Chapter Seventy-Two: Wine Meets Confidants

Mizhi County is on the edge of Shaanxi, only more than 100 miles into Shanxi, it is still early, Gao Jie and they galloped into Shanxi.

Compared with Shaanxi, Shanxi is a relatively rich province, not only rich in real estate, but also Shanxi people are shrewd, hard-working, and there are many businessmen, and the Jin merchants are second to none in the business community in the country.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, in order to consolidate their rule and stabilize the people's hearts, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were strict in the management of the household registration system. The household registration system established by Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. It was established in the fourteenth year of Hongwu (1381). In the third year of Hongwu (1370), Zhu Yuanzhang ordered a nationwide census of the population. In the fourteenth year of Hongwu, the Lijia system was implemented, with ten households being one and one hundred and ten households being one mile. On this basis, the population of the whole country is mainly divided into three categories: civilian, military, and artisan, according to the occupations they are engaged in, and a register is carried out. On a household basis, each household lists the township, name, age, dingkou, farmhouse, assets, etc., and registers them one by one. Because of the book given to the household, the cover is made of yellow paper, so it is called the yellow book. According to the regulations, the yellow book is made every 10 years, and each volume is made in 4 copies, and is reported to the central household department and the relevant agencies of the province, government and county.

Even if they return to their hometowns to visit relatives, they must have a "road guide" issued by the government, indicating the place and reason for coming, otherwise they will be treated as displaced people and arrested.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the system of creating a copy of the book every ten years set in the early Ming Dynasty, although it was still implemented in the middle and later periods, was often a mere formality, which eventually led to the acceleration of social mobility and the falsification of the registered population.

Therefore, Gao Jie and Yu Hongzhi went from Shaanxi to Shanxi, but they did not see anyone conducting an investigation, and the road was smooth. And the clearance master also explained, even if he encounters an official investigation, as long as he sends some money, he will let the sky fly high.

Three days later, the two came to Puzhou, Shanxi.

Puzhou was known as Puban in ancient times, choking the Pujin Pass, when the Qin and Jin Dynasty were the main roads, and was the political, economic, cultural and military center of the ancient Hedong region. Puzhou is called Yongji County in modern times, located in the southwest end of Shanxi Province at the junction of North China, Northwest and Central Plains, and is the regional center of the "Yellow River Golden Triangle" of Shanxi, Qin and Henan, facing the Yellow River in the west and Dali County and Heyang County in Shaanxi Province across the river, bordering Ruicheng County in the south by Zhongtiao Mountain, Yuncheng City in the east, and Linyi County in the north.

Puzhou is full of humanities, Tang Dynasty scholars, Song Dynasty painters, Ming officials, Qing Dynasty artists, the territory of the five old peaks, Wangguan Valley of the secluded, Tang Kaiyuan Iron Ox, Stork Tower, etc.

The Puzhou that Gao Jie knows still comes from Wang Zhilian's "Climbing the Stork Tower". To go north to Beijing, Puzhou is the only way to go.

Seeing that it was getting late, Gao Jie and Yu Hongzhi found a "Jincai Inn" that looked good in the city to settle down.

Because there are many merchants in Shanxi, most of the inns and restaurants will have "wealth", "treasure" or something in their names. Although the name of the Jincai Inn is cheesy, the grade is really not low, and the price is of course expensive. It's just that Gao Jie robbed Young Master Ai and his gang for a lot of silver, and he was very generous.

He ordered a few good dishes at the "Duobao Restaurant" opposite the inn, and the two of them replenished their strength. When Yu Hongzhi saw the food, a few days ago, he still had some shameless thoughts about Gao Jie's robbery, and he didn't know where to go, and his face was full of oil.

The short and thin Xiao Er saw that although these two were dressed ordinarily, they were generous, and they greeted them even more attentively, he made tea for Gao Jie and Yu Hongzhi, and tried hard to sell: "The two guest officers don't seem to be locals, do you want to try our Shanxi's famous Sangluo wine?!"

