Sui and Tang Dynasty Generals

Chapter 39 Curious people

The front yard of the Li Mansion.

Cui Yuzhe and his sister Cui Wenjin looked at Old Madam Li and Li Jingjie who were seeing them off, and hurriedly bowed and saluted, indicating that they didn't need to see them off.

"Old Madam, Uncle, you don't have to see me off. Please rest assured. When Yuzhe returns, if there is a chance, I will ask the clan members to help persuade Uncle not to hold a grudge against me because of the past!"

Cui Yuzhe also promised personally that after returning, he would ask his clansmen for help to reconcile his uncle with the Li family.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, my dear nephew!"

When Li Jingjie heard Cui Yuzhe's words, his face was full of smiles.

I don't know what happened, but today, first Dou Gong came to visit me, and then I met Cui Yuzhe from Qinghe Cui family, who promised to ask his parents for help to resolve the rift between the Li family and Qinghe Cui family.

It’s really a double happiness!
"Thank you, Yuzhe! When you have free time in the future, please come to the Li Mansion more often!"

Mrs. Li said with a smile on her face.

Seeing Cui Yuzhe nod and make repeated assurances, then bow to Fu Zihou, the old woman turned and left. She then asked her daughter-in-law, Bao, to send the brother and sister to the gate.

now.

Looking at the backs of Cui Yuzhe and his sister as they left, whether it was Old Madam Li, Li Jingjie on the side, or Zhou and others, they all looked at Fu Zihou.

The feud between Li Jiashilang and his uncle Cui Yuzhe can be traced back to seven or eight years ago. The two men were quarreling with each other at that time, which led to the rift between the Li and Cui families. This has long been no secret in the Li family.

However, for so many years, no one from the Li family has been able to come to the door, and other outsiders don't want to get involved, which has led to the situation remaining at a stalemate.

"Hou'er! What did you say to Cui Yuzhe just now? Why is Cui Yuzhe willing to match the two families..."

Old Madam Li was the first to ask. Looking at Fu Zihou, she, despite her age, always felt that Cui Yuzhe would not help without a reason, and it must be related to Fu Zihou.

“Grandma Li, Brother Cui doesn’t mind Zihou’s background and makes friends with him, so he mentioned this matter to show that he is willing to help!”

Fu Zihou looked at Madam Li's puzzled eyes, explained with a smile, and then looked at Li Cai who was hiding beside Aunt Changsun a few steps away.

"Speaking of which, it's all because of Cai'er! If Zihou hadn't gone to buy a hairpin for Cai'er, he wouldn't have made friends with Brother Cui, who is from the Qinghe Cui family, in Xin County!"

Fu Zihou looked at Li Cha, not hiding his relief in his words.

These words came from Fu Zihou's heart. Fu Zihou had never expected that he would get to know other children of prominent families in this way.

If Cui Wenjin hadn't bought that hairpin for Li Cha, he wouldn't have come chasing after her!
And given the Li family's current situation, even with the Li family's help, Fu Zihou would not have the opportunity to get to know Cui Yuzhe and his sister, let alone cooperate with them.

Without the name of Cui family, Fu Zihou would never dare to do business with Xie family.

The Fu family is too insignificant in front of the Xie family of Chen County, just like a three-year-old child carrying gold bricks in a busy city. Without any scruples, anyone can turn into a villain, rob money and kill people.

"Friends?"

Li Jingjie frowned slightly when he heard Fu Zihou's words.

Previously, Cui Luxing, a descendant of the Cui family of Boling, came to Li's residence and said that he was a good friend of Fu Zihou. Although he was seen through by him and his mother, Cui Yuzhe who left now was a disciple of the Cui family of Qinghe. More importantly, Cui Yuzhe did not have the slightest malice.

Li Jingjie never expected that this virtuous nephew could become good friends with Cui Yuzhe.

strange!
Cui Yuzhe actually likes this virtuous nephew of the Fu family!
"It's getting late, Grandma Li, Zihou has something important to do, so I'll take my leave now! I'll come back to see Cai'er in a few days!"

Fu Zihou saw Li Cha lowering her head in panic and looking at Grandma Li. He did not explain further and left early.

From beginning to end, Fu Zihou never mentioned to Madam Li about the cooperation with the Xie family and his plan to avenge Li Sanlang.

Fu Zihou knew clearly that since the matter had not been successful, telling the truth would not help at all and would only make Granny Li worried.

So it would be better for Granny Li, Aunt Bao and the others to know nothing and live a carefree life.

"How long have you been here?"

Old Madam Li felt somewhat helpless and looked at Fu Zihou with some reproachful eyes.

Fu Zihou could only smile awkwardly and said nothing.

The help that Cui Yuzhe mentioned, after all, was to see the wine and confirm that he did not deceive the two siblings. For now, he had to go back and prepare.

"When you have free time in the future, come to the Li Mansion more often! Treat the Li Mansion as your own home!"

Old Madam Li did not embarrass Fu Zihou any more, but just reminded him to remember to come over more often.

"Zihou remembered it!"

Fu Zihou nodded, turned his head to look at Li Cha, and found that Li Cha was also looking at him. After seeing him, she lowered her head in panic.

Fu Zihou couldn't help laughing, and didn't take it seriously, so he turned around and left Li's house.

