Liu Juntao, Tang Yu and Ma Lijun climbed the fish mountain together and walked towards the winery on the mountain.

Along the way, the guards under Chang Hongdao were young and strong guarding the key points along the way, and the strictness was no worse than the glazed workshop under the mountain, and Liu Juntao was also very satisfied.

After everyone arrived at the winery, Ma Lijun took Liu Juntao to look around, and then said: "Mr. Lian, the music of our winery is good, the wine cellar is good, and the sorghum is good, so this wine and grain will be sent well!" Before you come, in order to check the quality of the sake, I will start making sake on a small scale, which is kind of a trial production. According to the words of the recruited brewing master, in fact, it can be sold as sake if it is pressed out like this now. ”

Liu Juntao nodded, didn't say anything, but looked at the apprentices of the winery next to him, and saw that everyone was shoveling the wine and grain into the barrel with a wooden shovel, and then transported it to the winery.

At this time, Ma Lijun bowed down and said: "Mr. Lian, there is a steaming wine workshop in front, and now the weather is hot, it is even hotter here, and it didn't take long to get in and the whole body was soaked with water, should we still go in?" ”

Liu Juntao waved his hand and said, "Everyone is a man, and when it's hot, it's naked, I just want to see how you make the wine." ”

Hearing Liu Juntao say this, everyone was speechless, Tang Yu and Ma Lijun just followed up.

When everyone walked to the door, Liu Juntao's forehead was sweating, and hot steam was blowing in his face.

"How many times have I told you, pulling the bellows is not a saw, you have to hold it down and take your time!"

As soon as everyone entered, they heard the brewing master inside shouting loudly, and the apprentice who was pulling the bellows on the edge of the steaming stove hurriedly slowed down.

When Liu Juntao came, he once instructed, saying that he didn't understand many things in the wine shop, and he wanted to explain it in detail, and when he saw this scene, Ma Lijun on the side said: "Mr. Lian, the steamed wine should be steamed slowly and carefully, so that all the wine can be steamed out. ”

Liu Juntao nodded, only to see a large cauldron with a diameter of seven feet on the stove, but only the edge of the pot could be seen outside, because there was a large wooden barrel more than five feet on the pot, and the pot was completely set inside.

In the upper part of the barrel there are several small openings, and several copper pipes protrude from it, and directly above the barrel is a large cauldron with a shallow bottom, and a wooden ladder is erected on the side.

"The cauldron below is called the earth pot, the middle one is called the steaming barrel, and the one above is the heavenly cauldron, and so on the ground pot is covered with wine, grain and wine mother, and then steam slowly, the wine will rise, and the cold water is placed in the pot that day, and the wine gas condenses into wine on the heavenly cauldron, which falls on the terrace below the heavenly cauldron, and then flows out along the copper pipe, which makes wine." Ma Lijun explained in detail.

Liu Juntao listened very attentively, and Tang Yu behind him obviously saw the wine-making process for the first time, and he also listened very carefully.

Over there, a brewmaster touched the steaming barrel, looked down at the fire in the stove, and then looked up and said loudly, "It's time to steam the wine!" ”

Ma Lijun looked at Zhao Jin and nodded, and hurriedly shouted: "Get up the steaming barrel, put down the wine and food, stare at the incense outside, wait for the incense to burn out, and go to the well outside to fetch water." ”

There were wooden bars on the steaming barrel, and several apprentices went over, shouted together, and made concerted efforts to lift the steaming barrel smoothly, and someone on the side of the pot had already prepared, pouring barrels of wine and grain into the large steaming drawer of the pot, and when it was almost poured, the wine and grain were flattened with a wooden rake.

At the same time, some people looked at an incense burner placed in a dry and sheltered place, which was not a common stick of incense, almost about a third shorter than the length of the incense stick of their own incense burner.

Someone shouted the trumpet, put down the steaming bucket, and carefully wrapped the wet cloth that had been prepared long ago around the junction of the steaming bucket and the pot to prevent the steam from being exposed, and the incense burned out quickly, and the apprentices hurriedly carried the flat pole to carry the water.

