After thinking about it for a few more days, Xia Hongsheng made a list for himself, which he thought would definitely be able to get very good profits, and then eliminated them one by one. It's been so long since I arrived in Datang, and I've seen a lot of luxury goods in the East Market, and the most profitable ones are wine and glass. Needless to say, the market for wine is bigger than tea. And the glaze can only be bought from the Persian Hu merchants, those Persian merchants will transport the glaze from Persia to the Tang Dynasty, and there will be a lot more additional costs along the way, and these costs will be passed on to consumers, which has led to the high price of glaze in the Datang market today. But Xia Hongsheng knows that the main materials for firing glaze seem to be quartz, silica and the like, to put it bluntly, it is sand, this is Xia Hongsheng's opportunity, if he can successfully test in the kiln on his Zhuangzi, this piece will be a very huge market. Xia Hongsheng vaguely remembered some techniques about distilling liquor, and also knew that sand was used to burn glass, so these two things were the most beneficial for Xia Hongsheng.

After thinking about it, Xia Hongsheng decided to get the distilled liquor out first. Compared with the two, the technique of distilling liquor is simpler, Xia Hongsheng is more able to provide more help, and the brewmaster is also easy to find to provide valuable experience, and the success rate is higher. And the firing of glaze, this needs to be explored, I am afraid that there will be many failures, or first use distilled liquor to create a market, accumulate some money and then study the matter of firing glaze. And Xia Hongsheng suddenly remembered that if he can make distilled spirits, maybe he will be able to distill something with a higher alcohol content, and then the effect will be even greater, and the high concentration of alcohol can be used for disinfection, or it is a necessary material for making perfumes. Either way, it should be given priority.

Since you want to make distilled spirits, you must first have a distiller, and this Xia Hongsheng still knows. Moreover, the distiller appeared in China very early, at the beginning, most of them were used by Taoist priests for alchemy, used to pump sand and smelt mercury, but it was not used in distilled liquor, until the late Tang Dynasty, or perhaps in the Song Dynasty, the distiller was used in liquor making and distilled liquor. As for whether it is the late Tang Dynasty or the Song Dynasty, there is no conclusion, but anyway, it is not now, that is Xia Hongsheng's business opportunity now.

Speaking of alchemy, Xia Hongsheng remembered the two magic sticks that came when he moved before, they should have this kind of thing!

So Xia Hongsheng decided to go and observe it to see what the stills were like at this time, and it would be good if they could be directly applied.

Speaking of which, at the beginning, Yuan Tiangang invited himself to go to the Xuandu Temple, just right, first, to see if there is a still, and secondly, it can be regarded as not perfunctory Yuan Tiangang, as a traverser, he naturally knows the status of Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng in the history of the early Tang Dynasty, and don't offend if you can make friends.

First went to the barracks to inspect it, Duan Zan was leading those soldiers to continue their daily training, and now these eight hundred soldiers are practicing, as if the clothes they wear and the weapons they bring are different, Xia Hongsheng still thinks that he is standing in the training ground in the future life. I can't help but be like, when did I have the opportunity to instigate Li Lao Er to change the military uniform and change it to the same as in the later life, well, it is called domineering to get a guard of honor of the three armed forces, but unfortunately the air force seems to be absent for the time being.

After inspecting the barracks and visiting the more than a dozen special forces training places, Xia Hongsheng took Qi Yong out of the barracks and went to Xuandu to look for it.

The gray wall of green tiles, in and out, the plaque of the Xuandu Temple is hung high, and when you enter the eye, there is a huge bronze incense burner rising with white and blue smoke. The sound of the bell from behind was thick and long, and it slowly rippled with a kind of detachment. The elder cypress in the courtyard is verdant, giving the entire Xuandu a touch of quiet and distant atmosphere.

There was an endless stream of pilgrims in front of the Xuandu Temple, and there was a Taoist priest presiding over it, Xia Hongsheng looked left and right, and saw a small Taoist priest sweeping the floor next to him, so he stepped forward and asked: "This Taoist chief is polite below." A few days ago, I was invited by Yuan Daochang, and I came to visit today, I don't know where Yuan Daochang is? ”

The little Taoist priest saluted and said, "I want to teach this prince to know that Daoist Chief and Daoist Li suddenly went out together a few days ago and disappeared. ”

"Going out?!" Xia Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, and his eyes widened: "But a few days ago, Daoist Yuan personally invited me to come!" ”

"Xu is really in a hurry, the two real people are in a hurry." The trail replied to Xia Hongsheng, and after finishing speaking, he saluted again, and then continued to sweep the floor on the other side.

Xia Hongsheng shrugged his shoulders, forget it, anyway, the main purpose of coming today is to see if there are distillation tools in the Taoist temple, and there is nothing if you don't see Yuan Tiangang. Thinking like this, Xia Hongsheng took Qi Yong and walked back again.

