Xu Zheng divided nearly half of the four jars of citrus juice made by the senior class and the junior class, took a large pot, poured this half jar into it, boiled it for 2 minutes, and then quickly put it in cold water together with the pot to cool it until it was slightly lower than body temperature. I took out the koji I had begged for from Lao Bangka, used two of them, pounded them into powder, stirred them well in a pot and sealed them. The mother of citrus wine is ready.

After this step, you have to wait for the sake mother to sit for a day before you can use it.

By this time the mixture of barley, rice, and peas that Lucina and Carlo had steamed had been steamed and served steaming. Xu Zheng asked Angel to sweep out an empty and flat clearing, pour the mixed things up, and spread them evenly to cool down. Because their steaming process is very important, it directly affects the amount of wine produced later, so Xu Zheng lay on the ground and carefully observed the mixture after steaming, and found that it was full of water absorption, and it was ripe and loose, only a small amount of corn was not cooked thoroughly, and he couldn't help but nod his head, which was almost up to the requirement. After all, it was the first time for Aunt Lucina to steam something like this, and it was already good to be able to do this.

Since the mixture of wheat bran and honey is only pre-steamed, it does not require steaming, so Xu Zheng only requires steaming for half an hour. Soon, the steaming process of this thing is also completed, and it is also spread on the ground to cool down.

After the two things cooled down, Xu Zheng asked Lao Bangjia to instruct everyone to mix the two things with koji. This step, with the rich experience of Lao Banga, is more than competent. Xu Zheng only instructed on the side to make secret decisions, such as the mixture of royal rice, barley, and peas according to the amount of about five catties of koji, and only required that the koji be crushed into powder and mixed evenly. The mixture of honey and wheat bran is changed to one and a half, and when mixing the koji, it is not only required to be evenly mixed, but also to be able to form a lump.

Finally, the cylinder is loaded. Xu Zheng first asked for the best water quality in Zion City, and then asked Angel and Xiao Bangjia to find a way to get some of them, and then treated different raw materials differently.

Since the wine is red wine this time, it can be fermented directly, so Xu Zheng borrowed the straw lid used by Lao Bang to make citrus wine, and dragged the five wine tanks called Carlo and Luqi to a cool place to start fermenting. The water brought by Ingres and Bonga was then poured into eight tanks, each containing only one-third of the volume of the tank, a mixture of corn, barley and peas, sealed in the tanks, and then handed over to Carlo to be dragged into the house to begin fermentation. As for the mixture of honey and wheat bran, Xu Zheng directly stuffed it into four large vats, and put it in the courtyard to ferment.

After all these gatherings, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and all the people in the courtyard had not yet eaten. But the strange thing is that everyone is in high spirits, except for Xu Zheng, no one feels hungry. It wasn't until Xu Zheng shouted that Lucina was so busy that she hadn't even cooked yet.

It doesn't matter if a few of you delay a meal. But there are also outsiders such as Lao Banga's grandfather and grandson, and it is not good to starve with them. For fear of neglecting a distinguished guest like Lao Banga's grandfather and grandson, Lucina hurriedly went to cook.

Lao Banga didn't feel hungry at all, and his mind was all on the dozen or so tanks that Xu Zheng had made. He saw and participated in the whole process, and he felt more and more admiration for Xu Zheng, a teenager who was less than a quarter of his age. The whole preparation process before fermentation has many steps and processes, not only has he never seen it, but he has not even heard of it, and many of Xu Zheng's methods are unbelievable at first glance, and he can't figure out the reason. While remembering Xu Zheng's method with his heart, Lao Bangjia couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and asked: "Xu boy, how kind of wine are you going to make? I see that your methods are quite different, and it can't be just one kind of wine." ”

Xu Zheng smiled: "I knew that Grandpa Banga knew at a glance that I had made more than one kind of wine this time." I made a total of four wines. No, it's five. Angel, do me a favor, see if there are any empty bottles?"

Angel answered, and went to find ten empty bottles. Xu Zheng happily ran to the wine vat, filled the seven bottles, and asked Angels to cut ten wooden stoppers to plug the mouth of the bottle tightly, so as not to leak the grape juice, and then turned the cross bottle upside down and took it to ferment.

Seeing Xu Zheng's actions, Xiao Bangjia asked curiously: "Could it be that the wine in the bottle is different? Can you make different wines from the same ingredients?"

