The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 15 Spirits
Sun Shao had a hearty drink of free wine, and then swaggered out the door.Once out of the city gate, Dun Wu and Shuai Zeng, who had been forced to smile all the time, raised their thumbs: "Young master, you are so smart to use this method to escape."

"Get away?" Sun Shao smiled triumphantly: "I want to earn the ten gold."

Shuai Zeng twitched the corners of his mouth, and gave a wry smile: "Young master, where did the spirits come from in the mansion? It's not as good as the wine from Tianranju. This Tianranju is the largest wine shop in the wine market in Wu County, and there is no one better than him. Strong wine."

Sun Shao secretly laughed.Of course he knew that Shuai Zeng was telling the truth, at first he thought that the wine was not as strong as Zhou Fu's, but it was just an illusion.Because Zhoufu's wine is freshly filtered, it has a strong alcohol smell, while Tianranju's wine is filtered for sale, so it is lighter. In fact, the difference is not big.But he knew that no matter how strong these wines were, they were only at the same level as the rice wine from the previous life. Undistilled wines would never exceed [-] degrees.In other words, he is sure to earn the ten gold, and if he can't handle it, this is still a way to make money.So when he came out of Tianranju, he didn't go out directly, but walked around the wine market, just to see if there was a good store in the market, maybe he could open a store to make money sometime.

Dun Wu and Shuai Zeng looked at each other, they didn't believe what Sun Shao said at all, they all thought that Sun Shao was drinking too comfortably with free wine, was drunk, and was just talking drunk.Fortunately, these words were reported by Sun Shao himself, and they won't be able to blame them in the future, just treat it as a show.The shopkeeper of Tianranju didn't dare to go to Sun's residence to make trouble anyway, at best he would be laughed at, and it was Sun Shao's own business to be ashamed.

The three returned to the mansion with different thoughts, and Sun Shao didn't let Dun Wu and Shuai Zeng rest, so they immediately sent people to beat up a few carpenters, and sent people to Tianranju to buy a few stones of high-quality wine, and then So the cat tossed about in the east kitchen.

Daqiao soon learned of the news, and sent Qiaoying to call Sun Shao. Sun Shao was gesticulating and telling the carpenter what to do, with his sleeves rolled up, his face flushed, and he reeked of alcohol as he spoke.Hearing that Daqiao was looking for him, he clapped his hands and said loudly to the carpenter, "I'll give you one day and double the wages."

Upon hearing that the wages had been doubled, the old carpenter smiled brightly: "Young master, don't worry, I'll do it for you if I don't sleep all night."

Sun Shao laughed loudly, turned around and said to Shuai Zeng, "Go, take care of Aunt Qin, and give them extra meals. After eating, they will have the strength to work. Put more meat."

When the old carpenter heard that he still had food and meat to eat, he became more energetic and patted his chest to promise that the work would be completed within a day.

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After listening to Sun Shao's words, Daqiao was a little displeased: "There is nothing wrong with anyone. If you say something wrong, it's just a matter of being with you. Why bother to make mistakes? How can there be any spirits in the mansion? I won't be able to get them out at that time." When the wine comes, don't you want to lose even more face?"

Sun Shao shook his head again and again: "Don't worry, mother, I didn't say this to cover up my shame, I just wanted to find a way to make money. The ten gold is just a small test, and in the future, I can earn more from this wine." If you have too much money, you will no longer care about the taxes of those thousand households.”

Daqiao saw that Sun Shao was confident in what he said, but he believed it a little bit.Although it is not a good way to do business, since Sun Shao has been cut off from his official career, it is a good choice to find a way to earn some money. Even if it is for the sake of reputation, as long as he does not show up at that time, it will be fine. Not unusual.

The next day, the old carpenter made a wooden barrel for steaming wine according to Sun Shao's request, and walked away with a smile on his wages and rewards. Sun Shao then arranged for someone to steam the wine.The raw material is the wine bought from Tianranju. Once it is steamed in the pot, the aroma of the wine is even more intense. It floats in the whole yard. The bridge and Qiaoyue on the small building smell the aroma of wine in the yard and look at each other. With a wry smile, although they didn't stop Sun Shao, they were still a little uneasy in their hearts, for fear that Sun Shao would lose face if he didn't succeed.

In the evening, Sun Shao was wearing a bunt and smelled of alcohol, and went up to the small building with a small wine urn in his arms. He sat in front of the suspicious bridge with a smile on his face, and poured some wine into the lacquer-eared cup: "Mother , try it."

Daqiao took the earcup, sniffed her nose, her eyes lit up immediately, the aroma of the wine was much stronger, she just wanted to drink it, but Sun Shao stopped her: "Mum, it's good to taste it, this wine is strong, drink it quickly Yes, hurt yourself."

Daqiao burst out laughing, and took a sip of the wine. As soon as she drank the wine, she frowned and looked at Sun Shao with gratitude.After a while, she finally let out a long breath: "What a strong wine, it's like a ball of fire."

Sun Shao laughed, what kind of strong is this? It’s only steamed once, and at most it’s about forty degrees. After three steams and four steams, it’s called strong.However, compared to Daqiao, who is used to drinking brewed wine with a temperature of about ten degrees, this wine is indeed much stronger, and her comparison is not too far-fetched.

"Can you win the ten gold?" Sun Shao smiled a little proudly.

"If you only talk about this wine, you can earn that ten gold, but I'm afraid that the shopkeeper of Tianranju won't be so willing." Daqiao couldn't help smiling when he thought of Sun Shao calling the shopkeeper Jiuxuan.In fact, she didn't take it seriously that Sun Shao took the money in this way, she just took it as a joke, and didn't think that Sun Shao would really take the ten gold.

"Hey, in my opinion, he doesn't dare."

Daqiao frowned: "You don't really want to take the ten gold pieces, do you? This is not what a gentleman does."

Sun Shao smiled disapprovingly, took a sip of the new wine, and was immediately coughed by choking, his eyes were so choked, he was in a panic.In his previous life, he was used to drinking distilled spirits above [-] degrees, and subconsciously thought that he didn't need to pay attention, but he didn't expect that his current body, like Daqiao, was not used to such a high alcohol content. The words were all choked up without a trace.

Daqiao hesitated for a moment, leaned over, and patted Sun Shao on the back lightly.After a long while, Sun Shao finally caught his breath, and said with a self-conscious smile: "One can't be too complacent, the crab loses its claws when it's too happy."

Some unhappy Daqiao heard it, and at first he didn't quite understand it, but then he thought about it, and immediately realized the meaning, and couldn't help but chuckled softly.Qiaoying also smiled at the side, but she looked at Daqiao with a sad smile, but also a little relieved. In the past two days, Daqiao laughed more times than in the past ten years.She looked at the instigator, Sun Shao, feeling sad for him, but also happy. It was a brave thing for him to take the initiative to shoulder the burden of a family.

(End of this chapter)