Li Zicheng was originally addicted to distilled liquor, but he didn't think about it at all, and when Song Yulian talked about it, the internal fire rose suddenly, and he let go of Song Yulian, maybe the cotton peach was ripe and exploded.

When she came to the inner room, Chen Qiudie was lying lazily on the bed, and when she saw Li Zicheng, her little face suddenly turned crimson, struggling to get up, "Adult......"

Li Zicheng waved his hand, "Die'er, dinner is not good yet, you don't have to get up so early!" When he came to the bed, he stared at her face for a while, the white and red, especially the misty eyes, made people pity even more, he was on a whim, maybe the cotton peach was ripe.

He slipped his hands into the quilt and slid it up from his lower abdomen.

Chen Qiudie was happy in her heart, her face was red as if it had rained in the spring, her face was full of peach blossoms, she was motionless, waiting for Li Zicheng to have an electrocardiogram with her.

The big hand on the cotton peach, as always, is hard.

Li Zicheng's heart was cold, and the internal fire suddenly disappeared without a trace, and even his hands were soft and weak, and he almost stopped moving.

Chen Qiudie clearly felt the changes in Li Zicheng's hands, and then looked at Li Zicheng, there was a clear anger in her eyes just now, which suddenly disappeared, and even her breathing calmed down, she was a little aggrieved, and slowly closed her eyes, only her eyelashes were fluttering unconsciously, "Adult......"

Li Zicheng pulled away his hands, leaned down, and kissed them one by one from his eyelashes to his small mouth, "Butterfly ......"

"Adults hate butterflies...... Butterflies will grow up! Chen Qiudie was already crying, her eyelashes flickered irregularly, and a crystal teardrop squeezed out of her closed eyelids without a fight, and slid into her sideburns along the corners of her eyes, disappearing.

Li Zicheng stroked her somewhat damp face, "Butterfly is going to grow up quickly, I can't wait, get up, dinner is ready, eat more at night!" ”

"Hmm!" Chen Qiudie nodded slightly, wiped her tears, got up slowly, put on a short jacket and trousers, and came out with Li Zicheng.

Li Zicheng was worried about the distilled liquor, and the dinner was fast, "Lian'er, Die'er, I still have something to do tonight, it may end very late, you don't have to wait for me, I'll stay in the study." ”

"The adult is in the official office, why stay in the study, the bed is cold in winter, and the maid keeps the door for the adult!" After Song Yulian finished speaking, she felt a little ambiguous, in Die'er's opinion, it seemed that she wanted to compete for favor, and her face did not feel crimson.

Chen Qiudie also said: "The maid also keeps the door for the adults!" ”

Li Zicheng smiled: "This is winter, I'm just worried that you will get up at night and get cold, since this is the case, then I will come back later!" Having a home is different, at least someone is concerned, so he glanced at Chen Qiudie and Song Yulian's faces, and finally his eyes fell on Song Yulian's face.

How Song Yulian didn't understand Li Zicheng's thoughts, Li Zicheng was ridiculous not once, she glanced at Die'er, and when she saw Die'er's ignorant look, she lowered her head in shame, but her face was even more colorful.

When I came to the small hall of the central government, I smelled a strange fragrance from outside the door, this fragrance was too familiar before, and now I almost forgot it, Li Zicheng was overjoyed, and the distilled liquor was about to succeed!

He Xiaomi and Ren Erxi were already there, the two craftsmen had already eaten dinner, and according to Li Zicheng's instructions, they kept staring at the copper kettle, and when they saw Li Zicheng, everyone saluted together, "My lord!" ”

Li Zicheng waved his hand, "How is it, what do you smell?" ”

"My lord, does this smell of alcohol? How is it so much stronger than liquor? Ren Erxi sniffed, as if he had hooked a glutton, "My lord, can you still drink this wine?" ”

"Of course you can drink it, don't worry." Li Zicheng unveiled the copper kettle that was used as the body of the kettle, and compared with the original, the water surface had dropped significantly, but he didn't make a mark just now, and he didn't know how much it had consumed.

