Chapter 212: Grey Goose

It will be at least a few years before the whisky investment is effective, although it is now only semi-finished and, more directly, the appeal of the relatively high alcohol content. In these years, even Chunnan, which is much ahead of Dongping in terms of liquor culture, does not have any famous distilled spirits. In order to compensate for the cost of planting winemaking crops and building cellars and wineries in several farms, Ye Tao had to create another wine that could produce a quick effect, and this wine was not bothered by the age of cellaring. This liquor, in the original time and space, was called vodka.

Compared to whiskey, the process of vodka is simply too simple. Basically, it's just repeated distillation and filtration. Ye Tao chose birch to make charcoal for filtration, and in just a few days, he was able to complete the entire vodka process. Vodka and whiskey are completely different. The most attractive thing about whisky is its very unique aroma and taste, while vodka is so pure. Ye Tao's familiarity with distillation technology has made the concentration of the original vodka after repeated distillation exceed 80%, and no one dares to drink it without dilution. But when this wine was first made, its colorless, tasteless, pure and transparent appearance really confused many people. And the hundred tribal guards around Ye Tao seemed to be immediately obsessed with this extremely pure thing.

The production of vodka is not as troublesome as that of whisky, so Ye Tao soon began to arrange the purchase of grain, the production of vodka and the arrangement of the sales network next year. Compared to Dongping, which has been hoarding grain for future wars, Yunzhou's grain reserves have been at a fairly low level. When General Xu was appointed as the envoy, he spent a lot of energy and money to purchase a large amount of grain directly from Chunnan, but according to Ye Tao's calculations, once he encountered a more troublesome situation, it was still not enough. Since he took office, the purchasing representatives, who were previously directly under the Jinglu Prefecture and are now transferred to the Commerce and Trade Bureau under the Jinglu Prefecture, have been given greater powers. In the large-scale grain-producing areas in Chunnan, almost every county and town, the inventory is cleared and transported to Yunzhou. It seems that in order to make the brewing of vodka form a scale, Ye Tao has to buy a batch of grain from the Yunzhou Commerce and Trade Bureau.

Whiskey can be called Ballantine, but what about vodka? Ye Tao couldn't figure it out, and finally had to use the private name of the winemaking craftsmen: fine wine. In fact, this is also very much in line with the characteristics of vodka, especially the original vodka before it is not diluted with distilled water, in this time and space. It's already industrial alcohol in the truest sense of the word. Since glass has not yet been produced, the wine is now served in long cylindrical clay vases with a blue glaze. On the clay vase, there is a shallow gray goose signature. This is also plagiarism, but it is much more obscure. Didn't there be a very inexplicable vodka in that time and space that claimed to be a luxury in vodka? The sign is called Grey Goose.

As the first batch of Grey Goose Essence began to be bottled, Ye Tao finally renamed the farm where they had settled: Grey Goose Winery, completely positioning the location of this place that may become a spirits production base in the future, which is getting farther and farther away from the original function of the farm.

After two and a half days of travel, Sun Jin and Chang Huaiyin finally arrived outside the Gray Goose Winery at noon on the third day.

Although the land in the south of Yunzhou has always been dominated by agriculture. However, due to the limited strength of Yunzhou itself and the continuous war, many developments have been inadequate. Everywhere you go from the town of Bernan, you can see local farmers being organized to build water conservancy facilities in the fields and dredge ditches, which are easier to do during the dry season in winter. There are also quite a few people who are trimming the ridges. Widen the roads in the fields and even plant street trees on both sides of the roads. Even this dirt road, which is not in the current plan of the Yunzhou Jinglufu Road and Bridge Division, is clean and wide.

At a considerable distance from the Grey Goose Winery, Sun Jin and his party ran into the tribal guards who came out to patrol and walk their horses by the way. Horses with excellent physique and temperament are combined with riding skills that have become instinctive in their bloodstream. Trained in fairly formal military discipline, the Clan Guards were paranoid about formation, for record-keeping, and for consistency in action, and they were able to maintain a fairly tight formation at high speeds.

When Sun Jin and Tan Weixin were reminded by the captain of the guard who was full of surprise, they looked at the thirty cavalrymen who rushed in front of them in two columns at a very fast speed, and directly stopped the horses into a tight formation, and their eyes were about to fall out.

Sun Jin's evaluation of Ye Taodi couldn't help but be a few points higher. This kind of pro-soldier team is no longer just elite can be described by two words. God knows that Ye Tao usually doesn't have time to care about these tribal guards at all, these are the results of their own exploration while observing the training of other armies.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? The leader of the clan guard squad who led the team asked politely.

"This is the car of the Xian Wangfu of Chunnan Kingdom, please ask the little brother to inform Ye Jingluo." Xie Chao, the deputy head of the palace guards, replied politely.

"Please come with us, Zhuangzi has already received the news. Said that Her Royal Highness the princess and the princess were coming here. Lord Ye is waiting. He has commanded us to prepare for you. The team leader said with a smile. After nodding his head to Xie Chao, he turned his horse around and slowly ran ahead, while the tribal guards naturally spread out their protective formation, covering the entire convoy in their own defensive circle.

Grey Goose Winery hasn't had time to make a new gate plaque yet. But through the narration of the guards, Sun Jin and Chang Huaiyin already understood what Ye Tao was doing here.

