Gu Zhen, the chairman and general manager, disagreed with the personnel adjustment of Shilixiang Restaurant, and it was indeed not reassuring to hand over the largest industry of the Gu family to an outsider who did not know the details. But fortunately, the current Gu Haotian has enough influence, and he communicated with his father about the idea of repositioning the function of the restaurant, and pointed out that the restaurant is full of old people from the Gu family, and the tent is also controlled by himself, and Zhu Gui alone can't make any big waves.

As an old man of the Gu family, Honka was dismissed for no reason, and he must have felt uncomfortable. But Gu Haotian told him that the Gu family has an extremely important industry, and only he can be competent, and only he can trust. Honka was immediately fooled, but as an old man, he knew the Gu family's inheritance, and he really couldn't think of anything more important.

Gu Haotian made a twenty-day appointment with him. Then I took out a drawing or two, which was actually nothing more than an urn-shaped copper container and a long copper pipe, as well as a few wooden stoppers of corresponding size, and this simple distillation equipment was not worth mentioning everywhere on the Internet in later generations. Honka looked strange when he saw what the little official wanted, a large copper urn, and a teapot spout leaned out of his neck. Although I couldn't understand it, I had to hurry up and do it.

In fact, there is a special procedure for the process of distilling liquor, but Gu Haotian can't, so he uses this simple method. Three days later, the container was made, and Gu Haotian chose a secluded room to install the equipment, poured a jar of wine that had been screened in advance, and lit it to steam. After a while, steam entered the copper pipe, and the middle section of the copper pipe was soaked in cold water, the steam condensed into a liquid state and dripped from the outlet, steamed for more than an hour, ten catties of raw wine only three or four catties, the color was slightly yellow, Gu Haotian tasted it, about forty degrees. So steam it again, get more than two catties, and this time the wine is not ordinary, only to see the color is transparent, the wine aroma is rich, and the liquor of more than 50 degrees in later generations is almost the same.

That night, Gu Haotian summoned Gu Zhen, Gu Song, and Bian Zhong to gather in the room. The three of them looked at a wine jar on the table, and the three wine glasses in front of them were puzzled. Gu Haotian didn't explain, stretched out his hand to open the stopper, only to see a strong aroma of wine coming to his nose, the three of them were stunned for a while, as the crystal clear wine "Ding Dong" and "Ding Dong" fell into the white porcelain cup, the eyes of the three seemed to fall in. Honka couldn't wait to take a sip, and suddenly it burned from his throat to his stomach, and he couldn't help shouting, "Burn me." Seeing this, Gu Zhen and the two took a bite carefully, but when they saw a strong and spicy taste, the knife seemed to go down the esophagus, and then burned in the stomach, and the two of them said "happy" in unison for a long time.

"This wine is out, there is no wine in the world!" Honmatsu sighed for a long time.

"Where did this wine come from?" Gu Zhen asked, and for a moment six eyes stared at him like wolves.

"What price should this wine be on the market?" Gu Haotian was furious when he was watched, and hurriedly changed the topic.

"It's worth four hundred pounds." Honka offers four times the price of the best wine on the market.

"Not to mention four hundred." Bian Zhong was unimpressed by Honka's price.

"What do you think it's worth?" Gu Zhen threw the question to the originator.

"The duty is always a catty," Gu Haotian said firmly, "and there will be no market." ”

The three of them took a breath of cold air, at this price, the income of ordinary people in a year is only enough for a few bottles of wine.

Looking at the longing eyes of the three people in front of him, Gu Haotian naturally knew that what they were thinking about was nothing more than the origin of the wine. Gu Zhen already vaguely knew that this wine was made up by his son, after all, he was a descendant of the immortal family. Honka also guessed something, because the petty officials asked him to build strange tools and promised him a heavy responsibility.