But when the lid of the pot was lifted, there was not much taste of alcohol in the water vapor rushed out of the pot, and Li Zicheng felt that the alcohol in the kettle was almost consumed.

He uncovered the copper kettle at the other end as a retort, a strong smell of alcohol rushed to his nose, and even the room was filled with the aroma of wine, and when he looked down, the water surface in the pot was not shallow, "Erxi, stop the fire, pour out the wine in the pot, and put it separately." ”

"Yes, sir!" Ren Erxi took a few sips in a row, and then moved the copper kettle away from the brazier, and when he was about to pour the wine, he found that the wine in the pot could not be poured, because the copper pipe in the middle and the two copper kettles were fixed together, and after tossing for a long time, he was sweating profusely, and it still didn't work.

Li Zicheng patted his head, and forgot to let Xiao Er make the copper pipe into an activity, there was no way, so he had to let Ren Erxi take two clean wooden pots, and when the copper kettle in the kettle was cold, the two of them each held two copper kettles and poured the wine in the pot into the wooden basin.

He first tasted it in the wooden basin poured out of the kettle, it was bland and tasteless, lighter than beer, even if there was alcohol left, it was estimated that it could be ignored, and then tasted the water and wine poured out of the retort body.

Li Zicheng was not at ease, so he scooped another spoonful, first smelled it, it was extremely fragrant, and then put it in his mouth, the spicy in expectation.

He poured the water and wine from the kettle and reloaded it into the jar where the wine was originally held, the mouth of the jar was small and the belly was large, and the bottom was shrinking, so he could not see the size of the volume, and he remembered the experience of later generations, as long as the container was symmetrical, put it on its side, and the top of the bottom and the bottom of the mouth of the water surface occupied exactly half of the volume.

Li Zicheng tried it, and the remaining volume was nearly half, and he poured the distilled liquor from the retort into the jar, but it was more than half.

He is not a taster, and in fact, he has no ability to distinguish the degree of baijiu, so he can only hope to find a professional taster in the future.

The copper kettle was added with liquor and began to distill, Li Zicheng called two craftsmen, "You can see clearly, how much liquor is steamed to get distilled liquor?" ”

The two craftsmen looked at each other, the copper kettle was not transparent, and it was impossible to see how much was left from the outside, besides, Li Zicheng asked them to watch, although they had been watching, they didn't know what to see.

"In this way, you make a mark in the copper kettle, wait until there are only two stops left in the white wine kettle, start to turn off the heat, steam a few more pots, and see if the taste changes."

Li Zicheng also doesn't know how much water to evaporate in order to be considered distilled spirits, or the best of the distilled spirits, although there have been distilled spirits in the mainland for a long time, but the real distilleries should be less than five, and the output cannot go up, most of them are in short supply.

If you can distill a stable distilled spirit, you won't have to worry about not being able to sell it, and now it is completely a buyer-seller market.

Of course, tonight is just the beginning, and there is still a long way to go to distill a stable quality distilled spirit, such as how much water to distill, how much temperature is the most suitable temperature, and a stable supply of low-alcohol liquor, waiting.

Fortunately, in the afternoon, Li Zicheng already had a rough plan, and while he was distilling, Li Zicheng began to assign tasks.

The most important thing is the two craftsmen, they will be the technical personnel who are responsible for distilling liquor, Li Zicheng did not know them before, but he felt that they were people who could do practical things, in case they were not suitable, they could teach apprentices in the future, people could not be easily replaced, after all, they had initially mastered the process of distilling liquor.

Even if they are raised, they cannot be easily jumped ship, in this era, talents are rare.

