Tokyo Bianliang City, somewhere hidden.

In the dimly lit dungeon, several wounded people were tied to stone pillars in thick iron chains, and their expressions were tinged with grief and indignation.

Although they have been tortured, they can still clearly see that their hair accessories are different from those of the Song people, and they are very typical of the Liao style.

A tall woman in dark red leather armor walked in, followed by several stout ironclad warriors, who made noises as they walked.

"Humble to meet His Royal Highness the county lord. The jailers saluted her.

The woman's face was full of heroism, and even if she was wearing a helmet, she couldn't hide her beautiful face.

She is not very old, only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a standard melon seed face, delicate facial features, and the most prominent thing is her eyes, full of wisdom and decisiveness, no one dares to look at her wherever she looks.

She is Zhao Feiyan, the lord of Zimu County, who was enshrined by the current Shengshang, and her deceased father Zhao Tong is the ninth brother of Emperor Zhao Ji, who was crowned King Wu, and his brother Zhao Youyi is the king of Heyi County.

When the Liao people led by them saw her, their eyes suddenly widened, and they gritted their teeth and said, "It's you?

Zhao Feiyan smiled coldly: "I've disappointed you." ”

Ten days ago, it was they who besieged Zhao Feiyan near the Wendao College in Xiayi County and knocked him into the river, and were fortunately rescued by Qin Mo.

At that time, she was ordered to pursue the thief who assassinated the Star of the Holy Dao, and after obtaining the clue, she was eager to make meritorious service, and led the crowd to chase to the territory of Xiayi County, and accidentally fell into the trap of the enemy, and the dozen or so guards accompanying her all died heroically, and even she herself was almost murdered.

She turned to look at the jailer and asked, "Did they confess?"

The jailer shook his head and said, "The subordinates are incompetent, these thieves are very hard-mouthed, and they have tried all kinds of torture tools on them, but they have not been able to get a confession. ”

The Liao people led by him said arrogantly: "If you want us to confess, it's just whimsical, our Great Liao warriors are iron-clad, and they will never bow their heads in front of you Song people!"

Zhao Feiyan looked at him with a very meaningful gaze and said, "From beginning to end, you have been emphasizing your Liao identity, don't you think you want to cover it up?"

The other party's eyes tightened, but he still made the same expression as before.

The jailer frowned, clenched his fists and asked, "Your Royal Highness, it seems that these guys will not speak, what should I do, please show me." ”

Zhao Feiyan stretched out her right hand, made a murderous gesture, and then turned to leave.

Walking out of the gate of the dungeon, a man dressed in the clothes of a subordinate of the palace came over and whispered: "Your Highness, recently, people have been going to Xiayi County one after another to check the news related to Qin Mo. ”

"What person?" Zhao Feiyan asked rhetorically.

"The people sent by your brother and King Yijun, they may have known that you were checking Qin Mo, so they also sent people to find out your purpose. ”

Zhao Feiyan's eyebrows were furrowed, but she quickly stretched out, the corners of her mouth rose slightly, and she said to herself: "It seems that I have to find a time to go to Xiayi County and warn some people not to talk nonsense." ”

......

Near noon, the Qushui Liuzhen Conference ended successfully.

It was successful because at least half of the guests were drunk, and more than two dozen of them were unconscious, and the academy had to send them home.

Zhang Wenqi was the first to leave because he lost the fight, and he didn't say hello to anyone.

As the organizer, Gu Meng, of course, will not leave until the guests are gone.

The strangest thing is Xu Hao, he has the highest status among the guests, and it stands to reason that he should be the first to leave, but he also stayed and helped send the guests away with He Chang.

Qin Mo glanced at the wine jar, at least half of the jar was left, and he was more optimistic than expected.

Of course, with today's foreshadowing, if a similar event is held again tomorrow, I still invite these people over, I believe that their alcohol consumption will increase a lot.

When these people wake up, they will miss the taste of fine wine, especially those literati who are known for their sour rot, and they will write about them in poetry and articles, and this wine will become famous.

Qin Mo didn't think much about it when making distilled spirits, and the purpose was relatively simple, just to understand the urgent needs of Gu Meng, he couldn't afford to invite Sizhu Yale, let alone Kabuki to help the fun, and even had a pitiful dried fruit plate to eat, so he could only seek a breakthrough in wine.

