September and October are the seasons when autumn chrysanthemums bloom.

Although the weather is suddenly cold, it can't stop the chrysanthemums blooming all over the mountains and plains.

Just after noon, the suburbs of Jiangling West City were already a sea of ​​golden chrysanthemums.

The wine Huang Chengyan drank was also chrysanthemum wine.

The wines of the Han Dynasty were mostly named after their raw materials, such as rice wine, rice wine, and wine. In addition, there were also wines with added ingredients, such as pepper wine, cypress wine, cinnamon wine, and chrysanthemum wine!

Huang Chengyan's favorite drink is chrysanthemum wine, which has a faint sadness of chrysanthemums. Every time he drinks it, it always reminds him of his daughter who is far away in Shu.

Guan Lin's favorite drink is sugar cane wine, simply because...it's so sweet and delicious!

Of course, Huang Chengyan didn't have to pay when he went out to the villa to drink. Not only did he not have to pay, the farmers even invited Huang Chengyan to sit here and have a casual meal.

It is said that it is a simple meal, and it is passed on to ten, and from ten to a hundred.

Before long, more than 40 cooks alone came and started to get busy spontaneously.

One person was kneeling and pounding the rice, one was adding firewood to cook the rice, one was chopping the firewood, one was mixing the rice next to the wooden steamer, two were filtering the wine, and one was filling Huang Chengyan's gourd with wine with a spoon.

Filling one gourd was not enough, so the farmer took two more gourds from his home, filled them full, and hung them on Huang Chengyan's donkey.

Other farmers have a clear division of labor.

——Drawing water, cooking, filtering, brewing, killing animals, cutting meat, carving fish, making preserved meat, preparing banquets...

etc…

On the contrary, Huang Chengyan and Zhang Fei were sitting at the table together, and someone just had to feed the food into their mouths. They were like two "big men"!

Zhang Fei was shocked. "Old man Huang, what's going on with you? Why...are these farmers closer to you than to their father?"

How did Zhang Fei know...

The "Mianshui" villa with the influx of these two thousand people has brought much profit to the surrounding villages.

It is no exaggeration to say that Huang Chengyan is a Bodhisattva in their minds.

It was also because Guan Lin led the "Beggars' Gang" into the "Mianshui" Villa that Huang Chengyan not only felt "great respect" in the Villa, but even when he went out, he was admired by countless people!

This was quite useful to him!

At this moment, Huang Chengyan just stroked his beard and said with emotion: "One person, neither big nor small, didn't come, but another one, neither big nor small, came."

just like…

Huang Chengyan's first "no big or small" one refers to Guan Lin, and the second one is Zhang Fei.

In fact, Guan Lin sent someone with a letter last night, saying in advance that he was coming today.

He also said that he would bring new blueprints, saying they were process blueprints that would make the wine stronger.

This makes Huang Chengyan very happy...

Huang Chengyan had already asked Guan Lin if there was any way to make this wine more flavorful.

Need to know…

People in the Han Dynasty were extremely obsessed with wine.

In the Han Dynasty, wine was called "the beauty of heaven". In addition to being very particular about the way to drink, the pursuit of wine quality was almost crazy.

For example, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty heard someone say that there was good wine in the south, and if you drank it you would not die, so he ordered his men to lead boys and girls to the south to look for it.

Sure enough, he got some wine and brought it to Chang'an, but as soon as the fairy wine was placed in the main hall, Dongfang Shuo drank it.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious and wanted to kill Dongfang Shuo.

Dongfang Shuo said, if this is immortal wine, I will not die even if I kill him, because I am already an immortal. If it is not immortal wine, then why kill me? It is just ordinary wine? What is the use of this wine?

Emperor Wu heard about it and laughed it off.

For another example, Liu Biao also liked drinking. In order to enjoy the pleasure of drinking, he specially made Sanjue.

The grand title is "Bo Ya", the middle title is "Zhong Ya", the minor title is "Ji Ya"...pour seven, six and five liters of wine respectively.

