Distilled spirits were not very popular in ancient China.

Although distilled liquor was born as early as the Yuan Dynasty, for more than 600 years, it was only a tributary civilization in the southwest region, and never ascended to the hall of elegance.

Dignitaries and dignitaries do not like to drink distilled spirits, let alone use distilled spirits to serve formal banquets to entertain guests, objectively speaking, distilled spirits are not suitable for accompaniment to meals.

Rice wine and liquor in terms of taste, the former is gentle and majestic, the latter is extremely spicy, according to the dietary customs of modern people, there is no doubt that the former is healthy, more in line with the impartiality of Chinese Confucian civilization, the West also has strong wine, but no one seems to drink strong wine as a table wine.

Especially in ancient times, the raw material of distilled spirits was sorghum with poor taste and unsuitable for consumption, and there was little elaboration in brewing.

Naturally, it is impossible to be popular.

So why did Pan Yuanwai feel that it tasted good after tasting the second pot head of Niulanshan?

The main reason is that Niulanshan Erguotou selects high-quality sorghum and wheat, etc., and uses peas, barley, etc. to make Daqu as a starter agent.

The material becomes of high quality.

The brewing process is mature.

The spicy sensation is covered with mellow aroma.

So when Pan Yuanwai tasted it carefully, he immediately felt the full aroma of the wine after the high number of spicy, and the endless mellowness, coupled with the impact of the high number of wine, the 36,000 pores were really opened, he sighed and said: "I said that Buzhouzi wants to use expensive glass bottles to fill the wine, it turns out that the secret of this wine lies in the tasting." ”

When everyone at the main table heard Pan Yuanwai's words, they all looked at each other in disbelief.

Wang Chen saw it and hurriedly hit the railway while it was hot: "Everyone, do you want to try again?"

Qian Yuanwai was a little hesitant, but he loved wine as much as his life, and finally decided to give Erguo the first chance, gritted his teeth and said, "Give me the wine." ”

Pan Yuanwai handed over the wine bottle.

The others did not express their opinions, and they all wanted to look at Qian Yuanwai to see if it was as magical as Pan Yuanwai said.

After pouring a small half glass, Qian Yuanwai picked up the wine glass and sipped it gently, learning from Pan Yuanwai's appearance and closing his eyes to feel.

Wang Chen was nervous.

Will it work?

This is related to your future fortune plan!

He kept staring at Qian Yuan's outside, and after half a ring, when he saw him open his eyes, Wang Chen hurriedly asked, "Qian Yuan, how is it?"

Master Li, Master Bai and others, as well as the people at the nearby table, all looked over.

"Good wine!" Qian Yuanwai slapped the table and exclaimed: "This wine is thick, and there is a faint sweetness, very smooth, the most important thing, I feel that my mouth is full of wine, and my stomach is warm, so I really get rid of the autumn cold!"

Wang Chen smiled: "How is it, I didn't lie to you, it's a good bar?"

"Well, it's not just good, it's the first time I've ever drunk such a strange tasting wine. Qian Yuanwai couldn't help but sip a little, and finally "tsk", as if to indicate that the second pot is really delicious.

Master Li, Xu Yuanwai and others still don't believe it.

But when they saw that Pan Yuanwai and Qian Yuanwai both said that it was delicious, their curiosity was aroused.

"I'll try it too?" Master Li said and poured himself half a cup, and tasted it the same, in the eyes of everyone, after more than ten seconds, he said: "If it is really as Pan Yuanwai and Qian Yuanwai said, this wine needs to be tasted carefully to find a beautiful one." ”

Three people in a row said yes.

It's not just the people at the main table who are eager to try it, but also the people at the other tables who like to drink.

Wang Chen stretched out his hand to the others while the iron was hot, "You can taste it too?"

"Okay, I'll try. ”

"Hehe, seeing that they are so serious, my wine worm is also hooked. ”

The other six poured a little each, and the bottle of wine quickly bottomed out.

Wang Chen stared at everyone, wanting to see if this group of "wine lovers" in the Northern Song Dynasty could accept distilled spirits.

