Three days later, news came from the Foundry Bureau that Li Zhiyao's still had been built.

After receiving the news, Li Zhi immediately went to the Foundry Bureau non-stop, and then instructed Zhao Jiujiang to gather craftsmen to analyze the specific steps of distilling alcohol with them.

Li Zhi gave an order, and under his orders, the craftsmen performed their duties and built the stills unfamiliarly.

The distiller is very simple, the pot body is a round pot type, that is, several iron cans are connected to each other, the iron sheet has been treated accordingly, the surface of the pot body is smooth and conducive to cleaning, and the inside of the pot has also been repeatedly polished. It is bright, the purpose is to reduce impurities, prolong the rusting time, and prolong the service life, otherwise once the iron pot body rusts, it will cause the distilled wine to have a rusty taste, affecting the taste and quality. But it also has benefits, because it has good airtightness, so there are pros and cons.

The bottom of the pot is raised inward to facilitate emptying, and the bottom of the pot will have a certain thickness due to direct heat heating.

At this time, the bottom of the pot is heated, and a small amount of water in it boils, and the bottom will heat up quickly, like a steamer. At this time, the alcohol in the fermented wine has a low boiling point, vaporizes rapidly, and then rises and adsorbs on the top of the pot, and the flow is left in the collector through the communicator to drip down, so as to obtain a high degree of wine, and from then on, a higher degree of alcohol can be obtained.

The first distillation of fermented liquor can yield a liquor of about 45 to 55 degrees, the second distillation of liquor can yield liquor of 70 to 80 degrees, and the third distillation of liquor can yield liquor of more than 90 degrees.

Li Zhi intends to distill several types of liquor, the first distillation of 45 to 55 degrees of liquor for sale, the second distillation of 70 to 80 degrees of liquor for medical alcohol, and the third distillation of liquor above 90 degrees for industrial use.

In this way, the fermented liquor can be used for three different purposes after distillation.

The first ordinary distilled forty or fifty degree distilled liquor can be said to be the king of liquor in ancient times, and once it is sold, the huge profits can make Li Zhi make a lot of money. The use of medical alcohol is more important, in ancient times, many battle losses were not caused by fatal injuries, and most of the reasons were death caused by wound infection pierced by cold weapons, which was terrible in ancient times. However, the alcohol drunk in ancient times was too low to play a role in disinfection, so the importance of medical alcohol disinfection on the battlefield can be seen.

The use of industrial alcohol is not reflected in the present, and in the future, once the industrial system is developed and formed, industrial alcohol is widely used, and can be used in printing, chemical synthesis, pharmaceutical synthesis, cleaning agents, solvents, etc., and is extremely widely used.

However, the iron pot has been burned for a long time and has been exposed to water, so if there is a little other situation, the quality of the sake will be affected, so you must pay attention to the details during the distillation process.

Even in the modern era when sake brewing is developed, real and fake sake are all over the market, but people who really love sake can taste the various differences in sake at once, so the sake brewing process must be standardized.

But in the end, wine is still a product of food, food is a luxury in this era, not to mention that it is now a year of low grain production, so the price of wine is not low, once it is distilled repeatedly, the price of distilled wine may be surprisingly high, not to mention medical alcohol with more distillations.

After a while, under the operation of the craftsmen, the distilled alcohol slowly dripped out of the still collector.

Seeing this, the craftsman on the side didn't feel any difference, and was a little disappointed, and muttered: "I thought that after His Highness's artifact, this wine should be golden, and no matter how bad it is, it should also change." "The craftsman who is accustomed to seeing Li Zhi's magic mutters while operating.

Li Zhi's ears moved, and when he heard his words, he felt a little like laughing, could it be that the farts of this king are all fragrant? But this also highlights from the side that Li Zhi's image has become unusual in the hearts of these craftsmen.

I saw more and more wine in the collector, and in about half an hour, half a barrel was already filled, and a rich aroma of wine spread.

Li Zhi asked for a small bowl from the back kitchen, then gently scooped up half a bowl of wine, smelled it slightly, and then smiled at the craftsman who was muttering there just now: "Come, come and taste how this wine tastes." ”

This craftsman is also a good drinker, but since joining the Foundry Bureau, there is a rule in the bureau that you can't drink alcohol, so he hasn't drunk for a while, so he is a little hungry and thirsty, and he takes the bowl with his mouth smashed, but he doesn't take this bowl of wine seriously, generally speaking, he can drink several bowls of such sake at a time, so he poured a sip of wine into his mouth disappreciatively, only to see his face flushed, and his eyes widened and said: "Good wine!" .... Okay..."

Li Zhi smiled slightly, he was not surprised by this.

"San Mazi, you give me the wine, I'll taste it, I'll taste it..." At this time, a voice came from behind him and swallowed his saliva.

"Lu Laosi, what are you panicking about, I haven't drunk enough?" San Mazi didn't like it, although this wine was on it, but it was the best wine he had ever drunk, so he hugged the bowl tightly.

"You damn man, what if I try it..." Lu Laosi scolded with a look of resentment.

Seeing this, Li Zhi laughed and said, "Your name is Lu Laosi, right?" ”

When Lu Laosi saw Li Zhi asking him, he was worried that it was because he yelled loudly in front of His Highness to dislike Li Zhi, so he couldn't help but be a little afraid and hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Highness forgives your sins..."

"Well, what a sin.... Go to the back kitchen and ask for a few more bowls, and enjoy all the wine! Li Zhi smiled with a wave of his hand.

As soon as Li Zhi's voice fell, Lu Laosi ran away without a trace, and the surrounding craftsmen were all happy, in the past, when the grain yield was high, the price of wine basically tended to be stable, and in his spare time, he could set aside a part of the monthly money to drink a little wine, but since the low grain yield, the price of wine has become higher and higher, and they have never drunk wine, so they are all overjoyed to hear Li Zhi's appreciation of wine.

But after a while, Lu Laosi ran over with a large stack of earthen bowls, this stack of earthen bowls took a lot of effort, at first the kitchen aunt did not agree, until he moved Li Zhi out to successfully get it, and the kitchen aunt did not doubt it, because Li Zhi is famous for his love of these new tricks, maybe he wants to use the earthen bowl for something.

After the craftsmen who love to drink wine got the earthen bowls, Li Zhi took half a bowl for them one after another, and then said: "Originally, the Casting Bureau was not allowed to drink, but this time it was licensed by this king, and it will not be an example in the future. ”

After Li Zhi finished speaking, the craftsmen picked up the earthen bowl and dried it up, and at first they said to Li Zhi that they were worried that they would delay because of too much wine, but when the real half bowl of wine was down, they felt the strong and strong mellow aroma of the wine collided in the mouth.

Li Zhi saw that everyone was a little unsatisfied, and hurriedly reminded: "There is still work to do, don't be stunned..."

Li Zhi has always adopted a tolerant attitude towards these craftsmen, and there is no other reason for respecting the spirit of craftsmen.

At the end of the day, Li Zhi has been staying in the Foundry Bureau, after a day, the harvest is still quite small, full of several large barrels of distilled liquor at one time, Li Zhi plans to instruct the glass workshop to produce small and medium-sized glass bottles to fill bottled liquor for sale.

There is also a small amount of medical alcohol that is distilled twice, which Li Zhi plans to pack in small glass bottles, and then apply it internally to the army for wound disinfection.