Jin Blacksmith was very efficient in his work. After returning to Qingluan Village, he immediately summoned more than a dozen blacksmiths and carpenters who were superb, reliable in character, and did not like to talk too much, including his friend Yang Woodsmith, who brought all kinds of tools and materials. The next day he went to the winery workshop to report and started the major reconstruction project.

To put it short, the craftsmen were divided into two shifts, busy day and night, and with Li Zhao's personal guidance, it took only five days to build a set of wine-making tools.

Next, choose a good day and pick auspicious time to start brewing the first batch of distilled liquor from the Tang Dynasty!

The 28th year of Kaiyuan - the tenth day of September.

It is suitable for: opening a business and seeking wealth.

Taboo: adoption, marriage.

...

An altar has been built in the courtyard of the winemaking workshop, with a portrait of a person enshrined on it, which is an old man with white hair and a wine glass in his left hand and a wine jar in his right hand, looking drunk but not drunk, and behaves cutely.

The one who painted was not someone else, but Du Kang, the founder of the winemaking industry!

It is said that during the ancient Yellow Emperor period, there was an official named Du Kang who was responsible for managing grain. At that time, with the development of farming technology, the grain had a bumper harvest. It could not be eaten for a while and could only be stored in the cave. However, the cave was dark and humid, and over time, the grain rotted.

As an official who manages food, Du Kang was very worried about this matter, but he couldn't think of any good idea.

One day, Du Kang was walking in the woods and found several dead trees. The branches and leaves were gone, leaving only the empty trunks. Du Kang had a sudden inspiration and poured all the food into the trunk to preserve.

After a while, Du Kang came to check the food, but was surprised to find that there were many wild beasts lying in front of the dead trees, sleeping one by one, as if they were dead.

Several large gaps were cracked on the dead tree that stored food, and a fragrant liquid flowed out. After taking a bite, I felt refreshed and floating in the air.

So, inspired by storing grain in the tree cave, Du Kang invented the art of brewing wine, which allowed the world to enjoy this magical liquid. Du Kang himself was also respected as the "Divine God" and the founder of the winemaking industry!

From then on, any winery that opens or brews new wine will be sacrificed solemnly and prays for the blessing of the ancestor.

...

In the morning, Manager Sun, Sun Rat, and dozens of friends were all here. There were also the young Duke of Qi, Cui Zongzhi, and Jiangui Jia from Zuixianlou, who also invited him to watch the ceremony!

When ready, the sacrifice begins.

In front of the portrait of the ancestor, the guys presented a fish, a chicken, and a big pig's head. Then they knelt three times and kowtowed nine times, burned incense and worshiped.

Li Zhao took out a tribute and recited it loudly:

The sun and the moon are vast, the rivers are sweeping, with nectar above and fertile soil below, with abundant grains and abundant springs flowing, with thousands of years of humanity and thousands of years of wind and frost.

The ancestor of China, respects me, Yanhuang, Pengya sages, assists the king, the birth of calligraphy contracts, the creation of civilization, the pioneers of winemaking, and respects Du Kang.

He served as a Nongzheng, and Huangdi was rewarded, shouldering heavy responsibilities, taking charge of food, exploring mysteries, daring to think, the essence of heaven and earth, and the fragrance of fine wine.

The literati raises his glass, and the poem is full of joy. He drinks freely, and he is in a beautiful and beautiful way. He remembers the wine in his heart.

...

The tribute is well written. Do you feel a sense of generosity and heroism, and wish you could drink three big bowls of fine wine in a row?

This was because Li Zhao had been thinking hard for a long time, and it took a lot of effort from two or eight camels. It was finally plagiarized, hehe.

Having said that, there is a big copy of articles in the world. It depends on whether you can copy or not. As long as you copy ingeniously and have a good copy, and add some fresh elements and unique insights, you will be your own article!

The sacrifice ends and wine begins.

Under Li Zhao's command, the guys brought out the fermented raw materials and put them in a large iron pot at the bottom of the steamer. They were not fine grains such as rice or wheat, but the cheaper sorghum rice, as well as a small amount of wheat bran, rice bran and so on.

After adding water, ignite the stove. Under the heat of the raging flames, the wine fermented from the grain began to rise...

There is a Tiantan pot on the steamer, filled with cold water, and a guy kept stirring to adjust the water temperature evenly. Under the Tiantan pot, there is a Chenglu plate made of fine iron.

The rising wine smell encountered the sky pot and immediately condensed into water dew, then dripped on the Chenglu plate, accumulated a certain amount, and then flowed out along the wine tube, falling into the wooden barrel that had been prepared long ago, crystal clear and fragrant with the wine!

"Look, it's time to drink."

"Where is the water scoop, let me taste the newly brewed wine."

...

Two gray-haired winemakers kept guarding next to the barrel. Seeing the wine with such good quality, they couldn't help but feel happy and wanted to scoop out some to taste, but were stopped by Li Zhao.

The first thing that flows out is the wine head, which is basically around 70 degrees. It smells fragrant but cannot be drunk.

Because the wine head contains impurities such as methanol, heteroalcohol oil, low-grade fatty acids, etc., not only has spicy taste, but if you drink it for a long time, it will also cause certain damage to the human vision, or even blindness; fortunately, the proportion of wine head is very small, only about one percent.