Xu Zheng smiled: "Yes, different processes can make different wines. Let me tell you, this time I'm going to make five kinds of wine, red wine, sparkling wine, soy bean koji, honey white wine, and local beer. ”

Old Banga gasped, making five kinds of wine in one class. Isn't it too powerful? After a moment's hesitation, he said, "But I only see four?"

Xu Zheng said: "Isn't there still barley waiting for germination in the water? ”

When Angel heard this, he suddenly became energetic and said, "I'll just say it." You can't ask me to soak that big pile of barley in water for nothing. It turns out that there is a follow-up. I'll be back tomorrow. Hahaha. ”

Carlo also smiled: "It's really interesting. I'll come tomorrow too, and the mercenary union won't go for the time being. I'm really looking forward to seeing what Xu Zheng can come up with. Just like his barbecue, the roasting technique has never been seen before, and the taste is so good that you can't forget it after trying it once. I guess he made the wine very magically. ”

The next day, when Xu Zheng came out of the room, not only were the people from yesterday still there, but there was also an old man about the same age as Lao Bangjia, standing aside from Lao Bangjia, looking at Xu Zheng with a look of surprise and disbelief.

Old Banga said: "This is also the fifth-order brewer of the imperial capital, Barlow Wendsol. At the end, he couldn't help but sigh: "In front of you, we still call ourselves fifth-order brewers, which is really not worthy of our name." ”

Barlow took a step forward excitedly and asked, "You are the amazing little brewer?" I have seen those fermenting brewing materials, and I have heard Lao Banga talk about you, it is amazing! And rest assured, I will never pass it on without your permission. As you know, those of us who only have the hobby of sake brewing, and the attraction of hearing about a skill that we have never heard of before is unprecedented. I don't mean anything else, I just want to see and see ......what I've never seen before."

"Stop!" Xu Zheng said busily. It's amazing, this person is excited, and he can't talk endlessly.

"Believe me, I ......, then?"

"Good. Xu Zheng immediately agreed, blocking the gushing speeches that could come at any time.

Barlow also realized that he was rapping with excitement, and his old face suddenly turned red, and he quickly stopped his mouth and stood aside. Old Banga looked at him, hehe, straight and happy. I told him earlier that Xu Zheng was not as stingy as other brewers, and he didn't believe it.

Xu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and ran to see the barley grains soaked yesterday. After one night, the barley grains had fully sprouted, and each sprout was nearly a foot long, and the growth was so good that it was a bit excessive. Xu Zheng looked at the exaggerated growth of the malts, his heart moved slightly, and he subconsciously associated their strange appearance with the strange treasure of the tree man heart given to him by the tree man George. He had touched all these barley grains, and they could grow so weirdly, except for the effect of the heart of the tree man, Xu Zheng couldn't think of anything else that could affect them.

When Xu Zheng came out with those amazing growth malts, everyone was taken aback. Angel glared at Xu Zheng and said unconsciously: "Why does something become strange when you touch it?"

Xu Zheng's heart tightened, and he said, "Nonsense." Obviously, you and Taipan picked the wheat well. ”

Angel nodded hurriedly: "That's it." I can pick and choose from the big, plump ones with the eyes of thieves. Wowhaha, no wonder it looks so good!"

Everyone was skeptical, and Xu Zheng hurriedly said: "Find a way to chop them up." The sake made today is made from malt. I'm sure you've never seen it. It's called beer. ”

Of course, the best of this kind of rough work is Carlo and Luki. So a burst of sword light danced, and the hammer swung, and the malt quickly shattered to the point that it could no longer be broken.

Xu Zheng added water to the malt at a ratio of one to five and put it in a pot to boil. The original process was supposed to be a hot tub, but now there is no such thing, and then Xu Zheng can only control the temperature at 55~65 degrees by feeling. In this regard, Lao Banga and Baro are much better than Xu Zheng, the guy who made wine for the second time. It's up to them to do that.

This boil took nearly five hours, and thanks to the two experienced winemakers of Old Bangka and Ba Hao, they were there. Anyone else, including Xu Zheng, was afraid that the malt would be cooked early. Xu Zheng also knew from this that many things are very simple in theory, and their real difficulty can only be felt after they are operated in person.

Five hours later, because there was no starch reagent, Xu Zheng could only guess that the starch had been converted into maltose, and then poured it all out. After the first filtration, the filtered residue is added to the water, filtered again, and finally the wort after the two filtration is mixed together.

PS：

I'm going to let the protagonist start out with wine and food...... There's no way, I'm just so good, and I've always had a heavy appetite......