Chapter 146: Lu Wine

However, Liu Feng still underestimated the power of the scholar family, the land of Qilu is one of the cultural birthplaces of the land of Shenzhou, especially the existence dt.com of the Confucian family in Qufu, Nayi Prefecture

It is known as the land of saints, hundreds of years of inheritance, there has been a shadow of a huge family, more importantly, in terms of culture and morality, it is the existence of the head of the Han family, although every nation is in the event of life and death, there is no one son of the Confucian family, turning the tide.

But it seems that after the establishment of each dynasty, the children of the Confucian family will be treated well, or the children of the Confucian family are the representatives of the scholars, but it seems that these families will regard the importance of family inheritance far higher than the survival of the nation.

As for the rule of benevolence and virtue that they preach, Datong society has never achieved it since its own convenience, and it is not so much a family of cultural scholars as a political family.

And Liu Feng's decree just touched the backlash of these families, and in addition to Deng Jieyu's spicy governance, it poured fire oil on the dry wood that was ignited.

For a while, all the families in the north focused on Qizhou, the city that was about to rise, and Qizhou was also secretive, and people with good deeds would naturally not let go of such a wave.

It was precisely Qizhou County, Fanyang Prefecture, that was indifferent to this, as long as it was under the rule of the two places, it did not violate the regulations, and it also turned a blind eye to the provocative remarks.

However, Liu Feng also secretly made arrangements, in addition to the strict monitoring of the internal guards, Liu Feng also planned to find a new combination of interests for Qizhou. He knew that Qizhou was not the same as the two counties of Fanyang Beidi, which had been looted.

When the villagers in the north were still worried about food and clothing, these families had a more "high" pursuit, that is, to make the family go to the next level, or to have greater interests to plan.

With the pursuit of interests, this leaves Liu Feng enough room to operate, simply put, it is to lure him to profit, Liu Feng, who has a golden finger, is not afraid that these families will not comply.

As a result, the Qizhou Cellar Wine Workshop began to be built, as a commercial product in the agricultural era, salt, iron, tea, porcelain, silk, silk grain is still the main commercial circulation product.

The rise of trade in Yucheng lies in the production of salt, iron, porcelain, leather and a series of ancillary products, and as the most basic commercial products do not bring predatory economic benefits, but often the processing output of these products can bring the greatest benefits.

The reason why I chose to make wine is because the land of Qilu is the birthplace of wine culture, which has a long history, and the development of wine and culture is basically synchronized.

The custom of drinking alcohol is also influenced by the Confucian view of wine culture, which pays attention to the two words "wine virtue", and the word "wine virtue" was first seen in the "Book of Songs" and "Book of Songs", which means that drinkers should be virtuous, and cannot be like King Xia Xuan, "subverting the virtue and absurdity in wine".

The Confucian virtue of drinking is embodied in the Book of Wine, which is: "Drinking only rituals" (drinking alcohol can only be drunk during sacrifices); "Wu Yi wine" (don't drink often, usually drink less, in order to save food, only when you are sick); "Drinking in groups" (prohibiting people from gathering to drink); "Prohibition of indulgence" (prohibition of excessive drinking), Confucianism is not against drinking, and it is virtuous to use wine to worship the gods and support the elderly.

However, the land of Qilu has the allusion of "Lu wine is thin and Handan is around", and since then, "Lu wine" has also become synonymous with ordinary wine or inferior wine. "The Compilation of Barnyard History" appended to say: "Zhongshan people are good at making wine, and some people in Lu country take their bad and come back to stain it into Lu wine, pretending to say that it is Zhongshan wine, which is discovered by Zhongshan people, so the wine taste is thin and called Lu wine." ”

At present, most of the liquor is a wine made of fruit grains, that is, fruit wine, rice wine, rice wine, and distilled liquor has not spread for various reasons, and liquor has not yet prevailed, and it is reported that liquor may have been introduced and popularized during the Yuan Dynasty from the Persian region of Central Asia conquered by the Mongols.

Liu Feng wants to make this kind of liquor, although he is not a good drinker, but he still knows a little about liquor.

According to the type of koji, baijiu is divided into "big koji liquor", "small koji liquor", "bran koji liquor", "mixed koji liquor" and so on. Large koji chunks are large and mainly contain Aspergillus and yeast; The small koji pieces are small and mainly contain mucormycetes, rhizopus, and yeast. Mold breaks down starch in grain into sugar, which yeast converts into alcohol. Xiaoqu has low calorific value and is suitable for the humid and hot climate of the south.

Baijiu, the raw materials used in brewing are different, some are sorghum, some are rice; The saccharification starter used is different, some are medium-temperature Daqu made from barley and peas, some are medium-temperature Daqu or high-temperature Daqu made from wheat, and some are small koji made from rice and various microorganisms to make bran koji.

The fermentation vessel equipment used is different, some are pottery cylinders, cement pools, brick pools, boxes, mud ponds, old cellars, etc.; The brewing process adopted is different, some are steamed, clear, rough, continued fine mixed distillation and sand fermentation, and some are solid and liquid fermentation. The climatic conditions of the brewing environment are different, some have high dry humidity, some have low dry humidity, some have high temperature, some have low temperature, etc.

The liquor produced has a classification of aroma, and then the aroma type appears.

Sauce fragrance (thatch), fragrance (Fenxiang), strong fragrance (Luxiang, cellar fragrance), rice fragrance, phoenix fragrance are the most famous, and there are other fragrance types, such as the medicinal fragrance of Kouzijiao, the medicinal fragrance of Dong wine, the aroma of jade ice, the incense of soy bean, the sesame fragrance of Jingzhi, the special fragrance of the four special wines, and the old white dry fragrance of the north.

Choosing to brew liquor in Qizhou, Liu Feng also has a deeper meaning.

Wine culture is a special cultural form that has its unique position in the traditional Confucian culture, and wine permeates almost all areas of social life.

First of all, the land of Qilu in the north is still a region dominated by agriculture, so all political and economic activities are based on agricultural development, and wine, most of which is brewed from grain, is closely attached to agriculture and has become a part of the agricultural economy.

The production and sale of grain will also be closely related to wine, and the prosperity of the wine industry has played a positive role in the improvement of the living standards of the local society, and will also promote a certain amount of agricultural production.

And Liu Feng also hopes that "Lu wine" will no longer be "thin wine", and hopes that the spirit of wine culture can affect the villagers in the land of Qilu in the north of Yanzhao.

The spirit of wine culture is based on Taoist philosophy.

Zhuang Zhou advocates that things and I are one day, and people are one and live and die together. Zhuang Zhou sang the song of absolute freedom, advocating "swimming by things", "swimming beyond the four seas" and "the land of nothing". Zhuangzi would rather be a free turtle shaking his head and tail in the muddy pond than a strutting horse bound by people.

The pursuit of absolute freedom, forgetting life and death, profit and honor, this is the essence of wine culture.

He also hopes that after the famous men of the Wei and Jin dynasties who are "ambitious and narrow in the universe", and the first "drunkard" Liu Ling, there are still people who can write words like "Ode to Wine and Virtue": "There is a gentleman, take heaven and earth as one day, and ten thousand periods as a moment." The sun and the moon have a wall, and the eight wildernesses are the courts. "The curtain is on the ground, and the indulgence is as it is." "Drunk and drunk, awake and open. Listen quietly and don't hear the sound of thunder, and don't see the shape of Mount Tai. I don't feel the cold and heat cut the muscles, and the feelings of desire. Looking down on all things, disturbing is like duckweed carried by Jiang Han. ”