The most important thing in making ale is wort. The most abundant thing in the village during this year's harvest is wheat. After the government collected taxes, each family saved enough food for two years, and the remaining food was stored in the village's warehouse.
To make ale, you need to start with wort.
After processing the basket of chicken feet, he put them all into the pot and simmered them, then squeezed out the wheat straw juice from fresh wheat straw and handed it to Li Yuan.
Just after putting down the tea, Li Yuan looked at a bowl of green wheatgrass juice and asked, "What is this?"
Zhang Yang gathered the wheat straw and explained: "Drinking this will help lower your blood pressure. It will be of great help to your old age and you will benefit a lot."
Li Yuan smelled it first, then took a sip and said with a bitter face, "It smells like grass."
It means that Li Yue has cold water to rinse the wort, add some caramel and mix well.
Li Yuan had just finished two large bowls, but the old man still had a grimace on his face.
"You always treat it as medicine. It's good for lowering blood pressure, and it's not easy to store. It's the only time in a year that you can drink it like this. It's a rare drink."
Li Yuan wiped his mouth and took another sip of tea to wash away the taste in his mouth: "Is the ale so bad?"
"That's not true. Ale is refreshing."
Women from several villages brought baskets of malt on their shoulder poles, and more than ten baskets of malt were placed on the ground. These were all used to make wine.
Zhang Yang washed the malt and put it into earthen jars, and then poured water into it to let the malt react with the water.
[It has been running stably for many years. It is comparable to the old version of the book chasing tool and is used by all old bookworms.
Brother, men in our village can only marry women over twenty years old? "
Niu Chuang nodded, "This is all ordered by Lishan Order, even if you are one year younger."
"Anyone who is not married at the age of twenty is someone no one wants to marry."
Li Tai thought about it, ordinary women would have been married in 28 years.
Niu Chuang smiled and nodded, "There are also a few people who had originally agreed to get married, and when they found out that our village would marry a twenty-year-old girl, they regretted their original marriage and wanted to raise their daughter to be twenty before marrying again."
Li Tai nodded as he listened, "No wonder the surrounding counties gossip so much about us in Lishan."
"I have discussed this matter with Lishan Ling before. Even Lishan Ling can be shameless. What are we afraid of?"
Li Tai burst out laughing after hearing this.
Niu Chuang continued: "Taoist Master Sun Simiao also said that the best age for a woman to have a child is twenty years old. Sooner or later, it only takes two or three years."
The construction of the workshop is inseparable from Niu Chuang's manpower, and the people brought out by Niu Chuang are all skilled in workshop manufacturing.
Li Tai should always discuss with him on construction work.
After filtering out all the wort in the earthen pot, Zhang Yang told them: "The wort is kept waiting for fermentation. The malt residue can also be used to feed poultry after drying. Don't waste it."
The guard nodded and went to do the work.
It will take some time for the ale to ferment.
Li Yue ate the hawthorn given by his wife, and the family did not return home until evening.
The imperial court has been very busy recently, especially the Zhongshu Province. Usually by evening, the officials here have almost left.
At this moment, there are still a lot of officials coming and going in Zhongshu Province.
Fang Xuanling's eldest son, Sun Wuji, Wei Zheng and others have been sitting in Zhongshu Province handling various political affairs since the end of the morning dynasty.
It was late at night, and two or three officials simply lay down on the table and planned to take a nap for an hour, and then wake up to deal with various departmental arrangements.
There was an emperor who was determined to become stronger, and officials from all departments in Chang'an City were surrounding him.
One after another, political orders left Chang'an City and headed towards various counties.
In the morning, Zhang Yang came to Chengtian Gate early to wait for the court.
Zhang Xiangxiang looked sleepy, "The news we just sent is that as Zhang Shangshu expected, Da Su and his party developed symptoms halfway through the trip."
"Did you stop?"
"We are no longer moving forward." Zhang Elephant cheered up. "As Zhang Shangshu said, this is what happened after going deep into Tubo."
"what's the situation."
Li Xiaogong's voice came from behind again. ….
There was no way around it, it was inevitable that the conversation in front of Chengtian Gate would be overheard.
Zhang Elephant told Li Xiaogong about Tubo.
After hearing what he said, Li Xiaogong frowned and said, "So wouldn't it be impossible for the Tang Dynasty to conquer Tubo?"
Zhang Yang looked up at the Chengtian Gate and didn't answer. It wasn't until the Chengtian Gate opened that everyone walked in.
If you want to obey, just obey. This person has been stepping here for many years, Xu Jingzong is always there no matter what.
As autumn is approaching, Chang'an City has entered its driest season.
The morning session went smoothly, and Zhang Yang also managed to catch up on his sleep while standing. It was always a comfortable day when no one was impeaching him.
After the morning court, Zhang Yang went to Zuozangku, originally planning to bring two volumes of books back for his wife to read. At this moment, there were several guards standing in front of Zuozangku.
The old eunuch who followed Li Shimin was also present.
On weekdays, no one passes by or comes here.
"Zhang Shangshu, His Majesty is in the warehouse."
"Then let me go in after Your Majesty has finished reading the book." Zhang Yang held his hands and planned to stand outside the door and wait.
The sunshine today is quite comfortable, with some warmth but not too hot.
No one passed by the door, and the cleaned floor and door edges still looked old.
There were two coughs, and Li Shimin walked out of the warehouse.
Walking to the door, Li Shimin whispered
He said, "Did you deduce the taxes in Guanzhong from the clues found in the books here?"
"It's just land tax." Zhang Yang emphasized.
In fact, the main source of taxation in the imperial court was land tax. In the Tang Dynasty, when commercialization was only in its infancy, other tax sources were scarce.
