Chapter 55: The Arrogant Turks
The students of that academy, under the leadership of the first student last time, apologized to the students of Luanzhou Academy, and admitted their mistakes, the so-called mistakes can be changed, and the good is great, in this way, the reputation of their academy can also be saved, if Xia Hongsheng is the person of that academy, I am afraid that the students of that academy will also do the same. And the people in Luanzhou Academy, under Xia Hongsheng's hint and leadership, also politely accepted their apology, and at the same time pointed out that they were also at fault, and returned to several students on the opposite side, Haihan. The students in the inn all knew what was going on just now, and they shouldn't have blamed the people of Luanzhou Academy, but at this time, they were so generous and tolerant, and they were kind and polite, and they immediately appreciated their attitude, so they also began to make friends with a few people from Luanzhou Academy. Taking this opportunity, let Luanzhou Academy have a good reputation, although a few students of that academy looked red, but there was no way, they were looking for things first, and they were used by others as a stepping stone, and they were used by others to win a good reputation. Even with it, several students were also dissatisfied with the student who opened his mouth to provoke just now, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't be embarrassed in front of so many students!
But said that Xia Hongsheng and others agreed to the invitation of the student who was the first in the year last year, and when it was close to noon, they came down to the hall to meet a few students from the academy, and everyone did not mention what happened yesterday, and they seemed to be harmoniously talking and laughing, and walked out of the inn together, and went to Yixiangju in Luoyang City together.
The Yixiangju in Luoyang City is much bigger than the one in Luanzhou City, and the decoration is much better, and it doesn't look like a grade.
Everyone went upstairs to the elegant seat, after sitting down, Xiao Er brought the wine, Xia Hongsheng since the time traveled to the Tang Dynasty, and the wine has not been touched, at this time look at the wine in the bowl, but see that it is not clear, some yellow and muddy, smell, the taste of wine does not seem to be strong, pursed his lips and tasted, although the entrance has the aroma of wine, but it is not as long or strong as the wine in later generations, I think it has not been distilled, so the alcohol content in the wine is not high. Xia Hongsheng is not a person who likes to drink too much, so now he feels that the taste of this wine is quite bland, but it is just his appetite.
Xu Qixian, who was on the side, saw Xia Hongsheng take a small sip of wine and stopped drinking, thinking that it was because Xia Hongsheng was not old and couldn't drink it, so he shouted at the shopkeeper: "Little Er, bring a pot of grapes, the junior brother is young, I'm afraid I can't drink." ”
When the student at the head of the academy on the opposite side heard Xu Qixian's words, he arched his hand and smiled apologetically: "But I was negligent!" Xiao Er, hurry up and change this Xia Gongzi with grapes! ”
Xiao Er responded to the peace, and after a while, a pot of grapes was brought in. Grape making is actually a wine made after fermentation of grapes, which was brought into the Tang Dynasty by Hu merchants from Persia during the Tang Dynasty, and it was also particularly popular.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Zhou." Xia Hongsheng arched his hand to the student across the table and said.
"Haha, you and I are both Shilin students, Senior Brother Xia doesn't have to be polite. A few years older in the next idiot, now to be able to make a few juniors, it is really a great pleasure, a few juniors are dignified, a talent, if it is time, they must all be talented! The student smiled and picked up the wine glass in front of him: "Come, a few juniors, we are destined to know each other, when you have a drink, come, drink to win!" ”
Several people picked up the wine glasses in front of them and drank the wine in the glasses in one gulp. After a glass of wine, everyone's words increased, the student surnamed Zhou was also good at talking, no matter what topic he said, he could give you a follow-up, and he was older, so he was also very skillful in speaking, and it made people feel very comfortable chatting with him, whether it was Xu Qixian, Bai Jianzhi, or several other senior brothers, they could talk to him together. These people are actually still young, and it is when the book business is angry, and if they talk too much, Fang Cai's life will naturally disappear. The wine was poured into my stomach one by one, and the wine red began to appear on my face.
"This table of dishes is a new thing launched by Yixiang Curie, and it is much more delicious than the dishes in Yixiang Curie in the past, so you should eat more!" Another student from that academy asked.
Xia Hongsheng smiled and said nothing, aren't these all the tables that he taught them!
