Before it was completely dark, the three of them finally returned to the Red Embedded Agricultural Base.

The road from the city of Gelansha to the Chiji agricultural base is now getting smoother and smoother, of course, this is also because there has been no rain for many days, and most of the motor vehicles of the Hantang Group have been suspended.

The two-wheeled wheelbarrows of the Hantang Group and the wheelbarrows of the Ming farmers are not too destructive to the dirt surface road, not to mention that some key road sections are paved with three-way soil.

The triad is composed of lime, clay and fine sand in a ratio of 1:3:6, all layered and crushed with stone.

Sooner or later, concrete roads and street lights will be installed here, but now is not the time.

At this time, the air in the Red Embedded Agricultural Base was filled with a strong smell of wine.

The couple knew that this was a grooving of the red alcohol factory.

In fact, as early as when the Hantang Group came, there was a small workshop here that used molasses to produce and process wine.

At that time, after Wu Yongmei came here, accompanied by Director Jianguoan, she went to the wine-making workshop, which was not the property of the Dutch, but was run by a small local businessman, and the people of the Hantang Group could not confiscate it. Wu Yongmei just wants to see the winemaking method of this time and space.

At that time, the husband and wife, escorted by Hao Gang, visited the small workshop very politely. The owner of the workshop claimed to be surnamed Zhang, and his face was kind.

Wu Yongmei understood at a glance that this was the oldest multi-stage continuous fermentation method, and it was very suitable for liquid fermentation.

I saw that the group of Ming people used three large wooden barrels with caps, each about 2.5 meters in diameter and 1.7 meters high, and at the same time, the Ming people connected them with thick bamboo. Since all three of them are not on a plane, they are in a stepped shape. In this way, the liquid can naturally flow into the next barrel after fermentation, where it can continue to ferment.

Wu Yongmei thought about the benefits of this structure.

The Ming people did this by using the first two fermentation tanks as the main tanks, and under the condition of continuous addition of the wine mother and the basic dilute sugar solution, the yeast was in the logarithmic growth period, so as to maintain the vigorous life activity, so that the fermentation could reach the main fermentation stage at the beginning, so that perhaps the fermentation time could be greatly shortened.

Of course, this qiē is just Wu Yongmei's interpretation with her own professional knowledge.

The owner of the small workshop may have his own interpretation, but when Director Jianguoan put down the DV in his hand and asked him seriously, he had a flickering look on his face, just saying that his ancestors were passed down in this way, and he really didn't understand why.

At that time, Director Jianguoan scolded in his heart, like a dog, who cares about your secret method.

Director Jianguo'an's face was not very good-looking at that time, as for him, this nation has too much technology, and it is lost in such an ancestral secret book!

Wu Yongmei smiled and pulled him at the time, no need to ask, just take a look.

She was curious at first, how did they heat up?

When I looked closer, it turned out to be the bottom of the ceramic jar, which also shows that the largest fermentation tank of the Ming people can only reach this level. The processing level of the large ceramics limits the development level of the fermentation.

Wu Yongmei saw that they also applied gum to the junction of the bamboo pipe and the wooden barrel to achieve a good sealing effect. She didn't have to touch it to see that the lid was so heavy that it was difficult for three adults to open, right?

How do they control the temperature of the fermentation? Wu Yongmei saw the person who burned the fire, and kept touching the cylinder with the back of her hand, she understood, this is based on experience.

At that time, Wu Yongmei carefully checked their production raw materials.

They use molasses left over from sugar extraction. This is normal! Molasses is a by-product of processed sugar, which is inexpensive and in sufficient supply.

The fermentable substances in molasses, that is, sugarcane molasses, contain a considerable amount of invert sugar, about 2o%, yeast living cells are rich in hydrolase and wine-in-ase, sucrase in yeast can hydrolyze sucrose in molasses into - molecular glucose and - molecular fructose, and then through guò wine-based enzyme hexosis to produce alcohol and netbsp; In fact, it is better to use sucrose directly, and the invert sugar content of sucrose is 3o%, but there is a cost problem here, in this time and space, wine is cheaper than sugar. This is different from the concept of various standards of alcohol required by Hantang Group. These are two different things.

Wu Yongmei smiled after looking at Mingren's raw materials, and she was sure that she had mastered the ability of this small liquor workshop to produce alcohol.

Theoretically, under the production capacity of modern equipment, 1oo kilograms of sucrose can produce a little more than the same kilogram of invert sugar. And 1oo kg of molasses produces up to 7o kg of invert sugar.

