National Beverage

Author: Yang Xiaobai
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: After the Qing army entered the capital, its iron hooves advanced southward. The people of Shaoxing refused to brew wine for the Qing forces, and in anger, they destroyed all the brewing workshops. Zhou Lao Dian Wang, a descendant of a family with a long history in yellow wine brewing, intervened to stop the destruction and was severely beaten, leaving him disabled. To uphold their ancestral legacy, the Zhou family began brewing wine secretly at great risk. However, the underground workshop was soon discovered by the anti-Qing "Yixing Army." Subsequently, a mysterious figure from the Qing imperial Beile Mansion disguised himself and became involved in the trade of the "Xiaozhen" wine. The situation grew increasingly complex. Could the Zhou family continue the bloodline of their ancestral business? After the great upheaval, what would become of Shaoxing yellow wine? With dynasties changing and the world evolving, how would the brewers, walking on the edge of history, perform their "legendary national brewing" acts? What would be their ultimate fate?