Ancient promotion routine

Wine making is not difficult. After Zhang Yanjin told Wang Shi and Wang Jiu the blueprints and methods, the first batch of production lines had been built, and Zhang Yanjin assembled them, and then started to make wine according to the steps.

Although he quickly produced shochu with high alcohol purity, he was not in a hurry to sell it. He was waiting for an opportunity, which was the day when the inn opened.On that day, Anleju Inn, hot pot, shochu, and other dishes will spread far and wide along with his name.

It will take some time for the inn to be built from the laying of the foundation. Zhang Yanjin calculated that it was Qingming, and Zhang Zhongqian wrote to him, asking him to come back and stay for a few days before the expedition.

Zhang Yanjin handed over the affairs of Xizhou Datong to the mature and stable Zhang Wuyi, and he took Zhang Wuer back to Chang'an.

Back in the capital, he still couldn't meet Zhang Zhongqian a few times, because Zhang Zhongqian was sent to the northern camp to train soldiers, and now he lives in the military camp.

Zhang Yanjin was a little bored, so he had to call Lu Blacksmith at home to make some devices for making distilled wine, and then made distilled wine.

As the firepower increased, the fragrant wine fragrance slowly overflowed, slowly drifting to every corner of Ningguo Mansion.

Zhang Bowen and Zhang Xiuwu smelled the aroma, and when they asked the servants that Erlang was cooking wine in the small courtyard, they walked over looking for the aroma.

Seeing Zhang Bowen and Zhang Xiuwu walk in, Zhang Yanjin poured a small glass of the freshly distilled clear wine to Zhang Bowen and Zhang Xiuwu and said, "Brother, third brother, try it."

Zhang Bowen and Zhang Xiuwu were watching the wine being poured out, and the bright and clear color had already made them secretly swallow their saliva.

After Zhang Yanjin poured the wine, he also poured himself a glass. He shook the glass lightly, then sniffed it lightly.

Zhang Bowen also imitated Zhang Yanjin, after smelling a refreshing mellow aroma in his nose, he took a deep breath before picking up the wine glass to take a sip, he was stunned after tasting it.

Zhang Xiuwu next to him took the small wine glass, took a deep sniff of the wine, and said dissatisfied: "Second brother, why did you give me such a small glass, I want to drink it in a big glass."

"Try it first." Zhang Yanjin said with a slight smile.

Zhang Xiuwu raised his neck and poured a small glass of wine into his belly.The strong aroma of the wine diffused in the mouth, the mouth was soft and mellow, and the aftertaste was sweet and dry, Zhang Xiuwu couldn't help but smack his mouth to let the aroma of the wine waft out of his mouth.

Zhang Bowen drank it one sip at a time, sniffing deeply the rich and elegant aroma, as if everyone was intoxicated without alcohol.

After a while, the stamina of the wine came up, making both Zhang Xiuwu and Zhang Bowen blush.

"Brother, third brother, how about this wine?" Zhang Yanjin looked at Zhang Xiuwu and Zhang Bowen with a smile.

After a fermentation of the wine of the Great Wei Dynasty, the liquor produced is generally only seven to eighty-nine degrees, or even lower, and now it is unbearable to drink baijiu of about [-] degrees.

"Second brother, what kind of wine are you drinking?" Zhang Xiuwu smacked his mouth, then pondered again and said, "Why is it so strong?"

Zhang Bowen blinked his eyes, reluctantly put the wine glass aside, shook his head, and said after clearing himself up a bit: "Third brother, I heard that people from Dongying came to congratulate him and wanted to present their sake to His Majesty. I sell it in the Wei Dynasty, and I think the wine you brew can be brought into the palace to compete with Dongying's sake."

Zhang Yanjin was a little surprised. According to the history of China, Japanese sake did not appear until the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and they had been drinking turbid wine all the time. I didn't expect that Dongying, which was 200 years later than the Tang Dynasty, had already produced it. Got sake?

As soon as Zhang Bowen finished speaking, his body was weak, and he usually likes to be quiet. He reads in the room when he has nothing to do. , legs weak, nowhere to fall.

"Help elder brother back to the room to rest." Zhang Yanjin ordered the servant beside him.

As soon as Zhang Bowen left, Zhang Yanjin's mind changed.According to what Zhang Bowen said, the people from Dongying brought their sake to congratulate them, probably because they wanted to be praised by the emperor, and then promote sake in a place with a vast land and resources like the Great Wei Dynasty, and then make money.Sake later became the national drink of Japan, which shows that it is also unique.

These little Japanese devils actually want to use their sake to make money here?This really aroused Zhang Yanjin's angry youth.

This time he just didn't like them!

The original historical sake is made of rice and mineral water as raw materials, and fermented by koji and sake brewing mother handed down from China.In order to make the wine look good, the Japanese use lime to precipitate the wine, and filter it to get a clear wine.

