Jinghu County. On the official road to the north, a large number of cavalry escorted a man in brocade clothes.

A few miles away from the 500 cavalry guards, there were quite a few scouts running back and forth.

The businessmen who met by chance on the way were all surprised and guessed the identity of the man.

If someone is sharp-eyed, and the man is ten steps away, there is the county commander of Jinghu County standing cautiously, and his face is extremely respectful.

This majestic man in brocade is naturally Chen Wu.

After the annexation of Ninghai in a calm manner, the newly incorporated prefectures and counties were initially pacified, and Chen Wu led an army to return to Dengzhou first.

Unexpectedly, on the way, I received good news from Kanggu in Jinghu County, and immediately decided to temporarily move to the northwest from Wushan Mansion and arrived at Jinghu.

Knowing that the lord of the three counties was coming, the Jinghu County Commander was naturally terrified, and he couldn't wait to go ten miles out of the city to greet him.

At this moment, Chen Wu went straight to Kanggu, although the county order was a little regretful, but he did not hesitate, insisted on following, and reported to Chen Wu along the way the changes in Jinghu over the years.

"Your Excellency the Governor, please go a few hundred meters ahead, and you will be out of the original official road and arrive at the newly built passage for the Omani troops."

Because there was no drag from the infantry and other retinues, the brigade marched at a high pace.

As he spoke, hundreds of people broke away from the official road that originally ended ten miles north of Jinghu County and arrived at the newly built passageway.

The first impression that catches the eye is that it is flat, wide and neat!

The passage of ten paces wide can definitely not be considered narrow in this era.

Not only the foundation is tamped, but the soil used for the roadbed is the cooked soil that has been fried by fire, mixed with a large amount of gravel, and finally repeatedly rammed with heavy stones.

It is certainly incomparable with the cement and asphalt of the other world, but the quality is definitely not inferior to the official road of the empire's major, and even surpasses it.

The surrender of 6,000 troops of the Valanga Division was indeed a valuable asset.

After galloping on this flat section of the road for a while, Chen Wu couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and was firm in his idea of further squeezing these surrendered troops.

Anyway, as long as they are not driven to death, the Omanis can't say anything, do they want to be raised as an uncle?

The group had traveled almost a mile, and there was a narrow mark on the ground made of burnt tiles.

This is also what Chen Wu asked to lay, laying one every mile, so that the merchant and even the army can easily determine their own position and distance from the target.

Not only the section of the road from Jinghu to Kanggu, but also the entire section of Tiannan County, including the official road that will be rebuilt in the future, will have this unified design.

The total length of this newly built passage is about 20 miles.

After experiencing the sign of 20 floor tiles, Kanggu, where Hanjingfang is located, appeared in front of everyone.

Compared with the first time the winemaker Du Chun brought people to find this place, Kanggu's appearance has changed drastically.

Originally, this was a wilderness valley that was inaccessible.

Now, on the other hand, the entrance to the valley has been dug and enlarged by manpower, and the ground has been built neatly.

The winery guards and winemaking masters who had already received the news lined up to welcome Chen Wu's arrival here.

"No need to be polite."

Chen Wu is not very interested in this kind of complicated etiquette, he may be very happy and proud when he is so welcomed at first, but he will feel bored and bored after many times.

If you have this time to welcome yourself, it is better to work overtime and do your job well.

But he also knew that this kind of respect and etiquette was necessary, and even if he didn't care, his subordinates would be upset by it.

With a kind smile and a few words chatting with the masters here, Chen Wu entered the interior of Kanggu under the protection of the brigade guards.

Not far from the valley, many sake brewery buildings have been built.

On the cliff on the east side, a former cave was used to expand the sake brewing and storage cellar.

Farther away, near several springs of various sizes, a channel was opened to divert water, which was convenient for the brewery's masters.

Perhaps because the wine and food are already ripe, there is a faint aroma of wine wafting in the air, which can be clearly smelled even outside the wine shop, which arouses the wine worms of many cavalry.

"What about Du Chun? Why didn't you come? ”

circle, but he has never seen this brewing master who was personally tied up from Hanjing County, Taiping County, Chen Wu couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"This ......"

Several of the invited brewing masters, you and me, were a little helpless on their faces, and finally the most senior master said: "Master Du is busy inside, after all, today is the first pot of wine." I couldn't come out to greet him in person, and I hope that the Governor will not be surprised! ”

The way people are spitting and spitting, Chen Wu can roughly understand it as soon as he hears it.

He had long known that Du Chun was obsessed with winemaking, and he could leave the bride at home and leave the empty room alone that night in the cave house, so he didn't care.

As long as Du Chun can make good wine for him, this disrespect is nothing at all.

Chen Wu, who came from another world, was naturally not able to understand the people of this world.

