The Volcanic Military City is very small, with the yamen in the middle, a street north and south. Du Zhongxiao entered the city from the south gate and walked past the soldiers lined up. In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the yamen. As Du Zhongxiao and his party entered the city, the soldiers outside the city cheered loudly.

Du Zhongxiao let out a sigh of relief when he got off the horse in front of the yamen. Although as soon as he arrived, these troops showed off their military power to invite rewards, fortunately, the military discipline was still acceptable and no accidents happened.

Cheng Wenli and his members surrounded Du Zhongxiao and sat down at the official hall. The officials of the Volcano Army stepped forward to visit. The officials retreated, and several leaders of the small tribes in the territory offered gifts. They were nothing but fur, goats, and the place was barren, and there was nothing good.

Officials were divided into civil and military lines, and Wu Wenzuo, the commander of the imperial guards, Guangshitao, stepped forward and said with his hands: "The new officer of the Zhijun took office. Guangrui commanded the 400 horse troops under his command. Follow the instructions! With our horse army here, thieves cannot afford to rise within hundreds of miles, and the people do not close their doors at night. Shangguan is at ease!"

After saying that, he looked at Du Zhongxiao with a gaze, obviously wanting to give him a reward.

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's hard to command. I'm a new Volcano Army. I don't know anything and have a lot of things. Let's wait for tomorrow, check the treasury to see how much accumulation there is, and give me rewards as appropriate. You tell your troops to guard the military camp and not to cause trouble!"

If the reward cannot be given, how can Wu Wenzuo be willing? He stood there with his hands crossed, neither sang promise nor retreated.

The other three commanders of the wing army went out together, imitating Wu Wenzuo and sang a big promise. The commander of Xuan Yong in the middle, Pang Xun, smiled and said, "Our border wing army is different from the mainland. We usually have to fight and fight to death. We only receive a military salary, but only a fraction of the imperial guards. Fortunately, the young people are not greedy. The volcanic army is in the remote border areas, and money and food are difficult, so it is not easy for the army to give rewards. If each team can give out good wine today and get drunk, then they will be satisfied. The army's grace is perfect and hopefully fulfilled!"

After saying that, he glanced at Wu Wenzuo who was standing in the middle, and withdrew with the other two, smiling, obviously he wanted to see Wu Wenzuo's joke.

Wu Wenzuo was teased by several generals of the wing army. He was angry and glared at them before he retreated.

Seeing Wu Wenzuo's reunion, Du Zhongxiao said: "The rewards in the army must be checked and sent before sending them. Today, my new official takes office, and it is inevitable that I will celebrate. If there is still good wine in the yamen, I will give it to the army, so I will have some wish."

Cheng Wenli stepped forward and whispered: "The magistrate, although our army is small, it has always been brewing a lot of wine because it has many troops. However, the northern part is very cold, and since the popular white wine a few years ago, it has been loved by local military and civilians. The good wine they talk about actually refers to white wine. There are really not many water wine in the city. There are still a lot of water wine, but the army does not like it. If it continues, I am afraid they will cause trouble."

Du Zhongxiao was stunned for a moment and said, "Since there is water wine, how could there be no white wine?"

Cheng Wenli patiently explained: "Zhijun didn't know that white wine was steamed from the lees and didn't get much. In places like this county, too much water wine was brewed and it couldn't be sold. Only wine lees could steam white wine, which was a good thing."

Du Zhongxiao heard this and couldn't help but smile and said, "How come I don't know that the method of steaming wine from wine lees is to be presented to the court by my family! But you don't know that it is not easy to make white wine with wine lees and water wine? The white wine that comes out is still as good as white wine!"

Cheng Wenli was stunned when he heard this. Unexpectedly, the new Zhijun was an expert in brewing wine. The method of steaming white wine was issued by the court, and this was the case in the prefectures and prefectures. I have never heard of the fact that you can make white wine with water wine.

The Volcanic Army has only more than 3,000 households, and there are nearly 2,000 imperial guards. The army accounts for a very high proportion of the population, and the sales of wine are far from comparable to those of the mainland state army. The reason for this is that the army is good at wine, and they receive military salary every month and have extra money. Another thing, although it is not intentional, the court also uses wine and recycles cash from soldiers, which is a small economic cycle.

After asking clearly that the city has a lot of water and wine stocks, Du Zhongxiao said to Cheng Wenli: "Don't worry about this matter. I will teach you how to make white wine with water and wine. This method is very easy. I will give you wine today to avoid the resentment of the soldiers in the city."

Cheng Wenli bowed his hands and sang a promise. After leaving, he wondered how to make white wine from water wine.

Pan Zhen, the director of the army, stepped forward and reported to the Volcano Army's households and Qian Gu, and briefly said something. Sun Dan stepped forward and reported to the Ding Zhuang archer of his army and the surrounding forts. Zhuangcheng commander in the three commanders of the Volcano Army was actually under Sun Dan. However, Pang Bing was domineering and attracted Zhuangcheng commander, and Zhuangcheng commander Sun Dan could not command easily.

