I returned home with a few stones and took an hour to go back and forth. The sun was about to set.

Old Man Liu had not come back to the town yet, but Zhao Qi looked at it early, so he found out the few knots he had earned from moving bricks at the Lu Family Trading Company these days and stuffed them into his pocket to the town.

Last time I asked Old Man Liu to repair the house, I spent four or five days, and I didn’t pay a penny, so I ate a few meals. Although Old Man Liu didn’t want money, this time I asked him to help repair the glass bottle, so I had to express my gratitude sincerely.

Although Zhao Qi is very sure of repairing the glass bottle this time, if he is asked to do it himself, he will definitely be a mess, because he can only say that he can't do it, and he can't do anything about coal burning, smelting and pouring. Only professional old kiln workers like Old Man Liu can do it.

What's more, once Old Man Liu knew how to melt glass, this key technology would not be preserved. Old Man Liu is from the Liu family. The Liu family is still a big family in Yanggong Town. It involves several businesses. The porcelain made can be exported to Goryeo and Japan. It may not be as good as a big merchant like the Lu family who can hold Ding Daquan's thighs, but its strength should not be underestimated. At least it has a considerable influence in Yanggong Town.

Therefore, according to Zhao Qi's idea, establishing a good relationship with Old Man Liu and then using glass technology to cooperate with the Liu family is a better choice in the future.

Zhao Qi ran all the way, thinking about the feasibility of this matter repeatedly in his mind.

More than ten minutes later, Zhao Qi came to the town and found a foot shop selling wine.

The so-called foot shop is a place where wine is sold, it can be a restaurant or a small restaurant.

The wines in the Song Dynasty were run by the official store, and the official brewery was called wine warehouses. There were also special wine services in various places, which wholesale wine kettles from large restaurants and authorized the brewing and selling of wine in these restaurants. These restaurants were called official restaurants. Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, only official restaurants were allowed to brew wine, and the people were not allowed to brew privately. However, the people could actually buy kettles from the main store to brew at home, but they were only allowed to drink and not sell. Once the sales were reported, they would be fined or even sentenced to severe punishment.

The foot shop has no right to brew wine, so it can only be sold wholesale to the main store.

There are also some wine lovers who are dancing on their loads and selling in the villages and alleys. In the Water Margin, there are some birthday gifts. Bai Sheng put on makeup and became a wine lover who carries the burden and buys wine. He put some sweat medicine inside, and directly zit a group of officers and soldiers away the birthday gifts.

"Do you have a meal or a drink?" A waiter with a small hat in green and a hand towel on his shoulder came forward attentively to ask.

"How much does a pound of wine cost?" Zhao Qi asked, looking at the two pottery jars placed at the entrance.

"We are the spring breeze drunk in the main store of Chunfenglou, Mingzhou. It is even better than Shaoxing Huadiao. It costs 100 yuan per square meter and 550 yuan per Huizi!" The waiter said while opening the lid of the wine jar. Only half of the jar was left inside, with yellow and red color, emitting a strong smell of yellow wine.

There are many varieties of rice wine in later generations, including Shanxi Fenjiu and Shaoxing Huadiao Zhao Qi. Of course, there are some places where they have their own recipes and the taste is different. The rice wine in Xiangyang, Hubei is also very good.

"You guy doesn't believe it, you can taste it!" The waiter saw Zhao Qi's disbelief and quickly called a small cup with a pickup.

Zhao Qi was not polite, so he took it over and tasted it and smacked his lips and said, "The wine is okay, but if you say it is better than Shaoxing wine, you are a little bragging. A few days ago, I heard you shouted that you were five hundred yuan. Why did the price increase again today?"

The waiter immediately said with a bitter face: "Huzi is one price a day, and we can't do anything about it. If you want to use copper coins, I can spare you five cents."

"Forget it, I'll do you want to be a clue, there's no copper coins!" Zhao Qi also smiled bitterly and took out a few clues, counted two silos and handed them to the waiter and said, "Help to get three pounds!"

"You didn't bring wine utensils, and you would have to pay a hundred dollars if you rent them!" said the waiter, looking at Zhao Qi, who was coming with empty hands.

"Okay, help me with enough weight. If I find it short of weight, I won't forgive you!"

"Don't worry, we are an old shop, and we are not a fool. I will pay you ten pounds if you are short of pounds!" After the waiter collected the money, he found a wine pot and put it in and handed it to Zhao Qi.

"Brother, is there a blacksmith shop nearby?" Zhao Qi asked.

"The corner ahead is the blacksmith shop!" The waiter pointed to the front and said.

"Thank you!"

Zhao Qi said goodbye and left, and soon found the blacksmith shop mentioned by the waiter, because he could already hear the sound of dinging irons inside from a distance.

"What are you going to hit?" A middle-aged man with dark skin, short, strong and bearded face was beating a piece of burning red iron billet with several apprentices. When he saw Zhao Qi coming, he asked.

"I want to make an iron pipe that is five feet long and has a diameter of five minutes. I wonder if it can be done?"

The fire in the blacksmith shop was surging with heat, and a piece of iron bars splashed with sparks. Zhao Qi didn't dare to walk in and stood outside from afar and asked loudly.

"It's a bit difficult to have such a long and thin iron pipe. When will you want it?" the blacksmith stopped and asked.

"No hurry, it's OK for three or five days, how much does it cost?" Zhao Qi said.

"Just use it without rushing. Take it later for three days. The casting method of this kind of iron pipe is simpler..." The blacksmith nodded and suddenly showed a strange expression on her face and looked at Zhao Qi and said, "Are you Zhao Dalang from Maowan Village?"

Zhao Qi twitched his face gently and nodded with a dry smile, "It's me!"

"Haha, my name is Yang Dabiao. I am Yang Dayuan's clan brother. I'm a few years older than him. I've seen you before. A few days ago, I heard that you were killed by the mud statue of the mountain temple and came back to life. Then I'm not stupid. I don't believe it yet. It seems that you are really not stupid. They are all from the same village. I will charge you fifty dollars, and the wages are gone!"

"Thank you, Uncle Biao!" Zhao Qi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly took out a 300-yuan bill to hand it over, "Don't ask for money anymore, please trouble Uncle Biao!"

"Okay, I'll get it in a few days!" Yang Dabiao nodded and put away a while, swung the iron hammer and continued to hit the iron.

Returning from Yanggong Town to the Broken Kiln, the sun had completely set, and the fire and clouds shone red in the sky.

Xiaozhu has already prepared all the food.

A can of gourd porridge, a few pancakes of scallions, a plate of fried lard purslane, and a dish of cucumbers.

Seeing Zhao Qi coming back, Xiaozhu quickly moved a small bamboo table to the entrance of the cave and arranged the food and dishes. Old Mrs. Su also came out of the room with a crutch. After Zhao Qi put the wine, she squatted by the pond and washed her face and hands to sit down. The three of them ate around the small dining table.

The meals for poor families are very simple, and there is basically no meat. Zhao Qi and Xiaozhu are now growing, so Zhao Qi asked Xiaozhu to make enough food as much as possible. If the amount of oil and water is not enough, he will have to eat enough.

Xiaozhu learned to cook with Zhao Qi for a few days, and her cooking skills increased greatly. Although it was just some simple vegetables, it was still very delicious.
Chapter completed!