Seeing that Chen Wu was not angry, but walked towards the winery with great interest, several wine-making masters breathed a sigh of relief.

Glancing at each other, the swarm followed.

"Lord Governor!"

Wu personally brought people over, and Du Chun knew what to do no matter how unfamiliar he was.

What's more, Chen Wu had promised him before that he could give him a 10% bonus from selling wine, which would be passed on for three generations!

With such a promise, he was very grateful to Chen Wu, and the resentment and dissatisfaction that he had forcibly tied up had long since disappeared.

Because of this, I have always been very concerned about the construction of the winery in Kanggu.

Finally, with all the preparations in place, the trial production began about a month ago, and a series of preliminary preparations such as soaking grain steaming and cold mixing koji were completed.

Today, the sake is already ripe and is only waiting for the final step of distillation.

"Can we start?"

Chen Wufang's ground pot steaming barrel and other equipment, asked about this famous brewer in "Empire".

"Just a word from the Governor!"

Saying this, Du Chun, who was full of confidence, made a starting gesture to the winery workers who had been preparing for a long time next to him.

Immediately, someone picked up a wooden shovel, put the concocted wine and grain raw materials into the barrel, and poured them into the ground pot.

This is just the beginning, the next step is to steam the wine over a fire, and finally the cooled wine is processed and bottled into a jar, which takes a long time.

Du Chun was worried that Chen Wu would be impatient, so while dealing with other brewing masters, he would give advice from time to time, while introducing Chen Wu to the entire winemaking process and the process he had improved.

"Hanjingfang liquor pays attention to the integration of koji process and water quality, and it is indispensable...... When it comes to the process, it is extremely complicated, and there are many things that need to be paid attention to when it comes to steaming alone...... The cooked rice must be the outside and soft on the inside, loose and not mushy, transparent but not rotten, and uniform. If you don't master any link well, it may affect the wine production rate if you don't meet the requirements......"

There are some things that Chen Wu also knew before he crossed, but he never knew the specific details.

Listening to Du Chun's introduction, he asked casually: "How much can our wine production rate reach?" ”

This is an important issue that directly relates to the cost and yield of wine.

The higher the production rate, the lower the cost of the wine, the higher the profit of selling, and the greater the output.

If the rate of alcohol production is low, the cost is high, and even the price will be high, which in turn leads to fewer people buying wine, forming a vicious circle.

At this point, Du Chun obviously had already calculated, and said unhurriedly: "According to the type of craft koji, it is generally three catties of grain to produce one catty of wine." The craftsmanship and koji of our Hanjingfang are better, and we can use two to three taels less grain than normal. ”

That's almost one-tenth of the percentage.

Not much, in fact it is already a very staggering number.

A pot of wine may not be able to see anything, but if Hanjingfang's wine is sold all over the world, selling millions of jars or more a year, the savings of a percent of grain may be as high as tens of millions of catties!

All these savings will be turned into attractive gold coins and profits, which will flow into the finances of the Songjiang army.

As we spoke, the process of steaming the sake had begun.

Although the ventilation in the brewery is good, it inevitably becomes hot with the fire and a little spilling steam.

Chen Wu didn't insist, and under the persuasion of his subordinates, he retreated to the outside of the steaming workshop and waited.

"It's out of the wine!"

During the long wait, I don't know which brewing master shouted out, and everyone in the brewery showed excited expressions.

You must know that as early as more than a year ago, the Songjiang Army began to make preliminary preparations here, and later built a road to Kanggu.

Although Chen Wu didn't say anything, the masters who were hired at a high price were under great pressure in their hearts, and they desperately hoped that the winery could be profitable and worthy of Chen Wu's investment.

And now, that goal is finally about to be achieved.

With the increasingly rich aroma of wine, Du Chun's face was also a little more eager, staring closely at the copper pipe on the steamer, but the wine dripped.

However, the first of these wines did not taste very good, and the volume of sake produced was not yet at its peak.

Du Chun stared at the fire, and at the right time he ordered someone to replace the cold water used to condense the wine above the cauldron.

After the steaming process was restored again, and he sniffed the familiar taste that was getting better, and Du Chun's face showed satisfaction.

In the storeroom of the winery, there are already 10,000 jars of wine that have been shipped in advance.

At this moment, someone had already brought it and filled it with the real first pot of wine.

"After all, it's the first time, and the heat is still a little rusty. It is not good to store wine and grain in the cellar, if you keep it for another two years......"

After tasting a small bowl in person, Du Chun squinted his eyes slightly and made a comment, and then sent the new Hanjingfang products that were enough to challenge the time-honored famous wines such as Zhuye Qingjian Nanchun to the outside of the steaming workshop.

Everyone who is lucky enough to taste this jar of wine remembers its crisp and mellow aroma!

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