"Distillation? What does that mean? ”

On the side, Liu Shanhe patiently explained: "This is a term developed by the general, which means that all the impurities in the wine are distilled, and then cooled into sorghum red!" ”

Listening to his explanation, Zhuge Liang walked into the factory with some half-understanding.

As soon as I entered it, there was a smell of wine, and the workers were wearing masks and constantly walking in the factory.

Different from the public of other factories, here, transparent glass containers are tightly placed inside.

Streams of steam poured out of the container and then slowly flowed into the final bottle.

Looking at the transparent container in front of him, Zhuge Liang couldn't hide the shock in his heart, and looked at Liu Shanhe in surprise.

"Is this what a so-called distillation utensil?"

The latter nodded.

"Yes, this is the distillation apparatus, and it is the most critical step of all!"

As he spoke, he took Zhuge Liang to the last step, opened the bottle, and a rich and mellow smell of wine came to his face.

Liu Shanhe explained: "After distillation, the sorghum red becomes free of impurities, and the wine is mellow and fragrant!" ”

"The entrance is soft, and the stomach is fierce!"

"This kind of liquor is only sold for thirty jars a month!"

"Because, after the distillation of the ten jars of first wine, there are only one or two left."

"That's why sorghum red has become so expensive!"

Listening to his words, Zhuge Liang suddenly understood the key to the matter.

Distillation utensils!

This distillation utensil looks like glass, but in fact it is lighter than glass, and it is resistant to burning, even if it is roasted by fire.

Especially when those utensils come together, they turn the wine into a steam-like appearance, which then cools the steam to sorghum red!

After several procedures, the already extraordinary drink turned into a liquid of elixir!

In addition, only 30 jars are sold every month, making sorghum red an extremely scarce item, and the price is even more expensive!

It's no wonder that a jar in the black market has been fried for 1,500 gold, but it is still priceless.

Except for those major dynasties, there are very few who can stay on the border!

But just when Zhuge Liang thought it was over, Su Mo opened his mouth and said: "After reading this, let's take a look at the foundation of my border army!" ”

Zhuge Liang looked at Su Mo's expression with a puzzled expression.

The foundation of the border army's survival, is such a secret to be revealed to himself now?

Su Mo didn't say much, just left with Zhuge Liang and rushed to the border army base.

Just on the road, Zhuge Liang can feel the extraordinary.

On the streets along the way, people seemed to be traders and husbands, but when they saw Su Mo, there was a joy in everyone's expressions, which was different from the joy of ordinary people.

After a little scrutiny, he suddenly knew the identities of these people.

Scout!

Scouts on three streets!

Everybody's a scout!

What secrets are hidden in such a heavily guarded place?

The same key, Zhuge Liang knew in his heart that he was about to come into contact with something beyond his cognition, and as the two walked into a factory, they continued to go down.

It's underground!

This made Zhuge Liang even more curious, the previous winery was only located not far from the outskirts of the city, and now the place he was going to was still hidden underground.

How secret does this have to be for this to be true?

With the two of them walking for several miles, they immediately entered an extremely large factory base.

In it, there is a lot of noise.

The beating sound of Ding Ling's hammer was also continuous.

Looking at a kind of bare-chested man in front of him, Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment.

A person in charge walked up quickly.

"General, why are you here?"

"Do you need me to show you around?"

Su Mo waved his hand, motioned for the person in charge to leave, and then looked at Zhuge Liang and asked with a smug expression: "Strategist, why don't you look at the real survival of our border army." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, and followed Su Mo to start strolling.

The two of them first came to a forge.

From afar, you can tell that this is an iron-making furnace, but the difference is that this furnace looks more eerie, and the flame seems to be hotter.

As the distance got closer and closer, Zhuge Liang was more sure of the guess in his heart that the temperature of this furnace was indeed higher.

He looked at Su Mo and asked, "General, is there anything special about this furnace?" ”

Su Mo pointed to the furnace and said, "This is made of dark iron, which is made by quenching it with cold water more than 100 times. Among them, there is no impurity in wrought iron! ”

Hiss!

Zhuge Liang took a breath of cool air.

Don't save one out of ten!

What is this concept?

Even if it is a hundred forged weapons, it can only ensure that the impurities are not more than half!

Nowadays, just one furnace can make wrought iron impurities free of one in ten?

If this is used to build weapons, wouldn't it be invincible in the world?

Looking at Zhuge Liang's shocked expression, Su Mo immediately explained: "This furnace is used to produce molds to ensure the accuracy and durability of molds, not critical!" ”

As he spoke, he took Zhuge Liang to the second workbench!

On top of the workbench, some craftsmen are working on something called limestone.

Seeing Su Mo walk in, a craftsman immediately spoke.

"General, we have researched some doorways for the cement you mentioned, and it is estimated that we are about to get it out!"

"Now I just can't get it, oh no, it's not sticky enough!"

As he spoke, Su Mo immediately asked him to experiment.

The latter took out a piece of cement and pasted it together with water, and then Su Mo urged the true qi to make the cement dry quickly! The craftsman took a hammer and smashed it hard.

"Bang dang!"

"Bang dang!"

With more than ten crisp sounds, the cement cracked in response, and Su Mo stepped forward to check it out, and gave a rough idea.

"Limestone is too much, reduce it a little more, and re-proportion!"

The craftsman nodded, and left thoughtfully.

Behind him, Zhuge Liang covered his mouth and stepped forward slowly.

"What's, what is this?"

Su Mo picked up a piece of cement and explained: "This thing is called cement, if the research is successful, you can use it to build a house and fill the gap!" ”

"You can also use this thing to pave the way, making it even smoother!"

He just said a rough idea, and Zhuge Liang was shocked. He was well aware of the importance of the events that Su Mo had mentioned.

It's okay to build a house, it's barely usable with boulders and lime plaster, but it's definitely not so strong.

The craftsman looked like he had a big waist and a round waist, and it took more than ten pounds to break the cement open, which is enough to see the solidity of the thing called cement.

If a layer of cement can be brushed outside the city wall, the protective performance will be improved by several levels.

Ordinary crossbow arrows will no longer be effective.

If the road is paved, the effect will be unimaginable, the speed of the carriage marching, the speed of transporting siege equipment, and the speed of the transfer of troops will reach an extremely terrifying level.

Whether it is for people's livelihood considerations or operational considerations, this so-called cement item will play an extremely important role.

Su Mo is just a border army, so people start developing these items?

Zhuge Liang really couldn't think of why Su Mo had started to study cement that was of great benefit to the dynasty so long in advance.

Could it be that he knew early on that he would become the lord of the dynasty?