Chapter 12: The Birth of Distilled Spirits

In the blink of an eye, Shi Wengong has been busy working in the small workshop for half a month, because Shi Wengong had told Zeng Rong's father and son that he had plans to accept apprentices, so even if Shi Wengong had not gone out to instruct anyone in Zeng Tou City in the past half a month, everyone in Zeng Tou City had special respect for Shi Wengong.

And Shi Wengong also took advantage of this rare free time to seize the retreat to study his own research, in fact, it was just to purify the wine here. Although Shi Wengong was not a professional winemaker in his previous life, he still knew a little bit about purification.

With Shi Wengong's advanced technology, it is actually just heating the water and wine here to evaporate. Because water has a different boiling point than alcohol, which has a lower boiling point than water, Shi Wengong heated the water to a temperature in between, allowing the alcohol to evaporate.

Shi Wengong then clasped a large pot lid on top of it, and put a lot of ice on top of the pot lid, so that the evaporated alcohol instantly condensed into a liquid state. In the end, Shi Wengong used a conduit to collect the condensate, which was freshly baked distilled spirit.

Since the environment here is not as good as that of later generations, the distilled liquor produced by Shi Wengong at this time is naturally not as pure as that of later generations. But even so, the purity of the distilled spirits made by Shi Wengong using this method is already very high in this era.

Shi Wengong had drunk wine with Guan Sheng and others a few times before, and the reason why the wine here is called water wine is because its purity is too low and it tastes like water, so it is also called water wine.

It is precisely because of this that Shi Wengong is confident enough that he can use this wine to usher in huge profits for Zengtou City, so as to establish his position in this Zengtou City. And only when Shi Wengong continues to enter the top level of Zengtou City can he know what he wants to know, and can he know whether this Zengtou City is a spy of the Northern Jin people who broke into the Central Plains.

In the past half a month, Shi Wengong has only transferred two people from Zengtou City, and for this kind of confidential matter, it is natural that the fewer people who know about it, the better. These two people were also found by Zeng Liu for Shi Wengong, and they are absolutely reliable. At least this craft will not spread to the outside world for the time being.

When Shi Wengong was immersed in hard work and retreat for half a month, the martial arts of Zhuang Ding and the Zeng family were all in charge of Su Ding alone, and he was busy enough during this time.

Shi Wengong also felt a little guilty about this, no, as soon as he got out of the customs, Shi Wengong went to Su Ding with a jar of wine to ask for guilt.

From a distance, Shi Wengong saw Su Ding shuttling among the Zhuang Ding of the Zeng family, and from time to time instructed several of them to do the martial arts of Zhuang Ding, who were not in place. Shi Wengong held the wine in his right hand, strode forward, and shouted at Su Ding, "Brother Su! Come and taste Shi's masterpiece in the past half month! ”

After Su Ding heard Shi Wengong's voice, he immediately came to his senses, not because of anything else, but because this Shi Wengong really made him hate it. said that the two of them were teachers together to guide everyone in martial arts, but Shi Wengong retreated for half a month, and handed over all the thousands of Zhuang Ding in Zengtou City to Su Ding alone, which is how Su Ding does not hold a grudge against Shi Wengong.

Sure enough, after Su Ding turned his head and saw Shi Wengong, he immediately put down the things in his hand, pointed at Shi Wengong and strode away, and shouted, "Brother Shi, you finally came out, don't you know, I have been tired of my brother in the past half a month, and I have to accompany my brother and me to live a few tricks later." ”

After Shi Wengong heard Su Ding's various bitter waters, he smiled and raised the wine jar in his right hand, and said, "Brother Su, don't complain anymore, isn't there a reason for Shi Mou's troubles, come, come and taste my masterpiece in the past half a month." Brother, I came to share with you as soon as I got out, and I didn't even go to see the old lady. How's that, it's interesting enough. ”

After Su Ding heard Shi Wengong say this, he also felt a little comforted in his heart, glanced at Shi Wengong, and said, "You still have a conscience, eh, Brother Shi, you have been in retreat for half a month, just for it?" ”

Although Su Ding didn't continue, Shi Wengong could hear Su Ding's extraneous voice, and he must be saying that it was not worth it. However, Shi Wengong believes that after he has tasted this wine, he will definitely not say this again.

Then, Shi Wengong just smiled and said, "You taste it first." ”

After Su Ding heard this, he waved his hand and removed the red cloth blocked on the wine altar. As soon as the red cloth was lifted, the thick aroma of wine in the wine jar had already wafted out, making the entire martial arts training ground overflowing.

At this time, not only Su Ding stared at the wine jar with big eyes and leaned on it to smell, but even the Zhuang Ding who were practicing below had no intention of practicing martial arts at this time, and threw greedy eyes towards this side one by one.

Su Ding looked up at Shi Wengong with a smile on his face, and after seeing him nodding slightly, he instantly raised the wine jar and took a big sip. Then I saw Su Ding's eyes widen again, and he gritted his teeth to resist the hot feeling in his mouth.

After Su Ding came to his senses, he breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Happy!" Then, he looked at Shi Wengong with a look of adoration and said with a smile, "Brother Shi, this wine?" ”

After hearing this, Shi Wengong also responded with a smile, "This wine is Shi Mou's masterpiece in the past half a month, how about it, Brother Su, drink it, it's still strong enough, right?" ”

"Ah, it's hard enough, I, Su Ding, have never drunk such a refreshing wine since I came out of my mother's womb. Brother Shi, I don't know what the name of this wine is, do you still have this kind of wine? At this time, Su Ding had already changed to a pig brother's expression, and he couldn't remember the bitterness of Shi Wengong leaving him alone to train thousands of people before.

Shi Wen was naturally overjoyed to see that this wine had been so well received. However, he knew that in order to make this wine famous all over the world, it was necessary to control its shipments and create a market where supply exceeded demand, so as to maximize the profits. As a result, the status of Shi Wengong, who owns this wine, can also rise, and he has a certain status in the rivers and lakes.

After having such a plan in his heart, Shi Wengong said to Su Ding, "Brother Su, you only know the deliciousness of this wine, but you don't know the difficulty of making this wine." In just half a month, even my brother and I don't have much inventory. ”

Hearing this, Su Dingze immediately changed to a sad expression. Then he heard Shi Wengong say, "But Brother Su, you can rest assured, this jar of wine in your hand, brother, I naturally will not want it back, you know, even the old lady has not tasted this wine yet, I will come to you first, this love, Brother Su, you can't forget it." ”

When Su Ding heard this, he immediately stepped forward and patted Shi Wengong's chest and said, "Okay, Brother Shi remembers the younger brother in his heart, and the younger brother Su Ding also remembers it here." Since this thing is so precious, then I will keep it well in the future and taste it slowly. ”

When Su Ding spoke, he didn't forget to point to the location of his heart, this kind of action also made Shi Wengong's heart warm, at least his sincerity was not in vain.