The void master strictly ordered Gao Jie and Yu Hongzhi not to drink alcohol on the road too early, so as not to make mistakes, Gao Jie was not good at drinking, and he didn't drink a drop in the past three days. Today he saw Yu Hongzhi hear the name of Sangluo wine, slowed down the pace of grabbing vegetables, and peeked at himself intentionally or unintentionally, and suddenly felt funny in his heart, Yu Hongzhi's daily alcohol consumption is comparable to Chen Dake, and now it is not easy to endure it for three days, Gao Jie's heart is soft, and he also wants to taste this famous wine in Shanxi, so he nodded and asked Xiao Er to come to a pot.

Sangluok wine is a traditional Chinese historical liquor, produced in Puzhou. According to the literature: "In the Northern Wei Dynasty, Hedong County was mostly displaced, and it was called a migrant. The people have the surname Liu Mingbai fallen, who is good at brewing, picking rivers, brewing into fragrant wine, hanging food with the year of withered branches, draining the mulberry fall, so the wine gets its name, and it is the best to drink".

A pot of wine was served, Gao Jie only drank a small glass, and the bottom of the pot was dry, and it was all poured into his stomach by Yu Hongzhi in an instant, and then he looked at Gao Jie with blank eyes.

Gao Jie drank a small glass of this mulberry wine in his previous life, and he could only lie down if he had more, but now he has peerless martial arts, and his physical function is a hundred times better than in his previous life.

So, this "Little Er, another pot!" I don't know how many times it was repeated by Gao Jie, anyway, in the end, even the diligent Xiao Er couldn't bear it anymore, and came over with a big jar of wine, and said pitifully: "Little guest officer, son, can you see if you can come to one altar at a time?!"

Before Gao Jie could answer, Yu Hongzhi's eyes lit up, snatched the wine jar, and shouted: "Give me a big bowl!"

Gao Jie drank a lot, didn't feel anything, so he smiled and didn't stop it, so in the blink of an eye, there were two more empty jars on the table. At this time, Yu Hongzhi's face was flushed, he was burping, and slowly began to lie on his stomach.

Gao Jie's face was as usual, as if he was fine. In addition to feeling that after the wine fell into his throat, a warm hot wire flowed down the throat to his abdomen, which was very comfortable, his brain was sober, and he was not half drunk at all, even he was inexplicable.

Seeing that Yu Hongzhi was drunk, Gao Jie shook his head with a wry smile, and was about to pay the bill to go back to the inn to rest, but he heard a hearty laugh from the adjacent table: "This little brother!

Gao Jie turned his eyes and saw that there were three people sitting at the next table, two of them were middle-aged men, and the other was a teenager about the same age as Zhu Youzhen.

Although one of the big men was sitting, Gao Jie could still see that he was tall, with thick bones, about thirty to forty years old, fair skin, short beard on his cheeks, a slightly longer face, single eyelids, slender eyes, and a steady and sincere appearance, he was dressed in a short yellow robe, a brown felt hat on his head, and a bowl of wine in his hand, smiling at Gao Jie.

Gao Jie saw that this person was handsome and extraordinary, and he immediately had a good impression, he picked up his wine glass and prepared to return the gift, but found that the wine had already been drunk by Yu Hongzhi, he raised his wine glass to the man embarrassedly, indicating that there was no wine.

The man laughed, got up and carried the wine jar on his table, strode to Gao Jie's table, slammed the wine jar on the table, and then lifted the wine bowl with both hands on his chest, with a playful smile on his face, squinted at Gao Jie, as if to say: "The wine is there, do you still have the courage to drink it?!"

Gao Jie is lively on the surface, but he is a very calm person on the inside, and the two souls have created him with a dual personality. But today, because he drank some wine and was provoked by that man, Gao Jie was stunned for a moment, laughed randomly, and said loudly to Xiao Er on the side: "Give me a big bowl too!"

Seeing that the two were preparing to fight wine, and the wine in the store could sell a lot, the clever Xiao Er immediately smiled, hurriedly took a wine bowl, and brought back a large jar of mulberry wine by the way.

Gao Jie poured a big bowl of good wine, picked it up and followed the man's example, put his hands flat on his chest, and looked at the big man with a smile.

The big man showed a look of appreciation in his eyes, raised his head and drained the wine in the bowl, and when he looked at Gao Jie again, he saw that this handsome young man had also drunk the wine in the bowl at the same time, and he was not half a step behind him.

