Wu Song does not fight alone with the master, and the behavior behind the blood-spattered Mandarin Duck Tower is embarrassing
Wu Song, who entered the village, was at home, passed by Jingyanggang, and smoked eighteen bowls of wine.
After three rounds of drinking, Wu Song packed his bags and prepared to continue his journey, but was stopped by the shopkeeper, who persuaded Wu Song that there was a round-eyed white tiger on Jingyanggang, which often haunted at night, and it was safer to wait until tomorrow to go.
Wu Song was not afraid, he also came to Jingyanggang in a hurry, but unexpectedly met the legendary white tiger.
Wu Song was strong in martial arts, drank alcohol and strengthened his courage, raised his fist, and beat the tiger to death in three or two strokes. So, he became what people said"Fight Tiger Heroes", began the most glorious period of his life.
It can be said that it was these eighteen cups of wine that made Wu Song famous in the first battle, and also made Wu Song's image of good wine, integrity and fortitude deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
So, if Wu Song had drunk Eighteen Jue wine at that time, how much wine would he have been able to drink in today's unit of measurement?What kind of wine did Wu Song drink?
What kind of wine did Wu Song drink?
In fact, there is a big difference between ancient wine and modern wine. There are many types of modern liquor, which can be broadly divided into three categories: distilled spirits, brewed spirits, and blended spirits.
Distilled spirits are one of the most common, and the Moutai and Guojiao liquors we drink now fall into this category.
Distilled spirits were very rare in ancient times and were popular in China until the Ming Dynasty, but the story of "Water Margin" takes place in the Song Dynasty, so Wu Song must have drunk wine, not distilled spirits.
According to records, the liquor popular in the Song Dynasty was a type of beer brewed mainly from rice, glutinous rice, sorghum, and other grains, called"Rice wine", which is characterized by a light taste and cloudy color.
Let's see how the original text describes the merchant who sold wine to Wu Song. "The glass is full of sieves", from"Sieves"It can be seen from the word that the wine vessels of the merchants who sold wine to Wu Song were not clean, and the wine that Wu Song drank must have been rice wine.
How much wine did Wu Song drink?
In **, after drinking three bowls of wine, Wu Song asked the merchant to give him another bowl of wine, but the merchant refused, saying that his family's wine was much stronger than ordinary wine.
None of the guests who drank three bowls of wine were drunk, so this wine is called"Three bowls of wine"。
According to historical records, the fermentation degree of rice wine is generally between 8 and 13 degrees. If the glutinous rice is not removed, the degree is only 3-5 degrees. Merchants say that the alcohol content of rice wine is higher than that of other sake, so it can be considered 10 degrees for the time being.
Modern people eat with"bowls"People usually eat in large bowls, which can hold half a bowl of water. One person eats a big meal, not to mention three bowls of liquor, even three bowls of water can afford to drink.
But in the Song Dynasty, to the surprise of many people, the rice bowl and the wine bowl were completely different, and the most obvious evidence is the Song Dynasty wine bowl unearthed in Shangqiu, Henan.
From this artifact, we know that the shape of the Song Dynasty wine bowl is similar to that of an ordinary rice bowl, with a diameter of more than 12 centimeters, a thickness of about 4 centimeters, and a bottom slightly higher than 2 centimeters, which can probably hold 3 taels, that is, about 150 milliliters of liquid.
Wu Song is like a good man, usually silent, very rough manners, when he drinks, his movements are slightly bigger, the wine can splash half of it, and there are almost no people who can really eat down.
Knowing this, we can estimate how much wine Wu Song probably drank. It is understood that Wu Song drank 18 bowls of wine, and the amount of wine in the bowls was about 150 ml. 18x150 = 2700 ml, which is equivalent to 54 kg of rice wine.
A modern bottle of beer has a capacity of about one conduit and a degree of about 8 degrees, which means that Wu Song drank about 55 bottles of beer.
Wu Song's alcohol consumption.
I believe that many people can drink 5 now5 bottles of beer, so Wu Song's amount of alcohol is actually not as good as the legend.
It should also be pointed out that if a person with an average amount of alcohol drinks 5 and a half bottles of beer in a hurry, even if he is not drunk, he will have difficulty walking, but Wu Song has no problem.
The reason is actually very simple, because Wu Song did not finish the beer in one go.
The original text said that Wu Song entered the tavern at noon and left in the evening. In other words, from the time Wu Song sat down to the time he left the tavern, he drank a total of 56 hours.
Drinking a bottle of beer in an hour is not a difficult task for many people now, let alone an old drunkard like Wu Song who meets friends with wine, so 18 glasses of wine seems to be very arduous, but in fact it is just a small trick.
Someone specifically calculated the amount of Li Bai's alcohol, which was almost 18 bottles of beer. If it were you, would you be able to drink Wu Song or Li Bai?