Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 686 Discussion on Taoist Wine and Sake

After listening to Liu Bei's words, Zhuge Liang knew that Lantian had a detached position in the heart of the King of Hanzhong. If the few people were not chatting in the pavilion in the garden, it could be regarded as the words of Tuogu.

There was an answer to the question of whether Liu Bei would proclaim himself emperor, and the atmosphere of the conversation between several people became lively.

Since Lantian hadn't met with everyone for a long time, the topic basically revolved around Jiaozhou. The most critical and core issue pointed directly to Lantian's suspension of the filial piety system.

Zhuge Liang sighed sadly: "Ziyu's move is quite bold. Since you opened the first school in Quanling, the ultimate goal is to select officials through the school, right?"

Lan Tian picked up the wine glass and commented meaningfully: "Flowers will bear fruit, and where there is a beginning, there will be an end. The food that turns into wine is ultimately the entrance. If the wine is brewed and no one drinks it, then who is willing to invest in food?"

"This is exactly what I want to say. If the grain is not used to make wine, it can still be used to feed the hunger. If all the grain is used to make wine, the world will be full of disaster victims. Wouldn't it be better to fix a few things?" Zhuge Liang asked himself doubt.

Lan Tian smiled and replied: "I have known Dawang and Yide since I was very young. I used to farm on the farm outside Xiaopei, and I am familiar with the crops in the field. If it is just to grow corn for food, the result will be too much food. Single, whether you are a peddler or a high-ranking official, you can only eat corn every day, and the result is that people lack other food supplements, and various diseases will appear in the body.

"Eh, that's not bad." Zhuge Liang frowned.

"Because the human body does have needs, it needs food such as chicken, duck, fish, eggs, grains, vegetables, beans, fruits, etc. The body will be balanced with various nutrients, and it will not be easy to be targeted by diseases, so there are needs and there are The common people will grow new crops only when they come from the source.”

Lantian used food and the human body as an analogy, and Zhuge Liang quickly understood it with Zhuge Liang's intelligence. He used Lantian's topic to ask: "The grains, vegetables, and fruits in Ziyu's field are uneven, and they may not all be good for the body. Serving the dinner table, do you have to pay for it if you eat a bad stomach?"

Lantian Shuxu replied: "It depends on how to filter. As long as you don't choose rotten, spoiled, or poisonous food, you probably won't get sick after eating it. It's like a brewer filtering and processing. If the good one is selected, it will be sake." , those with poor filtration or no filtration are called turbid wine."

"People have emotions, and winemakers also have likes and dislikes. How can Ziyu ensure fairness and justice? I heard that they all use the same sieve. If the winemaker manipulates the selection and sells the dirty wine as sake, it will eventually be affected. The most important thing is the winery, and if it is light, it can be solved by paying some property, but if it is serious, it will damage the signboard." Zhuge Liang pointed out that the subjectivity of the examiners is indeed difficult to grasp the fairness of the exam.

Lan Tian didn't panic after listening, and he slowly threw out his coping method, "It's actually very simple. First, we can prolong the fermentation time of the grain, so that the wine will be better at the beginning, and then we can add a few more rounds of screening. Impurities, one winemaker may easily make mistakes, so how about using ten or a hundred?
Even if even a hundred of them can be concealed in the end, the wine served on the table will always enter the throat of the guests. If many people report that a certain jar of wine is dirty wine and shoddy wine, the owner can withdraw it in time to reduce losses, and then hold the winemaker accountable. , wouldn't the matter be easily solved? "

Zhuge Liang nodded frequently, and when Lantian finished his statement, his frowning brows relaxed, and he praised: "Ziyu is really thoughtful, he has comprehensive control from the beginning to the end, and there is a process of canceling accountability. It's a good winemaking method, but"

"Just what?" Lan Tian frowned.

"Although your method is wonderful, the filtration method remains the same. If you are familiar with the brewing formula, wouldn't all the wine become sake? If this is the case, the market will be in chaos." Zhuge Liang looked serious again.

"Hahaha, how can it be the same? Every time there is an innovation in the screening method, there is also a fixed number of jars of sake for each round of selection. The brewer can only choose the best, and the rest can only be treated as turbid wine, otherwise they can only wait. There will be no situation where there is too much sake to handle." Lan Tian laughed softly.

"Is there no disadvantage in your brewing method? Are there any other advantages?" Zhuge Liang asked.

Lan Tian replied: "The disadvantage is that there are many types of grains involved in winemaking, which will occupy a large amount of the original winemaking grains. The advantages and benefits are also obvious, because there are enough raw materials for winemaking, which will make the entire wine market appear extremely prosperous, just like in the garden. Those flowers of various colors can only have such a magnificent scenery when they are competing to bloom."

"The great good is that I don't know how the king will choose." Zhuge Liang nodded slightly.

Lan Tian's arguments have convinced Zhuge Liang, but the actual situation is so complicated now that the situation of the gentry's dominance is difficult to change in the short term, and the final decision is in the hands of Liu Bei.

"Your Majesty, there is no need to choose. There are three breweries in the market now. When the competitors are defeated, it will not be too late to unify the brewing methods. However, my Jiaozhou can do a pilot first, so that it can be compared with the traditional brewing method. Everything is fine. Give it time."

Lan Tian does not suggest that Liu Bei spread out in an all-round way. After all, it takes time from building a school to cultivating talents. The most difficult thing is to change the thinking of ordinary people and children from poor families.

Zhuge Liang nodded and reached an agreement with Lan Tian. Liu Bei who was next to him understood half of it, but Zhang Fei was completely dazzled by the conversation between the two.

"Ziyu is also so proficient in wine making? Since you are so good at making sake, can you send a few hundred cars to the front line, I also want to taste the taste after several filters." Zhang Fei moved his head towards it with doubts, Lan Tian immediately felt a strong masculinity attack.

Liu Bei pressed Zhang Fei's hand, "Third brother, don't mess around. Ziyu and the military division didn't talk about wine. If you want wine, you can transport it from Chengdu yourself."

"Didn't you talk about wine? They never said anything about wine." Zhang Fei scratched his head and felt that his IQ was crushed.

"Although every sentence is inseparable from wine, those wines are not real wine. What Ziyu said is that officials are selected by officials." Liu Bei shook his head lightly.

"What? When you talk about political affairs, you talk about political affairs. Why do you use wine as an example? I drank well just now, but now I find that the wine in the glass is not fragrant." Zhang Fei pouted and frowned.

"Uh, General Li Yi built a port on Zhuya Island in the past two years. He bought a lot of big oysters from the fishermen there. After roasting, he sprinkled them with minced garlic and chopped green onions. The delicious taste is really... tsk tsk next time I go to Guangzhou I'll prepare some for you." Lan Tian changed the subject.

Zhang Fei swallowed his saliva: "You didn't bring any food when you came to Chengdu on the way? You're making me hungry, Ziyu, you're really upset."

"The conscience of heaven and earth, Zhuya's big oysters were originally produced infrequently, and they are easy to die when they are sent so far to Chengdu. It is shameful to waste delicious oysters." Lan Tian shook his head with a wry smile.

"Well, it's really shameful." Zhang Fei nodded in agreement.

Zhang Fei's naive expression made everyone laugh. At this moment, Chen Dao came to the back garden and clasped his fists to report to Liu Bei: "My lord, Mrs. Lan and Mr. Lan have been invited into the harem by the queen. She invites you and General Lan to meet in the past."

"Alright, military commanders, go get busy first, remember to come to the banquet tonight, Ziyu, let's go too." Liu Bei stood up.

"Wei." Everyone answered in unison.

(End of this chapter)