Seeing this, the big man was even more happy, picked up the wine jar and filled the bowls of the two of them, turned back to the other two people who were with him and laughed loudly: "Old man, it seems that my vision is more accurate than you! Although this little brother is handsome and a little weak, he not only drinks well, but is also a good man who is bold and cheerful!"

Another middle-aged man at that table also walked over, shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "People can't be good-looking, it seems that I'm really blind!

Gao Jie saw that this person was about thirty years old, taller and taller than the "second brother", with two neatly trimmed short beards on his lips, and his appearance was also very handsome, but it was more of a faint taste.

These two look a little similar, they look like siblings, and they are both tall, with thick bones, very fair skin, long faces and flat eyebrows, slender and straight single eyelid eyes, brown and black pupils, slightly higher nose bridge, bulge in the middle, mouth is not big or small, lips are relatively thin, and the beard is not heavy, it really does not look like an ordinary Han person, there should be some ethnic minority blood.

Gao Jie's heart moved, he was also an ethnic minority in his previous life, and he was not prejudiced against people of other nationalities, but had a natural sense of closeness, he hugged his fists and saluted: "The two elders have won the award, the kid has the courage to drink, and the amount of alcohol is very bad!"

The "second brother" waved his hand again and again and said: "Little brother's words are bad, if you have the courage, you are a real man, worthy of our friendship, the name of the elder and don't mention it again, if you can afford to look down on my brothers, call me two brothers in the future!"

The "old eight" also smiled faintly: "Yes, I am waiting for people in the rivers and lakes, and the same generation is to make friends! In Xia Hu Ji, he is Hu Shan, and the child over there is the fourteenth brother of the two of them, called Hu Duo!"

Gao Jie smiled: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, Hu Shan, Hu Ji's eldest brother, the younger brother's name is Gao Jie, and he just came from Shaanxi!"

That Hu Shan laughed, stretched out his hand and patted Hu Ji on the shoulder, and said loudly: "Old eight, go and bring your wine bowl, let's continue to drink!"

Hu Ji smiled and nodded, went back and brought his own wine bowl, and poured a full bowl of wine and said: "My brothers and I are also outsiders, come here to buy some supplies, and it is really worth the trip to meet such bold and heroic characters as Brother Gao Jie, come, I will respect Brother Gao!"

Gao Jie didn't shirk either, picked up the bowl and was about to kill it, but he felt that the corners of his clothes were being ripped off, and he looked down and saw that it was the child named Hu Duo.

Hu Duo is estimated to be about ten years old, looking like a tiger, although his skin is fair, but not delicate, wearing a melon skin hat on his head, which looks very funny, he tilted his head and said loudly to Gao Jie: "I also toast you!"

Gao Jie laughed out loud when he heard this, and he asked, "You are so small, can you drink?!"

Hu Duo glanced at Gao Jie, and no longer made a sound, picked up the wine jar on the table, and poured wine into his pocket.

Gao Jie was surprised, but when he looked at Hu Shan and Hu Ji, he found that the two elder brothers were not hindered or surprised, but looked at them with a smile.

Seeing that a little kid was so bold and powerful, Gao Jie was not to be outdone, first killed the wine in the bowl, and then beckoned Xiao Er to send four jars of wine to drink happily with the three Hu brothers.

As he drank more and more, Gao Jie gradually felt a little dizzy. This mulberry wine is easy to eat, but the stamina is not small. He subconsciously calmed down, the White Lotus Nine Life Divine Skill operated on its own, and with the launch of Wushengchun, the pores of the whole body opened, and the internal breath communicated with the outside world, and the smell of wine quickly emanated from the body silently and without a trace, Gao Jie seemed to be sweating profusely, his whole body was steaming, and even his hair was wet.

The most important thing is that Gao Jie found that Wu Shengchun had expelled the alcohol from his body in just a few moments, and his brain had regained clarity, and there was no intention of getting drunk.

Finding that Wushengchun had such an effect, Gao Jie secretly rejoiced, and said in his heart that from now on, it is estimated that no one can fight for wine again!