At dusk, under Zhu Yuanfeng's repeated urging, Fan Ning had no choice but to leave and take Zhu Yuanfeng to his home.

As soon as Fanning left, Juppé began to complain about his grandfather.

"That piece of Xishan Travel Stone is so precious, and my grandfather is embarrassed to ask for other people's things for nothing?"

Zhu Yuanfu smiled and said to his granddaughter: "Didn't he give me a birthday gift?" Since it's a birthday gift, of course I accept it as a matter of course. ”

"Is it good that people's birthday gifts have been given, the two bottles of wine and the third grandfather are like treasures, which means that they are also very valuable, how can there be two birthday gifts? Grandfather knew how to bully children! ”

Zhu Yuanfu laughed, "He's not an ordinary child, grandfather is joking with you, to be honest, I really don't dare to take Fanning's things for nothing." ”

Zhu Pei was really a little puzzled, "Then why did grandfather accept it?" ”

Zhu Yuanfu took his granddaughter's hand lovingly and said: "I offered 10,000 taels of silver, Fan Ning was not moved, but gave me the Xishan Travel Stone, this kid is very angry, of course I will not ask for his stone in vain, but at that time, it will be vulgar to mention the money, and I will repay him this favor in the future." ”

After a pause, Zhu Yuanfu smiled again: "It's the same with your Uncle Zhou, he is just joking with Fan Ning, he will not ask for that stone in vain, he will return this favor." ”

Zhu Pei muttered in a low voice: "That piece of the Three Pools Reflecting Moon Stone, I don't plan to repay his favor." ”

Zhu Yuanfu smiled slightly: "Aren't you going to invest three thousand taels of silver in his shop?" That piece of the Three Pools Reflecting the Moon Stone should be regarded as the interest of the investment, and you can just accept it with peace of mind. ”

"That's it! He owes me a loan shark, how can it be so easy to pay off. ”

When it came to investing three thousand taels of silver, Zhu Pei immediately stretched out his hand and asked his grandfather for money with a smile: "The three thousand taels of silver I saved with great difficulty, and I am afraid that he will lose money if I vote for that stinky boy, so it is better for my grandfather to lend it to me!" ”

Zhu Yuanfu's eyes widened, this little guy is so good at calculating! She wants to take favors, but the money is for herself.

"Grandfather, how are you doing?"

Zhu Pei grabbed his grandfather's arm and said coquettishly: "Three thousand taels of silver is not like a drizzle to you?" ”

Zhu Yuanfu really had no choice but to take this precious granddaughter, so he had to agree, "Okay!" All right! Grandfather promised you. ”

Zhu Pei was secretly proud in his heart, as long as his grandfather took out the money, what kind of customer! Availability! Can he leave it alone?

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"Old man, this is my house, and what you want is in my house."

Fan Ning took Zhu Yuanfeng to the door of the house, and he knocked on the door hard, "Mother, I'm back!" ”

After a while, the door creaked open, and Zhang Sanniang saw her son coming back, and said with a smile: "I came back so early, didn't you say that the birthday banquet will end in the evening?" ”

"I'd like to come back later, but there's an old gentleman who can't wait!"

Zhang Sanniang found that her son was followed by an old man, and she was startled, "Ning'er, this old man is ....."

Zhu Yuanfeng said with a smile: "I am Zhu Pei's third grandfather, I have something to ask Ling Lang to help, I am disturbed." ”

"Ahh Officials, please come in. ”

When Zhang Sanniang heard about Zhu Daguanren's brother, she was a little at a loss, and hurriedly said: "Ning'er, you quickly invite the Daguan into the house to sit, and I will go to find your father." ”

"Mother, you don't need to go to Daddy, the old gentleman will talk to me about the county taxi competition, and I'll go back later."

Zhang Sanniang hesitated, she thought about it and said, "Okay! Ning'er, you greet the guests. ”

"Sir, please come with me!"

Fan Ning took Zhu Yuanfeng to the small building where he lived, most of the rooms in the small building were empty, Fan Ning opened a vacant room on the first floor, pushed the door open, and a strong smell of wine came to his face.

This is Fanning's wine-making workshop.

Although Zhang Sanniang prefers to search her son's room, she is still more open-minded in some aspects, and she generally does not interfere with her son's money-making plans.

Fan Ning lit the lamp, Zhu Yuanfeng's eyes lit up, and he was immediately attracted by the lamp in Fan Ning's hand, this doesn't seem to be an oil lamp!

This is Fanning's own invention of the alcohol lamp, he repeatedly distilled the wine to 70 degrees, which can be used for lighting, but this is just his play, there is no commercial value, and the cost of buying a candle is more than enough.

He originally considered using it for his father to disinfect his wounds, but his father's disinfection with concentrated salt water was actually good, and he didn't need alcohol.

"Is this wine?" Zhu Yuanfeng smelled the smell.

"It should be said that it is alcohol, the essence of wine, it can be burned, but it is too laborious to extract, and the cost is too great, a jar of Pingjiangfu wine can only get a cup, it is too strong."

