Chapter 175: Millennial Brewing
"Good water." Although someone went into the water to fix the water pipe or something, Yang Heng still couldn't help scooping a scoop of water and drank two sips, and felt that this water was very sweet, just like the best mineral water he had ever drunk in his previous life, but at this time, Datang did not have any instruments to test the quality of these waters, but with this taste, this clarity, Yang Heng believed that even if this water was not mineral water, it was almost less.
"Steward, now you arrange for someone to seal this wellhead with a wooden plank, then press it with a heavy object, and then build a tent on it, and you have to supervise the making of a cement well, and then find a blacksmith to make a cover plate, and lock it directly with a lock to prevent any child from falling into the well." Don't consider anything else, this safety is the first thing to think of, everyone knows that there is good water here, and they will definitely come to watch, and Yang Heng can't arrange the personnel on duty here, so use this stupid method, you can come to see the water, use the well pressure, but it won't let you see the well directly, once someone falls into the well, it's not a fun thing.
Now that there is water, and the quality of the water is not bad, then the sake brewing is about to begin, and it is now almost the end of the year, if you can catch it, maybe you will drink this thousand years of brewing new sake in the New Year.
Although it is said that the millennium brew has been named, but this winery has not yet been officially listed, Yang Heng wants a celebrity to be officially listed, but think again, what other celebrities are you looking for, there are two around you, one is his daughter-in-law Princess Changle, and the other is Princess Yuzhang who came to eat, since Changle married into Yang Heng's family, not only Changle will not go to the princess's mansion for a long time, but even Yuzhang rarely returns to the palace, and they all play in Yang Heng's home. And what to say about Yang Heng's family. It's just one word. It's noisy, it's very lively.
It's really time to make wine, Yang Heng really doesn't know how to start, so he has two preparations, one is to prepare some of the cheapest wine common on the market, which is ready to be used for steaming, and the other is to let several winemakers study how to ferment sorghum together. What solid-state fermentation, semi-cooked fermentation, and full-cooked fermentation are all used well, which one is easy to use, and which one is used, just by virtue of this later generation, and it is not possible to make a fermentation out of wine, isn't that a joke?
The raw material used by Yang Heng is sorghum, that is, red sorghum. However, he is not a red winemaker. And just chose this grain, in fact, Yang Heng wants to use dried sweet potatoes to make wine, but there are no sweet potatoes and other things here, fortunately, in recent years, the climate of Datang is quite pleasant, coupled with Yang Heng's plagiarized Quyuan plow, Taiyuan waterwheel and other things, so that Datang will not suffer from drought in the drought year, and families without livestock can also use people to pull to plow the land, so that the basic annual grain output is still very considerable, but in this way, there is another thing, that is, the grain is cheap and hurts farmers, In fact, there is no way to do it, whether it is an economic law or a natural law, there will be a mechanism for elimination.
However, whether it is the law of economy or the law of nature, people can intervene, just like a drought, after Yang Heng's intervention, the people have gained great benefits and suffered very little losses. However, this reputation belongs to Li Er, because Yang Heng has already handed over the waterwheel and plowstick to Li Er.
So what about the matter of hurting the peasants in this valley, naturally, people can also intervene, that is, what Yang Heng is doing now, making wine, brewing good wine, and selling good wine in the country, and some inferior spirits can be put on the grassland, so that the Turks and the like can have wine to drink, and they can also exchange a lot of things from them, such as livestock, fur or something. One of the most important reasons is to use alcohol to drain their fighting spirit.
Although Yang Heng can't take one step to see three steps, thinking about the ability of five steps, but he takes one step, it is a very stable step, what impact this step will have on the future, it is impossible to say, but this step is clear, if Yang Heng did not dare to gamble in his previous life, but at this time, he still mainly gambled, but he would not gamble with his life.
"The owner, Xiao Langjun, it's done, it's done, all three methods are done." Master Wang hurriedly ran over, all a little incoherent, yes, this is their own research on the way of brewing, they have never done this before, besides, some good brewing methods they don't know, naturally there is no way to compare with other brewing, however, they feel that these three methods are very good, and the taste is also good.
To be honest, Yang Heng really doesn't know much about wine, so naturally he can't describe the thing of wine, what is as warm as fire and cold as frost has nothing to do with him.
"These three methods are good, but now we can only choose one, let's choose this method of full ripening and fermentation, the other two methods, butler, you record the production process, and use it as our technical reserve." "It's good, Xiao Langjun." Although I don't know what the technical reserve is, the housekeeper can still understand Yang Heng's meaning, that is, only one method is used to make wine now, and the other two methods are not used, but they are not used now, and they will still be used in the future.
"You all remember, after you go out, you have to keep your mouth shut, don't say anything, this is the secret of the lord's family, after you go on, you all go to me to receive your reward." The butler said to the three winemakers.
"Xie Xiaolangjun, Xie Steward." This reward and punishment system was formulated by Yang Heng, it is easy for him not to say that the reward, any reward is responsible for the housekeeper, if it really enters Yang Heng's eyes, maybe Yang Heng will say the reward, then this person will receive a double reward, and even Xiaoniang and others can reward the next person, but this is a separate reward, but it has nothing to do with the housekeeper's reward.
"Housekeeper, immediately organize people to start work, now there is more than half a month before the New Year, I calculated, this wine can just be drunk before the year, although it is not as good as the cellar, but it will be much stronger than the steamed one we have before, have you tasted, there is a sorghum fragrance in this wine."
Although nothing is added to it, but since it has the fragrance of this sorghum, it is also good, and even this wine can be called a thousand-year-old sorghum fragrance, naturally, this is Yang Heng's accidental gain, in his heart, this wine is spicy, how can it have any other fragrance, the so-called fragrant ones are all concocted by adding medicinal herbs and other things, but this sorghum fragrance, at first Yang Heng thought it was bad, but when he drank it in his mouth, it had a different flavor, and it felt good, I don't know what happens after distillation.
"Xiao Langjun, what about our fruits, I have taken back a lot." The housekeeper scratched his head a little, Yang Heng didn't mention anything about fruit wine, but those fruits will spoil after a long time.
"Let's go, let's take a look," Yang Heng thought about it, he had asked the housekeeper to buy some fruits, and even the fruits that were purchased at a high price.
"This, this, Xiao Langjun, how can this be, it's all rotten, rotten." Looking at the fruit in front of him, the housekeeper felt a little like crying without tears, this is what it is, it has a taste, and some of the fruit is obviously starting to rot.
"What does this smell like, it smells so good." Suddenly, Yang Heng smelled a smell, looking for the source from the inside of the fruit, what kind of smell is this, with some wine aroma, and some fruity aroma.
"Ha, yes, maybe this is the principle of monkey wine, quick, call Master Ma to see if these can be made into fruit wine." looked at the housekeeper still crying and mourning.
"Okay, butler, don't look like that, these are because I forgot, I don't blame you, besides, maybe these fruits can still be used." "Xiao Langjun, it's my fault, I know that you are very busy, I should have reminded you earlier, or take Master Ma to see how to deal with this." "Okay, don't be verbose, I told you that it has nothing to do with you, besides, isn't it just such a little fruit, really." Yang Heng didn't know what to say, this housekeeper still has this side, he won't stop talking about a little thing, in fact, this is Yang Heng's mistake to blame the housekeeper, these fruits are nothing in Yang Heng's eyes, but in the eyes of the housekeeper, it is a lot of money, he can't afford to lose it in his life, in fact, he himself is wrong, Yang Heng will not treat his own people badly, once Yang Heng is rich, after a few years, the housekeeper will not look at these fruits. (To be continued......)