Although Ouyang Bufan said this, his resentful eyes did not look like he respected and loved Muchuan.
When Ouyang Bufan got up and patted the dirt on his clothes, he asked what hops were.
"Sir, you left in such a hurry before that you didn't even tell me!"
"Yes!"
Muchuan laughed and then explained, saying that hops are one of the raw materials of beer.
In fact, the beer brewed by Muchuan is not authentic beer because it lacks hops, so the "beer" tastes more like wheat juice.
Hops originated in Europe and did not exist in the Tang Dynasty. This is why beer was not introduced to China until modern times, but never appeared in ancient times.
In order to brew the most authentic beer, hops must be cultivated. For this reason, Muchuan had exchanged seeds with the system ten days ago and spent a lot of points to redeem the hop seeds.
Now that Ouyang Bufan learned about the efficacy of hops, he was full of surprise: "So, sir, what you are saying is...the beer we drink is not actually beer?"
"yes."
This is what Muchuan is confused about. After all, the beer brewed now is far from modern beer. Even after many adjustments and improvements, its taste is still far inferior to modern beer.
As a result, this kind of beer attracted various officials in the Tang Dynasty and even Li Shimin to be obsessed with it. This was something Muchuan couldn't understand.
It seems that people in ancient times generally had very low taste requirements. After all, we were in an era when we didn't have enough to eat or clothing to keep warm. If we had something to eat, even if it was good, we wouldn't care if it tasted good or not.
"Anyway, let's just cultivate the hops. Once they bloom, we can start a new round of beer brewing."
Muchuan said with a smile, and then returned to the official residence of the Ministry of Finance with Ouyang Bufan.
The two of them sat in a carriage and returned all the way from the plains outside the suburbs to Chang'an City.
During this period, Muchuan began to ask Ouyang Bufan if anything important had happened in the court. After all, eight days had passed since Muchuan left Chang'an City, so he still had to ask about the affairs of the court.
When I asked, I actually heard a lot of things.
Recently, there have been rebellions by rebels and natural disasters in the southwest border. The people have not had enough food, and as many as 100,000 people have starved to death. It is a tragic situation.
However, at this time, the order of the court was a little out of order. The struggle for the throne between Li Tai and Li Chengqian was the most intense. All the civil and military officials of the court took sides one after another, and there was a strong feeling that a storm was coming.
Ouyang Bufan shuddered when he said: "I feel like I haven't been very peaceful recently."
Muchuan was not surprised by this, everything was under control.
In fact, this year in the Tang Dynasty was in a disaster-prone season, and the situation in Gyeonggi Province was much better. Why?
Because Muchuan is in Gyeonggi-do!
Through economic reforms, increasing employment rates, and stimulating consumption growth, Mucheon successfully ensured Gyeonggi Province's primary industry "agriculture". At that time, grain production increased significantly, and the number of deaths from famine and starvation reached a record low.
In addition, Muchuan vigorously built public facilities, such as reservoirs, commercial roads, afforestation, etc., in this way to regulate the amount of drought and flood water and ensure civilian needs.
It is precisely with these measures that the people's livelihood in Gyeonggi Province is guaranteed, and deaths such as starvation due to food harvests are rare.
As for other regions in the Tang Dynasty, they also followed the methods promulgated by Muchuan, but the results of the promulgation and implementation of the methods are difficult to track, and the terrain and internal conditions of each region are different. This means there is no way to ensure that the results in other regions in the country are the same as those in Gyeonggi.
Same way.
For this reason, it is not surprising that disasters, rebellions and uprisings have occurred in distant areas.
As for the fight between princes?
It was already commonplace. Calculating the time, Li Chengqian should be pulled down by Li Tai. Muchuan didn't care much about this. Anyway, after several princes fought back and forth, they finally got the advantage of Li Zhi.
"Extraordinary, besides these things, is there anything else?"
"Sir... do you want to ask something?
Too many things have happened recently, and I can’t even express them clearly for a while.”
"For example, what happened in Goguryeo?"
Muchuan is more concerned about the affairs of Goguryeo. First of all, because he took the initiative to send troops to capture the territory of Goguryeo, the history behind it has been distorted, so even he can hardly predict what will happen next.
What's more, Muchuan had met Jin and Xuan Bin before. According to what the other party said, the minister sent by Goguryeo for peace talks this time was a man named "Wang Yue Da Gong". It was widely said that this man was very intelligent and eloquent.
A person who is like a spring.
At this time, when Muchuan asked, Ouyang Bufan seemed to remember.
"There is really something about Goguryeo. Just the day before yesterday, the envoy from Goguryeo came! The name of the person leading the team is Mochizuki Dagong!"
"It's really him!"
Muchuan looked quite helpless.
It seems that everything was said by Jin and Xuan Bin. The other party once said that if the Goguryeo Kingdom sends an envoy, they will definitely send Wang Yue Da Gong.
Now that the envoy from Goguryeo has arrived, Li Shimin must have arranged for the ministers to receive him and discuss peace talks, right?
Muchuan asked curiously: "Has your Majesty arranged for someone to negotiate with Goguryeo?"
"This has not been arranged yet. Your Majesty and other ministers seem to be still discussing it."
Muchuan was somewhat worried. After all, he knew that Mochizuki Dagong was not a simple person, but after all, the opponent was the loser. No matter how simple he was, could he still turn things around?
As the victorious country, the Tang Dynasty always had an advantage. If it was a big deal and the war started again, it would be difficult for Goguryeo to compete.
He didn't think about this matter for the time being, but Muchuan still told Ouyang Bufan that if there was any relevant news from Goguryeo, he should inform him first.
On the other side, in the dim light of the setting sun at dusk, in Xiner's wing of Fang's mansion.
The room is exquisite, with beautiful wooden tables and chairs, printed floor tiles, and a large red flower robe hanging on a large wooden stand in the center.
The robe is hand-sewn, with pictures of auspicious clouds embroidered on the edges, and bright red peonies in the center. The fabric is high-quality, noble and elegant.
Standing in front of the red robe is a beautiful woman with a slim figure and a delicate face. She is Xin'er! She is looking at the robe in front of her with her big moist eyes, her eyes showing joy. She obviously likes this robe very much.
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While Xiner was admiring the robe, the voice of the maid He Hua came from outside.
"Miss, miss... Lord Muchuan is back!"
It was a surprise to hear that Muchuan was back. In the past few days, Xin'er had been anxious about why Muchuan hadn't come back. But if he didn't come back in another day, he would have missed that "good day."
