The beauty is approaching to pass the wine bowl, and the mist arises from Litchi Beach. Tang Meng from the Western Han Dynasty had known that Jujiang Wine(Previous Maotai) is mellow. So when was assigned to go to Yelang, he even took a further way instead to specially passed Xi Bu, where Jujiang Wine is made from, to take/taste the Jujiang Wine.
唐蒙是汉武帝刘彻的使臣,《史记》载,公元前135年(西汉建元6年)唐蒙出使南越(今广州),在南越王的宴席上尝到了今仁怀一带产的枸酱(又作蒟酱)酒。为取悦汉武帝,唐蒙绕道鳛部,即现在的仁怀一带(贵州仁怀县古属鳛国),取枸酱酒献给武帝,武帝饮后,觉得甘美异常,赞其“甘美之”。到公元前130年(西汉元光5年),唐蒙奉旨赴夜郎,由于枸酱酒的缘故,竟改道出符关(今四川省合江县南),沿赤水河而上奔鳛部而来,故有“汉家枸酱知何物,赚得唐蒙习部来”之说。有人认为,枸酱酒就是茅台酒最早的源头。