"The food in this Yixiangju is beautiful, but this wine is not very good! This is still the best yellow roasted wine here, but there is still no taste in the mouth, alas, the tea doctor outside is said to have three pulp, but unfortunately tomorrow's poetry will begin, although the three pulp is delicious enough, but after the wine wakes up, it is a headache, and today it is not a chance to taste. After the poetry meeting, let's come to this Yixiang Curie again, and then we should drink it with three pulps, and we will not return if we are not drunk! Haha, come, all the gentlemen drink to win! ”
Although the degree of wine is very low, it is still wine after all, and after a few jars, everyone is a little drunk. The three pulp in his mouth, Xia Hongsheng knew, it seemed that it was also introduced to the Tang Dynasty from Persia, strictly speaking, a fruit wine with medicinal value, the alcohol content in it may be higher than that of the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, there was no distillation method, so the degree of wine brewed from grain was very low, so in the ancient poems, the poet drank a few buckets for a while and a thousand cups for a while, all because the degree of the wine was too low, and it tasted like a drink. The method of distilling liquor began to appear after the Song Dynasty. Speaking of distillation, the principle of evaporation and condensation is still used, but how to operate it, Xia Hongsheng has no score in his heart. And I don't know if the Tang people are used to drinking low-alcohol wine, and whether they can adapt to it when they drink high-alcohol wine, which is also a problem. However, if there are conditions, it is still a practical method of distillation, and in the time-traveling novels I read, which time-traveler did not use distillation to brew liquor? I don't know how they learned the method of distillation, and those Tang people in the novels, the wine they usually drink may not be as high as the degree of beer, and they drank 50 degrees of liquor violently, but instead of spitting it out as poison, they shouted that it was delicious, and I don't know if it is true or false, but according to the popularity of liquor in later generations, there should be no problem, it may just be a little uncomfortable at the beginning, and it will be fine after drinking a few more times. Needless to say, we have to wait for the conditions to test out the distillation method first.
As they were talking, they heard a small drum outside, followed by the sound of a harp, and then they heard a melodious song drifting into the seat. Everyone has been drinking from noon to now, this time has been drunk and hazy, suddenly heard a little song outside, the sound is melodious and melodious, suddenly they came to the interest, lifted the bamboo curtain to look out, but saw a plain woman is holding a small drum, with the sound of another girl's piano out of one piece, most of the diners in the surrounding seats lifted the curtain, and saw a young man in brocade clothes come out of one of the seats, walked to the two women, and put down a string of copper coins on the table in front of them, which immediately attracted a cheer from the surrounding diners.
The two women kept playing music and saluted the young man, who politely replied, turned around and walked back to the seat.
Someone took the lead, and some diners from the other seats came out to reward the two women. And the singing and music of the two women are also really beautiful, which attracts frequent applause from the surrounding people all the time.
Xia Hongsheng is very interested, such scenes often appear in costume dramas in later generations, and now that it is true, of course I have to take a few more looks. Xu Qixian smiled beside him, flipped over half a string of copper coins in his hand, pulled Xia Hongsheng, and said, "Senior brother, give!" If you like it, go and reward some money, and the little songs you sing are really good. ”
As soon as Xia Hongsheng turned his head, before he could answer it, he suddenly heard a loud noise outside, mixed with two women's exclamations. Everyone quickly turned their heads to look, but saw that a group of people appeared in front of the two women at some unknown time, and kicked over the table in front of them. The body of that group of people was fat and strong, but the clothes on their bodies were all rough wool animal skins, their beards were unkempt, their hair was messy, and they were rolled into small rolls, which looked like they were covered with twisted flowers, but they were not the group of Turks who swaggered through the Nanshi that day!
There was a sudden silence in the seat.
But he heard one of the Turks babble, and raised his hand to grab the faces of the two women, and the frightened two girls lost their faces, and jumped back in shock, and tears were about to come out.
"Hey! Han woman, what she sang just now was so boring that everyone fell asleep! Sing energetically, sing our Turkic horse songs! Another Turk came out and said to the two women in a scribbling dialect.
"Yes, I'm sorry...... Several...... Strongman, we don't know Turkic songs, please forgive the sin......" The woman who had just played the piano hurriedly apologized.
"Humph! We Turkic warriors are the bravest warriors in the world! Be sure to drink the strongest liquor! Listen to the most heroic songs! Sing it! A Turk came out and shouted rudely.
The eyes of the two women flowed: "We really won't ......"
"Smack!" Before she finished speaking, a crisp sound resounded on the second floor, and I saw that the girl who had just been singing the song screamed miserably, covered her face and fell to the ground, and down her cheek, leaving a bloodshot, and then looked over, and saw that the Turkic man was holding a horsewhip in his hand, looking at her and smiling.
"Turkic dogs! Hugh has to go wild in my Tang Dynasty! The surrounding diners were furious, but they didn't dare to come out because of the strong and strong men of the group of Turks, but when they heard a shout of scolding, they saw the young man in the brocade robe jump out and pointed at the group of Turks and scolded.