Zhao Yan didn't know why, Wang Ye's private affairs and what he said to do, but fortunately, Wang Ye slowly explained the matter clearly, and Zhao Yan understood.

"Virtuous nephew, the eighteen wine shops in Hengshui County are famous, and you must have heard of it. However, there is a wine tasting conference in Hengshui City every five years, and the wineries that brew soju in the county and near the left will be invited to participate, aiming to select a kind of soju with outstanding color and flavor, and the selected shochu will be crowned with the title of Hengshui Liquor King in the next five years, I don't know if you know? ”

Zhao Yan shook his head, a little puzzled in his heart, he didn't know what Wang Dahu was talking to him about.

Seeing this, Wang Ye said with a smile: "In addition to those wine shops participating, the stewards of several big restaurants in the capital will also be invited to participate and be responsible for tasting various liquors. After the wine tasting, these stewards will buy some soju on behalf of their respective restaurants, and sell them in their own restaurants after returning to the capital. There are many benefits to this, and with the wisdom of a virtuous nephew, he must also be able to see the subtleties. ”

Zhao Yan thought about it a little and knew that the first thing was fame, and the second was profit.

As long as he wins the title of 'Hengshui Wine King', coupled with the endorsement of several major restaurants in Beijing, he will become famous. Not to mention fame, the soju that is designated as the 'King of Hengshui Wine' in the wine tasting will also become the 'famous wine' that is preferred to be purchased by several major restaurants in Beijing.

To be called a 'big' restaurant in the first place of the Ming Dynasty, the background is naturally extraordinary, even if each restaurant purchases a few thousand catties of wine, it must be able to make the winery with the title of "Hengshui Wine King" make a lot of money.

"Virtuous nephew, more than half of the more than a dozen famous restaurants in the capital are only Beijing branches, and their head offices are basically in Jinling, that is, Nanjing. At the beginning of the country, Taizu edict set up 16 restaurants in the city of Nanjing, to receive visitors from all over the world, and then Taizong moved the capital to Beiping, and most of the more than a dozen restaurants opened branches in Beijing, and their fame was heard in the northern and southern provinces, such as the Heming Building, the Drunken Immortal Building, the Acura Building, the Drum Belly Building, the Guest Building, the Retranslation Building, and so on. ”

Seeing that Wang Ye was addicted to his 'literacy', Zhao Yan was even more puzzled, and had to interject: "Outside, I don't know what you mean by talking to me about this?" The kid is stupid, and he asks the staff to make it clear. ”

Wang Ye laughed, pinched the mustache on his lips, and said, "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, the old man will talk about the key points below." With the participation of people from Beijing, the weight of this tasting meeting was naturally different, and over time it almost evolved into a place of trade fairs. At that time, businessmen from the north and south will go to join in the fun, if you and I go with soap and soap, it may not be a blockbuster, but also through the mouth of those merchants, the name of the two soaps will be spread all over the world. As long as there is fame, it is only a matter of time before these two soaps are marketed to my Daming, what do you think? ”

And this kind of good thing? Zhao Yanxin said that he still had bad news, if he had known that there was such an event similar to an 'exhibition', he would definitely not miss it.

"Knowledgeable and thoughtful, the kid is not as good as him." Zhao Yan patted Wang Ye's ass, and said, "I don't know when this wine tasting conference will start?" ”

Wang Ye's face changed suddenly, and he said a little gloomy: "This year's wine tasting conference is scheduled for April 18, and there is still half a month to go. Hehe, April 18, this is a good day, the old man has been thinking about it for more than 20 years, and it may be possible to solve it all together then. ”

In Zhao Yan's eyes, Wang Dahu is usually amiable, except for treating Wang Lin differently, he greets everyone else with a smile, and he has never been angry or angry in front of outsiders, who knows that at this time, he has a rare gloomy face.

"Outside the staff......" Zhao Yan wanted to speak and stopped, and he didn't know what Wang Ye remembered just now, his face looked really a little infiltrating.

Wang Ye's eyes flashed with anger, and he returned to his original smile: "It's okay, the old man just remembered an old man." By the way, the old man made a few jars of soju by himself, and he thought about taking them to the wine tasting meeting to invite someone to appreciate one or two, and the virtuous nephew might as well bring some back when he goes back later, and give Ling Zun and Uncle Ling a taste to see how the old man's soju tastes. ”

Zhao Yan left Wang's house with a small wine jar, he was very curious about what Wang Ye meant when he said 'things that have been remembered for more than 20 years', but Wang Ye did not explain, and Zhao Yan was not easy to ask, but according to the meaning revealed in Wang Ye's words, he seemed to want to take the wine in this small wine jar to participate in the wine tasting conference, and he didn't know if he was interested or related to the 'old man' he said.

Although Wang Ye looks ordinary, he has a lot of city, his mind is not good, Zhao Yan thought for a while and then stopped thinking about it, as long as Wang Ye is safe and the business is stable, Zhao Yan is too lazy to meddle in things.

In the evening, Zhao Yan, Zhao Xin, and Zhao Quan sat at the table to eat.

