Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 880 Not for Drinking
In order to build a relationship with the little guy, Zhou Xu had someone make a separate bird's nest for Xuan Yu, and moved it to his own bedroom along with the eggshell.

During this process, as a baby bird, this little guy was quite brave and did not show any signs of being frightened. Instead, he looked calm throughout the whole process and continued to peck at the eggshell in front of him, as if nothing was more important than the meal in front of him. Rice is the most important thing in the world.

"Your Majesty, is it okay for this newly hatched bird to eat the eggshell?"

Holding the bird's nest in his hand, Silk looked at Xuanyu who was pecking at the eggshell and asked curiously.

Apparently, none of them had any experience keeping birds.

However, compared to Silk, Zhou Xu at least knew a little more information.

"Eating eggshells can supplement calcium, so it shouldn't be a big problem. The creatures in nature know what to eat and what not to eat, not to mention that Xuan Yu is a natural extraordinary creature."

Zhou Xu's last sentence easily convinced Silk.

Indeed, extraordinary creatures are basically unable to think from the perspective of ordinary animals.

Take Qiansui for example. When this little guy was born, he was not a supernatural creature, but just a strange beast. However, he has been very spiritual since he was a child and has strong self-care ability.

For someone like Xuan Yu, who is born as a supernatural being, his self-care ability shouldn’t be worse than Qiansui, right?

In the new day, Zhou Xu, who had basically resumed his normal routine, got up for morning exercises just after dawn.

After a day of morning exercise, the power of mantra in the body remains unchanged.

With his previous experience, Zhou Xu didn't find it strange.

At that time in Pingyuan City, he was so tired that his mind went blank, and he finally managed to concentrate and drive the power of truth to work.

But under normal circumstances, after he finishes his morning exercise, his work for the day has just begun. How could he let himself become exhausted?
This also made Zhou Xu temporarily give up this idea. He could try to verify his other guess and see if he could improve his realm by studying the mantra.

After breakfast, Zhou Xu arrived at the Qinzheng Hall and the day's work officially began.

Just after finishing processing two documents, a personal soldier came in with a tray. On the tray was a pottery jar the size of a wine jug.

When Zhou Xu saw it, his eyes suddenly lit up. Without waiting for his guards to speak, he quickly signaled them to bring up the pottery jar.

The commotion here undoubtedly attracted the attention of Huo Qubing and Li Bowen in the hall.

Zhou Xu ignored them for the time being, and simply reached out and pulled out the stopper of the pottery jar.

Suddenly, a peculiar smell spread in the hall, causing Huo Qubing and Li Bowen, who had been paying attention to the situation here, to sniff.

[This smell is familiar? ]

Li Bowen always felt that he had smelled this smell somewhere before, and then he reacted quickly.

"Wine! Your Majesty, is this wine in this little jar?"

Unlike Huo Qubing, who basically never drank alcohol due to health reasons since childhood, Li Bowen was also a wine lover. He had to drink a few glasses of wine at dinner every day before he could eat comfortably.

"How can the aroma of this wine be so strong? I didn't recognize it at first glance!"

Hearing this, Zhou Xu smiled slightly.

Then he took out a clean teacup at hand and poured the wine in the small jar into the cup.

In an instant, a stream of wine as transparent as clear water was poured into the cup.

During the process of pouring wine, the rich aroma of wine could not help but spread faster in the Qinzheng Hall, further stimulating everyone's sense of smell. At the same time, looking at the clear wine, Li Bowen was also stunned.

Most of the wines in this era were turbid, but the wine poured from their Majesty's hands was so clear that it made Li Bowen suspicious.

[It's so clear, is it really wine?] But the aroma of wine that was constantly stimulating his sense of smell clearly put the answer in front of him.

Looking at Li Bowen who had already begun to swallow his saliva unconsciously, Zhou Xu asked with a smile...

"What? Want to drink?"

In response, Li Bowen just laughed dryly twice but did not dare to answer.

Seeing this, Zhou Xu didn't have any ideas.

"You can't drink this wine. It can kill people."

Hearing this, Li Bowen was suddenly shocked.

"Your Majesty, it can cause death. Is this poison?"

As he said this, Li Bowen suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

[This poisoned wine is so tempting. If Your Majesty hadn't told me and someone else had placed it directly in front of me, I would have been unable to resist the urge to taste it. It's really scary! ]

Zhou Xuke had no idea what kind of mental journey Li Bowen was going through at this moment, he just continued to talk to himself...

"It's not poison. I call it alcohol."

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Li Bowen couldn't help but become suspicious when he heard that the wine was not poisoned.

"Your Majesty, what is this alcohol? It has the word 'wine' in it and has such a strong aroma. Is it also a kind of wine?"

"The ingredients of these two are the same, and there is nothing wrong with that, but this alcohol is not for drinking, it is for saving lives!"

At this moment, what Zhou Xu said could be said to be completely beyond the expectations of Huo Qubing and Li Bowen.

They know that drinking is harmful to the body, but can alcohol also save lives?
Even the smartest people would not be able to understand something that is completely beyond their common sense.

And this matter cannot be explained clearly in the short term.

Zhou Xu knew this clearly, and did not intend to explain further.
After simply confirming the purity of the alcohol by pouring it out, Zhou Xu directly put his fingers into the teacup filled with alcohol to wet them, and then rubbed the alcohol on the back of his hand.

Feeling the alcohol evaporating quickly, coupled with the familiar smell that was so strong that it was even a little pungent, Zhou Xu nodded with satisfaction.

"It's done!"

To obtain alcohol, simply put, you need to continuously distill and purify the wine, and finally remove water.

It sounds simple, but it takes some effort to do it.

Zhou Xu himself had no particular interest in alcohol, let alone strong liquor.

The reason why people were specially ordered to refine alcohol was because the medical value of alcohol was valued!
In this era, countless people die from wound infections, and the function of alcohol is to disinfect wounds.

As long as alcohol can be used smoothly, the casualties after each war in their Great Zhou will definitely be further controlled!

We didn't rush to do it before because making alcohol really wastes food.

In the past, in the New South District, the food available was not enough for everyone to eat, so naturally there was no extra food for him to make alcohol.

But now, with the opening of the waterway, the grain from the Plain Farm can be quickly transported to the New South District via the water transport channel. In addition, the grain production in the New South District itself has been completely restored. Only then did Zhou Xu start this project and achieved the current results!

(End of this chapter)