Chapter 137 tit for tat
Speaking of Datang's wine, Lu Xiaoxian really wanted to complain.
Don’t look at the poets of the Tang Dynasty who often “have to drink three hundred cups at a time” and “don’t be afraid of singing hundreds of cups of wine”. In fact, the wine in the Tang Dynasty was limited by the brewing process, and generally the alcohol content was not high. There is no way, the distillation brewing method was developed after the Song Dynasty.
Just invented.
Winemaking in the Tang Dynasty usually involves mixing grain, water, and distiller's yeast in a certain proportion, and then sealing and fermenting it into a large vat. The fermentation time ranges from a few days to a few months. When the time is up, sprinkle lime on it, otherwise the inside will continue to ferment.
It becomes sour easily during fermentation, so lime is sprinkled to end the fermentation process.
The biggest characteristic of the wine made in this way is that it is cloudy, which is what this kind of wine is called. This kind of cloudy wine usually looks a little green at first glance. If you don't pick it, you can drink it by simply filtering it. There is no way, it is also because of the wine.
Process issues.
In later generations, the first feeling when drinking liquor in your mouth was "spicy", but in the Tang Dynasty, this feeling was no longer the case, and the liquor was often sweet.
In Wangyun Mountain, Lu Xiaoxian was forced by a wicked man to practice drinking every day. He drank this kind of green, low-alcohol, turbid, sweet, and viscous wine. He had almost forgotten the strong taste of later generations of liquor.
After visiting three or four wineries, Lu Xiaoxian lost interest.
Shaochun, Lingxi, Boluo, Panshui, Xiabaoling, Langguanqing, Apoqing, it seems that they are still the most common wines in the Tang Dynasty. The only difference is the difference between high-end and low-end.
When he was feeling bored, a group of people had gathered in front of him. In this world, there is no shortage of people watching the excitement, and Lu Xiaoxian was certainly one of them. He squeezed his way into the crowd with excitement on his face.
Most of the wine shops on the street are workshops brewing private wine, but there are also wine shops of the Hu people. Unlike the private wine workshops of the Tang Dynasty, the wine shops of the Hu people do not make wine, but transport the wine all the way from the Western Regions, Persia, Dashi and other places.
When you go to Luoyang, most of the wine sold is wine or Malang wine.
At this moment, at the door of a wine shop owned by a Sogdian, there were two people glaring at each other like cross-eyed ones, unwilling to be outdone.
One of them is a man in his thirties, and the other is a young man in his twenties.
Seeing the middle-aged man, Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but grin.
He knew this man.
who?
Wei Xuzhong.
Now that Wei Xuzhong has returned
Arriving in Luoyang means that Wan Guojun has also returned.
Somehow, when thinking of Wan Guojun, Lu Xiaoxian couldn't help but recall the silver-ringed snake he encountered before traveling to the next life.
The onlookers were chattering and talking, and after a while Lu Xiaoxian roughly understood what the two of them were doing.
It turns out that this wine shop has newly purchased ten jars of wine. There is a lot of wine shipped from the Western Regions to the Tang Dynasty, so it is not a rarity, but these ten jars of wine are different. They are all authentic amber wines from the Western Regions.
Amber wine is made from stemless black grapes. This kind of wine is sweeter and more pink in color than ordinary red wine. It can be said to be the best wine. Emperor Taizong praised this wine after drinking it and wrote a special
There is a famous saying: "You can't wake up after being drunk for a thousand days, but you can't lose your taste in ten years."
This kind of fine wine has great appeal to drinkers. Who wouldn’t want to taste it first?
As a veteran alcoholic, Wei Xuzhong was no exception. After learning the news, he hurriedly led a few servants to the winery street. When he entered the wine shop, he realized that ten jars of good wine had been sold out, and the last jar of wine was just right.
Bought by a young man.
Shopping was done on a first-come, first-served basis. Since the young man had already bought it, it stands to reason that Wei Xuzhong could only sigh while looking at the wine. But when he looked at the wine jar in the young man's arms, he felt itchy and unbearable, so he came forward to negotiate a higher price.
Buy the young man's wine.
Unexpectedly, the young man was a man who was not short of money. Not only did he not sell wine to Wei Xuzhong, he also made some disparaging remarks about him.
Wei Xuzhong was already unhappy that he had not bought the wine, but now that he was being criticized again, he felt even more unhappy, so he stopped the young man and insisted on buying it.
How could a young man take Wei Xuzhong seriously and confront him tit for tat without giving in, so this scene happened in front of him.
When he was in Panzhou City, Wei Xuzhong was very kind to Lu Xiaoxian and quite loyal. But if you think that he is loyal to Lu Xiaoxian and think that he is loyal by nature, you would be totally wrong.
A hero doesn't care about his way out, and a gangster doesn't care about his age. You know, Wei Xuzhong is the "Wei Bapi" whom people in Luoyang talk about and change their color. How can he be easy to offend?
It was all because of the damn face. Both Wei Xuzhong and that young man were obsessed with face.
Face is just like a door curtain. If you can hang it up, hang it up. If you can’t, it doesn’t matter if you take it down. If it were changed to
Lu Xiaoxian, at this moment, the worst thing you can do is wipe off your face and keep it in your pocket, and it’s better to keep your face bare. At this time, you will find that having no face is actually not as shameful as you thought.
"Don't blame me for being too frank! It would be child's play for you to take this jar of wine from me with just a few of you rotten sweet potatoes and rotten bird eggs!" The young man's words were not only humorous, but also extremely arrogant.
Looking at the young man, Wei Xuzhong's expression became more and more sinister, but then he suddenly smiled, and that smile actually had a sinister flavor.
Wei Xuzhong waved his hand, and several of the slaves he brought rushed towards the young man.
The young man held the wine jar in one hand and dealt with the rushing people with the other, and he was able to do so with ease.
Wei Xuzhong's original intention was to teach the young people a lesson and let it go. Judging from the current situation, if he cannot win over the young people, he will never be able to hang out in Luoyang City in the future.
When a person reaches the point of no return, it is not surprising that he will do anything.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" At this moment, a group of people broke away from the crowd and rushed in.
Among this group of people were police officers with iron ropes and soldiers with swords and guns.
In the crowd, a person watching the excitement whispered to his companions: "Look, the police from Luoyang County are here!"
"There are also sergeants of the Jinwu Guard patrolling the city. I'm afraid this matter will get serious!" The companion was still frightened.
The captain who led the team seemed to know Wei Xuzhong. He saluted him and said, "Wei Yushi, why are you here? What's going on?"
The muscles on Wei Xuzhong's face undulated a few times. He looked at the young man with a fixed look. The young man couldn't help but tremble with that look. The young man swore he had never seen it before. It seemed ruthless and cold at the same time, completely like the eyes of a beast.
Wei Xuzhong fiercely ordered the captain: "He has committed the crime of treason. Take him down and send him to Zuo Suzheng Station. I will interrogate him severely!"
After hearing this, most of the people around them dispersed with a "crash" as they didn't care about watching the excitement.
The arrester of Luoyang County Government seemed to know the young man. He whispered to Wei Xuzhong: "Wei Yushi, he is Wang Haibin, the eldest son of Zuowei General Wang Xiaojie. How can he rebel? Is there a mistake?"
Chapter completed!