June Xinyou, the fifth day of the first lunar month.

It was already midsummer, the weather was so hot, and the rain finally gradually increased.

Xu Ping ran back to his yard. Although he had a lotus leaf in his hand, his body was almost wet. He was just now bringing the farmer to plow the fields, and suddenly a dark cloud floated. Everyone didn't take it seriously at first. Unexpectedly, a thunder sounded up on the flat ground, and the heavy rain started to fall. In a hurry, Xu Ping picked a lotus leaf and ran back first.

After entering the courtyard, Xu Ping shook the water on his body, but looked up and found Xiuxiu and Suer lying under the shed by the door, not knowing what they were doing.

When they walked up, they found a kitten in front of them, who was not weaned yet, and they squatted in the haystack with their innocent big eyes looking at them.

Xu Ping asked, "Xiuxiu, when did you remember to raise a cat?"

Xiuxiu said: "The official asked Sister Suer and I to make music here. It's just now. But I don't know why there were so many mice these days. I was afraid that I would eat all the songs, so Brother Sun Qi came to find a cat, which was so bad. He sent it today, but he knew it was so small! It's not as big as a mouse, so why would he be afraid of it!"

Su'er comforted Xiuxiu: "Don't look at it as small as it can scream, and the mouse will not dare to come."

Xu Ping looked at the kitten and found it funny, and said to Xiuxiu: "Don't worry, this kind of little thing grows the fastest. If you have nothing to do, feed it to something delicious, it won't be too much for you to annoy you."

Xiuxiu was reluctant to believe it, and she only sighed there.

Xu Ping went back to his room to change his clothes and came to the shed to watch the song.

Xiuxiu looked at the rain outside and said worriedly: "I don't know if this kind of weather will get moldy. It's about to be done, but this is not going well, that is really worrying!"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "Silly girl, it is precisely because of this koji that makes it moldy! The koji can make wine all the time due to the various molds on it. It is best to make the koji quickly in this humid weather."

Xiuxiu looked at Xu Ping, but the meaning on her face was that she didn't believe it, and she just thought that the official was coaxing herself again.

The purpose of Qu is to give birth to various molds, which use the biological effects of molds to convert sugar into alcohol. The quality of Qu depends entirely on the type and number of molds above. Good Qu has more beneficial bacteria and fewer harmful bacteria.

In addition to the raw and cooked quatrains, the fungi grown on them are also different, and the types of sugars to be adapted to are also different. The reason why glutinous rice is used more when brewing wine at this time is because the proportion of amylopectin inside is suitable for brewing Xiaoqu. To make real white wine, you must use crushed wheat to make chokers and slowly cultivate suitable bacteria. In fact, the main function of the wheat grains is bran. Xu Ping did not dare to take the risk of making bran chokers directly, but still used traditional methods to make da chokers and slowly screen them.

The quality of the qualities directly determines the quality of the wine. In Xu Ping's previous life, those famous wines that have been passed down for many years used had stable colonies formed for a long time, forming the special flavor of the wine.

The chorizo ​​here was just starting to be made, as long as it could be made of real white wine, Xu Ping didn't think about what kind of peerless wine it made. That was unrealistic and was not Xu Ping's real purpose.

In addition to Daqu, Xu Ping also asked Xiuxiu and Suer to re-screen a kind of small qu. This is not used to make white wine, but to make alcohol with sweet sorghum. Unlike the main ingredients of cereals, crops that can effectively make alcohol such as sweet sorghum, sweet potatoes, cassava and sugarcane are generally not solid fermented, but mostly liquid fermentation. The made in this way does not have the taste of wine, and although the degree is not high, it cannot be called wine. This thing is to steam the remaining lees of Daqu wine to make low-end liquor with fake and real, which is Xu Ping's purpose is to spend a lot of effort. The market of Xu family restaurants has been limited to death. Only by significantly reducing the cost of wine can you obtain higher profits. You should know that the cost of making wine in this way is astonishingly low. The alcohol produced by a mu of sweet sorghum or sweet potato is several times that of corn, let alone grains such as rice and wheat. In his previous life, this was a method of making biofuels, and it was a little bit of it to occupy the mid- and low-end liquor market.

Of course, there are also processes for solid fermentation of these crops, but if the support of the industrial system is not something Xu Ping could use in this era.

After watching the song, Xu Pingxi said, "Xiuxiu and Su'er are really capable. This song seems to be successful. When the weather clears up, we will open the cellar."

The two little girls didn't understand this, and they responded in a loud voice, just teasing the kitten.

Xu Ping sighed, ignored them, and took a greasy paper umbrella and went out to talk to Sang Yi.

Sang Yi came back within two days of the Dragon Boat Festival. He was a trustworthy person. But after going out to inquire about the news for a few days, Sang Yi's passion when discussing with Xu Ping was wiped out a lot.

The Ma family finally got on the line with the group of sorcerers. However, for some reason, they did not invite them to their homes. Instead, they opened a new village in the original Chunze Superintendent near Huimin River. Even those working in the village directly served the soldiers of the group's servants.

This is a typical local tyrants occupy the official land, and the power families are strongly enlisting officers and soldiers. But what? Who dares to care about him? At this time, the empress dowager was in charge of the dynasty. The literati and officials loyal to the Zhao Song Dynasty were all thinking about restricting the empress dowager's power. Of course, they turned a blind eye to these trivial matters. As for the small officials below, they dared to care even more. The empress dowager's power is so powerful, who can guarantee that it is not the second Wu Zetian? Of course, the small officials are protecting themselves so as not to cause a huge disaster.

