Chapter 65 Duling God of Wine

Songzi was formed in the early Warring States Period and originally belonged to the rule of Zhongshan Kingdom.

Later, he returned to the jurisdiction of the former Zhao. After twenty years of Qin's rule, he was eventually occupied by Qin.

To be precise, Songzi is a town. It is about 300 feet long (700 meters) and is about 240 feet wide (550 meters) around it. Its prosperity is not even weaker than the former capital of Zhao State. However, Handan is now massacred by the Qin army, and it is no longer as lively as it was in the past. This has also made Songzi the most prosperous area in Julu.

Generally speaking, it is like a small town with a population of one or two thousand households, which is a great idea.

But the situation of Songzi is different. Six thousand households and more than 30,000 people gather in this not-so-large city, even less than the total population of Jipu County (now Zhao County, Hebei), not far from Songzi, and can be regarded as an alien town.

For the issue of Song Zi, Prime Minister Wang Wan and Tingwei Li Si also had huge differences.

Should officials be arranged in Songzi?

Due to the uncooperational attitude of the scholars of the six countries, the officials in the Qin Empire were extremely scarce. All officials who could be assigned to the county level were short of money. Not to mention that Song Zi specially arranged an official, it was undoubtedly a waste in terms of the current situation of the Qin Empire. But the problem is that Song Zi had too many people and gathered the remains of the old Yan and Zhao people, so they had to be careful.

After a fierce debate, Song Zi was eventually promoted to the county system and officials were selected from the old Qin people.

The county magistrate of Songzi, whose surname was Xu, was from Liyang, and most of them called him Xu Gong.

Mr. Xu is over 40 years old and is thin and dry. His pair of triangular eyes and the whites of his eyes make people feel an illusion: this is not an official, but he looks more like an old man. But don’t be fooled by his appearance. In Songzi, people always call him Xu Du behind his back. As for the meaning of the word "poison", I believe there is no need to explain it more.

After Liu Kan and his group entered the city, they held Ren Xiao's eagle card and asked to see Mr. Xu.

After all, this is a mere acre of land. If you want to do business here, you have to pay a visit to a dock first. There are so many gifts, so why don’t you blame me!

Mr. Xu was also very enthusiastic and held a banquet in the official office.

Don’t get me wrong, Mr. Xu is not treating Liu Kan… Although Liu Kan now has a title of superior, in Xu Gong’s eyes, nothing is. Mr. Xu is for Ren Xiao’s eagle card, and also for the ten-point flower sculptures brought to him by Liu Kan.

This cellar wine is not something you can buy with money.

Even officials like Xu Gong want to taste the cellar wine, it is very difficult.

As for Ren Xiao, although he was far away in Sishui County and 108,000 miles away from Song Zi, his Iron Eagle Sharpman was destined to be different from ordinary officials. What's more, Mr. Xu had heard of Ren Xiao's sword given by the First Emperor.

Liu Kan asked for a visit with Ren Xiaoying card and said it was a little heavier, to some extent, he also represented Ren Xiao.

The banquet was very pleasant, and Mr. Xu agreed to Liu Kan’s request: “I have some impression of the kind of wine that Master Ren said. There is only one place to sell that kind of wine...but the taste is not as good as this Huadiao.”

After Mr. Xu finished speaking, he laughed a few times.

But the laughter sounded like the yell of a duck whose neck was stuck, which was very unpleasant.

Liu Kan hurriedly said, "But I don't know where to sell such wine? I'm just here and there, and I'll ask Mr. Xu to give me some advice."

People always have a little vanity.

Mr. Xu seemed to enjoy Liu Kan's attitude very much. He said with a smile: "It's the Yishui Tower in the south of the city... If Brother Liu is anxious, I can send someone to find the owner of the Yishui Tower immediately. If you ask him at that time, everything will be clear."

Liu Kan hurriedly said, "How dare you help Xu Gong? It's better for you to go by yourself."

"Well, that's good... Xu Hei, you'll accompany Brother Liu in a while and ask the owner of the Yishui Building."

"Hi!"

Xu Hei is Xu Gong’s servant. He is born with a big and thick man, and looks quite powerful.

So Liu Kan sat for a while, got up and said goodbye to Xu Gong, and then led by Xu Hei to the south of the city.

Yishui Building is not difficult to find because it is the largest restaurant in Songzi.

The owner of the restaurant is an honest businessman, about forty or fifty years old, with wrinkles on his face and weak words.

When he saw Xu Hei, the owner's wrinkled face was so smiling.

"You are talking about Yan Bar!"

After listening to Liu Kan's instructions, the owner replied: "Young man will send you here, so you can try it? However, the taste of this kind of swallow wine is not very good. Most of them will taste it only when the old man comes, and most people are not used to it... But, the people who like it are very popular. So the younger man doesn't store much here, but he dare not lose stock."

As he spoke, a hunch limped in, holding a small jar of wine in his arms.

