Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

Chapter 325 Zhao Wine and General Wine

The next day, the sky was gloomy and dim in the early morning. Zhao Sheng got up early and asked Liang Dong to bring twenty wheeled rifles.

This is a new type of rifle, available in two types: one that can be loaded with eight lead bullets and the other with five shotgun shells, with ten of each type available.

After Zhao Hui got up, he found that none of his guards were there, and all around him were people arranged by the Princess's Mansion.

"Prince Yan, please get up. Your close guards have been arranged by the prince consort to be trained in the use of guns." A maid hurried over and said to Zhao Hui.

"What kind of gun requires special training?" Zhao Hui frowned, looking confused.

The maid saw Zhao Hui asking questions. She herself did not know how to use a gun, so she could only smile awkwardly and say, "The prince consort will be here soon. These servants you are asking really don't know."

Seeing that the maid couldn't answer, Zhao Hui shook his head helplessly, put on his clothes, stood up and walked towards the living room.

After breakfast, Mr. Zhao walked over slowly.

"Come on, I'll show you how the new weapon is used."

Zhao Hui was confused by Zhao Sheng's words. He was full of bewilderment, but he could only follow Zhao Sheng, get on the carriage, and head towards a shooting range outside the city.

"Bang bang bang~"

At the shooting range, gunshots suddenly rang out, like thunder, deafening.

"This, is this the gun you were talking about?" Zhao Hui's face was full of astonishment, his eyes were as big as copper bells, and he looked at Zhao Sheng in disbelief and asked.

"I asked your captain of the guards this morning. According to their custom, they were divided into two teams, each using two types of weapons: a shotgun that can hit a large area at close range, and a pellet gun that can hit a large area at long range."

Zhao Sheng's face was filled with smiles. He gestured and spoke loudly at the top of his voice.

After a brief pause, he added, "Third Brother, you must carefully keep these weapons I gave you. Do not expose them unless it is absolutely necessary. This is your last trump card in the Imperial City."

Zhao Hui listened and nodded solemnly, his eyes filled with gratitude. He said, "Sixth brother, I will always remember your kindness and will never forget it."

There aren't many complicated techniques to practice with a shotgun; it's roughly the same as a pellet gun. After everyone took turns trying it, they all knew how to use the gun and how to change the magazine.

Mr. Zhao did not choose Schleder Enfield rifles for them. One of the reasons was that these guns were single-shot. Although they had a long killing range, they could not fire continuously in urban street fighting.

Secondly, Zhao Sheng didn't want to give these long-range weapons to Zhao Hui. The most important thing at the moment was self-defense.

At the shooting range, Zhao Sheng took out a wheel pistol loaded with six bullets.

"Third brother, this is a smaller version of the big gun. Give one to your captain of the guards and keep one for yourself. When the time comes, we will load them all with bullets. Don't lose these magazines. We still have great uses for them." Zhao Sheng said solemnly with a serious expression.

Zhao Hui quickly reached out to take the pistol, nodded repeatedly, and replied with satisfaction, "Got it."

For the entire morning, everyone was carefully familiarizing themselves with their guns, aiming and shooting continuously. Finally, everyone had fully loaded their guns and returned to the city.

After staying there for another night, they set out for the capital the next morning.

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The Lantern Festival in Luancheng has hardly changed compared to last year.

The city's residents flock to the streets at night, which are filled with colorful lanterns and bustling night market merchants.

This time, the Princess's Mansion specially booked a luxurious restaurant to entertain merchants who came from all over the place to pay New Year's greetings.

Mr. Zhao did not show up.

As the magistrate of Luancheng, Li Guangyi hosted this grand banquet.

At the banquet, three types of wine aroused great interest among the crowd.

Needless to say, the wine was excellent, but the unique taste of the three-year-old wine at the banquet won everyone's praise.

There is also five-year-old Zhao wine and three-year-old Jiangjun wine.

After tasting them, everyone praised the soft and pure taste of these two liquors and gave them high praise.

As the special representative of this banquet, Zhou Cang enthusiastically explained why these wines were so wonderful.

"Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. I am Zhou Cang, hailed as Luancheng's chief winemaker. Today, I will unveil the secrets of this fine wine for you."

In the lobby, Zhou Cang stood on the platform with his head held high and chest puffed out, speaking loudly to everyone in a loud voice.

He cleared his throat and continued, "This wine has only been around for three years.

After production, it is not canned immediately, but stored in palm wood barrels for three years.

You know, this palm barrel is only available in South Vietnam, so this is one of the key secrets to its delicious taste.”

When everyone heard this, they were suddenly in an uproar, whispering to each other and talking about it.

There is simply no palm wood in the north, and the cost of transporting it here is prohibitively high.

"So," Zhou Cang raised his voice and continued, "every bottle of wine you are tasting now costs more than five times the usual price."

Since Zhao Sheng was unable to get oak, he had to use palm wood as a substitute, which was also limited by the conditions of the time.

Ancient Greek scholars once recorded that Mesopotamians used barrels made of palm wood to transport wine. However, since palm wood is extremely difficult to process, many wine-making areas are trying to use a variety of different woods.

The reason why Zhou Cang declared it so loudly was actually to pave the way for selling his own wine at a high price in the future.

“In addition, as for the five-year-old Zhao wine and three-year-old Jiangjun wine that you have seen, they are both carefully brewed from different grains.

Zhao wine is brewed from five kinds of edible grains, while Jiangjun wine is carefully brewed from three kinds of grains, and they are stored in caves under the mountains for three and five years respectively."

When Zhou Cang announced this news, merchants from all over the country were once again in an uproar, talking about it non-stop.

"Excuse me, if we transport this wine back, can we also store it underground?"

A businessman from the Cui family asked impatiently, his eyes full of anticipation.

"Of course you can, but you need to purchase Zhaojiu's rough liquor, and when storing it..."

Zhou Cang smiled and introduced it again patiently and carefully.

Mr. Zhao made such arrangements in order to harvest a large quantity of wine and food, thereby significantly increasing the sales of wine.

Alcohol-blended wine can only be regarded as a low-end wine. In the long run, if other wines want to be sold at high prices, they can only adopt this sales model to stimulate these businessmen, or even some dignitaries.

Perhaps in this era, a unique wine culture can come into being.

The entire banquet was filled with noise and countless questions.

The next day, numerous orders came in like snowflakes.

However, Zhao Sheng did not need money or jewelry.

His most immediate need was food.

Countries that are more distant use horses, cattle and sheep for exchange.

Of course, items such as leather and wool are also acceptable.

Secondly, some precious medicinal materials such as ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, cordyceps, etc. were also exchanged by Zhao Sheng at relatively low prices.

All this is not because Zhao Sheng is cunning and treacherous.

It is because these things are cheap in the places where these people produce them, and through barter, the area where Zhao Sheng is located can gradually become prosperous.

Especially horses.

In future wars, mobile warfare will be crucial, and these things are the weapons that can reach the battlefield the fastest.