Chapter 70: Unparalleled in the World

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The reason why Madame Qin was angry with Li Qi was because she had not yet tasted Li Qi's merits.

As soon as she left, Li Qi immediately called Chen Anan's mother and son over, asked them to pack their luggage, and went to live with him in the Qin Mansion.

This is a great honor for these of them, Chen Anan is still young, and he doesn't understand these things, he only knows where Li Qi goes, he will go up, but Aunt Chen burst into tears with excitement, and thanked Li Qi for his kindness to their mother and son.

Wu Xiaoliu on the side listened to it, he didn't do it anymore, and said that he would go to Qin Mansion with Li Qi, not for anything else, just for Xiao Tao.

Li Qicai didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he kicked him back, and asked them to practice their cooking skills well, otherwise they wouldn't even be able to live here.

When they left, Wu Xiaoliu stood in front of the door and watched their departing backs with teary eyes, which was called a miserable one!

As soon as he arrived at the Qin Mansion, Li Qi immediately turned over and became the master, and the first thing he did was to drive Xiao Tao, who could only make a few side dishes, out of the kitchen, and then picked up the pot and spoon to make a few delicious home-cooked side dishes.

Just when Li Qi was cooking, Wu Furong also rushed to the Qin Mansion, and he also brought an alchemy furnace and more than ten jars of fruit wine brewed from various fruits.

When he heard that Li Qi had moved into the Qin Mansion, he was surprised and happy in his heart.

At dinner, Li Qi didn't treat himself as an outsider, and dragged Xiao Tao and Aunt Chen to sit and eat with them.

Mrs. Qin didn't care much about this, she was originally a submissive person.

As for Wu Furong, he has long been used to it, when he was in the Drunken Immortal Residence, when he ate, it was not a room of people eating together.

There was no accident, Li Qi's five or six home-cooked side dishes quickly won everyone's unanimous appreciation.

Although Mrs. Qin didn't say anything in her mouth, she ate two bowls of rice today.

Xiao Tao, who has been taking care of her diet, saw that Mrs. ate two bowls of rice today, but she was surprised, no matter what kind of dish it was, or when she went back to her parents' house to eat, Mrs. Qin always only ate one bowl of rice, which was very well-behaved, but today she ate two bowls of rice for the first time, which is really rare, which shows how charming Li Qi's dishes are.

After dinner, Li Qi asked Wu Furong to go back to rest earlier, after all, he was so old that he had been running all day today, and he was tired enough.

After sending Wu Furong away, Li Qi took Chen Anan to start his winemaking business.

Wine, it is in the seasoning, but it occupies a very important position, as a chef, you can not drink, but you can't understand wine, a chef who doesn't understand wine, can never be regarded as a qualified chef.

Li Qi naturally needless to say, two months before he got married, he just received his intermediate bartender certificate, in fact, with his ability, it is not difficult to obtain a senior qualification certificate, but this advanced qualification certificate has a time limit.

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the raw materials for making wine, such as official songs and glutinous rice, have been controlled by the imperial court, and it is more difficult to take advantage of this than to ascend to the sky.

Therefore, if you want to make a fortune in drinking, you must avoid these elements.

All that's left is the wine.

Most of the fruit wines of the Song Dynasty were low-alcohol beverage wines made by fermentation. There are also many varieties, such as wine, pear wine, lychee wine, pomegranate wine, jujube wine, yellow orange wine, sugar cane wine and honey wine.

But it has not been recognized by everyone.

Many people brew fruit wine privately at home, according to the laws of the imperial court, most of them do not have this qualification, but because the fruit wine is not very popular with people, so the imperial court only turns a blind eye to this, but if you are a private lady rice wine, red yeast wine, hehe, then you are ready to go to prison.

Fruit wine can't prevail, in the final analysis, it's still because of this brewing technology.

Today's fruit wine is cloudy in color, looks slimy, and has a bad taste, compared with the fruit wine of Richie's time, it is simply 108,000 miles behind. One of the most famous is brandy, which is not only made from grapes, but also apple brandy, cherry brandy, and so on.

However, the main point is that you don't need koji to make brandy.

Of course, Richie didn't plan to make brandy, not to mention that he didn't have that secret recipe, and even if he did, people here liked to drink low-alcohol wine, brandy is a famous spirit, and whether it can be sold or not is still a problem.

But he intends to borrow from the process of making brandy, but the key to this is --- distillation.

Distilled spirits have always been a controversial topic in Chinese history, some people say that there were distilled spirits in the Eastern Han Dynasty, some say it was the Tang Dynasty, and some people say it was the Song Dynasty.

