangular eyes, the whites of which are cloudy, give people the illusion that this is not an official, but looks more like an old man with an old age. But don't be fooled by his appearance, in Songzi, people always call him Xu Poison behind his back. As for the meaning of the word 'poison', I don't think there is much need to explain.

After Liu Kan and his entourage entered the city, they asked to see Xu Gong with a hawk card.

After all, this is someone's one-third of an acre, and if you want to do things here, you have to visit a dock first. There are many gifts, people are not to blame!

Xu Gong was also very enthusiastic and held a banquet in the official office.

Don't get me wrong, Gong Xu is not entertaining Liu Kan...... Although Liu Kan now has the title of Shangzao, in the eyes of Duke Xu, he is nothing. Xu Gong is looking at Ren Huan's eagle face, and at the same time, he is also looking at the ten pots of flower carvings that Liu Kan brought to him.

This cellar wine is not something that can be bought with money.

Even for an official like Duke Xu, it is very difficult to taste the cellar wine.

As for Ren Huan, although it is far away in Surabaya County, it is 108,000 miles away from Song Zi. But his background as an iron eagle warrior is destined to be different from ordinary officials. What's more, Ren Huan got the sword given by the First Emperor himself, and Duke Xu has more or less heard of it.

Liu Kan asked to see Ren Huan with the eagle card, to put it more seriously, to a certain extent, he also represents Ren Huan.

The banquet was very pleasant, and Duke Xu also accepted Liu Kan's request in one gulp: "I have some impressions of the kind of wine that Lord Ren said. This Songzi, there is only one place to sell that kind of wine...... But the taste is not as good as this flower carving. ”

After Xu Gong finished speaking, he laughed a few times.

But the laughter sounded like a male duck stuck in the neck, which was very ugly.

Liu Kan hurriedly said: "But I don't know where to sell such wine?" The kid has just arrived, and he has two lives, so he also asked Xu Gong for advice. ”

People, always have a little vanity.

For Liu Kan's attitude, Xu Gong seems to enjoy it very much. said with a smile: "It's the Yishui Building in the south of the city...... If Brother Liu is in a hurry, I can immediately send someone to find the owner of the Yishui Building. When the time comes, you ask him, and everything will be clear. ”

Liu Kan hurriedly said: "How dare you work for Duke Xu?" Let's go on your own, kid. ”

"Well, that's fine...... Xu Hei, you can accompany Little Brother Liu for a while, and ask the owner of the Yishui Building. ”

"Hey!"

Xu Hei is Xu Gong's subordinate, born with five big and three thick, and he looks quite brute.

So, Liu Kan sat down for a while, got up and said goodbye to Xu Xuan, and then under the guidance of Xu Hei, he headed towards the south of the city.

Yishuilou is not difficult to find, as it is the largest restaurant in Songzi.

The owner of the restaurant was an honest businessman, about forty or fifty years old, with a wrinkled face and a weak speech.

When he saw Xu Hei, the wrinkled face of the master was full of smiles.

"You're talking about the Swallow Bar!"

After listening to Liu Kan's explanation, the host replied: "Little Lao'er, let someone send it, can you taste it?" However, the taste of this bird's nest wine is not very good. Most of them are old swallow people who come to taste it, and most of them are not used to it...... It's just that those who like it like it like it very much. So Xiao Lao'er doesn't have much stock here, but he doesn't dare to run out of stock. ”

As he spoke, a camel limped in, holding a small jar of wine in his arms.

The host frowned, as if he didn't think very much of this camel, and said with some disgust: "Old camel, why are you here to deliver wine?" ”

The camel's face was dirty, and its neck was a little crooked.

Han smiled, "The little second brother happened to be away for something, and I heard that the proprietor was in a hurry, so I sent it over." ”

"Go down, go down!"

The master coaxed the camel away like a fly.

Liu Kan didn't pay much attention to the camel, but when the camel was put down in the wine jar, he inadvertently showed something.

The camel's neck was very clean, and it didn't match the dirty condition of his face.

Was it intentional?

Liu Kan subconsciously glanced at the camel's legs.

Although this person limps very realistically, it always feels a little unnatural.

And when he put the jar, the hands ...... Yes, it's the hands, which look very delicate and have slender fingers.

It gives the impression that this person cares a lot about the protection of his opponents.

"He's ......"

