"Nonsense, if I didn't write it, why did you write it?" Lin Xuan said angrily.
"Brother Lin, your poem is very good." Li Dejiang said.
Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong, two big bosses, raised sons with little ink in their bellies.
But Li Jing was different. Although he was also a military commander, he also read a lot, so he had higher requirements for his son.
Although Li Dejiang didn't learn much, he was still a little better than Cheng Chumo in terms of writing.
"You think this poem is good, but what's better?" Cheng Chumo asked.
Forehead!
Li Dejiang was short of words, so he had to say: "Anyway, it is well written."
Lin Xuan was a little speechless, what kind of comment was this.
Cheng Chumo rolled his eyes and said with a flattering look on his face: "Lin Xuan, give me this word!"
Cheng Chumo completely inherited Cheng Yaojin's genes. Whenever he saw something good, he wanted to buy it for his own family.
He has good calligraphy, and Li De said that the poems are good. In his eyes, these calligraphy are treasures, so he asked Lin Xuan for help.
Lin Xuan asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Why do you want this thing? I remember you hate these things the most."
"I'll take it back and hang it in my room to improve my mood." Cheng Chumo said without blushing or heartbeat.
You are the only one who still has Tao Zhi’s sentiments, please stop being funny! Lin Xuan was full of slander.
"Just take it if you want it. Don't say this. It makes my skin crawl." Lin Xuan said.
This handwriting was just something he wrote casually, so it doesn't matter if you give it to him. You can write it again whenever you want.
"Hey, I'm not welcome then." Cheng Chumo carefully rolled up the words.
"Okay, let's get up to the wine shop quickly. The main thing is to get the wine out quickly." Lin Xuan said.
"Yes, yes, my dad was asking last night when the wine would be available." Yuchi Baolin said.
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Arriving at the winery, Lin Xuan found that the still had been prepared.
Lin Xuan asked Cheng Chumo to get some wine and started assembling the still.
This place was originally a wine shop, so there was no shortage of wine at all. It didn't take long for Cheng Chumo to get a few jars of wine over.
After Lin Xuan finished the still, he asked: "Have you found the house slave you mentioned yesterday?"
"We have already found them. Is it enough for our family and Dai Guogong's family to provide a hundred people?" Yuchi Baolin said.
"You don't need so many, a family of fifteen is enough. Now go and call them over," Lin Xuan said.
Yuchi Baolin and Li Dexiao followed their instructions and came back to watch Lin Xuan tinkering with the still.
"Can this thing make wine?" Cheng Chumo asked curiously, looking at the pot and pipe in front of him.
Lin Xuan explained: "The reason why today's wine is not strong enough is because there is too much water in it. The wine contains alcohol, and I just need to extract the alcohol."
Cheng Chumo and the other three looked blank. He couldn't understand what Lin Xuan said at all.
"The boiling point of alcohol is 78.5 degrees Celsius, while the boiling point of water is 100 degrees Celsius. I just need to steam the wine in a pot, and the steam generated by heating will cool down through the pipes, so the concentration of the wine obtained will increase. Do you understand?" Lin Xuan
He explained patiently.
Cheng Chumo and the other three shook their heads repeatedly, indicating that they still didn't understand.
"Forget it if you don't understand, you should just light the fire." Lin Xuan said speechlessly.
If I had known better, I wouldn't have talked nonsense with them. After talking for a long time, I was just playing the piano to others.
Lin Xuan poured a jar of wine into the pot, then placed the empty jar at the outlet of the pipe.
After telling Cheng Chumo and the others to light the fire, they had nothing to do.
"Tick-tock, tick-tock" Not long after, the wine began to slowly flow out of the tube.
Lin Xuan took a little and tried it. It was almost 30 degrees Celsius, and nodded with satisfaction.
If you want stronger wine, you can choose secondary distillation, but Lin Xuan does not plan to continue distilling.
People in the Tang Dynasty usually drank wine with more than ten degrees of alcohol content. If it was too strong at once, they might not be able to bear it.
Cheng Chumo and the other two people smelt the aroma of wine and quickly gathered around them, with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
"Why is this wine so clear?" Li Dejiang scratched his head.
They didn't expect that such a simple steaming process could produce such a delicious wine. If it weren't for the strong aroma of wine surrounding it, they wouldn't believe it was wine at all.
Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Why are you standing there in a daze? You will know after you try it."
"Yes, yes, let's try it first." Cheng Chumo quickly picked up the spoon and scooped out a spoonful.
"It smells so good!" Cheng Chumo put it to his nose and smelled it, with a look of intoxication on his face.
"Let me try it first." Yuchi Baolin was already drooling and quickly reached out to grab it.
"Don't grab it, it would be a pity to spill such good wine." Cheng Chumo stopped Yuchi Baolin's hand with one hand.
Pick up the spoon with the other hand and bring it to your mouth.
Gudong!
Cheng Chumo drank the wine from the spoon in one gulp.
His dark face suddenly turned red, and his whole face was almost deformed.
hiss!
After a while, Cheng Chumo exhaled heavily and praised loudly: "Good wine! It's really enjoyable."
Lin Xuan looked at Cheng Chumo in surprise, but he didn't expect that he didn't spit it out. You should know that he drank almost three taels in one gulp.
Although the wine this time was not as strong as the one Cheng Yaojin and the others drank last time, Lin Xuan really admired someone who had never drunk strong alcoholic drinks before. He drank so much in one sip without vomiting.
"It's my turn!" Yuchi Baolin shouted and snatched the spoon from Cheng Chumo's hand.
Yuchi Baolin's drinking process was exactly the same as Cheng Chumo's. Although his face was almost deformed from holding it in, he did not spit it out.
Only Li Dejiao imitated the others and took a spoonful, drank it, and finally couldn't help but spit it out.
Finally, there was a normal person, and in Lin Xuan's opinion, the person who vomited was actually a normal person.
"Ha ha!"
Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin couldn't help laughing when they saw Li Dejiao's embarrassed appearance.
Feeling embarrassed, Li Dejiang picked up a spoon and drank a spoonful. This time he was prepared. Although his face was still red from holding it in, he did not spit it out.
Yes, this is not normal anymore.
Not to be outdone, Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin picked up their spoons and continued to drink.
"Okay, I want you to have a taste. Who asked you to drink so much?" Lin Xuan stopped him.
If you don't stop these three people, they will get drunk.
"I said Lin Xuan, why don't we drink some wine?" Cheng Chumo said dissatisfied.
"That's right!" Yuchi Baolin and Li Dejiang also said dissatisfied.
Lin Xuan patted his forehead. He had a headache when he met three drunkards.
"If you keep drinking, you will get drunk. Who will do the work?" Lin Xuan said.
"How is it possible? We have a good capacity for drinking. We can't get drunk even if we drink a thousand cups. That's why we can't get drunk after just a few drinks." Cheng Chumo said confidently.
Lin Xuan was speechless. You thought it was the low-alcohol wine you usually drink, and you wouldn't get drunk after a thousand cups. I guess you couldn't drink even a pound.
"This drink has a strong stamina and makes you drunk easily." Lin Xuan explained.
"That's okay. People will be here soon. I'm afraid no one will work. Let's drink to our heart's content first." Cheng Chu said nonchalantly.