Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 119 Reasonable Explanation

In the evening, Liu He came to Lu's house again. The originally bustling yard became empty, with no one in sight.

Lu Zhi was sitting on the threshold of the main room, his face sinking like water, and he was indifferent when he saw Liu He coming in. He should have calmed down a lot at this time.

Liu He gestured to Lu Feng and Gao Cheng, telling them to quickly move the tables and chairs to the guest room, and asked Lu Feng to arrange the food and drinks.

"Uncle Shi, I wanted to give you a surprise, but I didn't expect it to be self-defeating, so I came here to apologize to you."

Liu He walked down the steps, saluted deeply, saw Lu Zhi snorting slightly, and ignored him.

I had no choice but to continue: "Uncle Shi, these furniture are really old, and they can be sold for 140 million yuan, which is considered a great value for money."

"What 140 million?" Lu Zhi glanced at Liu He and finally spoke.

"Brother Ziqing didn't tell you?" Liu Hexin asked if Lu Jun was so frightened that he didn't tell Lu Zhi the selling price, and explained: "The furniture was bought by several merchants like treasures, so we just bought it. I sold more on my own initiative, and the total was about 140 million yuan."

"What?" Lu Zhi stared, and said with a sneer, "Although I, Lu Zhi, have a bit of a false name, there is no precious thing in my family. How can there be anything worth a thousand dollars?"

"That's the truth!" Seeing him speak, Liu He knew that there was a turning point, and hurriedly walked up to him, holding up the jug and said, "I have newly brewed Sanliangye here. I originally wanted to make wedding wine. Come and give Shibo a taste."

"What is Sanliangye?" Lu Zhi's eyes locked on the wine bottle in Liu He's hand
Liu He said with a smile: "This wine is not brewed only with grains, but with sorghum, rice, and glutinous rice as raw materials. It is brewed after many times of blending, and it has a long-lasting mellow aroma."

Wuliangye originally used red sorghum, rice, glutinous rice, wheat, and corn as raw materials. These crops did not exist in the Han Dynasty, so Sanliangye had to be brewed first. This is already a very high-end winemaking technology.

"Can you still make wine like this?" Lu Zhi's eyes lit up, and then he coughed lightly, and said in a deep voice, "You'd better give me a reasonable explanation for what happened today."

Liu He quickly nodded and said: "That's natural, please invite Shibo to the living room, how about we sit down and explain while tasting wine?"

"Huh!" Lu Zhi snorted slightly, and moved his body, ready to stand up.

Liu He hurriedly supported him, and walked to the next room, where a square table and four chairs had already been set up, which were brought here by Gao Cheng's horses.

"This is?" Lu Zhi was stunned at the door when he saw the half-person-high table and the chair with carved armrests.

"This is the Eight Immortals Table, which can accommodate eight people!" Liu He helped Lu Zhi into the door, and came to the upper chair, "This kind of furniture is called a chair, and I named it Gao Tang Chair. Shibo, try it, how does it feel?"

Lu Zhi sat down slowly, holding the handle with his hands, with the same expression as Liu Yu at that time, nodded and said: "It is indeed much more comfortable to do this, but...it seems a bit out of etiquette!"

Liu He said with a smile: "Etiquette is determined by people, and it should be gradually improved. If everyone sits like this and distinguishes the guest of honor, wouldn't it be more convenient than before?"

"Well, it makes sense!" Lu Zhi stroked his beard slightly, he was not the kind of pedantic and rigid Confucian, on the contrary he was very flexible, and asked: "The furniture you said you want to change is referring to this thing?"

Liu He hurriedly said: "There are also desks, desks, sofas, etc., which will be delivered tomorrow morning. All of them have been replaced in my house. My father is very satisfied, and I want to buy one in Jicheng as well!"

Lu Zhi's face turned slightly suspicious, and he snorted coldly: "Humph, you kid, you should spend more time on political affairs, and stop thinking about clever things and pursuing pleasure."

Liu He knew that this stubborn prejudice could not be changed for a while, and it might not even be changed by Lu Zhi's generation, so he did not argue with them, and took the wine glass and poured wine first.

"Today I acted abruptly and made Shibo angry. I will offer you three glasses of wine to apologize to Shibo!"

The strong aroma of wine spread, and Lu Zhi's Adam's apple rolled, without saying a word, he raised his glass and drank it down in one gulp. After stopping the glass for a long time, he opened his eyes: "Ha - good wine!"

"Two more glasses!" Liu He continued to pour wine.

This blended wine is more mellow and tastes very different from the previous one. Although it is not as good as the taste of the later generations, it is already mellow and rich, and it is no longer the hot and spicy one before.

"This Sanliangye is really ingenious! How did you come up with it?"

After three glasses of wine, Lu Zhi's face turned rosy, the gloom in his body disappeared, and he became easy-going and refined again.

Liu He said with a smile: "I didn't brew this by myself, but I just had this idea. I asked the brewer to make it. It took more than three months for the taste to be considered pure, and I still need to keep trying."

Lu Zhi nodded and smiled and said, "Okay, okay, although I, Lu, had no choice but to be able to drink this wine in Zhuo County, it was a blessing in disguise. Haha—come, pour the wine!"

It is best to talk at the wine table. Liu He and Lu Zhi had a drink and said, "I plan to replace all the furniture with this kind of tables and chairs in the future. Whether it is entertaining guests, eating or reading and writing, it will be much more convenient. Those old furniture , it’s actually useless…”

Lu Zhi sipped his wine, nodded slightly and said, "It still makes sense."

Liu He said again: "The two families are about to get married, and all the furniture in my house has been replaced with new ones. If Shibo still uses old things here, the guests will think that the younger generation is stingy when they see them. Yu Li is not suitable either!"

Lu Zhi clapped his hands and sighed, "Sitting and drinking like this is indeed much more enjoyable. Reading and writing must be the same. This thing is very good, so let's change it all!"

Liu He said with a smile: "Everyone who comes to our big banquet will see these tables and chairs. After they sit there, they will know the benefits and will buy them in the future. This will solve part of their money and food problems."

"Hiss - what was your original intention?" Lu Zhi took a breath and asked again: "You just said you bought those old furniture for 140 million, but is it true?"

"Of course!" Liu He nodded and said, "Those wealthy families admired my uncle's fame and rushed to snatch it up first. They made a big deal and took it back as a family heirloom."

"You..." Lu Zhi frowned slightly, "A gentleman loves money and gets it wisely! Isn't this unfair and is it suspected of cheating and speculation?"

"The price is set by them themselves, how can you blame me?" Liu He shrugged and sneered, "I called them for disaster relief a few years ago, but they didn't get anything out. This time, I should ask them for disaster relief in the name of the uncle. They will all be used in farming!"

"These bullies should be punished!" Lu Zhi gritted his teeth for a while, apparently very dissatisfied with those local tyrants, and laughed loudly: "I don't think this false name of the old man is still so useful. It is worth it to be able to do things for the people!"

While talking, half a jug of wine had already gone down, Liu He didn't drink much, and Lu Zhi kept drinking all of it, the food and wine on the table didn't move a single chopstick, plus he was sullen, and soon became drunk and blurred.

While he was still awake, Liu He hurriedly said, "Uncle Shi, what an offense today..."

Holding his wine glass, Lu Zhi laughed and said, "What kind of uncle, you want to call me brother—"

"Uh, this..." Feeling helpless, Liu He asked, "The marriage of the two families?"

"Of course the marriage must be done, and it will be done smoothly...gracefully!"

"Brother Ziqing is still locked in the firewood room!"

"Go... let him out, accompany, accompany this old man... drink together—"

(End of this chapter)