"Yo, it's really like what Pan Yuanwai said. ”

"I don't know if I don't taste it, I'm shocked when I taste it, this wine is delicious. ”

"I still think it's a little spicy, and I'm not used to it. ”

"Xu Yuanwai, it's normal for you to be unaccustomed to drinking, who makes you drink less on weekdays, this wine, only people who really like to drink can feel the taste. ”

"yes, it's delicious. ”

The other six exchanged their tastes and feelings.

Nine people, eight said yes, Wang Chen was overjoyed, knowing that the distilled liquor that swept the modern society was also eaten in the Northern Song Dynasty, he began to calculate in his mind that the distillery would definitely be opened, but the initial output could not be too large.

As for the brewery, the same should be opened.

Although hops are temporarily purchased in the modern world, beer is a bottomless thing to drink, especially in the summer, and cold beer is definitely popular.

It's just that there are drawbacks and problems in opening a brewery.

The disadvantage is that the shelf life of beer is relatively short, and if you want to ensure the taste, the shelf life is basically only three or four months.

The problem is how to deal with beer bottles and seals.

Generally speaking, beer bottles or cans are made of glass, aluminum and tinplate, glass needless to say, there is glass in the Song Dynasty, but the price is very expensive, as for the refining method of aluminum, it is not to mention, modern society mainly relies on aluminum electrolysis method to refine, unless you open a power plant in the Northern Song Dynasty, and then get a variety of equipment, it is very difficult to refine aluminum.

Then only tinplate is left as a way to make beer cans.

It is possible that tinplate could have been made with the current technology of the Song Dynasty, or rather, tin plating existed on the surface of bronze long ago.

This is not too much of a problem, the problem is the canning production method, if it is like Wang Laoji packaging three-piece cans, there is a bit of hope, if Pepsi Cola kind of two-piece cans don't even think about it, unless you buy a production line from modern society, not to say that the production line is expensive or not, just say buy back, no electric energy drive is not good.

Forget it, don't think about these.

It's a big deal to open a liquor factory first.

Let's talk about the business with everyone first.

While everyone was drinking and talking, Wang Chen interjected and said, "Everyone, who of you is in the stone and timber business?"

Master Li took over and said: "I am in the timber business, and I am in the stone business. ”

Hearing that someone was engaged in these two industries, Wang Chen hurriedly said: "If I need a large amount of special wood and stone, can you get it in a short time?"

Master Li was stunned, and asked while sipping the second pot, "What special wood do you want?"

Qian Yuanwai was also curious: "I can get general stones, you can talk about it." ”

Wang Chen said his request, "I need a lot of red sandalwood, Qiongzhou palmetto wood, and in terms of stone, I want Shoushan Stone Emperor, Phoenix Blood Stone and Qingtian Frozen Stone, how about it, can I get it?"

Small-leaved red sandalwood is called red sandalwood in ancient times, large-leaved red sandalwood is called rosewood, before the Ming Dynasty, small-leaved red sandalwood is more expensive than ordinary wood, but not enough to make people pay attention to it, until the Ming Dynasty, small-leaved red sandalwood was favored by the royal family, so that to the Qing Dynasty red sandalwood furniture almost for the court monopoly.

In modern society, the domestic small-leaved red sandalwood is basically extinct, and can only be imported from India, the Malay Peninsula and the Philippines, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, there are many small-leaved red sandalwood in Liangguang and Dali.

Qiongzhou palmetto wood is the ancient name of Hainan Huanghuali, as the name suggests, Qiongzhou to Hainan, palmetto to Huanghuali, the same is, Hainan Huanghuali to the Ming Dynasty only used a lot, even so, a Huanghuali bed in the Ming Dynasty is only 12 taels of silver, according to the Ming Dynasty a tael of silver is equivalent to 600 yuan in modern society purchasing power calculation, a Huanghuali bed needs 7,200 yuan, compared with the price of Huanghuali in modern society, it is really cheap and pitiful.

So how much is a pound of Hainan Huanghuali in modern society?

