One of the passers-by

With Yan Junji's commander-in-chief, the craftsmen who will be the supervisor worked day and night to make the utensils for distilling spirits.

When the utensils were delivered to the Youzhou camp, the weird appearance of the distiller immediately aroused the curiosity of the soldiers in the camp.Jiang Han and other foodies circled around the rectifier, salivating from time to time looking at the dozens of cylinders of raw wine used for distillation in the corner of the tent.

When Xue Yan lifted the curtain to enter the account, he happened to see Jiang Han quietly hiding in a corner and stealing alcohol while everyone else was focusing on the still.

Seeing Xue Yanming's attention, Jiang Han, who was stealing the wine, froze, and immediately got up as if nothing had happened, and said first: "Yan'er, these utensils made by you called Jiang Zuojian can really brew wine that is better than the market. Strong liquor?"

The shochu mentioned by Jiang Han is the Jiannan shaochun wine that was once highly sought after by Da Chu.Some scholars in later generations believed that the shochu at this time was distilled wine.However, later in the document "Touhuang Miscellaneous Records", it was pointed out that the so-called shochu is really the wine that "the wine is poured into the Wengzhong and sealed with mud and then burned on the fire".And the highest alcohol of this kind of shochu will probably not exceed [-] degrees.

As for the distilled wine that Xue Yan was brewing at this time, historians of later generations generally believe that its technology first appeared in the Yuan Dynasty.Although some scholars have discovered the graphics of the stills necessary for steaming shochu in the historical records of the Song Dynasty, it is inferred that distilled wine already existed in the Song Dynasty.But no matter how you say it, there is absolutely no Da Chu at this time.

Thinking of the reactions of these men who boasted that they would never get drunk after drinking a thousand cups of low-alcohol wine, Xue Yan glanced at Jiang Han watching the show, and said with a smile: "The wine is not strong. You will know after you taste it yourself. But I have to remind you that these wines are for the wounded soldiers to prevent infection, not for you to drink."

Jiang Han chuckled, waved his hands and said, "I know, I just ask, ask."

Xue Yan looked at Jiang Han with a half-smile, walked up to the distiller and began to look at it carefully.

The general supervisor craftsmen on the side puffed up their chests confidently, and asked reservedly: "I don't know if the craftsmanship of the general supervisor can be seen by the little man. Are you satisfied with these utensils?"

Although in the previous manufacturing process, the general supervisor was suspected of being a foreigner, but Xue Yan had to admit that the craftsmanship of the general supervisor was still very good.At least the production process is strictly in accordance with the drawings he gave, and every detail of the connection has achieved the effect Xue Yan wanted.

After some inspection, Xue Yan nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Sure enough, it's the skill of a general prisoner, which is extraordinary."

Hearing the words, the craftsman who served as the prisoner cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Xiaolang is very praised. It's all for the sake of the lives of the soldiers, and the prisoner dares not be unsatisfactory."

After a pause, he said as if explaining: "A few days ago, the marching chief led the army to break through the Yan camp, and captured countless soldiers and prisoners. This battle was fought fiercely, and the food, grass and armaments were also depleted. After two days, the imperial army arrived. Youzhou, if you want to suppress the rebellion in Jingzhou, you must have enough food, grass and soldiers to supply one or two from the Youzhou camp. Therefore, the prison is very busy these days. If you delay the affairs of Mr. Xiaolang, the prison Shame."

Xue Yan laughed secretly when he heard this.If it is said that Yan Junji led the army to raid the Yan camp, its food, grass and military equipment were lost, but after the Yan camp was smashed and the food, grass and military equipment of the Yan camp was cleared, the loss should be made up.As for the fact that the imperial army had to mobilize food, grass and armaments from Youzhou to suppress the rebellion in Jingzhou, it was even more ridiculous.

Da Chu implemented the government military system, and soldiers who joined the army had to prepare their own food and supplies.And when the imperial army marches northward, they will naturally be fully prepared.Even if the preparations are not sufficient, Youzhou is an important city in the world, and the material capital in the army is more abundant than that of the emperor's army.Jiang Zuojian's statement is really nonsense and perfunctory talk.

But it's better to be perfunctory than to ignore.Xue Yan has made great achievements in Youzhou Daying, and is highly valued by the generals.However, after all, he is still young and has no official position.Wanting to order the generals under the Youzhou government office to serve as prisons is simply not right and wrong.Now that he will be the supervisor because of Yan Junji's face, he is willing to explain to Xue Yan.Although this explanation was very hasty, Xue Yan had to go down the steps.This is the way to get along in the officialdom.

Thinking of this, Xue Yan couldn't help but smile. This can be regarded as the "hidden rules of the workplace" like a big Chu thousands of years ago.

Cheerfully dismissing the general as the prisoner, Xue Yan immediately led the soldiers of Huotou Battalion to distill spirits step by step.

After a few months of getting along with each other briefly, the soldiers of Huotouying have developed initial trust in Xue Yan.Coupled with the assistance of Jiang Han and other generals and the imperial physician Sun Zhonghe, Xue Yan was even more dexterous in the Huotou camp, and soon carried out the final step of distilling spirits.

At this time, the belated imperial army finally set foot on the border of Youzhou.After Yan Junji received the urgent report from the scouts, he immediately led his confidant generals to greet him thirty miles away.Considering that there are two definite purposes in the imperial army, Duke Wei and Princess Pingyang.Yan Junji even played to his liking, forcibly including Xue Yan, who was white, into the welcoming group.The euphemistic name is "Let the imperial army see the young genius who came out of my Youzhou camp."

