Yongzhou, Chang'an, inside the imperial palace.
Emperor Chen Xuan was reviewing memorials in the imperial study, when an eunuch reported an urgent message from Donghai County.
"But is it Mr. Li's letter?"
Chen Xuan said in surprise: "This old man finally figured it out and wants to continue teaching the prince."
"Very good, very good!"
"Reply to Your Majesty, this is not a letter from Taifu Li."
The eunuch smiled bitterly.
This emperor is too kind-hearted.
Li Heran had resigned many years ago, but he still retained the position of Tai Tu for him, thinking about him coming back to work all the time.
"no?"
Chen Xuan frowned, "Who sent the urgent message?"
"It seems to be Xu Jiuguan."
"What?"
Chen Xuan put down his brush and said angrily: "Didn't I demote him to Yun'an County as the county magistrate? Why did he send an urgent message from Donghai County again?"
"Is it possible that he didn't go to his post?"
"This bastard, next time I see him, I will give him fifty blows."
Eunuch Li Yan pursed his lips, feeling quite disdainful, "Fifty big shots?"
"He insulted your maid, and you didn't see him beating him?"
"He didn't even stop serving as an official. Instead, he was asked to serve as the seventh-grade county magistrate. After a few years of training, he will probably be entrusted with important responsibilities when he returns to the palace."
"Send me the fold."
Chen Xuan said indifferently: "I want to see what this bastard is going to say to me?"
Li Yan handed over the booklet and a jar of wine at the same time.
"liquor?"
Chen Xuan was stunned for a moment.
"probably."
Li Yan said: "This jar was sent with the memorial. The old slave has not opened it and does not know what is inside. However, he can smell the aroma of wine, so it must be wine."
Hearing this, the corners of Chen Xuan's mouth curved involuntarily.
"Not bad."
"Guan Xu is still considerate. Even after being demoted, he didn't forget to give me a drink."
Chen Xuan did not open the fold, but first uncorked the wine.
Suddenly, the aroma hits your nostrils.
Chen Xuan's eyes lit up.
"Good wine, just the smell can make people drool."
With that said, Chen Xuan took a big sip from the jar.
Then... I choked.
Constant coughing.
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
Li Yan was very frightened. He saw Chen Xuan coughing continuously, his face turned red, and his whole face was twisted, as if he was enduring great pain.
Immediately he ordered: "Come here, call the imperial doctor quickly."
"Your Majesty has been poisoned."
"etc."
At this time, Chen Xuan's cough became lighter.
He smacked his lips, the smell of wine still lingering on his lips.
The fragrance was unlike anything he had ever tasted before, and it lingered for a long time.
He was a good drinker and couldn't sleep without drinking several bowls of wine every day.
For this reason, a wine tasting officer was specially appointed.
It can be said that he knows wine very well.
After thinking about it, he couldn't help but exclaim, "This is not poison, but good wine, strong wine."
"Stronger than those wines paid tribute by Beinu."
"It's not suitable for drinking in big sips, but it should be drank in small sips."
Chen Xuan asked the eunuch to get the wine glass, pour a small cup, and taste it in small sips.
Eyes are getting brighter and brighter.
"Good wine, really good wine."
"Elegant and delicate, plump and mellow, with a long aftertaste, it is a well-deserved wine."
"Hahaha, Xu Jiuguan is really my loyal minister. He is far away in the world, but he still sends me such fine wines. I should reward him."
"I just don't know which winery produced this. Why have I never tasted it?"
"Your Majesty, aren't there still letters?"
Li Yan reminded: "Guan Xu should have written it, and your Majesty will know it at a glance."
"Yes, yes, there are letters."
Only then did Chen Xuan open the fold.
"Your Majesty sent his ministers to the East China Sea to stabilize the people. They came across a fine wine. It belonged to Penglai Immortal Lord. He named it Xiangsi. After tasting it, I was shocked by the fine wine. I begged several times and only got half a jar. Please give your Majesty a taste..."
"Only half an altar?"
Chen Xuan asked Li Yan.
"Back to Your Majesty, Wine Officer Xu only sent half a jar."
Li Yan replied.
"You bastard, you only get half a jar of such fine wine."
Chen Xuan said angrily: "After tasting this wine, how can I drink other drinks in the future?"
"No, send someone to inform Xu Jiuguan that no matter what the price, he must bring me 10,000 jars. I will drink this kind of strong wine every day."
"If one altar is missing, I will chop off his dog's head."
Li Yang just wanted to leave, but was stopped by Chen Xuan again.
"Wait a minute, there's more to come."
The following text is more complicated. Xu Tianhua tells how he met Acacia Wine by chance and how he asked for a jar.
Make yourself very miserable.
In the end, he spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy a jar.
Finally, Xu Tianhua asked for the favor of Penglai Immortal Lord, and begged the Emperor to appoint Penglai Immortal Lord as the wine official, so that Penglai Immortal Lord could continuously brew acacia wine for the royal family.
"Acacia wine?"
Chen Xuan chewed the name and said with a smile: "Not to mention, this wine is exactly as its name suggests. It makes me miss Xu Tianhua a little bit."
At the end I attached the lyrics.