Zhu Yuanfeng's heart was full of interest in this new thing, he played with the alcohol lamp for a long time, and then put down the lamp and came to the center of the room.

Before the advent of distilled spirits, the liquor of various dynasties and generations was in the same lineage, and the quality of liquor was divided by 'three liquors and five qi'.

The three types of sake are divided into shishu, shishu, and sake.

Shijiu is a temporary brew of wine because of a certain event, such as Tusu wine for the New Year, realgar wine for the Dragon Boat Festival, winter wine for the winter solstice, sacrificial wine and so on.

Due to the short fermentation time, the taste is relatively poor.

Xijiu is a wine that can be stored for a short time, relatively mellow, and the wine sold in the market is generally past-its-old, and it will be sour for a long time.

The heroes in "Water Margin" often scold, 'The wine in your bird shop is sour!' 'refers to the old wine, and even the bottle of incense that Wu Song drank is also the old wine.

In the past, the wine was very turbid, and there were more lees and dregs, so it was also called turbid wine.

Sake is brewed in winter and matured in summer, with the longest storage time, clear color, the highest among wines, and the most expensive price.

Li Bai Shiyun: 'Golden bottle of sake bucket ten thousand', that is, a bucket of sake sells for ten yuan.

The famous liquor of the big restaurants in Bianliang, Tokyo generally refers to sake, and the Zhongshan Yuanzi Dangjia Liquor Qianri Chun, which Fan Ning brought back from the capital, is a kind of sake.

The five qi in the wine refers to the division of the color of the old wine, according to the degree of turbidity of the wine, it is divided into pan qi, liqi, angqi, tiqi and shen qi, and the five qi all refer to the turbid wine, which will not be detailed here.

In addition, the Great Song Dynasty also popularized citrus wine, wine, pear wine, plum wine, coconut wine and other fruit wines, and then there are Khitan and Western Xia milk wine, or the medicinal wine brewed by the rich and noble, etc.

Zhu Yuanfeng came to the center of the house and saw a rather large charcoal basin, which Fanning used to make a fire.

There is an urn on the charcoal basin, and a small iron pot is buckled upside down on the urn, which is the alcohol condenser, and a bamboo tube is hung on the mouth of the iron pot, and the condensed alcohol flows into the bowl along the bamboo tube.

In fact, the principle of distillation is very simple and easy, just like a piece of paper, it will be broken when stabbed, but it was not until the middle of the Southern Song Dynasty that the process of distillation finally appeared.

"Old man, this is my processing secret!"

Zhu Yuanfeng watched it for a long time, but he still didn't understand.

"Fan Shaolang, I really don't understand, please demonstrate it!"

Fan Ning had already prepared it last night, he took out the remaining half of the Pingjiangqiao wine, poured half a bowl and handed it to Zhu Yuanfeng with a smile, "Old man, try this wine first." ”

Zhu Yuanfeng took the wine bowl and tasted it, it was too familiar, it was the Pingjiangqiao wine brewed in his own workshop.

"I know this wine, and then what to do?"

At this time, Zhang Sanniang came in with two cups of tea, and she frowned, "Ning'er, why are you inviting guests to drink here, if you don't say it earlier, I'll go and prepare a few dishes!" ”

"Mother! It's not about drinking, I'm teaching the old gentleman to make wine, it's a very important thing, you should go out first! ”

Fanning took the teacup and pushed her mother out.

Zhang Sanniang was confused, she saw that the officials were very focused, and she didn't bother to ask, so she turned around and left.

In the room, Fanning poured wine into the urn, a pot of firewood had been lit, and in a short time, the room began to smell of alcohol.

The core of distilled spirits technology is temperature control, the boiling point of ethanol is 78 degrees, and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees, so you can't boil water, 80 or 90 degrees is the best.

Zhu Yuanfeng stared at it very carefully, he probably understood a little, it looked very simple, why couldn't he think of it.

"Old man, the key is temperature control, to ensure that the water can't be boiled, but it's not too cold, it's almost the best temperature to bubble under the water."

The bottom of the water is bubbling, almost 80 degrees.

Zhu Yuanfeng nodded, and he firmly remembered every word of Fan Ning.

"The utensils I made were still too simple, and the wine was overflowing, so it was better to seal it up and only open one outlet, just like a retort."

At this time, the shiny soju has been dripping down the bamboo tube into the large porcelain bowl.

Zhu Yuanfeng lay on the ground, staring at the mouth of the bamboo pipe, his eyes widened.

Fan Ning took half a glass with a small wine glass and handed it to Zhu Yuanfeng and said with a smile: "This wine is very strong, the old man drinks it, I'm afraid that ordinary water wine will not be able to eat." ”

"I'll try it!"

Zhu Yuanfeng took the wine glass and tasted it carefully, now the distilled wine is at least fifty degrees, and the entrance is quite spicy, Zhu Yuanfeng swallowed the wine, only to feel a fire line down his throat.

