Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 30. Zhang's Wine
Rather than holding Zhang Bao accountable, Feng Xi wanted to know who was sowing discord here.

"Uh... I forgot. I just remember that I was asking around for information about General Feng, and suddenly two people came up to me and said that they were also being ostracized by General Feng, and then told me those words."

Zhang Bao also blushed. He believed what the other party said without even thinking about it. In the end, he didn't even know who the other party was. He was extremely stupid.

"I see... Then I roughly understand. The young general cannot be blamed for this matter, so let's just put it behind us."

When Feng Xi heard what Zhang Bao said, he guessed that Liu Ning and Du Lu were trying to trip him up, but he didn't expect that they used too much force and ended up like this.

However, Feng Xi didn't have too many thoughts about how to deal with these two people. Now the two sides are no longer people of the same level, so there is no need to embarrass them. There will be plenty of time to deal with them later.

"I also brought a few jars of good wine from the winery as a token of my apology. Please do not refuse, Xiu Yuan."

Zhang Fei also pointed in this direction, and Feng Xi saw that Zhang Fei's personal guards were carrying the fine wine sealed in mud into the courtyard.

Feng Xi touched his chin and then he remembered that Uncle Zhang San was a wine lover. After coming to Shuzhong, he opened several restaurants relying on his skills learned in Zhuo County and specialized in making and selling wine.

"General San, please sit down for a moment. I already know that you are an expert in wine tasting. I got a cup of good wine a few days ago. I hope you can taste it."

Feng Xi does have a cup of purified liquor here, but Feng Xi has been focusing on military affairs recently, so he can only do some liquor work casually, and has no time or energy to get those utensils. If I can talk to Zhang Fei today and let Zhang Fei handle this matter, I can also invest in the company with my technology and get some dividends, wouldn't that be great?
When Zhang Fei heard that Feng Xi had good wine, his eyes lit up.

"Okay, okay, little Feng, bring it here so I can taste it. I can't say anything else, but I have tasted wine from every one of the thirteen states in the Han Dynasty. If we talk about wine tasting, I am considered a wine expert."

Feng Xi smiled silently, took out a sealed small ceramic bottle from his warehouse and brought it back.

"Please, General Three. The quantity is indeed not much."

Zhang Fei smacked his lips when he saw such a small bottle. After all, the small amount meant that he could only taste it slowly, and he couldn't drink several bowls in a row.

"Boom~"

The mud seal on top was pulled open by Zhang Fei, making a crisp sound.

"Sniff... Hmm? Where does this wine come from?"

Zhang Fei sniffed it first, and it turned out to be a good smell. He found that the rich aroma of wine was the strongest he had ever smelled in his life.

"Where did you come from? I'll keep you in suspense for now. General San will taste it first."

Feng Xi smiled and wanted to see how Zhang Fei would react after drinking it.

Zhang Fei raised the small bottle and took a sip of the wine. A stinging and spicy feeling instantly filled Zhang Fei's mouth and nose, causing him to stare.

But in an instant, the spicy feeling disappeared, replaced by a rich grain aroma, including the flavors of barley, wheat and rice.

When this hot current flows down the throat into the abdomen, a burning pain like fire comes from the abdomen, but the unique aroma of wine also flows between the abdomen and lips and teeth at the same time.

"Good, good wine. I, Zhang, have never drunk such a strong yet mellow wine."

Zhang Fei only took a sip before making his comment, which made Zhang Bao next to him drool.

"Is this true? Father, can you let me have a taste?"

Zhang Bao had just put on his shirt, and when he heard that Zhang Fei was actually obsessed with the wine, he couldn't help but ask for some.

"Here, just one sip."

Zhang Fei handed over the small bottle, and Zhang Bao tilted his head back to drink.

"Hey, hey, hey, be careful, be careful, just take a small sip."

In the end, Zhang Bao could only take a small sip like Zhang Fei did.

"Puff!" As soon as the wine entered his mouth, Zhang Bao couldn't help but spit it out.

"Ahem... this wine is so strong, like a raging fire."

Zhang Bao wiped the liquid that sprayed out of his nose and mouth and commented.

"You rebellious son, there isn't much wine here to begin with, but you sprayed so much! If you can't drink the wine, go ask your brother for some juice to drink, don't waste good wine here!"

Seeing that Zhang Bao was wasting so much wine, Zhang Fei couldn't help but scold him a few words. He snatched back the bottle of wine and continued to sip it slowly.

"Good wine, good wine... What a pity, alas..."

Zhang Fei couldn't help but sigh as he sucked.

"Why are the three generals sighing? Is there something wrong with this wine?"

Feng Xi thought Zhang Fei had some objections and couldn't help but ask.

"I feel bad. I got this wine from you today. I'm afraid other wines won't taste good in the future. I don't know when I can drink this wine again."

Zhang Fei also felt a little regretful about the small porcelain bottle with only a base left.

"Haha, what's the pity? To be honest, General San, this wine was brewed by me. If General San is interested, we can cooperate."

Seeing that Zhang Fei had been captivated by the distilled liquor, Feng Xi laughed and stated his purpose.

"Really? Xiu Yuan can actually brew such strong liquor by himself?"

Zhang Fei widened his eyes, somewhat incredulous.

"How difficult is this? General San, how about I provide the winemaking method, and let General San Winery be responsible for manufacturing and sales, and we split the profits 20% and 80%?"

Feng Xi also thought about it again and again, and felt that 28 was about right. After all, winemaking also has costs and so on, and he only took 20% of the profit, which was already a lot.

"28? Does Xiu Yuan look down on me? What's wrong with me giving you 40%? There's no need to worry about the market for such fine wine."

Zhang Fei was also very generous. He doubled the offer from 20% right away, which made Feng Xi couldn't help but sigh that Zhang Fei was really rich.

"General San, please sit down for a moment. I will go get the wine-making method."

Since Zhang Fei was so sincere, Feng Xi would not play tricks on him. He went to the room and took out the blueprint of the distillation equipment and the corresponding steps.

"General San, please take a look. As long as we use this method for secondary purification, we can purify low-concentration muddy wine into high-concentration strong liquor."

Feng Xi just pointed out the purpose of it, and Zhang Fei understood its function.

"General Feng, I still don't understand why we need to collect the liquid before the water boils? Why is it wine?"

Zhang Bao was still a little confused. After all, it was impossible for ancient people to know that the boiling point of alcohol was lower than that of water.

"General San, as an expert in wine, should know that if wine is exposed to the air for a long time, it will lose its flavor over time, right?"

Feng Xi asked Zhang Fei, and Zhang Fei naturally knew the answer and nodded.

"That's because the essence of wine is very volatile and is easier to turn into gas than water. This thing uses this principle. Before the water boils and turns into steam, the essence of the wine in it turns into gas, condenses into droplets through this pipe, and flows into the container on this side."

Zhang Bao understood Feng Xi's explanation, and both father and son looked at the simple and unique distillation equipment drawing with amazement.

(End of this chapter)