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Chapter 372 Hanfu Wine Tasting

On May 17, Wenjin County became lively. From time to time, there were gorgeously decorated carriages passing by at the four gates of the city wall, gathering towards the Han Mansion in the south of the city. Rich men riding tall horses rushed by the streets of the county under the escort of many warriors, causing the people who were watching the fun to talk.

The government dispatched the yamen runners to maintain order. Someone learned from the yamen runners that the wine in Mr. Han’s farm was ripe and they were entertaining friends from all over the world. Mr. Han’s travels are vast and well-known. Today, all the friends of the old man are all from the old man. I heard that the new governor will also come to visit.

The governor Jiang, who was talking excitedly, had already entered the city from the east gate accompanied by Wang Huaizhong. Wenjin County was more lively than three years ago. The invasion of the Western Regions had no effect on the county town, but there were more beggars on both sides of the street.

Jiang Anyi frowned slightly. Anmin's notice had already been posted. Adult refugees could receive ten acres of land from the government, and the government provided grain and plowing oxen, but why would these people beg rather than go back to their hometown to save themselves?

The roads approaching the Han Mansion became congested, and the convoy ahead was lined up in a long row. Jiang Anyi took An Yong, Xinfei, Siyu and Shi Tou on this trip, and only twenty personal guards were selected to accompany him. After all, he came to visit Mr. Han, and it seemed a bit disrespectful to bring more than a hundred personal guards.

Jiang Anyi and others rode their horses and came to the Han Mansion with difficulty under the guidance of Wang Huaizhong. The flat ground in front of the door was full of carriages and horses, and a blue-clothed servant was commanding the carriages and horses to the distance. Jiang Anyi saw that these cars were made of precious wood, with silk floating on the windows, and some were even inlaid with glass. The horses pulling the carriages were even more majestic than the war horses they rode by their own guards. The grooms who drove the carriage looked majestic in brocade clothes.

"There are many rich people," Jiang Anyi said with emotion: "Uncle Wang, I remember that last time I came was Mr. Han's 60th birthday. Today's scene is no worse than that time."

Wang Huaizhong said it many times along the way, asking governor Jiang to call him his name or Lao Wang. Jiang Anyi laughed and said that he had a little friend, not to mention that Uncle Wang had helped him back then and could not be snobbish. Seeing that Jiang Anyi was sincere, Wang Huaizhong no longer insisted, but whenever he heard Uncle Wang's call, he still felt very warm in his heart.

"Sir, Huazhou is in trade with the Western Regions, so there are naturally many rich people. Not to mention anything else, half of the aristocratic families have caravan shops in Huazhou." Wang Huaizhong said as he jumped off his horse and said, "Sir, please wait a moment, I'll inform the old man to welcome you."

The last time I came to Han’s mansion, which was through the corner gate. This time the gate opened, Mr. Han and his grandson came out of the gate, quickly walked down the steps, bowed to Jiang Anyi and said, "The governor is visiting the humble house, it is so bright, please come inside."

With respect to the Han family, Jiang Anyi, he dared not disrespect for the old man Jiang Anyi who broke the enemy, and bowed his fists and said, "Old man, I haven't seen him for a few years, and I have a good body. An Yi has long wanted to come to see him, but he is troubled by earthly affairs. Today I have time. I hope the old man will forgive me."

"You are kind to you, please come in." Han Won took Jiang Anyi's arm and asked the guest in. The house was very lively, and it was no less than the last time I paid my birthday. Some people kept coming forward to greet Mr. Han, and they actually walked a cup of tea from the gate to the main hall.

In front of the hall, Jiang Anyi paused slightly, looked up at the golden plaque under the eaves. The imperial pen "Zhengyi's door" was shining brightly, dazzling. Jiang Anyi bowed to the plaque and then followed Han Yuanshi into the hall. Jiang Anyi's main house hall was impressed by Jiang Anyi, which was three points larger than the lobby of the government office. Forty or fifty people sat in the hall. Seeing Mr. Han and Jiang Anyi entering the room, everyone stood up to greet him.

