At night, the West Market gradually quieted down, the door of the store was closed, Gan Lei and Li Wenyu stood at the table, staring wide-eyed as Guo Song drew utensils on paper.

Guo Song drew a still, and he said while drawing slowly: "The recipe I gave you is actually the secret recipe of Jiannan Burning Spring, and Jiannan Burning Spring is also brewed with my method, you can make it yourself in the winery, and don't let the guys see it." ”

Gan Lei and Li Wenyu glanced at each other, and surprise flashed in their eyes, Jiannan Burning Spring is known as the first wine in the Tang Dynasty, it is the imperial wine of the palace, and it pays one hundred and forty stones to the palace every year.

There are also two liquor stores that sell Jiannan Roasted Spring, but the wine they sell is the same as the one in their store, and they also sell dog meat on the head of a sheep.

"Senior sister, how do you sell the wine in the market?" Guo Song asked.

"A bucket of wine sells for 400 yuan, a pot of wine is about a catty, sells for 30 yuan, wine is more than tripled, a pot of wine costs 100 yuan, we sell a bucket to the restaurant is 200 yuan, we buy 150 yuan per bucket, that is, we earn 50 yuan per bucket, and then remove the rent and wages, the net profit per month is about 200 yuan."

"What about the other stores?" Guo Song asked again.

"The best store is the first one on the left, called Luoyang Spring Wine Shop, which sells five times as much as us every month, and they mainly have the big customer of the army."

Guo Song stopped his pen and said with a smile: "Speaking of customers, I pulled five restaurants to the store today, the Sun Family Restaurant in Pingkangfang, and their proprietor introduced me to the other two, Uncle An also introduced me to two families, two hundred stones a month for wine, and one hundred and twenty stones a month for the Sun's Restaurant, I will give the post to the senior sister later, and the senior sister will run the day after tomorrow and sign the wine contract." ”

Li Wenyu was overjoyed, she didn't dare to tell Guo Song that there were three restaurants that didn't want them to supply today, and they lost forty stones every month, but she didn't expect Guo Song to bring good news in the evening.

She hurriedly said: "I will deliver the goods early tomorrow morning, and I will go to these five restaurants in the afternoon." ”

Guo Song glared at Gan Lei, "Senior brother, you have to help a little, you have to run for everything, on such a hot day, are you embarrassed to be the shopkeeper?" ”

Gan Lei rolled his eyes and said, "I'm still in charge of the purchase!" You kid is the shopkeeper, you don't care about anything, are you embarrassed to say me? ”

Guo Song was furious, "You dead fat man, I used to forage for food in Kongtong Mountain, and you were lazy to sleep all day long." ”

"You two don't quarrel, junior brother hurry up and draw a picture." Li Wenyu hurriedly played a round.

Guo Song picked up the pen stupidly, and after a short time, he drew the still.

He ignored Ganlei and said to Li Wenyu: "Our wine is actually relatively turbid, and there are more lees and dregs, so it can't be sold at a price, senior sister, what is the price of sake?" ”

Sake is different from cloudy sake in that it is brewed in just a few months, while sake is brewed in winter and matured in summer, has the longest storage time, and is the most expensive among liquors because of its clear color.

Li Bai Shiyun: 'Golden bottle of sake bucket ten thousand', that is, a bucket of sake sells for ten yuan.

But that was the price of Tianbao in the year, and now?

Li Wenyu is very familiar with the market, and immediately said: "There are several kinds of sake, and the aged wine in our store is also sake, which belongs to ordinary sake, in fact, it is to precipitate turbid wine, and a bucket of wine can be sold for two yuan, if it is the sake of the top ten restaurants in Chang'an, a bucket of wine will cost twelve yuan, that is, a pot of wine will always be money." ”

"What a difference?"

"There is basically no difference in quality, but they are the top ten restaurants, and the signboard is hard!"

Guo Song nodded, then pointed to the drawings and continued: "The vessel I drew is called a wine steamer, made of iron sheet, and its practical ceramics and wood can also be used, when we boil water, the water will evaporate, right?" ”

Li Wenyu nodded, she knew this.

"We put the wine in and steam, the key is to pay attention to the heat, to ensure that the water can not be boiled, but it is not too cold, almost the bottom of the water bubbling at that temperature is the best, at this time the pipe will flow out of the clear liquid, that is not water, but alcohol."

"What is alcohol?" Gan Lei couldn't help but ask.

Guo Song didn't know how to explain, he couldn't help but glare at Gan Lei again, what did this dead fat man ask?

He saw that Li Wenyu was also puzzled, so he had to roughly explain: "It is the essence of wine, the wine we taste is very strong, it is it, it will turn into steam first, and when the water is not boiled, the alcohol will first turn into steam and flow out." ”

Li Wenyu reacted much faster than Gan Lei, she slapped her face and smiled: "I understand, wine means that alcohol and water are mixed together, and after heating, the alcohol first turns into steam, so the key to this technology is not to let the water boil." ”

Guo Song was immediately impressed by her, this Li Wenyu is very smart! The core of distillation technology is understood at once, the core of distilled liquor technology is temperature control, the boiling point of ethanol is 78 degrees, and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees, so you can't boil water, 80 or 90 degrees is the best.

