Chapter 69: Crossing the Wall Ladder
The Supreme Emperor called for wine, so the winemaking matter was urgent. Fortunately, Wang Hu was more reliable in doing things. Instead, he took the distillation equipment halfway, but took it to Chang'an and stored it in the warehouse of Duke Cao's mansion. He could use it after taking it out and connecting it. This equipment was too small, at most ten jars of wine were brewed at a time, and it was unrealistic to put it into commercial use. Li Mu was already brewing. He planned to find a good place on his field and build a winery similar to later generations. This would take time, but he had already handed over the sketch to Li Bi. Li Bi went to find a craftsman to build a house, so let's not mention it for now.
In order to make wine for the Supreme Emperor, Li Bi arranged a quiet place for Li Mu in the Duke of Cao. This was originally a martial arts training ground for Duke of Cao. However, since Li Siwen was not in the mansion at this time and Li Ji's eldest son Li Zhen never practiced martial arts, he was idle for a long time. At this time, he set up a shed to install distillation equipment for Li Mu, which is the most suitable.
The next day he took back his mother, Li Mu asked Bai Gensheng as his helper and spent a morning connecting the distillation equipment. Bai Naoer also wanted to help, but Li Mu drove him away and gave him the twenty hectares of land and asked him to measure the land in Bashang. He had already discussed this land with Bai Qiaoqiao, so he gave it to Bai Naoer, just to use it for his family. As for the other land deed of fifty hectares, Li Bi took it in the morning, saying that he wanted to ask Li Mu for a good land granted to the Duke's Mansion, so that the two families would be more convenient in the future.
After a while, Li Mu brought Baigensheng to make wine. The first pot of wine was still poured in three cups, and the second pot was planned to make something else, but he had not yet decided. There is the biggest difference between making wine in this shed and brewing wine in the house, it is cool! As we all know, brewing wine is a process of steaming and distillation. In a closed space, when the firewood is filled, the heat will rise, and the whole body will be like a bath after brewing. This situation in the shed will be relieved a lot, and the heat will disperse and it will be much cooler.
But this also leads to another problem, that is, the aroma of wine is dissipating. It is better when it is steaming. When it is distilled, the wine is churning, and the autumn is getting cooler, and the mist is surrounding the shed, like a fairyland. The mist floats up to the naked eye, floating and floating, and then floats to the next yard.
Beyond the wall, there is also a martial arts field. But it is not the martial arts field of the Duke of Cao, but the martial arts field of the Duke of Su. The martial arts field of the Duke of Su is not as deserted as the Duke of Cao. Cheng Yaojin has a total of six sons. His favorite thing is to train his own sons. It is stipulated that one hour of schoolwork every day, and other families' studies are all Ziji Shi. The schoolwork of the Duke of Cheng's residence is a stubborn and gun. As long as you are at home, a few sons must practice. When will you work in the army like Cheng Chumo and no longer live at home, it is considered to be a big deal.
From this we can see that it is not unreasonable for Li Siwen to be beaten. Six young men were trained at home all day, and there was no place to release them. If you catch someone, you would beat them up? This is equivalent to an ordinary middle school boy who only knows how to play with chicken every day. He faced the devil-music man who lifted iron in the gym all day long. He still hit six. If he could beat him, he would be a ghost.
On this day, Cheng Chumo handed over the business in the army and went home to visit. Cheng Yaojin was very happy and ordered his servants to hold a banquet - to hold a banquet in the martial arts venue. He wanted to inspect whether Cheng Chumo's martial arts had declined, because he was worried that his son would be deposed after following Li Ji.
There were many famous generals in the early Tang Dynasty. Of course, later generations have commented on it, but these are the rankings that later generations ranked according to their own ideas. In the hearts of these people, who can convince who? If anyone has made efforts for the Tang Dynasty, it is irreplaceable, and no one has much lower merits than anyone. It’s just that some people are good at strategy, such as Li Ji, Li Jing, and some are brave enough, such as Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Jingde, etc., and everyone has different ways of establishing merits. It is impossible to ask someone to lower their heads to admit that the other party is better than themselves.
Cheng Yaojin was a "brave" faction. When he fought, he was willing to be ready. He first wrapped up the enemy, then forced him to the Jedi and strived for a decisive battle. During the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Yaojin did such things a lot. The two armies lined up and the first drum was beaten, and the main general had already rushed out of the formation. The others had to slap the horses and chase him. After slashing around, they won for no reason. In contrast, Cheng Yaojin felt that Li Ji fought too hard in the war. This plan and that plan would delay the war for half a month, and the girls were bored. In this battle to combat the Turks, Cheng Yaojin asked to fight.
More than a dozen times, but whether it was a tantrum or a rolling round, or even a scene of "hitting the pillar" in the court, he failed to successfully ask for the battle. The six armies, a deputy general manager, was not caught, and he was so angry that he simply stopped going to the court and sulked at home all day. This time Cheng Chumo went home, which happened to be bad. Cheng Yaojin heard him tell him how Li Ji led the troops and how he used many tricks to cause the greatest damage to the enemy with the lowest loss. He praised him in his words and outside, and was so angry that he didn't hit him. He glared at his eyes, and the "school examination" that Cheng Chumo finally escaped came again.
Cheng Chumo cried too late. If he had known this, he wouldn't have farted a lot when he got home. But his father said that, and he would not dare to disobey him with ten courage. He had to pick up the knife and start practicing the sword technique from the thirty-sixth Cheng family. There were fifty-four Cheng family's marksmanship, seventy-two Cheng family's sword technique, and eighteen Cheng family's mace technique... What? Some people think that the marksmanship is a bit like the Luo family, and the mace technique is a bit like the Qin family? No, no, that's impossible, they are all from the Cheng family, all from the Cheng family!
While Li Mu was distilling, Cheng Chumo was practicing the "Cheng Family Mace Method". Cheng Yaojin sat on the side of the martial arts field, drinking three squids. Seeing his son sweating profusely, his mood gradually became more relaxed. No matter how much contribution Li Ji made, his two sons were not as good as my son. One was a corrupt scholar who only knew how to study, and the other was a idle playboy. How could my son have the kung fu? In front of the two armies, my son was alone. Your two sons would go up and die!
Just as I was so proud, I suddenly felt a little itchy, I sneeze and smelled it carefully, and my brows frowned.
This is the smell of wine! Or is it a good wine! Cheng Yaojin sniffed a few times, looked at the next door, raised his hand and called Cheng Chumo, and said, "Do you know what this smells? Your head of the family came back from the Turks with good wine?"
When Cheng Chumo heard the words "Your head and general" and couldn't help but smile bitterly. He didn't dare to take this matter. He wiped the sweat and replied: "Dad, it was not brought from the Turks. There was a kid named Li Mu. I drank the wine he brewed. The wine was really good. After taking a sip, I felt full of energy and my stomach was full of burnt, as if it was about to burn! I just didn't dare to drink too much. The energy was too strong and I poured it into a bowl."
Chapter completed!