In the next few days, Ji Yan finally lived a fairy-like life, except for the occasional fear that an assassin would suddenly rush out and give him a knife, so he called a large group of guards to follow him at any time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Every day, I go to Zhongding Square to follow the forbidden army to run circles, and after eating the morning food, I go to Luoshui to see the progress of the construction of the house, and then urge Su Xin to quickly choose a new furnace address, or go to Zhongding Square to take a look at the training situation, and by the way, put forward a few convincing suggestions, or go to the winery to take a look at the first batch of Shu millet wine, or go to the market to see the current business situation. After the evening meal, they will take a beautiful bath, and then either go to the queen's place for a night, or spend a night alone, of course, they will occasionally go to other concubines to show a small face.

Zhong Ming Ding eats, brocade clothes and high crowns, when he comes out, the stars hold the moon, and when he enters, his wives and concubines are in groups, there is no Confucianism in talking and laughing, and there are white dings in the exchanges, this is Ji Yan's life as the son of heaven today. Although there are many restrictions on etiquette, but in the Luoyang Palace, it is definitely a word, as long as you don't provoke Ji Jing and a few other bull fork characters, everything is so comfortable and comfortable.

The market has taken on a new look under the leadership of Wang Ding, and all the managers are sent by the internal affairs superintendent, strictly following Ji Yan's requirements: civilized language, polite actions, smiling, sharp mouth, and diligent hands and feet. The tax was halved from the previous rate, and a money changer was set up with a commission of three out of 100. Coins are divided into five grades according to their fineness, no matter what the currency, coins of the same grade can be exchanged directly as long as they are equal in weight, and coins that are one grade worse can only be exchanged for 80% of their weight. In just a few days, there were significantly more people entering the market to trade, which made Ji Yan quite optimistic about his future prospects.

Of course, he will also visit Meng Ben from time to time in the medical superintendent, hoping to influence this reckless man by relying on his emotional card, but the result is always unsatisfactory. However, he never gave up, found Imperial Doctor Chen, and told him to let him go for a walk in Zhongding Square after Meng Ben could get out of bed, hoping that the hot training would arouse his interest, so that he was willing to stay in Zhou Kingdom.

The eighth day of free time was a good day.

Early this morning, Imperial Physician Chen reported that Meng Ben had gotten out of bed, and at his suggestion, he went to Zhongding Square to see the training of the forbidden army, and said that this thing was very happy, which made Ji Yan very happy, and felt that hope had not disappeared; At noon, Su Xin came to report that the site of the furnace had been selected, which was a small col at the foot of the camel peak, and the geographical location was very good, and there was a waterfall that would never dry up, which was just used to push the water wheel, and the blower was determined to be pulled by water power. Ji Yan went to the scene to take a look, and found that this place was not very far from the iron ore field that was being cleaned, and it was very convenient to transport iron ore over, and it was indeed a good place, so he agreed, so the construction of the smelting furnace officially started.

What made Ji Yan even happier was that this evening, Jiu Zhengliangyou came to the Son of Heaven's bedroom mysteriously carrying a copper kettle, and reported that there were good things in the copper kettle, but he didn't know what it was. Ji Yan said angrily: "It must be a distillation bar made of Shu millet?" It's not something special, why do you make such a mysterious appearance? ”

"I still can't hide it from my king. This is definitely a good thing, Weichen only tasted one bite, and then he didn't dare to taste the second bite! ”

"Why is that?"

"One is afraid that I will swallow my tongue, and the other is that I am afraid that I will float!" It seems that this Liangyou is also an interesting person after being cooked.

"Is it that good?" Ji Yanxi smiled and said, "Take it, this king will taste it." ”

Ji Dong quickly took a copper bowl, took the copper pot from Liang You's hand, poured a small sip in it, and quickly drank it, this is for the Son of Heaven to try food. As soon as the wine was entered, Ji Dong's face immediately changed, and the whole person froze suddenly, rolled the wine in his mouth twice, before swallowing it painfully in his stomach, and then raised his eyebrows and smacked his lips, looking intoxicated by it.

