Chapter 413: The Unbelievable Method of Brewing Wine
Who would have thought that these purple-veined bees were simply too smart, and there were already five people who had lured them away, and the queen bee still stopped outside the honeycomb like an emperor, and none of the bees around her were lured away.
The Ninth Master looked at the queen bee and muttered to the person next to him: "Damn, I'm afraid this queen bee is not going to become a sperm, right?" How could she be so smart? It seems to know what we're doing. ”
The old man was also angry this time, and he had never met such a ruthless stubble after playing with bees all his life. That's it, if you don't do something today, these bees really think they are jealous?
Thinking of this, the Ninth Master beckoned people to pick up some dry branches to the side, and then personally went around to find a handful of unknown weeds, and took out a lighter from his pocket to light the branches.
After doing this, Jiu Ye said to the people around him with a hint of ruthlessness: "These purple-veined bees are too spiritual, especially the queen bee, we can't take away the honeycomb by ordinary means, and now we can only use unconventional means."
I'll make a statement here.,I'm also making this decision so that Ergouzi can get the purple-veined bee.,Hehe.,If anyone goes back to Taigong to chew his tongue, you just wait for Ergouzi's revenge......"
Zhou Yu was really speechless, he wanted the purple bee, but he didn't ask your old man to set it on fire? You can't afford to provoke the grandfather, so you push the small body, if you go back and let the grandfather know that you can't pick your own skin?
But after thinking about it again, Jiu Ye should also be Jiang Lang's talent, otherwise he wouldn't have made such a decision.
After the branches were burned, the Ninth Master sent three villagers who were most thickly dressed, two of them carrying the burning branches, and the other holding a bundle of half-dried weeds, and quickly ran towards the honeycomb.
After arriving at the place. The two men put the burning branches under the tree, and the other hurriedly put the weeds on the branches and ran back as hard as he could. This time, even a purple-striped bee didn't chase after him.
This time, everyone didn't hide anymore, and they all stood more than ten meters away from the honeycomb. The pile of dry branches burned more and more. The weeds above emitted puffs of smoke from the fire, and soon the smoke reached the top of the honeycomb.
The smoke emitted a pungent smell, and even people who were more than ten meters away had to cover their noses with their hands. The queen bee outside the honeycomb quickly crawled into the nest when she saw that the situation was not good, and some of the bees outside flew away far away, and some followed the queen bee and climbed into the honeycomb.
At this time, Zhou Yu got three broken gloves and poured some space water, and Zhou Hu and Lao Cao tied their noses and mouths with ropes, and Zhou Hu had already taken off Boss Wu's raincoat and put it on himself, and the three brothers rushed towards the honeycomb with mountain knives in their hands.
As the smoke under the honeycomb continued to rise, it was probably that the smoke scared the bees to the extreme, even though everyone was slashing the hive with a mountain opener. These purple-veined bees didn't dare to come out. In the end, there are a lot of people, and there is still experience, so it didn't take much time for a large honeycomb to be taken down by three people.
The smell of smoke under the tree was so pungent that the villagers who followed him were choking and coughing, but they couldn't leave yet, and they had to break the honeycomb in half here, or they couldn't take it away.
Zhou Yu didn't care about the loss at this time, he picked up the mountain knife and slashed towards the weakest point of the honeycomb, the sharpness of the mountain knife and Zhou Yu's inhuman strength. The honeycomb was cut open at once, and a small swarm of bees crawled out of it and flew away in embarrassment.
After getting the purple-veined honeycomb into two or two large beehives, after a period of time, the large and small purple-veined bees that fled back into the honeycomb one after another, and the ninth master who was waiting here hurriedly sealed the lid. That's it.
When the sun was about to set, the army that collected wild honey finally came out of the mountain, and no one left a drop of honey, all of which were handed over to the old lady and Accountant Zhang who were waiting here. When the old man stared at the money to everyone, no one paid attention to this cute and domineering old man, and walked towards his house in groups of three or five. Attentive people can find that the old lady and Accountant Zhang, who is carrying a money pocket, have red circles under their eyes. The corners of the eyes are shining.
Zhou Yu drove a large group of people towards the village, filled with a lunch box containing wild honey and two boxes of bees. When I got home, with the help of everyone, I packed all the honey into the jar where I had prepared it. The harvest this time is huge. There are more than 30 jars, which are four or five hundred catties. It's so happy that everyone can't find the north.
Seeing that it was not too early, Zhou Yu poured the little chrysanthemum wine left at home into two bottles, and then filled two cans of honey in the jar and gave it to Lao Cao. Although there is not much wine, this is a good wine from 200 years ago, not to mention two bottles, even if you drink a sip, it can be regarded as creation, so Lao Cao was sent back by Zhou Hu with a thousand thanks.
That night, Zhou Yu and his brothers pulled these things to the mountain with the old lady, but Chef Liu was really busy again, and prepared a few delicious and light side dishes for everyone to get addicted.
After a day and a half of research, Wang Yunhai and Wuye, who understand wine, basically figured out the material collocation and process of brewing chrysanthemum wine.
After eating, everyone was resting outside, and the fifth master sighed: "If I hadn't seen these recipes and processes with my own eyes, I wouldn't have imagined that the ancients hundreds of years ago would have such great wisdom, it's really amazing, no wonder chrysanthemum wine would be so delicious."
