One of the four great joys in life is meeting an old friend in a foreign country.
Although meeting Doulu Huairang in Lingnan was not an accident, three thousand miles away from Chang'an, the two old friends still drank happily in Meiling.
"How's the wine?"
Doulu Huairang smiled and refilled Huaiyu's drink.
"It tastes good, it's Lingxichun."
Huaiyu praised that the wine they drank today was called Lingxi wine, also called Lingxichun. It was produced in Shaozhou, and it was also the two most famous wines in Lingnan. One was Shaozhou Lingxi wine and the other was Xunxun.
Zhouboluo is drunk.
"I really admire you. Not only are you excellent at poetry, calligraphy, painting and medicine, but you are also so good at tea and wine tasting."
Foresta, who was accompanying her at the side, wore a veil on her face and said with a chuckle, "Have you forgotten, Prince Consort Doulu, that Lingxichun is now the property of the Wu family?"
"Hahaha, I was really drunk. It's true. Your Wu family is running this Lingxi wine now, so it can be famous in Chang'an. How can Huaiyu not be able to drink it?"
Lingxi is located in the northeast of Lechang, Shaozhou. It originates from Lingjun Mountain and is brewed with its water, which is called Lingxi wine.
In fact, Lingxi Mountain has beautiful water, and there has been a tradition of brewing here since ancient times. The rice wine brewed from Lingxi water is also particularly pure, delicious, and pleasantly fragrant.
However, in the past, this wine was only a local product and had little reputation.
When the first warrior Yi was transferred to Shaozhou and became the first governor of Shaozhou, he discovered that the Lingxi wine was very good. Later, he also bought a winery. He brewed the Lingxi wine to drink and entertain guests, and brought it back to Chang'an as a local product of Lingnan.
Make gifts.
After Wu Huaiyi took over as the governor of Shaozhou, he liked the wine very much. At Wu Huaiyu's suggestion, the brothers invested some money, invited many masters, and formed a partnership with Samurai Yi to expand the winery.
Under the operation of the Wu family, the Wu family's Lingxi winery is now very large, and the quality and output of the wine have been greatly improved. It has also allowed Lingxi wine to go out of Lechang and Shaozhou, and has not only become the two most famous wines in Lingnan.
One of the Dawo wines, it has entered the city of Chang'an and has gained quite a reputation in Chang'an's wine market.
Many people from Chang'an come to Lingnan, and the local wine they think of is either Lingxi or Boluo.
Nowadays, the Lingxi River, which originates from Hunan and flows into the Changshui River, has many wine shops on both sides of the river, all owned by the Wu family.
The water of Lingxi, the glutinous rice on both sides, and the local distiller's yeast made from various materials such as spicy polygonum and golden cherry blossoms, and the Lingxi wine brewed with its traditional craftsmanship, are indeed very famous now.
There are also different types of sake and sake, and there are multiple sub-brands.
Nowadays, when people talk about Lingxi wine, they also refer to the Wu family’s Lingxi wine brand. The original Lingxi wine from small workshops is actually still there, and local people still like to make their own wine, but the quantity is too small and the quality is far behind.
It's not as good as the Wu family, not to mention marketing, they basically haven't left the state yet.
Doulu Huairang smiled and said, "The locals still like Lingxi water wine, but I like this Lingxi spring wine. The burned sake tastes better, especially if it has been stored for two or three years."
"This Lingxi Chun is indeed good. It is also very famous in Chang'an. Our wine shop used to sell it well." Forresta also held a glass of Lingxi. She, the famous proprietress of Hu Restaurant in Chang'an, didn't know anything about this wine.
Not unfamiliar.
A good wine actually depends on a few basic conditions, first of all, good water, then glutinous rice, koji, as well as the weather and the winemaker.
If Lingxi wine is good, the most important thing is of course that the Lingxi water is good.
Doulu Huairang liked Lingxi wine very much, and both Yu Gong and Private liked it. Yu Private's wine was really beautiful, and he had even heard of it often when he was in Chang'an. Yu Gong said that the Wu family's Lingxi wine was in Shaozhou.
With a large output, Lingxi Liquor Industry has driven a lot of economic growth and even paid a lot of taxes.
Although they cannot compare with those mines, smelters, and mints, they are indeed one of the golden chickens that lay golden eggs in Shaozhou.
"When I give gifts now, I like to prepare Lingxi wine,"
In addition to good wine, today’s food is also good,
This meal was very good. I felt both the joy of meeting old friends and the gratification of seeing that Shaozhou is still developing rapidly. Of course, the industries invested by the Wu family here, whether it is mining or smelting, or pig iron immersed in copper, or
It’s industries like brewing, etc.
They all have rapid development momentum and gratifying profits.
the next day.
Feng You, the governor of Panzhou, came to Shaozhou to greet him.
He brought hundreds of boatloads of supplies.
There are both grain and grass, meat and vegetables, etc.
Of course, there is also a batch of special things on this batch of ships, a total of 30,000 heads.
Feng Zhi, the governor of Gaozhou, presented 16,000 heads of Luo Dou rebels, and Chen Longshu, the governor of Rongzhou, presented 14,000 heads of rebels.
Although these heads were pickled with lime,
But this is already late May,
The heads in the bamboo baskets still emitted an unpleasant stench.
"Please ask the Prime Minister to inspect the head of the traitor,"
Feng You presented the brochure respectfully, but Wu Huaiyu did not accept it.
He looked at Feng You for a few times. He was not a young man. He was Xu Jingzong's prospective son-in-law. Wu Huaiyu thought he was Feng An's son before, but in fact he was Feng An's nephew.