However, it was not until the Yuan Dynasty that there was a clear record of distilled spirits.

Li Qi also did not know whether there was distilled liquor today, but at least the imperial court did not use the distillation method, and he had never drunk high liquor. However, none of this is important, anyway, there is no patent in these years, you brew yours, I brew mine, everyone eats according to their ability.

To make distilled spirits, a distiller is naturally indispensable.

However, there are no stills available today.

Li Qi originally wanted Wu Furong to find someone to make a still according to his request, but when Wu Furong heard it, he felt that this still was somewhat similar to the alchemy furnace in the Taoist temple.

This reminded Li Qi that he seemed to have seen some records about the alchemy furnace in the history books before, and felt that this could be tried.

So, he asked Wu Furong to go outside to find an alchemy furnace.

Now that Taoism is prevalent in the Northern Song Dynasty, there are almost more Taoist temples large and small than thatched houses, and it is really easy to find an alchemy furnace.

I have money these days, but I'm afraid I won't be able to buy things.

When Li Qi saw the alchemy furnace that Wu Furong bought, he was very satisfied, this Nima is simply the predecessor of the still, just need to modify it a little and insert a few pipes, as for other equipment, there are ready-made ones here.

The still is ready, and all that's left is the raw material.

Since it is still in the real stage, and the time is very urgent, Li Qi doesn't want to spend more effort, buy fruit to wait for it to ferment, he directly asked Wu Furong to buy ready-made products, that is, some fruit wine made by ordinary people, and Li Qi only needs to brew fruit wine for about 30 days, which is mainly wine.

Once he was ready, Richie began to develop his distilled spirits.

Li Qi was so familiar with this thing that in later generations, you could see people-made zuò distilled liquor everywhere in the countryside, so it didn't take long for the first barrel of distilled wine to be baked.

"Brother Li--- Brother Li, what kind of wine is this?"

Chen Anan stared at the bucket of clear and transparent liquid, and swallowed.

"I haven't figured out the name yet, but since it's a new variety, I should have a name that can be called."

Li Qi frowned and thought for a while, his eyes lit up, and he said, "I think it's called 'unparalleled in the world'." ”

"Unparalleled in the world?"

Chen Anan licked his dry lips, and looked straight at the bucket of unparalleled in the world.

Li Qi looked at his greedy appearance, smiled slightly, scooped out a small cup, handed it to Chen Anan and said, "You taste it?" ”

"Can I drink it?" Chen Anan said in surprise.

"Of course, just drink." A sly smile flashed in Li Qi's eyes, and he said.

Chen Anan took a breath, took the wine glass, and poured it into his mouth.

"Poof!"

In less than a second, Chen Anan squirted out the wine he had just drunk.

"It's spicy, it's spicy!"

Chen Anan jumped straight on the spot with a spicy face, and slapped his hands vigorously at his mouth.

Li Qi wiped the mixture of wine and saliva on his face, and his face was full of depression, which was really harmful to others and himself.

This wine is still freshly distilled, the alcohol concentration is at least more than fifty degrees, and it is very spicy, he just wanted to deliberately tidy Chen Anan, he never thought that this fierce man poured it directly into it, and that's it, but he was sprayed all over his face.

In fact, this is only a semi-finished product, because it has not yet been blended, and "blending" is a very important and essential process for distilling spirits.

A variety of internationally renowned distilled spirits, such as Wuliangye, whiskey, brandy, gin, rum, etc., are blended with high-quality base liquors.

Freshly distilled liquor needs to be blended to unify the taste, remove impurities, and harmonize the aroma. Blending is not simply a matter of adding water to the wine, but rather a combination of different base wines and flavorings, and is a specialized technique that balances the body of the wine and keeps it unique.

After some practice, Li Qi finally figured out a set of secret recipes for blending.

After the success of the real yàn, Li Qi began to make the world's unparalleled wine on a large scale, and this world's unparalleled wine does not only refer to glucose wine, but also includes cider, sugar cane wine, pear wine and so on.

Li Qi asked Wu Furong to buy a large number of fruits while collecting fruit wine, that is, the raw materials for making zuò unparalleled in the world, after all, it is to purchase fruit wine, but it is only an emergency need, and producing raw materials by yourself is the king.

In addition, Li Qi also asked Wu Furong to go to the Quyuan and get some koji on credit, but now the funds are tight, since it is on credit, then why bother not using it, first, you can make a show for the imperial court, and secondly, there are some of these koji, similar to whiskey, distilled spirits, naturally no problem.