After reading it, Chen Xuan felt that Penglai Immortal Lord was a talent.
The wine is good and the words are wonderful.
They set off each other and are seamless.
"reward."
Chen Xuan excitedly slapped the table and said, "Guan Xu found a fine wine for me and rewarded me with a thousand taels of silver."
"His past crimes have been purchased and sold, and he is declared to have chosen a day to enter the palace and continue to be his wine official."
"Penglai Immortal Lord is also good at brewing wine, and he was awarded the title of Seventh Wine Tasting Officer."
"Let all the wine he brews be sent to the palace."
Li Yan took the order and went to the Imperial Academy. The Hanlin bachelor on duty heard that it was His Majesty's order and hurriedly drafted an imperial edict.
Then send someone to announce the decree.
The Dawei Dynasty was also very particular about announcing decrees. In order to be fair and just, eunuchs and Hanlin bachelors must serve at the same time.
Supervise each other.
On the eunuch side, Li Yan sent his godson Li He, while on the Imperial Academy side, after careful consideration, they sent Tian Yi.
Because Tian Yi is a native of Donghai County.
It is easier for him to find Immortal Lord Penglai.
Tian Yi was also at a loss. He searched his whole head, but couldn't find the impression of Penglai Immortal Lord.
Li He didn't know even more.
The two discussed it and decided to go to Donghai County first. Li He was responsible for finding Xu Tianhua, while Tian Yi asked his relative Tian Fuhai to find out the address of Penglai Immortal Lord.
…
After seven consecutive days of busy work, Zhao Ping was very tired.
So I fell asleep, but I was woken up before I could sleep soundly.
It wasn't the neighbor's big rooster that woke him up, but the sound of firecrackers.
The plague was lifted, and the villagers lit firecrackers to celebrate.
It woke up Zhao Ping directly.
When I got up, I realized that I had also set off firecrackers.
Wen Hui also smiled at him and said, "Mr. sir, did I wake you up?"
"Sorry, everyone was celebrating that we solved the plague, so I set off firecrackers."
"Firecrackers?"
Zhao Ping asked blankly, "Do we have firecrackers in the Wei Dynasty?"
You know, in the previous life, firecrackers appeared very late, after all, saltpeter appeared very late.
But now there are firecrackers. Has the explosive been released?
"What is it made of?"
"It's bamboo."
Wen Hui said: "After the bamboo is on fire, there will be a crackling sound, which is very festive."
"Ms. sir, come and set some off too."
Zhao Ping looked at the pile of bamboo pointed by Wenhui and walked over to check it out.
It's just ordinary bamboo with nothing in it.
He was relieved.
It seems that saltpeter has not yet become popular in the Dawei Dynasty, and they still have the opportunity to develop gunpowder.
That is a weapon of war.
If used well, Zhao Ping will have the confidence to conquer the world.
Of course, the premise is that gunpowder can be developed.
In his previous life, he had also seen some rumors about the ratio of monosulfur, dinitrate, and charcoal.
Is that really the case?
No one can guarantee it, and it takes many trials to figure out the real formula.
Zhao Ping remembered this and then played with Wen Hui.
Not long after, it was completely bright.
The sun also showed its long-lost smile.
People were even happier and went to the fields to harvest crops with sickles in hand. Xiping Village returned to its former busy scene.
Zhao Ping was not idle either.
Lu Xiu and his son had been busy making the equipment for the training base during this period, and finally completed it.
Zhao Ping took Xia Quan and others to build a base.
Parallel bars, horizontal bars, sandbags, wooden stakes, climbing, etc., although they are not as good as modern technology, they are all available.
Zhao Ping began to train these people according to the plan he made.
And he didn't participate in the training.
Now that we have decided to change the current situation in Yun'an County, we must start preparations.
Zhao Ping knows that economy is the foundation for the development of a place.
Without enough trade, it would be difficult to feed so many people by farming alone, especially since the farming technology of the Dawei Dynasty was very backward, and one acre of fertile land could barely produce one stone of grain.
Like the fields you have opened up, you can't even produce half a stone of food.
Zhao Ping misses the father of hybrid rice a little bit, but it's a pity that he doesn't understand it, otherwise he could have cultivated some.
As for the high-yielding potatoes, sweet potatoes had not yet reached the Wei Dynasty.
Zhao Ping only knew that it was in another country, but Zhao Ping couldn't tell which country it was specifically.
What's more, this is a parallel time and space, and it is unknown whether those countries exist or not.
So now we can only develop the economy.
Winemaking.
Zhao Ping taught Wen Hui first.
The neighbor in his hometown in his previous life was a winemaker, and they also made grain wine. Zhao Ping often ran over to help during winter and summer vacations, so he knew this well.
It is nothing more than using the principle of fermentation to convert sugar into alcohol.
The fermentation uses distiller's yeast, which Zhao Ping has started cultivating a long time ago. Now it can be used directly, which is very convenient.
Then there is sealing and storage.
Wenhui understood it as soon as she heard it. After becoming familiar with the process, she began to collect grain.
But for three days in a row, not even a grain of food was received.
"What's going on? Why doesn't anyone come to sell food?"
Zhao Ping was puzzled and asked Wen Hui beside him.