"Your Majesty is in a good mood. It seems that the trouble in Guanzhong has been resolved."
Thinking of owing this boy money, Li Shimin's original smile disappeared, and he said solemnly: "I was in a good mood."
"I hope your Majesty can always be in a good mood."
"Most of the books and files here are related to the labor of the people on the land. I will have people take care of this place. No one can enter again in the future."
"Your Majesty said so."
When Li Shimin discovered the importance of the files in this place, he would definitely take good care of it.
Li Yue used the files here to calculate the number of acres and taxes.
If other people enter the warehouse, they might see some things they shouldn't know from the files here.
Li Shimin took out a token and said, "With this token, you can come and go here at will."
Zhang Yang smiled and took the token, "By the way, I still have one more thing to make up my mind about, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to make a decision."
"speak."
"I want to renovate Qujiang Pond as well."
Li Shimin glared, snorted and left.
No reply was left. Was the emperor's look just now accurate or inaccurate?
Three or two guards guard Zuozangku. Like other important places in Guanzhong, the guard here will be changed every half an hour.
Zhang Yang collected the token and walked into the library, where the files were placed on the bookshelf.
I took a few volumes of construction-related books and a few volumes of Zuozhuan annotations for my wife before leaving.
When the Ministry of Education and the Sixth Department started to be busy, no one noticed me, and my life became much easier.
"Lishan orders you to stay."….
Hearing the words, Zhang Yang stopped and turned around. There was an old man in front of him. He looked carefully and he looked familiar.
After thinking about it carefully, Zhang Yang finally remembered who the visitor was, "I have met Old Master Kong."
I can’t remember the last time I saw Kong Yingda.
After leaving the Imperial College, he went to work in the East Palace.
Kong Yingda stroked his beard and said, "The imperial examination is about to take place. I know that Lishan Ling is quite accomplished in numeracy, so I asked Taoist Li Chunfeng about sutra calculation."
"Taoist Li Chunfeng's attainments in numerology are indeed very high."
"After several inquiries, Li Chunfeng recommended Lishan Ling to the old man. I wonder if Lishan Ling can come up with a question for the subject of arithmetic."
"For things like the imperial examination, it's not appropriate for me to set the questions."
Kong Yingda smiled and said: "Of course it's appropriate. Li Chunfeng is today's master of numerology, and he was inspired by the Lishan Order in numeracy."
The boy who saw Kong Yingda handed him a pen and paper.
Zhang Yang was thinking about whether this question should be easier or more difficult.
Then I thought about it and I was not sure about the mathematical level of the scholars of the Tang Dynasty.
Slightly simpler ones can produce some odd changes and even the same questions.
Furthermore, you can also come up with some normalization formulas and questions that induce formulas.
Seeing that Zhang Yang was still hesitant, Kong Yingda said: "Lishan Order does not need to be too burdened. I will not only ask one family, but also ask other people."
After thinking about it again, Zhang Yang wrote down a sequence question, "This question should be possible."
After taking the question, Kong Yingda glanced at it first and then nodded with a smile.
This old man was quite old, so he didn't know whether he could understand the question clearly. Zhang Yang held up his hands and said, "This is a question about a sequence of numbers. It's about proving common ratios and equal ratios."
"I'll take a closer look when I get back."
After sending Kong Yingda away, the situation in front of me was very satisfying. Everyone had their own things to do.
I lifted the package on my back, and the volumes of books were heavy.
When he walked out of Zhuque Gate again, he saw Niu Jinda who was assigning soldiers to deliver documents to various guard houses.
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "General Niu's beard has finally grown back. It's really gratifying."
Looking at Niu Jinda's half-length beard, it made several soldiers chuckle.
Seeing that General Niu's eyes were about to burst into flames again, Zhang Yang left quickly.
At home, the little bear is getting stronger and stronger. If it hadn't been for the fact that it didn't dare to fight back when Xiao Wu bullied him, the child who is still changing his teeth would really be no match for this bear.
Xiao Wu is sitting on its back, reading Shuowen Jiezi.
The little bear carried Xiao Wu and walked with difficulty.
Li Yue was still looking at the derivative question in a daze.
Zhang Yang put the scroll aside, "Can you understand it?"
Li Yue held the pen in her hand, "It seems that I can understand part of it, and it seems that I am still walking in the same place."
The question was written on the board. Li Yue has not answered it yet, but she drafted it for three days. The complex linear dominant function was very difficult for her current level.
It can also exercise her thinking skills.
The topic on the board was left open for three days, and Li Yue just drafted it for three days.
Zhang Yang smiled and said: "After solving this problem, your math skills will reach a new level."
Li Yue sat cross-legged, holding a teacup in both hands, "Our cotton production has tripled, but demand still exceeds supply."
"Your father also said that he wanted to buy cotton cloth from us before, but there has been no news about this matter since last year."
Li Yue took a sip of tea and sighed: "The government is spending a lot of money. There are so many soldiers and horses in Chang'an City and there are so many guards in Chang'an City. It's not that there is no news. I'm afraid my father is also stretched thin."
Zhang Yang nodded with great approval, the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the emperor who lived a difficult life.
The emperor will not remain poor. If you give him a year or two to collect taxes, he can still become rich quickly.
It's just that the wealth left to him by the former Sui Dynasty was not rich, and it was inevitably difficult to start as an emperor.
Li Yue said leisurely: "The powerful and powerful families all hide their wealth. My father has to borrow money from his son-in-law just to collect grain."
"Such words are dangerous and not good for others to hear."
Zhang Yang looked at the door of his house. Taking advantage of Li Chengqian's past experience, one of the two aunts would always stay at the door when the couple was at home. .
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