His hands slowly tightened. It would be fine if he hadn't come to this era, but now that he's here, he can't just watch the little Japanese kid steal Chinese money!

"Put the brewed wine into jars and seal it up." Zhang Yanjin looked at the newly brewed wine.

That night, Zhang Zhongqian finally came back.

At that time Zhang Zhongqian had just finished his dinner, changed into a loose robe and came to the study. He was a little surprised to see Zhang Yanjin coming in with a small jar of wine.

Thinking that Zhang Yanjin liked to spend time and wine in the past, no one dared to take the wine directly to his study, so he immediately thought that Zhang Yanjin was drunk again, and asked, "Erlang, are you drunk?"

Zhang Yanjin shook her head hastily, put the wine jar on the desk, took out another cup and said, "My nephew didn't drink, but I just want to discuss something with my uncle. This is my nephew's newly brewed wine, and I invite my uncle to taste it."

As Zhang Yanjin's words fell, the clear liquid in the jar poured out along the mouth of the jar, exuding a strong aroma of wine.

"Is this wine?" Zhang Zhongqian was amazed as he looked at the clear liquor that still radiated luster under the dim light.

The wine I drink on weekdays is slightly turbid, even if it is extremely clean wine, it will inevitably have a light yellow color, but the color of the wine in front of me is transparent, like clear spring water, but it exudes a rich and mellow taste The aroma makes people want to stop just by smelling it.

Zhang Yanjin nodded, then pushed the wine glass towards Zhang Zhongqian and said, "Drink slowly, uncle."

Zhang Zhongqian picked up the wine glass and took a sip, the aroma of the wine immediately overflowed into his mouth, the mellow and slightly sweet feeling rushed straight to Baihui from the nasal cavity, making people feel ecstatic.

"How does uncle feel?" Zhang Yanjin asked.

Zhang Zhongqian sat silently for a while, and then he stabilized his mind.He nodded and exclaimed, "This wine is really delicious!"

"Uncle, I heard that the envoys from Japan have come to congratulate the court these days, saying that they want to present some kind of sake. My nephew thinks that the wine my nephew has is no less than sake, and I want to enter the palace to compete with sake. Can uncle bring me some wine?" Is your nephew entering the palace?"

Zhang Yanjin hit the iron while it was hot: "My nephew heard that the Dongying people used to drink saliva wine made from saliva. A few years ago, after we got a brewer from us, they made sake. Now they say it's brought Come to congratulate with sake, I am afraid that you want to sell sake to us to make money? The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring, this Dongying people have no shame, uncle is willing to see Dongying people get cheap and act good?"

"It's all about your reasoning." Zhang Zhongqian couldn't help scolding Zhang Yanjin when he saw Zhang Yanjin chattering.

The last time Zhang Yanjin had sex with Liu Yanshi in the palace, he humiliated Liu Yanshi so much that he almost wanted to resign from office and go back to seclusion.From then on, Zhang Zhongqian feared that Zhang Yanjin would not go to the palace to meet the emperor, but at this moment when he heard that Zhang Yanjin wanted to enter the palace, his previous notions were preconceived, so he reprimanded Zhang Yanjin when he opened his mouth.

However, he also understood in his heart that, as Zhang Yanjin said, the Dongying people really wanted to present sake to the emperor this time, and then start a business of selling sake in the Wei Dynasty.

In fact, everyone can understand this kind of thing. After all, the Dongying people came to the Great Wei Dynasty to congratulate them, eating and lodging at the Great Wei Dynasty's inn all the way.

Zhang Zhongqian, as Ning Guogong, the emperor's right-hand man, is naturally clear about this matter.

At that time, the emperor gave the distiller's mother to the Dongying people. He just thought that the Wei Dynasty had a vast land and abundant resources.

Thinking that tomorrow the emperor might really buy sake at a high price for the image of the Great Wei Dynasty, Zhang Zhongqian also felt frustrated for a while, and felt that Dongying people were so shameless.

"Uncle, although my nephew has never tasted the sake brought by the Dongying people, the Dongying people made sake through the old method we rewarded them. This is a wine made with a brand new brewing method. My nephew has confidence Overwhelm their sake."

Zhang Yanjin didn't care about Zhang Zhongqian's reprimand just now, and continued to persuade: "Uncle, if the Dongying people are really allowed to get a lot of money through shameless means, wouldn't our treasury lose a lot of money, and the Western Expedition is coming soon, uncle Are you really not thinking about the soldiers in front of you?"

Hitting snakes and hitting seven inches, Zhang Zhongqian is a general who loves soldiers as much as his life. He was silent for a while when he heard what Zhang Yanjin said, and said with emotion: "Tomorrow is the day when Dongying people will offer wine to the court. The emperor will hold a small banquet to welcome them." People from Dongying, you will go to the banquet with me when the time comes."

After all, Zhang Zhongqian babbled on Zhang Yanjin a lot of precautions, for fear that Zhang Yanjin would cause trouble again like the last time he was in court.