Facing Yan Junji's perfunctory answer, Xue Yan didn't even have the desire or desire to complain.I had no choice but to put down the brewing work that was at the last juncture, and followed the soldiers of the Youzhou Camp for thirty miles away——

At this moment, Xue Yan once again thanked his father and grandfather for forcing him to go to the grassland to practice equestrianism, otherwise, he would have to run behind the horses of the generals now.

At three quarters later, Xue Yan, who followed the generals of the Youzhou Camp and stood on the official road against the bleak autumn wind, finally saw the shadow of the imperial army.The emperor's army in bright armor is indeed more majestic and solemn than the big Chubian army in terms of military appearance and armament.Compared with Yan Junji's sleek and sophisticated, the leading generals of the imperial court are more sharp-edged and energetic.

Xue Yan heard Jiang Han say that these Longyou Army, led by His Majesty, raised troops from Jinyang to attack Luoyang, they always fought when they wanted to fight, and they fought when they were strong.At the same time, when His Majesty ascended the throne, his relatives turned into the direct line of the emperor, and his arrogance and awe-inspiring aura was even stronger.

Seeing you today, it really is.

However, what made Xue Yan even more weird was that there was a man and a woman among the generals of the imperial court. Although Xue Yan knew from other people that this couple was Wei Guogong and Princess Pingyang, who had countless military exploits and great reputations, they saw their voices and smiles Xue Yan couldn't help being surprised that they were no different from Xue Yan's real parents.

And this couple couldn't hold themselves back after seeing Xue Yan who was following the general of Youzhou.That beautiful, heroic woman didn't even care about Yan Junji's smiling greetings, she hurried up to Xue Yan, looked fiercely at Xue Yan with a pair of phoenix eyes, and said tremblingly: "You are Yan Yan. Is it my offspring?"

Somehow, Xue Yan's eyes also became hot, he involuntarily sniffed, and said, "Xue Yan, I have seen Your Highness the Eldest Princess."

Wei Guogong Xue Ji, who fell behind Princess Pingyang, also caught up with him.He eagerly asked Xue Yan, "How old is he? How did his teacher describe his parents back then? Who else is there in the family? Do you still remember things from childhood..."

Wei Guogong was asking, and Princess Pingyang was holding Xue Yan's hand and weeping.Especially after seeing the bronze bracelet on Xue Yan's wrist, it was even more difficult to hold on to himself.

Although the couple has been deceived countless times in the past ten years, they have never given up hope of finding their son.This time, they learned about Xue Yan, a child prodigy descended from heaven in Youzhou, from Yanjun Wang Zhuangyi's proclamation and the imperial court's military report, and they even looked for it regardless.

Just one face to face, they feel that there is something interesting.It's because Xue Yan is quite similar to Duke Wei when he was young, no matter his voice, smile, appearance or behavior.And the bronze bracelet on the young man's hand is exactly the token of love between Princess Pingyang and Duke Wei.

There are two bracelets in total, one is worn on the hand of Princess Pingyang.The other was made into a necklace and worn around Mr. Xue Xiaolang's neck.

Now Xue Yan was wearing a bronze bracelet, if it wasn't their son, who could it be?

Xue Yan stayed in Youzhou Daying for more than half a year, and he also heard people mention Wei Guogong and Pingyang Princess's great military exploits and romantic affairs.However, he was not very proficient in Da Chu's official dialect, and the insiders in the camp were not familiar with it for various reasons, so Xue Yan didn't know that the two had lost their child.

But seeing Wei Guogong and Pingyang Princess looking at his bracelet one after another, even a fool Xue Yan should have guessed this trick.Feeling a buzzing in his head, Xue Yan once again scolded the unreliable alliance base, and immediately emphasized and confessed: "I don't remember the past, I have worn this bracelet since I was a child. But not necessarily mine—no, I mean, the bracelet is mine, but I don't have to be your son."

Shouldn't you snatch the bracelet from him?

Unable to understand Xue Yan's worry, Duke Wei and Princess Pingyang said firmly after hearing Xue Yan's words: "You are our son. Otherwise, how could this bracelet be worn on you? Back then I with your mother—"

"Oh, don't talk too much. What's the use of talking about old sesame seeds and rotten millet. If he doesn't believe it, we'll confess with blood." Princess Pingyang seems to be more irritable than Wei Guogong, and she doesn't wait for Wei Guogong. After explaining clearly, he took Xue Yan's hand to confess blood.He even took out a silver needle from his purse and ordered the soldiers to fetch mercury.

Before he finished speaking, a soldier immediately took off his beard bag, and someone passed a shallow white porcelain bowl from the side, and poured half a bowl of mercury.Its business proficiency can be seen from multiple drills.

Xue Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "It's nonsense to test relatives with blood. Even if your blood is fused with mine, it still can't prove that I am your son. Because most of the soldiers from the Youzhou Camp come to me Blood test, the two drops of blood can basically blend together."

Who made him a universal type O blood!

Hearing Xue Yan's words, Wei Guogong and Princess Pingyang were dubious.Gein over the years, the so-called "big man" they have found, no matter how tight their past experiences are, they will not pass the blood test.What's more, the "blood test method" has existed since ancient times. If it is really invalid, why has it been passed on for so many years?

Seeing this, Xue Yan was helpless, so he had to stretch out his hand and let Princess Pingyang do what she wanted.Then, when the two drops of blood melted together, Duke Wei and Princess Pingyang poured out the mercury in the bowl with lightning speed, and signaled the soldiers to clean the porcelain bowl before pouring in the mercury. Pulling the arm of the person beside him, he pricked his fingertip and squeezed out a drop of blood, and then he dripped a drop of blood in the same way.

Everyone held their breath and concentrated, and after a while, they saw the blood droplets in the bowl slowly melting together.The generals were in an uproar.

Duke Wei and Princess Pingyang were struck by lightning.