Volume 1 Sand Garden Confrontation Chapter 33 New Green and Red Clay
Changjia in the capital, the Earl's Mansion of Zhongyong. One of the top generals, how could Liu Liang not know. Moreover, Liu Liang's immediate boss, Deputy Jingyuan, deployed Ge Huaimin, and he was extremely uneasy with the Chang family.
In other words, the Chang family wants to regain military power all the time. Because, Jingyuan's military power was taken over by Ge Huaimin from the veteran Chang Shide. At the beginning, this incident caused a lot of trouble, arrested many people, and killed many people. Liu Liang vaguely knew that some secret things even involved the royal family.
If it is the Chang family, this matter will be troublesome. Liu Liang lowered his head and groaned, his brows furrowed into pimples.
After pondering for a long time, Liu Liang sighed helplessly. Chang Jiazhi is in military power, and now it happens that Liu Zihao was arrested on the charge of poisoning officials and horses, and he also seized the commander card. How can such a big handle not be used well? More than ten days have passed, and I am afraid that the Chang family has already gathered their descendants and is frantically impeaching Ge Huaimin.
What's even more terrifying is that Ge Huaimin still doesn't know anything about the cold arrow behind this.
As soon as he thought about it, Liu Liang thought of his nephew Liu Zihao, and his heart suddenly hurt. For Liu Zihao, Liu Liang can be said to have done his best and loved him very much. Even, let his own children feel jealous. However, now, he is powerless to save him, so he can only choose to give up. This is tantamount to tearing off a piece of flesh from the heart.
If you want to fight with the Chang family, you can only be Ge Huaimin, who has equal strength.
And he, Liu Liang, does not have this qualification yet.
"Let's go." Liu Liang gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice. With that, he flicked his cloak and strode away. As for the three Faber Yan, they seemed to have been forgotten by him. He was sad and angry at the moment, how could he still pay attention to it.
The group turned on their horses and roared away.
"It's a hurry to come, it's a hurry to go." Faber squinted his eyes and said with emotion.
"He's a ruthless man." Supervisor Lei Bin's face was solemn and gave an evaluation.
"When you give up, you give up, don't drag mud and water, you are indeed a ruthless person." Faber nodded and said.
Yao Pingyuan didn't speak, just looked at the back in the distance, silently distracted. Actually, he still has something to say to Liu Liang alone. Who knew that Liu Liang would leave as soon as he said it, and he didn't give him a chance to speak at all.
This made Yao Pingyuan feel a little regretful in his heart, but it was also helpless.
Packing up their moods, the three of them went home.
In the house, there is still a matter of hidden wolf mountain bandits, which needs to be dealt with urgently.
Liu Liang got on the post road, and the person had calmed down. slowed down the horse's speed and thought about his thoughts.
Now that the matter has reached the capital, it is destined to be ungood. But the thing itself is not so important. The Chang family just needed an excuse to attack Ge Huaimin in order to snatch Jingyuan's military power. Above the court, you are fighting for interests to the death, as for Liu Zihao, who cares?
Even if Liu Zihao loses it at this time, it will not affect the Chang family's trouble.
Thinking of this, Liu Liang reined in the war horse, his eyes flashing, terrifying.
"Do you have an order?" The guard next to him asked.
Liu Liang was stunned, nodded, and slowly shook his head, a little hesitant in his heart.
"It's a good time, why don't I sneak into the barracks and rescue Childe." The other guard was obviously closer to Liu Liang. Seeing Liu Liang's hesitant appearance, he showed his loyalty and flattered Liu Liang.
"Would you like to wait?" The guard's rhetoric hit Liu Liang's heart. As soon as he raised his eyes, he glanced coldly at the guards, and said unhurriedly, "This is Liu's private matter, and it doesn't matter if you don't want to." ”
"I am willing to serve the opportune time." All the guards were not stupid and said in unison.
"Okay, Liu thanked the brothers first." Liu Liang raised his eyebrows and said with his fists clenched.
Liu Liang dared to take risks to save people, in fact, he had seven or eight points in his heart. The reason for such a big success is based on his understanding of the combat strength of the border army. Above the border, it has never stopped. Whether it is the Western Xia party or the Hengshan Qiang people, they will kill from time to time, rob the people, rob the property, and the war continues.
On the other hand, in the hinterland of the Central Plains, due to the long period of peace, the morale of the army is weak, and the flies and dogs from top to bottom have long been rotten. As far as Liu Liang knows, there is a serious shortage of salaries in the mainland, and it is very rare for a battalion of 500 people to be able to maintain a real number of 300. As for the soldiers, most of them were old and weak, and they were even more neglected in training, and they could no longer ride horses or draw bows.
