Chapter 2 Volume 1 Things that all time travelers do

Author: Going to Drunk People

Chapter 2 Volume 1 Things that all time travelers do

For several days, Donggong only did one thing, spend money!

After learning that his personal guard was injured, Li Chengqian had an idea.

Let's make some wine and purify high-quality alcohol to treat the bodyguard's injuries.

In his previous life, as a craftsman in a certain music industry, making wine and purifying alcohol was nothing to him.

Of course, it doesn't matter whether he can cure the personal guard. What matters is that he has a reasonable excuse to do it.

So in the past few days, Donggong customized a large number of brewing tools, and spent all the remaining money on grain.

The reason why he did this was to deliberately give those civil officials a reason to impeach him.

You must know that in the early years of Zhenguan, due to continuous wars and food shortages, the people did not have enough to eat. As the prince of the Tang Dynasty, it was definitely unethical for him to spend such a huge amount of wine!

The prince had lost his moral character, was not considerate of the people, wasted food, and was greedy for pleasure. Why shouldn't the civil officials go crazy and impeach him?

Moreover, Li Chengqian didn't hide anything, and ordered people to buy grain in Chang'an City on a large scale, making the whole city of Chang'an know that the prince was brewing wine in the East Palace.

On this day, Li Chengqian came to the newly built wine making workshop, where a group of eunuchs and maidens were busy.

People in the Tang Dynasty were no strangers to wine making, but the wine brewed in this era seemed bland and tasteless to Li Chengqian, much like the sweet potato wine that later generations drank somewhere.

Specifically speaking, what it feels like is like Erguotou mixed with water.

What Li Chengqian had to do was to distill high-strength wine.

The cooked rice had been fermented for six days, and the fermentation time was almost over, so he came.

In the past few days, he had not done anything. In addition to arranging his men to prepare distillation tools, he also studied the mortality rate of wounded soldiers in the Tang Dynasty army.

It’s really not that I don’t know, I’m shocked when I think about it.

Today’s wounded soldier mortality rate is as high as 70%!

To be honest, after finding out about this high mortality rate, he just couldn't believe it for a moment. He didn't feel much emotion, but felt a little bit happy.

It's not that he is cold-blooded, but he has only been in Datang for a few days, and he has to be wary of revealing his secrets at all times. He lives a cautious life, and he really has no intention of developing empathy with these unfamiliar people.

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To put it bluntly, at this moment, even if Li Er or Empress Changsun, his two nominal parents, passed away, apart from pretending to be a little sad, he probably would not have any trouble in his heart.

After all, feelings cannot be inherited.

"Are you all ready?" Li Chengqian asked, putting aside the messy thoughts in his mind.

The person in charge of the brewing workshop was the eunuch who was preparing to apply eye drops to the personal guards. After Li Chengqian arrived, he was waiting on the side. When Li Chengqian asked, he immediately replied: "Your Highness, everything is ready."

After finishing speaking, the old eunuch looked at Li Chengqian with hesitation.

"Just say what you have to say, don't hesitate."

Hearing this, the eunuch whispered: "Your Highness, some people in the court are quite dissatisfied with Your Highness's move."

"Huh?" When Li Chengqian heard this, although there was no reaction on his face, he was happy in his heart. Isn't this the result he wanted?

"anything else?"

The eunuch said in a low voice, "Some people say that His Highness's move wastes food and is not good for the country."

After saying that, he stopped making any sound and just stood quietly aside.

Li Chengqian smiled. He understood. This guy was reminding himself, "Okay, no matter what they say, just do our best."

After speaking, Li Chengqian arranged for everyone to prepare wine.

Distilling wine is actually not difficult. Compared with brewing wine in the Tang Dynasty, it just requires an additional distillation process.

This process requires a distiller. As far as Li Chengqian is concerned, it is impossible to build a distiller like that of later generations.

However, as a master of craftsmanship in the past, there was no problem in getting an earthen still.

Soon, Li Chengqian had someone pour the fermented rice into the pot, and then someone put a still that had been modified with a steamer on top.

In fact, the so-called modification is just to open a hole in the steamer as required and connect a bamboo tube. Then the distilled wine will flow out along the bamboo tube.

After all the preparations are done, put a heavenly pot on the steamer.

After all this was done, Li Chengqian said: "Bake the fire louder and fill the sky pot with water."

Although a group of people didn't know why Li Chengqian did what he did, he was the prince, and everyone would do what he said.

When the sky pot was filled with water, everyone looked at this weird thing with suspicion. One bold palace maid even whispered: "Is this enough?"

"Look," Li Chengqian said, "By the way, go get the jar and gauze I asked you to prepare before, and put them under the bamboo tube."

As for the gauze, it is used for filtering.

Speaking of gauze, Li Chengqian really admires the wisdom of his ancestors.

At first, he thought that there was no gauze in the Tang Dynasty. After all, the gauze he had come into contact with was all made of cotton. But after he asked tentatively, he realized that the Tang Dynasty had already had this thing.

I heard that there is a spinning tool called a spinning pendant, but its age is unknown...

After the palace maid put the jar in place, a group of people watched and waited.

Except for Li Chengqian, everyone is now curious about what will happen next.

He didn't have to wait too long, and a strong aroma of wine floated out from the bamboo tube.

"This..." Almost everyone was stunned when they smelled this smell.

"The aroma of the wine is too strong, isn't it?" A young palace maid whispered, with a look of disbelief on her face.

Li Chengqian didn't care about this. After waiting for a while, he asked someone to change the water in the Tianguo to cold water. At the same time, he took the Touguo wine aside and continued distilling.

Because Touguo wine contained too many impurities, it was rarely drunk by people in his later generations. After all, it was a life-saving thing, so it was better to be cautious.

After that, the wine is almost the same as Erguotou.

"Your Highness, doesn't this wine taste too fragrant?" At this time, the eunuch standing next to Li Chengqian swallowed his saliva in a pretentious manner.

Li Chengqian smiled. He roughly knew what this guy was thinking, but he didn't care. After all, it's not easy for anyone these days: "Want to have a bite?"

"I dare not waste such a good thing." The old eunuch smiled.

"Okay, this thing smells good, but if you really want to drink it, it's not impossible to drink it. Just wait until you are done with it. I will reward you with a jar of good wine after I am done with it."

When the old eunuch heard this, he immediately thanked him profusely.

Without talking to the eunuch anymore, when he saw that the wine had come out, a big stone fell in Li Chengqian's heart.

To be honest, he was really worried about whether his method would still work after a thousand years.

Now that the wine has come out, he no longer worries about this, but thinks about how to take advantage of such a good opportunity and head west to Chang'an.
Chapter completed!