In the courtyard of Qingcheng Mountain, when a young man in civilian clothes arrived at the foot of the mountain, Ye Lingtian felt his arrival.
Immediately, he flicked his fingertips, and the sky changed. Dark clouds quickly gathered, thunder and lightning struck, and heavy rain fell.
People looked for shelter from the rain. Some hid under tree trunks, some chose to leave, but some insisted on moving forward in the rain.
Ye Lingtian labeled those latter as brave but lacked judgment. They could be used, but not reused.
Common sense tells people to seek shelter when it rains. However, just knowing how to avoid is not enough, you also need to be flexible.
This means finding the right balance between sheltering from the rain and holding on.
In this regard, the civilian youth performed appropriately.
Although he took shelter from the rain, he did not stop. Instead, he chose to continue moving forward, climbing along the forest path and looking for a shelter that could protect him from the wind and rain along the way.
After a few hours, everyone arrived at the top of the mountain.
The others eagerly went to pay homage to Ye Lingtian, but the young man in cloth clothes kept a calm attitude. He first arranged his clothes by the nearby stream, and then steadily came to see Ye Lingtian.
In the courtyard lobby, Ye Lingtian nodded slightly, with a satisfied smile on his lips, expressing his approval of the civilian youth's behavior.
The young man escaped the rain in time, showing his resourcefulness and flexibility.
He moved forward unswervingly in the dense forest, showing his perseverance and unwillingness to give up. And the way he tidied his clothes revealed his stability and piety.
Ye Lingtian favors young people and believes that he has the potential to pass on his skills.
His optimism is not without reason. There is another key reason, that is, the commoner youth have extraordinary luck.
Under normal circumstances, people's luck is ordinary, even nobles are no exception.
However, the luck of the commoner young man is comparable to that of ordinary immortals, which shows that he is destined to be extraordinary and will have a great career in the future. This was also one of the reasons why Ye Lingtian initially tested the commoner youth.
In the courtyard, as other students reported their family status, it was finally his turn for the commoner young man to come forward.
He stepped forward, saluted respectfully and said, "Dukang has seen the sage."
Ye Lingtian remained calm on the surface, but there was a turmoil in his heart.
He did not expect that the young man in front of him turned out to be Du Kang.
This explains why his luck is so extraordinary.
Du Kang, the future hero who would assist King Tang to overthrow Daxia, stabilize the world, and establish Great Shang, his appearance made Ye Lingtian's evaluation of him rise to another level.
What Ye Lingtian valued most was Du Kang's extraordinary talent in wine making. He was known as the Saint of Wine, and the wine he created was a legend passed down through the ages.
Although we now live in a world full of absurdities and legends, the basic principles of wine have never changed.
Du Kang was destined to achieve great things. After careful consideration, Ye Lingtian decided to strengthen the training of civilian youth.
He knew very well that if Du Kang could successfully assist King Tang in establishing the Great Shang Dynasty in the future, fine wine would receive unprecedented promotion and development.
Ye Lingtian himself will also benefit from this, and his luck will greatly increase, which will be of great benefit to the future.
If Du Kang can work harder, maybe he will be revered as the God of Wine and become one of the gods of society worshiped by the Shang Dynasty.
But the premise is that Ye Lingtian must ensure that he can obtain the position of Dionysus before the establishment of the Dashang Dynasty.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Du Kang has been studying in Qingcheng Mountain for ten years. Although he was born a slave, he was talented and studious. ,
In just ten years, I have already started making wine, and I am often able to draw inferences from one example and create many novel and delicious wines. In just one year, he stood out and surpassed all the apprentices.
Later, Du Kang naturally became Ye Lingtian's personal disciple.
In addition to making wine, he also learned how to maintain health and was taught literature and martial arts.
Ye Lingtian knew that Du Kang shouldered a heavy responsibility, so he also taught the way of governing the country together. Du Kang also lived up to Ye Lingtian's expectations, seizing every learning opportunity and studying hard.
In just ten years, Du Kang's studies at Qingcheng Mountain have achieved remarkable results, and his talent is particularly outstanding among his peers.
On a certain trading day, Ye Lingtian summoned Du Kang to his residence. He said earnestly:
"You are the most outstanding disciple I have taught over the years."
"Although I hate to see you leave, there is no such thing as a banquet that lasts forever.
You are still young. You should go out to explore the world and broaden your horizons. You will have a great career in the future. You should not waste your precious youth in this mountain. "
"The young eagle can only spread its wings and fly high after experiencing the wind and rain. Now it's time for you to go down the mountain and meet the challenge."
