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After sending Wang Yi and his family away, Zhao Zhen planned to go to the brewing workshop. Today is the day when the first batch of jujube wine brewed by Zhu Fu will be turned into wine.

There are wild jujubes all over the mountains and plains. In addition to the original ones, there are also wild jujubes that Bai Sheng brought back from Tokyo. These wild jujubes are scattered on a hill in Dongxi Village. It would take three to five years for these wild jujubes to bear fruit. Due to cunning horns, only a small amount of fruit will bear fruit this year.

Compared with the local wild wild jujubes, the wild jujubes brought back by Bai Sheng are larger.

Because Cheng Wan'er likes to eat, when this wild jujube forest grew up, Zhengtang Tian of Dongxi Village also changed the name of the place and called it wild jujube hill.

This jujube hill does not need to be managed on a daily basis. This year, the beekeepers collected jujube nectar here. After the fruits were harvested, no one was allowed to pick them randomly. When the dates were ripe, several children were hired to pick them and deliver them to the village every day.

Although there was only a small amount of fruit, the village could not finish it, so at Cheng Wan'er's suggestion, it was brewed into wild jujube wine.

Zhao Zhen gave Zhu Fu the recipe for preparing jujube wine and asked him to brew a batch. Seeing that it was not troublesome to make the wine, Zhu Fu just wanted to collect wild jujubes, so he went to the county to find Xiao Rang, and posted a notice in the county to purchase ripe jujubes.

The wine shop buys it at a price of 2 yuan per catty. The dates are not big, and they have to be picked all over the mountains and plains. One person can pick only ten kilograms a day, which is a lot, but the farmers are not very interested in it. On the contrary, it is the children from the village who go up to the mountains in groups to pick.

The purchased jujubes are cleaned, dried, mixed with wine in a 50-50 ratio, and placed in a jar to seal. The first batch of eight large vats, containing 1,600 kilograms of jujube wine, was stored in the cellar for a month and was unsealed today.

Just as Zhao Zhen was about to call Cheng Wan'er to go with him, he heard Jin Cuilian on the side say: "Official, do you know the origins of your two sisters, Guiqing and Guijie?"

After hearing this, Zhao Zhen asked doubtfully: "Didn't Dong Ping comb it out from the tile roof? Why, is there something hidden?"

Jin Cuilian nodded and said: "I have interacted a lot with you and your sister these days. These two people are from Qinghe County. They are from the same village as Wudutou under the official's command."

"Why, do these two people still have something to do with Wu Erlang?" Zhao Zhen asked.

"That's right. Last year, Wu Dutou in Yanggu County killed his sister-in-law to avenge his brother, but these two people had something to do with the adulterer Ximen Qing. Since Ximen Qing's death, his family could no longer live in Yanggu County, and his mistress Wu Yueniang sold out After losing his family property, he returned to Qinghe County with Ximen Qing's son, Ximen Xiaoge, and went to join his brother Qinghe regiment commander Wu Shunchen. "

"Your Majesty and I didn't want to go together, so we went to Dongping Mansion to sing, and that's where we met Director Dong."

"I heard from your Majesty that among the wives and concubines of Ximen Qing, only Wu Yueniang, the eldest wife, left with Ximen Qing's family property. Li Jiaoer, the second wife, was Li Guiqing's aunt. Together with Sun Xue'e, the fourth wife, she stole a lot of Ximen Qing's gold. Yin, both of them now live in Yanggu County."

"Meng Yulou of the third bedroom had a lot of family property, and he returned to his home with his dowry. Pan Jinlian of the fifth bedroom, and Li Ping'er of the sixth bedroom died."

"These three girls are young and beautiful, and they have a lot of wealth. My husband is not looking for a good match for his good men, so why don't you let someone arrange a marriage."

Zhao Zhen hesitated and said, "Do you know the origins of the three of them?"

"Li Jiao'er also grew up in Waseli. Meng Yulou had a tough life and defeated three husbands in a row, leaving only money. Sun Xue'e was the dowry of Ximen Qing's wife and was promoted to the fourth wife."

Zhao Zhen said: "Although she has some looks and money, she is not good enough to be my brother's eldest wife."

