Located on the edge of the Tongjiang River, Qingyun is the only way from the Qingzhou region to the southwest border and the Indochina Peninsula, and its unique geographical location makes Qingyun an important transportation hub of the Ancient Tea Horse Road.

A large number of goods from the lower reaches of the Tongjiang River were unloaded at Qingyun Wharf, and then loaded onto the caravan waiting at the wharf, and followed the sheep intestine path that had been walked for thousands of years into the reckless jungle. Perhaps, in the Song Dynasty, the Ancient Tea Horse Road already existed, and it was not until after liberation that the Ancient Tea Horse Road gradually declined.

Qingyun and Liangcun, as the transit stations of the Ancient Tea Horse Road, naturally left a large number of traces of the Ancient Tea Horse Road, and these things cannot be erased even with the passage of time. The quaint old buildings on Qingyun Old Street are one of the most valuable tangible cultural heritages left to Qingyun by the Ancient Tea Horse Road, and there are also some uncommon heritages that still play a huge role.

In the past, the mosquito repellent potion used by Liu Rui when he entered the mountain and the snake medicine used to treat Xu Wenchang were all obtained by Liu Jiazu from those horse gangs who traveled south and north when the ancient tea horse road was prosperous. Secret recipes like this are available in many families in Qingyun, and most of the time, people don't have to go to the hospital when they encounter various problems.

In addition to these magical potions, there are some more important things left to the Liu family by the Ancient Tea Horse Road, that is, various brewing secrets.

At first, the ancestor of the Liu family was not a native of Qingyun, and he was born in the north and wandered around with the caravan until he broke his leg, and then he began to settle in Liangcun. After the leg injury was healed, the ancestor of the Liu family was also a little limp when he walked, and it was naturally a little weak to make another living. After thinking about it, the ancestors of the Liu family began to brew wine and sell it to the passing caravans, but they also took root in Liang Village.

At the beginning, the ancestors of the Liu family did not have any secret recipes for winemaking, they were all some koji and processes of big goods, as long as it was a person, it could be brewed. However, with the good relationship in the caravan, Liu Rui's ancestors gradually got some better recipes, and the Liu family winery also developed in Liang Village.

Relying on the endless flow of people on the Ancient Tea Horse Road, the Liu Family Distillery can be regarded as having found a stable customer, and the ancestor of the Liu family is also a smart person, willing to study, and soon found out a lot of secrets of winemaking, making the production of the Liu Family Distillery better and better. After 100 years of practice, Liujia Distillery has become one of the most well-known wineries at the beginning of the Ancient Tea Horse Road, and almost most of the caravans and caravans passing through Liangcun will buy a large amount of rice wine from Liujia Distillery to embark on the journey.

Over time, the Liu family became one of the richest families in Liang Village, as evidenced by the spacious and bright blue brick houses and the large-scale Liu family compound standing in the middle of the mountainside. When the Ancient Tea Horse Road was at its most prosperous, the Liu family also attached itself to this material passage and created a glorious time.

However, with the gradual decline of the Ancient Tea Horse Road after the liberation, the scale of the Liujia Distillery is gradually shrinking, and it can only be barely maintained. In the end, after several more crazy movements, Liujia Distillery, like most time-honored brands, fell into a situation of closure.

If it weren't for the reform and opening up, which began to allow private individuals to operate the individual economy, Liujia Distillery would have disappeared into the long river of history.

However, after the restart, because Liu Jiahong did not have much experience in winemaking, he did not easily try to brew those ancestral secret wines, but started from the most basic low-grade rice wine. At the beginning of the reform and opening up, the living standards of people in the countryside were relatively low, and even if they wanted to drink, they would only drink the lowest-grade 'Tu Moutai'.

With the passage of time, coupled with the fact that Liu Jiahong and Zhang Guizhi have not read too many books and do not have a wide range of knowledge, they are slowly satisfied with their current life and have not thought about changing rashly.

In fact, many times, life is a habit, and after forming a habit, it always takes a certain amount of courage and courage to change. The small-scale farmer's consciousness and cautious mentality make Liu Jiahong dare not easily change the business situation of the winery, coupled with the restrictions of the overall consumption environment of the society, so that the Liujia winery can only grow slowly in the midst of not being angry.

Nowadays, Qingshan County has ushered in a period of great development, which has led to the prosperity of the food market and created a good foundation for Liujia Distillery to change its product varieties. In addition, since Liu Rui took power, the Liu family's business ideas have suddenly broadened, and they no longer focus on the small market of Qingyun and Liangcun.

With the opportunity of 'South Beauty' ordering vegetables at home, Liu Rui met Zheng Dahai, and successfully opened the market in the county town and took the first step to expand the winery. Of course, if it were someone else, even if there were some good brewing secrets and processes, it was unlikely that it would be able to occupy the mid-range rice wine sales market in the county so smoothly.

However, Liu Rui has a cheat like space spring water on hand, and relying on the magic of space spring water, the quality of rice wine brewed by Liu Rui has increased a lot in the past few months. Although the top secret recipes have not yet been used, the products of Liujia Distillery are still like a flood that has swept through the food stalls in Qingshan County, and the supply exceeds demand.

The smooth flow of things was a bit unexpected for Liu Rui, which also prompted him to complete the expansion project of the new distillery within a very tight time, buy larger equipment, and make a fire to steam rice. In the following brewing process, Liu Rui decided to reduce the number of low-grade rice wines and gradually handed over these customers to Wang Shaozhang, while Liujia Distillery specialized in the production of mid-range and even high-end rice wine.

It is for this reason that Liu Rui decided to go to the county seat to order better quality rice, corn, sorghum and wheat and other grains, and prepare to start making fine wine according to the ancestral secret recipe. At the same time, Liu Rui naturally also purchased all kinds of herbs and ingredients needed for special koji, and was ready to try to configure special koji for the first time.

The Liu family has not configured the special koji recorded on these secret recipes for thirty or forty years, not to mention Liu Rui, even Liu Jiahong only saw the recipes of these koji in the ancestral secret book, as for what these koji look like? How it should be configured, they are in the dark.

Now that the new brewery has started steaming rice, it is necessary to make a mistake in the configuration of the new koji if it wants to achieve greater development in the future. Although, with the help of the space spring, Liu Rui can still brew rice wine with a good taste, but it will definitely not reach a higher standard, and if he wants to move towards a greater goal, he will become a rootless duckweed.

Of course, everything comes down to the configuration of special koji! When Liu Rui has prepared all the raw materials, the real test will come!

(To be continued)