Chapter 98: Brewing in the winery

Li Mu and Li Ji chatted all morning, and even ate breakfast separately from others. There are Li Ji's personal guards guarding the door, and others can't get close, and no one knows what the two talked about. It wasn't until Li Bi had prepared all the things to be used and asked the guards to come in and ask that Li Mu came out of Li Ji's room.

In fact, Li Mu didn't talk about any confidential things, but he had a plan he wanted to implement, and he told Li Ji to listen to it and ask for some opinions. Li Ji's personality has always been cautious, so he let the guards guard at the door and not let people approach.

Li Mu and Li Bi rode horses together, took Bai Hao'er and Qian Dahai together, and went out to the Bashang Wine Factory. Bai Hao'er's wife, Wang, also went home by the way. Li Chongyi wanted to follow, but was stopped by Li Mu, and begged Wang Hu to train him and the ten young men. Guarding the home and nursing home, it is not enough to have strength, but also to order and prohibit, like the army can be effective.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin Mugong dominated Xirong, changed Zishui to Bashui, and built a bridge called Baqiao. This place is very close to Chang'an City, and it is a mile or two away from Qixiamen. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was a post station in Baqiao. The people in Chang'an City who send their relatives and friends to the east and break up here mostly break up, so they have the name of "farewell every year, Baqiao wind and snow". The south bank of Bashui is a good land. Li Mu's seventy hectares of land are all here.

Li Mu is still the first time to come to his own land, he has not been to the countryside a few times in his previous life, and the concept of 'qing' is very vague. When I saw it today, I realized how big it was. Standing on the top of the hills, looking at the past, as far as the eye can see, there is really a feeling of nouveau riche. Li Mu couldn't help but sigh in his heart, if he could have such a large piece of land on the edge of the capital in his previous life, he wouldn't have to do anything for the rest of his life, and he wouldn't be able to spend it all.

On the way, Li Bi also talked to Li Mupu about the field, like this kind of knighted field, which can be extended to future generations, that is, the so-called 'Yongye Field', which can be inherited by the eldest son of the family. Li Mu's large piece of land, which was originally the royal property, had already been planted with crops, and now it was given to Li Mu, but the grain harvested in the autumn did not belong to him, and he had to wait for the next year to get his own farming.

Li Mu didn't mind much about this, because he didn't plan to use this piece of land for farming. Along the way, he became interested in the methods of the Tang Dynasty people in farming. In his list of carpentry skills, there are drawings of various ploughs, and in the list of forging skills, there are also drawings of various iron farm tools, and he plans to study them to see how different they are from the actual use of the Tang Dynasty, if they are better than the Tang Dynasty people are using them now, he will make things, which will be a huge benefit to the agricultural development of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Turning over a small hill, the eyes suddenly opened up. This is a larger plain than Li Mu's field, and in the middle of the plain, a piece of land is abruptly bald, the crops are harvested early, and a house is built. A high wall has been erected all around, and the bricklayer can still be seen busy before it is finished. Li Bi explained that this is to prevent leakage, but also just in case, if someone really takes a risk to snatch it, with this high wall in the way, at least it can buy time to destroy the brewing equipment and not be robbed.

Although Li Mu felt that it was more than that, it was always right to be careful. The group came to the winery, and one person was already waiting at the door. Everyone dismounted, and Li Bi introduced Li Mu and Bai Hao'er, saying: "This is Huang Qi Huang's shopkeeper, who has worked in my Li family for many years, and is very experienced in business. Saying that, he introduced Li Mu and Bai Hao'er to the shopkeeper Huang, and said: "This is the Hou of Zhulu, and the method of winemaking is his invention." Next to him is the father-in-law of Zhulu Hou, Bai Chunbai's shopkeeper, who has been running the wine shop business for many years, and knows more about wine than you, so you will have to ask for more advice in the future. ”

Huang Qi saluted and said: "The villain met the Hou of Zhulu and saw the white shopkeeper. White shopkeeper, even if we are partners in the future, we have to help each other more. ”

Bai Nao'er was still a little restrained, but he didn't lose his courtesy, and he greeted him with a few words. The shopkeeper Huang led everyone into the door, first asked someone to unload the grain brought by Li Bi, and then led Li Mu and others to check the completion of the winery.

Li Mu looked at it from beginning to end, and to his surprise, the winery was better built than he imagined. This distillery was built in a ten-to-one ratio, enlarged by the distillation equipment he now uses. At the same time, Li Mu also introduced the concept of assembly line, separating the entire brewing process one by one, so that the workers in each link will only do their own things, so that even if one or two domestic slaves escape, they will not leak all the secrets of the distillation equipment.

He had already mentioned this idea to Li Bi, so when this winery was built, every link was a single-family house, with a high wall between the two houses, and only an iron gate to connect with each other. The key to the iron door is only owned by Li Bi, and if it is not with his permission, the workers in one link will never see what the other link looks like. And after the work, these workers can't touch each other, and even if they do, they don't recognize each other. Li Mu is very relieved about this, Li Bi's caution is the same as Li Ji's, everything is safe first, and it is unlikely that something will go wrong.

After a round of inspection, I didn't find any problems. Li Mu commanded the craftsmen brought by Li Bi to bring over iron parts such as condenser pipes, as well as various woodworking parts, and began to set up a brewing line. The parts are all off-the-shelf and simple to assemble. After three hours of busy work, just after noon, the assembly line was completed.

Li Mu had already tried it with Bai Gensheng that day, and it was not necessary for him to make wine, and others could also complete it under his guidance. But today's assembly line operation, Li Mu is still a little bottomless. Therefore, from the very beginning of the koji, he personally demonstrated it to the workers. If there is anything he doesn't understand, he answers patiently. The brewers selected by Li Bi were all young and strong from among the domestic slaves, and they were young and had a relatively strong ability to accept new things. is not particularly stupid, Li Mu explained it once or twice, and he almost understood it.

Finally, at sunset, the steamer was lit and the first brewing test began.

This set of distillation equipment is manufactured according to the ratio of one to ten. Li Mu was originally able to brew ten jars of wine at a time, and this winery could theoretically brew a hundred jars of wine. The definition of a jar of wine in the system is 1000ml, which is equivalent to about two catties in weight. It can be brewed twice a day, which means that the current daily output of this winery is only 200 jars and 400 catties of wine.

This yield is not very high. But this is just the beginning, and if there is a first line in the line, there can be a second. And the high-grade wine is now unique, and the price can't be low. From the moment the idea of brewing wine was born, Li Mu had no intention of making money from the poor. He had to find a way to turn his wine into a luxury, a luxury that only the nobles and nobles could afford!