The owner frowned and seemed to be very disgusted with the camel. He said with some disgust: "Gao Laotuo, why are you here to deliver wine?"

The hunch's face is dirty and his neck is a little crooked.

Hanhan smiled, "My second brother is not here if he has something to do. I heard that the boss is in a hurry to ask for it, so I sent it here."

"Go down, go down!"

The owner drove the camel away like a flies.

Liu Kan didn't pay much attention to the camel, but when the camel put down the wine jar, he accidentally discovered something.

The hunch's neck was very clean, which was a little inconsistent with the dirty condition on his face.

Was it intentional?

Liu Kan subconsciously glanced at the hunch's legs.

Although this person limps and is very realistic, he always feels a little unnatural.

Also, when he put the wine jar, his hands...yes, they were those hands, which looked very delicate and had slender fingers.

It gives people the feeling that this person's opponent cares a lot about the protection.

"He is..."

Before the owner could answer, Xu Hei on the side smiled and said, "Liu Sheng, this old man Gao is a helper here, I know a little. He was originally a Yan man, but he had been in Songzi long before Yan was destroyed, and he had been working in this Yishui Building.

A person is an honest person, that's it...

Haha, I am easy to talk and I work very seriously. Why, Liu Sheng thinks he has any problems?"

Xu Hei was just a commoner and had no title.

Maybe in his opinion, Liu Kan is already the one who needs him to look up to speak.

Liu Kan shook her head, "It's nothing, I just feel a little curious... Well, is this the Yanjiu you mentioned before?"

The owner nodded, "That's right!"

Liu Kan took out the mud seal and poured out a bowl of wine.

As Ren Xiao said, the wine is very turbid, and there is also a unique sour smell of Ziliqi wine, which is very pungent.

He brought it to his mouth and Liu Kan took a sip.

It's so exciting! After the swallow wine was in the mouth, it was like a fire exploding in the body, extremely spicy.

That's right, it's the taste.

The owner said, "Often people drink such wine, and most of them like people living in the border areas, so I'll take this. If Liu Sheng feels not used to it, I'll take it away... Haha, I happen to have a cellar flower sculpture that I just sent here."

Xu Hei couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"You guys, do you know who Liu Sheng is? You don't scare you when you say it. He is the owner of Duling Old Wine and the brewer of Sishui Flower Drawings. You can show off your cellar flower Drawings in front of him and tell you, I just drank the cellar flower Drawings."

Drinking cellar flower sculptures is a symbol of identity and status.

Xu Hei's words were so arrogant that the master was really shocked. He quickly stood up and apologized to Liu Kan.

"I didn't expect that it was Duling's God who came here in person!"

Duling's God of Baccarat? Liu Kan looked at the master in confusion, not quite understanding what he meant.

The owner explained: "Liu Sheng produced the Si Shui Huadiao, which made the world's fine wine lose its color. Taishan Fengshan, Longsheng wine ensures good weather this year. In this market, many people respect Liu Sheng as the God of Duling. There are also nursery rhymes, and the world's fine wine comes from Duling."

Liu Kan couldn't help laughing, "It's just brewing some wine, how can you get the word "Dixin God"? Master, you are too polite!"

After saying that, he savored another sip of Yanjiu.

It is somewhat similar to the soju in later generations, but not exactly the same...

It must be just a prototype. In addition, the brewing process is simple and rough, which makes the wine lose its color. But one thing is certain that this person must understand the brewing process of soju. As long as it can be slightly improved, it may be able to produce real soju.

"Master, where did your Yanjiu come from?"

Because he knew Liu Kan's identity, the owner's attitude changed.

Upon hearing Liu Kan's inquiry, he quickly replied: "This wine is a coincidence... About eight years ago, Song Zi came to a Yan man, a dog slaughterer. He could brew some wine for his own drink. If it was unnecessary, I would exchange money for it."

Xu Heiyi frowned, "Are you talking about Che Ning under the big locust tree in the east of the city?"

“That’s right!”

Liu Kanqi said: "Who is this Che Ning?"

Xu Hei said: "Che Ning is the dog slaughterer. He has a strong brute force and is very violent. He often fights with others. However, this guy is indeed very powerful. There are seven or eight strong men, and he is not his opponent... Liu Sheng, you should know that guy is already in his fifties this year, but when he fights, he is even better than the boy in his twentysomething.

He lives alone in the east of the city and rarely interacts with people.

He makes a living by slaughtering dogs on weekdays. If ordinary people don’t provoke him, he won’t make trouble on his own.”

Liu Kan hurriedly asked, "Master, are you talking about the Yan wine brewed by Che Ning?"

“That’s right!”

"Can you please recommend it to me? I want to meet him and ask him some questions."

This was not a very difficult and complicated thing at first. However, Xu Hei, who was standing beside him, looked embarrassed and shook his head gently.

"Liu Sheng, it's not that we don't want to introduce you, but that you did not come by chance. He happened to be in Songzi now."

"Not Song Zi?"
Chapter completed!