Chapter 22 The Birth of Baijiu

"No." Chen Gong still knew a lot about punishment, and he didn't have any excuses or questions, so he responded directly.

"Xun You obeys orders."

"Yes."

"Appoint you as the secretary of the ministry, the minister of the military aircraft department, in charge of the promotion of officials in the two counties, appointing, and inspecting, with two attendants, ten assistants, and a thousand stones." Liu Tai looked at Xun You, who was on standby, and ordered, the secretary of the ministry is equivalent to the position of prime minister, originally Xun You was not the best candidate, after all, Xun You is good at the overall situation, not good at government affairs, but Liu Tai is not talented enough, so it can only be so.

"Command." Xun You rolled his eyes, and he knew the high and powerful position of the official book, but now there are not many talents under Liu Tai, and only he is suitable.

"Drama Zhicai obeys orders"

"Loyal."

"Appoint you as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the minister of the Military Aircraft Department, fully responsible for the etiquette of the two counties, the responsibility of recruiting talents, with two attendants, ten assistants, and 1,000 stones." Liu Tai glanced at Xi Zhicai, and finally appointed Xi Zhicai as the chief of the Ministry of Rites to recruit talents for himself.

"Loyalty." Xi Zhicai took a step forward, and knew the most about the six, Xi Zhicai, in order to impress Xi Zhicai, Liu Tai spent the most effort, and the pen and ink in his chest were almost exhausted, and Xi Zhicai naturally knew what the Ministry of Rites meant, and also knew that the Ministry of Rites was not the most suitable for him, but Liu Tai's subordinates had too few talents, so they would settle.

"Huang Zhong obeyed orders." After Xi Zhicai retreated, Liu Tai looked at Huang Zhong and said.

"The end will be here."

"Appoint you as the secretary of the military department, in charge of the 80,000 soldiers of the two counties (30,000 in Liaoxi, 30,000 in Youbeiping, and 20,000 in Jizhou) to train, eliminate, transfer, and appoint, bring two attendants, ten assistants, and 1,000 stones." Liu Tai nodded with satisfaction at Huang Zhong, as a famous general in the late Han Dynasty, Huang Zhong naturally doesn't need to say much in martial arts, and he also has a hand in managing the army, otherwise he would not have been named the post of general by Liu Bei.

"The last general commands." Huang Zhong's face was cold, and he did not have the slightest joy, but said to Liu Tai with a heavy face, Huang Zhong is only twenty-five or sixteen years old now, and it is indeed a little embarrassing for Huang Zhong to control the training of the 80,000 army at once.

Ignoring Huang Zhong's apprehension, Liu Tai glanced at Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who were like door gods left and right, and said, "Dian Wei and Xu Chu listen to orders." ”

"Chen Dian Wei (Xu Chu) obeys orders." Dian Wei and Xu Chu glanced at each other, bowed down together and shouted in front of Liu Tai.

"The two of you selected 30,000 strong men from the exiles to form a guard, Dian Wei is the left commander, Xu Chu is the right commander, with Dian Wei as the leader, Xu Chu as the auxiliary, Xu's seven heroes, Zhou Cang, and Liao Hua from it." Liu Tai looked at the two tiger generals with a smile and said.

"The last general, Dian Wei (Xu Chu), received the order."

"The last general Xu Wei (Xu Feng, Xu Jie, Xu De, Xu Jun, Xu Lian, Xu Hai, Zhou Cang, Liao Hua) received the order."

Although it was only a deputy position, Xu Chu was not the slightest dissatisfied, after all, Xu Chu was less than ten years old, and he still admired Dian Wei, who was strong in martial arts.

I have to say that among the hundreds of thousands of displaced people, there are still one or two generals, such as Zhou Cang, Liao Hua is unstoppable brave, and later generations have said that there is no general in Shu, and Liao Hua is the vanguard, although there is a little irony, but Liao Hua can stand out among the hundreds of thousands of Shu troops, and naturally has his own ability.

As for Zhou Cang, he also has his own specialty, Zhou Cang's walking speed on both feet, almost catching up with the fast horse, it is no longer a problem to travel thousands of miles, countless times stronger than those marathon champions in later generations, and he also plays well with a big knife, and can barely block three or five rounds under Huang Zhong.

After the official was sealed, the next thing was naturally the establishment of the Zhaoxian Pavilion, Liu Tai looked at Xi Zhicai, who was thinking with his eyes closed, and said: "Zhicai, from the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, you will lead five hundred guards, responsible for building a Zhaoxian Pavilion on the side of the county guard, recruiting wise men, and supplementing the lack of officials in the second county. ”

Xi Zhicai nodded, bowed to Liu Tai and said, "Loyal to the order, but I hope that the lord can give one to the Zhaoxian Pavilion to help the momentum." ”

"Huh?" A smile hung on the corner of Liu Tai's mouth, nodded and said, "Let's name it the Han Heroes Hall, Wen Bicai, Wu Bigong." ”

"Evil comes and Han Sheng, Wen Ruo and the others can go to the Heroes Pavilion to sit down and choose good ministers and fierce generals for Taiduo." Liu Tai laughed and said.

Half a month later

Taishou Mansion, in a wooden building, there was a burst of wine fragrance, the aroma of wine wafted across the entire Taishou Mansion, countless soldiers shook their noses, constantly adding their lips, looking at the strictly guarded wooden building.

"Hey, don't rob the tiger, don't rob it, God, this is alcohol." Liu Tai, whose face was full of gray, shouted helplessly at Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who were splashing with saliva.

"Gollum, Gollum." Dian Wei, who was on the brain of the wine worm, ignored Liu Tai's shouting, and poured the fragrant alcohol in the bowl into his mouth in one gulp.

"Peng... Peng." I saw that Dian Wei and Xu Chu were flushed, their eyes were glowing, and the corners of their mouths were flowing all over their bodies, and they fell directly on the floor.

"Hey, these two bastards, dare to drink alcohol, grandma's, you all have ghosts if you don't get drunk." Seeing the embarrassment of the two, Liu Tai touched his nose with a wry smile, and stepped forward helplessly to pat the faces of the two and said.

As soon as he came to the end of the Han Dynasty, since he tasted the so-called famous wine that was tired like horse urine, Liu Tai had already had an idea, and with the knowledge of later generations, he brewed distilled liquor, but everything was delayed and delayed for so long, and now he finally got what he wanted.

The brewing process of distilled liquor is actually not difficult, and the principle is only that it is rich in natural sugars or easy to convert into sugar and other substances, such as honey, sugar cane, sugar beets, fruits and corn, sorghum, rice, wheat, potatoes, etc., of course, most of them are not available in the late Han Dynasty, potatoes are still in the Americas, but it is not difficult for Liu Tai, potatoes are not, sorghum, rice is not yet?

Sugar and ingot powder are tangled after yeast fermentation, and the original fermentation broth is heated to between the boiling point of the two by using the different Buddha point (78.5 degrees Celsius) of alcohol and water (100 degrees Celsius), and the alcohol components and aroma substances can be evaporated and collected from it.

The liquor, mash or fermented grain is heated in a special still, and the relative content of the various substances in the steam and in the liquor varies when distilled by heat, due to the different volatilization of the various substances they contain. Alcohol (ethanol) is volatile, so the concentration of alcohol in the steam produced by heating increases, while the concentration of alcohol in the liquor or mash decreases. The aroma is collected and cooled, and the resulting liquor is colorless but has a spicy and strong smell. The alcohol content is much higher than that of the original liquor, and the alcohol content of ordinary brewed sake is less than 20%. Distilled spirits can be as high as 60% or more.