The day after Li Jie returned home, he heard the concierge announce Wang Lun's visit. He had not been heard from since Li Jie returned from his study tour in Baisha last year. After many inquiries, no news came.
When he walked to the door, he saw a well-built young man. He could vaguely tell it was Wang Lun between his brows. He was completely different from the fat boy when he was a child. Wang Lun's expression changed when he saw Li Jie greeting him in person. He didn't expect this person to be Wang Lun.
My childhood friend still remembered him after he became a scholar in high school.
Wang Lun's voice was slightly hoarse: "Shenzhi, congratulations! I was awarded the title of Sanding Jia. It's a pity...I'm afraid I didn't intend to take the imperial examination."
Li Jie was surprised to see his gloomy expression: "What? Where is that high-spirited young man back then?"
Wang Lun's expression moved slightly and he muttered something he wanted to say but didn't. He sighed and said, "Oh! It's a long story."
Li Jie saw that he had a troubled look on his face, as if he had something to hide, so he brought him into the house and prepared to enlighten him: "Youquan, come with me and talk about it."
Li Jie came to the study and asked: "But what happened? There has been no news from you in the past few days."
Wang Lun looked slightly sad and murmured: "Shenzhi, my home is gone...it's all gone."
Li Jie was shocked when he heard this: "What? What happened? Who is the murderer? Has the murderer been caught and brought to justice?"
Wang Lun felt warm when he heard his friend's concern, and said slowly: "When I returned to my hometown to worship my ancestors the year before last, I encountered a fight between martial arts people on the way and was affected. If it hadn't been for Mr. Mo Da of the Hengshan sect, I might not have been able to escape the bad luck. Later, I learned from my master
I know that the two parties at war are the Demon Sect and the Songshan Sect."
"By the way, Mr. Mo Da saw that I was helpless and had good talent in martial arts, so he took me into his sect. The demon cult members who killed my parents had already been killed by my master. At the moment when my parents were poisoned,
, I swore that I would be incompatible with the Demonic Cult and Songshan Mountain in this life! I came here this time because I heard that you had returned home, and I planned to say goodbye to you. The world is a long way from here, and I don’t know if we will see each other again in the future.”
After listening to Wang Lun's story, Li Jie secretly thought that it was an unreasonable disaster.
"Youquan, my condolences. Alas! The imperial court is still too indulgent towards these martial arts people. I will definitely report to the imperial court in the future to properly manage these martial arts sects! With your talents, you will definitely shine in the martial arts world. When the time comes,
You must support me in the world."
Wang Lun smiled and said: "Okay! I originally planned to make a difference in the officialdom with you, but now I have no intention to do that. When the day comes, as long as you give the call, no matter where I am, I will definitely come.
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Li Jie had never had a good impression of the martial arts sects in this world, and now he was even more disgusted with them. He secretly secretly believed that he would set rules for these sects when he came to power in the future.
Mo Dajianghu, known as Xiaoxiang Yeyu, would become one of the top ten masters in the Orthodox Church in the future. He could perform the Thirteen Movements of Hengshan Cloud and Mist in a variety of ways. It was a good destination for Wang Lun to become his disciple, but Li Jie
I still feel a bit regretful. With Wang Lun's talent, he should have entered the officialdom instead of going to the world.
When he met Wang Lun again this time, Li Jie found that the smile on his face was obviously gone, and he was no longer the lively and cheerful young man before. However, he believed that gold would shine wherever it went, and Wang Lun might lead the Hengshan Sect.
Get a little different color.
Watching Wang Lun's retreating figure, Li Jie felt a lot of emotions in his heart. He hoped that Wang Lun could let go of his hatred and get out of the haze in his heart when we meet again one day.
The next day, he originally planned to go to the Chief Secretary's Yamen to visit Chen Bin. Unfortunately, Chen Bin happened to be out for the past two days. Li Jie had to leave a greeting note and wait for him to come back before communicating with him. Li Jie simply went there.
Lin Pu is ready to finalize the brewing matter.
Li Jie has already drawn the utensils used for brewing wine on the manuscript paper. All he needs to do is let the skilled craftsmen in the clan make them according to the drawings. The specific details have been noted on the drawings one by one.
Coming to Linpu again, the clan attaches great importance to Li Jie, the most outstanding young man of the younger generation. Along the way, many children looked at Li Jie carefully with their eyes wide open, wanting to see this man who is often mentioned by their elders in clan studies.
Many brave children asked Li Jie what was so special about his clan brother. Li Jie answered them one by one, and soon he was surrounded by people three circles apart.
"It's such a noisy scene, what a shame! It's gone, it's gone!"
Following Lin Huai, the elder of the clan, scolded the children, and they dispersed one after another. They often got beaten up a lot, and seeing Lin Huai was like a mouse seeing a cat.
Lin Huai worked as a county magistrate for a period of time in the early years, but he did not have much interest in being an official. Now he is free at home. In addition to teaching at clan schools on weekdays, he is also in charge of some of the clan's external affairs. This time Li Jie
He had informed the clan in advance before coming, so he was the one to receive Li Jie this time.
"Come with me."
Li Jie followed Lin Huai all the way to the clan meeting hall. When he arrived in the hall, he saw several people waiting there. When Lin Huai arrived, they all saluted him. Lin Huai nodded slightly, and then waved the irrelevant people to leave.
"Shen Zhi, is it true that you found the method of making wine from ancient books? As soon as the clan received your news, they mobilized skilled craftsmen and masters who have been brewing wine for many years, and they are all here to prepare for your call."
Seeing Li Jie hesitate to speak, Lin Huai said: "Don't worry, these people are all members of the clan, whoever dares to leak it will see if I will expel him from the family tree!"
Hearing this, Li Jie took out the drawings he had drawn before: "Water will turn into steam when heated, and this is the secret of soju. I call this brewing process distillation. It uses sorghum (sorghum) as raw material and passes through several processes.
After heating, fermentation, and steaming, the final wine is what ordinary people call shochu. Uncle Clan, let’s see, these are the utensils needed in the process of making wine.”
Lin Huai took the drawings and handed them to an old man. The old man took the drawings and looked at them for a long time. His eyes became brighter and brighter as he looked at them one by one. The old man had been immersed in brewing for decades, and he could understand the joints when he saw the drawings.
Said continuously.
"Wonderful! Wonderful! I didn't expect that the method of making liquor turns out to be like this. It's really eye-opening and enlightening!"
After saying that, he looked at Li Jie with burning eyes, as if he were seeing a rare treasure. He knew very well how much profit the liquor made. Li Jie couldn't stand being stared at and had goosebumps all over his body.
Lin Huai heard this and said: "Oh, since you think it is feasible, it seems that there is not much problem. Be careful, I still need your guidance on the specific brewing method. The clan has never been exposed to shochu before, and some of them
I'm afraid the joints are not very clear."
Li Jie smiled slightly: "No problem, this is what Shen Zhi should do."
On the way here, Lin Huai discussed with Li Jie how to divide the profits. Li Jie proposed a method. As for other production and management, all other production and operations would be handled by the clan. In the end, Li Jie accounted for six floors of profit. Li Jie initially planned that only four floors would be enough.
However, Lin Huai disagreed. The Yandao clan occupied 4 floors, which is enough. Without Li Jie, there would be no such income.