Chapter 51 Money but not earning?
In the North City Gate Guards' camp, Tan Erlang said to a small officer: "Brother, today the army is in office, and the military camp enjoys wine. In the past, you are always the best at drinking wine. We send out everything like water. Brother, if you feel sorry for your brother, take a bowl to satisfy your cravings."
Seeing Tan Erlang's salivation, the little officer said disdainfully: "It's just wine. As for your appearance? If you are greedy, how much more will you spend on a bowl of wine shop next to you?"
Tan Erlang rubbed his hands and said, "Brother said it's so easy! Our Xiangjun has not paid much money for a month, so how can we have free money to buy wine!"
The little officer was so entangled that he had to turn around and go back to the barracks and hand a wine gourd to Tan Erlang: "Take it and drink it and lie down! Today, the officers are watching the wine. The brothers in the camp are about to have fun, and there is no time to mess with you!"
Tan Erlang took the gourd and thanked him very much. When he arrived at a place where no one was around, he opened the gourd and took a sip, smacked his lips, shook his head and muttered to himself: "Isn't this the usual white wine? It's not as good as our Xiangjun. Could it be that the official changed his sex life? Or did he send it wrong?"
While speaking, he walked past the city with a gourd and returned to the camp of the Xiang Army in the south of the city.
Pang Xun took the handed gourd, tasted it, frowned and said, "Isn't this the white wine I used to sell? If it is normal, it is also very good wine. But compared with the wine we sent today, it is much worse."
After thinking about it, he said happily: "Yes, the new Zhijun was born as a Jinshi. The people of the Central Plains must be concerned about us Central Plains soldiers."
After saying that, I remembered that Wu Wenzuo was domineering today and went up to him to give him some ugly things. It was not in vain that the officers worked hard.
After the Houya, Du Zhongxiao listened to the pain and said, "When I was an official in the Central Plains, I once had a farming farm. In two years, I saw that our army had a lot of flat land on both sides of the Yellow River. If the measures were done properly, it would be better than that time. Not to mention these, I will be here today, and I will be drunk with you all."
After saying that, Shisanlang brought two small wine jars and said to everyone: "This is the good wine I brought from my home when I came to Hedong Road. Now there is only so much left. This wine has been aged for many years and is extremely mellow. It is not comparable to ordinary white wine."
After saying that, he ordered the officers who were on the side to take the wine jar and fill it with everyone. As soon as the wine jar opened, he smelled a refreshing fragrance of wine, which was a smell that he had never smelled before. The wine was poured into the cup, slightly yellow and had a sticky feeling.
Du Zhongxiao raised his glass in his hand and whispered loudly: "I met you for the first time today, so please drink one."
After saying that, they drank it all in one go. Everyone followed the wine, and their faces were strange.
After a while, Cheng Wenli looked at the faces of everyone and said, "The wine has never been drunk before. So is this a good wine? The wine is not as violent as the white wine. It does not choke or rush to the head. It is soft and easy to taste. But as soon as the wine enters the stomach, a heat rises on its body. It is definitely not water wine, but should still be white wine."
Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "Of course it is white wine. But this wine is not steamed from the lees, but it is originally brewed with white wine. After brewing, it has been aged for several years. It is only after the savory spirit of the wine, which makes it so good. In my hometown, this wine is several times more expensive than white wine."
Cheng Wenli laughed with her, and after Du Zhongxiao finished speaking, she said with a strange expression: "So that's it. However, to be honest, most of the people who buy wine here are soldiers. They don't care about softness and sweetness when they drink. As long as they are strong, it is best to drink like a ball of fire, like a knife, roll straight from the throat to the stomach, and let people sit or stand, that is good wine."
Du Zhongxiao was stunned when he heard Cheng Wenli's words. Isn't that the characteristic of the worst white wine? In his previous life, when food was tight, some small wineries used sweet potatoes to make wine. Because sweet potatoes cannot actually make white wine, they are made into alcohol, and then steam the lees like making white wine with water wine, and then distilled into white wine. If you use good wine lees, it is good wine, and bad wine lees are bad wine. Some small wine lees are not replaced for a long time, and there is no flavor inside. It is just like using alcohol to mix water. This is what Cheng Wenli said about the taste of a knife.
Today I was rushing to make white wine because there was too much water and wine, so wasn't the white wine made? At that time, Du Zhongxiao tasted a small mouthful and was choked and she burst into tears, feeling that she couldn't swallow it. If I hadn't been forced to force it at that time, I wouldn't have sent the wine to the army. Could it be that those wines were the best wine in the eyes of soldiers? This joke was so big.
Seeing that everyone's expressions were a little strange, Du Zhongxiao said to Sun Dan: "Inspector, you send two subordinates to inspect the military camp in the city. Everyone has wine today. One is to ask them how they drink, and the other is to prevent people from getting drunk and causing trouble."
Sun Dan crossed his hands and said, and got up to make arrangements. He was a patrol inspector and in charge of the public security of the volcanic army.
Du Zhongxiao brought only two small jars of wine, which he finished drinking shortly after drinking, so he had to serve the newly brewed white wine today. Du Zhongxiao couldn't drink this wine, so he had to change the water wine and accompany everyone.
The wine that Du Zhongxiao could not drink was so excited that the officials drank happily. After only two glasses, their faces turned red and they were very excited. The alcohol was so strong that they became louder, and they screamed, gradually losing their scruples.
Not long after, the people sent by Sun Dan came back and said something in his ear. Sun Dan stood up and crossed his hands to Du Zhongxiao: "Report to the Zhijun, the subordinates sent people out for inspection. There was no accident in the city. Today, the army of the ban ban, each team gave a jar of wine, which was unprecedented. The army drank happily, but no one caused trouble. However, there were rumors in the city, because today Wu Wenzuo was evil in Zhijun, so the wine of the ban ban was good and the wine of the ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban ban
Du Zhongxiao almost laughed when he heard this. The world was so conscience that he had no idea. Because the imperial guards had a high status, the liquor stored in the city was given priority to the imperial guards, and the newly steamed liquor was sent to the Xiangjun. He didn't expect that the people here had such a unique taste, but he thought that the wine they looked down upon was the good ones. There was no need to explain this matter, and it was impossible to explain it, so let them think about it.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Du Zhongxiao said, "Today, because there are many soldiers in the wing, I have given the wine to the imperial guards. The wing army sends wine freshly steamed with water wine. There are no likes and dislikes of wine, but the drinker's mood. - By the way, I like to drink strong wine. Does the local wine style have a strong local wine style? If the wine style is not strong, there will be no customs. Wine is a pleasant thing, and I will not blindly pursue strange tastes."
Cheng Wenli said: "The border area is bitter and cold, and the winter is long and there is nothing to do. Naturally, everyone likes to drink. Not only here, there are no nearby prefectures and soldiers and civilians who love to drink. In this area, there are often troublemakers who smuggle white wine to Khitan, which is hard to prevent, which makes people feel very troublesome. Fortunately, the army has only had to make several liquor, and it is not allowed to sell outside the city, otherwise it will be even more difficult to prevent."
Du Zhongxiao's eyes lit up: "Some people smuggled wine to the Khitan? It's hard to carry wine, so someone else did this?"
"There are so many people who make it! If it weren't for the volcanic army, it wouldn't be easy to buy liquor in the volcanic army. I don't know how many to transport it in a year! They either use water bags, wooden barrels, shoulders and carry them, or carry animals, cross mountains and ridges. It's hard to tell the traces of non-locals."
Du Zhongxiaoqi said: "Wine is not iron and gold and silver, so what if you sell it to the Khitan? It is also good to make some money."
Chapter completed!