In Liu Liang's mind, Sha Yuanjian will only be even worse, how can he still have half of his combat power.
However, the ten guards around him were the elite of the border army. Everyone has been on the battlefield, and they have fought countless times in blood and fire. All of them are good at martial arts, and they are all good at foot and horse combat. To put it proudly, with these ten people, the Xiaoqi battalion can be destroyed. What's more, it's just to sneak in and quietly rescue someone out.
"Find a secluded place, recharge your batteries, and act tonight."
"Obedience." The guards responded in unison.
Shayuan Jian is a flat river, looking at more than ten miles of land, and even a hill with a high point is rare. The group galloped for a long time, but did not find a place to hide soldiers, and couldn't help but get angry.
From Jingzhou to Shayuanjian, it was enough for thousands of miles, and they spent four days and five nights. To say that you are not tired is to be a lie. But when he arrived at Shayuan Prison, he didn't have a chance to rest, and he set out on his return journey again. Nowadays, if you want to find a valley to rest, you can't eat some dry food, and you can't put anyone on it.
"Look there." Someone pointed ahead and shouted in surprise.
Everyone followed and looked, only to see a large group of war horses, neighing and galloping to the east, and the shouts of the wranglers came from afar. In the morning light, thousands of horses galloped, raising dust and sand in the sky, blocking everyone's sight, and everything became looming, like a dream, a magnificent picture.
In the faint sand and dust, a line of low mountains is exposed, and there are little flower shadows in the green daisy. Such as Lan around the shadow of flowers, like flowers dancing in the clouds, it is the famous Lan Mountain flower shadow of Shayuan Supervisor, beautiful.
"Drive." Liu Liang shouted and ran towards Lanshan first.
A group of guards followed, and their figures slowly merged into the dust and disappeared.
At this time, Qin Zhong was lying on a flatbed truck, pulled by Sanfeng'er, and was also marching towards Lanshan.
In addition to Qin Chong, there were also a lot of objects in the car, such as large jars and small jars, charcoal incense powder, all of which he used to refine glycerin. For the fruit wine on the market, Qin Chong bought ten jars, which were used for experiments, to test the amount of glycerin, in order to find the best taste. It's just that I'm tired and sweaty.
"Young master, I want to pee." Sanqi'er didn't wait for Qin Chong to respond, threw the handlebars, and ran to the side.
"There is a lot of and urine on the lazy donkey." Qin Zhong muttered, turned over, pulled up the car and left.
Where is the urine of Sansa'er, but he is very tired, and he pulls the car with Qin Chong.
"Young master, these objects cost a lot of money, and if you don't earn them back, you will lose money."
"You've said it eight times." Qin Chong pursed his lips, disgusted very much.
"This is real money." Sansa'er was not convinced, and talked back to Qin Chong.
"Come and pull the cart." Qin Chong glared.
"Huh? Young master, you pull it first, I haven't peed yet. So saying, he ran away.
The two grinded and frolicked all the way, and it was noon when they arrived at Lanshan. In the workshop, smoke rose from the cooking, and two women who lived here temporarily were cooking. Seeing Qin Chong and the others coming, they were a little cramped, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while. Seeing that the car was loaded with goods, he hurriedly came over to help.
"You're used to living here, aren't you?" Qin Chong didn't have anything to say, and he didn't know what to say to the woman.
"Habitual." It was the older woman who replied.
"In a few days, some winemakers will come over." Qin Zhong said.
"Oh." The two women nodded and stopped talking.
Qin Chong could feel the panic that flashed across the two women. They have suffered great calamities, and they have fallen like duckweeds. The slightest bit of wind and grass is panicking. In this era, there are many such women, who go with the flow and live day by day. There is no support, no hope, no future.
"I'll give you a new name." Qin Chong didn't comfort him, but said with a smile.
The two women pursed their lips tightly, with a hint of shyness on their faces, and nodded slowly. A woman's name is a very private matter, and if she is not a close relative, she will not be told at will.
At this time, there are six ceremonies for marriage, Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, invitation, and greeting.
After the ceremony, the man will ask the matchmaker to ask the woman's name and birth date, so that the man can ask the eight characters to see if the birth date is compatible, so as to determine whether it is a marriage match, which is the name question.
Qin Chong's move, although it was well-intentioned, seemed a little frivolous.
"Your name is New Green, and your name is Red Clay." Qin Zhong pointed at it very casually and decided on a name.
The winery, the green ant new wine, the red clay small stove. Qin Zhong nodded with satisfaction, turned around and entered the house. He did this with some intentions. A new name, a new life. The past is dead, but today is born again. He will explain the three full children, the past of the two women, no longer mentioned to others, completely erased.
