Chapter 218: Wine and Beauty
"I'm telling you to crush these grapes. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Li Xiang chuckled.
"Yes." Huan'er's face was even redder, and she was thinking about something.
After Huan'er washed her feet and came back, Li Xiang had already returned to the room, Huan'er looked at no one around, and was very grateful to Li Xiang for her thoughtfulness, how could the feet of the unmarried girl be seen by others at will.
"The movement should be soft and light, as long as the skin is broken. When you're done, you can go back on your own. As soon as Huan'er entered the tank, Li Xiang's voice was heard.
"Yes." The voice was so soft that only she could hear it.
After Huan'er crushed the grapes in the two jars and left, Li Xiang picked up the wooden lid and put the lid on the cylinder, and the first step of winemaking was completed. After that, you only need to stir it twice a day with a wooden stick, and after seven or eight days, you can produce alcohol.
Li Xiang handed over the task of stirring grape juice twice a day to Shopkeeper Zhao, anyway, this matter will have to be done by him in the future, of course, Li Xiang has to go back to Sichuan again, and in the last few days, he will be able to return to Rongde County after completing the task.
Seven days later, the first fermentation of the wine was completed, and Li Xiang successfully completed the task of training the artillery battalion and returned from Hechuan.
Li Xiang asked the shopkeeper Zhao to buy two more large vats, ready to be used as a container for the second fermentation. Because there was no straw, it was not possible to suck the juice out by siphoning, so it had to be filtered directly with two layers of gauze on the new vat.
This time, there is no need to stir again, and there is no need to deliberately put the tank in a cool place like the first time, it is directly placed in the middle of the yard, it is now the summer heat, and the high temperature is also conducive to fermentation again.
When filtering, the shopkeeper Zhao secretly tasted it, although the current wine juice is more turbid, and the color is not very good-looking, but it is already the taste of dry red wine in later generations, which makes the shopkeeper Zhao amazed, and he doesn't care whether the color is good-looking, whether the juice is turbid, and he poured two bottles of wine bottles into himself.
"After finishing business, let's drink, this is brewed by Childe himself." Zhao's shopkeeper took out the two bottles of wine he had raised, and as soon as he lifted the cap, a rich aroma of wine immediately filled the air.
The wine poured into the glass is a little cloudy and the color is not very beautiful, but when you drink it, the flavor of the sweet but not savory, cold but not cold is not found in the wines on the market today.
"Good wine, it's really good wine! Childe is not only brilliant and far-sighted, but also rich in five cars, if this wine is sold, it will cost at least 500 wen a catty. Zhao took a sip and applauded loudly.
"It's still a half-finished product, Childe said, wait for half a month, then you will be able to drink real wine, and I drool when I think about it." Shopkeeper Zhao was very satisfied with his wife's expression, which was not much better than when he first tasted it.
"Childe, is this wine going to be drunk for yourself or for sale?" Zhao drank the wine in the glass in one gulp and poured another glass to himself.
"This must be a takeaway, such a good wine must be selling well, and it is not bad compared to our Rongzhou Laojiao, and it has another flavor." Shopkeeper Zhao said.
"If this wine can be sold, it will definitely be popular in the whole city, but this dynasty tea, salt, iron, and wine are all monopolies, if this wine can't get the monopoly right, it will be a little bad." Zhao said.
In the Song Dynasty, the government implemented a policy of selling koji, and people could make their own wine as long as they bought koji from the government, but if you didn't buy koji and made it privately, it would be like growing tobacco privately and making tobacco at home. If you smoke your own cigarettes, it may be fine, but if you want to sell them in the supermarket, it is not uncommon for the tobacco company to come to your door within a few days and not only confiscate your tobacco, but also impose a huge fine, or even send you to prison.
Of course, Shopkeeper Zhao knows who Li Xiang is, isn't this a trivial matter.
Yesterday, Li Xiang's wine was completed, except that the alcohol content is lower than that of later generations, and the taste is slightly different, it can basically be regarded as a real wine.
Li Xiang asked Huan'er to bring two bottles of freshly brewed wine, sent some melons and fruits to sprinkle, uncorked the bottles, and poured a glass of wine for Lu Shiya in person.
"Li Lang, what kind of wine is this? Crystal clear, the wine is rich and ......mellow, you don't need to say, I will know when I taste it, there is no wine in the world that I have not tasted. , oops, it's wine! Lu Shiya exclaimed.
Isn't it just wine, is it necessary to exaggerate so much? Li Xiang was very proud when he saw Lu Shiya's fuss, this wine is the favorite drink of beauties, and it has the effect of nourishing the skin.
"Grape wine glow-in-the-dark glass, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately. Drunk and lying on the battlefield, Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times. Li Xiang drank a glass of wine, and read out the song "Liangzhou Ci" aloud, and praised it in his mouth, "Good wine, good wine." ”
Wine needs a luminous glass to be served, and the porcelain cup will lose the taste of appreciation, but for Lu Shiya, as long as it is the wine brought by Li Xiang, it will be extremely sweet to drink.
"Li Lang, where did you buy this wine, how come I have never drunk it." The more Lu Shiya drinks, the more delicious she feels, and she has tasted a lot of fine wine before, but now if she compares it with this wine, she doesn't know how much worse it is.
"I brew it myself, and I can't buy it outside." Li Xiang smiled, he also drank a glass, he was still a little dissatisfied with the low alcohol, and this wine had just been brewed, if it could be stored for a longer period of time, it would be more mellow.
"You brewed it?" Lu Shiya's eyes widened, looking incredulous, Li Xiang was talented and she admitted, but if he knew how to make wine, and he could make wine that had been lost, then she really didn't believe it.
"Yes, I only got dozens of bottles for this small test, and I believe the taste will be better next time I will improve it." Li Xiang smiled and said.
"Li Lang, you are so powerful, you can even make wine." Lu Shiya's eyes when she looked at Li Xiang were even more different, affectionate and respectful.
"Shiya, you are too awarded, if you like it, then drink a few more glasses, this wine has the effect of nourishing the skin." Li Xiang said, in fact, this wine can be improved, one is to increase the alcohol content, the other is to increase the taste, and now he has a way to do both, the first time the wine was too hurried, some details did not come to mind, if it is brewed again, I believe there will be no more such problems.
At this moment, Lu Wende actually appeared in this small courtyard, and it turned out that Lu Wende smelled the aroma of wine.
When he saw his daughter and Li Xiang sitting intimately drinking wine, he couldn't help but smile on his face, and now Li Xiang couldn't escape from his palm.
When Lu Shiya saw her father coming, she quickly stood up and said with a red face: "Father, why are you here?" ”
Li Xiang also stood up and arched his hand: "Lord Lu came just in time, why don't you come and taste the grape wine together?" ”
Lu Wende stroked his beard and smiled: "Okay, the old man also smelled an intoxicating aroma of wine, so he found here, but I didn't expect there to be peerless wine!" (To be continued.) )