Chapter 39: The Brewery (2)
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this, and they didn't understand why Li Congyan suddenly wanted everyone to change the wine jar, and the wine jar under the copper pipe was obviously not full.
Wu Conghan subconsciously said: "Lord, the wine altar is inconvenient to ......"
"Change!" Li Congyan shouted categorically.
Li Congyan's voice could already be called an angry shout, and the people in the room were all frightened, Wu Conghan didn't dare to say much at this time, and hurriedly shouted at the apprentice to change the jar to receive the wine.
During this period, Wu Conghan and Li Sisheng glanced at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes, and they didn't understand what Li Congyan meant. However, Li Congyan has always given everyone a sense of omnipotence, from drying sea salt, making glass, to prospecting, improving technology, etc., it seems to be perfect. Although everyone didn't agree with the winemaking this time, they would not stand up against it, and subconsciously thought that Li Congyan would succeed this time.
"This smell rushes to your nose, take out the first pot of wine!" Li Congyan said again.
Li Congyan was full of momentum when he spoke, and of course the apprentices in the wine shop knew who to listen to, so he hurriedly came over and brought out the first pot of wine.
Suddenly, Li Sisheng found that the smell in the winery was no longer the smell of wine, but a real aroma of wine, a kind of wine that had never been smelled before!
It's a real aroma, not a fragrance, of course, but it makes people feel that it's a wine, and it's a very good wine, the wine is fiery, but it's a little crisp, and the combination is a little soft.
At this time, everyone in the entire brewery was twitching their noses, smelling the smell of the brewery, and their faces were full of incredulity, and even the person pulling the bellows slowed down.
Wu Conghan and Li Sisheng both saw the shock on each other's faces, they never imagined that just sorghum could brew such a strong and good wine!
Li Congyan also smelled the aroma of wine, and his face was full of joy, this is the taste of his day and night, you must know that Li Congyan was also a good wine person before the crossing, and after drinking low-alcohol rice wine for a year, he can finally drink distilled liquor again.
At this time, Li Congyan said with a smile: "Don't delay the wine, everyone can do whatever they want!" ”
Li Congyan's words were not loud, and everyone who heard them was shocked, and hurriedly got busy, Wu Conghan was stunned for a moment, but hurriedly ran to the vicinity of the steamer, reached out and scooped up a handful of wine, and drank it directly.
After a sip of strong wine, Wu Conghan stayed there for a while, and couldn't help licking his palm, went to take a handful, drank a few sips, and was stunned again.
Li Sisheng told the guy who burned the fire and added firewood, and also ran over quickly, he also knew to take a wine bowl, took a sip of wine, he also stayed there, and then drank again, the wine bowl fell to the ground, and looked at the steaming barrel with an incredible face.
At this time, the winery was already full of wine, and after smelling the previous smells, in comparison, the current taste was particularly mellow, and everyone subconsciously took a big breath.
After a while, everyone's eyes looked at Li Congyan, everyone never expected that Li Congyan, who has always been benevolent to the people and decisive in killing outsiders, would actually make wine!
"The Lord is really capable of anything, and he really knows how to make good wine!"
Li Sisheng and Wu Conghan were both sincerely amazed, and the surrounding brewing masters and apprentices were also shocked.
Wu Conghan looked very excited, and said loudly there: "Lord! If we can make such good wine, not only the whole Dengzhou, but also Qingzhou, Zizhou and further places will buy the wine we brew in the future! It's a cash cow! It's not even worse than the sea salt business! ”
Li Sisheng also said excitedly: "With this winery, whoever has drunk this kind of mellow spirits, who will go to those weak rice wines?" Lord, our shogunate has brought in a lot of money! ”
The surrounding brewers and apprentices also understood this truth, and everyone clapped their hands in celebration, and several of them shouted: "Going rich, going rich!" ”
Everyone said that they were happy and happy, Li Congyan still smiled and looked at the people in the wine shop, only to see that the apprentices next to the stove were still busy in an orderly manner, and the second pot of wine was much more than the first pot.
At this time, Li Congyan turned around and said: "What happens here is extremely important to us, and all of you are not allowed to tell anyone, including your parents and brothers, understand?" ”
Everyone listened to what Li Congyan said so cautiously, where they dared not to obey, they all nodded frequently, and everyone also knew that the interests of this winery were closely related to them, of course, they understood the importance of confidentiality, so they agreed very resolutely.
Li Congyan was still not at ease, pulled Wu Conghan and Li Si to the side, and said in a low voice: "The winery will be locked down from today, and the families of these winemakers and apprentices will be moved to live nearby, and within three years, no one will be allowed to leave the winery, and everything will be implemented in accordance with the regulations of the Liuli Workshop and the Haiyan Workshop!" ”
Wu Conghan and Li Sisheng naturally understood the powerful relationship, and immediately took the order.
Then, even Wu Conghan began to get busy with a hundred times more energy, and commanded a group of apprentices to walk towards the warehouse with the two pots of liquor in the jar.
