Soon, the people in the yurt retreated.
Zhang Qi sat there alone and looked at the map in his hand. The map was quite clear. From the camp, go straight southeast. When you see the river turns down, continue walking straight, cross the mouth of the valley, and walk more than a hundred miles to reach Donghu's forces. edge.
Of course, there are no more details. They are just exploring the route. If they see someone smoking, they will naturally stop. Otherwise, if they are invited to Donghu as a guest, wouldn't they become slaves again?
Now that we have the route, all that's left is manpower deployment.
Zhang Qi thought for a while and decided to just take Hu Shui and the NPC soldiers there.
Of course, some herdsmen's assistance is also needed, otherwise the herds of cattle and sheep will drive Zhang Qi, the 'noble man', crazy along the way.
After finalizing his attention, Zhang Qi shouted to the door curtain.
"Go to the military camp and ask Hu Shui to come see me."
The female soldier responded and left.
Since the battle that night, the manpower of Hu Shui's troops had dropped from 300 to just over 200. During the entire battle, his troops suffered the most casualties.
There is no way, the main purpose of vanguard Wang Li is to involve the Huns, and what he wants to do is really impact.
So after the battle, Zhang Qicai gave him the name Hu. Half of the evolution of the surname Hu came from the grassland people who returned to the Han Dynasty, so it was just right for Zhang Qicai to give him the surname Hu.
No one was left waiting for long. After a while, Hu Shui arrived at the camp and entered Zhang Qi's yurt.
"My Lord... Your Majesty!"
Hu Shui was used to calling his master before, but Hu Shui was still a little uncomfortable for a while.
"Hey, if you are not polite, did the soldiers have a good rest after returning to the camp?"
A few simple greetings.
Hu Shui looked humble and respectful.
"Reporting to your Majesty, the morale of the soldiers is high and they can go out with the army again at any time!"
Hu Shui is not a fool. He naturally knows why Zhang Qi asked him to come. Normally, Zhang Qi would not let him come to the yurt to have an audience. Instead, he asked the female soldiers to pass the news. Since he was asked to come here, it must be important. things.
"So good!"
Zhang Qi laughed heartily and patted Hu Shui on the shoulder: "When you return to the camp later, ask Hui to give you twenty sheep. Take them back and let the soldiers have a good meal. Come with me to Donghu tomorrow. Yes It’s time to get in touch with them.”
"promise!"
Hu Shui accepted the order.
He has nothing to fear about fighting, and it is not like he has never fought against the Donghu people. Although the Donghu people are now the Donghu tribe under Shanyu, the friction has not been reduced.
After all, the grassland in the past was decided by Rendong's nonsense. There were no small Huns at that time.
It's a pity that the fierce men from heaven went to the Xiongnu. Donghu has been in decline since then. The only ones who are still alive in later generations are Xianbei and Wuhuan.
As for the longer term, Zhang Qi couldn't remember it.
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Time passed, and it was already evening in the blink of an eye. There was no rush to go to Donghu. After all, we had just fought a battle with the Huns. It would be good for everyone to have a good rest before setting off.
It just so happened that Zhang Qi still had wine to brew in the world of riding and cutting. One night and one day, more than twenty hours passed, and the sorghum was almost fermented.
Entering the world of riding and slashing, Zhang Qi appeared in the market.
Walking into the room where the fermentation jars were stored, Hu Jiu was squatting there recording things.
The fermentation jar is the vegetable jar for pickles in later generations. The edges are raised up to form a circle. It is the simplest single-item sealing device. It is simple and easy to use. The only troublesome thing is to add water to the sealing ring from time to time.
"Your Majesty, you are here."
The sound of Zhang Qi entering the room woke up Hu Jiu who was recording data. Hu Jiu stood up and saluted Zhang Qi.
Zhang Qi nodded and reached out to take Hu Jiu's notebook and read it.
It's quite detailed. It records when the jar is filled with water and when it gets hot.
"You're quite careful." Zhang Qi handed the book back to Hu Jiu: "Are those you added later?"
When Zhang Qi came in, he found that in addition to the three jars of sorghum he had sealed, there were twenty or thirty jars placed in the room.
Hu Jiu nodded and smiled playfully: "I asked Shisan to help me steam and seal them."
Zhang Qiwaner: "Is it the Thirteen who often helped you with work before?"
"Haha, I didn't expect him to be a bitch."
Naturally, Hu Jiu didn't know what licking a dog meant, but when she saw Zhang Qi smiling, she also laughed: "Hey, we are all Your Majesty's sons. Your Majesty is here today. Can these things be used to make wine?"
"Yes." Zhang Qi nodded. After more than twenty days of fermentation, it is almost ready for distillation.
Hu Jiu and I moved the three fermentation jars out. The heavenly pot has always been set up in the market, so it saves time.
Distilled liquor is not that evil, it can even be said to be very simple. Two pots, a bucket, a few cloth towels and a steaming plate to isolate the contact between the water in the pot and the sorghum are enough.
Separating the sky pot first, Zhang Qi added half a pot of water to the lower pot, then placed a steaming plate on it, covered it with linen cloth, and poured the sorghum in the fermentation tank onto the linen cloth.
The fermented sorghum smells like wine and is a little sweet.
After laying the sorghum, Zhang Qi covered the barrel with a round hole in the middle, which was transparent from top to bottom. A semicircular iron piece was placed in the round hole in the middle of the barrel. Zhang Qi wet the cloth and put the barrel in. The part connected to the iron pot is tightly packed.
Then he put another pot on top of the barrel, sealed it with a cloth soaked in water, and then added cold water to the pot on top.
The process of distilling wine is that the pot below is heated to evaporate steam, and the alcohol in the fermentation product evaporates faster than water. After mixing with the steam, gaseous alcohol is formed. The gaseous alcohol condenses when it contacts the bottom of the pot with cold water above.
The pot is curved, and the condensed water droplets or wine drops will follow the curve and fall on the iron piece in the middle, leading out of the bucket.
The liquid coming out of the barrel is wine. Based on Zhang Qi's experience in rural life, it can be said that the alcohol distilled using this method has a high degree of content, at least 40 or 50 degrees. The disinfectant alcohol he wants needs to have a degree of 75. , this cannot be guaranteed, it can only be distilled a few times to make the degree higher.
Although high-concentration disinfection is very painful and may have some side effects, the pain and side effects are better than death. Currently, there is no measurement instrument, so the approximate alcohol concentration can only be known through the feedback data applied to the wounded again and again.
This is why Zhang Qi has the trump card of riding in the world to play like this. If it were other countries in this era, the wounded are usually the ones they gave up. Although veterans are precious, alcohol is used to save veterans. Look at it. Did they rescue more wounded people, or did they starve to death more?
As the sky pot heated up and the water gurgled, Zhang Qi pulled out the round cork blocking the barrel. As soon as he opened it, the rich aroma of wine spread out.
Zhang Qi didn't drink, but he couldn't help but swallowed. Moisture gradually appeared on the iron piece, and then ticked.
Tick tock.
Liquid begins to drip down.
Zhang Qi had already put a container under the wine outlet, and caught all the wine without leaking. After a few minutes, the amount of wine coming out of the wine outlet began to increase, and Zhang Qi put the first wine in the container. Pour it out and wait patiently for the container to be filled.
Don't ask for the first wine and the last wine. There are a lot of fusel alcohols and methanol in it. If you drink it, you will get sick. Although methanol can also be disinfected, Zhang Qi is not sure how much fusel alcohol is in the methanol.
