A big man in "Qixiangju" slapped the table and whispered: "I have been good at drinking since I was a child. I have been drinking in this restaurant for decades. But recently, other restaurants have sold strong wine, but there are not. This is a pity! I heard that the young man made strong wine outside and came here to taste it early. Waiter, quickly make a corner of the strongest wine, and I drank it and removed the cold air."

The servant next to him responded loudly, and within a moment he made a pot of wine and placed it on the table, filling the man with it.

The big man shouted OK, picked up the wine bowl and drank it all. As soon as the wine was in his mouth, he spit out "pop".

With his eyes wide open, the man said to the servant: "Zhi Niang, do you think I have never drunk strong wine? You don't smell any wine in this wine, and you dare to imitate others calling it strong wine! The wine in the 'Zuixianju' is so powerful and powerful, so how can it fade out like a bird here!"

Wu Kejiu, who was worried behind the counter, coughed and said, "Li Sanlang, we made this wine for the first time, and it is inevitable that the taste is worse. I heard from people that this wine needs to be made several times before it can be stronger. If you come to drink it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, it will be fine."

Li Sanlang heard this and said, "What did Xiao Yuanwai say? I have drunk too much of the Du family's spirits, so how is this? Xiao Yuanwai, you don't know where to learn the method, I'm afraid you're cheated. The wine made from the lees is not like this."

Wu Kejiu had to smile with her face: "I'm sure that we will make this wine for the first time, so we need to practice more."

Originally, Wu Kejiu thought that Teng Dalang's method was wrong, but he didn't expect that after steaming for a long time, the bamboo tube actually produced a strong wine, which was exactly the same as that made by Du Zhongxiao. However, the efficiency was too low, and even a few kilograms of wine could not produce a few kilograms of wine, which was not much more cost-effective than exchanged for "Zuixianju".

Without condensation, the wine lees are not piled well in the pot, which will affect the efficiency of wine production. Du Zhongxiao knew the principle and tried it many times before he found a suitable process. Wu Kejiu wanted to steam wine efficiently like "Zuixianju", but he still didn't know how long it took to explore.

"Qixiangju" is an old restaurant. Today, the spirits were made. The news spread quickly. People come in to buy wine from time to time. Unfortunately, Wu Kejiu did not mix the steamed wine sub-jar, and the last good wine that came out mixed with the water and wine in front, which aroused dissatisfaction from the guests.

In the backyard of "Zuixianju", a servant carried a small jar and gently flashed in, saluting Du Zhongxiao who was standing in the yard: "Little official, 'Qixiangju' has indeed made a strong liquor to sell. But their wine has no strength and the smell of wine is not strong, and the guests are complaining. The young official bought two kilograms and came back. The young official tasted it and what was the difference between us."

Du Zhongxiao took out a handful of copper coins and gave them to the servant, took the jar, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, let's go to the front to do things."

Putting the jar on a small table in the yard, Du Zhongxiao poured a bowl, tasted it, and couldn't help but frown.

When Han Lian heard the news, he hurried into the backyard and asked Du Zhongxiao: "How? I heard that the wine in 'Qixiangju' is not strong."

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "It's not just not strong, it doesn't smell much wine at all. The wine cannot be kept, and it's even worse than water wine. It's strange to say that since they sent someone to see how we make wine, how do we make this kind of thing?"

After hearing this, Han Lian rushed forward and poured another bowl, took a bite, and couldn't help but smile and said, "No matter how simple it is to make wine, you can't learn it by just looking at it. What is this made by 'Qixiangju'? They dare to sell it. Dalang was relieved, and the method of steaming wine was not so easy to learn. We just need to do business with peace of mind and slowly want to deal with 'Qixiangju'."

Du Zhongxiao is not so optimistic. "Qixiangju" makes wine like this, and most of the time it is because there is a problem with the process and the basic principle is correct. As long as the principle is correct and the process is gradually improved, they will succeed one day.

At this moment, a servant came in from outside and bowed to Du Zhongxiao: "Little official, there is an official outside asking for a meeting. He said that the governor of this prefect was his uncle. He passed by this county because he went to Xuzhou to visit relatives."

Du Zhongxiao took over the Mingtao and saw that it was Mei Yaochen, the nephew of the prefect Mei Xun. He changed from Xiangcheng County to the Huzhou wine tax, and came to see his uncle and passed by Linying. This man had never known him and was an official, but he didn't know why he came to visit him.

After receiving the famous sect, Du Zhongxiao followed the servant to the restaurant, but saw a young official in his thirties standing next to his horse.

Needless to ask, this is Mei Yaochen.

Du Zhongxiao stepped forward and bowed, saying, "Du Zhongxiao, how dare you ask if he is the Magistrate Mei?"

Mei Yaochen nodded, and then looked at Du Zhongxiao for a while, and then said, "No. A few days ago, I saw a fu fu you wrote, which was quite ancient, and several friends were amazed. I was going to Xuzhou City, and I came to visit. - I was taking the exam in the capital a year ago. I met your father Du Xun. At that time, everyone was a worldly dying. I drank a drink, but I didn't expect that he would go through many hardships afterwards."

Mei Yaochen was a low-level official because his uncle Mei Xunenyin became an official and had no future in the officialdom. Mei Yaochen participated in the imperial examination many times, but failed the exam again. Before the New Year, he failed the provincial examination again and met Du Xun, who failed the exam together. However, at that time, he failed the Jinshi and asked someone to drink and vent, and had no close friends. If it weren't for Du Zhongxiao, the two would never have had any interaction in their lives.

The Jinshi exam is not just about literary talent. Fu and strategy have a role in understanding current affairs and classics. If the rhythm is not up to standard, you will never pass the exam. Mei Yaochen is an example. He became famous at a young age and was already a well-known poet in the world and is quite famous in the literary world. My uncle was a master of the time and a high-ranking official at this time. Mei Yaochen, who grew up with Mei Xun, was born as a Jinshi. But things are so strange. When he became an adult, Mei Yaochen did not miss the imperial examination every time, but let alone high school, he still failed the exam several times.

Mei Yaochen was an official in Luoyang a few years ago and had a good relationship with Ouyang Xiu and others. He accidentally saw Du Zhongxiao's "Fu of Autumn Sounds". He admired it very much and wrote a letter to discuss it. This was originally Ouyang Xiu's work in his later years, so he naturally admired Du Zhongxiao's tastes.

Before I met, the Du Zhongxiao that Mei Yaochen imagined should be a graceful Confucian scholar. When I met today, I was just an ordinary boy and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Then I thought, people should not behave like appearances. Those who can write such articles must be people with exquisite writing.

Du Zhongxiao was a little puzzled by Mei Yaochen's visit and didn't know how to socialize. However, he was an official and his uncle was the current governor of this state, so he could not offend him, so he hurriedly stepped forward and let him go to the restaurant.

After entering the "Zuixianlou", Mei Yaochen looked around and saw that the store was not luxurious, but neat and orderly, and said, "A few days ago, your father returned to the countryside in the capital and fell into trouble. We also heard that. At that time, several students were thinking about collecting some money to send it, but they didn't know where he was. Unexpectedly, a few months later, your family actually started such a restaurant."

Du Zhongxiao replied carefully: "When I was a child, a Taoist priest from the house taught a secret method to make wine from the lees of wine. With this method, the family business was safe. He also learned that the county officials were promoted and opened this restaurant. I collected the wine from the county and prepared wine from the lees of wine and gave porridge to the poor. It was considered as a decent deer for officials and people. The wine made from the lees of wine is powerful, and only my family can make it, so the business is still acceptable."
Chapter completed!