"Mr. Lian, now that the weather is hot, if the water comes too early and it gets hot, there will be no wine, so you can only wait for the heat to be about the same and then add water to the heavenly pot, so that it can be effective." Ma Lijun explained.

At this time, an apprentice kept watching the steaming barrel, and when the fifth person came in, steam began to come out of the upper part of the steaming barrel, and an elderly brewer shouted, "Add water!" ”

Immediately, several apprentices climbed up on a wooden ladder, and then passed by hand, pouring buckets of cold well water into the cauldron.

"The water is full!"

After a shout, the barrel was no longer passed below, but someone handed a stick to the man on the wooden ladder.

"The heat is baking underneath, and the cold water will soon be hot, and you have to keep stirring it to last longer." Ma Lijun explained.

Outside, firewood was brought in, and two apprentices squatted on the edge of the stove and stared at the fire, arranging for firewood to be added or the speed of the bellows to change from time to time.

At this time, there are four copper pipes sticking out of the upper part of the steaming barrel, and a wine jar has been placed under each copper pipe.

In the winery, although the ventilation is good, the heat is still pressing, the people in the winery are busy working shirtless, and Liu Juntao is also shirtless.

"It's out of the wine!"

Suddenly, someone shouted, and everyone in the winery showed excited looks, it's hard to say how long the winery can do, and it's hard to say whether it tastes good or not after the winemaking comes out, but after all, it was rebuilt from the ruins, and it has been working from scratch for so long, and everyone has a sense of accomplishment in their hearts when they see the wine flowing out of the copper pipe.

Liu Juntao and Tang Yu were also excited, and they all stared at the brass pipes, and a strong smell of wine permeated. This smell is very strong to the nose, not the slightest fragrance, Liu Juntao's expression is quite normal, but everyone else frowned, including Tang Yu.

Ma Lijun saw everyone's expressions, and hurriedly explained: "The wine head of the wine is like this, this wine is not immediately put into the jar, it has to wait until the pot of wine is steamed, and then all the wine is mixed and stored for a few days before it is sold." ”

After Ma Lijun finished speaking, he looked at Liu Juntao, but saw that Liu Juntao's expression was still indifferent and calm, without the slightest disappointment, and even there seemed to be a look of joy between his eyebrows.

"Stir it up hard!"

Just when Ma Lijun was puzzled, he suddenly heard the brewing master shout, and saw the apprentice standing on the wooden ladder holding a wooden stick to stir the water in the cauldron vigorously, and the wine in the copper pipe continued to fall into the wine jar.

At this time, the temperature in the winery was getting hotter and hotter, and the wine dripping from the brass pipe was getting less and less, and the apprentice standing on the wooden ladder shouted loudly: "The cauldron is steaming!" ”

"Stop the bellows, change the water quickly!"

During the preparation of the winery, the apprentices of the winery were already very skilled, and some people pushed other wooden ladders forward to scoop out the hot water in the cauldron, and some people carried well water into the inside to change the water, and everyone was busy.

Soon the water in the cauldron was filled, and a master shouted again: "Pull the bellows, add firewood!" ”

The bellows agitated, the fire slowly grew larger, the steam that diffused through the cracks of the steaming barrels became thicker again, and the dripping wine from the brass pipes began to increase.

"Mr. Lian, there is more wine now." Ma Lijun explained.

"Don't you need to change the jar for receiving wine?" Liu Juntao suddenly asked, since entering the winery, Liu Juntao has been silently watching the various processes in the field, and has never spoken, this opening startled everyone.

Ma Lijun couldn't help but be a little confused when he heard this, and said hesitantly: "Mr. Lian, those wine jars are not changed, there is less wine for the first time, and the wine jars can't hold three points, and they can continue to be used." ”

Liu Juntao suddenly laughed when he heard this, and everyone who had been staring at Liu Juntao was startled again, and everyone found that Liu Juntao was laughing extremely happily, as if he had encountered something extremely happy.

"Get a new wine jar!" Liu Juntao said suddenly.

Ma Lijun couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and he didn't understand why Liu Juntao suddenly wanted everyone to change to a new wine jar.

So, Ma Lijun subconsciously said: "Mr. Lian, it's inconvenient to ...... the wine world."

"Change!" Liu Juntao shouted categorically.