Zhao Xin opened the wine stopper and sniffed it, and suddenly said with admiration on his face: "In the past, I only met Wang Yuanwai a few times from afar, and most of his things were learned from casual conversations with others. Wang Yuanwai is really generous and kind-hearted, and he is willing to vacate the wine shop to make soap with just a few words from Xiaolang, and he does not put people in the workshop, and really hands over this big workshop to me to take care of. ”

"Yes, the Wang family has such a big family business, I heard that Wang Yuanwai also knew the Zhizhou master in the city, but I didn't expect people to be so kind, and asked Xiaolang to bring us wine to drink." Zhao Quan echoed when he heard this.

For Zhao Xin and Zhao Quan's words, Zhao Yan just smiled, Wang Ye gave people a good impression, this is an indisputable fact, but the cooperation between the two sides cannot be said who took advantage of whom, or who received whom's favor.

Zhao Yan needs the initial funds and connections provided by Wang Ye, Wang Ye needs the formula provided by Zhao Yan, and the combination is just a matter of two benefits, even if Wang Ye does not agree to cooperate at the beginning, Zhao Yan is confident that he can find another partner to cooperate with, and as the sales of soap and soap gradually spread, maybe in the end Wang Ye will be glad that he cooperated with Zhao Yan in the first place.

After eating, Zhao Xin poured half a bowl of wine for himself and Zhao Quan, and then he picked up the wine bowl and took a sip, but frowned: "This wine smells tasteless, and it tastes light, it turns out that Wang Yuanwai likes to drink such wine." ”

Zhao Quan also frowned after drinking it: "Yes, maybe Wang Yuanwai likes to drink this kind of light bar, if you want me to say that it is still the local wine brewed by Wang Hezi in the village, although it is a little bitter, but it is strong enough, and it is enjoyable to drink." ”

Zhao Xin smashed his mouth and said with a smile: "If you say that, I really want to have a bowl of Wang Hezi's wine." ”

Zhao Yan was originally drowsy, and when he heard the conversation between Zhao Xin and the two in a trance, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he secretly said that selling wine in this era is also a way to make money, and he made wine at home when he was a child, although he didn't know much about it, but he always knew the method of distilling and purifying the liquor, not to mention that he also knew a way to make liquor flavoring liquid to add aroma to liquor.

With this thought, Zhao Yan was not very sleepy, he did not say his thoughts, but first in his mind, the method of distilling and purifying and making liquor flavor liquid went through it, and confirmed that he was not mistaken, so he decided to find all the materials tomorrow, and then experiment, if it can be made, and profitable, then discuss with Zhao Xin.

Although Zhao Yan decided to hide it from Zhao Xin and Zhao Quan for the time being, he still couldn't hide it, because he needed to use the utensils in the soap workshop, so when he brought the required materials to the workshop, Zhao Xin had already heard the news.

There were three inconspicuous large wine jars behind Zhao Yan, Zhao Xin looked at it for a moment and asked, "Xiaolang, what are you doing here, didn't Wang Yuanwai ask you to bring wine to the hired workers in the workshop?" Nowadays, it is getting hotter and hotter, and it is just right to use the light wine brewed outside the staff to quench your thirst. ”

Zhao Yan really didn't bother to explain in detail, just casually perfunctory a few sentences, and then picked a room where no one was around, and moved the three wine jars into it with Zhao Xin.

Zhao Yan's explanation had no beginning or end, Zhao Xin was a little curious after putting down the wine jar, so he opened a wine jar to see what was inside, who knew that after the seal was opened, a smell of wine mixed with the smell of rot and corruption gradually spread.

Zhao Xin was caught off guard, only to feel that the smell was really unpleasant, and after a closer look, the jar contained a slightly turbid yellow liquid.

"It's ...... Yellow water? Zhao Xin didn't work in the wine shop in vain, but he called out the name of the liquid in the jar, but he only guessed, and there was still some hesitation in his tone.

Yellow water is the yellow slurry water that leaks from the fermented grain in the liquor cellar, which is mixed with a variety of substances, which is a good material for making artificial old cellars, which can promote the aging of new cellars and improve the quality of wine, but Zhao Yan found it for other purposes.

"Hmm." Zhao Yan affirmed Cheap Dad's speculation, and then said: "The other two jars are the tail wine and Chinese wine that I specially bought from the winery in the town. ”

Whether distilled liquor originated in the Song and Yuan dynasties remains to be studied, but there is no doubt that distilled liquor was popularized in the Ming Dynasty. The wine that just flows out when steaming wine is called head wine, which has a lot of aromatic substances in it, and the taste is not good, so it is not suitable for drinking; The middle part is Chinese wine, and the various flavor substances are relatively balanced and the quality is relatively good; The last one is called tail wine, which belongs to the general quality of wine in the later stage, with few aroma substances, heavy water flavor and many miscellaneous flavors.

Zhao Yan plans to use tail wine and yellow water to make liquor flavor liquid, and then distill and purify it with Chinese liquor to obtain 'alcohol' with a relatively high degree.

The soap workshop was born out of the original brewing workshop, so the distillation tools were quickly arranged, and with Zhao Xin's help, Zhao Yan was also much easier, so he could be busy while picking and choosing to inform Zhao Xin of his ideas, of course, the reason why Zhao Yan had this idea was because of the old Taoist priest's unintentional 'guidance'.