Changsun Nonggui watched Fu Zihou leave the front yard and leave the flower garden, then turned to look at Li Cai beside him.

"Qa'er, he cares about you. You should be able to hear that what he just said was for you!"

Changsun Nonggui said softly.

Looking at her daughter whom even her husband Li Liyan didn't want to see, Changsun Nonggui felt complicated. Besides, Li Cai was so pitiful that it made people feel distressed, but when she thought of Fu Zihou, she couldn't say the words.

Changsun Nonggui looked at the exquisite hairpin on Li Cha's head and thought of Cui Wenjin of Qinghe Cui family who was crying in anger. Even Li Cha looked a little dazed when looking at the hairpin. More importantly, every word she said about Li Cha was remembered by Fu Zihou.

At the moment, even Changsun Nonggui himself was a little envious of Li Cha. Perhaps Li Cha had suffered countless hardships, but she had never suffered in the matter of her husband. Instead, she made people envy her.

aside.

Li Cai, who had her head lowered, did not answer when she heard her stepmother's words. However, she raised her head slightly while grabbing the corner of her stepmother's clothes. Her beautiful eyes involuntarily looked towards Hua Yuan.

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Inside the Fu family's residence.

In the next two days, Fu Zihou found several carpenters in the city and asked them to make wooden furniture according to his own drawings. Then he built a simple wooden house in the unused front yard of his home.

Then he went to the pharmacy to buy some herbs, and went outside the city, carrying baskets of wild herbs in bamboo baskets.

After all these actions, Aweng, Old Liu, Zhang, Tao and others were all confused, especially Fu Zihou who did not allow them to enter the wooden house.

It was not until I saw Fu Zihou moving all the food and firewood to the front yard, and then the wine-making utensils, that I understood what Fu Zihou was planning to do.

"Hou'er, where did you get the money?"

"Hou'er, where is your sword? Why haven't I seen it these days?"

"Hey, Hou'er, don't waste food! Have you ever brewed wine?"

Faced with his family's questions, Fu Zihou did not answer and continued to work on his own things.

Fortunately, he had experience. In his previous life, a roommate from the north made some natural wine from his hometown in front of him. Fu Zihou was really amazed after tasting it, so he silently wrote down the method.

There is not much time at the moment, so Fu Zihou has no plans to make a perfect replica.

Anyway, in this era, even if this wine has some flaws, if it can be 70% or 80% as good as in its previous life, it is enough to amaze others.

You should know that hundreds of years later, Green Ant Wine was still a common wine. People like Bai Juyi and Du Fu even wrote about Green Ant Wine in their poems. The famous talented woman Li Qingzhao even mentioned Green Ant Wine in two of her poems.

As long as you understand those poems, you will know that green ant wine still permeates people's lives.

As far as Fu Zihou knows, "wine" in more places still refers to grain and koji placed in a large vat filled with water. After fermentation is completed, lime is added. After the fermentation stops, some residue will float on the wine. This kind of wine is called turbid wine, which is another common wine.

Many poets in later generations used headscarves to filter wine!
During the Sui Dynasty, due to hundreds of years of war, many places had no food and people starved to death, let alone using grain to make wine.

The only wines that are better than turbid wine and green ant wine are those that can be drunk by high-ranking officials and royal family members.

In terms of winemaking technology, after the Han Dynasty, there was no development for three hundred years due to wars. It was not until the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty that it gradually revived. However, within a few years, as more and more acreage of land was reported by Sui officials, Emperor Wen of Sui began to collect large amounts of grain, and the people of the world suffered again. By the Daye period, there were famines everywhere.

If Fu Zihou guessed correctly, the next revival of winemaking technology would have to wait until the heyday of the times.

Inside the simple wooden house.

Fu Zihou started to cook, put the rice he bought into the water, and lit the firewood under the iron pot.

"According to Yang Guang's preferences in history, it doesn't need to surpass all the wines of the Sui Dynasty. As long as it can occupy a place among the top-quality wines, it will be enough! The Xie family will definitely not be able to refuse it!"

Looking at the fire burning on the stove in front of him, Fu Zihou knew that the agreement with the Cui brothers and sisters, the meeting with the Xie family, and the revenge with Li Fu Sanlang all depended on whether this pot of wine could be brewed.

As long as it is unique, as long as the Xie family knows that Yang Guang will like it! That's enough!

Sometimes something being too good is not a good thing. Fu Zihou always remembers a saying: When water is full, it overflows; when the moon is full, it wanes!

　Note: The wine is a local wine from Daidao's hometown. It is nothing magical, but it must have been unique 1,400 years ago. It has been developed since the Shang Dynasty and until the Northern Wei Dynasty, Qi Min Yao Shu recorded ten methods of making wine koji, including wheat.

　　There are many types of koji, and each type is different and the taste varies greatly. However, the use of wheat bran to produce koji for making koji was not developed until later. It is a more sophisticated process thousands of years later. There was no such perfect technology in the Sui Dynasty.

　　I hope my dear readers will not take wine too seriously!

　　Fu Zihou doesn't know how to do business, but before leaving, he always has to settle his family, and as the heroine, Li Cha will only bring good luck to Fu Zihou.

　　If foresight is Fu Zihou's ability, then Li Cha is Fu Zihou's good luck. These two are the key to Fu Zihou's future career in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)