This time Jintong came in person, mainly to personally supervise the brewing of the "Nine Steaming and Nine Sunshine Immortal Jade Liquid" to avoid mistakes.
In fact, it is the brewing process of Maotai-flavor wine. Jintong deliberately gave her a deceptive and awesome name, which frightened Zhao Laosan into admiring her even more.
Jintong personally guided Zhao Laosan for a few days. Zhao Laosan already had experience and quickly mastered the skills. He led a team of people to roll up their sleeves and work day and night.
Jintong couldn't do these physical tasks, so she left everything to Zhao Laosan, and only went over to provide guidance when the wine was served.
When brewing new wine, the inspection of the entire brewing workshop is naturally much stricter than usual. Zhao Laosan added a team of guards to protect the workshop at all times, day and night.
Whenever Jintong goes out, poor human monitor Xu Ying must accompany him. Strictly speaking, Xu Ying is no longer a human monitor. Zheng Qiyan recognizes Jintong's ability very much, and now only asks Xu Ying and the others to secretly protect Jintong.
Don't be tricked.
In the past six months, Jintong has carried out extensive construction work in Niutouzhuang and expanded it a lot. He also built a winery. In just three months, he brewed several unheard-of wines, which became popular in Beijing.
Zheng Qiyan specifically told him to protect Niutou Village to avoid being noticed by interested people, which would be detrimental to the Hou Mansion. Many of the day laborers Zhao Laosan later hired outside were secretly protected by Zheng Qiyan.
Zhao Laosan was not an ordinary person. The brewery was guarded extremely strictly. Anyone who was not a slave of the Jintong family could not even get close to those mountains. Therefore, Zheng Qiyan's men could not find out anything about what was going on inside the brewery.
Xu Ying knew that Jin Tong asked Zhao Laosan to buy grain on a large scale. Grain is the lifeblood of the country, and buying it on a large scale will inevitably attract attention. Xu Ying was worried about Jin Tong, so he planned to visit the brewing workshop at night to see if there was anything wrong.
make up.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the brewery, he was discovered by someone.
Xu Ying was good at concealment and Qinggong, and had never failed since his debut. He never expected that there would be such a master hiding in Jintong. He didn't want to make this matter a big deal, so he retreated quickly.
The person who discovered Xu Ying was Lu Liu.
Ever since Lu Liu took the initiative to sell himself to Jintong and took over the errand at Niutou Village, he has fulfilled his duties and worked hard to be a loyal servant.
The several wines produced by Jintong Winery are unique in Shangjing and are envied by many people. Many people are afraid of the power of Pingninghou and can only watch Jintong earn gold and silver. There are also some people who are not afraid of death, or who are in the same position.
The powerful man was shameless and sent people several times to steal the army.
Since Lu Liu came to Niutou Village, he has been incorporated into the guard team, and he and dozens of Niutou Village guards have taken turns to patrol day and night.
An accurate arrest would really help Jintong clear out a lot of people.
Jintong came to Niutouzhuang to make new wine, but someone immediately followed him and sneaked into the brewing workshop. Lu Liu became wary.
Xu Ying used his own skills and thought that it would not be difficult to escape intact. Who would have thought that Lu Liu was like a cone attached to the bone, clinging to it. The two of them were chasing each other, and Xu Ying could not get rid of Lu Liu for more than half an hour.
Xu Ying was not familiar with the terrain layout of Niutou Village. He cleverly made a large circle around the winery, looking for a way to escape.
Xu Ying felt miserable! If he was really caught by Lu Liu, if he admitted his identity, I wonder if his wife would be angry with Mr. Hou. Anyone who knew that he had been monitored for so long would be angry, right?
What's more, Madam, a woman as ferocious as a lion from the east of the river?
If you don't admit it, think about the thief who had his tongue cut out, his eyes destroyed, and his hand and hamstrings broken by Zhang He. Xu Ying quickly worked harder and ran faster.
Fortunately, Lu Liu was afraid of falling into Xu Ying's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain, so he ordered the other guards of the brewery to continue patrolling, making sure to protect the workshop and not allow any thieves to take advantage of it, while he pursued Xu Ying alone. Otherwise, the guards of the brewery would attack from both front and back.
, I guess Xu Ying really can’t escape.
