The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 60
Sun Shao and Zhang Wen walked into the alcohol-smelling workshop, and Ji Yan had already got the news, and soon came to Sun Shao with a wine glass.

"Lieutenant, this wine is made according to the captain's prescription, but..." He smacked his lips, with a helpless expression on his face: "The effect is very different from the wine that the captain gave at the beginning. We have tried several times, and the effect is not the same. Not the same, even the effects are quite different between several times, which is really puzzling."

Sun Shao took the wine glass, licked it with the tip of his tongue, and frowned suddenly: "This wine is too strong, of course the effect is not good."

"It's not good if it's too intense?" Ji Yan was stunned.He is very smart. When he first came into contact with this matter, he felt that the reason why this wine is useful is because of its strength, so he felt that the stronger the wine, the better the effect. I steamed one more dish, but I didn't expect it to be self-defeating.

"It's too late, don't you understand?" Sun Shao put down his wine glass and waved his hand: "Take me to see the workshop first, and then discuss it."

Jiyan looked at Sun Shao unconvinced, but dared not say anything.Jiyan is a smart person, and she is serious in her work, so serious that she is a little bit unreasonable.This time he was ordered by Zhu Zhi to present new wine in Jianye, and the previous things went well. Sun Quan's attitude towards him changed a lot. After Sun Shao brought the prescription of the new wine, he handed it over to him.Jiyan was very excited, he knew the importance of this new wine, Sun Quan's ability to entrust this matter to him showed his trust in him, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he worked very hard, but he didn't expect to use too much force , The new wine that comes out smells delicious, but the effect of the experiment has not been ideal, which puzzles him.Hearing now that Sun Shao said that he went too far, he was neither convinced nor reconciled, and he even regretted it.

"College, please." Although Ji Yan refused to accept, seeing Zhang Wen respectfully following Sun Shao, she did not dare to underestimate him.He could look down on Sun Shao, but he didn't dare to look down on Zhang Wen. If Zhang Wen's talent and learning could serve Sun Shao, it meant that Sun Shao was indeed superior, otherwise Zhang Wen wouldn't be so obedient.

Sun Shao followed Ji Yan around, and felt emotional. After all, it is a state machine. Sun Quan's financial and material resources are much stronger than him. There are a hundred steam barrels in this circle, and nearly a thousand people are inside. The scale of the busy work left him dumbfounded.Ji Yan explained the layout of the place to him in detail, and specifically stated that the workers here are all official slaves, they cannot contact outsiders, and they are all managed independently. In other words, as long as this institution exists for a day, they cannot leave the hospital. Walls, except death.

Sun Shao frowned, he was not used to such serious exploitation, but there was nothing he could do, and there seemed to be no better way to keep this secret.He said to Jiyan: "Although they are official slaves and don't need wages, they should not be treated too badly. Food must be provided well. The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers."

Jiyan hesitated for a moment, feeling a bit embarrassed, all the supplies here are accounted for, and the daily rations of the officials and slaves have to be counted as dead. Sun Shao wants to be a good person, but where does the money come from?He was hesitating, Zhang Wen smiled and said: "Zixiu, you just listen to the captain. Since the captain here is in charge, he can find his own way if there is a shortage, so you don't need to worry about it."

Hearing this, Jiyan smiled awkwardly.Zhang Wen is right, he is not in charge now, Sun Shao is the boss, Zhang Wen is the second child, he is only the third child at best, why bother so much.

"Here, everything is up to the captain's orders."

"Come with me." After watching the workshop, Sun Shao brought Ji Yan and Zhang Wen back to the official residence. This is a small courtyard in front of the workshop. Yan lived there, and after learning that Sun Shao was coming to take charge, Ji Yan consciously moved out and lived in the East Wing.Sun Shao sat down in the hall, asked Jiyan to bring the prescription he had written to Sun Shao, and then pulled a bamboo slip and threw it to Zhang Wen: "Hui Shu, you are You Cheng, and you will be in charge of this place from now on. There are some procedures. You have to remember it in detail. Zixiu, you will be Huishu's assistant for the time being, and Zuo Cheng. If there is anything, you two can discuss it."