"When you feel tired and tired of the hustle and bustle of the world, come back here and practice in seclusion."
Du Kang did not reject the teacher's proposal.
He has been a slave since he was a child, has seen the desolation of the world, and is eager to prove his worth to the world through his own efforts.
It was this goal that drove him to work hard to learn how to make wine. The ten years he spent in Qingcheng Mountain were just to learn the real skills and achieve future achievements.
The teacher's teachings coincided with his inner thoughts.
At the same time, Du Kang's heart was full of attachment to Qingcheng Mountain.
Here, no one would look down upon him because of his former status as a slave. Everything here is based on strength, regardless of high or low.
He gained respect here, and because of the teacher's care and patient teaching, he learned many coveted skills and principles.
For Du Kang, Qingcheng Mountain has been his other home since his parents passed away, and Ye Lingtian is his second father.
Du Kang was deeply grateful to Ye Lingtian for his many years of teaching. He vowed to show what he had learned in the outside world, add glory to Qingcheng Mountain, and live up to his teacher's expectations.
In the farewell, Du Kang set foot on the road down the mountain. When Ye Lingtian said goodbye, he specially gave Du Kang two pots of spiritual wine, one for detoxification and one for healing.
In the prehistoric world, crises are everywhere. Although the nine states of the human race are relatively peaceful, there are still many immortals. Although the Great Xia Dynasty was in decline, it still had a certain foundation. Ye Lingtian hoped that these two pots of spiritual wine could help Du Kang avert danger.
As for the change of dynasty, Ye Lingtian is not qualified to intervene yet. He chooses to watch and wait for the situation to change.
After Du Kang came down the mountain, Ye Lingtian did not stop his preparations.
Since he settled in Qingcheng Mountain, he has been preparing to obtain humane merits.
To achieve this goal, he started with tools and books.
“If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.”
Ye Lingtian knows well the importance of good tools for career.
And "The book has its own golden house, and the book has its own beauty like jade."
He also understood that the power of knowledge is essential to the enrichment of the spiritual world.
Tools focus on material utilization, while books focus on spiritual inheritance.
Only by integrating the inside and outside, making the outside and inside the same, and complementing each other can we maximize the benefits of human nature.
Therefore, in the past few decades, in addition to teaching skills to Du Kang, Ye Lingtian spent the rest of his time polishing various wine utensils, selecting the typical ones, and constantly pursuing excellence, in order to establish a set of wine utensils as a model for the world.
At the same time, various secret recipes were written based on the wine recipes, such as "Xia Min Yao Shu", "Xia Zheng Quan Shu", etc., and they were constantly deleted, revised and completed.
Today, it has gradually come to an end. It will take at most ten years to truly complete it, and the goal of joining the WTO has basically been completed.
While Ye Lingtian was busy in Qingcheng Mountain, Du Kang also met Ming Zhu after he came down from the mountain.
After returning to his hometown, he first became famous for his superb wine-making skills.
It attracted the attention of high-ranking officials and nobles, and even attracted Tang, the leader of the Shang Dynasty. When introducing fine wines, he also started from aspects such as speech, behavior, and character, showing off his talents without leaving any trace.
Take this opportunity to talk to Tang.
After several months of hard work, Du Kang became a great talent in the Tang Dynasty. He was thirsty for talents and hired him with gifts of jade, silk, horse, and leather. He also named him an important minister of the Shang Palace and entrusted him with important tasks.
Du Kang also lived up to Shang Tang's expectations. He treated Shang Tang in a reciprocal manner and was loyal to Shang Tang.
Whether it was the matters assigned to him or the suggestions he made on his own initiative, he handled them in an orderly manner and was even able to introduce new things from the old.
For example, Emperor Xia Jie acted rebelliously and abused his subjects, which resulted in a large number of refugees in the world.
Du Kang advised Shang Tang, hoping that Shang could accept these refugees, resettle them properly, and teach them survival skills.
In this way, it not only increases the population, but also wins the hearts and minds of the people.
In addition, some old rules are no longer relevant.
After receiving the support of Shang Tang, Du Kang began to rectify these rules.
He stepped on the bottom line of the nobles and changed these rules.
In many ways, he relaxed restrictions on civilians and slaves, which significantly improved their living conditions.
After several years of hard work, the entire Shang Kingdom became more prosperous, with strict laws and simple folk customs.
In this process, Du Kang did not forget his origins.
