The Royal Forest Army in my imagination is a force that mainly uses firearms. There is no problem when attacking from a long distance. However, once the Mongolian cavalry quickly rushes to within ten or five meters, as long as the military order continues "Fire." Then the soldiers still cannot retreat. Instead, they must pull the trigger of the musket as a conditioned reflex. This requires all soldiers to carry out the orders of their superiors to the letter. At the same time, due to the backwardness of firearms. Therefore, we must rely on group shooting to achieve the effect of controlling the enemy. This requires the Imperial Guard to implement the strictest military orders. Otherwise, as long as a few people retreat, the confidence of others will be shaken.
Not being afraid of sacrifice and obeying orders is the military spirit I have given to the Royal Guards.
For most musketeers, it only takes three to five months to master the essentials of shooting. During the rest of the time, they need to train for strengthening projects. In addition to improving their basic physical fitness, the most important thing is the psychological factors of the soldiers. Already.
I finished my cup of tea and said: "Mother, the Royal Forest Army is a new type of army. It will train troops according to the child's ideas. The first thing is to make all the soldiers obey and obey again. The reason why the child chose Xie Aiqing as my commander. The deputy commander-in-chief of the Royal Forest Army is because of Xie Aiqing's uncompromising execution ability."
"Execution."
"Yes. Queen Mother. Let's not mention how strong the personal abilities of the imperial guards are. However, the 'orders and prohibitions' are implemented best in the guard camp. To put it simply, the military discipline of the imperial guards is the strictest. This... The well-trained frontier troops feel inferior. And all this is because of Xie Aiqing's contribution."
Xie Daoqing didn't understand very well: "Eat first. Talk while eating."
Quan Jiu took the wine bottle from the palace maid and filled the wine for everyone one by one. I took a sip and said: "Mother, now is the military training stage. What the child is interested in is not how good a general is in fighting, but which general. More capable of training a group of outstanding soldiers. The battlefield is a game of the entire army. It does not rely solely on the personal ability of a certain general. So, please don’t worry, mother. Your child’s choice of Xie Aiqing is not nepotism, but the belief that Xie Aiqing can do the job. The one who holds the post of deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army, come. Mother, I will give you a drink. Thank you Aiqing. You can also accompany me."
"Yeah." Xie Daoqing drank it all in one gulp.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xie Daolin said in one breath.
After three rounds of drinking, Xie Daolin, who rarely spoke to me, suddenly started to talk more. Maybe it was because he had gotten in touch with me a little more and felt that I was very easy to get along with.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will leave the daily training of the Royal Guards to me. I promise to let them know what it means to have a mountain of military orders."
"Well, thank you Aiqing. I am completely relieved about this."
Xie Daoqing asked: "In the official family, which minister do you plan to replace Xie Daolin as the commander of the bodyguards?"
"Mother, my child is planning to discuss this matter with Xie Aiqing. After all, this position is no small matter. You must choose a loyal and reliable person to take it. Xie Aiqing, in your opinion, who should take over this position."
Xie Daolin thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, according to my opinion, Deputy Commander Lan Yu is feasible."
"Lan Yu. He is very skilled in martial arts. There is no problem with his loyalty. It's just that he is too young."
My original intention was to promote someone from the original commander. Lan Yu and Shen Mo are the ones I am most familiar with. However, I am really worried that Lan Yu's qualifications among the guards are too low and it will be difficult to convince the public.
Xie Daolin smiled and said: "Your Majesty, if you think Commander Lan is too young, I have an idea."
"Really? Tell me."
"Your Majesty, the imperial guards are all brave men. They have always admired those with strong martial arts skills. Your Majesty, why don't you have a martial arts competition to determine the rule. If Commander Lan can defeat the others with his skills, then everyone will naturally not be dissatisfied."
"Martial arts competition." I nodded. "This is a good method."
"Your Majesty, among the imperial guards, apart from the ministers, the five commanders have the highest martial arts. Among these five, Lan Yu and Shen Mo are already very familiar to Your Majesty. The other three are Du Chunhui, Zhang Zijian and Fang Kang. .Although there has never been a formal competition between the five of them, I have a certain understanding of their martial arts."
"Then who does Ai Qing think has the best martial arts among these five people?"
"Your Majesty, I still have a high opinion of Mr. Yuan's disciple Lan Yu."
"Okay." I agreed. "Thank you, Aiqing. Tomorrow happens to be the day of rest. Please inform these five commanders to go to the martial arts training hall at half past midnight in the morning (10 o'clock) for a competition. The one with the highest martial arts skills will temporarily take over the position of guard commander."
"Yes, Your Majesty. I accept the decree."
Seeing that we were just talking, Xie Daoqing said: "Guan family, you guys are eating and talking at the same time. Now the weather is getting colder. Eat more food and wine."
"Okay. Okay." Xie Daolin picked up the wine glass. "Your Majesty, I would like to offer you a drink."
"Well, thank you, Aiqing, for coming and drinking this."
Xie Daolin already had a large drinking capacity. Plus today, he was not as restrained as usual. So he not only drank a lot, but also kept toasting to me, which made me drink a lot more than usual. Xie Daolin drank and said: "Your Majesty, although the royal wine in the palace is good, its strength is a bit lacking. Tomorrow I will give your majesty a jar of military Shao Knife wine. That kind of wine is so satisfying to drink."
Although I am not a big drinker, Zhao Fu is a good drinker. But this is the first time for me to drink so much like today.
On the way back, Quan Jiu asked with concern: "Guan Jia, you drank too much today. Do you feel dizzy?"