"Here." Zhang Wen nodded without saying much, and quickly took out a pen and ink to record. Although Ji Yan felt strange, she didn't dare to neglect. She quickly picked up the water bottle and dripped two drops of water, and then began to grind the ink.After the ink was thickened, Zhang Wen held the pen in his hand and listened intently.

"The active ingredient in this new wine is the essence of the wine. Let's call it alcohol. The amount of alcohol in it is called the alcohol level. Wine with different alcohol levels has different effects on different wounds, too. If it is too strong or too weak, it will affect the curative effect.” Sun Shao spread out the prescription and began to talk about the effects of alcohol, he spoke slowly, stopping to explain from time to time, Zhang Wen heard it for the first time, it was very fresh, However, Jiyan has been working for a while and has quite a lot of practical experience. She still has a lot of confusion in her heart. Now she listens to Sun Shaoyi's explanation, and suddenly she is enlightened. , full attention.

It took Sun Shao an hour to tell Zhang Wen and others about alcohol, and finally said: "The first thing to control is the temperature, and the second is the number of distillations. The temperature can only be felt, and the control will inevitably make mistakes, so it must be tested in the end. Only by clarifying the alcohol content can we be sure in the future, otherwise, every barrel of wine will be different, and the generals on the front line will scold their mothers."

"Then how to measure the alcohol content? How accurate is it?" Ji Yan asked.

Sun Shao looked at Jiyan with some surprise. There are not many literati who can think of the degree of precision these days. They all like to be qualitative and not quantitative. "I have a prescription here, you send someone to buy it right away, and I will give you a method to test the alcohol level, and then you will know how accurate it is."

Ji Yan took the prescription and looked at it. There was quicklime, sulfur, charcoal, rosin, and saltpeter on it. There were a lot of things written on it, and quicklime was the most abundant.If it was before Sun Shao's explanation, he would doubt Sun Shao again, but now after listening to Sun Shao's narration about the new wine, he bowed down and accepted the order without saying a word.

"Here, I'll arrange for someone to buy it right away."

"Don't make the city full of wind and rain." Sun Shao said: "Whether it's Cao Cao or Liu Bei, there are spies under his command. Don't let them get wind of it. Otherwise, sooner or later there will be uninvited guests in this workshop."

"The captain is right." Zhang Wen nodded again and again: "I suggest that different people work separately, and no one is allowed to understand the whole process, so as not to leak the secret."

"It makes sense." Sun Shao smiled, stood up and stretched his waist: "Leave the matter here to the two of you. I won't stay here anymore. If there is anything, you can ask someone to go to the general's mansion to find me. However, You'd better be quiet so as not to bother me."

Zhang Wen nodded with a smile, but Ji Yan was very surprised. Hearing what Sun Shao meant, he didn't seem to want to take care of the specific affairs. This hands-off shopkeeper is really comfortable. The salary of Qianshi every year is just for him to be named?This clan is a clan, so if you don't accept it, you can't do it.

"Zixiu shouldn't live in the east room anymore. It's next to the kitchen, and there's too much oily smoke. Huishu lives in the west room, so you can live in the east room. As for the middle room, keep it for me. Maybe someday I will I will stay for two days." After finishing speaking, Sun Shao shook his sleeves and left.

"This..." Jiyan couldn't laugh or cry, pointed at Sun Shao's back and said to Zhang Wen: "Brother Huishu, is this appropriate? The Supreme Being blames me, what should I do?"

"As long as you and I make the wine according to the captain's method, the Supreme will not blame you." Zhang Wen patted Ji Yan's shoulder with confidence: "Besides, it is the captain who asked you and me to make meritorious service. What else do you have?" Unsatisfactory?"

When Jiyan heard this, she suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)