"Come on, follow me in." Tang Ao came to a large tent covering an area of about two hundred square meters with a smile on his face. Tables and chairs had already been set up here for visitors to rest. .And the wooden table is filled with large clean bowls, placed in front of each chair.
I don’t know what kind of tricks Tang Ao was playing. Chengzuo Fu, Gongsun Guang, Zeng Tong, Han Ce, Shen Yunyi, Qin Mushan and others came in one by one, imitating Tang Ao’s appearance, and played in the air. He sat down in front of the empty chair.
As soon as everyone finished eating, Tang Ao clapped his hands and said, "Come on, bring the things over."
As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen beautiful women poured in outside the tent. With pretty faces and graceful figures, each of them held a wine jar. Then they came to stand in front of the chairs one by one to ensure that every guest was in front of them. There is always a woman waiting on you.
With so many girls walking into the tent, Chengzuo Fu and others were even more confused. Even Zeng Tong, Han Ce and others looked confused. They all had official duties. I was called here urgently by His Highness, and I still don’t know what to do.
Ignoring the doubts in everyone's eyes, Tang Ao said to the girls standing in front of him, "Come on, let's let the distinguished guests taste our new wine.
Yes, what Tang Ao has created this time is a new type of wine. It has been four years since he came to this world, and he has many discomforts, one of which is that there is no good wine that can enter his mouth.
In fact, there is no shortage of food in Daqian, and there is naturally no shortage of wine. It is just that because of the backward technology, the alcohol content is not only too low, but also extremely bitter, and it is really not interesting to drink. And a long time ago Tang Ao is planning to make his own wine. He believes that the new wine made through distillation technology will not only be strong enough, but also taste good, and more importantly, it must be an extremely profitable business.
I have always had this idea, but I didn’t have time to do it when I was in Daliang City. When I first came to Jizhou, there was insufficient food, so brewing wine was naturally impossible. Now that the sea route is open, more food can be transported by sea. Come, and the land in Jizhou is fertile, and the amount of reclaimed wasteland is enough, there will be no shortage of food in the future, so we came up with the idea of making wine. Now that we have finally made the trip, we have called everyone here to let them taste it, and of course it is also for commercial interests. .
With an order, the wine jar was opened, and a scent of wine that had never been smelled before came to the face. In a moment, all the guests in the tent became excited, although they had not yet drunk this strong drink. Wine, just the smell of it makes many people intoxicated.
Especially the alcoholics Shen Yunyi, Qin Mushan and others kept making swallowing movements in their throats. It was really just the smell of wine that aroused their greed and made them unable to control themselves.
The situation in Chengzuofu and Kumonguang is not much better. In Beidi, which is located in the north, the winter time is almost the same as spring, summer, and autumn. Under such harsh weather conditions, wine has become a popular choice for many people. It is something used to ward off the cold. Over time, everyone has developed a good capacity for drinking, and naturally they have become masters of wine tasting.
People who know wine have become very curious based on the aroma of wine. They are all thinking that if the strength and taste of wine can be the same as the aroma of wine, then this will be the best thing to keep away the cold. , it is a rare thing.
Seeing everyone's actions, Tang Ao chuckled. He knew that he had achieved most of his goal. "Here, pour the wine."
A dozen young girls immediately raised the wine jar high, and then the pure and still water-like liquor came into everyone's eyes, and was then poured into the bowl.
"Colorless and pure, good." Shen Yunyi laughed. Indeed, judging from the appearance, this wine is extremely clear, much better than the muddy yellow rice wine they drank before.
When the bowl was put into the wine, the aroma became stronger. At this moment, everyone unanimously turned their attention to Tang Ao. Obviously everyone was a polite person, knowing that the owner didn't say anything, so it was difficult for everyone to taste it, although at this moment, it was quite a bit... The feeling of being unable to wait.
"Well, give it a try, but I would like to remind everyone that this wine is extremely strong, so don't drink too much, otherwise you will be the one who makes a fool of yourself." Tang Ao laughed and made a gesture of invitation.
Everyone's minds had already been filled with the aroma of wine, and they could not hear what Tang Ao was talking about at this moment. Seeing that it was ready to drink, everyone stopped being polite and raised their bowls to drink. Fortunately, everyone knew it. This wine is so precious that I didn't drink it all in one go, or maybe I was afraid that such an action would spill the wine, which would really be the biggest waste.
The wine enters your mouth and fills your mouth with fragrance.
The wine enters the throat, and the passion surges.
Next, when the strong alcohol entered the body, a wave of strong energy quickly enveloped the whole body, and the feeling of burning fire spread throughout the body, making the guests' faces turn red involuntarily and their whole bodies became hot.
