Li Duanyi and Guo Zi are both cultural people, so Xu Ping invited Lin Wensi to accompany him.

After passing the name, Li Duanyi said to Lin Wensi: "It turns out that Mr. Lin lives here. In the past, he often heard Grand Marshal Cao Baochen talk about Mr. Cao, and he is most familiar with the three biography of "Spring and Autumn". If you have time, I hope you will give me some advice."

Lin Wensi hurriedly said, "Defense is ridiculous, I am ashamed to take responsibility."

Among all the subjects, the Nine Classics and the Three Genealogy are the most troublesome, and the difficulty is not as high as the Jinshi. In the imperial examinations, except for the first person in the Nine Classics and the Jinshi, everyone else is very inferior to that in the imperial examinations, so few people specialize in these two subjects. Although Lin Wensi was not good at the many academic examinations, he was already very proficient in the Three Genealogy and was also well-known in the capital. Perhaps the trend passed down from Guan Yu, famous generals like to read "Spring and Autumn Annals". At this time, Cao Wei was the most famous. He was obsessed with the Three Genealogy of "Spring and Autumn Annals" and once asked Lin Wensi to talk about it several times. Li Duanyi and Cao Wei were familiar with each other and heard of it.

With such an excuse, the banquet became much easier.

After taking the newly brewed wine, Li Duanyi asked Xu Ping: "Little owner, is this only one wine?"

No matter what wine is sold in the end, it can't be hidden. Xu Ping said: "There are actually four kinds of wine, the upper, middle, and the lower ones are the highest. The number is very small, which is rare."

Li Duanyi pointed to the wine jar on the table and asked, "I wonder which one is this?"

Xu Ping said: "I will not hide it from the Grand Marshal, this is the best."

After hearing this, Lin Wensi glared at Xu Ping in secret and blamed him for not being able to speak. Such a person with a status here, and he wouldn't take out the good wine. It would be fine if he didn't take it out, don't say it out.

Li Duanyi pretended not to see it and asked Xu Ping: "Why didn't the little owner take out your best-quality one to taste? I can afford the money!"

Xu Ping shook his head: "The Taiwei misunderstood. These wines are all new wines. This top-quality wine is not bad. The top-quality wine is too strong and the wine is still changing. It is extremely harmful to the body after drinking it. It will take several months to put it in. It is not that you don't flatter the Taiwei."

In this era, the more mysterious the words are, the more trustworthy it is, and Xu Ping also learned it a little.

Li Duanyi laughed when he heard this: "The little owner said this unreasonable thing. Everyone is rushing to drink new wine. Isn't it necessary to drink aged wine specifically? Will the wine become jealous after being stored for a long time?"

Xu Ping said: "Wine is different from wine. No matter how much these wines are put, they will not be spoiled. Even if it is this kind of top-quality wine, the Taiwei takes it back and put it in a cool place. It will only become more mellow in ten or eight years. Don't be the best one."

In fact, white wine is not as good as the longer it is. Aging only causes reactions in the wine to produce more fragrant esters. After a certain period of time, the reaction will stop, which will only make the degree of the wine added lower and lower, and there is no benefit. But who knows this in the Song Dynasty? Xu Ping just opened up and said nonsense, the more magical it is, the better.

Li Duanyi just shook his head, and Xu Ping also intended to let such an identity promote his wine, so he asked the shopkeeper to take a small jar of all kinds of wine on the table.

Pointing at the three new jars of wine on the table, Xu Ping said: "All four kinds of wine are on the table, so the Taiwei can taste them one by one." He pointed to the smallest jar of wine and said: "The one here is the best. The Taiwei is interested, so he can only taste it for a small bite. It's really too harmful to the body now."

Li Duanyi just thought it was Xu Ping's mysterious behavior. Yesterday he had already drunk the sorghum rosy that Li Yong and brought over. Except for the aroma of the wine, the wine was extremely fragrant and the wine was extremely strong.

Now I start to taste the wine from the lowest-quality skewers. I smelled it first, my eyes lit up, and when the wine entered, I shook my head slightly. The wine was left with only a strong wine with little fragrance. I didn't say anything. This is a different taste, lacking the mellow fragrance and more refreshing.

Finally, he picked up the small jar of wine. When he heard Xu Ping’s amazing words, Li Duanyi was also a little nervous. He poured a small sip into the bowl and tilted his head to drink.

As soon as the wine got into his stomach, Li Duanyi frowned. He closed his mouth tightly and did not speak. In the blink of an eye, a small blush appeared on his face, and he closed his eyes.

After savoring it for a long time, Li Duanyi opened his eyes and said to Xu Ping: "I thought the owner of the little manor was exaggerating his words, but I didn't expect to stop talking. The wine is so strong and the smell is so mellow that it is the best in the world. But it is indeed not suitable for drinking. After drinking it, you will get drunk and you will lose the fun of drinking."

