Early the next morning, Su Zhan carried the snake wine and headed towards the location of the state examination. The white wolf who stayed behind hid beside the luggage with a vigilant look on his face, watching the movements around him eagerly, not missing the slightest trace of suspiciousness.
The state test is actually very simple. After their identity is verified, hundreds of winemakers take out their wines, label them with their own names, place them in front of them, and have them rated by specialized winemakers.
The Tang Empire was vast and there were countless small cities like Tianying City.
Only one hundred cities can be called a state, and the top twenty in each state are selected to participate in the imperial examination.
There were 102 states in the Tang Empire, and in the end, more than 2,000 winemakers gathered together. It was a magnificent scene.
As time goes by, the state examination is gradually coming to an end.
Su Zhan was unlucky today. She was drawn second to last in the lottery, so by the time she waited, it was almost over.
The three wine masters walked up to her and were just surprised when they saw her young face and said nothing more.
Most of those who can be brewing masters are already in their fifties or sixties. They have never seen any big storms. In the past, I have seen people around the same age as Su Zhan come to wine-making conferences.
They don't care about the age of the winemaker, they only care about the quality of the wine.
Su Zhan calmly opened the wine jar and poured the golden wine into the glass.
"Hey, is this snake wine?" None of the brewing masters here are experts at this. They can tell what kind of wine this is just by looking at it.
"Yes, it's snake wine. Please try it." After Su Zhan filled three wine glasses, he put the wine jar aside and said with a smile.
The wine is golden yellow, and based on the experience of these three winemaking masters, you can judge that the wine is of good quality just by looking at the color.
After they finished drinking, each of them closed their eyes and touched their beards with intoxicated expressions, and did not speak for a long time.
Su Zhan didn't say anything and was waiting for their results.
"Girl, what's your name?" Her name was clearly written on the wine jar, but these people were staring at Su Zhan closely, waiting for her to say her name.
The atmosphere was so solemn that none of the surrounding winemakers dared to express their dignity. Besides being nervous, they were also a little confused.
Isn't this little girl's name written on the wine jar? Why can't they seem to see each one of them?
"Mo Qu, Mo from the Mo family." Su Zhan reported the name of the original owner.
"Moqu, what a good name." Several elderly people in their fifties and sixties were surprisingly kind. They nodded to Su Zhan and left.
When the state test was over, the three brewing masters looked at Su Zhan's leaving figure in silence and sighed deeply.
"This is like the waves behind the Yangtze River pushing the waves ahead. How old is this kid? He can actually make such wine."
"In my opinion, even the young master of the Yang family, who is famous for brewing medicinal wine, the medicinal wine he won the title of three years ago is probably not as good as the snake wine this little girl has today."
"I bet that within ten years, she will definitely have a place among the top ten wine masters in the world."
"We old men have really lived like dogs all our lives and studied hard all our lives. In the end, when we are old, we are not as good as a fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old girl. Alas."
"well."
There were sighs and sighs one after another, but if you carefully observe these wine-making conferences that are full of self-mockery in their tone, you will find that although they are laughing at themselves, there is a glimmer of longing in their eyes.
These wine masters who have devoted their whole lives to the wine making industry did not feel jealous when they learned that their younger generations would surpass them. Instead, they looked forward to seeing how high Su Zhan could reach.
It is a blessing to be able to witness the rise of a generation of legends.
After the results of the competition came out, the list of the top twenty people was immediately sent back to the imperial city at great speed.
Mo Qu's name hung high in the first place, surprising people who had never heard of her name before.
Especially the winemakers who met Su Zhan yesterday were all stunned when they learned that the first place Moqu was the fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl they despised.
It turns out that there really are geniuses in this world.
Maybe there really are geniuses in this world, but even if they are geniuses, if they don't work hard and turn their talents into strength, they may not have legends passed down through time.
Most of the raw materials for Su Zhan's winemaking are brought back by himself from the wilderness and places where snakes and insects are infested.
Even if outsiders knew about it, I'm afraid most people would not risk their lives and go to those places to pick materials.
Of course, even if someone is willing to go out of his way, he does not have Su Zhan's talent, which is to climb rocks and climb walls to obtain wine-making materials in an extremely dangerous environment.
A month later, Su Zhan appeared in the imperial city.
In fact, the city test and the state test can only be said to be a small fight. Only the winemakers who are finally selected to participate in the imperial test can be called the future of the imperial winemakers.
In fact, for those who have reached this point, everyone has their own kind of wine that they are good at. Not only do they need to know their own, but they also need to know other people's.
The top ten at the winemaking conference are occupied every year by young winemakers who were born into winemaking families. Therefore, many people have long given up on the fight for the top ten and set their sights on the latter, such as the eleventh and fourth place.
Twelve, in total the first fifty will be coveted by countless people.
Therefore, when Su Zhan and his party arrived at the Imperial City, they could smell the faint smell of gunpowder smoke in the air.
It is said that if you know yourself and your enemy, you will be victorious in any battle. Many people will choose to investigate the enemy's situation when they think it is a strong competitor.
Among them, Su Zhan, who won the first place in the state examination at the age of fourteen, countless people found out about her.
Mo Qu, who was fourteen years old, won first place with green plum wine in the city test and first place with snake wine in the state test. Judging from the two competitions, he should be good at fruit wine and medicinal wine.
When Su Zhan stepped into the inn, countless obscure glances immediately glanced at her. One of them was slightly cold and circled around Su Zhan in a demonstrative manner.
Su Zhan looked up and saw that a girl in a purple skirt was staring at her fiercely, but when she noticed, she immediately turned her head and pretended that he was not looking at her just now.
Wait, why should I be afraid of her?
The girl in purple froze, then regained her composure and looked at Su Zhan, intending to give her a blow first.
As a result, when she looked over, Su Zhan had long disappeared. The girl in purple lowered her head depressedly and rubbed her eyes that were a little sore from staring for too long.
"Zixing, what are you doing?" A young man stepped forward and walked to her side. He couldn't help but laugh when he saw her rubbing her eyes. "Who are you staring at again, making your eyes sore?"
