Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Great Distillery
Wu Tian stood solemnly in front of several dilapidated adobe houses - this is where my father grew up and lived, our hometown.
It has been uninhabited for more than ten years, the adobe walls are mottled, the thatch on the roof is also black, and there seems to be a place where the rain leaks, washing out a shallow ravine on the wall, which looks very dilapidated - it is no wonder that my father simply lived back in his hometown after returning to Shangdong, but my mother firmly disagreed, and I was afraid that the house would collapse one day.
The reason why my father mentioned that he should live back to his hometown was also because his hometown was not far from the county seat, and Wujia Village was only three or four places away from the county seat - this was calculated according to the distance between the city walls of the old county seat, and Wu Tian remembered that with the expansion of the county seat, this place would be regarded as an urban area after more than 20 years.
However, today's Wujia Village is still a standard rural form, and all the people in the village are still counting on farming for a living, and the whole village is full of tiled and grass houses, not to mention two-story small buildings, even bungalows.
"This eaves are a little leaky, and we have to ......repair them tomorrow," Wu Jianjun looked up at the eaves with his hands behind his back and said.
Wu Tian nodded, although it doesn't make sense to repair this kind of old adobe house, anyway, it has long been uninhabitable, but the problem is that this house has another purpose - a wine shop!
The ancestors of the Wu family opened a wine shop, but until now, there are not many people who know this craft, and now it is the time of the New Year's Festival, and the village will exchange some grain and burn a few pots of wine. And this place for winemaking has always been in Wu Jianguo's house, which was idle.
The reason why Wu Tian made a fuss this time and wanted to go with him to congratulate his cousin on his performance as the official of his parents in his hometown and his second uncle went back to his hometown for two days to play for two days was to come and see the wine shop in his hometown.
"Xiaotian, this is a wine pot, nothing is rare, hehe." Wu Jianmin pushed open the door of the east wing, pointed to a cauldron against the wall, and said with a smile.
Wu Jianmin is three years older than Wu Jianguo, and his face is also the standard old Wu family's big ears, but Wu Jianjun's majesty is missing between his eyebrows, and he has a bit of Wu Jianguo-like elegance, and his personality is more cheerful.
Wu Tian looked at the wine pot, and couldn't help but be disappointed, this is really nothing to look at, it is nothing more than a little bigger and thicker than the cauldron used by the farmer for cooking, and there is an iron lid thrown next to it, and an iron pipe is connected to it, which should be the conduit for distilling the liquor.
That's too basic, isn't it? How dare you claim to be a winery?
Wu Tian shook his head, this is too far from our expectations, and we want to build a winery on this basis? Isn't that the same as all over again?
"Uncle, how much wine can be produced in this pot?" Wu Tian knocked on the thick cauldron and said.
"You can get fifty or sixty pounds at a time, it depends on what materials are used." Wu Jianjun said.
"Hiss......" Wu Tian bared his teeth again, counting on this thing, not to mention helping his father consume the food of the county, I am afraid that the village will not be able to digest it.
Looking at his nephew's frowning appearance, Wu Jianjun frowned, remembering the two meetings, his cousin's attitude towards this son, and couldn't help but say tentatively: "Xiaotian, you came to see the wine shop, do you mean anything else?" ”
Wu Tian didn't hide it, his head was a little small, and he said, "Well, isn't my dad worried that the grain in our county can't be sold?" I thought, if our sake brewery let go of shochu, wouldn't it solve the problem? ”
Before Wu Jianjun could speak, Wu Jianmin laughed and said, "Haha, Xiaotian, the soju is burned with sorghum and grain, and it can't be used with wheat." ”
Of course, Wu Tian knows this problem, speaking of winemaking, when Wu Tian helped a winery to make ideas in his last life, he also consulted a lot of information about winemaking, and naturally knew that the most used raw materials for winemaking are sorghum, and the yield of distilled 65-degree liquor can reach about 65 percent, corn can also reach more than 50 percent, and wheat is only about 40 percent. However, the yield per mu of these three crops is the lowest in wheat, and the "cost performance" is obvious. However, the taste of wheat brewing is different, so most of the breweries in later generations used mixed ingredients.
However, Wu Tian is not thinking about the cost at the moment, the key is to help his father win this problem as soon as possible, and do his best to establish his prestige, as a reborn person who has been tempered by society for a long time, Wu Tian knows very well that if we want to mix well in this life, it is far from enough to rely on this bit of foresight, there must always be a strong and powerful backer behind it, and Dad's career is the key.
"Second brother, you can't say that, look at what price the wheat has fallen now? The key is that when we burn this wine, that is, we drink it at home, where can we sell it? Wu Jianjun frowned.
As soon as Wu Tian heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, the uncle's words said the key, it seems that he is a talent, and this thing may be successful!
But Wu Jianmin was stunned when he heard it, it seemed that the eldest brother really took this little nephew's words seriously? Speaking of which, helping the third child who became the county magistrate is an unshirkable thing for our Wu family, but the question is where is it so easy? Just count on our wine pot to use it as a fart!
"Hehe, uncle, don't worry about sales, I guarantee that you can sell as much wine as you burn." Wu Tian said as he knocked on the wine pot, "The key is to count on this thing, it doesn't mean much, if you want to do it, you have to make it big!" ”
"Big?" Wu Jianjun frowned.
"Yes, if you want to build a winery!" Wu Tian waved his hand magnificently and said, "Uncle, aren't you the village party secretary?" I think you can build a big winery in the name of the village collective! ”
"Uh......"
The two brothers, Wu Jianjun and Wu Jianmin, couldn't help but be stunned, and glanced at each other, but they couldn't figure out what their little nephew was saying.
"Xiaotian, this ...... Is that what your dad meant? Wu Jianmin said tentatively.
Wu Tian secretly rolled his eyes, and his age weakness was highlighted again. But if the second uncle can guess like this, it would be better, and he couldn't say that he couldn't pull this father's banner again.
"Yes," Wu Tian said, "But don't go out and talk about this, my dad is sensitive now, and he can't let people think that he became the county magistrate, so he elbowed to our house, and the impact is not good." So my dad said, don't look for him about this, just tell me, I'll go back and report it to him. ”
Wu Jianjun and Wu Jianmin nodded again and again, and even hurriedly looked around, as if they were connected by the underground party - it is related to the future of the third child, and our old Wu family has produced such a county official in a few lifetimes, but it is careless.
Slowing down slightly, Wu Jianjun frowned again and said, "But Xiaotian, how much does it cost to build a winery?" ”
Wu Tian hid the treacherous smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Uncle, you don't have to worry about money, my dad will help you solve it......"