Li Zicheng took out the contract he had sorted out in the afternoon and read it to the two craftsmen in its entirety, "How about it, are you willing to sign the contract?" ”

The two craftsmen naturally didn't know what the contract was, but from Li Zicheng's mouth, they knew that their remuneration would rise sharply, more than twice as much as before, and it was a long-term contract. ”

"Haha, it's not Lord Ben's orders, Lord Ben is asking for your opinion now, you can make your own choice," Li Zicheng suddenly smiled, and said with a straight face: "Your remuneration is according to the contract, if you do well in the future, the remuneration may be increased, of course, you also have to make your own guarantees, do you understand the content of the contract?" ”

"The villain understands," said one of the craftsmen, bowing down, "that you can't tell the secret!" ”

"That's pretty much what it means," Li Zicheng said awe-inspiringly, "In the future, you will be engaged in this work, and you will not disclose the secrets of your work to anyone, including your parents, wives and children, and you will not provide any convenience for other wineries, do you understand what I mean?" ”

"The villain understands that the villain will do it with the adults in his life!"

These craftsmen are the same as the people of the Ming Dynasty, they do not have a high creed of life, as long as they can eat enough, ask for a wife, have children, and then be able to support their families, in a word, survival and reproduction are all their life goals.

They personally felt that Li Zicheng had pulled them back to normal life from the situation of being with Hanako, although they didn't quite understand the meaning of "contract", in their understanding, from now on, they were almost Li Zicheng's domestic slaves.

"Okay, you really follow Lord Ben, Lord Ben will definitely not treat you badly, not only can you eat well, but you will also eat better than the people around you!"

Li Zicheng naturally can't expect these craftsmen to be loyal to him, at least not now, these people are really pitiful, but they also have something to hate, that is, they have no contract spirit, once they meet others digging up the wall and giving a higher reward, maybe they will stare at each other and run away with others.

Even if there is a contract, I am afraid that it will not be able to restrict their behavior, but with this contract, if they betray themselves and betray the winery in the future, it is natural that they will punish them, whether it is from the law, human feelings, and morality, he will stand on the commanding heights.

However, Li Zicheng suddenly thought of a question, why did the people of the Ming Dynasty, even if they enter the stage of industrialization three hundred years later, still have no spirit of contract?

I thought about it for a while, but there was no result, so I gave up for the time being.

The two craftsmen signed the contract, and pressed the fingerprint, the contract is preliminarily completed, if you want to increase its effectiveness, it is best to notarize, however, there is no special notary public now, even the prefecture and county are not sound, can only wait for the distilled liquor to be completely successful, and then find a few respected old men in the future, to be a notary.

When the second pot of liquor was distilled, it was almost time, Li Zicheng wanted to try the power of this distilled liquor, so he took aim, He Xiaomi, but He Xiaomi was too small, and he was the commander of his personal soldiers, so he let it go, but turned to Ren Erxi, "Have you ever drunk alcohol before?" How much can you drink? ”

"My subordinates have drunk it, but the amount of alcohol is not large, so it should be ...... You should be able to drink three or four catties! Ren Erxi licked his tongue, but his eyes were inseparable from the jar containing distilled spirits, this kind of pungent fragrance, he had long wanted to taste it.

"Look at your slander!" Li Zicheng scolded, but he was a mouthful of words and asked him to do it himself.

Ren Erxi was immediately overjoyed, scooped a big spoonful, and poured it with his mouth open.

"Ahem...... cough ......" There was a violent cough, Ren Erxi's face was flushed, he bent down and patted his chest with one hand, and the spoon in the other hand was still reluctant to put it down, "My lord, this wine ......"

Li Zicheng smiled: "How is this wine?" How is it different from what you've drunk before? ”

"My lord, this wine is too spicy, it tastes good, and it ......is refreshing" Ren Erxi had already relieved his breath, scooped another spoonful and poured it, blinking in his mouth, "Ah......"

"It's good to taste good, Erxi, if this wine is put on the market, what do you think of the sales?"

"If this wine is put on the market, I'm afraid it will be ...... I'm afraid that I was robbed by rich businessmen......"

"Rob? I'll see who dares! Li Zicheng laughed, "Xiaomi, tomorrow I will go to the market to find a house, it is best to have a shop facing the street, or buy or rent, Erxi, who bought these liquors from, inquire in the past two days, pay attention to the price of liquor, I want to meet their proprietors." ”

When Li Zicheng returned home, it was already midday, and when he knocked on the door to go home, Song Yulian was not yet asleep, and Chen Qiudie had already made a slight snoring sound.