Seeing that the three of them were all trustworthy people, Gu Haotian didn't talk nonsense, and took the three of them to the steaming room. Looking at the simple device, the three of them were stunned, and at that moment, Gu Haotian explained the principle and key points, and demonstrated it again, and the three of them finally understood. Then Gu Haotian solemnly saluted Gu Song and Bian Zhong, and said: "The kid entrusts the foundation of the Gu family to the two of you, please don't shirk." ”

The Gu family showed them the world's No. 1 trade secrets without reservation, and the trust in them naturally went without saying. The two glanced at each other, and solemnly returned a salute to the two generations of heads of the Gu family, "If there is a loss, only death." ”

Later, the four of them discussed some details. Bian Zhong proposed that the steaming tools should be scattered in various places, otherwise the new wine listing will cause speculation. Honka proposed to make different grades of liquor to suit the needs of different people. Of course, the four of them focused on the selection of steamed wine, and finally decided to choose a few reliable children among the children in the ancient mansion, and set up a special courtyard in the mansion to carry out it first.

Bian Zhong was responsible for buying raw liquor outside, and Honsong was responsible for internal management. And set to be listed in the second half of the year, the Gu Haotian explained, first, the new wine will become more mellow and long after being stored in the cellar for half a year, the second is that the market demand in recent years is large after half a year, and the third and most important thing is that the new wine must have a certain inventory, otherwise it will not be able to meet the strong demand of the market.

Gu Song got started quickly, and Gu Haotian let go. Later, I also thought about some problems of publicity, packaging, and original wine, and the publicity, the market time is still long, and the packaging must be prepared first, so I asked Bian Zhong to customize a batch of exquisite porcelain bottles. The most important thing is to find someone who can make wine, otherwise the raw wine will always be stuck in the hands of others. The Gu family is not short of food, but there is a shortage of talents, Gu Haotian sighed in his heart. But this matter was not in a hurry, so I asked Bian Zhong and them to look for it carefully, so they let it go.

After a few more days, Gu Haotian saw that there were no mistakes in the distillery under the management of Honka, and the boys in the training ground were also practicing energetically, so he let go.

Because he was worried about Zhu Guichu's head of the restaurant, Gu Haotian called Bian Xiang to go into the city on this day. When he arrived at the restaurant, he saw Zhu Gui talking and laughing with a few guys in the lobby, Gu Haotian thought to himself, this guy is worthy of being a social talent, and he integrated into it very quickly. As soon as Zhu Gui and the others saw the two of them coming in, they hurriedly greeted them. Gu Haotian didn't put on a score, and greeted everyone on the scene one by one, and the big and small guys saw that the little officials had no shelf, and they were like a spring breeze for a while.

Because he was in a hurry to come and go the first two times, he didn't have a careful understanding of the big industry of the Gu family, so he took Zhu Gui to walk around. This restaurant occupies five rooms with a total of three floors, the first floor is the lobby, the second and third floors are private rooms, Gu Haotian stands on the corridor on the third floor, in front of the county East Street, behind are a few rows of ordinary courtyards, he thought, if these courtyards are bought and converted into inns, it is not bad, on the one hand, it can promote the catering business, and at the same time, it is also of great help to collect information in the future. I was about to turn around and explain to Zhu Gui, but I heard a noisy sound below. The three of them turned around and went down to the lobby, only to see a few guys arguing with two fish sellers.

"Why the noise?" Zhu Gui asked.

"The shopkeeper knows that these two men are so rude that they insist on selling these two big fish to our store, so they quarrel." A small second round.

Gu Haotian looked carefully and saw two men standing in front of the door, the big ones were about twenty-seven and eight, with two thick eyebrows, a tuft of yellow hair on their chests, and a big fish basket on their backs; The small one is about seventeen or eight, with a protruding scar on the left side of his face, a protruding yellow beard, and two large carps weighing more than ten pounds on his shoulders; It's a good couple.

"The shopkeeper doesn't know, my brother is a fisherman in Shijie Village, some fish and shrimp in the water here in the early morning, I wanted to sell it in this county nearby, so as to exchange some money to buy medicine for the old lady to treat the disease, I don't want these two big fish to be asked, now the weather is hot, for fear that the fish is broken, the shopkeeper you are a big restaurant, no matter how the fish is collected, Hugh taught my brother to waste half a day's effort." When the boss saw that the shopkeeper had come down, he hurriedly spoke.

"The big carp, I can see it there on weekdays, and today is really a good mouthful, so I quickly bought the wine." Gu Haotian didn't wait for Zhu Fu to speak, and preemptively replied.

The two brothers were overjoyed, entered the store to unload the carp, Gu Haotian invited the two to sit for a while, and ordered Xiao Er to bring tea.

"I have long heard that there are three Ruan brothers in Shijie Village, all of whom are good men who are beaten with iron, and I don't know who the two can recognize."

