The car was driving on the road, looking at the scenery outside the car window and retreating rapidly, Yu Ban's heart was complicated.

Of course, he is willing to have a good chat with his hair child, but at the same time, he has some inferiority, inferiority to his family and achievements, which makes him unwilling to face Zhou Fangyuan. Originally, everyone was about the same family, and the conditions of his family were slightly better. And not only that, but in terms of academic performance, there was originally a big gap between the two. Of course, he will not look down on Zhou Fangyuan because of his bad grades, nor will he specifically look for people with worse grades than him to be friends to satisfy his inner sense of achievement...... Well, there may be some of this, but he doesn't think he needs much in this area.

The main thing is that everyone has played together since childhood, and it is really small. But when Zhou Fangyuan started to do business, he made thousands of dollars by selling roast sausages, then he was an Internet café, and then he was making fast food, and then it was out of control, and now it has become a group company with a market value of tens of billions of dollars. As for himself, he didn't listen to one and did nothing. was originally considered an advantageous academic performance, but after going to high school, he was caught up by Zhou Fangyuan, and even thrown away. He has always known Zhou Fangyuan's situation, not to mention the escort to Peking University, Zhou Fangyuan himself relied on his own ability to make the college entrance examination score pass the enrollment line of Peking University, which means that even if he is not guaranteed, he can be admitted himself.

Look at yourself again, I was admitted to a college, although it is not bad, but there is still a gap compared with Peking University.

The ability to make money is not as good as the other party, and the academic performance of the letter is more than that of the other party, since then Yu Ban is ready to be far away, although he himself does not want to admit it, but he knows in his heart that he is inferior, he is inferior to the other party, he doesn't want the other party to feel that he is making friends for some benefit, so he simply hides far away, and he can also prove his "innocence".

As a result, all this was broken today, and the moment I saw Zhou Fangyuan, the feeling of longing came out a little irrepressibly. Yu Ban had been enduring it before, and Zhou Fangyuan didn't come to him, he could still bear it. But this time, the two met by chance on the street, and he immediately couldn't suppress the impulse in his heart, plus a third brother...... Yu Ban suddenly realized that he really missed them.

There were three people sitting in a car, but the three people had different inner thoughts.

The car quickly drove into the parking lot, and Zhou Fangyuan took Yu Ban and Lu Fang directly to the Garden Hotel. There are many hotels in Beitong City, and the focus is different. Some hotels focus on hosting large-scale events, some focus on accommodation, some focus on high-end dining, and some hotels are closer to the public. As for the Garden Hotel, even if it is a large hotel that focuses on high-end catering, don't look at it with the name of a big hotel, it may give people a feeling that the things here are expensive and unaffordable, it is a drop, the food here is notoriously expensive in Beitong, and it is also notoriously unaffordable, but it is also notoriously delicious.

The owner of the Garden Hotel, Zhou Fangyuan still knows, this person is very ambitious, and he is also a delicious person, he opened his own restaurant, he himself will come to eat at two ends of three days, specially hired chefs from abroad, including all the world's mainstream catering style chefs, basically as long as you come here, and willing to spend money, you can eat a lot of very authentic food. Of course, again, the price is not cheap.

However, this is nothing to Zhou Fangyuan, after parking the car, he called the third brother to determine the location of the other party, and stayed with Yu Ban and the two of them to go upstairs.

The private room has been set a long time ago, Zhou Fangyuan has a fixed box here all the year round, not only for his own use, but also for the third brother, and sometimes for other people in the company, or in other words, the fixed box here is actually reserved for the whole group, occasionally there are partners or something to come to Beitong, and some boxes or single rooms will also be used here, the purpose is to make the people who use it as satisfactory as possible. Anyway, in terms of food, in the high-end catering industry in Beitong City, the Garden Hotel is one of the best, and other hotels of the same level are indeed far behind the Garden in terms of food quality and taste.

went upstairs, with the help of the waiter, Zhou Fangyuan and the three of them entered the private room, and after waiting for a long time, the third brother came with his sister-in-law.

The third sister-in-law is an ordinary middle school teacher, she met the third brother at an event, after the third brother was rich, his girlfriend was not old or young, just Zhou Fangyuan knew, there were so many that he couldn't count them with a slap. Originally, seeing that the third brother was so old and uncertain, Zhou Fangyuan sometimes wanted to persuade a few words, but he had no position to say anything to persuade him, but who would have thought that in a blink of an eye, the third brother would become a family. The third sister-in-law is a very ordinary woman, and she doesn't look good-looking, but she is very honest and responsible, and she is also very good to the third brother, and the third brother likes her very much.