1oo kg of sucrose should produce 5o kg of anhydrous alcohol, then 1oo kg of molasses can produce up to 3o kg of anhydrous alcohol.

Of course, the Ming people simply could not distill to the level of anhydrous alcohol three nines, even 75% pharmaceutical-grade alcohol, and they could not use sucrose as a raw material for production. This is just a theoretical value.

But the ability of the Ming people to handle raw materials - simply not at all.

In order to ensure the normal semi-osmosis of the plasma membrane of yeast cells, for molasses raw materials, especially low-purity molasses raw materials, colloidal substances such as caramel, melanin, and pectin should be removed first.

These treatment methods are very simple, add acid first, the amount of acid and the method generally varies with the type of molasses, sugarcane molasses can be directly added to dilute the amount of dilute sugar o.2-o.3% concentrated sulfuric acid, mixed evenly

The addition of acid can make the Ca++ in it form calcium sulfate precipitate, so the colloidal substances in the molasses and the ash are precipitated and removed.

Only by appropriately reducing the concentration and viscosity of molasses can we adjust to the appropriate osmotic pressure, so as to ensure the normal semi-osmotic effect of yeast cytoplasmic membrane and improve work efficiency.

However, the Ming people did not have any pre-treatment, which reduced the output by at least 30 percent.

In addition, the yeast technology of the Ming people at this time was also a problem. Yeast is also called alcoholic enzyme, Ming people also call it koji, it is a general name for various enzymes involved in alcohol fermentation, it is not a single enzyme, but includes 12 kinds of enzymes and three coenzyme systems of the general name, Wu Yongmei happily thought, here mainly includes hexose phosphorylase, kinase, hydroreductase, enolase, decarboxylase and dehydrogenase, etc., in these enzymes there are simple enzymes, some are complex enzymes -

Wu Yongmei believes that the Ming people in this time and space cannot have a complete variety of enzymes they bring, and they must not have the concept that yeast needs nutrients, and the nutrients are also very simple, just superphosphate...... So what ancestral secret recipes and the like are scum in front of themselves-

Afterwards, Director Jianguo An asked curiously: "You said that molasses processing alcohol was so complicated at that time, but why is wine cheaper than sugar?" ”

"Guoan, it's very simple, the cost of solid fermentation is lower than the cost of liquid fermentation, and the yield is higher, so on the contrary, the wine of Mingda 6 is cheaper--after the mass production of your three major potatoes, the cost will all be reduced-"

The lack of yeast technology caused the production of this Ming workshop to drop by another 30 percent.

There is also the problem of external environmental conditions.

On the one hand, the method of improving the efficiency of molasses alcohol fermentation should pay attention to adjusting the external environmental conditions of yeast so that the external factors are suitable for the requirements of the internal laws of yeast, and on the other hand, there must be excellent yeast strains with high osmotic pressure and high temperature resistance, so as to be suitable for molasses alcohol fermentation.

Molasses alcohol fermentation should be carried out in a closed fermentation tank. This theory is based on the fact that the fermentation process of molasses alcohol is a non-aerobic biochemical oxidation process, and its biological oxidation is self-contained, and in the case of aerobic, due to respiration, the alcohol production is greatly reduced, and the consumption of sugar is also slowed down per unit time.

Therefore, when yeast is fermented with molasses alcohol, it should be carried out in a closed fermentation tank.

However, seeing the current level of sealing of the Ming people, it is still far from good.

This in turn has reduced production by at least 30 percent -- so that their output is not yet 10 percent under modern technology -- and this is still theoretical. After deducting human operation and other factors, they can't process two kilograms of anhydrous alcohol with 100 kilograms of molasses, if it is converted into the degree of wine they are producing now, Wu Yongmei sniffed the aroma of wine wafting around, it should not be more than 30 degrees, calculate more for them, 100 kilograms of molasses produces 10 kilograms of wine...... What a waste of raw materials.

Wu Yongmei whispered to Jianguoan: "Let's go back-"

At that time, after returning to the base, Wu Yongmei was very excited, she said: "These Ming people of ours, do you know how amazing they are?!" ”

Director Jianguo'an was dizzy, didn't you say on the road that they couldn't be Mingren?

"At present, in this time and space, the whole world's molasses processing method is to use the open batch fermentation method, which is in direct contact with the air and is not conducive to gas fermentation, and it is also easy to be infected with miscellaneous bacteria, and it is also easy to cause alcohol loss, and the utilization rate of equipment is very low. Haha, all the brands of rum you guys have heard of are produced this way.

