Chapter 16: Winemaking
Di Ning deliberately mentioned Song Bo, firstly, to show his respect for him, and secondly, to mean that he represented his own side.
"We have a lot of grain left, and this year's harvest is coming soon, and there will be more grain coming in, and the pressure on savings will be even greater. Dineh's idea was that since the two disagreed, they would simply do both, and whoever did it well, the family would benefit.
Song Yiren just smiled and didn't nod, which meant that whatever the little master said, it was what it was. But Di Yan was not greedy enough, and wanted to take care of all the excess food by him.
"I still think that brewing wine is too risky and do not support this plan, and I think your second uncle agrees with me." Di Yan regarded Di Ning's concession as weakness, and also used the reputation of Di Hong, who was not present, to put pressure on Di Ning.
"Yes, the second brother is right, I don't support winemaking." There was a echo from outside the door, and a person who was Shi Shiran walked in, winked at Di Yan, smiled, and sat down on the chair next to him, it was Di Ning's second uncle Di Hong.
In fact, Di Hong and Di Yan usually have many disputes, but now they need to join forces to deal with Di Ning in the big house.
Di Yan was a little depressed, he really can't talk about ghosts at night, and he can't talk about people during the day, so he will be there as soon as he says it. In this way, with the strength of two people, of course, the possibility of selling grain can be increased, but I am afraid that the benefits will only be divided into a part.
Song Yiren was still silent and didn't speak, since the little master is here, let him deal with it, how much money he makes is not as important as letting the little master get exercise.
The two uncles joined forces, but Di Ning was calm, and glanced at Song Yiren, but saw that he was just looking at him with a smile, and he didn't have the slightest worry.
Di Ning's heart moved, and he immediately understood what Song Bo was thinking, and couldn't help but be moved in his heart.
In this case, I have to give Song Bo an unexpected surprise anyway.
smiled and said slowly: "Since the two uncles are not at ease about winemaking, otherwise, even if the winemaking is my big house, the business of selling grain, even if it is the two uncles, everyone will do their own thing, and they will be responsible for their own profits and losses, what do you think?" ”
What? Di Hong and Di Yan thought they heard it wrong? The two looked at each other, a little unbelievable that such a good thing could happen.
To be honest, they do not support winemaking, and do not deny that they are selfish, but part of the reason is that they are not optimistic and think that the possibility of loss is very great.
Now that Dinin actually said that they should do their own thing, of course they are happy, at least, selling grain is always really profitable, because Dining said this, the money earned does not have to be handed over to the family.
"Yes, yes, what nephew Ning said is the best way, we all support it!" Di Hong and Di Yan were afraid that Song Yiren would oppose it, so they hurriedly nodded and agreed, supporting Di Ning's decision for the first time.
Song Yiren was a little surprised in his heart, the little master came back this time, he was calm and flexible, it seems that Master Zhao Gongming taught well.
Song Yiren secretly sighed in his heart, but he didn't know that his little master had been replaced by another person.
"Then it's decided, Uncle Song, you go and count how much surplus grain there is, let's just buy it for three parts, and we will buy it at eighty percent of the current market price." Dinen further determined the distribution plan so as not to cause unnecessary disputes.
The market price is eighty percent, which is a reasonable wholesale price, after all, there is also the cost of labor and site loss, so there is no objection to the people present.
Seeing the two uncles leave, Di Ning turned his head and asked with a smile: "Uncle Song, how do you plan to make wine?" ”
Since the winemaking was proposed by Song Yiren, with his shrewdness, of course he would be fully prepared.
"Little master, in fact, it is not difficult to make wine, the difficult thing is to preserve." Song Yiren saw the maturity of the little master, and now he was in a very good mood, smiled brightly, and patiently explained: "To preserve food for a long time, the best thing is of course Bingjian, and secondly, use the ice cellar." ”
"Oh, Bingjian, Ice Cellar." Dineh nodded and asked, "It's all made of ice, and the cost is not small." ”
The Shang Dynasty did not have refrigerators, but there was a kind of "bingjian" used to store food in the "Zhou Li", which was a box-like thing that put ice on the outside and then put the food in the middle of the ice.
Ice cellar is the accumulation of ice in the cellar so that the entire cellar is kept cold. Both can be preserved.
It's the beginning of March, and the ice cubes can still be found, but after the summer, it's even more difficult to preserve the ice than to preserve the sake.
"Hehe, little master, don't worry, I once asked others for advice, the wine brewed does not need to be placed in the ice cellar, as long as the cellar is dug deep, the temperature below is low enough." Song Yiren happily told the secret.
Dineh thought to himself that he was right, and he didn't need to keep it for a long time, as long as it was a day or two, the control between brewing and sales would be much easier.
The method used by Song Bo may be feasible, but what Di Ning has in mind is another matter.
In modern times, have you ever seen wine that needs to be preserved with ice?
One reason why Song Bo's method needs to be stored at low temperature is that the alcohol content of the wine is too low!
But Dine Ning is from modern times, since there are low-alcohol beer, rice wine, and liquor with an alcohol content of up to 40 or even more than 60.
Have you ever seen a liquor that needs to be refrigerated?
The manufacturing of liquor is not complicated, even a small village shop can do it, in the final analysis, it is to brew the lees, plus distillation and cooling.
Di Ning's father likes to drink homemade five black wine, which is to use liquor above 50 degrees, add black dates, black sesame, black beans, black ants, black eucommia, and then add a small amount of honey, sealed and brewed for 3 months.
And this liquor is made of rural rice wine made by farmers.
Because it is often Dining who goes to this rural winery to pick up the goods, he has a certain grasp of the brewing process that is not complicated.
Since Song Bo can make low-alcohol liquor, what he needs to do now is to distill and purify it on this basis, the bronze manufacturing technology of the Shang Dynasty has been very mature, and it is not difficult to build a distillation cooling device.
"Uncle Song, I have seen a method of wine-making from the collection of the sect, and the wine brewed is better than the current ones on the market, so you can try it." Di Ning lowered his voice, pretending to be mysterious, attracting Song Yiren's curiosity.
It can't be said that it was brought over from later generations, and the sect's collection of books is an excellent excuse.
"Immortal law?" Song Yiren shouted with joy and suddenly stood up from his chair in surprise.
"Well, yes, it's the Immortal Law." It seems that he still underestimates the worship of secular people in the monastic world. Maybe in their eyes, all of them are living immortals with great powers.