He was shocked in his heart, and when a wave of warmth surged from his chest and abdomen, he was suddenly surprised and delighted.

"Good!"

Zhu Yuanfeng slapped the table and praised: "It's extremely painful, it's just a stroke of genius, when this wine comes out, other stores in the capital will kneel at my feet." ”

The more he thought about it, the more proud he became, Zhu Yuanfeng couldn't help but raise his head and laugh.

Fan Ning smiled slightly, "Don't you think the old man has a different taste than the wine I gave in the morning?" ”

Zhu Yuanfeng thought about it carefully, it was really different, the wine sent by Fan Ning was not so strong, and there was a special fragrance, which was exceptionally sweet and long.

"That's right! How did you do it? ”

"The old man forgot the blending link?"

Zhu Yuanfeng patted his head, he is a winemaker, how could he not know blending, any wine must be blended repeatedly in order to get rid of the sour and astringent taste of the first brew.

Pingjiangqiao wine itself is a blended finished wine.

Fan Ning is based on Su Shi's "Wine Classic. According to the record in the "Winemaking", "The brewer will taste it again and again, and the tongue will weigh it ...... also " to make a simple blend.

"Now the wine is too strong, reduce the intensity of the wine by about three percent, and add a little spice, depending on your preferences, so that the taste of the wine will be better, the old man is everyone, so I don't need to say more."

Zhu Yuanfeng nodded, "I have the best blender in the world, but the idea of adding spices is not bad, I can also try it." ”

Zhu Yuanfeng pointed to Fanning's alcohol lamp and smiled: "How do you say 'alcohol'?" ”

Fan Ning smiled, "It's the same way, pour the burned wine into it and burn it repeatedly, and the wine that comes out after burning it three times can be ignited, I want to remind you that purified alcohol is very dangerous and cannot encounter open flames." ”

"You mean, this wine is burned?"

Fan Ning smiled and nodded, "The old man also saw it with his own eyes, it was burned with fire, and I named it Taihu Shochu." ”

"Taihu Shochu! Well, that's the name. ”

Zhu Yuanfeng took out half a piece of jade from his arms and handed it to Fan Ning, "You take this half of the jade to the Zhu family's silver shop in Changzhou County, and tell the shopkeeper Wang that the silver number is seven or five four, and then you can take three thousand taels of silver with this half of the jade." ”

Fan Ning was stunned, "What is this doing, old man?" ”

Zhu Yuanfeng smiled slightly, "This is for you separately, I will buy it for you in the store, and I will also give you half of the commission, aren't you going to open the Strange Stone Pavilion?" It costs money to buy goods, and I don't think you have one. ”

Fan Ning hurriedly pushed back, "Old man, this won't work, since we have said it, let's do what we said, and we can't change the hexagram again, besides, Zhu Pei will also invest three thousand taels of silver." ”

Zhu Yuanfeng gave him the jade stuff and said with a smile: "I didn't give you these three thousand taels of silver for nothing, I still have conditions!" ”

Fan Ning couldn't refuse, so he had to take the jade, and said helplessly: "Old man, please speak!" ”

Zhu Yuanfeng smiled and said: "I have three conditions, first, I am very interested in this alcohol lamp, I found that it is much brighter than the oil lamp, and it is not astringent to the eyes, this is a good thing, even if you sell it to me, I will sell the alcohol lamp to the palace at a high price."

The second is that I want to take your set of soju utensils with me, I'm afraid I'll forget it when I go back, so it's best if you draw me another set of drawings for making shochu.

The third condition is that you take two days to go to Pingjiangqiao Winery and give me good guidance on my winemaker and winemaker. These three thousand taels of silver are not easy to take! ”

Of course, Zhu Yuanfeng was not panicked with too much money, he had to give Fan Ning 3,000 taels of silver, but he really had no bottom in his heart, and he took a big advantage by exchanging a façade selling stones for the key technology of winemaking.

This kind of advantage can't be taken advantage of, even if Fanning is young and doesn't realize that he is at a loss, but what about his parents?

Once his parents feel that the deal has suffered a big loss, there is a good chance that they will sell the brewing technology to someone else, and their exclusive possession will be in vain.

This is the truth of taking advantage of a small advantage and suffering a big loss, Zhu Yuanfeng has been in the shopping mall for many years, he knows that this kind of advantage must not be taken advantage of, and he must make up for all the money that should be given.

Fanning nodded, "I agree to all three conditions, but I want to remind the old man that this soju technique must not be leaked." ”

Zhu Yuanfeng smiled bitterly, who is afraid of leaking technology.

"You don't have to worry about this problem, several winemakers and winemakers are old people who have followed me for thirty years, and they are loyal to me, but you kid makes me feel uneasy, don't go out to show off your good wine, I'm worried that the threshold of your house will be broken by the wine merchants from all over the world."

Fan Ning smiled slightly: "Old man, please let go of a hundred hearts!" ”