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Chapter 154 Qingming (1)

The wine industry in the Song Dynasty also flourished. According to the raw materials, it can be divided into fruit wine, rice wine and mixed grain wine, some fruits, glutinous rice, sorghum, wheat, and millet all use them to make wine. Even sweet rice wine made from pure glutinous rice, some people use rice wine tanks to cook.

According to the brewing time, it is divided into big wine and small wine. From spring to autumn, it is sold in half a year. It is called small wine. This wine is steamed in winter and then brewed again. By the summer of the next year, it is sold in big wine. But this steaming is not strictly distilled. Although the wine is not very high in the degree, it is equivalent to the flower sculptures of later generations.

According to color, it is divided into sake and turbid wine. Most of them are turbid wine, so there is a saying that a cup of turbid wine is thousands of miles away. The requirements for sake are stricter. After precipitation and filtering, it cannot be seen. Most of the materials are high-quality rice as the raw materials for brewing. Most of them are large wine, with more complex processes and very expensive.

Some shops have special winemakers, and in this era, the technology is strictly kept confidential. Each craftsman cherishes his own wristwatches. There is a winemaker who comes out with his hands. But he can make wine according to the methods and steps he taught, but others cannot make it. Asked him, he said that winemaking will be based on the temperature, cold and cold weather, and the amount will be as good as the temperature and temperature, and it must be mixed evenly and tasted and measured. However, it cannot be taught here, but the heart is clear.

It's not that mysterious, but it's actually unwilling to tell others about important steals.

In order to clean the wounds for soldiers, Song Jiu studied strict distilled liquor after returning.

I don’t know how many degrees it is, but Song Jiu has tasted it, and it seems to be no less than Erguotou in his previous life.

How can you know that not only the wine is fragrant, but also the most standard sake is also the best!

Song Jiu shouted, "Everyone is trying to have fun, or for the sake of cucumbers, they put their necks down and pour them down. Can this be poured?

Most of the people choked immediately on the spot. Song Jiu said, "One mouthful, one mouthful."

What's so bad is because of curiosity that they brought many female relatives. When they saw them drinking, they watched the women together. At least this bowl can be finished, and they gritted their teeth and drank it. The fatal ones are still behind. They all came with empty stomachs. They had never tasted such strong soy wine, and they were still killed in one breath. Then half of them started to turn around.

Lu Duan said, "Daozi wine, knife, fire is burning."

Before he finished speaking, he fell to the ground all of a sudden.

Not only Lu Duan, half of them were walking around, some yamen were drunk and raised their bowls and said, "Good wine, good wine, what a great wine."

The people next to them were stunned. They could drink too much wine before. Like some amazing sake, they could not drink enough, and they could still drink two or three bowls of people. However, all those who could drink some wine. Why did they almost kill half of the people after one bowl?

It was still very good. Half of the people could stand, including the Pan brothers, but where were the two of them standing. Their faces were red and they only stood without saying a word. After most of the day, Pan Weide said: "It's true that only men can drink wine."

He looked around again, then laughed. At this moment, he had a drunken attack and more than 40 yamen fell down.

Song Jiu said, "There are three more bowls."

There were many people standing, but they looked at each other. If there was still one bowl, they could continue to be able to do it with gritted teeth, but the three bowls discouraged them, and finally they looked at each other together, all of them were scared. Han Qingxiong said: "Jiulang, you are cruel!"

Song Jiu looked at him, it was pretty good. Although he killed half a pound of real Lao Baigan in one breath, his face was quite normal, which was considered a good amount of alcohol. He said, "Han Erlang, can it be considered the world's number one strong wine?"

Han Qingxiong recovered at this time, nodded and couldn't admit it.

"How much business will it bring if you just rely on this world's most powerful name, put it in a store?"

"Yes," Han Qingxiong and Yiganyi suddenly realized that if they taste good or not, they wouldn't mention it, but where is there such a strong spirit? This is also a good gimmick.

Pan Weide asked: "How much does it cost?"