Now he secretly rejoices in his heart that distilled liquor can definitely become a way to make money every day, and it is more reliable than selling poetry.

After all, selling poems and texts has to use the name of Gu Meng, and if you have more times, you will definitely be exposed, and you have to enter Fireworks Willow Lane, which is too difficult for a pure little white flower like Qin Mo.

The thought of never having to worry about money again in the future made him grin involuntarily.

How to describe it, anyway, it looks very cheap.

Gu Meng inadvertently saw him smirking at the wine jar, and sighed in his heart, seriously doubting that this kid had drunk too much, but if he thought about it carefully, it was wrong, this guy was very slippery, and he had never drunk a glass of wine from beginning to end.

With doubts and worries, he walked over quickly, stretched out his hand and poked Qin Mo's waist, and asked in a low voice, "Ziyi, what's wrong with you?"

Qin Mo came back to his senses at this time, quickly put away his smile, and said, "It's nothing, I'm wondering why this wine is so mellow." ”

Gu Meng frowned and said, "The wine you made, don't you know the reason?"

At this time, a guest who was familiar with Gu Meng came over to say goodbye, and Qin Mo was relieved.

After a while, the guests dispersed, leaving only Xu Hao, He Chang, Gu Meng and Qin Mo.

Seeing that Xu Hao had no intention of leaving, He Chang proposed: "It's noon, this place is very close to the grass house, is the county lord interested in tasting Ziyi's craftsmanship again?" ”

Xu Hao said without being pretentious at all: "This official has this intention, but I don't know if Ziyi has the leisure to prepare food for us." ”

Qin Mo wanted to say that he didn't have time, obviously doing so would ruin everyone's interest, so he could only nod and say, "Okay, but the matter of fishing is beyond the control of manpower, and it may take a long time." ”

Xu Hao behaved very generously, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, everyone has drunk just now, and they won't feel hungry in a short time." ”

"Exactly. Gu Meng said.

Since the three bigwigs have no opinion, Qin Mo, who is a junior, has no opinion, Gu Meng hugged the wine jar, and the four of them talked and laughed, and walked to the grass house.

Qin Mo was in charge of fishing, fishing while practicing calligraphy as usual.

The three bigwigs sat by the river, basking in the sun and drinking wine, not to mention how comfortable.

The three guys are very chicken thieves, and they know how powerful the wine is, so they consciously change the small cup that can only hold three dollars of wine, and they don't fill it every time, at best, it's about two dollars.

In this way, ten cups are equivalent to a bottle of qu shui, and it is difficult to get drunk.

They say that they wait for the fresh fish to be baited, accompanied by delicious food, so that they can drink it freely.

Looking at Qin Mo who was practicing calligraphy on the bluestone slab, Xu Hao exclaimed: "Ziyi is really hardworking, this slate has been used for at least seven or eight years, otherwise there will be no dark spots, this effort can be an example for all sentient beings." ”

He Chang nodded and agreed: "The noble son of the poor family is talking about this kind of student. ”

For such praise, Qin Mo himself was not only disdainful, but also disdainful, he laughed at himself: "If it weren't for the fact that the poor couldn't afford to use pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Sun Tzu would be willing to use the bluestone slab for eight years!"

Xu Hao was stunned for a moment, then laughed, gave a thumbs up and said, "Ziyi is really temperamental." ”

Qin Mo turned his head to look at the three of them, and said seriously: "By the way, don't you think that the various supplies of the scribes are too expensive?" Wen Bao Zhai knows it, it is the largest scholar's four treasure shop in the county, and the things are scaryly expensive, and the hundreds of taels of silver I finally earned fell into the shopkeeper's pocket before I could cover it in my pocket.

Every time I visit Wen Bao Zhai, I can't help but come up with an idea, that is, the masked horse is a robber, rob his mother, let them set the price so high, and refuse to be cheap for a penny, and say with a face that this is called Tong Su Wu Bullying, too much!"

He said spittle, but he didn't notice that Xu Hao's face was turning red quickly, and it was full of embarrassment.

"Ahem. He coughed dryly.

He Chang and Gu Meng's expressions also became exciting, and Gu Meng gave Qin Mo a look, meaning don't say anything.

Qin Mo disagreed, and snorted: "Why can't you say it, it is possible that the Wenwen Baozhai was opened by your relatives, don't joke, if this is the case, you will be so poor that you have no place to borrow money?"