The son of Feng An's eldest brother Feng Hun, after Feng Hun's death, Feng An regarded his nephew as if he were gone.
Feng You is forty years old this year. In fact, he had married a wife before, and she was still married to the Ning family in Qinzhou. After the Lingnan Rebellion at the end of Wude, Feng Ang asked Feng You to divorce the Ning family, and then he came forward to propose marriage to Xu Jingzong on his behalf.
His daughter.
"Brother Yan asked me to say hello to you in Chang'an,"
"Thank you, father-in-law, for your concern."
Feng You, who is forty years old, is two years older than his father-in-law Xu Jingzong.
"Has Tandian not been captured yet?" Huaiyu asked.
Feng You shook his head helplessly.
"Where's Fusan?"
"The lower officials and others are incompetent and have not yet been able to capture these rebel leaders."
"What about Luo Doudong and Luo Bendong? Have these two rebel base camps been captured?"
"Not yet."
Although Wu Huaiyu’s voice was gentle,
But Feng You felt a mountain-like pressure in front of the prime minister who was more than ten years younger than him, making him breathless.
"Didn't get any?"
"The rebels resisted stubbornly and defended themselves in danger. It was difficult to attack them for a while. However, we have annihilated many of their elites and surrounded them to death. They can't hold on for much longer..."
"Haha." Wu Huaiyu sneered, "It has been half a year since the beginning of the year, and you have reported so many casualties, and even shipped me 30,000 heads.
I won't check how many of these heads are real rebels, but I know that Tan Dian and Fu San still occupy the five states of Yunkai Mountain.
It's hard for you to be disappointed,
It also disappointed the court,
Let the saint down even more!"
"You have failed the holy will!"
Feng You felt like he was sweating.
It is already very hot in late May in Lingnan, but Lingnan people have long been used to it, but now it feels like they are being held in a steamer.
"Take people to take those heads to a remote valley, dig a hole and bury them deeper. After burying them, find a Taoist priest to perform a ritual to pay homage to them, and then set up a monument to remember them."
Huaiyu waved his hand,
Feng You nervously wanted to explain something, but Wu Huaiyu didn't give him a chance to explain.
Waiting for him to retreat,
"After you finish that matter, you don't have to go back to Panzhou. Just pack up and go to Chang'an to report the details to the saint and the court in person.
By the way, I got married to Madam Xu,"
Feng You was stunned. This tall and sturdy governor looked at the young Prime Minister Wu and treated him like a dog.
But he didn't dare to resist at all.
"Anything else?"
"The rebellion has not yet been quelled. I will go to Beijing at this time..."
Huaiyu waved his hand,
He couldn't talk any more and had to retreat.
I felt very aggrieved, but I dared not speak out in anger.
Because he came with 30,000 heads, he had already seen the Tang troops stationed in Shaozhou. They were large in number and very elite.
Not only were there 20,000 of the first batch of 30,000 soldiers who went south, but also Wu Huaiyu's own army of 1,000 cavalry, and nearly 55,000 soldiers who followed. At this time, the first batch of 5,000 people also arrived in Shaozhou.
,
Nine thousand people on patrol also arrived.
There are now 35,000 elites in Shaozhou. The officers and soldiers are so sophisticated in equipment and so majestic that he is secretly frightened to see them.
Feng You suspected that if he disobeyed the order, he might not be able to leave Shaozhou.
Doulu Huairang appeared,
"Feng Ziyou is very good in Lingnan. The younger generation of the Feng family is known as the Three Heroes, nicknamed Dragon, Tiger and Leopard. Feng Zhidai is nicknamed Hunjiang Dragon, Feng Sanguan is nicknamed Golden Leopard, and Feng Ziyou is nicknamed the Winged Worm."
A big insect with wings is not a butterfly, it is a tiger with wings.
"I didn't expect that the big winged insect would look like a sick big bug in front of Erlang. From now on, he should stop calling him a big winged bug and call him Feng You, a sick big bug."
Doulu Huairang laughed and said.
Huaiyu also smiled, "These guys have nicknames that are more fierce than the last, but they can't even deal with a mere savage, they are useless."
"It's not that they can't solve the problem, they just don't want to solve it," Doulu Huairang said with a smile. "When Feng Zhidai came back, his brothers were all working against each other. They carried out four encirclement and suppression campaigns. The result was that they all had their own agenda and failed to do anything. Later, they were still
Feng Zhidai became ruthless and mobilized the Gaoliang Army, the most elite direct descendants of the Feng family, to attack. Only then did he reverse the situation, severely inflict heavy losses on the rebels, and force them to sue for peace."
Huaiyu had known this for a long time, and neither the Feng family nor the Chen family had basically stabilized the situation after half a year and severely damaged the rebels, but none of them were willing to actively carry out an in-depth suppression campaign.
That's why the rebels still occupy the five states, and then the two sides negotiate for peace.
"Tan Dian and other barbarian chiefs are now unable to advance or retreat, and are willing to surrender."
"Can that be called surrender? Put down the rebel flag, and then occupy the territory and the officials follow suit. What is this called surrender?"
"It's always been like this."
"Well, it's always been like this, but just because it's always been like this, it can't be done now. It's absolutely impossible this time."
"But these handsome and wealthy chiefs are also cunning, and will not fight against the rebels to lose both sides. They all want to preserve their strength."
"In that case, don't blame me for being rude!" Huaiyu said coldly.
It has been delayed for half a year, which is long enough.