But the Ming people were able to use the multi-level continuous fermentation method! And this is still from the technology brought by the Ming Dai 6, and from the vague words of the Ming man, we can also infer that this technology can be at least a hundred years ahead of the year - if everyone is put on a level playing field, they are now invincible - even with the current production capacity, all rum will be squeezed out of the market at once! ”

Director Jianguo An calmed down and said, "I understand what you mean, that is, they are now the world's first in the ability to process this sugarcane wine?" ”

"Well, that's right."

"And what about the technology you prepared?"

"The cost of raw materials is one-fifth of theirs, and the production capacity is not less than four times ......"

In the plan submitted before the crossing, Wu Yongmei decided to use the synchronous saccharification fermentation technology first.

This technique combines enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol fermentation in the same fermenter, and because the degree of cellulose hydrolysis in the fermenter is much lower than the degree of glucose consumption, it creates favorable conditions for the conversion of sugar into ethanol and improves the efficiency of cellulase.

In addition, the advantages of synchronous saccharification fermentation include short fermentation time, reduced external microbial contamination, ethanol storage in the reaction medium, and anaerobic conditions.

Of course, the biggest advantage of this technology for the traverser is that it requires less equipment...... This qiē is all due to Li Ziqiang.

At that time, the director of Jianguo An said thoughtfully: "But that workshop can't be wasted......"

"Well, Jianguo, I also thought that I could provide them with technical support, and if I could still cultivate a national brand......"

"Yongmei, your idea is really good, 'enterprises build a platform, science and technology lead the exhibition', in that world, this can be on TV. It's so good you can go and try it. ”

The next day, Wu Yongmei found a technician to help, and the two went to the sugarcane wine workshop together.

Then Wu Yongmei came back with a snort.

Director Jianguo An deliberately smiled and said, "What, he agreed?" ”

No, he simply refused...... But the attitude is very good, but they don't agree with me to help them. ”

"The problem with Yan zhòng is to educate the Ming people," said Director Jianguo'an, pretendingly, "and it turns out that your method is useless...... See if my method is good? ”

"Don't repeat the construction, maybe my words are not clear, I'll go again tomorrow......"

On the third day, Wu Yongmei came back angrily.

"Guoan, how can you think like that, think I want their secret recipe?! The alcohol he produced was only 22 proof, and there was no mixing and technical ...... Why don't you understand my kindness......"

Director Jianguoan immediately made her a pot of tea, but she couldn't be angry with this wife and sister......

"Yongmei, we only have two ways now, one is to force him, and the other is for us to find someone else to do it...... Persuasion is useless to anyone who rests on his laurels. ”

"Okay, let's find someone else, who are you going to find?"

"Liu Jie. He is willing to take refuge sincerely, even if he pinchs his nose, he will admit it......"

Wu Yongmei said: "If we provide him with equipment, will we still have enough?" ”

Director Jianguo An smiled and said, "We don't provide equipment support...... Only providing yeast and some simple technical services, are you sure to beat them in the market......"

"Hmph, they're finished!" After Wu Yongmei said a foul word, she felt a little more comfortable.

Zhangjia sugarcane wine was well-known in Fujian back then, and the wine-making technology has been passed down for three generations.

During the Fujian rebellion, just in time for the second generation of heirs to be critically ill, he took the third generation of heirs, Zhang Wanan, to the hospital bed and told him that the secret recipe of this koji was passed down by his grandfather's grandfather...... Let him use his life to save the secret recipe, and pass on the male but not the female, Zhang Wanan knelt down and swore to the sky.

Then the second-generation heir said, get out of here, now that the war is in chaos, don't let people snatch the secret recipe, with this secret recipe, you can live anywhere in the world.

After finishing the funeral of the second-generation heir, the third-generation heir Zhang Wanan crossed the sea to Taiwan with more than 20 people from the Zhang family.

Of course, the Hongmao people welcomed it, and it was easy to rent it to the sugar cane fields, so they started a business. Not to mention that molasses is cheap, it can be stored well all year round, and it can always remain viscous.

The wine they produce is very popular with the people here, and even the people of Angmao are full of praise...... The people of the Zhang family have a good life.

Later, a group of people who claimed to be from the Hantang Group came, and after a period of chaos, they calmed down again.

The good news is that the poll tax has been abolished, and this time the whole family of more than 20 people, plus the five or six people who later blossomed, more than 30 people can save a lot of money. This is a good person in the Han and Tang Dynasty.

