Just when Guo Jia was hurriedly asking people to prepare wine-making equipment, Li Zhi walked out of the house and wandered around the village.

I saw that many people in the village were already busy.

But I saw everyone in the village, some were holding hoes and planning to go to the fields, and some were carrying wash basins to wash clothes.

There were also a few children who were probably naughty and were beaten until they cried.

Although it is a quiet, peaceful and popular small village, the people in the village have pale faces and hair as yellow as grass, and are obviously malnourished.

Li Zhi had never seen such a scene before. In his previous life, resources were abundant, and at least he had no problem eating and drinking.

"How could this be? Guo Jia doesn't look like Grandet?"

With such doubts, he stopped an older man who looked older.

"May I ask the elder Gui Geng?"

Hearing this, the old man looked at Li Zhi carefully and said with a smile: "You are a guest in the master's house? You are very handsome."

I would like to ask my distinguished guest, I am fifty-two this year, what do you want to ask your distinguished guest?"

"Only fifty-two?" Li Zhi thought to himself: "It looks like an old man in his seventies is only fifty-two? This..."

Li Zhi felt uncomfortable because he felt that Guo Jia paid too little attention to these villagers.

As the patriarch and head of a family, he has left his people in such dire straits and is not worthy of being a son of a human being!

With such a mood, Li Zhi frowned and asked the old man: "There is no idle person in the village, everyone is very busy, why is everyone looking disheveled and withered?

But Guo Jia has treated you badly? Don't be afraid, old man. Although I am Guo Jia's friend, if he is really so ignorant, I will never stop!"

"Hahahaha...Okay, okay!" The old man was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, and then he cheered continuously.

"Uh?" Li Zhi looked at the old man without knowing why he was laughing, so he asked curiously: "Why is the old man laughing?"

The old man glanced at Li Zhi and said with a smile: "I am doing this to serve... well, to be happy for the head of the family.

The head of the family is really lucky to have such an upright friend like you!"

At this point, the old man sighed again and said: "Hey...it's not that the head of the family is not treating the people well. It's because of the severe drought and bad harvests in the past few years. In the past, the county magistrate cleverly set up names to collect various miscellaneous taxes. We are waiting for him."

It is not easy to survive.

That's it...thanks to the help of the head of the family, who is weak and sick, but for us, he doesn't even have the funds to seek medical treatment, so how can we expect too much."

After saying this, the old man paused for a moment, and then continued hopefully: "But it's getting better now. This year is not bad, and the fields will surely be able to produce a good harvest."

The original county magistrate has been replaced by the senior brother of the family head, and all the exorbitant taxes and levies have been canceled one by one. I guess there is no risk of hunger this year, and there is hope for this year."

Looking at this easily satisfied old man and listening to his words, Li Zhi was silent for a long time, but a thought came to his mind.

"I want to start a business to accumulate capital, but now I am short of manpower. Isn't Guojiacun the right place?

Besides, Guo Jia doesn’t mind my unknown background and enthusiastic help. If I don’t repay such kindness, how can I be a man?”

Just as he was thinking about it, Li Zhi heard Guo Jia's urgent shout from the distance: "Brother Xing, brother Xing... Jia has found the craftsmen here and asked Brother Xing to make wine quickly so that Jia can be full."

Good food."

"Ha...! He is really impatient." Li Zhi shook his head helplessly, and then looked towards Guo Jia, and saw Guo Jia hurried over with a few people.

"Brother Xing, if you need anything, just tell the craftsmen. They are all master craftsmen with excellent craftsmanship."

Li Zhi glanced at several craftsmen, and then pulled Guo Jia aside.

He asked in a low voice with some worry: "Fengxiao, do these people believe it? I want to buy a house in Guojiacun. When the time comes, I will have more work stations and people in Guojiacun. I need reliable and trustworthy people."

"Thank you, brother Xing!" Guo Jia heard this and immediately thanked him. Then, looking into Li Zhi's eyes, he said seriously: "He and other craftsmen have lived here for generations, so they can be trusted!"

"Well...that's it"

Li Zhi nodded, and after thinking for a while, he said to the craftsmen: "You are holding a large vat. In the large vat, put a small basket with 30% of the wine in the bottom, and put the distiller's yeast and distiller's lees on the top of the basket.

Make another large cover, drill a small hole in the cover and use a bamboo tube to guide it. Place a wine jar under the bamboo tube and slowly burn the large vat over a slow fire."

"this……"

The craftsmen looked at each other, knowing that the master of the house had asked them to make wine-making utensils and wine-making tools.

But who makes wine with wine? So he looked at Guo Jia at the same time.

"What do you think Jia is doing? Just follow what Brother Xing said.