After chasing each other for a long time, Xu Ying finally found a hiding place. He walked down a cliff and hid breathlessly among the overgrown vines and grass on the mountain wall.
Lu Liu lost track of Xu Ying, so he cut down a long vine without giving up, and swung it at the mountain wall. He listened to the sound and found nothing except frightening countless birds in the mountain. Lu Liu thought about it for a moment on the mountain wall, then turned and left.
Xu Ying breathed a sigh of relief and listened carefully. Lu Liu walked about a hundred steps and no longer heard the sound of footsteps. Xu Ying hid quietly, but secretly worried in his heart, fearing that Lu Liu would be exhausted until dawn, what should he do?
Fortunately, Lu Liu only waited for about a stick of incense before leaving. After all, his heart was at the brewery, and he just wanted to go back and be more vigilant to prevent thieves from sneaking in.
When Xu Ying returned to the place where Wu Ping lived, she was hungry and cold, and in an unprecedented state of embarrassment.
Wu Ping was shocked: "Brother Ying, did something happen to Madam? How did you end up like this?"
Xu Ying waved her hand: "Madam, you're fine, resting at the hot spring villa."
"Then how did you become such a virtuous person?" Wu Ping quickly brought a small jar of wine to Xu Ying to warm her body, and then took out some dried meat.
Xu Ying took a big sip of wine first, his throat felt so hot that it warmed his stomach. He exhaled a long breath, and his whole body felt warm.
Then he devoured several large pieces of meat, feeling that he was finally back to life, and then said to Wu Ping: "I went to the brewery to check, but I was discovered by the madam's men, and I was almost arrested. I finally got rid of that reckless man.
Come back in six."
"You're crazy! Why don't you go to Madam's brewing workshop to check on the bird? Madam came to Niutou Village this time to brew a new, rarer divine jade wine. The inspections in the workshop are several times stricter than usual. You, you, you
, don’t you want to imitate others?” Wu Ping was so angry that he stuttered, why is Xu Ying becoming more and more unreliable?
Since Jintong recovered from his illness, he has managed the entire Pingninghou Mansion as well as an iron bucket, and he has been good at diplomacy and going to the powerful people in Beijing. He is good at dancing and has earned a lot of good reputation for Pingninghou Mansion. Qi Ye is now
Trust Madam, just ask Xu Ying and the others to secretly protect Jintong. The rest can only be stopped unless Madam does something excessive. This is so good. Xu Ying was kicked in the head by a donkey, so he went to explore the winery at night.
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"Don't talk nonsense. Why do I need that brewing recipe? Madam has been purchasing food on a large scale in the past few months. I was afraid that there was something wrong with the brewing workshop, so I wanted to take a look."
"Excuse me, you should ask my brother before you make a decision! The wine my wife has newly brewed is said to contain the essence of grain. It takes at least ten kilograms of grain to make one pound of wine.
"Besides, haven't you seen how much distiller's grains are pushed out every day from the brewery to be used as feed?" Wu Ping held out the small jar of wine in front of Xu Ying's eyes: "Just this five-grain wine, one kilogram weighs seven or eight kilograms."
Wheat and sorghum can only be brewed, but tell me, what's wrong with madam buying grains in such a big way?"
Xu Ying was stunned for a moment, knowing that he was wasting his efforts, running for two hours in vain, freezing for half the night, and being scolded by Wu Ping. He was upset inside, so he just went to rest.
The two of them were just chatting and thinking that there was nothing they could do to lower their voices in their own territory, so they never expected to be eavesdropped.
Under normal circumstances, Zhang He would get up at Yinchu every day to practice pile driving. Xu Ying happened to return at Yinchu. Zhang He became curious and hid outside to listen clearly to their conversation.
After Zhang He followed Jintong to Pingninghou Mansion, he discovered countless times that someone seemed to be secretly spying on Jintong. Unfortunately, Zhang He searched for the source several times but found nothing. This made Zhang He feel on pins and needles, fearing that someone was secretly doing harm to Jintong.
Now that the truth has been revealed, Zhang He was worried for a long time and finally felt relieved. Zheng Qiyan treated Jintong like this. The old man and his wife are still in heaven, so you can rest assured! Zhang He was happy for Jintong and went back to practice in high spirits.