Chapter 54: Brewing Wine

"You... what do you want to do?"

Xia Bai and the others were so frightened that their souls nearly flew out of their bodies.

They had originally thought that with Baoke there,

no matter what, they would be able to retreat unscathed.

Who would have thought that Baoke would be killed in a single move by the other party.

Such a massive disparity truly made them wonder if they were dreaming.

"Two... two armies at war do not execute the envoy; General Chu, could it be that you intend to lose your credibility before the world?"

"Heh, what you say is correct; two armies at war indeed do not execute the envoy!"

"That is good then!"

Xia Bai had just let out a sigh of relief.

As a result, the words that followed caused his heart to plummet to the bottom once again.

"But you all suddenly rose up and launched an attack on me just now in my own territory, so may I ask, does this one still need to abide by this rule?"

"This..."

"A guest offending the host is considered a provocation!"

Xia Bai did not know how to answer.

Lu Shuwan, standing to the side, spoke up for him at this moment.

She had seen everything these barbarians had done just now with her own eyes, and they had even initiated the attack themselves.

Such behavior would not be excessive to execute them on the spot.

"Spare my life, General Chu! Spare my life, General Chu!"

At this moment, Xia Bai no longer cared about the integrity of a scholar.

He knelt down on the spot to apologize to Chu Feng.

The remaining few were exactly the same.

The strongest among them had been killed in a single move by the other party; how could these small fries possibly be his match?

Looking at Chu Feng instead,

he did not take the pleas of these few people to heart at all.

One could see him flick out several strands of Qi energy.

All the other Turkic experts at the scene were killed on the spot, leaving only Xia Bai alive.

For no other reason!

This fellow had no cultivation base at all, and killing him would not earn him any Killing Points.

"Ah!!!"

Xia Bai looked at the corpses falling beside him, his entire face turning pale with fright.

In an instant,

a foul odor permeated the entire reception hall.

It turned out that Xia Bai had been scared into wetting himself.

"Disgusting!"

Lu Shuwan said with disdain.

She even subconsciously took a few steps away.

"General Chu, everything just now was Baoke acting on his own; it has nothing to do with me!"

Xia Bai hurriedly crawled to Chu Feng's feet, "I beg the General to spare my dog's life, and I will do my best to help you complete the conditions you mentioned!"

"Heh!"

Chu Feng smiled faintly, "Someone, drag this idiot out and behead him!"

"Yes!"

Two soldiers immediately walked in.

They dragged Xia Bai out, kicking and screaming.

"General Chu, spare my life! Spare my life!"

Watching Xia Bai being dragged away, Zhu Kang turned his head back: "Old Chu, you've really blown this out of proportion; the Turkic side will definitely use this as an excuse to attack us!"

"Heh, if we did as they wanted, do you think the Turkic side wouldn't come to attack us?"

"Certainly not!"

Lu Shuwan spoke first, "They would only temporarily leave the treasures they sent with us, and they would definitely come back again when spring arrives next year."

"That's right, so whether we have a falling out with them or not, they will come to invade us; barbarians fear power but do not fear virtue!"

Regarding this statement made by Chu Feng,

Lu Shuwan raised both hands in agreement.

Her father and grandfather often told her that the barbarians at the border were all a group of beasts without morality.

"Then what should we do now?" Zhu Kang asked.

"We are about to enter winter, so we still have plenty of time to prepare for now!"

"During this period, we must raise the combat effectiveness of our troops as quickly as possible."

Chu Feng looked at Lu Shuwan, "Lu Peng, since you are a Colonel appointed by Her Majesty the Empress, I will arrange for you to lead two thousand soldiers, but you will need to recruit these two thousand soldiers yourself!"

"What?"

Lu Shuwan was stunned on the spot, "Why do I have to recruit them again! Don't you happen to have six thousand soldiers?"

"I have a great use for those two thousand soldiers, so I cannot give them to you for the time being; I can only trouble Official Zhu to assist you in recruiting soldiers!"

"Hmph, stingy, I'll recruit them myself!"

Originally, she had actually felt quite favorable toward Chu Feng's performance just a moment ago.

As a result, after he pulled this stunt, that favorable impression was completely gone.

"Old Zhu, I need you to do me a favor!"

"What favor? Speak!"

At present, Anwu County has reached a critical juncture of life and death.

As long as it is a request proposed by Chu Feng, he will do his utmost to complete it.

