Chapter 10 Distilled Spirits

In the evening, Zhao Ye was very satisfied with his heroic appearance in the bronze mirror, the genes of the Liu family are not covered, if this is more beautiful, it can completely shoot the little fresh meat on the beach.

Going to the banquet tomorrow, this made Zhao Ye think about makeup, and after thinking about it, he decided to draw a women's dress, but this inch was too obvious. So he called two more maidservants.

Looking at the black hair of the two girls, Zhao Ye wanted to ask the two girls to borrow their hair, but when Fang spoke, the two girls were frightened.

The son once said: "The body is skinned, and the parents who receive it dare not destroy it, and the beginning of filial piety is also." ”

Asking for hair is the same as fatal, Zhao Ye scolded the master 10,000 times in his heart, so he had to give up.

"Do you have anyone you particularly hate? When I think of her, I feel the urge to strangle her? ”

Lu Yi didn't have as many eyes as Lu Lian, and when he saw Zhao Ye asking, he immediately opened his mouth and said a lot of names.

Watching Lu Yi grit her teeth and say the names of so many people, Zhao Ye wondered if there were as many people in this Yong'an Palace as she said.

"Men don't count for the time being, but women do, the kind that needs long hair and waist-length."

Lu Yi pondered for a moment and said, "Young servant Chang Jing! ”

"Is she bad?"

"Bad!"

"How bad?"

"Often deduct money from our palace."

"As the saying goes, judging people's wealth is like killing someone's parents. That's it. ”

Zhao Ye took out a sleeping pill from his backpack and said, "I'll mix this into her meal later." Call me when she sleeps. ”

Lu Yi stretched out his hand to pick it up, but was stopped by Lu Lian.

"Is the king going to poison Chang Jing?"

Zhao Ye was stunned and said, "This king is not He ......"

Green Ripple hurriedly stopped Zhao Ye.

"Speak carefully, my lord! Pitchers have ears. ”

"Rest assured, this is nothing more than a drowsy medicine. It won't kill anyone. ”

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After dinner, the surroundings fell into darkness, and Zhao Ye was not used to going to bed early, staring at the boundless dark night outside the hall in a daze.

I don't know how long it took, when Zhao Ye was already a little sleepy, the two of them tiptoed in.

"King, King!"

"How?"

"I fell asleep, and Lu Yi screamed a few times and couldn't wake up."

This sleeping pill is used on people who have not been poisoned by modern medicines, and the effect is really powerful.

"Then let's go."

Behind the Yong'an Palace is a row of side rooms, behind the main hall, near the Valley Gate, where the usual people live.

The two of them took Zhao Ye to the door of a room and heard the sound of snoring inside.

Where is this sound that a woman can make, ordinary strong men can't make such an earth-shattering, weeping ghost and god snoring sound.

"Are you sure this Chang Jing is a woman?"

Zhao Ye didn't steal people's melons and fruits when he was a child, so this kind of thing is easy to do.

The two women were nervous, and when they saw Zhao Ye carrying the lantern in, they all lay at the door and stared at Zhao Ye, and they didn't dare to come out.

Zhao Ye touched Chang Jing's bedside, Chang Jing was lying on his side under the candlelight, judging from half of his face, this Chang Jing was only in his twenties, but he was described as an old woman by Lu Yi.

Well, the face is snarky, and there is the potential to become an old witch.

Because it was summer and the weather was hot, Chang Jing only wore regular clothes to sleep, and he didn't cover anything on his body, so his long hair was unobstructed.

The long hair is not only waist-length, it is almost mopping the floor, in the previous life, this long hair will definitely sell for tens of thousands.

Zhao Ye took the scissors, only started from Chang Jing's waist, and took the hair below the waist.

Be a man and leave a line, and see each other in the future!

After stealing the hair, Zhao Ye returned to the dormitory with the two maidservants, but saw that Liu Wei had been waiting for a long time.

"The queen mother thinks that your Yong'an Palace is too cold, so she sent some palace use. I thought about it and came to see you. ”

Zhao Ye thanked him.

Empress Dowager He was quite generous this time, not only sent food and clothing, but also rewarded some gold and silver jewelry, which filled nearly ten boxes.

Zhao Ye ordered someone to accept it, and when he saw Liu Wei's eyes, he retreated.

"Brother Huang, I have asked Min Gong to find the jade seal of the country secretly."

"You're still reliable!"

Since Liu Wei lied in the court, he felt uneasy in his heart, so after having dinner with He Lian in Shou'an Palace, he came to Yong'an Palace to inquire about the progress. ”

The whereabouts of the jade seal in the Three Kingdoms are unknown after returning from the north, and Zhao Ye vaguely remembers that it seems to have been obtained by Sun Jian in the end, but this has to be after Liu Xie became the emperor.

Therefore, I am afraid that this heirloom jade seal will have to disappear for a few years.

"Brother Huang, when this jade seal was lost, there were many people on the road, and I am afraid that the chances of finding this jade seal are slim at present. Why don't you order someone to make another one? ”

Right now, what is imminent is the conspiracy to sabotage Dong Zhuo's abolition. As for this jade seal, Zhao Ye felt that it was just a stone, and he couldn't make a big move.

But Liu Wei doesn't think so, what has been passed down from Gaozu will be lost by future generations, how will he go to see the emperors in the future.

Zhao Ye had to promise to find the jade seal, otherwise, he would take out a piece of jade that was better than the jade seal to make the jade seal, and Liu Wei would do it.

Seeing Liu Wei away, Zhao Ye felt that there were more people in the hall, so he called an older person to come and ask.

"The king, the queen mother is worried about the king, so she sent ministers and others to take care of the king's daily life and food."