"Come here and move things, what are you doing in a daze?" The three full children were tired enough, and when they saw the two women stunned, they suddenly rolled their eyes. Xin said, "The young master really doesn't know how to name it, what's it?" Green? Red clay? ”
got the new name, and the mood of the two girls seemed to have changed, and they became obviously cheerful.
"Your name is Sansa'er?" An older woman is called Shin Lu. He walked over and picked up a jar of wine, and asked at Sansatuer, "Sansatie, three satiety a day?" As if he thought it was funny, he suddenly bent his eyebrows.
"Hmph, it's better than your new green." Sanyuer muttered and gave Xinlu the back of his head.
With the new green and red mud in hand, the things on the car were quickly emptied. Near the kitchen, Qin Chong cleared out a piece of land and placed his purification equipment, two large jars two feet high.
The first step is to make soap. What is left over from making soap is the raw material for refining glycerin.
Qin Zhong took a closer look and felt that there was no problem.
"Boil lard." Qin Zhong commanded. occupied the kitchen and began to boil lard.
According to Qin Chong's instructions, Sanfeng first added quicklime and water to make lime slurry. Then, add baking soda. Baking soda is used to make dough, and there are ready-made ones in the kitchen. After a stirring, the lime slurry changed, and some of the material precipitated, and a clear layer of liquid floated on it.
Red Clay is young, looking at the clear and shiny liquid, he actually reached out and wanted to touch it.
"You can't touch it." Qin Zhong hurriedly grabbed her. This is caustic soda, don't you want it with your fingers?
Red Clay was startled, his face was red, and he shrank behind New Green.
At this time, the large iron pot boiled the lard and gradually melted.
Commanding the three full, carefully skimming out the liquid. Seeing that the lard was almost boiled, he immediately poured the liquid into the hot oil pan. There is no violent reaction, everything is uneventful.
After removing the heat and waiting for a while, there was a change in the pot, and the yellow soap slowly solidified.
"Quick, scoop it out." Qin Zhong commanded, scooped out the soap that had not yet solidified, scooped it out, poured it into a copper basin, added rouge incense powder and stirred it evenly, put it aside, and waited for it to slowly cool and solidify.
That's soap. Although Qin Chong didn't do it himself, he was still full of a sense of achievement. looked at Xinlu and the others proudly, and said, "This basin is called soap, you can do laundry and bathe." ”
The remaining residue in the iron pot is glycerin sweet water. The alkaline sediment was removed, and it was yellowish, and the fishy smell was extremely strong, and the smoke made people feel nauseous. The new green and red mud covered his nose and hid outside the door.
Qin Zhong pinched his nose and commanded Sanfeng to pour the glycerin sweet water into the jar.
The jar is made of sand and gravel fragments and charcoal, which can play a role in filtration. After a while, a clear stream of water flowed from the bottom of the altar, this is glycerin, the key thing in Qin Chong's plan to make money.
Qin Chong, who has experience in later generations, knows very well that glycerin can remove the bitterness of fruit wine, and because of the sweetness of glycerin, it can also greatly improve the taste of fruit wine, which is the best fruit wine additive.
Just remove the bitterness of the fruit wine and filter the wine to clarify. At that time, the sweet and delicious, clear and translucent fruit wine, in the era of good wine for the whole people, do you still need to worry about sales?
The next step is to distill the cider.
First, the impurities in the wine are removed by sieving the dill of the dill and then distilled and purified by a simple still.
The brass pipe has been made, but it was made by finding a coppersmith and beating it little by little. The sink is also ready-made, hung to the right height and filled with cold well water. Drill a hole in the lid of the pot and connect the copper pipe.
When everything was ready, the iron pot was changed and the wine began to be heated.
The liquor is heated and rises up along the copper tube on the lid, which enters the sink and condenses the water vapor, which flows out of the copper pipe to become a pure and clear wine.
After distillation, the degree of fruit wine rises slightly, and the fruity flavor is more intense. According to a certain ratio, glycerin was added for blending, and after several tests, the best taste was found, and the research and development of the new fruit wine was completed.
"The wine is so good." Red Clay sniffled and approached the new wine jar.
"It's so beautiful." New Green praised, today's fruit wine, impurities are inevitable.
"Taste it." Qin Chong smiled and agitated.
I took the bowl and took a sip of it, and everyone felt different.
"Sweet." Red Clay said.
"Well, it's more fruity." This is new green.
"The bitterness is gone?" The three full children screamed and took another big sip.
"It's still not high." Qin Chong frowned, not very satisfied. After one heated distillation, ten jars of fruit wine became six jars, but the alcohol content only increased slightly, which made him a little disappointed. Due to the process, the wine at this time is generally not high, even the strongest burning knife, only thirty or forty degrees.
Of course, these days, there is no concept of alcohol.