Chapter 23: The Earliest Inventors
After Qi Yunmeng scolded, he didn't linger in the slightest, didn't even look back, and went straight to his residence. This is also what Jiang Ning wants, he doesn't want to have anything to do with this strong woman Dean Qi, such a person is a maverick, he can't guess what she is thinking psychologically, or what she is going to do later, he doesn't like things that he is not sure of, even people, to be precise, rejection.
The main road in the north of the city is divided by the Suzaku Street in the north and south and the Confucius Street in the east and west, compared with the West Lake in the center of the city and the Taishou Mansion and the General's Mansion in the south of the city, it is a lot of loneliness, and most of the small traders live in the place, at this time they have already set up stalls in the streets and alleys of the city, and only children are laughing and playing in the streets and alleys, making them full of mud, and they are not tired of it.
Jiang Ning turned left and right, to a north-south alley, this alley is called Maoer Lane, took out a key from his arms, opened the lock, closed the door with his backhand, what caught his eye was a somewhat messy small courtyard, and three houses side by side, pushed the door in, Jiang Ning sat down on the chair, took out the wax used for sealing from his arms, inserted the glass tube on the table into the sealed glass bottle at one end, sealed it with wax, poured liquor into the glass container on the other side, and sealed it, and then set up a small pot on the kerosene lamp and put water on it, put the glass bottle in it, and then put the glass bottle connected to the liquor in the wooden box on the ground.
Pick up the brush in your hand and start trying to remember on the other side of the table......
This seemingly simple distillation process is a simple process of homemade alcohol, and Jiang Ning is not idle, but has a lot to do.
This era is very similar to the Northern Song Dynasty, the current Turkic royal court is similar to the Liao State, the Great Yuan Dynasty is not much different from the Jurchen people, and even this pattern is very similar, he is a history professional, this kind of sensitivity is still there, everything is from the five dynasties and ten kingdoms after the end of the Tang Dynasty, it is not Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin who unified China, but Xia Gaozu, but after the cup of wine to release military power, it is not important to emphasize literature and light military force, to the Heishui Alliance ten years ago, it is too similar to the Northern Song Dynasty, like to be able to overlap together......
Glass, the first appeared in the 2nd century B.C., in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, became the nobles' utensils, after the development of the Tang Dynasty, although it is not common now, but it is not difficult to find, Jiangning spent more than ten days to find all kinds of glassware, but unfortunately for the previous engineering have been returned to the teacher, and now can only rely on memory and practice.
The first step is to make alcohol, the process of purification is very slow, in the end it still fails a few times, the alcohol has a low degree, usually about ten degrees, and finally changes to the high degree of wine to succeed.
The Northern Song Dynasty died, the capital moved south to Hangzhou, and was finally replaced by the Mongolian Kublai Khan, although he lived for a hundred years not to this point, but the economic prosperity and military weakness, it has been ten years since the Blackwater Alliance, ten years have passed, enough for the rise of a dynasty, and what is done now is just self-preservation.
Now the assault rifle has begun to appear in the army, but it has been regarded as a strange trick by the court, although some are equipped, but basically they are not used, and now the Yihe Mountain bandits in Chengdu in the southeast are rampant, and the local officers and soldiers have become a state of confrontation, under the internal and external troubles, Jiang Ning does not believe that such a peace can last long, and the history is the war to promote the development, which he can not understand.
In case, if there is anything, it is better to have a means of self-protection, or to minimize the loss.
At sunset, Jiang Ning put everything back in place, then closed the door, crossed the Yudai River, and went along Wenyuan Street towards Wang's house.
Jiang Ning was under the sunset, and just walked to the Yudai River Bridge, but he saw an old man and hurriedly gave his hand: "Old ...... Xia"
The person who came on was none other than his chess friend Xia Kang, followed by his butler Liu San, and there were only two of them on this trip.
"Hehe, it's Zichuan Xiaoyou, since you became a genius and wrote famous poems, you won't come to play chess? Your trick is a trick to draw salary, but I have already thought of a way to solve it, and I have waited for you for two days but I haven't seen you come, do you have time today? Go to the old man's house to have a fight? Xia Kang laughed.
"Uh...... It's getting late, and my wife is still waiting for me to go back to dinner, why not another day? Jiang Ning smiled slightly.
Between this question and answer, Xia Kang has also determined
Liu San behind him was a little strange, if it weren't for Jiang Ning's ability to observe words and emotions over the years, he would not have been able to find it.
Xia Kang was also slightly stunned, and said with a smile: "This is easy to say, Ah San, you go to Zichuan Xiaoyou's mansion and let me know, saying that I and Xiaoyou hit it off at first sight, and we will score a victory or defeat no matter what, hahaha......"
Seeing this, Jiang Ning couldn't refuse, so he followed Xia Lao towards Xia Mansion.
Xia Mansion is very large, at least larger than the Wang family, the style is also close to nature, the courtyard is planted with four gentlemen of Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, two stone roads interspersed with it, after entering the courtyard three times, it is the main hall of Xia Lao.
His wife had already set up snacks and tea in the main hall, and when she saw the two of them come out, she greeted them with a smile.
Although Mrs. Xia is forty years old, she is still charming, and her simple and elegant temperament is about to come out.
"Presumably this is Jiang Ning Jiang Zichuan." Mrs. Xia was slightly blessed.
Jiang Ning hurriedly returned the salute: "Madame's eyes are like torches, and she is below." ”
"Huh." Xia Lao touched his beard on the side, and said with a smile: "A few months ago, I met Jiang Ning Xiaoyou outside Xiaoyingzhou in West Lake, and his chess skills are so superb that even Bi Lao can't win. ”
Jiang Ning came to his senses at this time, and immediately said: "But the carving insect skill has made an axe in Xia Lao's class." ”
Mrs. Xia smiled and said, "Hehe, carving insect skills? You don't know, he, he spends an hour or two every day studying chess games, and he still says that it doesn't make sense, this son is insidious and cunning, etc., it turns out that you are ......"
After hearing this, the two laughed.
"Come in, please." Mrs. Xia got out of the way and immediately ordered: "Tell the kitchen, cook two more dishes, I'm afraid the master will have a few drinks today." ”
"Hehe, those who know me, madam, hahaha......" Xia Lao touched his beard and nodded with satisfaction.
"Hey, you like two things, either chess or wine, and you're closer than your two sons away, I really don't know what to think." Mrs. Xia complained jokingly.
"Penglai article Jian'an bone, Meilan Zhuju see the article, even if any one is separated from the wine, it will not be able to have the current height." Jiang Ning nodded.
Xia Kang was slightly shocked in his heart, he never thought that Jiang Ning's exit was such a knowledge, and he was even more sure that "Spring River Flower and Moonlight Night" would not be from someone else's hand, and immediately said: "Let's go, see that I won't kill you tonight and leave no ......."
"Maybe who's going to turn on their backs......"
"You kid, you are unreasonable, you will fight until dawn......"