As the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, Kaifeng was located, and the system was different from that of ordinary prefectures. The prefect basically only cared about the affairs of Tokyo, where high-ranking officials gathered, so it would be good if there was no trouble. In other suburban counties, there were special mentions on the affairs of the counties and towns in Kaifeng Prefecture. At this time, one official and one deputy were Zhang Song and Zhang Junping. Zhang Junping was a water conservancy expert. Not long ago, he proposed to open a ditches to solve the problem of waterlogging in Kaifeng. The two were busy digging ditches everywhere, so where could they have some leisure to care about this bad thing?

The village was located in the territory of the Qunmusi Department, and most people dared not go there. It was a good place for the Ma family to hide this group of people. All parties pretended not to know and pushed them all out.

Xu Ping and Sang Yi had no choice but to slack off.

At this point, the reason why Sang Yi had not left was not because he was so enthusiastic. He was a farmer and found a lot of new things in Xuping Village. Farming was fast and good, and he wanted to learn, so he stayed in Xuping Village.

When Xu Ping found Sang Yi, he was studying the plowing shovel under the shed.

At this time, there was no herbicide. The most worrying thing for farmers to farm is to hoe the ground. No matter how diligent it is, the grass will rise again after a rain and grow much faster than the crops.

Generally speaking, at this time, a male man in the north cultivated about 20 to 30 acres of land on average. Although he could not cultivate as carefully as later generations, the harvest would be enough for the whole family to have food and clothing.

There were only more than 20 people working in Xuping Village, but they planted 1,000 acres of sorghum and alfalfa in one go. Normally, they were busy. They all rely on various new farm tools made by Xuping, and they were very comfortable. When planting, there were seeders, and the crops grew. There were tillages in the middle, and there were shovels. Who would go to hoe the ground?

Sang Yi was wet all over and didn't change his clothes. Seeing Xu Ping coming, he stood up and said, "The little owner of the village has such a wonderful idea. This trip, all the grass was suppressed, and it was not much worse than the hoe. It's a pity that this heavy rain has come, and I have to work harder when the sky clears."

Xu Ping said: "Brother is so bad. Although the plowing is not clean, he always presses the grass under the soil. Even when it rains, he can't get up for a while. This is better than hoeing."

Sang Yi was a little surprised: "Really? Where would such a good thing happen!"

Xu Ping smiled: "After two days, my brother will go and see it!"

The two of them chatted casually for a few words, and then they talked about the group of people who were burning silver.

Sang Yi said bitterly: "I have taken several groups of thieves over the years. The first time I encountered such a thing. If someone has a strong force gets into it, it will be a little difficult for us to deal with it."

Xu Ping became much more calm: "It's better that they are nestled by the Huimin River, it's dozens of miles away from my village, and even if they have trouble, it won't easily involve me."

Sang Yi said: "I heard that the Ma family has some rifts with your family, so aren't you afraid?"

Xu Ping said: "What am I afraid of him? As long as he doesn't mess with him, how can he be patient? Just avoid him, can he still mess with my village?"

Sang Yi shook his head: "I can't hide for the rest of my life."

Xu Ping smiled mysteriously: "How can I hide forever!"

Seeing that Xu Ping had lost interest in the group of thieves, Sang Yi felt it was boring, so he had to turn the topic and just talk about farming.

The reason why Xu Ping changed his attitude was that as time grew, he learned more about the current situation and had other ideas.

At the beginning, he heard that the backer of the Ma family was the queen mother who was behind the curtain. Of course, the big guys could not afford to be offended by his own family. It would be better to hide as far as possible. As time goes by, he heard others talk about the queen mother more often, and he had different ideas.

Empress Dowager Liu was quite strong and almost covered the sky with one hand. The problem was that the emperor gradually grew up, and he was fifteen years old this year. Speaking of which, he was at the age of being in charge of power, Empress Dowager Liu had no intention of giving power. Some ministers asked the empress dowager to withdraw the curtain, but they were all exiled to a distance.

The Song people were shattered. When they had such a thing, when they mentioned this empress dowager, they often talked about whether she would become the Empress Lü of the Song Dynasty, or even Wu Zetian of the Song Dynasty.

It’s nothing once or twice, but Xu Ping will hear the smell after more times. This kind of thing is not something that the lower class people talk about, but that the ministers in the court generally think so and are guarding against it.

Although Xu Ping's history is not very good, he also knows that there is no story of Empress Lu in the Song Dynasty. The Zhao family's butt on the throne is more stable than any dynasty. The empress dowager will ascend to heaven sooner or later, and the emperor will take power sooner or later. There are so many such rumors in the court and the country. You can also know the consequences of the empress dowager's relatives in the toes.

The Empress Dowager is fifty or sixty years old, how many years can she survive? It’s just that she just lives honestly in the past few years and doesn’t cause trouble. When the Empress Dowager ascends to heaven, what’s the Ma family?

After thinking about this, Xu Ping became calm and just kept the manor tightly.

After talking for a while, Sang Yi pointed to a lane in the shed: "I often see the owner of the small manor busy next to this car, I don't know what the purpose is? This car has no shaft and cannot drive the animals. Can I use people to pull it?"

Xu Ping's eyes lit up: "Brother has a good vision, this car is my hard work! Nothing else made is comparable to that. Let's keep it aside today. Tomorrow is my teacher's birthday. I will use this car to pick up my parents in the town and celebrate the teacher's birthday together. Then I will know."
Chapter completed!