The Southern Song Dynasty began with the apprenticeship of Huang Shang

Chapter 8

"What? You brewed it?"

Hearing this, Shen You woke up half of the wine immediately, screamed and said, "How is this possible?"

Yang Chengye expected Shen You to have such an expression, so he didn't take it seriously, and said: "This is still a crude equipment, if the equipment is more sophisticated, I can still brew wine that is ten times or a hundred times better than this!"

At this time, Shen You was completely awake, grabbed Yang Chengye's arm, and asked, "Brother, is what you said true?"

Yang Chengye looked at Shen You and asked, "Brother, do you think I'm joking?"

"Hahahaha"

Shen You laughed again, and said, "I knew that my brother is not a mortal, so I guessed it right!"

"Go, brother will take you home!"

After Shen You finished speaking, without waiting for Yang Chengye's objection, he directly got into the carriage and ran towards Shen You's house.

The Shen family, located in Gangzi Village, ten miles away from Jiaxing City, is one of the richest households in Jiaxing Prefecture.

The Shen family not only owns a thousand acres of fertile land, a thousand acres of tea gardens, and hundreds of tenants. The villagers in the entire Gangzi Village are tenants of the Shen family, and they are also engaged in the salt business.

In ancient times, salt was always distributed by the government, and private individuals were never allowed to intervene. However, Shen You and this Jiaxing magistrate had a slight relationship, and they would send a lot of filial piety every month. The salt business naturally fell to the Shen family.

The Shen Family Manor is not luxuriously built, but it occupies a very large area and is very grand, without the graceful elegance of Jiangnan.

Shen You's mother, the Zou family, was once the daughter of one of the most wealthy families in Suzhou. After marrying Shen You's father, she returned to Kunshan.

Less than a year after the Zou family gave birth to Shen You, Shen You's father was murdered by gangsters when he went out to do business. Only the Zou family and Shen You's orphans and widows were rejected by the Shen family and kicked out of the Shen family.

At that time, the Zhengzheng army was in trouble, and the Zou family returned to the Zou family without face, and wandered all the way to Jiaxing with Shen You, who was only one year old.

Mrs. Zou is over seventy this year and is already an old lady with gray temples. She has long entrusted Shen You to take care of the Shen family's business, and Shen You has lived up to expectations and managed the business in an orderly manner.

At this moment, Mrs. Zou was sitting in front of the round table in the room, holding Shen Fu who was giggling in her arms, and facing Wu Ruolan whose forehead was wrapped in gauze and covered his eyes.

"Big sister, didn't Jizu say that the gauze can be removed in a month? Today is the last day."

Zou said to Wu Ruolan.

Wu Ruolan sighed, and said: "It's been so many years, I don't have any hope anymore, how can Jizu say that my eyes can be cured, so he insists on performing some kind of surgery on me."

"I really don't know where he learned these amazing skills!"

Zou smiled "hehe" and said, "Big sister, you are wrong. Jizu's skill is not a strange skill, but a great skill."

"Haven't you heard that Hua Tuo scraped the bones of Guan Erye to heal his wounds and opened Cao Cao's head to remove his head?"

"It's almost exactly the same as what the ancestors did. This is the ability of a great doctor!"

Wu Ruolan said: "What my sister said is correct, but his father wanted him to obtain fame and serve the country, but now he is focusing on these strange skills and wine making. Isn't this unfilial!"

"Big sister, there is a way that everyone has their own aspirations, so you can't force it."

Zou continued to persuade: "If a man has aspirations, he should be allowed to give full play to his strengths in the field he is good at. The literature is good, the military is good, the business is rich, and the farmers are solid. Are they all working for Da Song?"

"Wen has Bao Zheng and Kou Zhun from the dynasty, and Wu has the ancestors of the Yang family, the generals of the Yang family, Yue Fei, Yue Wumu, Han Shizhong and Marshal Han. Merchants pay taxes to the court, and poor farmers pay grain and grass to the court."

"Furthermore, when the imperial court uses troops on the front line, can it be separated from silver and grain? As the saying goes, when a gun is fired, gold is ten thousand taels. Isn't it silver that is fought in war?"

"Let's talk about medicine again. In ancient times, there were miracle doctors Bian Que, Hua Tuo, Zhang Ji, Zhang Zhongjing, and Sun Simiao. Which of them was not respected by the world, praised by later generations, and lived forever?"

"If the ancestor can be a doctor and live forever, wouldn't it be a great addition to the Yang family?"

"Also, if your eyes are healed, won't you be able to let go of the boulder in your heart even if your stepfather goes to Beijing for the exam?"

Zou's eloquent words made Wu Ruolan sobbing, almost unable to get in a word.

It wasn't until Mrs. Zou stopped to drink tea that Wu Ruolan had a chance to intervene.

"Sister, you are right, but..."

Mrs. Zou interrupted Wu Ruolan again: "I'm talking about big sister, isn't it three years before his ancestor goes to Beijing? Maybe by then, his ancestor will change his mind!"

"Is what sister said true?" Wu Ruolan grabbed Zou's hand in surprise and asked.

"Hey, can the old sister still lie to the younger sister?" Zou said and laughed.

In the end, Wu Ruolan had no choice but to say helplessly: "Forget it, maybe he changed his mind after three years and went to Beijing to catch the exam."

After Wu Ruolan finished speaking, she laughed with Zou Shi.

There are many large vats in the Shen family's brewing workshop. There are many sorghum in the vats, which have been fermented and emit a pungent smell.

Next to the big tank is Yang Chengye's redesigned distillation equipment, which is much more sophisticated than the previous one.

At this time, Yang Chengye was adjusting the equipment, and Shen You was beside him.

"Brother, it should be about the same this time, right?"

Shen You looked at the sweaty Yang Chengye and asked, "This is already No. 13."

Yang Chengye nodded and said: "It should be done this time, and good wine will be served soon."

Hearing this, Shen You suddenly became excited. In the past month, through Yang Chengye's technology, a large amount of wine has been brewed, which is dozens of times better than the wine they drank before.

And they also divided it into five grades, from high to low, namely A, B, C, D, and E, each with a different price.

First-class wine is five guanqian per jar, ten catties per jar, second-class wine is four guanqian per jar, third-class wine is three guanqian per jar, D-class wine is two guanqian per jar, and fifth-class wine is one guanqian per jar .

And opened a restaurant in Jiaxing City, five kinds of wine are displayed in sequence, and the price is clearly marked, but no one cares about it at the beginning.

Three days later, after being promoted by the waiter in the shop, someone finally walked into the hotel with the attitude of giving it a try, and shouted after drinking it, saying that he drank Yuye Qiongye.

If there is one, there will be two, and if there is two, there will be three. After that person shouted, people who were still waiting and watching rushed in, and the business in the restaurant was bursting, and the supply of wine was already in short supply.

This time Yang Chengye developed the best kind of wine, named "Hundred Years Immortal", which was specially brewed by Yang Chengye for Zou and Wu Ruolan.

According to Yang Chengye, dozens of herbs are placed in this wine, drinking it can prolong life, and it will not be a problem to live to a hundred years old.

As a filial son, Shen Youlai agreed with it with both hands.

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