As soon as everyone met, they naturally hugged each other again, and then introduced each other.

It can be seen that Yu Ban is very restrained and a little unable to let go.

But it doesn't matter, if you can't let it go now, it's no problem to eat with a few glasses of wine.

The third brother specially brought two bottles of liquor, which were the original puree liquor from the Beitong Distillery, and he put some ideas on it, which is the top liquor of the Beitong Distillery.

The reputation of the Beitong Distillery has not been obvious, and it will go out of business in two or three years at most, the quality of the wine is good, but don't forget, my country is a big wine-producing country, there are too many famous wines, and the Beitong Distillery is not famous, basically limited to the liquor sold locally, and basically cannot survive. After all, you can't go out, but others can walk in, under the elimination of one and the other, Beitong's long turnover is not as good as a year, and it is a matter of time before it goes bankrupt. Moreover, in the previous life, no one contracted the winery, and in the end, the result of the winery was that it was not a success.

Baijiu is a general term for liquor in China, also known as shochu, laobaigan, burning knives, etc. Huaxia liquor has a compound aroma with esters as the main body, koji and liquor mother as saccharification starter agents, and starch (sugar) raw materials are used to brew various types of liquor through cooking, saccharification, fermentation, distillation, aging and blending.

As a distilled spirit, baijiu is still somewhat famous in the world, and looking at the differences between several major distilled spirits in the world, it is nothing more than the raw materials and brewing methods.

The raw materials of distilled spirits are either rich in fructose or starch. In general, the brewing method is fermentation, distillation and storage, and sometimes a little blending skills are required.

However, in comparison, the fame of baijiu in the world is still smaller than that of other distilled spirits.

Let's take a look at the five major distilled spirits other than liquor: the first is whisky, whisky generally uses barley, rye, oats, wheat or corn as raw materials, and the standards vary from country to country, but the most well-known feature of whisky is that it needs to be kept in oak barrels for a period of time.

Then there is vodka, which is made mainly from potatoes or corn, and is characterized by its "pure taste" compared to other major distilled spirits. In other words, in one bite, you will be hard-pressed to taste any other grain fruit than the satisfaction of quickly replenishing alcohol.

When Gin was first born, it was actually a diuretic for East Indian seafarers, and its special flavor came from juniper berries, and some manufacturers would add special ingredients such as orange peel, cardamom, licorice, and coriander to make it even more memorable.

In terms of raw materials, rum and brandy are more similar.

The raw material of rum is sugar cane, which is considered a by-product of the sugar industry.

Brandy is generally made from grapes, but there are also fruits such as cherries and apples.

Baijiu is also theoretically made from grain, but as long as you have drunk it, you will never confuse baijiu with the same colorless and high-alcohol vodka. The main difference between baijiu and the above "Western" distilled spirits is that baijiu is the only variety among the six major distilled spirits that actively adds mold to participate in fermentation.

The raw material of koji is moldy grains, and the koji liquor is brewed, so that the liquor contains a large number of aldehydes, and the aldehydes and alcohols undergo esterification reactions, which also forms a complex and rich aroma that is different from other distilled spirits. Of course, in the eyes of people who don't know how to drink alcohol, or foreign friends who can't accept baijiu, this taste is said to be a rag flavor or a rancid rice flavor, which is not completely unreasonable.

In addition to the "strong taste" in a broad sense, there is also a problem that the style of different flavor types is too different. In the eyes of people who don't understand liquor, baijiu tastes slightly strange, and even among baijiu lovers, there are few people who love all the aromas. The classification of sauce, fragrance, and strong fragrance that drunkards must call did not exist before the founding of the People's Republic of China, at least at the national level. In the past few hundred years, although the wineries in various places have their own flavors, basically Moutai does not make old white dry, you drink your wine, I drink my wine.

In the era of the Republic of China, represented by the intellectual circles, most of them favored gentle and delicate rice wine, while the celebrities and gentlemen mostly preferred fashionable and expensive foreign wines.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the people who love liquor became the masters of their own affairs, and the country began to take liquor as a key development object.

It was from this time that the flavor type of liquor began to be determined, or in other words, there was a more standard division.

The eight famous liquors of that year were Wuliangye, Gujing Gongjiu, Luzhou Laojiao Tequ, Quanxing Daqu Liquor, Moutai Liquor (Sauce Fragrance), Xifeng Liquor (Fengxiang), Fenjiu (Qingxiang) and Dong Liquor (Dong Xiang), and the strong fragrance type accounted for four.