After picking up the wine, Li Zhao asked the guys to change to a large wooden barrel and pick up the middle section of the wine that flowed out. This was the essence. He scooped some and tasted it carefully. It was about forty degrees. The wine tasted pure and mellow and fragrant, which made people feel endless aftertaste.

"What a great wine. I have lived in my sixties and have never drunk such a good wine. Today I have to drink a good wine, so I'm so willing to die."

"Compared with such fine wine, what we used to drink was water. Our young master is really a god!"

...

The brewing masters rushed forward and scrambled to taste the new wine they made, and then they fryed together. Some people praised them, some people laughed at the sky, and some people stamped their feet and beat their chests, and tears flowed!

A few guys drank a few more scooped up, and they were drunk and almost fell on the ground.

People who work in winemaking workshops all year round generally have no poor alcohol content, but they usually drink fermented wine of more than ten degrees. Now they have changed to distilled wine of more than forty degrees, so it is inevitable that they are a little uncomfortable, and it is common sense to get drunk.

"Little Duke, how about you try this wine too!"

"Um!"

Cui Zongzhi was not only addicted to alcohol, but also a famous master of the wine country. He had drunk countless fine wines. He even tasted Huangfeng Yujiu. He had the most say in whether the wine was good or not.

After taking a bowl of distilled wine, Cui Zongzhi looked at Sei Ze, smelled the smell again, his eyes suddenly became brighter, he savored a small sip, and then drank it all... He didn't say anything, but just stretched out a thumb.

This silent praise is even more than a thousand words!

On the other hand, Li Zhao kept tasting the wine flowing out. After feeling that the degree of the wine dropped, he asked the guys to change to a wooden barrel. After that, they were all ended with wine, which also contained impurities, mixed taste, bitterness, and turbidity, which was not suitable for drinking!

Of course, the wine taste will not be wasted. After repeated filtering, dilute it with water to about 15 degrees, pour it into the next pot and steam it again, which can increase the taste of the new wine.

There are also raw materials in the steamer, which will not be easily thrown away. Instead, it will be raised, cooled, loosened, add a small amount of new raw materials and yeast, stir evenly, and then re-fermented into the cellar. After five days, take it out and continue steaming the wine. It will be the second pot, and there will be a third pot afterwards.

Generally speaking, after three use of one thousand kilograms of raw materials, about 500 kilograms of distilled liquor can be obtained, with a much higher yield than the fermentation method. The remaining lees can be fed to livestock, and it is not a waste.

What's the name for the wine?

After a lot of ideas, we came up with a few good names:

The gods are drunk - the wine is fragrant and mellow and strong, and the gods are drunk when they drink it.

Diliang wine - the ancient name of sorghum was Diliang, which was named after raw materials.

Jade liquid in Yaochi - this is to be comparable to the wines of Queen Mother and the banquet at Yaochi.

Unfortunately, these names were rejected by Li Zhao, and then personally gave this distilled liquor a catchy, profound, ancient style and very connotation name - Erguotou!

A few peanuts, a bottle of two pots,

My confidant talks about the past and present, and he is proud of the king and prince in drunkenness.

Money is like dirt, wealth is like dirt,

Life is long, let’s do a happy trip!

As a time traveler, I’m afraid I can’t go back. Where can I put my extremely lonely heart? Only in my drunken dream can I remember the taste of my hometown!

...

The wine is successfully brewed, so we will naturally have to celebrate it well.

Li Zhao was not a stingy person, so he immediately sent someone to buy chicken, duck, fish, and a few big fat sheep. He also had Erguotou just brewed and celebrated with the big and small guys.

Wine and laughter.

When the wine was halfway through, Manager Jia came over, looking like he was eager to speak but stopped.

Li Zhao knew what he wanted to say, so he immediately took out a contract that had been prepared from his arms, and wrote it clearly in black and white: Renyichang winemaking workshop was divided into 28% of it, 20% of it belonged to Cui Zongzhi, and 80% of it belonged to Li Zhao!

"Young Master Zhao is righteous and unfair, the villain kowtowed to you... Dong! Dong!"

Jiangui Jia has been running a restaurant for many years and is very clear about how valuable this Erguotou is. He originally wanted to discuss it and Zuixianlou was responsible for selling this kind of wine, but he didn't expect Li Zhao to give him 20% of the shares directly!

Although it is only 20%, when it comes to the bright future of Erguotou, it is equivalent to giving away a mountain of gold... I immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Zhao.

I had a lot of complaints about tearing up the contract and repaying the debts on my behalf. Now it seems that my young master has a precise vision. This young master Zhao is not only capable, but also a good man with a strong and righteous nature!

On the other hand, Cui Zongzhi also saw the contract, but said nothing, just drank strong wine one bowl after another until he was drunk...

Gold and silver have a price, but confidant has no price!

Now that I have a confidant, it is a great blessing in life!

The next step is to expand the production scale when distilled wine is successfully brewed.

The start-up capital was insufficient, so Jiangui Jia was responsible for supplying as much as he needed. At the same time, he used the relationship between the Duke of Qi's government to start clearing various channels and preparing for the big sale of Erguotou wine.

The wine-making tools were insufficient, so Jin Blacksmith, Yang Carpenter and others asked to take action to build eight large steamers in one go.

Soon, the warehouse of the winemaking workshop was filled with newly brewed Erguotou, and as the proficiency of the guys increased, the quality of the wine became better and better.

Next, how to turn these fine wines into real money!
Chapter completed!