The bad news is that they have taken back all the sugar cane fields they have leased, saying that they are under unified management to save costs and resources. Then let the tenants work and give the horses...... I can really get the rice back, but I have to pay it back later. It's the same with those farmlands.

What about the output on the sugarcane fields? The people of the Hantang Group said that they used the sugarcane fields that rotated crops this year, and now they have seventy percent of the harvest of the sugarcane fields with roots, and thirty percent of the land rent belongs to the Hantang Group...... What do you mean?

Don't the people of the Hantang Group have a monopoly on sugar trading? Someone inquired worriedly, but the people of the Hantang Group asked very strangely: "Why can we only buy and sell the things you produce and process?" We are not here from the big cities of Antarctica, and we are not here to do a monopoly! You buy and sell as you like......"

Oh my God, are they stupid?

On the issue of sugar, the people of Hantang Group have discussed it, concentrated on acquisition, centralized trade, seemingly to save costs, and increased pricing power. However, this is a false proposition, and it is essentially a predation...... For example, the Dutch engaged in the sugar monopoly here, they just regarded this place as a colony, and they did not have the slightest intention to show this place, and asked their core intentions, or a mentality of getting some money and running away.

Saving costs is saving their costs, increasing their pricing power, and increasing their pricing power. It has nothing to do with Taiwan's Ming sugar farmers.

The monopolistic behavior in this is too addictive and too lucrative. Sugar can be monopolized, but salt can be monopolized? Can tobacco be monopolized? Can iron be monopolized?

Chairman Wu Dapeng said at the time: "What are we here for? Earning money? Or is it a relationship with an ancient woman? ”

Everyone understands his tendencies.

But if all are released, will there be vicious competition? Will there be a race to lower prices for exports, which will hurt the local economy?

Director Song Shida checked the information and said, "I can easily find such examples...... The other side of the world. ”

"This is still a false proposition," said Manager Mei Lezhi, pushing the glasses that did not have zài on his nose, "the phenomenon mentioned by Director Song is a characteristic solitary evidence, in a free economic system, the economy has natural mobility, we can see that there is an invisible hand pushing it, and this impetus is not subject to human will but inevitably conforms to the laws of nature, because it itself is the result of the combined force of various natural laws...... The source of that vicious competition is the will of the people, or the private will of a small group, which needs to arise in a specific organizational structure of power and asset ownership. ”

Chairman Wu Dapeng added: "Local and central, yours and mine." ”

At that time, Director Li Ziqiang was used to such discussions, and he looked at Director Sun De.

Director Sun De whispered: "If this thing really belongs to you, can you sell it at a loss?" ”

"I'm sick. But if it's to suppress the opponent, maybe it will. ”

Director Sun De whispered: "You are talking about competitive strategy, I am talking about the essence of a certain phenomenon. We're talking two different things, and you're starting to talk nonsense again......"

In this way, they completely abandoned the monopoly management of the Dutch, such a lame means of plundering wealth, and the people of the Han Tang group were ashamed to follow suit.

Of course, Zhang Wanan didn't know that there was such a meeting, and he was happy that he could also do the sugar business. But he thought about it again, damn it, someone else can do it, and this needs to be cautious.

Judging from Zhang Wanan's survival experience, don't think of others as good people, there will be no sugar cubes in the sky.

Sure enough, one morning, three people from the Hantang Group came running. Among them was a woman, half a head taller than herself.

One of them was the director here, holding a small box and didn't know what he was doing, and the other was from the security team, which was more like an iron tower...... I heard that he could beat six or seven rotten boys alone, but fortunately he was silent and just stood and watched, but he didn't dare to provoke him.

The woman looked east and west, sometimes touching with her hands, and sometimes pulling and pulling with the director, which was really uneducated.

Zhang Wanan looked at it with a smile on the side, but sneered in his heart, look, these objects are not important, my secret recipe has long been firmly remembered in my heart, you can't see it!

The director also wanted to interrogate his secret recipe, but he cleverly avoided it. But they must not let it go.

Sure enough, the next day, the woman came again, Zhang Wanan smiled carefully, but resolutely refused, no matter how fanciful she said.

On the third day, she actually came again, hehe, so unwilling, but how could it be, can it be more important than his swear to guarantee with his life?

Those people finally gave up and stopped coming to themselves.

Zhang Wanan put his mind at ease. These people are still good, at least they didn't rob them openly.

A few days later, he heard that Liu Jie had also opened a wine workshop.

Zhang Wanan sneered and thought, there are many people who have opened wine workshops around me, which one is not closed in the end?

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