Baijiu began to be classified according to different flavor types, and each flavor type also had its own general language:

Sauce-flavored liquor: prominent sauce-flavored, elegant and delicate, mellow body, long aftertaste;

Strong aroma wine: rich cellar aroma, sweet and sweet, harmonious aroma, long net fragrance at the end;

Aromatic liquor: pure fragrance, harmonious flavors, mellow sweet and soft mouth, refreshing aftertaste;

Rice-flavored wine: honey fragrance is elegant, the entrance is soft, the mouth is refreshing, and the aftertaste is pleasant.

Later, the official recognized more fragrance types such as Fu Tulip type, sesame fragrance type, and fragrance type, Dong Xiang type, soy flavor type, Feng Xiang type, etc., and the comments are all similar freehand styles. Although the descriptor can only be understood but not spoken, from the test results, the composition of different fragrance types is indeed not quite the same.

The complex aroma division system of China's liquor has finally been formed.

As for the difference between different fragrance types, I believe that many people who drink alcohol every day may not be clear.

In fact, 98% of the liquor is alcohol and water, judging the aroma type, distinguishing the advantages and disadvantages, in fact, it is only 2% of the aromatic substances, that is, looking at the koji with microorganisms, and the starch, fat and protein in different grains, what aldehydes and alcohols are reflected. The problem is that no matter what kind of flavor liquor it is, it is difficult to drink it with ice and empty like gin whiskey, and it is not compatible with fruit juice drinks, Sprite, and iced tea. This is the biggest difference between China's liquor and foreign distilled spirits, and most of the foreign distilled spirits, even those at the level of vodka and rum with high intensity, can be enjoyed empty.

But baijiu is not good, and the characteristic of baijiu is that it is difficult to taste empty. Even the older generation always needs to order snacks and dishes when drinking liquor, and the worst of all has to be pulled out of an iron nail from a soy sauce barrel. So it's a completely new drinking field for beginners, and it's not incomprehensible to give up.

As for the origin of liquor, this is really hard to say, it can be regarded as the kind of situation where the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable.

The modern term "liquor" usually refers to grain distilled spirits. From the Han and Wei dynasties to the late Qing Dynasty, Chinese people have always called rice wine "liquor", and liquor "shochu", "fire wine", and "burning knife".

In the Han and Wei dynasties, there were two types of sake, with less koji, low alcohol and high turbidity, while sake had more koji and high alcohol and was relatively clear.

From the Ming Dynasty Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" wrote that "soju, not an ancient method, since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty", Western experts and Chinese scholars believe that liquor is the Yuan Dynasty Mongols from the Arabs after the distillation method appeared, although in recent years there have been scholars trying to push the birth of China's liquor to the Tang and Song dynasties and even the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the evidence is not conclusive.

Generally speaking, judging from our current expectations that liquor should be at least 38 degrees or more, and it is best to have 50 or 60 degrees, the large-scale production of soju is still a matter of the Yuan Dynasty.

Baijiu has been popular for hundreds of years, and it really took place the status of rice wine and became a symbol of Chinese wine culture, which really had to wait until after the founding of the People's Republic of China. There are two popular paths for liquor, one is to serve Moutai on the table, and the other is to serve liquor with chili. Judging from the current drinking trend of young people, when the liquor is mixed with soda and added to the ice tartar, it can be regarded as entering a new journey to the world.

It is also funny to say that baijiu has long been used as the national liquor to entertain the heads of state of the United States and the Soviet Union who visited China, and has become a wine for diplomacy and friendship.

In this case, the fact that baijiu has not become popular all over the world has a lot to do with the fact that the flavor of koji is too "East Asian".

If you had switched to a liquid fermented liquor with no flavor to speak of, baijiu might have become one of the most commonly used base drinks for cocktails, just like vodka. It's because the flavor is so unique, if you haven't lived in such a humanistic environment since you were a child, it's really not easy to accept baijiu. As we all know, the lower the threshold for acceptance, the brighter the spread of a thing, and many things in Western culture can only be widely spread by taking advantage of such a small advantage. And the things in the oriental culture are characterized by strong enough, but because of this, they have become difficult to spread.

Baijiu is just one of them.

And what the third brother brought today is a more characteristic local wine of Beitong, Zhou Fangyuan can already foresee what it will look like after Yu Ban has three glasses of wine, in his impression, Yu Ban has never been a person who can drink.