Vol 8 Chapter 60 (1/2)

VOLUME 8 CHAPTER 60: DON’T TELL ME THIS IS A SECRET LATE NIGHT RENDEZVOUS (8)

Liu Bei POV

“Alright, I understand everything about Huang Zu now.” Liu Biao steeled himself as he stood upright, “I’ll send some men to construct a grave for Huang Zu as if she were royalty here in Xiangyang city. No matter what, she must return home.”

“Un, if you can do that, that will be good.” I nodded in agreement with what Liu Biao said.

“Ah, I feel a bit thirsty,” Liu Biao suddenly said and stood up immediately and made his way to one of the annexes, “Blood brother, what would you like? Fresh water or wine?”

“Un… Wine would be good.”

To be honest, I’m less comfortable with the fresh water of this era. I drank some at the banquet earlier and found myself unsuited to such a luxury. It’s a little too sweet and fresh, far beyond my expectations.

The wine of this era isn’t very strong and doesn’t feel all that different from juice so it can be treated as an ordinary beverage. The one thing lacking in this era is a refrigerator. The weather has been getting hotter recently so using well water to make cool wine is a good idea but by the time the water makes it out of the well and into the banquet, it’s already warm and not so nice.

Of course, I know I shouldn’t be so troublesome and make all these demands.

“Here you go.”

“Ah, thank you elder brother.”

Liu Biao made his way out of the annex and handed me a cup that was filled with a mixture. When I sniffed it, I found that it was the very same wine I drank earlier this afternoon.

*Gudu*… Un?

“Elder brother, this is…”

This wine is a little too cool.

“Hmph, don’t look down on Jing state.” Liu Biao gave a wry smile as he said so, “I have a small ice case in my room. I can’t possibly let myself be drenched in sweat when summer reaches its peak, can I?”

He took a deep draught when he finished.

“But how did you do it?”

Logically speaking, this era should not have any ice. Perhaps in the north, but there’s no way there’s any ice in a place down south like this…

“It’s very simple. If blood brother wishes to, you can get your comrades to help you with this come winter.” Liu Biao said as he pushed a cus.h.i.+on over to where I was and sat down, “At the height of winter, dig a hole near the city walls several meters deep and pour in water. When the water freezes, cover it with a wooden plank. Come summer, build a tent atop and you can retrieve the ice anytime for use.”

So that’s how he did it huh…

“I initially had it done in my residence, but the afternoon sun decreased its longevity. Having it done near the city walls s.h.i.+elds it from the sun and greatly increases its longevity.”

“I see, elder brother has given a fair amount of thought into this huh?”

Liu Biao actually put in a fair amount of thinking into this. Should I say as expected of royalty? He really knows how to enjoy himself huh.

As I thought about this, I felt that I had to try this out with the rest later on and took another swig from the ice cold wine.

“Ah right, the military exercise from before went very well eh.”

*Pu*…

Without any warning at all, Liu Biao brought up the military exercise and nearly made me spit out the wine,