"Help me find a group of masters who know how to brew wine!"

"Wait, no, wine-brewing masters?"

Zhu Kang did not know if he had misheard; he actually wanted him to find wine-brewing masters?

"Old Chu, if you want to drink, we can just go buy some; there's no need to find brewers to make it!"

"I have a great use for this; you just go and find them!"

Chu Feng had no time to waste words with Zhu Kang here.

Anyway, even if he told him, he wouldn't believe it.

He only needed him to help find the brewers.

"Fine, I understand. I'll send people to find them for you right now!"

Although he did not know what medicine Chu Feng was selling in his gourd, since it was his request, he just had to do it.

Afterwards, he did not waste time and immediately hurried to find people to look for the brewers.

"With a great enemy at the gates, you still have the heart to brew wine? Could it be you are preparing to sell it?"

"Hahahaha..."

"Smart!"

Chu Feng gave Lu Shuwan a thumbs-up directly.

It had to be said.

Sometimes, he and this Lu Peng actually had quite a bit of tacit understanding.

They always reached a very wonderful coordination inadvertently.

"Tch, how much money can a jar of wine even sell for!"

Lu Shuwan teased.

Then she turned and left the reception hall to recruit soldiers.

"Aiya!"

"It's time to have a real go at it!"

Chu Feng stretched his muscles and bones.

At present, there was basically no more fighting, so it was time to put his farming skills to use.

The Art of War says: Before troops and horses move, grain and fodder must go first!

Throughout history, war has always revolved around only one word.

And that is 'money'!

Without money, you can't do a damn thing.

"Xiang Yuan!"

Upon arriving at the barracks, Chu Feng immediately found Xiang Yuan.

"General, what are your orders?"

"Immediately gather soldiers for me and build a wine-brewing workshop near the barracks!"

"What? A wine-brewing workshop?"

Xiang Yuan scratched his head, "General, what are you doing with this thing?"

"If I tell you to go, then go! Why so much nonsense!"

"Yes!"

Although he did not understand why Chu Feng wanted to do this, Xiang Yuan still gathered a group of soldiers and began to build it.

Two days later.

A wine-brewing workshop was completed.

At the same time.

Zhu Kang also recruited a batch of brewers for Chu Feng.

"Old Chu, I've brought the people you wanted!"

Zhu Kang rubbed his waist.

In order to find these brewers, he had spent no small amount of effort these past few days; his waist was almost broken from exhaustion.

"You've worked hard, Old Zhu!" Chu Feng patted Zhu Kang on the shoulder.

"Hey, Old Chu!"

Zhu Kang leaned in close to Chu Feng and said,

"Based on my understanding of you, you never do anything without preparation. You're looking for these brewers, so surely you aren't planning to brew some simple, ordinary wine, right?"

"Haha, the one who knows me is Zhu Kang!"

"Could it really be?"

Zhu Kang said in surprise.

Could it be that this guy who fears neither heaven nor earth actually knows the method of brewing wine?

"Once the wine is out, I will invite you to be the first to taste it!"

"Fine, I'll be waiting for you!"

Zhu Kang did not continue to waste time here.

There was still a pile of matters at the county government office waiting for him to go and handle!

After Zhu Kang left, Chu Feng then turned his gaze toward that group of brewers.

"General, although we know how to brew wine, we can only brew ordinary wine that is no different from what is on the market;

if you want us to brew wine at the level of Imperial Wine, we truly cannot do it."

Chu Feng smiled slightly and said, "Old man, set your heart at ease. Isn't it just Imperial Wine? The wine we are going to brew will be much higher grade than Imperial Wine."

"Oh? Could it be that the General also understands brewing?"

"Hehe, I know a little!"

Chu Feng did not say anything more to the brewers, but instead had them start working immediately.

As for helpers, he summoned the women he had taken in.

He told them that from now on they would work in the distillery.

Not only would they be provided with meals, but there would also be wages.

Upon hearing this, the group of young women were all overjoyed.

That Chu Feng was able to take them in was already a great kindness; even if he did not pay them, they would still be willing to do it.

The entire distillery soon became busy.

Chu Feng also drew up blueprints and ordered craftsmen to forge distillation equipment.

Increasing the alcohol content of wine cannot be done without the Distillation Method.

After more than half a month of effort.

The first barrel of distilled wine was successfully brewed.