Jiang Anyi smiled and bowed to the left and right to signal, followed Han Yuanshi forward. Several old men sat in front of him, and did not get up with everyone. When Jiang Anyi looked over, he nodded and smiled.

"Mr. Jiang, this is the father of Mr. Ning, the Grandpa Ning, and this is General Ma, the former General of the Jinwu Guard..."

After introducing it in a circle, Jiang Anyi found that everyone here was either rich or noble, and there were no less than ten members of the fourth-rank official in the family. Among the top ten families, the Liu family, the Lin family, the Liu family, and the Lu family were all in charge. Jiang Anyi felt secretly in his heart. The power of the Han family was not tolerated by Xiaoxiu. Is Mr. Han demonstrating to himself?

There was an acquaintance in the seat, the man from Zhenxi, and Jiang Anyi smiled and said, "When will the Lord Hua arrive? If you knew it, it would be better to come together. There will be many companions on the way."

Hua Zheng returned the favor with a smile and said respectfully: "When Hua arrived yesterday, I and the old man had some business matters, so I came one day early. The governor was busy with all kinds of things, so Hua did not dare to disturb him easily."

The two of them were smiling and couldn't see the grudges they had gone to court a few days ago. Instead, Han Caizhu, who stood behind Mr. Han, looked at Jiang Anyi with a little anger.

Two chairs were placed in front, Han Won-shi asked Jiang Anyi and Xinfei to sit down, while An Yong, Siyu and Shitou stood behind them. Xinfei and Siyu both changed into men's clothing. Jiang Anyi introduced his wife Xinfei to Mr. Han when he entered the game. Han Won-shi knew that the wife of the governor was an amazing person. From the bottom of his heart, he was more attracted to him than that of the governor.

An old man with long beards in the seat was explaining the origin of wine to everyone, "... During the Ming Dynasty of the Great Wei Dynasty, Wei Po Zaichang State collected horse milk grapes and captured his winemaking artists, making their own wine. I remember the records in "History of Wei": I thought that wine was willing to be sweet in the vermilion, and was good at drunkenness and easy to wake up..."

Seeing that Jiang Anyi was fascinated by hearing this, Han Yuanshi turned to Jiang Anyi and introduced: "Old Su is a famous scholar in Huazhou. He once wrote the famous saying "Snow is flying in the mountains of Guan and the fire is broken without smoke." It is passed down to the world. I wonder if the governor of Jiang has ever heard of it?"

Jiang Anyi was shocked and said, "Su Chenchang, Mr. Su, of course I know that I have read his "The Songs of the Frontier" and I don't want to meet Mr. Su here."

Su Chenchang stopped talking, smiled and nodded to Jiang Anyi, saying, "Su has long heard of the governor, the top scholar who passed the third year of the year. There are few poems, songs and essays. Su is very happy with the work of "The Inscription on the Humble Room" and copied it in the study. It is a blessing to meet the master in Mr. Han's mansion today. Mr. Han invited me to write poems for today's cocktail party. How dare Su write it?"

While speaking, he saw a servant rolling in four wooden barrels. Jiang Anyi saw that the barrels were three feet high and three feet in diameter, all made of oak. Jiang Anyi heard from Xinfei that the wine in oak can make the wine taste more rich and mellow, and can also exude a fresh fragrance similar to hazelnuts.

Huazhou produces grapes, but farmers don’t even have enough food to eat, so how can they waste the cultivation of fields? Only powerful families like the Han Mansion do not have to worry about food and drink and have fertile fields can they plant them in large quantities. Grapes are rare for most people, not to mention using grapes to make wine. In the east city of Yongchang imperial capital, Western Regions merchants sold wine, which is worth two taels of gold, or forty taels of silver, which is several times more expensive than the Jiang family’s burning knife.

