The best idlers of the Tang Dynasty

Chang'an City in Tang Dynasty, called Daxing City in Sui Dynasty, was built in Sui Dynasty, and changed its name to Chang'an City in Tang Dynasty. It was the capital of Sui and Tang Dynasties. City.

It was the most magnificent capital in ancient China established by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty and his ministers, reflecting the grandeur of the unified dynasty.In order to reflect the desire to unify the world and achieve long-term peace and stability, the planning process of the city takes into account the ideas of timing, location and harmony of people. "Follow the sky and the earth", the emperor is respected, and all officials serve.

In order to accommodate more population and migrate the grand plan of the nobles of the exterminated countries in the south of the Yangtze River to realize the grand plan of the capital, the city was built ahead of the ancient times, with an area of ​​84 square kilometers, 2.4 times that of Chang'an City in Han Dynasty and 1.4 times that of Beijing City in Ming and Qing Dynasties .It was 7 times larger than the capital of the Byzantine Kingdom at the same time, and 800 times larger than the city of Baghdad built in 6.2 AD. It was the largest city in the world at that time.

Chang'an City is composed of three parts: Outer Guo City, Miyagi City and Imperial City. All industries in the city are prosperous, and the population is close to 300 million at its peak.After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Chang'an City was repaired and repaired in many ways, which made the city layout more rational.The establishment of the Daming Palace on Longshou Yuan gave the rulers of the Li and Tang Dynasties an even more powerful and superior geographical position.Standing on the Longshouyuan, overlooking the whole city, it shows the bearing and demeanor of a generation of empires dominating the world.

It’s just that compared with the later period of Zhenguan’s heyday, the current Chang’an City is still slightly insufficient. , Only then temporarily got rid of the crisis of extinction.After several years of development, the vitality of Chang'an City has been restored. Merchants from all over the world gather here, which makes Chang'an City more prosperous.

Since Du Rui was expelled from the Laiguo Duke's Mansion by Cui's mother and son, he just read in peace in the old house every day, and did nothing. Although Cui also gave some money when he was dispatched, it was just a drop in the bucket. , now a big family, more than a dozen people, are counting on the one thousand severance package, if they don't want to do anything, they can only sit and eat.

Du Zhong saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart. He just saw Du Rui's calm and calm appearance, and he couldn't say much. Although Du Rui was still young at the moment, since he had already left He is the owner of this old house. Although he has a lot of respect for Du Zhong, a loyal old servant, in his words and deeds, it is not good for Du Zhong to really rely on the old and sell the old.He can only take care of it with all his heart and save money. As for what will happen in the future, it is not up to him alone to decide.

On this day, Du Zhong was instructing his children and grandchildren to rest and reorganize the courtyard. Suddenly, Du Rui, who was supposed to be studying in the study, came out, waved his hand to stop Du Zhong and others from saluting, and opened his mouth to ask, "Uncle Zhong! A skilled carpenter."

Du Zhong didn't react for a while, and after Du Gui's reminder, he just replied: "The carpenter Hu near this old house is very clever. Whenever there is a need for repairs at home, we all look for him."

Hearing this, Du Rui took out a few chapters of paper behind his back and handed them to Du Zhong: "Uncle Zhong! Let Carpenter Hu make it according to the pattern on this picture. It will be of great use to me! Remember, it doesn't matter if you are slow, But it has to be fine and made of pine!"

Du Zhong took the few sheets of paper that Du Rui handed over, looked at them, and saw that there seemed to be some kind of utensils on them, but even though he followed Du Ruhui everywhere, he couldn't see what it was, and wanted to ask , but Du Rui had already entered the study.

Du Gui on the side also poked his head over to look around, but after looking at it for a long time, he also frowned: "Daddy! What a waste of money, my son! This vat is not like a vat, and the barrel is not like a barrel. I can't see it." Come out! Daddy! You have traveled a lot with the late father-in-law, do you recognize this thing?"

But Du Zhong also shook his head for a while, and said: "You don't need to ask any more questions, just run up, remember the young master's instructions, and tell Carpenter Hu that you must build it with your heart. The young master is not an ordinary person, and it must have a magical effect! We are the people of today. Yes, you shouldn't inquire, it's better to ask less!"

Du Gui responded, took the drawings, received the money, and went out to find Carpenter Hu.

In fact, Du Rui didn't want to do anything shocking, but in the past few evenings, when Du Rui was wandering out of the house, he discovered an interesting phenomenon. He walked halfway through the long street that runs through the West Market, and saw There are three restaurants, and suddenly an idea came up.I think that distilled wine may not have appeared in the Tang Dynasty now, otherwise it would be impossible for Wu Song to drink eighteen bowls of wine and kill a tiger in the "Water Margin", which tells the story of the Song Dynasty.If it is high alcohol, pour it down in eighteen bowls, not to mention beating a tiger, you can't even walk.