"Since when did I say that I want to have a big house? Listen to your words, it would be nice to be a concubine. There are so many good men here, and there will always be someone you like. If you are interested, I will tell your minister and let him How about writing a letter and sending it?"

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Ask Dong Ping's family to explain in the letter that my place is mostly filled with rough men who are fighting on the battlefield and don't know the style, but there are not many handsome young men. It will save her any dissatisfaction and go through the trouble."

Jin Cuilian said: "Of course it's natural. I'll always agree with you after thinking about it. My husband also looks at the good man in the county and likes him."

Zhao Zhen listened and nodded. Not mentioning that Jin Cuilian sent a woman to look for the sister Guiqing who had just left recently, Zhao Zhen took Cheng Wan'er with him, and the two of them rode horses, escorted by Yu Baosi and others, to the Xixi Village brewing workshop.

In the workshop, Zhu Fu, Zhong Rang, Hua Yue, Zhong Mu and other brewing masters were waiting aside. When they saw Zhao Zhen, they all came forward to greet him.

Zhao Zhen said: "Brother Zhu Fu, what does this wine mean?"

Zhu Fudao said: "Sir, Madam, this jujube wine is just soaked in wine. I used two large and small wines from [Yicheng Wine], [Yimeng Mountain Wine], and [Huajia Baijiu], and soaked them in two tanks each. I opened the vat today and asked the officials and ladies to taste it. Which of the four jujube wines is better?"

With that said, someone came forward to open the vat, and for a moment, the aroma of wine filled the air.

A few ladles of wine were scooped out from each of the four jars and poured into four large white basins. The wines were all red in color. It was impossible to tell which wine was best just by looking at the color.

All four kinds of jujube wine were served in jugs and poured into wine glasses. Zhu Fu brought them to Zhao Zhen. Zhao Zhen took them and tasted them one by one. He didn't say whether they were good or bad, so Cheng Wan'er, Zhu Fu and other winemakers also tasted them. Drink.

Then he asked: "Which one do you think is best?"

Cheng Wan'er said: "Husband, this second vat of wine has the strongest jujube flavor, which is similar to what I drank in Bianjing. The fourth vat of wine is second, followed by the first vat, and the third vat has the weakest jujube flavor."

Zhu Fu and others also agreed, and Zhao Zhen asked: "Brother Zhu Fu, what kind of wine is used in the second vat of wine?"

"Yimeng Mountain Wine. The fourth jar is the big wine among the Hua family's liquors, the first jar is Yicheng Wine, and the third jar is the small wine." Zhu Fu replied.

"In this case, use Yimeng Mountain Wine for all the sour jujube wine in the future. Don't waste the other sour jujube wines. Send them to the clinic together with the other three jars. An Daoquan told me last time that sour jujube can calm the five internal organs, lighten the body and prolong life. Sour jujube wine can nourish the liver and warm the heart, invigorate the qi and strengthen the spleen, calm the mind and help sleep. Some medicines are taken with wine, so they can be used."

As Zhao Zhen was talking, he saw An Daoquan and Bai Duo, father and son, come in together.

After greeting, Zhao Zhen asked, "Doctor An, I was just saying that I would send the sour jujube wine to the clinic, but I didn't expect you to come first."

An Daoquan said, "Yesterday, I heard Mr. Bai say that the wine shop would open today. The fragrance of this wine is so strong that I naturally know that the wine shop has opened. The great official is here, come and ask for a glass of wine."

Zhao Zhen asked someone to pour the wine and let everyone taste it.

Zhao Zhen asked, "Doctor, how is this wine?"

This good wine can't be hidden from others. The three people all said that the second jar of wine is good. Hearing that Zhao Zhen planned to send the inferior wine to the clinic, An Daoquan and the other two smiled and agreed.

An Daoquan said, "Great official, there is no need for so much wine. Only these three jars can be used for a long time. The rest can be stored in the cellar."

Zhao Zhen said, "In that case, these three jars of wine don't need to be stored in the cellar. One jar will be sent to Baozhu Temple, one jar will be sent to Shouzhang County, and the remaining jar will be sent to Wangtai Township. The brothers in these three places are the best wine lovers, so let them satisfy their cravings."