Zhao had already heard the news of his son's return to the house from his subordinates, and was sitting in the western room looking forward to it at the moment, when he saw Guo Ying walking in, he immediately grabbed his arm, looked him up and down for a long time, and then couldn't help crying: "You kid, why don't you send me a message?" It can be made to worry about the mother. ”

"There are a lot of affairs in the army, and where can the child take care of these things, which makes the mother worried."

Guo Ying said, lifted the corner of the robe and knelt down in front of the Zhao family, and saluted solemnly.

Seeing this, Zhao hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to help him, "Good and dignified, what kind of gift do you give me?" ”

Guo Ying didn't speak, but stubbornly kowtowed to Zhao three times before getting up.

"Have you seen Aya and your eldest brother?"

"Well, I've seen them all."

"Well, I'm thin, I'm dark, and my skin is a lot rougher." While asking, Zhao sorted out Guo Ying's clothes and chattered about it.

Feeling Zhao's loving care, a warm current slowly flowed through Guo Ying's heart, Zhao's love for him, it was a real licking of calves, there was no adulteration, not hypocrisy, and it was not intentional.

Guo Ying also has sincere love and admiration for her, he didn't want the Zhao family to worry too much, so he replied with a smile: "The northwest wind and sand are strong, the sun is fierce, these are all common things, but the field is the most tempering people, you see that I am now much more capable than when I was in Beijing!" ”

"I know what to say" Zhao glanced at him with disgust, and then after a moment, he changed his loving eyes to his body: "Soldier danger, you are not injured on the battlefield, right?" ”

"It's true that the soldiers are in danger, but after all, I am not a pawn, I am protected, and I rarely charge into battle, but I have never been injured." Guo Ying replied warmly.

"That's good, that's good." Zhao responded with a loud voice, and immediately took Guo Ying's arm and introduced the indoor narrative.

After Guo Ying sat down, he found that the interior decoration of Zhao's private room was extremely luxurious, which was very different from the simple style when he went out of Beijing last time, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

Facing Guo Ying's surprised gaze, Zhao smiled slightly, and explained: "It was all sent by your uncle, saying that you gave him a wine recipe last time, and he tried it a few times with that wine recipe, and the wine was mellow and strong, and it was highly sought after by the Jingshi warriors, peddlers, pawns, and Hu Shanghao chieftains, and he made a lot of money, so he sent someone to send some things to me." ”

"Uncle has a heart."

Guo Ying nodded with a smile, this recipe for distilled liquor was an ordinary reward for him, and he gave it to his uncle Zhao Poyu, never thought that in just four months, his uncle actually brewed the distilled liquor, and listening to Zhao's words, he was even more popular and made a lot of money.

I can't help but feel a little emotional, this is really a nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it!

But......

Immediately, Guo Ying asked the doubts in his heart: "I heard A-Niang say that the wine sold by my uncle should have made a name for itself, why did I go back to Beijing for a few days, but I didn't even hear a little bit of news about this wine?" ”

His sudden questioning made Zhao laugh: "Naturally, you won't hear that the wine is as strong as fire, and it enters the throat like a knife, where are the dignitaries, scholars and literati used to drink, and they also said conclusively that drinking it will ruin the stomach and hurt the gallbladder, and lose the heart and lose the longevity."

Therefore, it is only sold in civilian restaurants and orchid wine shops, and when you have free time to go to the West Market, you will know how popular this wine is. ”

Guo Ying was stunned when she heard this.

Aren't those novels that travel through the early Tang Dynasty all talk about how distilled liquor sold well among the public secretary class, and even shocked Li Shimin for a time?

How did he come to him, this wine is unpopular among the upper echelons.

Could it be that the way of crossing is wrong?

But think about it, the dignitaries and scholars like to drink light and sweet liquors such as peach wine, Sanle pulp, and sake, and spirits such as distilled spirits, but they may not be able to enter their eyes.

Guo Ying vaguely remembered that liquor seemed to have become popular after Meng Yuan entered the Central Plains, and during the Tang and Song dynasties, literati and doctors did not seem to have much respect for spirits.

