Yueyao also picked up the cup and said with a smile.
"Everyone is so polite! Thank you everyone! Thank you everyone!"
Lin Xu was a little embarrassed, so he quickly picked up the cup and drank it all in one gulp!
"You may not have guessed that Brother Jiuyuan used to be a 'drunkard', known as a man who never gets drunk after a thousand cups of wine!"
After drinking this cup of tea, Xu Changlin looked at Li Jiuyuan and said with a smile.
"What a drunkard? He's just an alcoholic at most! However, that was all in the past, and now I have long since stopped drinking!"
Li Jiuyuan said modestly.
"Whether he is a master of wine or an alcoholic, Mr. Jiuyuan is obviously a good drinker! So, why doesn't Mr. Jiuyuan stop drinking now?"
Yang Dingyuan asked curiously.
"It's all in the past, just don't talk about it!"
Li Jiuyuan waved his hand, as if he didn't want to talk more.
"Since Brother Jiuyuan doesn't want to say it, let me tell you! In fact, there is only one reason why Brother Jiuyuan no longer drinks alcohol, and that is that Brother Jiuyuan feels that brewing wine consumes too much food! In recent years, we in Daning have repeatedly
Suffering from natural disasters, there were occasional foreign invasions on the border, especially in the northwest region, where the famine was even more severe. Many people could no longer survive there and had no choice but to go out to seek a living and became poor refugees... Once, Jiuyuan
Brother Jiuyuan burst into tears when he saw a group of victims fighting for the liquor lees! Since then, Brother Jiuyuan has given up drinking, and he has not tasted a drop of it until now!"
Xu Changlin said with great emotion.
"It takes about five kilograms of grain to make one kilogram of wine, and five kilograms of grain is enough for an ordinary family to eat for a day! If everyone in the world could give up drinking, how many disaster victims would be fed by the food saved!"
Li Jiuyuan sighed, and then said: "Of course, quitting drinking is entirely a personal behavior. Although I quit drinking, I will never force others to quit drinking. However, I hope that everyone in the world will quit drinking.
Everyone can cherish food and treat people well!"
"Mr. Gaoyi!"
Lin Xu said sincerely.
"How can I actually help the victims by giving up alcohol alone? If you are able to donate tens of thousands of dan of food to the victims, that is truly righteous!"
Li Jiuyuan praised Lin Xu again, and then turned the topic to the matter of changing rice into mulberry!
"Now, the imperial court is going to implement the policy of converting rice into mulberry in Jiangsu. If the imperial court can make overall arrangements, and if the people agree to change to mulberry, there is nothing wrong with it. It can even be said to be a good thing that will benefit the country and the people!"
"However, the imperial court neither made overall arrangements nor obtained the consent of the people. Just because it had just signed a big deal with Nanyang merchants, but the raw silk production was not enough, it had to forcibly destroy the people's seedlings and plant mulberry trees instead!"
"How is this behavior different from that of a robber?!"
"In their eyes, are the people really just like ants who can be trampled on at will?!"
Yang Dingyuan was originally a hot-tempered person, and he strongly disagreed with the matter of changing rice to mulberry. Therefore, after hearing what Li Jiuyuan said, he immediately slapped the table!
Because I used too much force, I almost knocked the dishes over!
"Don't worry, sir. After this meal, I will organize the students to call on the people to resist the government's forced cultivation of seedlings! Do they want to use such a rough method to destroy the seedlings of the people? It's not that easy!"
Li Jiuyuan nodded in agreement: "That's right! At such a moment, we scholars must raise our arms and give a shout-out!"
Lin Xu was not very optimistic about this matter, but it was not easy to undermine their confidence, so he just sighed lightly.
Li Jiuyuan was a very keen person. He saw this scene clearly and asked, "Mr. Lin doesn't seem to be optimistic about this matter? Do you think the people can't stop the government from forcibly destroying the seedlings?"
Originally, Lin Xu didn't want to talk more about this matter, but he admired Li Jiuyuan's character very much. Now that Li Jiuyuan asked, he said bluntly: "Yes, I really don't like this matter!" This chapter has been completed!