Jiang Anyi drank wine at Tulejia when he was in Sha Suguo. He didn't like the sweet and sour taste, but the things were expensive. Thinking that the wine they drank was expensive, even if it was sour and astringent, it was as fragrant as tea. "Wine should be used to drink wine." Han Wang really smiled and clapped his hands. Han Caizhu took out a leather box from the back hall and put it on the table. There was a whole set of glass cups. The glazed thing was imported from the Western Regions. The "Ming Tile" above the winery in Jiang Anyi's villa was made of glass. Dozens of Ming Tile cost 100,000 taels of silver, which really made Jiang Anyi feel very sad. Looking at the glazed Tile in the Han Mansion box, the color was like a stream of clouds, crystal clear and dazzling, and the quality was far above those "Ming Tile". There were about a hundred glass cups in this box, and it was estimated that there were not enough 400,000 taels of silver to be taken down.

Siyu's eyes were shiny again, and she wanted to come forward and grab it for herself. Jiang Anyong and Shi Tou's attention was on the wine taken out of the oak barrel. The red wine was like blood, placed in a glass cup that was light red, light green, or orange, and was filled with brilliance and beauty.

The servant carefully brought the glass cup containing the fine wine to the guests on a tray. Jiang Anyi reached out to take the wine for Xinfei first, and then took it himself. His eyes accidentally swept over the servant who was serving the wine and let out a soft cry. Han Yuanshi smiled and asked, "Sir Jiang, what's wrong?"

Jiang Anyi took the glass cup as if nothing had happened and said with a smile: "The wine has different colors among glass cups of different colors. It's very interesting. Jiang is rare and I hope the old man will forgive me."

The servant looked up at Jiang Anyi, and a hint of panic flashed in his eyes. He raised the tray in concealment and raised the wine cup to Jiang Anyong and others who were standing.

Of course, the purpose of Han Won-shi holding a cocktail party was not just for wine tasting. When Jiang Anyi drank all the wine in the glass, Han Won-shi also put down the wine glass in his hand and asked with a smile: "Sir Jiang, this wine is not as good as the taste. There are many in the old house. When the adults go back, they might as well bring a few jars so that the adults in the government office can also taste it."

A barrel of wine is at least fifty kilograms, worth more than a thousand taels of silver. Korean won actually give out a few barrels casually, which is worthy of being the reputation of "Gao Yi". Jiang Anyi refused but had to nod and agreed.

Seeing that Jiang Anyi received the gift, Han Won's smile became even happier and said, "I am an old friend of mine. I came to pay my birthday three years ago. I am not well received, so I hope to forgive my sins. I drink this cup and I will be accused of being a sin."

Jiang Anyi said he didn't dare to raise his glass to respond, and the two drank it all in one go.

"Sir, you misunderstood with the Weiyuan Escort Agency last time. I heard from Brother Luo that this time, the Weiyuan Escort Agency went to Washington to deliver goods and was accidentally implicated in the case of human trafficking. I dare not ask the adults to be favored, but I just hope that the adults can find out the true appearance as soon as possible and let the people in the escort agency return home as soon as possible. My brother Luo originally wanted to come and blame you, but there were many people and I was afraid that the adults would be angry, so I made a move and talked apart in front of him." Han Yuanshi reached out and rolled his beard, and asked solemnly.

Han Won did not speak for Washington, but started with the Weiyuan Escort Agency, which surprised Jiang Anyi. When he came to the Han Mansion, he was ready to speak for Washington, and he also prepared his remarks in advance. Unexpectedly, Han Won took the winger as a winger, which made Jiang Anyi difficult to resist.

As soon as he was stunned, Jiang Anyi smiled and said, "The case in Washington is basically clear. I was in a hurry to come to visit Mr. Han, so I didn't give it to you. After I go back, I will definitely give it to you as soon as possible. Please rest assured. Mr. Jiang will never dare to wrongly accuse a good person."
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