If you do well, my brother, Xing, wants to buy a property here, and you will have something to do, and you will not have to worry about hunger."

When the craftsmen heard this, they were overjoyed. No one had any food left. If they could fill their stomachs, they would be able to add more food to their families. By then, it would be impossible to say that this food would save lives.

"Here, here...I'll do it right away!" The craftsmen shouted repeatedly and hurried to get ready.

"Brother Xing, are you hungry? The messenger has prepared a family banquet. You and I can have a drink first?"

"Goodness is indeed hungry and thirsty in the lower belly."

"Brother Xing, please."

As soon as Guo Jia raised his hand, he led the way.

When the two of them sat down in Guo Jia's house, they saw that their small tables were already filled with food.

Then Guo Jia picked up the wine and said to Li Zhi: "Xing's brother accidentally entered Guojia Village, and Jia but Xing's brother hit it off immediately. We can see the wonderful fate, so we drank it together!"

After saying this, Guo Jia covered his cheeks with his sleeves and drank the whole drink in one gulp.

"This is a great thing to say. I and Fengxiao also meet each other late and drink holy wine!"

When Li Zhi saw him drinking, he didn't refuse. After saying a few words, he picked up the wine cups and drank all the turbid wine in them.

After drinking the wine, Li Zhi frowned and felt that this was not wine, but just Liao Zao mixed with a little alcohol. The alcohol content might not even be as good as beer.

Guo Jia saw him frowning and asked, "But what about my brother who is not a good drinker in Jia's family?"

Li Zhi shook his head, frowned and said to Guo Jia: "It's not that the wine is inferior to my brother Xiao Xian, but it's far from the wine brewed by General Zhi."

When Guo Jia heard this, his eyes lit up and he said expectantly: "Listen to Brother Xing's words, Jia is even more looking forward to the wine brewed by Brother Xing!"

"I will not disappoint my dear brother Fengxiao. Let's eat the preserved fruits first. The wine will be almost gone by then. How about we drink later?"

"Great Good"

After Guo Jia finished speaking, he stopped talking and concentrated on eating.

After Li Zhi and Li Zhi had eaten and drank enough, they went to the craftsmen's office together and saw that the craftsmen were busy. All the distilling materials were ready and they were sealing the lids.

Seeing this, Li Zhi reminded: "Be sure to seal the lid tightly."

"Here...!" The craftsmen responded and continued their work.

After they had everything done, they burned it slowly over a slow fire. After a while, drops of distilled liquor began to flow out of the bamboo tubes, and the small courtyard was filled with a strong smell of liquor.

"It's done!"

"The wine is out!" Li Zhi was overjoyed and said to Guo Jia excitedly.

After saying that, Li Zhi hurriedly ran to the house to get a wine cup, poured a thin layer of distilled liquor from the bottom of the jar into the wine cup, and said to Guo Jia

Said: "Would you like to drink first as a tribute?"

"Good! Great good!" Guo Jia couldn't help it when he first drank. Li knew that what he said was exactly what he meant, so he hurriedly claimed that he was good.

Guo Jia picked up the wine cup and drank it all in one gulp.

"Hey...!" Li Zhigang wanted to remind him not to drink too quickly, but he saw that Guo Jia had already drank the wine, and his face turned red instantly.

"Hmm...huh..."

After a long time, Guo Jia sighed comfortably and praised loudly: "Good wine! Good wine! This is a fine wine!"

Seeing that he was drinking happily, Li Zhi wanted to drink a little, so he took a wine cup, poured some wine and took a sip.

"puff…!"

I squirted out as soon as I took a sip. I just felt a burning sensation in my mouth. Although the intensity wasn't very high, it was too spicy and not soft at all.

Li Zhi was used to drinking modern processed distilled liquor, so he certainly felt bad about drinking this primitive distilled liquor.

But Guo Jia had never drunk distilled liquor before, so he felt that this was pure nectar.

Seeing Li Zhi spit out the wine, Guo Jia asked him in confusion: "Brother Xing, this wine is so delicious, why don't you want to drink it?"

Li Zhi glanced at him with a strange expression and asked, "Does Feng Xiao taste good?"

"Qiongjiangyuye!" Guo Jia said with certainty.

"How much does Fengxiao think this wine costs?"

“This wine is so spicy and refreshing, it’s worth a hundred gold a jar!”

"In that case, how about joining forces with brother Feng Xiao to sell wine in a workshop?

How about inviting more people from the Fengxiao tribe and asking them to earn some wages to support their families?"

Li Zhi saw that he was so optimistic about the wine, so he expressed his long-premeditated thoughts.

When Guo Jia heard what Li Zhi said, his face straightened and he said to Li Zhiyan: "Brother Xing, what do you mean by this?!
To be continued...