Keke reported a number to her, and Man Bao turned over to look at it. After a while, he fell silent, "Just this one sentence?"
Keke said: "It's two sentences."
Man Bao: ...
"The only two sentences in this book are about wine?"
"The host can read other books."
Man Bao looked at the book "As early as in ancient times, human beings recorded the existence of various drinks. In a book "Wandering Cong Tan Continuing the Three Talks", it is recorded that "there is shochu all over the world today, and it is brewed from sorghum. The most correct. Peijiu, Lujiu, and Fenjiu in the north are all made from sorghum.'…”
Only these two sentences were recorded, and Man Bao was stunned. She turned to the front to read the title of the book—Research on Ancient Cultures.
Man Bao flipped the book over, sighed, and began to touch other books to read.
The three books all have a short section about wine, and the most detailed section is about whether a dynasty had distilled wine, because the practice of making wine recorded in history is "full of real wine, put it on the mud, and cook it with fire." , otherwise you won’t drink it”; but in fact, since ancient times, it is generally believed that shochu is distilled wine.
Man Bao touched his chin and asked, "What is distilled wine?"
Ke Ke said: "This is a definition. I can search it for you without buying a book."
After that, retrieve the distilled wine and show it to her.
When Man Bao saw the two long pages of entries, he laughed happily and said, "Oh my god, isn't this very clear? This entry is more detailed than what is written in the book."
Man Bao turned to the end, and even saw the specific recipes of the two wines listed.
Man Bao was overjoyed, and confidently wrote it down, remember, remember that she felt something was wrong, first of all, this equipment, what is this still
Also, what is corn
She knows about sorghum and wheat, but why do so many sorghum and wheat and that kind of corn make such a little wine
Man Bao became entangled, stopped writing, and looked at the three books again.
Man Bao stayed up late to read, and brought the book to the pharmacy the next day. She took it out to read when there were no patients. After reading the book that described the most alcohol, she finally knew something.
So after returning home in the afternoon, Man Bao sat across from Mr. Zhuang and asked, "Sir, you love to drink, and many people in the world love to drink, so why don't restaurants and restaurants sell more wine?"
Mr. Zhuang said: "The price of wine is high, who can afford it every day?"
"It's all made of grain, wouldn't the price be cheaper if you brew more?"
Mr. Zhuang said with a smile: "There are still many people in the world who can't eat enough, and the border is not stable. How can we make more wine?"
Man Bao asked, "The poor are against wine making?"
Mr. Zhuang nodded slightly, "Not only the poor, but also many ministers in the court, and His Majesty will not encourage folks to make wine. If there is too much wine, the price of food will also rise, but the imperial court is also loose about this, and it will not prevent folks from making wine. brewing."
Man Bao thought for a while and asked, "Sir, what do you think of my wine making?"
Mr. Zhuang looked at her, "Do you know how to make wine?"
"Not now, just learn."
Mr. Zhuang waved his hand and said, "If you want to learn, learn. There are too many winemakers in this world. One less of you is a lot, and there is not much more of you."
"Then what if I figured out a particularly powerful way to make wine, the wine produced is very strong, but it costs a lot of food?"
Mr. Zhuang: "Then you have to hide the prescription and spread it, the poor people in the world will hate you to death."
Man Bao was disappointed, "Forget it, I'll find a way to brew a bar that doesn't waste food."
Mr. Zhuang laughed loudly and asked, "Is there such a wine in this world?"
"Yes, isn't wine? Shopkeeper Zheng Da even showed us today that he just got a bottle of wine." Man Bao's eyes lit up, "Yes, I can make wine."
Mr. Zhuang: ...
He felt that the disciple thought it out as soon as he thought it out, so he waved his hand directly and said, "You should first find out how this wine is made, and then think about where to find grapes."
Man Bao muttered: "The land price in Chang'an must be high, so if you want to grow ordinary grapes, you have to go home to grow them. But if you grow grapes at home, you can only make wine at home. After brewing, you can bring them to the capital. It's so far away..."
Man Bao was caught in a tangle.
Mr. Zhuang shook his head, read the book in his hands, and said calmly: "It's not the time for class, if you don't take a nap, you will be sleepy soon."
Man Bao ran to his room.
Man Bao was entangled, but Wu Wulang was not. Since he had decided to buy this big shop, he aimed at it and smashed it.
For two days in a row, he asked the owner to come out to talk. With the efforts of him and Yaren, they finally cut the price down to 2,800 taels. The furniture and kitchen utensils in the shop were bought with twenty taels of silver.
The original owner kept shaking his head, expressing that he had lost a lot.
Wu Wulang smiled and said: "Master Yuan, the tables and stools in the restaurant are old and not very good. You can't sell them if you want to sell them, but it is not difficult for us to buy tables and stools. Brand new Yes, a set of tables and chairs doesn’t cost much, so if you do the math, how much does it cost to include the counter?”
The original owner said: "Master Wu, my tables and stools are made of good wood. If you buy some bad wood, it won't cost you much."
"We didn't intend to make expensive meals. Naturally, the tables and stools don't need to be too good. I thought it would be inconvenient for Mr. Yuan to move these things up and down, so I paid them all. If you think it's a disadvantage , you can move away."
Because he charged them too high a price, Wu Wulang has been a little unhappy, but they just fell in love with this shop, otherwise he wouldn't do business with him.
How can anyone do business like this, and bully them because they are from other places, so they charge 400 taels more than others, which is too much.
Four hundred taels was enough for him to buy four shops in his county town.
The original owner fell silent, of course it is impossible for him to move things away, he is really at a loss, his wood is really good wood, but as Wu Lang said, he may not just take advantage of him , because at twenty taels he can indeed buy brand new tables, chairs and counters, although the wood may not be good.
But if the people who come to eat in the store are not particularly rich people, they will not pay attention to this kind of food.
The original owner sighed, and after handing over with Zhou Wulang, in front of people, Wu Wulang nodded to Zhou Lijun who was following him, Zhou Lijun went out and waved, and Saturday Lang took Zhou Lizhong to carry a rattan box in, and then went out, Another one was brought in.
Then open it, and there is white silver on it, and then open another one, and there is some gold on it, and the rest is white silver.
Not only the original owner's family, but also the officials in the county government were all dumbfounded. Is this going to pay both money and goods on the spot