No matter what Zhang Zhongqian said, Zhang Yanjin responded one by one, but for him, Zhang Zhongqian's words went in one ear and out the other, and he answered one by one just to end the chattering quickly.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yanjin followed Zhang Zhongqian into the palace, wearing a black headdress and an official uniform for luggage recording.

It wasn't that Zhang Zhongqian didn't want to bring wine into the palace to present to the emperor, but that besides thinking about the Wei court, he also had private thoughts in his heart.

Zhang Yanjin was his nephew, who was brought up by him since he was a child, just like his own son.But even so, Zhang Yanjin is still only his nephew, not his biological son.

Unlike the two brothers Zhang Bowen and Zhang Xiuwu, after he retired, Zhang Yanjin had no way to inherit his title, so he asked Zhang Yanjin to perform in front of the emperor several times in order to give Zhang Yanjin a good future.

In the court hall, the envoy from Dongying spoke flattering words to the emperor and the Great Wei Dynasty, which made Zhang Yanjin feel drowsy.

The emperor on the throne was dressed in a yellow robe, sitting a little idly on the dragon chair, listening to the babbling words of the Dongying envoy, showing the domineering and graceful emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty with his gestures and gestures.

Zhang Yanjin was really too lazy to listen to the little Japanese devil's rap accent, so he set his eyes on the emperor. He looked at the majestic emperor with admiration and admiration in his eyes.

Although the emperor treated the envoys of Japan with great courtesy, it was still more of a sense of pity for the small country of Japan from the upper power, neither the equality of the two countries, nor the modern worship of foreigners, which made Zhang Yanjin feel very comfortable.

The so-called demeanor of a strong country and the bearing of a big country are just like this.Only such an emperor is worthy of being the emperor who unifies the territory of China.

The emperor inadvertently glanced at Zhang Yanjin who was standing at the end of the crowd. He saw that his eyes were clear and looked at him full of admiration. He couldn't laugh or cry. Why did this rascal kid come into the palace?But the emperor is more happy.

The emperor, who is well versed in the way of controlling people's hearts, can tell who is sincerely adoring him and who is sycophanting at a glance. This Yanjin's eyes are clear, without distracting thoughts, and he is looking at him so adoringly in this situation, What is it if it is not sincere?

But after all, it was above the court, and the emperor's eyes quickly shifted to the Dongying envoy. After all, the words of the Dongying envoy were too convoluted. If you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't understand what the Dongying envoy was saying.No, what was the Japanese envoy talking about just now?

Since the sake was presented at the court, only the emperor could taste it, and it was really indecent for all the ministers to drink in the court hall, so the wine offering was designed at the banquet that night.

In the bright and spacious lobby, the ministers were kneeling on mats, with plates of delicacies on the table in front of them, and the emperor was sitting at the highest place in the center, with bright yellow table tables and delicacies in front of him. Standing behind are two maids holding hibiscus fans. Hibiscus flowers are drawn on the wall behind the maids, showing the elegance and luxury of the Wei Dynasty.

The luthiers sat in the center and played the pipa, making clank sounds.The singers wore light gauze dresses and followed the rhythm, dancing their graceful bodies to the rhythm of the pipa in the center of the lobby.Sympathize with the crisis pillar, and go to the crisis string together.

After the end of the dance, the graceful dancers retreated together.The envoys of Dongying also went to the center from behind the table to ask the emperor to let them bring up the sake and pour it to His Majesty, so that His Majesty can taste the sake from Dongying.

After the emperor nodded in agreement, the eunuch on the side took the wine cup handed over by the Dongying envoy, poured a glass of wine for the emperor, tested the poison with a silver needle, and then handed the wine to the emperor.

The emperor took the sake, tasted it slowly, and said after a while: "The color of the sake is light yellow, transparent and clear, soft and refreshing, it really lives up to its name."

"This is a gift from the gods, a sacred object made from rice, specially sent from Dongying across the sea to His Majesty!" The Dongying envoy said quite complacently.

Zhang Yanjin sat at the end of the lower head and couldn't help laughing.However, there was the sound of pipa in the lobby, and his laughter did not attract everyone's attention.

China's technology of using "quzhong" wine making was introduced to Japan, which greatly improved and developed Japanese wine making technology. The little Japanese devils are now brewing better wine, but it is said that this wine is a gift from God, and it is derived from rice. holy thing.

He wants to see what tricks these little Japanese devils can play today, and let the little Japanese devils know what it means to be "your father or your father" by the way!

The emperor waved his hand and said, "You all have a taste too!"

After the ministers thanked them, they picked up the cups on the table and drank one after another, some drank it all at once, and some took small sips.

Since Dongying's sake is made from secondary fermentation, it is naturally richer and has a higher alcohol content than the wine made from primary fermentation of grain in the Wei Dynasty.

The ministers had never drunk such a rich and clear wine, and they all praised it.

The author has something to say: I'm going to slap my face