Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 55 Women disguised as men
"Is this alcohol?" Uncle Cao Guo sniffed the liquid in the porcelain bottle, and the aroma of the wine was not as strong as before.

Li Buqi asked, "Where's the rose oil you mentioned?"

Uncle Cao Guo hurriedly asked someone to bring a small wooden box, opened it and carefully took out a glass bottle from it, handed it to Li Buqi and said, "This is it. I bought it from the Tianfang merchant."

Li Buqi opened the glass bottle and smelled it, and it turned out to be a strong fragrance of roses.He poured some alcohol into a specially fired small white porcelain jar, and then dripped a little rose oil into it. After a little shaking, the rose oil was well dissolved by the alcohol. "Look, rose oil doesn't dissolve well in water, but alcohol can dissolve it. If you rub the alcohol dissolved in rose oil on your body, the alcohol will dissipate easily, leaving only the rose oil evenly on the skin."

Uncle Cao Guo tried it, and it really didn't make his hands greasy like rose oil. This thing must be used by his sister first, maybe it will win the emperor's favor.Now he completely believed in the magic of alcohol. Since alcohol can dissolve the essence of roses, it must be able to dissolve the essence of other things.

Then he saw Li Buqi pour some alcohol into a tall and thin porcelain bucket, put a bamboo stick with a small copper piece hanging from the bottom, and made a mark on it.Then Li Buqi poured water into the alcohol in a very prodigal manner, and every time he poured a cup, he poured the alcohol mixed with water back into the porcelain bucket and inserted a bamboo stick to mark it.

Uncle Cao Guo was distressed: "What are you doing? Twenty altars of spirits have evaporated such a little thing, how can you still spoil it?"

But Li Buqi laughed: "Sharpening a knife is not the same as chopping firewood. With this gauge, it will be much easier to distill alcohol in the future."

Although Da Song or the world's first alcohol meter was ready, Li Buqi was very dissatisfied.Bamboo will absorb moisture or dry out as the weather changes, resulting in inaccurate measurements, and the nature of bamboo is still not stable enough, so it is best to use glass as an alcohol meter.Being used to glass instruments, he has always believed that without the appearance of glass, many scientific discoveries would not be possible, so it is necessary to get out glass as soon as possible.

Li Buqi picked up the glass bottle containing rose oil and took a closer look. The glass had a green color, and the color was uneven, and the transparency was also problematic. Although it was rubbish compared to the chemical glass used before time travel, it was transparent anyway. Yes, then the first step is to create such glass.

Uncle Cao Guo carefully carried the bottle of alcohol in his hand and happily walked away, urging Li Buqi to quickly brew more alcohol.Moreover, Uncle Cao Guo promised that there would be no trouble in the city, so he built a winery on the [-] acres of land outside the city, and Li Buqi didn't need to worry about the money. Several nobles and Taoist temples would compete for money. Take the opportunity to take a share, so that you can get the alcohol first in the future.

This is a good thing. It is better to use other people's money to do your own business.Li Buqi went to see the [-] acres of land, and drew a plan for uncle Cao Guo to manage it first.

There are also surprises in the selection of koji varieties. A grain sample fermented with koji from Shanxi has shown a very good change. I hope to breed usable Daqu.

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Zhao Yuanwai called his daughter to the study when he got home, with a serious expression on his face: "Sister, I have already found out what happened to Li Buqi. It's not like your brother said that Li Buqi was making trouble for no reason. That censor You shouldn’t play games with military and state affairs. It’s wrong to just earn fame for yourself. But he is a censor after all, so if he made a mistake, his own officials and ministers will deal with him. Li Buqi is so embarrassing. It is to offend all officials.

Furthermore, the court has its own rules, and it is important that a gentleman speaks but not hands.You can debate what you disagree with. Only you can refute others by citing classics, and you will naturally be recognized as a hero.But Li Buqi broke the rules this time, and the princes of the court will definitely not tolerate him.Alas, teenagers are crazy!Judging from this matter, this is not a prudent person, and definitely not a good match for entrusting him for life. "

Seeing that his father said the same thing, Zhao Mingdao hurriedly chimed in: "That's right! Little sister, look at Li Buqi's behavior is so perverse, and I don't know what will happen to him after another three years. Your good youth can't be ruined by him. .Anyway, there is no marriage contract, so let's take this opportunity to end it."

But Zhao Min said: "After reading the textbook compiled by Li Buqi, my family should be a rigorous person, not like a perverted person. Since he behaves like this, I'm afraid there is something hidden."

Zhao Yuanwai said: "No matter what secrets he has, he has offended all the officials. With him around, who will dare to talk casually in the future? I am afraid that the court will not tolerate him in the future. If you marry him, you will only suffer along with him." .And even the imperial examination, he may not be able to pass it.”

After all, Zhao Min was young, so he hurriedly asked: "Could it be that some people dare to play favoritism when it comes to national ethics and talents?"

Zhao Yuanwai snorted softly: "It's not necessarily selfish, but if the chief examiner is willing to trouble him, then it's hard to say." In fact, Zhao Yuanwai has been in the officialdom for more than ten years, but he knows that the imperial examination is not impossible.

Zhao Min lowered her head and said softly: "But my daughter made a promise to him, and the whole city of Tokyo knew about it. Now that I repent, what do people think of my daughter?"

Zhao Mingdao said urgently: "Now there are rumors that Li Buqi's 'Leading the Coquette for Hundreds of Years' and that "Praise of Red Plums" are both plagiarized, so now is the opportunity, he is doing things so unreasonably, No one will say that he is good. How can such a person be entrusted with his life, and no one else can say anything."

It took Zhao Min a long time to say to Zhao Yuanwai: "Let my daughter think about this matter."

Zhao Yuanwai knew that his daughter had an idea and forced her to make a clean break with Li Buqi for fear of causing repercussions, so he sighed and let Zhao Min go.Zhao Mingdao hurried back to his room and asked his wife to persuade his younger sister, so he must not miss the opportunity.

Zhao Mingdao's wife came to Zhao Min's embroidered building with her maid, but the door was closed. After knocking on the door for a while, the old lady opened the door in a panic.As she entered the door, she asked, "What are you doing closing the door in broad daylight?" She caught a glimpse of Xing'er poking her head on the stairs, and saw him retracting his head immediately.

She knew something was going on, so she turned around and said, "It seems that I came at a bad time, come back later."

But I heard Zhao Min's voice from upstairs saying: "Second sister-in-law, please come up."

After going upstairs, she couldn't help but glanced curiously, and saw a fan case and a piece of jade on the table, both of which were for men.Taking a closer look, they are all brand new, so they joked: "Hey, is this a gift for your lover?"

Zhao Min's cheeks were flushed, and she hurriedly defended: "This is my little girl who wants to have a look with men's clothes when she has nothing to do."

Zhao Min's second sister-in-law remembered that Zhao Min asked for two sets of old clothes that his brother didn't wear a few days ago, so she guessed roughly.He was originally the daughter of a businessman who had an old friendship with the Zhao family, so he didn't find it strange, and it was not that she had never done this before she got married, so she smiled and said, "Hmph, I want to disguise myself as a man." Look at the lover? Then let me take a look at it. In Bianliang City, many women disguise themselves as men and go out to play. I did this when I was at my mother’s house. I will help you clean up and see if there are any flaws."

(End of this chapter)