Xu Ping covered the wine jar: "The key is to hurt your body."

Li Duanyi tasted several kinds of wine before asking, "I wonder if this wine has a name?"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "I went to deliver the wine. My father also asked me. He was not satisfied with the names I gave me, and he had to wait until my teacher took them to count."

Li Duanyi said: "You might as well tell me."

"The lower-grade one, I'll name it Jiugui. My father thinks it's not good to have the word Gui. The middle-grade one is called Jiuxian, the top-grade one is called Feixian, and the top-grade one hasn't named the best one yet."

Li Duanyi laughed: "How is the name of a drunkard not good? Why do you think I want to come here specifically to taste the wine here? I have a Taoist monk named Wei Yan in Xiangguo Temple. He is proficient in Buddhist stories and Confucian classics. He has a close friend Shi Yannian and Shi Manqing, whose wine is famous in the capital. Shi Manqing called himself a drunkard. He often regrets that there is no good wine in the world that can make him drunk and he always goes to the sky to get it. I just want to get the wine from you to give him so that he can taste his long-cherished wish!"

Xu Ping was stunned: "Shi Manqing?"

Seeing Xu Ping's appearance, Li Duanyi asked him: "The little master has heard of this person's name, too?"

Xu Ping nodded. He did not hear about it in this world, but in his previous life. He didn't remember what Shi Manqing did. He only remembered that he was the largest alcoholic in the world and ranked among the top in the entire Chinese history. As for the monks in Xiangguo Temple who liked to drink, it was nothing. Lu Zhishen could not stay drunk in Wutai Mountain and could not stay alive. When he arrived at Xiangguo Temple, he could see that there were monks with wine and meat.

Li Duanyi said: "Since that's the case, I'll give these jars of wine from my little master. I'll transfer it to Shi Manqing and ask him to give you a name for the wine?"

Xu Ping hurriedly said: "Of course it's good!"

He was about to find someone to promote it, but it was hard to ask for a famous drunkard to name it.

Shi Yannian's career was not going well. He finally passed the Jinshi exam a few years ago. Because of the fraud reported by those who failed, the emperor ordered a re-examination. He was beaten down after he was still wearing a green robe. Before he could even wear a hot dress, he was stripped down while drinking the celebration wine.

The emperor may also feel sorry for it, so he asked the failed class to serve in the third class to serve. It was considered an official. Shi Yannian felt that it was insulting his personality and refused to do it. You must know that Li Yong and Gang were also in this position. I really can't blame Shi Yannian for being pretentious. Is it really inappropriate? Or is Zhang Zhibai love his talent and advised him to take the position. The reason is that his mother needs to be raised when she is old, and he cannot be picky when she becomes an official. This is a traditional Chinese culture. Shi Yannian cannot refuse. He has been a small official in the capital for many years.

Shi Yannian has talent, especially poetry has created the style of the Song Dynasty, and his reputation in the capital was just emerging.

Many Chinese literati who love wine were not good at this kind of career, but the name of the poem gradually grew.

But don’t think that these two people are the same person, but they are actually representatives of the two directions of frustrated literati in this era. Shi Yannian can love white wine, but it is difficult for Liu Yong to do so.

When literati are frustrated, they often go on two paths. One is like Liu Yong, who writes some beautiful lyrics based on his own talent and learns, and lingers in brothels and brothels. Although he was not proud at the time, he could gain a reputation in later generations and leave many legends of talented men and beautiful women. How could he drink white wine in such occasions? Not to mention this era, even in Xu Ping's previous life, no one would drink Erguotou at the entertainment venue.

Another road is like Shi Yannian. Although he wasted his time at the bottom, his ambitions were never slapped. He was unsatisfied with his literary affairs, so he leaned towards academic and martial arts, studied ancient books deeply, and yearned for achievements on the battlefield. Without the opportunity to show his ambitions, he gathered three or five friends to drown his sorrows with wine, tell some stories about ancient and modern times, and whistled thousands of miles with swords, and how could he warm the yellow wine in a small furnace of red mud?

The poets famous for wine in China are Li Bai and Shi Yannian. Zhu Xi criticized Li Bai for many wine and women in his poems, while almost no word on Shi Yannian's works involve women. You can imagine what kind of person he is.

Shi Yannian, a group of low-class literati, gathered more and had caused trouble. The so-called "Dongzhou Yi Party" was a flash in the political arena of the Northern Song Dynasty.

It would be perfect for such a person to be the spokesperson for liquor. Not only did he love wine, he also had a fame, but he also had a group of like-minded friends.

Li Duanyi was proficient in Confucianism and was also aware of Buddhist and old people. He had many common languages ​​with Weiyan, the Confucian monk. Weiyan was also classified as a member of the "Dongzhou Yi Party" by later generations, which shows that he had a close relationship with Shi Yannian.
Chapter completed!