On the contrary, the Khitan people in the north are addicted to alcohol, proud of being able to drink, ashamed of not being good at drinking, and even a drunkard called "Sleeping King".

Think about it this way......

Guo Ying suddenly had a bold idea.

Of course, it is definitely not to sell this wine to the Khitan, not to mention the fact that the road is isolated, just to say that the current relationship between Tang and Khitan will not necessarily be bought.

However, Hui Hui is now the overlord of the grassland, if this wine can be sold in Hui Hui, it is equivalent to holding a cash cow.

It must be known that today's Hui people are not the poor Tang Dynasty vassals in the past, the Tang Dynasty sent so much silk every year, people casually sold a little to the big food, whisk (that is, the Eastern Roman), and then sold jewelry, glass, spices, gold and silverware to Chang'an, and easily made a lot of money.

After thinking about it for a long time, Guo Ying felt that this idea seemed to be quite reliable.

It doesn't make sense that the Khitans and Mongols are good for spirits, but the Hui people are not good for this mouthful.

Thinking of this, Guo Ying looked at Zhao with great interest and asked, "Does my mother know what name my uncle called this wine?" ”

"Your uncle is not a literati, where do you think of a good name, he saw that this wine into the throat into the knife, spicy and burning the stomach, so he named this wine "burning knife", you listen, how cheesy. ”

Zhao pouted and complained, listening to his words, he was very disgusted with Zhao Poyu's ability to choose a name, but Guo Ying laughed out loud after hearing it.

"I think it's a good name."

"Where's the good?"

"Powerful and domineering, but straightforward, not at all bells and whistles."

"Your uncle and nephew are very similar, and your uncle told me the same way at the beginning, saying that it is the most taboo for people at the bottom who do not match the truth and are not very literate, so take a concise name to save a lot of trouble."

Zhao said, suddenly sighed again, and his eyebrows were a little sad: "But this wine is selling too well, and it may not be a good thing for your uncle's family." ”

Hearing the meaning of his words, Guo Ying immediately restrained the smile on his face and asked in a deep voice: "Why did my mother say this?" Is there any powerful person who has his eyes on his uncle's business and wants to keep it for himself? ”

Although Guo Ying doesn't want to think about these twists and turns, she also understands that having such a money-making business will always attract the covetousness of some people.

But he still can't understand who is so bold, the relationship between Zhao Poyu and Guo Fu, although it is not close, but it is not estranged, even if the Zhao family is a concubine, the two families are not in-laws, but the Zhao family has given birth to a child after all, the Zhao family is really in trouble, can the Guo Mansion not care.

"Yes and no." Zhao sighed lightly and said slowly: "Your father is still here, and the powerful people in the court don't dare to stretch out their hands wantonly." ”

"Who's that?"

"Minister of the Hui Khanate, uncle of Mu Yu (Khan), Tu Dong."

Guo Ying was stunned.

No wonder, it turned out to be a Hui nobleman.

"I know, when I'm done with this while, I'll go and meet this Khan uncle with my uncle."

Guo Ying squinted his eyes and muttered for a moment, with a bit of ruthlessness in his tone.

"Don't take care of yourself in advance, don't force yourself." Although the Zhao family wanted Guo Ying to borrow from his family, he didn't want him to cause any more trouble and hurt himself, her son, she couldn't take care of it.

"I know what I know."

"Tell my mother about the future of your trip to Jingyuan, I heard in Beijing that day that the Son of Heaven ordered you to conquer the Tubo Southern Zhao Coalition Army, but I was worried for a long time."

Immediately, Zhao took his son like an ordinary woman and talked about the experience along the way.

Guo Ying was not impatient, and told in detail about his future trip to Beijing, but he still didn't know the essence of language and writing, and he couldn't make people feel like they were there, and the content he spoke was as light as water.

However, Zhao listened very carefully, and she also talked about some trivial things in the family, and talked with Zhao indoors for more than an hour, and then had dinner with her little sister Guo Wan at Zhao's place before retiring.