Li Congyan looked at it with a smile, and said again: "From today on, each pot of wine must be packed in a separate wine jar and marked separately, so no one can be confused!" ”
When Li Sisheng next to him heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Lord, I'm going to write a mark and give them a look, so that it will be easier to do more standardized in the future." ”
Li Congyan said with a smile: "It's okay! ”
After that, everyone went their separate ways, and Li Congyan also asked Wu Conghan to find a small Mazha, and sat on the edge of the stove and waited.
This second pot produces the most wine, and it takes a little longer, and then the water is changed twice, until the third pot comes out, the wine tastes a little lighter, and when the fourth pot comes out, the taste is even lighter. By the time the fifth pot came out, the taste of the liquor was already a little sour and could not be put in the mouth.
Seeing this, there is no need for Li Congyan to mention anything more, and the brewing masters who are familiar with the traditional craft of winemaking already know what they should do.
"The wine from the second pot and the wine from the third pot can be mixed together, and the taste is more suitable."
After a brief discussion with several winemakers, Li Sisheng was there and instructed the apprentices to blend several wines, without mentioning any proportions, just mix them directly.
"Yangzhou and Jiangnan have a light taste, if you need it in the future, you can mix the wine from the fourth pot again." Li Sisheng thought for a moment and pursed his lips and said.
When the grain has turned into distiller's lees after the five pots of wine is finished, it can be quickly cleaned out, and this thing can also be sold for money, and if it is fed to pigs, it is a very good feed, and it can be sold to the people to make another profit.
After dealing with these things, the brewing master and the apprentices, under the command of Li Congyan, quickly took out the gauze on the steaming drawer of the pot and soaked it in water, then wrung it out and spread it again. Several other apprentices nervously placed new food in preparation for the next cycle.
Seeing that the apprentices were busy here, Wu Conghan told the apprentices who burned the fire a few words, and also ran over and said: "Lord, since we have brewed such a good wine, it will definitely sell well in the future, so I think our good wine must have a good name, so that it can sell well all over the world!" Lord, come and choose a name! ”
Next to him, Li Sisheng also coaxed and said: "Yes, Lord, come up with a name, such a good wine should have a well-known name!" ”
Li Congyan pondered for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Since this wine is intercepted from the second pot, it is called the second pot head...... Let's call it the prince's second pot head! ”
As soon as Li Congyan spoke, where would Li Sisheng, Wu Conghan and others have objections? When the name of the wine is decided, it is called: Prince Erguotou!
On this day, the winery brewed a total of three pots and two pots, about more than 170 catties. These wines are all packed in wine jars, and Li Congyan does not plan to sell them, after all, these wines are the first batch produced by the winery, which is very commemorative.
So Li Congyan ordered Li Sisheng to take some glass bottles from the glaze workshop, and asked for the right size, and the size of each one was basically the same. Then Li Congyan ordered people to fill the more than 170 catties of two pots into it, and after sealing the bottle, it was used as a collection of wine, except for the ten bottles of about six or seven catties left by himself, the rest of the bottled two pots were all distributed to the subordinates of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Military Affairs.
According to Li Sisheng's estimate, such a bottle of glazed two-pot head can be sold for hundreds of yuan in the bottle alone, and the value of the first batch of two-pot heads produced in the winery will be doubled several times. If you sell it on the market, you can sell it for at least a few hundred, or even thousands!
It is precisely because of this that after receiving the wine, the officials of the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Affairs were all extremely happy, and they were even more desperate for Li Congyan.
Here, after Li Congyan returned to the mansion, he directly ordered the kitchen to cook dishes, and he immediately opened a bottle of Erguotou, which was enough to get over his addiction to alcohol.
When he was slightly drunk, Li Congyan gently shook the wine glass in his hand and said to himself: "The long-lost taste is really good!" ”
A sip of liquor went down his stomach, and a breath of wine rushed to his throat, Li Congyan spit it out lightly, and picked up a sketch at hand.
Now that the brewing workshop has been prepared, Li Sisheng, the director of the industrial department, has also begun to fully deploy the follow-up sales channels, and ordered Chen Dongli to serve as the head of the brewing workshop.
At present, there are very few available people in the Industrial Division, mainly because they are trustworthy, and there are too few subordinates who know how to operate the workshop, and Li Congyan is also at a loss for this, so he can only let everyone take care of it left and right.
"Tomorrow, it's time for alcohol!"
Li Congyan smiled slightly, the first step of the winery has been established, and then the first pot and the last pot of unsellable liquor produced by the winery are used as raw materials to produce medical alcohol.
This can also be regarded as an industrial chain established by Li Congyan, the upstream winery makes money from wine, and the downstream military medical department extracts medical alcohol, the two are interdependent, and it can be regarded as Li Congyan's consistent style of beating rabbits.
At this time, in the middle of the night, Li Congyan drank all the wine in the cup, his eyes were a little fluttering, standing in front of the window and looking at the leaves swaying in the wind outside the house, as if he saw a column of soldiers wearing armor, waiting for him to give orders.
"It won't be too long, and we will be able to break out of Dengzhou soon!"