Liang You stared at Ji Dong, and when he saw his appearance, he immediately laughed in a low voice, with an expression of "I knew it would be like this" on his face.

After a long while, Ji Dong finally came back to his senses, remembering that the Son of Heaven hadn't tasted it yet, so he quickly took a wine venerable, poured it full, and held it in front of Ji Yan with both hands: "Enlighten my king, this wine is mellow and heavy, thick but not greasy, it can be called a fairy in the wine, and it can't be tasted if it is not the nobility of the Son of Heaven!" My king, please! ”

Ji Yan was also full of expectations by the exaggeration of these two people, slowly took the wine honor, took a sip gently, and smashed it, it's okay, close to the inferior wine of later generations, the concentration should be in the thirties, although it seems a little bland, but at least there is no sour, astringent and bitter and other peculiar smells, if compared with the wine at this time, it is really worthy of the title of immortal.

After taking a small sip, he took a sip of it, then let out a long breath and said loudly: "Sorghum liquor, unique to my Great Zhou, the surrounding Warring States, pay the money!" ”

In Ji Dong and Liang You's stunned, Ji Yan asked Liang You, "The method of making wine has not been leaked, right?" ”

"Enlighten my king, absolutely not." Liang You bowed and said: "When the copper bamboo pipe was placed, except for the two craftsmen who didn't know how to make wine, only Weichen commanded the arrangement; When receiving Shu millet, Weichen directly asked the queen to take the key, and no third party knew; When the millet was sent into the winery, it was tightly wrapped outside, and no one knew what kind of grain it was; Both cooking and distilling wechen use different liquor people, and although they see one of the links, they don't understand the whole process. ”

"Well, well done. When you go back, you can produce in large quantities, pay attention to the key points of brewing, do not be careless, and be sure to ensure the quality. ”

"Qi my king, if you increase production, I am afraid that there is a big gap in manpower, and there are more people, and it will be more troublesome to keep secrets."

People, people, there is a shortage of people everywhere! Ji Yan couldn't help frowning, and said after a little thought: "In this way, you take the order of the king of this king to the Chunguan Mansion and ask Uncle Zong to borrow five hundred private soldiers, one of them is responsible for helping to make wine, and the other part is responsible for guarding the winery, so as to ensure that the method of making it will not be peeped at." ”

"No!" Liang You was overjoyed.

After Liangyou went, Ji Yan thought about the sales of liquor, how to promote it? In addition, how to determine the price?

At this moment, Ji Dong reported: "Enlighten my king, Ji Fang asks to see me outside the palace." ”

"Ji Fang? He's back? Ji Yan was overjoyed: "Hurry up and let him in." ”

A dusty man walked in quickly, knelt down in the hall and said, "Enlighten my king, Fang is fortunate not to be dishonored!" ”

"Good, good!" Ji Yan was slightly excited: "Get up, get up!" Sit down and talk. After Ji Fang sat down, he said: "It just so happens that there is a pot of good wine here, Ji Dong, it is full, and this king wants to wash the dust for the eldest brother!" ”

Ji Dong Mari poured a bowl and put it on Ji Fang's desk. Ji Fang picked it up, bowed slightly towards Ji Yan, and swallowed it in one bite.

"Ahh As soon as the wine went down his throat, a flush climbed up his cheeks, Ji Fang immediately exclaimed, shocked beyond measure, smashed his mouth for a long time before he came back to his senses, and said excitedly: "Why is this wine?" The entrance is clear, the lower throat is hot, the taste is pure, the aftertaste is long, and the key is that there is no sour and astringent taste. Is this really wine? ”

Ji Yan nodded and said, "Of course it's wine!" This is a special wine of the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty, called, called 'Outsiders'. ”

"Out-of-the-world? Sure enough, it's a good name," Ji Fang shook his head and sighed: "Except for the sky, how can there be such a delicacy in the world!" ”