Chapter 848: Visit
Since I was having dinner at Liang Mengsong's house today, I agreed to arrive at 11 o'clock in the morning.
At 10:55, Jiang Hui and his entourage appeared at the door of Liang Mengsong's house on time.
Liang Mengsong's residence is a Chinese-style villa, there is a large grass in front of the villa, and the back is against a hill, and the whole villa covers an area of about six or seven hundred square meters.
Even on the island of Treasure, this is a very good place to stay.
Liao Yun got out of the car first and rang the doorbell, Jiang Hui followed behind, and the door opened just after two rings.
"Dr. Liang, hello, I am Liao Yun who contacted you in the morning, this is our President Jiang", Liao Yun introduced Jiang Hui with a sweet smile.
"Mr. Jiang, Secretary Liao, hello, please come to the house", Liang Mengsong showed an elegant smile and motioned for Jiang Hui and his party to enter the house.
"I took the liberty to visit, I bother you", considering that Liang Mengsong has been in the United States for a long time, he shouldn't like to be too polite, Jiang Hui was not polite, and entered the house directly.
"Hello", Jiang Hui and the others had just entered the house, and a middle-aged woman with an elegant temperament came out of the kitchen to say hello.
"This is my wife, I am preparing lunch, and I will let everyone taste her craftsmanship later", speaking of his wife, Liang Mengsong's face was full of happiness.
According to the information he learned before, Jiang Hui knew that Liang Mengsong's daughter-in-law was a South Korean and a semiconductor engineer, and she was his colleague when he worked in the United States, and what was even more amazing was that she was also a beautiful woman who had worked as a flight attendant.
"Hello, Mrs. Liang, I've made trouble for you. I brought two bottles of 1965 Shinro Shochu, and I would like you to evaluate them at noon," Jiang Hui said.
Korean soju is an alcoholic beverage. The main ingredient is rice, which is usually accompanied by wheat, barley or sweet potato. Korean soju is transparent in color and generally has an alcohol content ranging from 18°~22°.
The earliest known brewing date is around 1300 AD.
With its excellent reputation and quality assurance, Jinro Shochu has made unremitting efforts for the drinking culture of mankind, and has been widely favored by people all over the world, and has been rated as the world's largest selling liquor in the distilled spirits industry in the alcohol magazine "International Alcoholic Beverages" for three consecutive years.
If we trace the origins of Jinroe Jeongjong, it is believed that the identity of Jinro Jeongjong originated from the shochu of the Yuan Dynasty of the Celestial Dynasty, and it is generally believed that it was introduced to the Korean Peninsula in the late Goryeo period in 1300 AD.
The original meaning of "shochu" refers to the wine that the grain has been distilled three times and is like receiving dew, so it is also called "dew wine".
For a long time in the history of South Korea, shochu was classified as a luxury liquor, and its manufacture was forbidden by the people, and it was even cited as a prescription by the Korean royal family.
It wasn't until the occupation of the island that burnt alcohol began to become popular. In 1916, there were 28,404 shochu breweries in Korea.
Although Korean soju is related to the word smashing, it does not mean that this kind of wine will really burn in the throat. In fact, most of the soju sold in South Korea generally has a degree of about 20 degrees, which is a little higher than the degree of rice wine in southern China.
Although soju liquor is the same distilled spirit, shochu is not an order of magnitude with the liquor on the market in China.
So many people who drank Korean soju said that it was like the liquor of the Celestial Empire mixed with a lot of water.
"The true dew of 1965? that's very rare," Liang Mengsong said with a surprised expression.
As a Korean son-in-law, Liang Mengsong still loves Korean soju very much, judging from the gifts brought by Jiang Hui today, it shows that Jiang Hui has also worked hard, which indirectly reflects his sincerity.
"Korean soju and Celestial Dynasty liquor have their own merits, in the future, I will invite you to taste Moutai fifty years ago, and when you compare it again, you will definitely have a very different feeling", Jiang Hui smiled and greeted Liang Mengsong.
"Then I thanked Mr. Jiang in advance, 50-year-old Moutai is very rare", Moutai, as the national liquor of the Celestial Empire, has been famous overseas during the Republic of China.
In 1915, in order to celebrate the opening of the Panama Canal, the Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held in San Francisco, USA, which gathered the best products from all over the world.
It is said that when the wine appraisal meeting of the expo was coming to an end, none of the wine sent by the Celestial Empire to the exhibition was evaluated, and the representative of the Celestial Empire delegation was in a hurry, picked up a bottle of Moutai and pretended to miss it, and threw it on the ground.
This was earth-shattering, and the rich aroma of wine immediately dispersed, which surprised the judges present.
After repeated tastings, it was unanimously agreed that Moutai was the top liquor in the world, but because the first place of the gold medal had already been decided, they had to make a compromise and ranked Moutai in the second place of the gold medal.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Moutai has won many awards and is exported to all over the world, and is known as "the world's famous liquor" and "the light of the motherland".
The water used to make Moutai is mainly the water of the Chishui River, which has good water quality, and the liquor made by distillation with this slightly sweet entrance and no dissolved impurities is particularly luscious.
Therefore, the poets of the Qing Dynasty once had a verse to praise the Chishui River with the phrase "Gathering the spiritual spring in one, and the beautiful water goes down to the east".
Moutai Town also has a very special natural environment and climatic conditions. It is located in the basin of the lowest point of the plateau in Guizhou Province, only 440 meters above sea level, far away from the plateau airflow, dense clouds and fog all day long.
The summer lasts for 5 months with a high temperature period of 35~39°C, and most of the year is shrouded in sultry, humid rain and fog.
This special climate, water quality and soil conditions are very favorable to the fermentation and maturation of the liquor, and also partially play a decisive role in the microbial production, refinement, increase and decrease of the aroma components in Moutai.
It can be said that if you leave the special climatic conditions here, some aroma components in the wine cannot be produced at all, and the taste of the wine is lacking.
This is why for a long time, the manufacturers of sauce-flavored liquor in the area around Moutai Town or in some parts of the country have tried their best to imitate Moutai, but have not succeeded.
"The food and wine culture of the Celestial Empire is broad and profound, Dr. Liang, you can taste it in the future."
"This food culture is really not comparable to ordinary countries, I have watched "The Heavens on the Tip of the Tongue" filmed by Guanghui Film and Television before, I have not tasted many of the food there, and some have not even heard of it, I found out that I have gnawed on burgers too much, and I have fallen into the most delicious local style."
Although both sides knew what the purpose of today's meeting was, neither of them first pierced the paper.
This is also a feature of the Celestial Empire, and many things like to be talked about at the dinner table.
However, Jiang Hui feels that judging from Liang Mengsong's reflection today, as long as the project of Guanghui Chip is more reliable and not fooling people there, the possibility that Liang Mengsong is willing to jump ship is still very high.
(End of chapter)