A feudal official, a ruler of the entire Yunzhou, a strategic envoy who lives and kills, actually came to such a shabby place to study winemaking before another wedding? When Sun Jin and Chang Huaiyin learned about the various experiments that Ye Tao and Tan Weixin were conducting in this winery. I couldn't help but look at each other. This is more than they can understand of a minister.

Vodka has been successfully trial-produced. That is, the current fine wine, Ye Tao and Tan Weixin can be regarded as completing the task in stages. I'm about to go back to Ningyuan. And at this time, it is naturally very pleasant for someone who has not been seen for a long time and can only be seen in the documents of the Communications and Intelligence Bureau to appear in front of him. And. I'm afraid there are no first connoisseurs with more style than these two.

"Brother Sun, this winery has just been bought not long ago, and there are still many facilities that have not been completed, which is really a bit simple. Let me see the joke. Ye Tao calmly apologized to Sun Jin, the winery is still very small, especially the large number of craftsmen and experimental equipment occupies a lot of space. Sun Jin and Chang Huaiyin came in a mighty way, if it weren't for Liu Yong's immediate reaction to make the guards of Jingluo Mansion squeeze in, from a room for four people to a room for six people. The guards of the Juxian Palace's palace may have to set up tents or sleep in carriages, and this kind of weather will be too offensive. But Ye Tao's verbal apology did not mean guilt, but rather helpless, as if I couldn't help it if you wanted to come by yourself.

"Ye Jing is slightly polite." Sun Jin arched his hand and said with a smile. is also a concubine, Ye Tao is the son-in-law of the lord of Dongping Kingdom, while Sun Jin is just the son-in-law of the prince; Tan Weixin is a well-known financial expert and has great influence on national politics. And Chang Huaiyin is just an idle noblewoman, if it weren't for the favor of the Queen Mother Chunnan, she might not even have the title of princess; Ye Tao is a master craftsman who moves the world, and now he can be regarded as a well-known historian, and with his current position and the power he can control, it is considered to underestimate him to say that he is a prince. And Sun Jin is now just one of the staff members of the Juxian Palace. In any position, Sun Jin did not dislike Ye Tao's position of poor hospitality, on the contrary, Ye Tao was so simple and willing, but it was like a temperament and a style. made Sun Jin feel more and more that Ye Tao was an interesting person.

"Brother Sun, it's just so good that you come here, taste the local wine you just made, and taste it." After the luncheon, while sitting in the garden basking in the sun, Ye Tao suddenly said.

"It's better to be respectful than to obey." Sun Jin happily agreed.

The condensation point of alcohol is much lower than that of water, and the vodka placed in the cellar is always below freezing, condensing into a thick semi-liquid like porridge. When poured out of the bottle, the slowly flowing droplets seem to condense the warm sunlight.

"Good wine." The fierce and pure taste, the impact of the cold and thick alcohol made Sun Jin dizzy for a while, and then he put down the cup, licked his lips, and said sincerely. After taking a sip of a small glass of fine wine, Sun Jin closed his eyes and sat for a while before suppressing the dizziness, and he said half-jokingly: "Ye Jingluo, you really have a heart." The wedding is about to be made. This wine tastes. It is indeed very suitable for the tiger warriors in the army or the heroic warriors on the rivers and lakes, and the herdsmen who want to come to the northern grasslands. I can use this to ward off the cold, and I will like it very much. It's really a blessing to be a subordinate of an adult. ”

Ye Tao smiled noncommittally and said, "This is not for the wedding. I can't interfere with this wedding at all, as long as I prepare my money bags, the elders of the Dai clan and the officials of the Imperial Court Rites Department, as well as those subordinates in my land, are very keen on this. Let them toss. There will be no shortage of drinks at the wedding reception. This fine wine has just been successfully trial-produced here, and there are about 20 bottles in total at the current bottle. Moreover, is it suitable for a wedding to take out such a strong wine? Isn't that embarrassing yourself? ”

Ye Taodi's relaxed and witty manner caused Sun Jin to laugh and say, "Then what is the purpose of the adult running here in a hurry at this time?" ”

Ye Tao said: "For the sake of time...... Brother Sun probably also knows that I have a lot of things to do. The entire southern part of Yunzhou will be fully planted with various crops in the spring next year. The Invalides Farms, the Ministry of Agricultural Trade and my farms, as well as the private farms, will be fully mobilized. Not only has the agricultural tax been lowered, but a large number of high-quality rice and wheat seeds have been mobilized, and a large number of farmland water conservancy projects have been rolled out. As long as there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters, next year's grain production in Yunzhou should not only be self-sufficient, but also have a considerable surplus, after all, the original foundation is too weak. In this case, it is my consideration to make the surplus food more profitable. So, in addition to meeting the needs of the acreage for food crops, I have to plan the rest of the land area. What to plant and how to plant can produce the greatest benefits. If I have an idea a day earlier, the Agricultural Trade Bureau and the Invalides Farm will have one more day to prepare, and the more opportunities I will have to harvest. Now the seeds of all kinds of crops are hidden in Thunder Bluff, just waiting for my opinion to distribute them proportionally. The Invalids Farm is urging, the Agricultural Trade Bureau is urging, do you think I can not be in a hurry? Fortunately, now that there is a plan, the Agricultural Trade Bureau will be able to make a plan and start implementing it in the next few days. ”