In fact, low-alcohol distilled wine should be available in a few years. According to historical records, in 640 A.D., the 14th year of Zhenguan, distilled wine was produced in Xinjiang. Later, Emperor Taizong broke Gaochang and introduced the technology of distilled wine to the Central Plains. .Bai Juyi, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, said in a poem: "The lychees are freshly cooked, the color of the cockscomb is fresh, and the amber fragrance is just opened for the shochu." Yong Tao also has a famous sentence "Since the shochu is cooked in Chengdu, I will go to Chang'an without thinking about myself."Li Zhao's "National History Supplement" also records Jiannan's Shaochun and so on.

The above is from the name of the distilled wine, and from the perspective of the distillation process. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, Chen Zangqi's "Supplements to Materia Medica" contained records of "Zhen Qi Water" and "Using Qi to Take".

In addition, among Sui and Tang cultural relics unearthed in later generations, small wine glasses with only 15-20 ml appeared. If there is no shochu, such a small wine glass will definitely not be made.

All these fully show that distilled liquor appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but first in the southwest or northwest.The reason why it has not been fully popularized is that people do not understand the principle, and the distillation equipment is not dense enough. During the distillation process, a lot of alcohol gas is also released into the air with water vapor, which is a big waste and the effect is not good. Another reason is the high alcohol content. Waste of food, and the problem of food and clothing has always been the top priority of the rulers of the feudal dynasty. It was not until the end of the Ming Dynasty with the improvement of technology that Chinese high-grade liquor became popular in large quantities.

Guanzhong was the capital of the Tang Dynasty, and the people in Northwest China have always been tough. Du Rui thought that there should be a market for this kind of high-quality wine, so he came up with such an idea of ​​making a fortune.

Du Rui found a way to make a fortune, excitedly bored himself in the study, pondered for several days, based on some memories from his previous life, coupled with his own redesign, so he came up with the principle of the distillation apparatus on those few pieces of paper picture.

Besides, Du Gui found Carpenter Hu with the money and handed over the drawings. Carpenter Hu also found it difficult when he saw the drawings. What is it for.

But after Du Gui handed over the wages, he didn't care what it was for. Du's mansion is his regular visitor these days, and he also went to Du's mansion to help repair some household items, and he is also familiar with Du Gui. , After thinking about it in my mind, these things don't cost much, and I only charge half of the wages.

It would take a whole day to build this distiller, but Du Rui had told him not to rush. Thinking of Du Rui's request, Du Gui repeatedly told him that it's okay to slow down. He also repeated Du Rui's request to make it with pine wood before returning home.

The next morning, just after dawn, Du Rui, who was so excited that he didn't fall asleep all night, took Du Gui to the house of Carpenter Hu again. At this time, Carpenter Hu had already finished the distillation equipment overnight.Du Rui picked up the still and looked through it, and saw that the effect was even better than he had imagined. He thought that in terms of craftsmanship alone, Carpenter Hu was indeed a master.

Although Carpenter Hu built this utensil according to the drawings Du Gui left yesterday, he didn't understand the purpose of this thing, and he had a temper of breaking the casserole and playing to the end, so he kept asking.Du Gui really didn't know, Du Rui naturally couldn't tell him, he just laughed and didn't answer, making that carpenter Hu feel like a cat scratching his itch.

After leaving Carpenter Hu's house, Du Rui asked a wine shop near Du Guidao to buy more than a hundred catties of grain wine.Most of the wine at this time is close to the rice wine and rice wine of Du Rui's previous life. The alcohol is very light and has a little sweetness, a bit like champagne and drinks.In order to achieve the effect, Du Rui also specially told Du Gui to buy the best Langshi wine.

After preparing everything, Du Rui took Du Rui back home. When he got home, he ignored Du Zhong's inquiry and took Du Gui and Liu into the kitchen, where he poured the wine into his own iron pot , and place the steamer lid on top.

"Young master! What are you going to do?" Du Gui twitched his index finger when he smelled the aroma of the wine, but seeing that Du Rui actually poured all the fine rice wine into the iron pot, he almost cried out in distress, probably at this time Well, in his heart, Du Rui has already equated with the prodigal son.

"Wait and find out!"

After Du Rui finished speaking, she ordered Mrs. Liu to light a fire and cook it. Although Mrs. Liu didn't understand why, since her little master had given her orders, she couldn't ask too many questions, so she could only fetch firewood and start burning it.

Du Rui looked aside with his shoulders on his shoulders. Seeing the mist rising gradually as the temperature continued to rise, the kitchen immediately filled with the smell of wine. Du Rui's heart was also full of expectations. This was his first barrel in this era. Jin is also the basis for him to settle down in Datang. Whether he can succeed or not depends on this fight.If it succeeds, no matter how bad it is, you can become a rich man. If it doesn’t work, maybe it’s okay. For those protagonists who travel through time, brewing wine is as simple as eating. .

"Increase the fire!"

Listening to Du Rui's order, the whole family looked at each other in blank dismay, no one knew what Du Rui was planning.