Without waiting for the master's answer, Xu Hei on the side smiled and said, "Liu Sheng, this old camel is a helper here, I know something." Originally, he was a Yan man, but long before Yan was extinguished, he was in this Song Zi, and he has been working in this Yishui Building.

Man is an honest man, that's how it is......

Hehe, I'm usually very talkative, and I'm very serious about my work. What's wrong, what is wrong with Liu Sheng? ”

Xu Hei is just a commoner and has no title.

Maybe in his opinion, Liu Kan is already a person who needs him to look up to speak.

Liu Kan shook his head, "It's nothing, I just feel a little curious...... Hmm, is this the swallow wine you mentioned earlier? ”

The host nodded, "Exactly!" ”

Liu Kan slapped open the mud seal and poured out a bowl of wine.

As Ren Huan said, the color of the wine is very turbid, and there is a sour taste unique to Liqi wine, which is very pungent.

When it came to his mouth, Liu Kan took a sip.

Good rush! After this swallow wine is entered, it is like a fire exploding in the body, and it is extremely spicy.

That's right, that's the taste.

The host said: "Generally, few people drink this kind of wine, and most of the people who like it are some people who live in the side stopper, so this is a good sip." If Liu Sheng feels that he is not used to it, I will let people take it...... Hehe, I happen to have the cellar flower carving that I just delivered here. ”

When Xu Hei heard this, he couldn't help but laugh.

"You rammer, do you know who Liu Sheng is? Don't scare you when you say it, he is the owner of Duling old wine and the brewer of Surabaya Huadiao. You still show off your cellar of flowers in front of him, and tell you, I also drank that cellar of flowers just now. ”

The Drinking Cellar Flower Sculpture is a symbol of status and status.

Xu Hei's words were angry, but the owner was really startled, and he hurriedly stood up and apologized to Liu Kan.

"I didn't expect it to be Duling Bacchus himself!"

Duling Bacchus? Liu Kan looked at the master's house suspiciously, not quite understanding what he meant.

The host explained: "Liu gave birth to a Surabaya flower carving, which made the world's fine wine lose its color. Mount Tai seals Zen, long live the wine is the wind and rain of this year. In this market, many people respect Liu Sheng as the god of Duling wine. There are also nursery rhymes, and the world's fine wine is out of Duling. ”

Liu Kan couldn't help laughing, "It's just brewing some wine, how can you get the word Bacchus?" Master, you are too polite! ”

After speaking, he took another sip of Yan wine.

It is somewhat similar to the shochu of later generations, but it is not the same......

Presumably just a prototype. Coupled with the simple and rough brewing process, this wine loses a lot of color. But one thing is for sure, this person must know the process of making shochu. With a little improvement, you might be able to produce real shochu.

"Master, where did you come from?"

Because he knew Liu Kan's identity and the attitude of the master's family, he also changed.

Hearing Liu Kan's inquiry, he hurriedly replied: "This wine is also a coincidence...... About eight years ago, this Song Zi came to a Yan man, who was a dog butcher. I brew some of my own liquor for my own drinking. The excess, just exchange money with me. ”

Xu Hei frowned, "Are you talking about Che Ning under the big locust tree in the east of the city?" ”

"Exactly!"

Liu Kanqi said: "Who is this Che Ning?" ”

Xu Hei said: "Che Ning is the one who slaughters dogs, has a lot of brute force, and his temperament is very violent, and he often fights with others. However, this guy is indeed very powerful, and he is not his opponent because of the ordinary seven or eight strong men...... Liu Sheng, you must know that this guy is in his fifties this year, but when he fights, he is even more powerful than those twenties.

He lived alone in the eastern part of the city and rarely socialized with people.

On weekdays, he lives by slaughtering dogs, and if ordinary people don't provoke him, he won't make trouble himself. ”

Liu Kan hurriedly asked, "Master, do you mean that this Yan wine is brewed by Che Ning?" ”

"Exactly!"

"Then can you please introduce me on my behalf, I want to meet him and ask him about some things by the way."

This was not a very difficult and complicated thing to do. But Xu Hei on the side, his face was embarrassed, and he shook his head gently.

"Liu Sheng, it's not that we don't want to introduce you, but it's really not a coincidence that you came, and he happens to be not in Song Zi now."

"Not in Songzi?"

Xu Hei nodded, "About half a year ago, he was conscripted and went to Handan to build a gallop road. ”