After two days of discussion, the appearance of the sake retort has been formed on the drawings. According to Wu Ban's proposal, below is a large iron pot. The middle distillate is replaced by a large vat with the bottom removed, the advantage is that the sand vat does not rust, which can ensure the purity of the liquor. The tray in the middle and the cooling chamber above are all made of tin, a material that also guarantees the purity of the wine.

Fan Li said: "Big brother, how long will it take to make this thing?" ”

Wu Ban said: "It takes at least half a month to make a wine retort." ”

Fan Li said: "Before distillation, the material is fermented for about 20 days, and we complete all the processes before distillation, so that the large residue is like a vat for fermentation." After the fermentation is completed, the retort is also made, and it can be distilled on the retort."

Wu Ban said: "This method is good and can save time. ”

Once the plan is set, everyone takes action, Wu Ban's side, some people build houses, some people make the necessary tools for winemaking, and Wu Ban leads a few people to make wine retorts.

The blacksmith's stove burns, the carpenter does it, and the stonemason does it. The whole construction site is in full swing.

Fan Li, on his side, hired two villagers as regular employees of the brewery to start preparing for fermentation.

A vat is buried in the ground for fermentation. Then the crushed sorghum is soaked in water for a day and a night, and then steamed in a pot. After cooking, cool out of the pot, add rice husks, mix well, then add water, add koji, mix evenly repeatedly, and finally put it in a vat to seal and ferment.

The whole process was guided by the old man Chen Jing on the spot. The specific practice, Fan Li made a record. Success is experience, failure is lesson. In order to continuously improve the process in the future.

After everything was done, Fan Li was also tired, and returned to Chen Jing's shop, intending to rest for a while, when okra came in, blushing, and said excitedly: "My lord, Chen Wu is back." ”

Chen Wu is the son of the old man Chen Jing and the husband of the man of okra.

Fan Li found that the water of this small river was good, and the wine produced was particularly delicious, so he decided to set up a winery here.

The old man Chen Jing is an expert in winemaking, but he is old and his health is not good, so Fan Li sent someone to transfer Chen Wu back from the army, and planned to hand over the winery to Chen Wu for management after the experiment was successful.

From here to the barracks, it takes more than a month to go back and forth. Now Chen Wu is back. Fan Li hurriedly got up and said to okra, "Sister, quickly call him in to talk." ”

Chen Wu came in, and bowed down: "Subordinate Chen Wu has seen the general!" ”

Fan Li stepped forward and pulled up Chen Wu. This is a tall young man, with a straight body, trained in the barracks, exposed to the wind and sun, his face is a healthy wheat color, thick eyebrows, a straight nose, and sharp facial features, he is a handsome young man.

Fan Li said: "Brother, why do I look at you familiarly?" ”

Chen Wu bowed down and said, "My lord, of course you should look at me well, I have been training with you in the camp for several months, and I see you every day." ”

Fan Li suddenly realized: "My brother also participated in the training of 300 people? ”

Chen Wu said: "Yes, I am still the team leader." ”

Fan Li laughed and said: "No wonder it's familiar, it turns out that we are comrades-in-arms!" ”

Chen Wu bowed: "Don't dare, Chen Wu is a small soldier under the adult." ”

Fan Li said: "No, whether it is a general or a soldier who has been a soldier together, they are all comrades-in-arms. ”

Chen Wu said: "Your Excellency is right. My lord, Chen Wu trained hard in the army and prepared to kill the enemy on the battlefield, why did he recall me? ”

Fan Li said: "I recalled you because you just got married, and I miss your little daughter-in-law and ask you to come back for a reunion, isn't it?" ”

Okra's face was as red as a hawthorn, and she cried out shyly, "Your Excellency, ......"

Chen Wu's face also turned red: "My lord said he was laughing." ”

Fan Li smiled happily for a while, restrained his smile and said, "I called you back to ask you to do something more important than being a soldier." ”

Chen Wu said: "I don't know what the adults want Chen Wu to do? ”

"Winemaking!"