I casually said: "It's okay. Basically I don't feel dizzy."
"Yes. I drank so much at once. Why didn't I feel dizzy? That's right. Xie Daolin was right. Maybe it was because the wine was not strong enough. It was also what later generations would call the alcohol content. "I thought in a flash.
The liquors mentioned in later generations were all brewed through distillation. The liquor making process in the Song Dynasty was simple. Most of them were brewed through filtration. Their alcohol content was very low. According to some expert research, the alcohol content of ancient liquors was Perhaps it is only equivalent to the degree of beer, which is about ten degrees. According to the description in "Water Margin", Wu Song was able to go up the mountain to hunt tigers after drinking eighteen bowls in a row. This shows that his degree is very low.
The degree of liquor brewed through distillation can generally reach over 4.50 degrees. Compared with ancient liquor, it is very different. The liquor of later generations is obviously high-strength liquor. In my impression, it is brewed by distillation. The technology of liquor is much simpler than the development of firearms and the production of clocks.
I sat in the royal study and carefully recalled the knowledge about liquor. Since the advent of MSG and other items, the launch of new products has been much slower. Of course there are technical problems. For example, the development of glass has encountered a bottleneck. Shen After all, Yiqiu, Quanjue and others are not proficient in everything. Lin'an University lacks talents who are proficient in chemical engineering. Of course, it is also due to my busy schedule. I haven't thought about what items can be developed in this era for a long time. For example, the development of clocks and watches. It was also because I happened to meet Yang Xiaozhi in college.
Our country's liquor is made from starch or sugar raw materials and is distilled from fermented grains or fermented mash. It is brewed by distillation. Its quality is colorless (or slightly yellow) and transparent. Its smell is pure and fragrant. It is sweet and refreshing in the mouth. Net. It has a high alcohol content. After being stored and matured, it has a compound aroma mainly composed of esters. Later generations of liquor are produced all over the country. Among them, the products from Shanxi, Sichuan and Guizhou are the most famous. And they are produced in different regions. Liquor also has its own outstanding unique style. There are two methods of production and brewing of liquor: solid-state fermentation and liquid fermentation. The solid-state fermentation method also includes Daqu, Xiaoqu, Fuqu and other processes. Among them, Fuqu liquor accounts for a larger proportion in brewing. Large. The reason is that its manufacturing cost is relatively low, simple and practical.
There are many theories about the origin of high-strength liquor in later generations. One of the more credible records comes from the "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by Li Shizhen, a scientist from the Ming Dynasty. The book states that shochu (liquor) is not an ancient method. It was created in the Yuan Dynasty. The method is to put strong wine and grains into the steamer, steam it, and use a vessel to collect Dettol. All rancid wine can be steamed. In recent times, glutinous rice, millet, millet, or barley are steamed, and mixed with koji in a vat. Steam it in a steamer for ten days. It is as clear as water and has a very strong flavor. It is covered with wine dew.
I took out a pen and paper and wrote down the rough steps of how to make wine from my memory.
Firstly, grain raw materials such as glutinous rice or japonica rice need to be crushed. The purpose of raw material crushing is to facilitate cooking and make full use of starch. According to the characteristics of the raw materials, the requirements for crushing fineness are also different. Secondly, the new materials, distiller's grains, auxiliary materials and water are combined. Together, they lay the foundation for saccharification and fermentation. The third step is to cook and gelatinize the starch. This is conducive to the action of amylase and can also kill miscellaneous bacteria. The fourth step is cooling. That is to cool the cooked raw materials quickly by lifting or drying them. The fifth point is to mix the fermented grains. Water should be added when mixing the fermented grains to control the moisture content of the fermented grains when entering the pool to 58-62%. The sixth step is to enter the cellar for fermentation. After loading, the fermented grains need to be covered with a layer of bran, sealed with pit mud, and then added with a layer of bran. The last step is to steam the wine. The alcohol in the fermented grains is removed by steaming the wine. , water, higher alcohols, acids and other active ingredients evaporate into steam. Liquor can be obtained by cooling. During distillation, alcohol, aromatic substances, sweet substances, etc. should be extracted as much as possible. And use the method of pinching off the ends to remove them as much as possible. Impurities.
"Xiaoqi." I called after I finished writing.
"The official family, the youngest one is here."
"Inform Shen Yiqiu and Quan Jue to come to the Imperial Study Room to see me tomorrow afternoon at Shen Shi."
"Yes. I'll make arrangements now, little one."
The brewing of liquor should be a huge source of income. Even in later generations, alcohol taxation still occupied a very important position.
As for which famous wines will be produced in future generations, we can only do it step by step. I will first brew ordinary high-strength liquor, and then let people go to Sichuan, Guizhou and other places. What Maotai, Wuliangye and other famous wines will come out? It won't take long, right? .
Most of the memorials in September were related to the seven major reform measures. Therefore, the number of daily memorials in this month was relatively small. After I wrote down the steps for making distilled liquor for later generations, Quan Jiu had already finished giving instructions for today's memorials.
"Jiu'er, you can go to Xianwen Pavilion tomorrow morning to look for information about brewing."
"Well. Do you want to make wine?"
"Yes, Jiu'er. I think the current wine is just like what Xie Daolin said. It's not strong enough. So I plan to improve it."
"Okay. Official."
"Jiu'er, have all the books in the Xianwen Pavilion been sorted out?"
Quan Jiu smiled and said: "It's still early for the official family. There are too many books here. It will take a while for Jiu'er to read them one by one."