Xuandu view is very large, there are still many places behind, the further back, the fewer people, and the more quiet the environment, Xia Hongsheng has not stopped with the mentality of sightseeing, through a pine forest, and a courtyard is exposed behind, Xia Hongsheng saw that there was no one in the yard, so he walked in directly, but he didn't expect to walk a few steps, and he heard a voice from the closed house: "Who trespassed into the place of poor road alchemy?" Didn't you explain that you were going to leave Dan in the next few days, don't bother? ”

A place for alchemy? Xia Hongsheng was happy in his heart, this is called walking and wandering, playing crookedly, stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, it takes no effort to get there!

So Xia Hongsheng said loudly inside: "In Xia Hongsheng, walking and wandering, seeing that this place is quiet and dusty, I don't know that I have entered it, but I have disturbed the Taoist alchemy, and I hope that the Taoist will forgive my sins." ”

"It turned out to be Xia Gongzi!" There was a slightly surprised voice in the house, and then I saw that the door was opened with a squeak, and a Taoist priest came out of it, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect it to be the world's best writer Xia Gongzi, who has heard the name of the prince for a long time, and today Xia Gongzi came, which really makes Xiaoguan Peng shine!" ”

Xia Hongsheng was stunned for a moment, he couldn't imagine that even this old Taoist knew his name, and what was even more unexpected was that the old Taoist priest in front of him was dry and thin, with dry hair, and the skin on his body was as white as if he hadn't been exposed to the sun for I don't know how many years, with a sickly blush on his face, purple lips, and protruding eyes.

What kind of Taoist is this, this is clearly a demon Dao!

"Hahaha, Xia Gongzi doesn't need to be surprised. Childe's long and short sentences have already spread all over the world, a few days ago I heard a real person say that Childe seven steps into seven poems, I didn't expect to be able to meet Xia Gongzi today, this is a certainty, poor Dao also said that this morning in his heart moved, I felt that something good was going to happen, but I didn't expect Xia Gongzi to come in person. The old man saw that Xia Hongsheng was surprised, so he walked out and smiled.

Xia Hongsheng pulled out a smile and arched his hand: "It's polite to be polite, I took the liberty to disturb the Daoist Alchemy, and I asked the Daoist to forgive me." ”

"Where, Mr. Xia is polite. The poor Yangyuan Dan has been released. Haha, today I borrowed the grandson's extravagance, this furnace raised the Yuan Dan Dacheng, but the son just hit a good head. The old man said very politely, and then in his hand, there was an extra medicine bottle, pulled it out and poured it into his hand, rolling out a silver-gray pill with a metallic luster, the nail cover was so big, and handed it to Xia Hongsheng: "Today's poor road and Gongzi have a fate, this Yangyuan Dan is a poor road with cinnabar, bright pill, thousand-year-old ginseng, and other dozens of heavenly treasures and hundreds of precious medicinal materials, after nine hundred and eighty-one days of careful refining, Gongzi came just in time today, just in time to bake, I gave one to my son. This pill can consolidate the foundation and cultivate the yuan, reunite the innate qi, and prolong life. ”

Xia Hongsheng's eyes widened, what hatred and what resentment!

"Oops! This is really ......" Xia Hongsheng made an excited look, took it with both hands, and held it up: "And stay after you go back, bathe and fast, burn incense to worship, and then eat!" Thank you for your kindness! ”

That pill of ammunition is very heavy in his hand, heavy and metallic texture, and there is mercury in it, God, he just said the Bright Pill, isn't the Bright Pill red lead...... This whole heavy metal poison pill!

"Hehehe, Childe has a heart." The Taoist priest was very eager to see Xia Hongsheng's performance, and when he flipped it in his hand, there was an empty bottle: "Childe, put the pill in here and take it away, this bottle is blessed by the poor Dao, and the power of the medicine will not be dispersed." ”

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly took it and put it in, thanked him again and again, did not forget his purpose, and asked: "Dao Chief, I heard that there is a blind alchemy treasure called Dansha, and to make Dansha, you need to steam it with a vessel, and I am very curious about this kind of utensil, I don't know if Dao Chang can satisfy Zaixia's wishes, let Zai see this kind of utensil." ”

"Oh?" Lao Dao's eyes lit up: "Young Master Xia is also interested in the way of alchemy?" ”

"Haha, please be satisfied!" Xia Hongsheng was also noncommittal, and said with a smile.

The old Taoist thought that Xia Hongsheng was also a fellow Taoist, so he waved his hand very happily and said: "In this case, the poor Dao will take Xia Gongzi to see this place of alchemy, dansha is an indispensable taste of alchemy, and this appliance is in the back room." ”

Xia Hongsheng followed the old road to a small room in the back, and when he entered the door, he suddenly realized that if mercury was steamed, there must be mercury gas in the house, which was poisonous!

But seeing that the old man pushed open the door and walked in directly, Xia Hongsheng was taken aback, could it be that this old ghost has already eaten heavy metal and eaten resistance?!

The old way recruited him, Xia Hongsheng had no choice but to go over hard, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the things inside. It turned out to be a sealed distillation bin with copper pipes attached to it.

Xia Hongsheng went in and walked around the still a few times, and he knew that the craftsmen on the Zhuangzi would make this thing. However, it does not meet the requirements of Xia Hongsheng's needs, and it seems that it cannot be used directly.

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