Chapter 11: Metamorphosis

The newlywed Yan'er was supposed to be Zhao Xing bringing his family back to the door on the third day, and his wife was actually brought home in the third month after the marriage, which was really long.

As early as when he was engaged, Zhao Xing agreed to the Xu family's request and promised to inherit the Xu family's property from Xu and change his surname to Xu. At first, the Xu family and his son were worried that Zhao Xing would not agree and that he might miss out on a good son-in-law. However, in the case of Zhao Xing, the concept of surnames is not as powerful as that of the ancients. More importantly, as long as you work hard and work harder, you won't have as much as your son in the future?

Upon arrival at the Xujia Distillery, Zhao Xing and Xu Mantang and his son carefully studied the measures and methods for improving the liquid technology. As a result of his in-depth research, Zhao Xing had a comprehensive understanding of the liquor process of this period.

The situation at that time was that most of the Bingzhou region used solid-state fermentation to make liquids, and some auxiliary materials were added to the fermentation process to adjust the starch concentration, maintain the softness of the mash, and maintain the slurry. Commonly used auxiliary materials are rice husks, grain bran, sorghum husks, etc.

In addition to raw materials and auxiliary materials, koji is also required. Koji uses starch as a raw material as a medium to grow various molds and accumulate large amounts of amylase. It is a crude enzyme preparation. Why is Moutai only produced in multi-bell mold? It is said that only the original wine library can be used to obtain the same mold flora. Once left, it won't work. That's why wine cellars can be mass-produced. (The specific techniques and processes used to make sake will not be repeated.) They are all professional terms. You're tired of reading, I'm tired of writing. )

Through analysis, Zhao Xing realized that Chinese wine technology was completely complete at that time, but due to the limitations of science and technology, there were still some insurmountable problems.

For example, because no distillation extraction technology is used, it is often difficult to exceed 35 degrees Celsius. Like "Hengshui County Old White Dry, so white wine should actually be called "cloudy wine". It is usually cloudy and not brighter than mineral water.

Because there was no training technique, there were no additives such as flavor, so the aroma of the sake was not as strong as it is now.

The reason why Zhao Xing has so much knowledge is that he had a cousin in his previous life, and he was a bartender. Two of them play from childhood, often drinking and farting. Under the influence of this brother, Zhao Xing knew how to make wine. Subtract.

Zhao Xing presented his knowledge and opinions, and he described and explained some winemaking techniques that would only appear in future generations. Although Xu Binyang and his son did not fully understand what they heard, they still agreed on some key points. After listening to them, their eyes sparkled and they were clearly very inspired.

Do not practice with fake handles. In the days that followed, Zhao Xing and Xu Mantang's father and son focused on improving the baijiu brewing process. Zhao Xing is mainly responsible for the research and development of activated carbon, Xu Mantang is responsible for the research of liquid distillation and purification technology, and Xu Qingyuan (Xu Hope's grandfather) is responsible for simple perfume addition methods.

There is a proverb: there is specialization in the art industry. After more than two months of trial and mistakes, Xu Paichang and his son broke through their responsibilities, but Zhao Xing's activated carbon production was not yet successful.

In a hurry, Zhao Xing ran to the local charcoal kiln to learn from the charcoal master. No matter what the weather was like in July, he climbed to the sweat and was a little gay Zhang. Spirit. Pay for the effort. Under the guidance of previous life knowledge and the unremitting efforts of Comrade Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing finally made a simplified activated carbon.

The next thing is simpler. Specific production was handled by Xu Mantang and his son. From time to time, Zhao Xing put forward some ideas for improvement. Initially, he still wanted to know that glass shooting technology was also integrated into the upcoming Shangbang. Shaoguan wine is paired with clear bottles, but thinking that Shanxi is mainly coal production, I can't remember where kaolin was made, so I have to wait until the future to send people to the western region to learn this technique.

When the first pot of wine brewed with improved technology was placed on Zhao Xing's desk, Xu Mantang and his son looked nervously at Zhao Xing. After seeing him drinking, Shi Xing?? He said: "Shangde wine is fragrant, and the jade bowl is full of Artron's light. But it got the master drunk and I don't know where it is! ”

"Good poetry!" Li Jili couldn't help but get better.

"It's really wet! Jinsi, your saliva drips on my hands! Li Jinwu complained.

"Good wine and good poetry really complement each other!" Xu Manyang looked excited.

"Why don't you let Xiaoxing choose the famous name for our new wine?" Xu Hope said happily.

With the brush of a pen, Zhao Xing wrote "Changshu Daqu" in the paper, casually explaining: "Zhang, meaning Changzhi County; River, which means Yellow River; Daqu can be interpreted as the kidnapping of the Yellow River here. A big bend also means that the new S we use is different from the original small. What do you think of the name? “

Everyone applauded.

"Dragon River Great North" has become famous all over the world since then!

I don't know how many civil servants and military commanders, literati poker and street pawns got drunk on the good wine produced in the last game for a long period of time. I don't know where I am, I forgot the pain in my heart, the sadness that "the troubled world is as cheap as a dog......