Chapter 5 Steaming Wine

Next, Wang Weiyuan's house dug a few big pits, and filled them with water, and the bamboo on the mountain began to be cut down and then pushed into the water to soak, Wang Weiyuan continued to buy materials such as rags and hemp heads, as for Chunmei, he went to harvest dragon beard grass, and the father and son also moved the bellows and iron platform to Wang Weiyuan's house, preparing to build a cauldron and an iron furnace.

The iron furnace is not very large, there are many pipes in it, it is actually more like a distiller! It was Ye Heng who asked for it to be completed within two days, and after having the iron furnace, Ye Heng asked Li Fugui to buy some wine cakes and some soju back.

It cost about one tael of silver to buy these wine cakes and shochu, and there are enough ten jars of soju to brew, Li Fugui said: "These ten jars of soju are estimated to be sold for less than two taels of silver, and they can't make much ......money."

"Really?"

Ye Heng smiled, and then took out the still.

Then, again and again, it was distilled, half a jar of wine was poured into it, and then the fire began to be burned under the iron furnace.

After waiting for a while, Ye Heng said, "Pour the other half of the altar into it!" ”

There was another puff of white smoke, and after a while, the sound of boiling wine could be heard from inside the iron furnace.

"Almost!"

Ye Heng asked his powerful wife to extinguish the fire, poured cold water on the iron furnace, and waited for the temperature of the iron furnace to cool down a bit, before inserting a bamboo pipe into the iron furnace.

Then the hot wine flowed out, and Li Fugui said: "Young master, this wine is much clearer than the previous yellow turbidity!" ”

"Hmm!"

Ye Heng nodded, and then Li Fugui wondered.

"Why is there only one pot of wine left in a jar of wine?"

Regarding Li Fugui's question, Ye Heng did not answer, but continued to order to start distillation.

It wasn't until the evening that all the ten jars of wine were distilled, and there were only less than three jars of these ten jars of liquor left!

Li Fugui still felt pain at first, after all, it was all money! Later, Ye Heng let Li Fugui taste the steamed sake, and Li Fugui didn't know what to do, so he took a sip.

And then: "Ahem...... Cough...... It's spicy! ”

So spicy?

Li Fugui's eyes lit up, and then asked, "Young Master, is this...... This wine is so strong! ”

"Hehe, not yet!"

Ye Heng smiled and said, "Eat more for dinner, let's work harder tonight and distill the wine here a few more times!" ”

Still distilling?

Li Fugui was speechless, this wine is already so strong, it is estimated that even the famous spirits in the capital can't be compared, right?

After dinner, the three jars of wine were moved to the house in the backyard of the restaurant.

Then he opened the wine jar, and a smell of wine came to his nose, and even the powerful mother-in-law was overjoyed: "Young master, this wine is so fragrant!" ”

"Hehe......" Ye Heng still smiled faintly, looking very sure, and then asked Li Fugui, "What about the wine cakes?" ”

"What kind of wine cakes, aren't they all made wine?" Li Fugui touched his head.

Ye Heng said: "Don't hide it, Hongshang obviously sent some wine cakes over in the afternoon, take them out and put them in!" ”

"Oh......"

Li Fugui was speechless, and said in his heart: The young master put so many wine cakes, this is to sin to death!

Then began to distill again, in fact, after distillation in the afternoon, the degree of liquor brewed by Ye Heng was close to forty degrees, but Ye Heng was still dissatisfied, and the liquor that was less than three jars was estimated to be distilled again, and it would definitely not reach the degree that Ye Heng wanted.

If you want to make a name for yourself with this jar of wine and help Fugui Restaurant attract business, the higher the degree of this wine, the better!

Not to mention the terrifying 52-degree spirits of the later generations, at least it must reach 46 degrees!

So Ye Heng asked Hongshang to buy some wine cakes and came back, and then sent Hongshang back to rest after dinner.

Of course, Hongshang didn't have a reason, Ye Heng coaxed: "I'm just afraid that I'm going to be busy all night tonight, let you post a notice in the whole city that you have finished posting, tomorrow the restaurant will definitely attract a lot of people, and you will have to come to the restaurant to help when the time comes!" ”

Hongshang went back to Ye's house to rest, and in the middle of the night, Ye Heng asked Li Fugui and Mrs. Pang to rest, as for the notice that Ye Heng asked her to post, it was actually equivalent to an advertisement.

In ancient times, there was no rule prohibiting people from posting indiscriminately, as long as you are not stupid enough to post advertisements on the yamen's board, there will generally be no big problem, and in ancient times, few people would be so bored, nothing to post indiscriminately everywhere, and there are no messy things that sell guns today and tomorrow and ask for children the day after tomorrow.

The content of the advertisement is naturally to promote the fierceness of this wine, and Ye Heng also asked Li Fugui to prepare a lot of fresh pastries and dishes, such as osmanthus cakes, bamboo tube rice, etc., which have not yet appeared in this era.

Ye Heng was really busy all night!

This night, Ye Heng continued to distill the wine, and finally brewed this jar of wine before dawn.

And Ye Heng also tried it, this wine was really very strong, Ye Heng felt that the degree should be enough, so he hurriedly went to wake up Li Fugui and Mrs. Pang.

"It's done!"

Ye Heng's voice couldn't hide his excitement at all!

After handing over the wine to Li Fugui, Ye Heng was really tired, after all, his current body was only a teenager, according to Ye Heng's understanding, he was just a child, and his strength was not enough!

Ye Heng didn't know how he returned to Ye's house and slept in bed, but when he woke up in the afternoon, it happened that the little girl Hongshang happily rushed in.

As soon as he entered the door, Hongshang knocked down Ye Heng, staring at Ye Heng tightly with a pair of smart eyes, as if he couldn't get tired of looking at Ye Heng.

"What's wrong?"

"Young Master...... It worked, we made it! ”

Hearing the news of success, Ye Heng didn't seem particularly excited, he and Li Fugui had made so much effort to bring out a lot of fresh things, plus this spirit had also been distilled, and it was a little unreasonable to say that it was not successful.

Hongshang finally put her face on Xiao Yeheng's chest, and then she said excitedly: "Young master, do you know? There are so many people coming to Fugui Restaurant today, and ...... That jar of wine caused a sensation among everyone, and some people didn't believe that there was such a strong wine in the world, and in the end, it wasn't until lunch that the jar of wine was sold, young master...... A jar of wine sold for twenty taels of silver, not copper coins...... And...... Hmm, young master, you are so powerful, today Fugui Restaurant, all the dishes you sold are the dishes you handed over to Li Fugui, young master, everyone is saying that the dishes are delicious......"

Talking and talking, she was very happy, but the little girl couldn't help but shed tears, and the tears wet Ye Heng's chest.

"I didn't expect that the jar of wine would be sold for twenty taels of silver, hehe...... Well? Okay, why are you crying again? ”

Ye Heng didn't understand, although success was expected, but ...... Little girl, you don't have to be so excited, right?

"Young Master, I'm ...... today" Hongshang hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I...... I saw Mrs. Cui, and I also heard that the Cui family plans to take advantage of the day after tomorrow, that is, on the first day of August, when Master Cui has his birthday, to prepare a birthday banquet, and the Cui family has also invited many famous talents in the city, it is said that ...... Even the famous girls on the West Lake in Hangzhou were invited, and they ...... They want to give Miss Cui and find Ruyi Langjun! ”

It turns out that it was this incident that made Hongshang cry!