"Good wine, good wine!" Heroic Marquis Qin Mushan laughed loudly. Amid laughter, he picked up the wine bowl again and drank it all in one gulp.
The performance of the others was not much better. They all drank from their bowls. Although they did not say anything to praise, judging from their expressions, it was clear that this wine had completely conquered them.
"Hahaha, Your Highness Prince Ji, but do you know if this wine has a name?" Cheng Zuofu, who was laughing heartily, asked curiously the moment he put down the wine bowl.
"Well, this wine is very strong and non-heroes cannot drink it all, so I call it hero's drunkenness."
"Heroes are drunk! What a good name. The wine is just like its name. Non-heroes cannot drink it." After hearing this, Chengzuo Fu sighed.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, but I don't know how much the output of this wine is?" Gongsun Guang in the crowd was extremely shrewd, and the question he asked was also very critical.
Tang Ao had known that there would be this problem, so he smiled and said: "Brewing this wine requires a lot of grain. The output is not very large, but it can still be done with a small supply."
"Oh, so we can also buy this wine." Gongsun Guang asked excitedly with excitement on his face.
"Yes. But again, this wine is a waste of food, and the price is naturally very expensive." Tang Ao nodded. Are you kidding? If he couldn't sell it, why did he call everyone here? Just to show off. ? He is not so naive.
"Haha, okay, okay, I want this wine." Gongsun Guang was very excited when he heard that it was indeed available for purchase. As for the price being very expensive, he didn't have to pay for it anyway. He would sell it to Beidi dignitaries at a high price later. Well, in the end it's those people who pay the bill. As long as the wine is good, everything will be fine.
Bowls of heroic drunkenness were poured into everyone's mouths, and everyone's faces began to turn red. They did not listen to Tang Ao's reminder. As soon as the stamina of the wine came out, it only took a while before half of it fell down. The man was snoring everywhere at the moment.
"Your Highness, is everything going to be okay?" Zeng Tong asked with a worried look on his face as he saw that most of the people were drunk.
"It's okay, I'm just drunk. Just sleep and wake up." Tang Ao answered confidently, but he was thinking in his heart, are you kidding? Sixty-proof liquor is almost as good as alcohol.
It's a high degree. After drinking so much at once, it's strange not to be drunk.
"Come here, help them all down to rest." Tang Ao saw that it was impossible to talk about things in this situation, so he decided to talk slowly. Then his eyes fell on Zeng Tong and Han Ce who were still awake and said.
"Two gentlemen, I don't need to tell you how effective this wine is. I will leave it to you to sell the wine. You can also use war horses. If there are no war horses, you can also use people to exchange them, but you must use your body."
A healthy person is preferably an adult, a man in his prime."
"In exchange?" Zeng Tong and Han Ce both looked surprised.
"Yes, it's just to exchange people. With so much wasteland, we don't have to worry about food for the time being, but the population growth rate is still too slow. If there is a big war next, it won't work without enough troops," Tang Ao said firmly.
Said like.
After the Maxim heavy machine gun was invented, a British army of more than 50 people repelled dozens of charges from more than 5,000 Metabilis with only four Maxim heavy machine guns, killing three people.
More than a thousand people.
In the subsequent World War I, the German army equipped with Maxim heavy machine guns killed 60,000 British troops in one day during the Battle of the Somme, making it the deadliest battle in World War I.
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The Maxim heavy machine gun became famous all over the world. It was precisely because of the emergence of the Maxim heavy machine gun that the mode of modern warfare was changed.
The usual large-scale group charge operations were completely suicidal in the face of heavy machine guns.
But in the era of cold weapons, the number of people means combat effectiveness! The strength of an army is often closely related to the number of people.
The Jizhou Army trains hard, but any army with a designation can be called an elite. If the number of people is the same, the Jizhou Army is really not afraid of any army from any force. But what if the opponent has too many troops?
Just like King Zhong, who commanded 200,000 troops. Just this number made the Jizhou army sigh. Speaking of which, the regular army of Jizhou is only 50,000 people, and even if the reserves are included, it is only 80,000 people.
That’s all.
With 80,000 fighting against 200,000, since the Jizhou Army is an elite force and the tactics are correct, victory is still very promising. But in this case, the Jizhou Army will also be severely damaged. How many people can survive?
Woolen cloth?
If the final result is that the Jizhou Army is crippled, it will be a problem not only to conquer the world, but also to protect themselves.
Having said that, even if the Jizhou Army is very powerful and does not suffer too many losses, if it occupies an extra state, it will always need to send troops to guard it. Where will the soldiers come from?