Guo Song glanced to the side, the dead fat man was still confused, and Guo Song suddenly had a feeling of flowers inserted in cow dung.

Guo Song approvingly: "Senior sister is right, I feel that when the bottom is bubbling, the temperature is the best, this needs to be repeated and tested, slowly find the trick, the most critical point, don't let others see." ”

Li Wenyu thought that this alcohol purification technology would really break as soon as it was stabbed, and if it was seen by others, the technology would soon spread out.

She suddenly thought of a key point, and hurriedly asked, "How much alcohol can be purified by that bucket of wine?" ”

"I estimate that a bucket of wine can purify a catty."

Li Wenyu was stunned, and said for a while: "Then how much does this pound of wine cost to sell?" ”

Guo Song said with a smile: "I tasted the real Jiannan Shochu from Uncle An, it is also sake, but the intensity is only slightly higher than the turbid wine we sell about fifty percent, and the alcohol we purify is five times stronger than the turbid wine, and it is also clear, but the alcohol cannot be sold, the next step is to add ordinary sake and spices to blend, the blended wine is stronger than Jiannan Shochu, the wine is mellow, and a pot of wine must be sold for at least ten yuan." ”

"Ten times!" The husband and wife exclaimed at the same time.

Li Wenyu hurriedly said: "Who will buy a pot of wine for ten yuan?" ”

Guo Song smiled unhurriedly and said: "Uncle An is an imperial businessman, and he deals with the clan and the royal family all day long, and with Uncle An's channel, are you afraid that you won't be able to sell it?" ”

Li Wenyu and Gan Lei suddenly realized that Guo Song had been working on this idea for a long time.

In fact, the blending of distilled spirits is not as simple as Guo Song said, but this is the Tang Dynasty, and a little technological progress means that the wealth is rolling.

Guo Song wrote down the process and handed it to the two of them: "I have taught you this purification technique, you think about it yourself, you really don't understand and ask me again, and when you succeed in purification, I will teach you how to make it the top liquor in Chang'an." ”

Li Wenyu took the drawings and process paper, and said to Gan Lei: "Fatty, you accompany your junior brother to the backyard to sit down, and I will think about it myself." ”

Guo Song smiled happily: "Senior brother, accompany me to the wine cellar to have a look, I haven't been there yet!" ”

"Let's go! I'll take you. ”

When the two came to the backyard, Guo Song brought the door and said to Gan Lei: "This Senior Sister Li, I really underestimated her before." ”

"Her flying sky is my fall!" Gan Lei was silent for a moment, and suddenly said a philosophical word.

Guo Song patted his arm and smiled: "Don't be so sad, people's fate is unknown, who knows what will happen tomorrow?" ”

"You're right, ten days ago I was still worried about how to deal with debt collectors, but now I own 30% of a store in Xishi, and I can't even dream of it!"

The backyard is not small, at least hundreds of square meters, and six rooms have been built along the fence, one of which is lit by an oil lamp, and an old mother is gently shaking the small bed, and the child is already asleep.

"This old grandmother's home is next to the West Market, she will go back later, and we can take care of the children by ourselves at night."

Guo Song saw that there was a small wharf outside the backyard door, he looked out, and there was the Xishi Cao River behind him, and there was no boat in the Cao River at this time, so it seemed very quiet.

Gan Lei explained: "All the shops in Xishi have docks, and the purchase of goods is generally by water, and there are usually not many delivery vehicles on Chang'an Road, but now I understand that they are all by water. ”

Guo Song nodded, closed the back door and said, "Let's go to the wine cellar!" ”

The wine cellar is under the store, every shop has a cellar, Gan Lei went down the steps with an oil lamp, Guo Song followed behind, only to see that the cellar is made of bluestone, very strong, the area of the wine cellar is the same as the shop above, but it is much lower, Guo Song needs to keep his head down.

The cellar is full of large wooden wine barrels, densely placed on wooden shelves, at least hundreds, it can be seen that they are all some years old, Guo Song patted the wooden barrels, "This is those expensive old wines?" ”

Gan Lei nodded, "A total of three hundred stones, three hundred large wooden barrels, in fact, my lady is not entirely right, I think Lu Dongzhu is still very kind." ”

"Why do you say that?"

"Lu Dong calculated that these barrels and wine vats were given to us at the price of new wooden barrels, but these barrels are at least fifty years old, they are real aged wine barrels, and the wine vats are also, they are all old wine vats, I asked next door, people said that this kind of aging wine barrels cannot be bought in the market at all, only wine shops and wine shops have it, but which wine shop is willing to sell it? You can only get it when you transfer the store, and the wine shop next door is willing to pay five yuan to buy our aging barrels, and these three hundred barrels are 1,500 yuan!

I just said that the lady is prejudiced against people, and Lu Dongzhu can completely sell the aged wine barrel and replace it with a new one, we don't know, but Lu Dongzhu still left it to us, this is a kind person. ”

Guo Song nodded, "You're right, these old wine barrels have fifty years of precipitation, and they are the foundation of this wine shop." ”

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