In the other courtyard near Prince Yan's Mansion, Zhao Bin was leading Wang Wu, Xiao Chu, Wei Xiang and others to build a new stove.
A group of masons followed Zhao Bin's instructions and built different stoves, stoves, and wine troughs. There were also a few exquisite wine jars stored around them.
"My lord, if you want to drink, you don't have to brew it yourself. Don't we have a lot of money in the palace now?" Wang Wu said reluctantly.
"Isn't this wine for drinking?" Zhao Bin replied lightly.
"Not for drinking? Your Majesty, what else can you do if you don't drink this wine?" Wei Xiang also asked curiously.
"Hey, it has many uses, such as disinfection." Zhao Bin said.
"Disinfection? Your Majesty, who is poisoned?" Wang Wu asked.
"...Isn't it that poison?"
"Which poison is that?"
"Oh, it's the poison of the virus"
"Who is the virus?"
When Zhao Bin listened to Wang Wu's question, he also had a black line on his forehead. How to explain this?
After thinking for a moment, Zhao Bin said: "For example, when you were on the battlefield before, some soldiers would develop fever after being injured. Some people could survive, and some would not survive and died. .”
"Yes, during the war before, many brothers did not die on the battlefield, but died from their wounds."
Xiao Chu and others also became curious when they heard this.
"That's because the wound will rot and give birth to a lot of little bugs. These bugs are so small that they can't be seen with the eyes. The corpse rots and eventually disappears. In fact, it is eaten bit by bit by these tiny bugs. "
"The little bug should have grown up after eating the corpse, so why can't it be seen?"
"You are just eating a cow now, can you still grow up? No way!"
"But you can gain weight"
Zhao Bin "......"
Xiao Chu Wei Xiang: "Hahahaha"
"Generally speaking, they don't grow up. Even when they grow up, they are very small and cannot be seen with the eyes." Zhao Bin continued to explain.
"These little bugs are called viruses, you know."
Xiao Chu asked curiously: "My lord, do you mean that wine can kill these little bugs?"
"That's right, but not all alcohol is acceptable. It must be high-concentration spirits."
"Then my lord, how do you know that wine can kill those viruses?" Wang Wu asked.
"Oh, the old god taught me this."
"Is it the old god again?"
When Wei Xiang heard the old god, he hurriedly came over and said, "My lord, I heard from Brother Wu that there is an old god in your house. He has also seen it. Young one, can you also go to your house and meet the old god?"
"Pfft, Wang Wu, what the hell are you doing?"
"My lord, don't listen to his nonsense. I didn't say anything. I went to see the old god in your house."
Xiao Chu gave Wei Xiang a slap in the ear from behind, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, what are you thinking about? Is that the old god who can meet him whenever he wants?"
"Then why did Brother Wu see you?" Wei Xiang asked unwillingly.
"You heard him fart. He lied to you. If the old god sees him, he will slap him to death." Xiao Chu said.
Zhao Bin happily chatted and laughed with his brothers. If he hadn't been sent to this dangerous frontier, he wouldn't have bothered to do anything.
How comfortable it is to be a laid-back prince who listens to music every day, but in the face of threats that come at any time, he has to do everything possible to improve his strength, whether it is facing the Jie tribe or opponents fighting for the throne.
"Actually, this old god is what he calls knowledge. Have you heard of the saying that knowledge is power?" Zhao Bin said lightly.
"No," several people shook their heads and said.
Zhao Bin said helplessly: "Look at the children of those aristocratic families, do they all study and learn knowledge? With knowledge, you can become an official. When you become an official, you have rights, you can change your destiny, and you will become stronger."
"None of those scholars are good people." Wang Wudao
"Who is a good person who reads that stuff?" Wei Xiang said.
"Go, go, you two, give me some shit."
"My lord, please ignore these two idiots and continue talking." Xiao Chu advised from the side.
Zhao Bin waved the shovel in his hand and kneaded the mud: "That's what I mean. To study, you have to know why you study.
For example, it is wrong to study for promotion and wealth. However, if you study for the rise of Daxia, then it is right.
You see, do generals need to learn the art of war to fight wars? Do they need to learn water conservancy to control floods?
The predecessors summarized their experiences and lessons into books, and future generations will study and innovate based on the experiences and lessons summarized by their predecessors. Slowly, people will become stronger and stronger. "
"Your Majesty, who concluded that this wine can kill viruses?" Wang Wu asked.
"A long, long time ago, a man was injured. He accidentally spilled wine on the wound. The red, swollen and ulcerated wound slowly healed, but he didn't know that wine could kill the virus.
But later someone heard about this incident and became curious about it. He thought, why did the redness, swelling and ulcer disappear when wine was spilled on the wound?
So he started trying it, and finally came to the conclusion that this wine can kill small viruses and help wounds heal. "
"This person is so powerful, who is this person?" Wang Wu asked
"Hehe, of course it's me." Zhao Bin said with a smile.
"But Your Majesty, I haven't seen you try it before?"
"...This, this is not important. I usually try at night. The important thing is that you understand what I mean."
Xiao Chu added on the side: "My lord, I want you to think more."
"I've thought about it!" Wang Wu said
"What are you thinking about?" Xiao Chu asked.
"I'm thinking about why the prince thinks."
Xiao Chu was left speechless for a moment by Wang Wu, and said: "You don't think about why wine kills the virus, but instead think about why the prince thinks. Then have you figured out anything?"
"No!"
"I understand," Wei Xiang said from the side: "Because the prince reads a lot of books."
Zhao Bin immediately cast a look of admiration and said, "Look, Old Wei has a very bright mind."
"Your Majesty, what you said reminds me of something." Wei Xiang said.
"What's going on?" Zhao Bin asked.