Wang Chen understands a little bit, the diameter of 7-10 cm of small materials, the price of 1200-2000 yuan per catty, 10-13 cm diameter of small medium material 2800-4000 yuan per catty, diameter of 13-20 cm of medium material 4500-5800 per catty, more than 20 cm to 30 cm diameter round and long plate can reach 6000-8000 yuan per catty, or even tens of thousands of yuan a catty!

It is conceivable how expensive Hainan Huanghuali is.

Even the small-leaved red sandalwood, which was once expensive as the imperial wood, is difficult to carry, after all, the Indian small-leaved red sandalwood is only about 1.2 million yuan per ton, and the cheapest small material of Hainan Huanghuali is 2.4 million tons, not to mention the large material of 120,000 tons.

As for Tianhuang, it really began to be used in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, and if it flourished, it was until the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty.

Bloodstone is the same, it didn't become popular until the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The excavation of Qingtian stone is earlier, and some scale has been formed during the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, but the real prosperity began in Lin'an, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the popularity of Qingtian frozen stone was in the Ming Dynasty.

After listening to Wang Chen's request, Master Li pondered for a moment and said: "I still have a lot of rosewood in stock, and there is a lot of Qiongzhou palmetto wood, not much, I don't know how much Buzhouzi needs?"

"The more the merrier. Wang Chen said, after speaking, he added, "It is best to have two or three thousand catties of rosewood, and Qiongzhou palmetto wood can be slow." "He still wants to make Jiang Zhuwang's money.

Hearing this, Master Li showed a smile, "Two or three thousand catties of rosewood can still be taken out, and Qiongzhou palmetto wood is also a little bit now, and I will let people buy more when I go back." ”

When the two of them finished talking, Qian Yuanwai took over and said: "I have a few pieces of Qingtian frozen stone, and it is easy for Shoushan Shidi to get it, but he has to send someone to Fuzhou to buy it, but phoenix blood stone is relatively rare, but it is not impossible to get it, the price may be expensive, you need to give me some time." ”

None of this is in a hurry.

Wang Chen said without hesitation: "Then please help me buy more." ”

Subsequently, he first negotiated the price with Master Li.

The brothers are still settling accounts, not to mention that they are only allies.

Hainan Huanghua pear is relatively cheap, 30 wen a catty, small leaf red sandalwood is more expensive, 50 wen per catty, this price sounds very cheap, but in fact, for the Northern Song Dynasty, it is already very expensive, after all, ordinary people may only have a monthly income of about two yuan.

But for Wang Chen, it's so cheap that it's fried!

Not to mention anything else, two thousand catties of Hainan Huanghuali are only 60 yuan, and the Song Dynasty has about 100 grams more per catty than in modern society...... That's it!

After talking about the price of timber.

Wang Chen looked at Qian Yuanwai, "What is the price of Qingtian Frozen Stone, Shoushan Stone Emperor and Phoenix Blood Stone?"

Qian Yuan drank the most liquor, and he was already slightly drunk, his face turned red and waved his hand: "What kind of money is not money, Bu Zhouzi likes to take it." ”

Wang Chen didn't like to owe favors, and said, "That's not good, you better talk about the price." ”

Qian Yuanwai said with a smile: "I really don't need money, and even in the future, I can buy these stones for you for free, as long as Bu Zhouzi promises me a condition." ”

"What conditions?" Wang Chen said with a wink.

Qian Yuanwai pointed to Erguotou, "Just give me a bottle of Erguotou every month." ”

Ha?

One bottle of two pot heads a month for Tianhuang, Qingtian stone and bloodstone for free?

You can't find such a good thing with a lantern!

Wang Chen wondered if Qian Yuanwai was drunk and his head was inflexible, he thought about it, Qian Yuanwai's drunkard did not mean to drink, I am afraid that he fell in love with the glass bottle of Erguotou.

It is also true that highly transparent glass is a precious exception in the current era.

But for Wang Chen, it's a ball, anyway, he will bring more and more glass products to the Northern Song Dynasty in the future, and the price of high-transparency glass will plummet at that time. ”

The second pot head is changed to Tian Huang Ji Bloodstone Qingtian Frozen Stone, and the stupid comparison is not to change it!