"It's not very clear that the cost is three to four times that of ordinary big wine." Song Jiu said vaguely. Song Dynasty wine is usually between five and thirty cents. It depends on the quality and materials of the wine. It is brewed by sorghum. Sorghum itself is not worth a few cents. Then the price is very expensive if it is brewed by rice. If it is brewed by fruit, the price is even more expensive. There are grades, divided into twenty-six grades, and the first-class is one cent. Big wine is eight to forty-eight cents, twenty-three cents, and first-class is one cent to two cents. If it is three to four times the average big wine, the cost is only between sixty cents and eighty cents. Although it is a bit expensive, other wines cannot be beaten by five or six pounds, and half a pound of sorghum can be beaten by one person. This is worth it.

In fact, Song Jiu missed one thing in the middle, that is, the source of the wine.

Don’t talk about the taste of this wine. Drink it just drinks its spicy taste. No matter it is a big wine or a sorghum wine, or a rice wine, the more powerful it is, the more gimmick it is.

But there will be some trouble. Not all regions of the Song Dynasty implemented a wine-demanding system, including Chen Hua and Cai Ying near Gyeonggi. Due to some special reasons, these regions were allowed to be sold by private wine. However, in Gyeonggi, a strict wine-demanding system was implemented. If you want to brew and sell it, you must buy wine-demanding from the Quyuan. If you don’t have the capital, you can use your home property to pawn your sake kettle. Of course, you can’t pay it back, and you have to pay it back even if you sell it. It is precisely because of this that Song Jiu came up with the regulations for gold shops.

The gold shop is still far away, and Er Zhao may still be considering it. But there is another rule that in addition to brewing folk wine for one's own drink, if it is used for commercial purposes, each wine must be opened fifty miles away from the capital to avoid invading the profits of Quyuan.

There are also official stores in Beijing to sell wine, which is another form of buying puffs. In layman's terms, it is a contracted wine tax. If it is placed in the local area, after contracting the wine tax in this area, there is the right to prohibit the entry of other areas from entering. However, it is not possible in Beijing. After buying puffs, you can only get the right to sell and have no monopoly rights.

If you want to operate for a long time, you must also buy a pony. At the same time, you must have your own wine shop. Only when the cost of the basic wine drops, the cost after distillation can be further reduced. In addition, you cannot simply make the degree for the sake of degree. At least one three steamed three brews, or even seven steamed seven brews. However, this research and development is not Song Jiu's specialty, so you must invite a skilled winemaker to study continuously. Until the launch of a strong liquor with high numbers and high taste can you form a real fist product.

There are so many things going on. And time doesn’t wait for anyone, so I’ll prepare for the Qingming Festival. Then estimate the accounts and see how much money there are. Just set up a wine shop in Henan first, otherwise the land will be empty.

The barbecue will begin.

After suffering, even though the remaining soybean wine was sent out, the yamen tasted it in small sips, and more than a dozen yamen woke up and looked for water everywhere to drink.

Cheers came from the woman.

There were also various beverages sold in the Song Dynasty. Including ice drinks in summer or sugar juice, they were definitely not as good as this fruit enzyme. Several yamen were cooking in their hearts. They ran over and competed with these women regardless of their face. However, these women were not easy to mess with, and they beat them one by one.

Lu Duan finally woke up and vomited on the ground. He vomited for a long time. The yamen runners brought him water to rinse his mouth, woke up a little more, and ran over staggeringly and said, "Song Jiu, are you intentional?"

"No. I said it was very strong, and I said it several times. How could you blame me if you don't believe it?"

Lu Duan was speechless.

Song Jiu was kind-hearted. He quietly pulled him aside and handed him a bowl of fruit enzymes. He asked him to relieve the wine. Lu Duan finished drinking it in one breath. He said, "It tastes better."

"Minister Lu, eat some food."

"I don't want to eat it anymore, I'm dizzy." After Lu Duan said that, he asked the yamen runners to help him back to the county yamen. But no matter what, the wine is so strong, which is an excellent gimmick in itself, plus this novel drink and that kind of fruit.

Some yamen are smart and they can see the prospects of some future store stores. Many yamen have not invested in shares or have invested in small amounts, and they all feel a little regretful at this time.

There is no medicine for regret in the world, and Song Jiu could not gather all the yamen into the charity stock. Just as if they had not seen their eyes, Song Jiu guided everyone to barbecue as if nothing had happened.