I believe that even if it is not stored for a long time, even the freshly brewed chrysanthemum sake will not taste bad, because it is difficult to think that the sake brewed with such a superb recipe and whimsical process will not taste good. ”
It turned out that after the research of the fifth master, Wang Yunhai and several princes, this chrysanthemum liquor is neither a distilled liquor (liquor) nor a fruit wine, but a fusion of the essence of ancient wine-making methods, and then using the unique wild chrysanthemum, Yingshan red, old root yam and high-quality water sources in the Moon Lake around Phoenix Mountain to brew a superb liquor between distilled liquor and fruit wine.
And there is another key factor here, that is, to make full use of the laterite characteristics of Phoenix Mountain, using the laterite wine cellar to cellar the wine can make the wine more mellow and fragrant. Fortunately, the secret recipe mentions the specific construction method of this kind of cellar, and various materials can be found, so you don't need to study it hard.
The specific method of brewing chrysanthemum wine is that after the rhubarb rice is cooked, it cannot be fermented with koji. Instead, the fermented wild fruits are fermented as koji, and the chrysanthemums are dried and mixed with honey, wild fruits, old yams, and red petals. When the rhubarb rice is fermented, it is distilled. After the chrysanthemums and wild fruits are fermented, the residue is filtered out with more than a dozen layers of gauze and put into the cellar, and then the distillate after fermentation of rhubarb rice is introduced into the cellar and sealed for storage for one month.
It's easy to say. However, the heat and temperature requirements for fermentation are extremely demanding. It seems that this master of chrysanthemum wine back then didn't know how many failures Lu Dao had endured to make this peerless wine.
Everyone sat by the pond and listened to the five masters, and couldn't help but be in awe of the wisdom and persistence of the ancients, and at the same time full of confidence in brewing chrysanthemum wine.
Because brewing chrysanthemum wine is a big project, these bad old men in front of them are really not good, so the princesses decided to call Zhou Dingguo and Zhou Dingbang from tomorrow to help, and Zhou Hu is responsible for buying raw materials for winemaking, these materials are not special, as long as it is not a problem to use dim sum. However, Zhou Yu, the owner of the mountain, gave him a holiday, after all, Phoenix Mountain is so big. There's a lot of work to do every day.
Early the next morning, Zhou Dingguo and Zhou Dingbang were sent to Phoenix Mountain by Taigong's order, and Jiu Ye also brought more than a dozen boxes of bees by Zhou Yu to the mountain to help raise bees. Zhou Hu took a list to the town to buy raw materials for brewing, and everything on the mountain was moving forward in an orderly manner.
At this time, all kinds of fruits on the mountain are almost ripe, such as the fiery sun fruit, the yellow Shema apricot, the swarthy purple mountain grapes, the deep blue wild blueberry, and the large peach that is green on the outside but bright red on the inside. The vicinity of the orchard and the surrounding courtyard are full of fruity fragrance all day long, and the saliva of people across the two miles will involuntarily flow down.
Later, everyone discussed, these fruits grow so well, they have to be picked quickly, otherwise it will be difficult to do when they are fully ripe.
It is said that since the wild fruits here in Zhou Yu are ripe, then the fruits in the mountains will naturally be time. In the past two days, the village has to organize each family to go to the mountain to pick, and at that time, it will be a little difficult to find someone to help with the fruits, so Zhou Dingbang was busy until noon, and went down the mountain to find someone to help.
Taking advantage of the lunch break after eating, Zhou Yu called Liu Sanpao and told the other party that he had a large number of peaches and Xiema apricots and other fruits in his hand. Ask him if he wants more.
When Liu Sanpao heard it, how could he still not want it? You must know that the fruits produced in Zhou Yushan are definitely top-notch goods, and the batch sent a few days ago has long been sold out, and there are still many guests in the club chasing after them these days. But I could only helplessly inform the other party that there was no stock. Isn't the ultimate purpose of doing business to make money? This is indeed uncomfortable enough to have customers and no goods.
So after listening to Zhou Yu's words, Liu Sanpao urged Zhou Yu to send the fruit as soon as possible, and if it was too much, put some fresh in the cold storage. Wait for the new store to open and then take it out to top the top, it will definitely be an instant hit.
After saying this, Liu Sanpao's tone became very serious again. Tell Zhou Yu to come over as soon as possible, the matter of opening the store has been almost prepared, and when the wild fruits here in Zhoujia Village come down, the new store will open immediately, so there are some specific matters that he still needs to participate in deciding. Moreover, Liu Sanpao also told him that he and Lao Liu had important things to discuss with him.
Although Lao Liu said it seriously, Zhou Yu didn't care at all, and hung up the phone after making a few jokes. (To be continued......)
PS: In the morning, my mother called and realized that today is the winter solstice, and it is also the beginning of the 19th. I don't know if the brothers and sisters have eaten dumplings or drunk mutton soup? I remember when I was a child, my family was poor, and I couldn't drink sheep soup during the winter solstice. But in the north, this is an important solar term, so my mother will always wrap a big pot of dumplings, although there is not much meat, but the old and young family can always have a good time. More than ten years have passed in a flash, and my mother and father have also turned gray hair, which is really a feeling for the passage of time and the ruthlessness of the years.
Here, I wish our parents forever young, always healthy, and always happy!