This was just a ceremony. The civil and military officers came up to show their faces, saying that from now on, Du Zhongxiao will be the commander of the volcanic army.

Everyone retreated, and Du Zhongxiao said, "All matters will be handled tomorrow. The banquet will be held in the yamen tonight, and you will be invited to drink a glass of wine. You will also bring wine from the yamen warehouse to the army, and each team will be planned to celebrate. The supervisors will restrain their subordinates and will not cause trouble when drunk. Those who violate military orders will be killed without mercy!"

Everyone sang their promises with their hands and left the official hall one after another. The Volcanic Army was a small place, with military generals among the officials. This sloppy welcome ceremony was also very unserious. Before leaving the official hall, the officials laughed and made Du Zhongxiao frown.

The releasing officer Cheng Wenli walked at the end, looked at Du Zhongxiao's face, shook his head and said, "I am a military officer in the border area, and ordinary officials are unwilling to come here. These officials in the yamen do not know the etiquette of the superiors and subordinates. Don't blame me if you are used to it."

Du Zhongxiao stood up and said casually: "It's okay, there's nothing wrong with being rough and careless. Just don't do anything randomly. Let's go and see the wine."

Cheng Wenli quickly walked out of the official hall, called Pan Zhen, and led Du Zhongxiao out of the yamen.

The small town is not big, with only a decent restaurant, "Jiuqu Pavilion", right next to the yamen. This is also the official restaurant of the Volcanic Army. The wine consumed by the people in the city and the army is all brewed here.

Today, Du Zhongxiao took office as a new official, and Jiuqu Pavilion specially built a Cailou Building. There were even a few female prostitutes standing at the door, leaning lazily beside the Cailou Building. Several wealthy families in the city held a banquet here in the name of welcoming the new official as a result, and I don’t know who to invite them.

Several people entered the backyard of Jiuqu Pavilion through the back door. Zhou Xintian, who was also the restaurant manager in front of the active yamen, came up to greet him and sang a promise.

Cheng Wenli said: "This is the new official Du of the Zhijun. Because there is no white wine in the city, I came here specially. How much water and wine do you have? All of them will be moved to the winemaking place. The official will teach you how to make white wine."

Zhou Xintian smiled and said, "The official is joking. I have never heard that water wine can be made into white wine. A pound of white wine can buy nearly ten pounds of water wine. If it can be made into white wine, which one can make water wine?"

Cheng Wenli glared at Zhou Xintian, and Zhou Xintian hurriedly shut up and called the servant to carry the water and wine from the warehouse.

It was the time to make wine. The winemaking place was noisy and dozens of people were busy. This was the biggest source of income for the Volcano Army. In addition to the supervisor Zhou Xintian, there were also officials here to take charge of the daily life. When he saw Du Zhongxiao and his party, he hurried forward to greet him.

As soon as he entered the door, Du Zhongxiao saw a large amount of wine lees piled up in the middle, two large steamers next to them, and the fire was burning underneath.

Cheng Wenli pointed to the big rice dumpling and said, "Look at Zhijun. Local military and civilians love to drink white wine. Many of the water wine they brew are for making wine lees and steaming white wine from wine lees. I wonder what the Zhijun has to do to make white wine from water wine?"

Du Zhongxiao smiled and said, "How do you make white wine from the lees now?"

Cheng Wenli bowed: "Returning to Zhijun, it was a water supply under the steamer. The white wine in the lees was forced by water vapor and was put away from behind."

"Well, since you add water under the steamer and steam the lees and then you will produce white wine. Then you don't use water under the steamer, but use water wine, and you will make white wine from the water wine? This method is extremely simple, but you didn't think about it!"

Cheng Wenli was stunned for a moment and murmured: "How can this work? Using wine instead of water, isn't there even no water or wine?"

Du Zhongxiao laughed: "There is no water and wine, but there is too much white wine made! And it is useless to make white wine from the lees of wine. If you use wine instead of water, the lees of steamed wine can still be used, wouldn't it be much more convenient?"

The purpose of steaming wine is to steam out the alcohol, whether the alcohol is in the lees or in the wine below. The reason for using wine lees is because the physical properties of the wine lees are just able to filter the alcohol Titian, and the one that comes out happens to be liquor. This method goes a step further and does not make water wine, but directly distillate the fermented wine lees, which is the solid fermentation and solid distillation.

Du Zhongxiao first made granules and liquor to use waste of wine lees, and it was not only possible to make liquor from wine lees. Because of geographical customs in the Central Plains, they did not like strong and choking liquor, so they insisted on making granules and liquor. This method was passed down to the north. There were different folk customs, and people prefer to drink strong liquor, and it was out of place to stick to the method of making liquor.

Although Cheng Wenli didn't believe it, he did not dare to refute Du Zhongxiao's words, so he had to instruct the workers to change the water in a large steamer into wine and steam it.
Chapter completed!