“Only children from rich families can afford to study. Children from poor families cannot afford to study.
Take Yancheng as an example. Those with good family conditions and literate families can teach their children to read. Children from poor families have never seen what a book looks like. There is not a single private school in Yancheng. "
"What are you talking about? There isn't even a single private school in Yancheng?" Zhao Bin stopped what he was doing and asked in surprise.
"No"
"But Cao Li and the others are all literate, and many people in the government office are also literate."
"Some of them were taught by the elders in the family. The words that the younger ones recognize were learned by Master Lin when they were in the government office." Wei Xiang replied.
"This is an important matter. Tell Cao Li later and ask him to open a private school. This matter must be taken seriously."
"Your Majesty, it's easy to build a private school. There are so many empty houses in Yancheng and you can just find a place. But where can you find a teacher?"
"Who taught you?"
"Master Lin"
"Then let him teach. Isn't he retired? He just has nothing to do. This old guy must be used to help. The children in Yancheng must be educated and literate."
A few days later, the buildings in the winery were almost dry, and Zhao Bin led everyone into the process of making wine.
It's just that it's different from traditional brewing workshops. The newly built brewing equipment has additional distillation and purification devices.
In the midst of everyone's busy work, the first tank of distilled wine came into the world. Smelling the aroma of the wine filling the room, everyone couldn't help but want to try the distilled wine brewed by this new brewing method.
Zhao Bin motioned to Wang Wu to have a taste. Wang Wu picked up the small wine spoon with excitement on his face, scooped a little and put it into his mouth. Everyone stared at Wang Wu intently.
Wang Wu's mouth suddenly twitched, "Tsk! Your Majesty's wine tastes so good," and he poured the remaining wine into his mouth in one gulp.
"I'll have a taste, I'll have a taste." Xiao Chu, Wei Xiang and others also hurriedly came forward.
"Tsk. It's so strong," Xiao Chu said after taking a sip.
"Okay, you can't drink this wine directly like this. Something will happen. The concentration of the wine is too high and it needs to be diluted. Go, get the boiled water you prepared in advance and dilute it in proportion."
Wang Wu quickly ran back to the palace to get boiled water.
"My lord, I don't know how many times this wine is better than the one in the palace," Xiao Chu said with an afterthought, "If it can be sold on the market, it will definitely be a big hit."
Zhao Bin looked at the wine in the wine jar. He also knew that compared to the current low-alcohol wine, such a high-concentration wine would definitely have a large market space. Once released, it would definitely cause a sensation.
However, the current situation is that the people don't even have enough to eat, and using the grain to make wine will only make it easier for the children of the aristocratic families, so he will not do so for the time being.
Nowadays, brewing is mainly to purify alcohol, because the next step may be to face a large-scale war. Without good disinfection measures, no one knows how many people will die in the war.
"Let's talk about it later. We don't have enough food now. Let's wait until our life is better in the future." Zhao Bin said leisurely.
"Your Majesty, here comes the water." Wang Wu walked in excitedly holding a sealed porcelain bottle.
"Xiao Chu, bring over the small debugging cup."
Then several people gathered around the table and started tinkering, adjusting different degrees of liquor according to different proportions. Wang Wu stared intently at the adjustment cup on the table.
"Brother Wu, stay away, you're going to fall out." Wei Xiang joked.
"You kid still said to me, look at your virtue, your eyes are shining. You are like a rat that comes out of its burrow at night. It's disgusting to have a toad standing on your feet."
"Oh, I'm too lazy to tell you. How is the prince?"
"Okay, come on, get a cup."
"Okay" Wei Xiang responded, turned around and took out five large bowls from under a table, and placed them on the table with a bang.
Everyone looked at each other,
"Damn, you kid is so heartless, what are you doing with five large bowls of wine for such a small amount of wine?" Wang Wu scolded angrily.
"Oh, there are no small cups, only sea bowls. Besides, don't we all use bowls for drinking?" Wei Xiang said helplessly.
Zhao Bin waved his hand and said: "Hey, forget it, let's just have a bowl of sea. Just give each person a little and taste it." After saying that, Zhao Bin poured the wine in the adjusting cup into the bowls.
Several big men immediately picked up the bowls of water in front of them like mad dogs, but looking at the poorly cooked wine in the bowls, they felt somewhat regretful.
"Good wine, good wine, Your Majesty, please have some more, Your Majesty!" Wei Xiang said.
Xiao Chu also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, please have some more, this wine is so delicious."
"More?" Zhao Bin asked with a smile.
"Hehe, come on, come on!" Several people said with stupid expressions on their faces.
Several people adjusted some wine and made a small jar. . . . . .
"Will the prince have wine to drink every day from now on?" Wang Wu asked
"How many times have I told you, this wine is not for drinking, it is for killing viruses." Zhao Bin said angrily.
"Get on with the work!" Zhao Bin gave the order, and then several people reluctantly left the wine jar.
Distilled liquor is not alcohol, but has a relatively high concentration. To obtain alcohol, it needs to be purified repeatedly. Then several people began to purify it carefully.
After a day's work, several people refined five jars of high-concentration alcohol. Zhao Bin ordered people to seal the mouth of the jar and put it in the storage room. The remaining half jar of wine was given to three big men as rewards.
Several people walked out of the brewing room and headed towards the palace.
"Xiao Chu, immediately send a message to the transportation team and ask them to notify the Huo family to help prepare a batch of garlic. The more the better. Alcohol can only be used externally to kill viruses. You also need medicine to be taken internally."
"My lord, can this garlic also kill viruses?" Xiao Chu asked doubtfully.
"Yes, but it is not used directly, it must be purified before it can be used."
"Yes, I understand."