"Winemaking?" Before Chen Wu became a soldier, he made a living by making wine. The wine brewed by his family is well-known for dozens of miles, and some people like to drink good wine, so they will bring some food to exchange for wine, and his family can make a living. Could it be that the general recalled him from the ranks just to make wine?

Seeing the confusion on Chen Wu's face, Fan Li gave a brief introduction to the current situation between Wu and Vietnam, and explained his plan again. Then he said, "Brother, your family makes a living by making wine, and you have a technical foundation, and your family lives by this small river, and in a few days, our experiment will be successful, and a very large winery will be built here, and this winery will be handed over to you to take care of." Please be able to take on this responsibility. ”

So that's what happened! Chen Wu bowed and said, "My lord, Chen Wu can work, but whether he can lead so many people is uncertain." ”

Fan Li said: "It's okay, no one will start at the beginning, slowly learn to do it, and the factory is also slowly expanding." And you only take care of the wine, you don't have to worry about selling the wine, and you don't have to worry about the procurement of raw materials. ”

Okra was impatient: "Boss, the adults tell you to do it, you can do it, push three and four!" ”

Chen Wu bowed deeply and said, "My lord, my subordinates obey orders!" ”

Fan Li said: "Very good! It's like my soldiers. It's getting late today, you take a night's rest, talk to your father tomorrow, ask the old man to explain the technical things to you, and then go to the construction site to familiarize yourself with the situation, and you can officially take over. ”

Chen Wu said: "Yes! ”

Fan Li paused for a moment and said, "Brother, what's the situation like over there?" ”

Chen Wu said: "The training team has been dispersed into the ranks, and the entire army is undergoing intensive training. It's just—"

Fan Li said: "Just what? ”

Chen Wu said: "It's just that General Yue Ji is gone? ”

"What?" Fan Li jumped up suddenly, "Yue Ji is gone?" ”

Chen Wu said: "Yes, General Yue Ji is gone. ”

Fan Li was stunned, and said for a long time: "Tell me, what's going on?" ”

Chen Wu said: "On the first day, General Yue Ji also led us to train until dark, and there was nothing abnormal. The next day, everyone gathered in the playground on time, but the general did not arrive for a long time. Because no one could enter within a hundred steps of General Yueji's residence, no one dared to look for him. Everyone waited until lunch, but the general still didn't come, so someone reported to the general Lingguzi. General Lingguzi took people to General Yueji's residence to have a look. It was empty, and there was no one to see General Yue Ji for a long time, and since then, no one has seen General Yue Ji. ”

Fan Li said: "Didn't you send someone to look for it? ”

Chen Wu said: "Looking for it, General Lingguzi sent hundreds of people to search for half a month within a few hundred miles around, but found nothing. ”

Fan Li's heart seemed to fall into cold water all of a sudden. Only then did he realize that he had made a fatal mistake, he should not have thrown a girl from Yue Ji into an army of 100,000.

Yue Ji is a war orphan whose father and mother died in the war. It was the Yue Nu who took her in, and she grew up in the mountains until she was seventeen years old. He has practiced peerless martial arts. But in mind, he is still as simple as a child.

She doesn't know much about the world, and she has no concept of the Wuyue dispute, she and Fan Li went out of the mountain to train the Vietnamese army, all because of Fan Li!

She is in love with Fan Li from the bottom of her bones!

This Fan Li understands. He hadn't figured out what to do with it in the future. He received an order from the king of Yue to design to weaken the national power of Wu. He left the camp in a hurry, and threw Yue Ji there.

Yue Ji is only seventeen years old, in an army of 100,000, who does she rely on?

Where did she go? What did she do? There is no need to be afraid of encountering gangsters, no one in the world can harm her, and there is no need to worry about encountering fierce beasts, she can kill a tiger as easily as killing a chicken.

But what is it about her wandering between heaven and earth?

Fan Li's heart ached.

He said in a hoarse voice, "Brother, sister, go and rest." ”

Okra walked to the door, glanced back at Fan Li, and glanced at Fan Li with a complicated meaning, as if to say: "My lord, I'm sorry, Okra can't accompany you." ”