Zhao Ye sneered in his heart, he had heard what Lu Lian had said before, after Empress Dowager He poisoned Liu Xie's biological mother, she poisoned Emperor Lingdi's mother, that is, her mother-in-law, and since then, there has been no strength against her in the palace.

At this time, I sent food and clothing to Yong'an Palace, and I showed a very attentive look, who to see!

"What's your name? What is the current position? ”

"Minister Zhao Zhong, now receiving the Yellow Gate Order."

What kind of official is Huangmen Ling, Zhao Ye had no idea, so he had to nod and say, "Okay, you go down first!" ”

"Green Ripples!"

Zhao Ye shouted for a long time, and Lu Lian hurriedly ran over, looking at her sweating profusely, Zhao Ye asked curiously

"You ran away at night?"

"What did you say, my lord?"

"Nothing, what's making you sweat so much?"

"The king, the queen mother has sent a lot of things, and the slave is counting the items?"

"Oh."

"What kind of official is the Yellow Gate Order?"

"King, are you referring to Zhao Zhong, he was sent by the Queen Mother to protect the king."

Looking at Zhao Ming's hobbling appearance, Zhao Ye felt that he was almost protecting him, which was obviously sent by He Lian to supervise him.

"Okay, are you going to get busy? Oh yes, did the Queen Mother send wine? ”

Zhao Ye loved wine in his previous life, and he didn't sleep without alcohol, thinking that he still had some nuts in his backpack, so he wanted to get through this long night without entertainment while drinking.

In ancient times, children generally did not drink alcohol, but there was no strict age limit for drinking, so when Zhao Ye said that he wanted to drink, Lu Lian was slightly surprised, but he did not stop it.

He Lian sent five or six jars of wine, which is not the kind of small jar that only holds two or three catties on TV, but the kind of big altar that is about waist-high.

"Whew! Bah! Bah! Zhao Ye took a sip of wine and spit it directly on the ground, the degree of this wine was worse than the beer in the previous life, and there was a musty smell.

Looking at the turbid wine in the bowl, there were still insects moving visible to the naked eye, and Zhao Ye was angry.

"My lord, the wine in the palace is like this."

After listening to Lu Lian's explanation, Zhao Ye was relieved.

Ancient winemaking techniques were immature and filtered cleanly, so this fermented liquor could not be compared with later distilled spirits.

It is rumored that Li Bai can drink a bucket of wine and a hundred poems, Zhao Ye thought that the ancients were good at bragging, exaggerating, looking at the wine in front of him, if it is clean and not musty, this kind of wine seems to be able to drink a bucket by himself, no, you can drink a case of beer, this kind of wine can drink at least two buckets, as for the hundred poems?

The 300 poems of the Tang Dynasty have long been memorized, and in this way, whether it is from wine or poetry, Li Bai can be abused into scum.

Thinking that he had surpassed Li Bai, Zhao Ye laughed out loud with a pig cry.

Green Ripple was stunned, his own king was really sick.

"Green Ripples!"

"What's the matter, King?"

"There's a cauldron in the palace, right?"

"What does the king want the cauldron to do?"

"It's a secret for the time being, you asked people to prepare two cauldrons, put the two cauldrons together, seal the magnet for me, and in addition, help me prepare a few pipes, oh, there are no pipes, then prepare a few bamboos, and empty the middle ......for me."

At some point, Zhao Ye found that it was really good to be a king, and Lu Lian was obviously puzzled by the things arranged by Zhao Ye, but he still arranged things according to Zhao Ye's instructions, and Zhao Ye didn't need to explain much at all.

Lu Lian arranged the required items according to Zhao Ye's request, and Zhao Ye called Lu Yi over again.

"You take a few palace maids to pick some osmanthus flowers, mash them and pour them into a few jars of wine sent by the Queen Mother."

Distilled liquor is actually very simple, but anyone who has learned a little physics knows how it works, it is nothing more than high temperature to transpirate the alcohol and then cold and shrink, you can get high-purity liquor.

Oh, and they don't know the basic physics that alcohol has a lower boiling point than water.

The next day, under the arrangement of the two maids, all the tools were matched in place.

Zhao Ye didn't know exactly when the distilled liquor was born, at least not for now.

Leading technology, Zhao Ye decided to do it secretly. Therefore, in a wing room on the east side of Yong'an Palace, only the two girls of Ripple are called to accompany them.

Of course, the main job is still Zhao Ye.

Seeing Zhao Ye busy working in the wing, and when they could barely intervene, the two girls felt particularly awkward.

"You help me to set the fire on the ground, yes, put the jar on first."

The two girls finally had something to do, and they were a little touched by the joy.

Open the mud-sealed lid, there is a burst of wine aroma wafting out of it, fortunately the musty smell is not very strong, as long as it is distilled, this musty smell can be easily removed.

Pour the mashed osmanthus into the wine jar, let it mix well, Zhao Ye smelled the fragrance of osmanthus wafting out of the wine, and was satisfied with the bamboo inserted into the mouth of the can, and then pasted it with mud.

The bamboo is roasted by the fire, so it can be bent, and the bent bamboo leads to two sealed cauldrons

Zhao Ye knocked a hole on the left and right and up and down of the cauldron, and knocked the left and right openings into the size of bamboo so that the bamboo could pass through, the upper opening was larger and used to irrigate water, and the lower opening was smaller, Zhao Ye blocked it with a wooden stopper, and this opening was mainly used to release water.

At the thinnest end of the bamboo, there is an empty jar for distilled liquor.

After the simple distillation and cooling device was installed, Zhao did not feel at ease and checked it again until there were no mistakes.

Zhao Yu waved his hand.

"Fire!"