Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Several military doctors put their heads together, sniffed, squinted at the small bottle of alcohol, and took turns licking it...

There was only a small bottle of alcohol, and a dozen military doctors took turns licking it, without feeling disgusted, and almost licked it up.

If the two doctors or Lin Xiaoyue, who were thousands of miles away, knew that they were doing this research on alcohol, they would probably be disgusted to death.

If you had told me you wanted it earlier, I could have made as much alcohol as you wanted if you paid enough money.

If it really has miraculous effects, then alcohol would not only be a blessing for all the generals and soldiers on the border, but also a blessing for all the people and a great fortune.

Of course, whether alcohol will eventually be included in military supplies remains to be confirmed by military doctors.

Far outside Wanbao Town under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou City, Lin Xiaoyue and the others in the manor had no idea that the alcohol they made had spread without their knowledge. At this time, they were having a great time, working hard for the 50 jars of wine in the inn.

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After the day agreed upon with the town's blacksmith shop to pick up the goods arrived, Lin Xiaoyue took her second daughter Lin Zhaodi, Chun Xing, Xiao Cao, and the men who were going to the town to deliver some distilled liquor out.

The group drove a row of animal carts and came to the town slowly. They first went to the inn and handed the ten jars of distilled liquor to the owner. Then they rushed to the blacksmith shop to pick up five sets of customized distillation tools and a bunch of strange things that Lin Xiaoyue had ordered herself.

Although everyone doesn't understand the purpose of Lin Xiaoyue's weird stuff, it doesn't stop them from blindly worshipping Lin Xiaoyue.

After getting the things, they still had to go to the county government office.

Although they had presented the method of alcohol distillation to them before, the county magistrate not only placed many orders with them, but also agreed to wait until they had made the tools and then give hands-on instruction to reliable people found by the yamen runners on how to make the alcohol.

The county magistrate also ordered ten sets of the same distillation tools from the same blacksmith shop, so there was no need to requisition the ones they ordered themselves. However, they still needed to guide these people during the distillation process.

The recipe has been given out, is there anything else left to teach people?

Naturally, everyone responded to all the requests made by the county magistrate.

When the county magistrate was asked whether to take the people to the farm for teaching or to other designated places, the county magistrate thought about it and decided to let them take a dozen people who were going to learn the production method to the farm.

At the same time, the county magistrate also suggested going along to take a look.

Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect the county magistrate to make this request so suddenly, but he is the official in charge, how could they refuse?

Obviously not.

So everyone looked at each other, and after a few seconds of stunned silence, they all bowed in response.

They couldn't ask someone to go back in advance to say hello to the people on the farm, lest the county magistrate think that they were hiding something and needed to cover it up in advance.

Terrible.

Can the leader’s “inspection” be easily dealt with with just a few words?

But no matter how confused everyone was, once the leader had spoken, everyone had to cooperate with all their strength.

So, after half an hour, the county magistrate arranged the affairs of the yamen, and took his legal advisor, two yamen runners, and a dozen people who followed him to learn the production method, and together with the people from the Lin family who came to the town, they left the town and headed towards the outside of Chengxiao Village.

Of course, the county magistrate had his own carriage to ride in when he traveled, so they didn't have to worry about it. However, he was only accompanied by his legal advisor and two yamen runners, so the ceremony was indeed a little small.

But now the town is doing its best to prevent the epidemic. The county magistrate, the chief clerk and other yamen runners are all so busy that they have a lot of things to do. Besides, the county magistrate is not a man who likes to put on airs, so he waved his hand and told them to go about their business. There is no need for them to go with him, which would waste time and delay things.

The county magistrate's travel was not a grand affair, with a long entourage and a large number of people displaying "Silence" and "Keep Out" signs, and his entourage beating gongs to shout at passers-by to stay out, but who else dared to ride in the carriage with the county government logo except the county magistrate?

Therefore, this group of people marched through the streets in a mighty manner, and caught the eyes of the people inside and outside the town who were queuing up to receive the anti-plague medicine prepared for free by the county government. Naturally, they attracted the attention of many interested people, including the Hong family and the Yuanwai family, two merchants who were also registered in the town. When they saw the Lin family's team leaving the town behind the county magistrate's carriage, their eyes were filled with inquiries.

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The people who stayed in the manor were busy. According to today's schedule, they thought that the people who went out would not be able to come back until nightfall or tomorrow at the earliest. Unexpectedly, they came back just after noon.

He brought more than ten people with him.

At first glance, they saw that the first person to get off the carriage was actually the county magistrate. Uncle Lin and Aunt Baotian, who came out to open the door, were in a panic and immediately knelt down to greet him.

The county magistrate personally stepped forward to help Grandpa Lin up, coughed, and briefly explained his purpose.

After learning the reason, Grandpa Lin and Aunt Baotian finally put their minds at ease.

They were scared to death, thinking something big had happened. How come so many people came all of a sudden and even scared the county magistrate.

The two men opened the gate and respectfully welcomed the county magistrate and his entourage. As soon as they entered the manor, the grandfather asked someone to pour water for the county magistrate and several officials.

Tea, no.

Although they are not short of money now, country people don't have the luxury of being so particular.

The county magistrate waved his hand, indicating that this was not necessary, and that it was more important to let Uncle Lin take him to see the place where alcohol was distilled first, as the people who followed behind would all follow them to learn the craft.

Uncle Lin nodded repeatedly and carefully led the county magistrate and others to the backyard.

As soon as the county magistrate and his entourage came in, they smelled the faint aroma of wine in the air. Those who were fond of drinking could not help but swallow their saliva subconsciously.

This smells so good.

As they walked along, in addition to the increasingly strong aroma of wine filling the air, they also saw that there were large pits at regular intervals under the courtyard wall. Moreover, there were also sparsely distributed traps and odd-shaped butts around the pits.

Seeing the county magistrate's curiosity, Grandpa Lin immediately explained that they had just arrived and were still a little afraid, so they habitually set traps around them to prevent wild beasts from coming down from the mountains behind to hunt them.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see what's going on. These people must have experienced too many hardships and dangers on the road to escape famine, so they have developed a strong sense of prevention.

Although Grandpa Lin did not say it explicitly, it was not difficult for the county magistrate and others to guess that this was not only to guard against wild beasts, but also to prevent thieves with ulterior motives who wanted to steal things.

However, the pit was dug in their own yard, not outside, and if there were no thieves with ill intentions climbing over the wall, they would not fall into the trap.

After listening to Grandpa Lin's explanation, the county magistrate just nodded lightly and didn't say anything more.

The county magistrate didn't say anything, so naturally the other yamen runners had nothing to complain about.