Gu Meng also made a big red face, in fact, as long as he went to the Qinglou for a turn, the girls would definitely be generous, but he had an arrogant personality and the moral constraints in his heart, so he would not do such a thing.

"That Wen Bao Zhai ......" Xu Hao seemed to have made some kind of major decision, gritted his teeth and said, "...... The official will ask people to pass on the message, asking them to reduce the price as much as possible, so as to create convenience for the scribes of calligraphy and painting. ”

Qin Mo slapped his hand: "The county lord's move is very good, and he will definitely be praised by the scribes, if the people of Wen Bao Zhai dare not give you face, they will send someone to seal it." ”

Xu Hao's face turned even redder, and he whispered: "I dare not be ashamed, let's tell the truth, Wenbao Zhai is opened by our Xu family!"

Qin Mo's eyes widened, it turned out that this was the case!

No wonder the people of Wen Bao Zhai are so arrogant, no matter how big the buyer is, he has always had an expression of loving to buy or not, not to buy and pull down, it turned out that there was a county lord and the Xu family behind his back.

Gu Meng glanced at him, meaning that he wouldn't let you say it, you didn't say it, now you are satisfied, right?

Qin Mo turned his head shamelessly, as if nothing had happened, and made a look of concentrating on fishing.

The golden-scaled red-tailed carp that was more than a foot long was quickly caught, and Gu Meng volunteered to help, not because he was diligent, but because he had the smallest amount of alcohol among the three, and if he continued to drink, he would get drunk sooner or later, although he was addicted to alcohol, but compared with fresh fish, food was also essential.

Two quarters of an hour later, the whole fish feast was served.

Xu Hao and He Chang were already slightly drunk, but it didn't affect their enjoyment, plus they drank with Qin Mo.

After three rounds of drinking, Xu Hao's eyes rolled, pretending to be inadvertent, and said: "Ziyi, the official has read the book "Qi Min Techniques", and it does talk about winemaking, but it is an ordinary method. This wine of yours is not only crystal clear, different from the cloudy state of other wines, but also amazingly powerful, why?"

Qin Mo put down his chopsticks and said calmly: "Jia Gong's "Qi Min Yao Shu" does not have a production method for this wine, and the younger generation obtained it from the addendum, and the trial production was carried out the day before yesterday, and it was only after several failures that it was successful. ”

He expected someone to ask, so he had already thought of his words.

Written in the Northern Wei Dynasty, nearly 600 years ago, Qi Min Yao Shu is a great agricultural work, including agriculture, forestry, mulberry planting, animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, storage and brewing and other knowledge.

This is a huge book, but there are inevitably some omissions and mistakes, and after a long period of exploration, later generations have summed up more effective methods, and the so-called addendum has been formed.

To this day, there have been at least 100 addenda, some of which have been printed together with the original work, some of which have been drowned in a sea of books, and some of which have never appeared after the book was written, but have been kept privately.

Therefore, Qin Mo's reason can be regarded as impeccable, even if he is a person who is rich and rich, he does not dare to say that he has read all the addenda.

If someone asks the bottom of it, it can be said that he obtained it from a private collection, and if you haven't seen it, it doesn't mean that the steaming method doesn't exist, it only means that you are lonely and unheard.

As he expected, the three were convinced of this explanation.

Xu Hao obviously had something in his heart, and asked again: "Ziyi, which addendum are you reading?"

Qin Mo raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in his heart, what does this guy want to do?

He said calmly, "I don't know which one, but when I was young, my father came home from a merchant in the North and brought a bag of hazelnuts. I paid attention to it as an adult, but I never found this addendum, so I guess someone wrote it casually. ”

He knows the importance of this method, of course, it will not be easily revealed, even if it is Xu Hao, after all, it is related to his future source of money.

Xu Hao put down the wine glass and said, "Ziyi, can you transfer this method to the Xu family?"

"Why, the Xu family is also interested in the method of brewing?" he asked with a wink.

Xu Hao nodded and said, "The Xu family has several wine-making workshops, and the liquor they make is mainly for the north of the Yangtze River, and it is sold in Sanjing and major prefectures, but because of the fierce competition, the sales are not good. As a child of the Xu family, the official tried to think about how to change this situation, this wine is extremely mellow, and it will definitely be favored by the world, so the official asked Ziyi for the secret method on behalf of the family. ”