Not far away, Pan Lianer whispered a few words to Pan Weizheng. Pan Weizheng ran over and poured a bowl of soju and brought it over. There were also some women who drank, and there were quite a few. At this time, the wine level was low, regardless of men, women, and young people. Seeing Pan Weizheng bringing a bowl of wine, they wanted to taste it together. After tasting, they all stuck out their tongues.

Han Qingxiong ran over and said, "Jiulang, give me a jar, I'll take it back for my father to drink."

"No more, this is just a test piece. I'll give you a try. If you want to drink it, the main store will open in the autumn, some will be there."

"You're so fond of your appetite."

"That's right, don't forget that the store business can only be paid for by you."

"Okay, you're awesome."

So a new legend began to spread in the capital...

...

The Qingming Festival in March is a big festival. It turns out that there was the Shangsi Festival. The Cold Food Festival and the Qingming Festival were basically together. The Shangsi Festival gradually disappeared in the Song Dynasty and became a water-splashing festival for some ethnic minorities. The Qingming Festival and the Cold Food Festival were still retained in the Song Dynasty.

Strictly speaking, the Qingming Festival is the Cold Food Festival, and the Cold Food Festival is not the Qingming Festival.

Generally, the 104th day after the winter solstice is the Cold Food Festival, and the second day is Qingming Festival. It also changed in the Song Dynasty, and it became three days of Cold Food, and the third day is Qingming Festival. The Qingming Festival that Song Jiu said to Pan Lian'er refers to the first day of Cold Food, which is prohibited from eating cold food in the country, and goes outings and visits to the tombs and worships ancestors. Until the third day, the new fire ceremony was held in the palace. The Xiaohuangmen used elm wood to drill fire in the gate. Those who received the fire first had rewards, and then the fire obtained was given to the auxiliary ministers, Qili, Zhengshi, Jiecha, Sansi envoy, the commander of Kaifeng Prefecture, the Privy Councilor, and the Central Envoy. There are also a series of rewards along with the new fire.

This year, Song Jiu made great contributions and was notified by Xiaohuangmen to attend the new fire ceremony, but that was the day after tomorrow.

First, I will have three days off in the school, go to worship my ancestors tomorrow, and come to Xiangguo Temple today.

There are not many people in Xiangguo Temple today, and most of them go to the suburbs together. Song Jiu was looking for Pan Lian'er with his eyes. As a result, he saw a strange scene. Some yamen runners were demolishing some houses around Xiangguo Temple, which were quite large in size.

Song Jiu went over curiously and asked, "Brother Ya, why did you demolish the houses?"

"Your Majesty has issued an order to expand the Xiangguo Temple."

"Expanding Xiangguo Temple?" Song Jiu couldn't help but wonder. According to what he knew, Zhao Kuangyin still had some understanding of the harm of Buddhism. It was not that Buddhism was bad, but it would definitely be bad once it was corrupt. Chai Rong's destruction of Buddhism was extremely progressive, otherwise there would be more than 100,000 households in the Song Dynasty now!

Zhao Kuangyin even obeyed his opinions and sent several eminent monks to Jiangnan to confuse Li Yu. He also heard something. Zhao Kuangyin went south to conquer Li Chongjin. After victory, he returned to the court. The soldiers and civilians in the city met with the city, but none of the monks in the imperial court came out to greet him. Zhao Kuangyin was a little unhappy and sent Zhao Pu to investigate. It would be fine if these monks were really devoted to their practice. They became monks and refused to recognize their families. However, Zhao Pucha's result was that these monks were drinking and having fun. Zhao Kuangyin was furious when he heard the news and dragged these monks over. The monk Huiwen beat them to death in public. Qiong Yin and others were exiled to remote areas after being beaten countless sticks.

In addition, the faint legend between Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Tuan gave Song Jiu at least a response. Zhao Kuangyin suppressed the Buddha's pride. And it seems that the Song Dynasty Buddhism was too corrupt in history. The monks were extremely greedy, and they took advantage of the land of the people, blocked water conservancy, and issued usury loans. They publicly said that money was like honey, including the monks in Shaolin Temple. It was impossible to ban it, so Wang Anshi simply collected the money for the monk's certificate.

I don’t know when Buddhism rose up, did Zhao Kuangyin change his mind?

When Song Jiu was puzzled, Pan Lian'er poked her head out of a carriage and shouted: "Bad man, I'm here."
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