"How do the little officials smell the cheap names of our brothers." The boss asked, confused.

Sure enough, in fact, when the boss talked about the people of Shijie Village, Gu Haotian had eight points of affirmation in his heart, and he couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

"Brother, I live in Gujiazhuang, and there are a few fish households in the village, and I often mention the virtuous brothers, so I learned that I saw such a hero today, it was really fate, and please stay and conspire to get drunk."

"Gujiazhuang?" The two brothers suddenly remembered what they had heard at the temple fair, "The little brother is an ancient petty official with unparalleled benevolence and righteousness." The two asked in unison.

"This is my little official." Bian Xiang finally caught up with the conversation.

"My brothers have heard of the fame of the little official for a long time, and when I see it today, it is indeed worthy of the name." The two brothers hurriedly got up and saluted.

"Rumors must not be taken seriously." Gu Haotian returned the salute. The crowd sat down again. Then Fang learned that the big one was Ruan Xiaoer, the people in the rivers and lakes called Lidi Tai Sui, the small one was called Ruan Xiaoqi, and the people in the rivers and lakes were called Living Yama. was talking lively, only to see a little two come over and ask Zhu Guiyu how to deal with it after it had been washed. Gu Haotian's heart suddenly moved when he heard this, he was also a gourmand in his previous life, of course, he also cooked a few good dishes, after arriving in this world, he was either stuffy or cooked all day long, and he was miserable. Today, when I saw these two absolutely pollution-free pure green carps, I couldn't help but itch.

"I've never seen such a big carp before, so I'm very curious, and I'm going to see it, and I'll come in a while."

Everyone only talked about his childish nature, just laughed, and only Bian Xiang followed in. The two of them entered the back kitchen, and the carp had been killed and placed on the case, and it was more than a meter long. Gu Haotian chose the fat one, and helped the cook cut off the head and tail of the fish, split the fish head from the jaw, drain the water, blanch it in boiling water, and find a big pot to put the fish head, mushrooms, green onions, ginger slices, and cooking wine to stew. It is also called to help the cook cut the fish body into sections, fry it slightly in hot oil, sprinkle minced ginger, cooking wine, soy sauce, sugar, etc., cook it over low heat, collect the juice over high heat, and make it out of the pot after a while. At this time, the fish head is rotten, add tofu and simmer for a while, and then add chopped green onions. In the stunned eyes of Bian Xiang and everyone in the kitchen, only half a pillar of incense was made in two dishes.

Gu Haotian came out of the back kitchen with Bian Xiang, who was still in a state of fugue, and only a moment Xiao Er came over with two delicacies, and when he saw a strong fragrance from afar, he came to the table, only to see that the thick soup was like milk, and the braised soup was like gold.

"Unexpectedly, Shili Xiang has such superb craftsmanship, how can he eat the rest of the fish food in the future." Xiao Qi stroked his stomach and sighed.

Zhu Gui is also a lawsuit, he has been a shopkeeper for many days, and he has never seen this kind of food.

"This is the little brother's hand, and he did it indiscriminately to make the brothers laugh." Gu Haotian said with a smile.

"Ahh The three of them were stunned together. "A little official has such a stunt at a young age."

"This is such a stunt, if the Ruan brothers are idle, even if they go to Gujiazhuang as guests, the brothers will naturally accompany them." Gu Hao took a bait.

"And Gujiazhuang has a large population and a guard team of dozens of people, if the brother catches a fish next time, just send it." Gu Haotian laid another bait.

"Definitely, definitely." The Ruan brothers were busy responding, and they accepted Gu Haotian's fifty taels of silver, and went back happily.

Gu Haotian then explained to Zhu Gui about the purchase of the backdoor house, and also went back with Bian Xiang, who had not woken up in the delicacy.

Afterwards, Zhu Gui called a few people in the back kitchen that day and explained sternly, "The little official came to the back kitchen today and passed on the stunts of Er, which is for the prosperity of Shilixiang in the future, and it is good to do things well, if you wait for someone to leak," Zhu Gui snorted coldly, "Our knife is also killed." ”

Since then, the kitchen of Shilixiang has been strictly managed. These two dishes are crowned with "white jade soup" and "golden fish" and become famous dishes in the town, which are famous all over the world.