When a banquet is held, all guests are expected to be drunk, and large iron needles are prepared at the banquet. If someone is found drunk, they will be pricked with the iron needle to see if they are really drunk or fake.

This shows how obsessed the Han people are with wine!

It is precisely because of this that when Huang Chengyan heard that Guan Lin said that there were process drawings for brewing spirits, Huang Chengyan's expectations were shattered.

We can look forward to it…

It's been a whole morning, but where has this guy been seen?

It’s been a lonely wait!

So Huang Chengyan rode on the donkey, took the empty wine gourd, and left the villa to get wine from the village. He never expected to run into Zhang Fei directly.

Originally, if we bump into each other, it's okay.

Who would have thought that Zhang Fei shouted, "So you are that Huang Laoxie".

These words... Huang Chengyan was immediately startled.

——He is Huang Laoxie with a hammer?

Are you already angry with that boy Guan Lin?

It's good now, here comes a black guy, and he says he is Huang Laoxie.

Damn, that brat "Huang Laoxie" is here today and has poured it. He will have a place to drink his liquor, so he won't be lonely waiting all morning!

Immediately, Huang Chengyan asked Zhang Fei directly, "What is Mr. Huang?"

Zhang Fei raised his voice: "Huang Laoxie!"

Huang Chengyan seemed to be deaf, and then asked: "What old evil?"

This time Zhang Fei spoke in a clear tone, "Huang Laoxie!"

Huang Chengyan opened his mouth again: "What's wrong with Huang?"

Zhang Fei was speechless. He immediately spread his hands and changed his words: "Yes... yes, there is no Huang Laoxie here. Lao Huang, are you going to get a drink?"

Huang Chengyan nodded, "Yes!"

then…

Under Huang Chengyan's selective ears, the two of them arrived at the farm, just waiting to have a meal.

Wine and food were placed on the table one after another, but Zhang Fei was not in such a mood, and couldn't help but ask: "Old Huang? Could it be that you... aren't you Huang Laoxie?"

"Huang Lao what?" Huang Chengyan repeated his old trick.

have to…

Zhang Fei had no choice but to change the topic and asked: "Old man Huang, you know who Hong Qigong is, right?"

"Hong, Mr. Hong?"

Following Huang Chengyan's words, Zhang Fei stretched out his hand and gave himself a big slap with a "pop" sound.

He knew he was wrong.

Don’t ask, you shouldn’t ask at all!

…He directly picked up a bowl of wine and drank it all in one gulp.

Zhuge Liang also asked him to visit Lao Huang?

I'm sorry, I came to the suburbs of Xicheng to visit a lonely person.

Drink and eat!

You have to get your money back!

Huang Chengyan looked at Zhang Fei and said nothing, grinning slightly with a faint smile, muttering in his heart.

——"The trick that brat said...is really useful!"

After three rounds of wine and delicious food... Huang Chengyan was full and ready to leave...

Zhang Fei quickly followed.

In this way, Huang Chengyan rode a donkey, and Zhang Fei followed him on foot.

The two of them walked into the villa together.

At this time, in the "Mianshui" Villa, there are workshops and forgings everywhere as far as the eye can see.

Behind the villa, there are small thatched houses and earthen houses. These houses rise and fall along the foot of the mountain... From time to time, craftsmen will walk out of them, and craftsmen will also return there to rest.

A large number of craftsmen are working hard at forging, and every forge and workshop has erected a chimney, with black smoke billowing from the chimney, flying straight into the air.

The one closest to the road in the villa is a martial arts arena.

Some of the finished repeating crossbows, sidecars, wooden oxen and flowing horses need to be tried here to make sure they are flawless.

Zhang Fei was playful and saw a craftsman trying out a repeating crossbow.

He couldn't help but replace the craftsman, and with the sound of "swish, swish, swish", ten consecutive crossbows were shot out at the same time. The huge recoil made Zhang Fei's strong chest feel a pain!
To be continued...