Chapter 69: The Wine Shop (2)
"The cauldron below is called the earth pot, the middle one is called the steaming barrel, and the one above is the heavenly cauldron, and so on the ground pot is covered with wine, grain and wine mother, and then steamed slowly, the wine rises, and the cold water is placed in the pot that day, and the wine condenses into wine on the heavenly pot, and falls on the terrace below the heavenly cauldron, and then flows out along the copper pipe, which makes wine."
Qian Soap followed behind Liu Yan and explained in detail.
Liu Yan listened very attentively, and Wang Jing, Miao Shao, and Wang Yunhe behind him didn't care about wiping their sweat, they all had eye-opening expressions.
Qian Soap looked at the appearance of everyone, although his face was respectful, his heart was very awkward, and he thought: "What price can you sell for wine from sorghum, it's really nonsense, now rice wine is the right way!" ”
But Qian Soap has long figured it out, who gives the money is the uncle, how many people can't even eat now, and the whole family is starved to death, and now he has found such a job, just serve honestly.
Then Qian Soap touched the steaming bucket with his hand, looked down at the fire in the stove, looked up and said, "Chief A, you can steam wine." ”
Qian Soap looked at Liu Yan and nodded, and hurriedly shouted: "Get up the steaming bucket, put down the wine and food, stare at the incense outside, wait for the incense to burn out, and go to the well outside to fetch water." ”
There were wooden bars on the steaming barrel, and several apprentices went over, shouted, and made a concerted effort to lift the steaming barrel, and someone was already ready on the edge of the pot, and a winemaker was staring at it, directing the apprentices to pour barrels of wine and grain into the large steaming drawer of the ground pot, and when it was almost poured, he used a wooden rake to spread the wine and grain.
At this time, Liu Yan saw an incense burner placed in a dry and sheltered place, which was not a common stick of incense, almost one-third shorter than the length of the incense sticks of his own incense burner.
The apprentices shouted the trumpet, put down the steaming bucket, and carefully wrapped the wet cloth that had been prepared long ago around the junction of the steaming bucket and the pot to prevent the steam from being exposed, and the incense quickly burned out, and the apprentices hurriedly carried the flat pole to carry the water.
"Captain Jia, now that the weather is very cold, the water comes too early to cool down too much, and there is no wine, so you can only wait for the heat to be almost the same as adding water to the heavenly pot, so that it can be effective." Qian Soap explained.
After saying this, Qian Soap found that Liu Yan was staring at the Tiancauld, and Qian Soap thought to himself that he didn't know when this freshness would pass.
Someone kept looking at the steaming bucket, and after the fifth person came in with water, steam began to come out of the upper part of the steaming bucket, and Qian Soap hurriedly shouted loudly when he saw this: "Add water"
Immediately, an apprentice stepped on a wooden ladder and passed it by hand, pouring buckets of cold well water into the heavenly cauldron.
"The water is full!"
After the apprentice shouted, the barrel was no longer passed underneath, but someone handed a stick to the man on the wooden ladder.
"The heat is baking underneath, and the cold water will soon be hot, and it will take a long time to stir it constantly."
Qian Soap also explained that there were people outside who brought Chai He in, and a brew master stood on the edge of the stove and stared at the fire, arranging for firewood to be added or the speed of the bellows to change from time to time.
There are four protruding copper pipes in the upper part of the steaming barrel, and a wine jar has been placed under each copper pipe.
Although the wine shop is well ventilated, there is constantly cool air blowing in from outside, but the heat is still pressing, and the people in the wine shop are busy with their shirtless bodies, and Liu Yan is a cadre, except for Wang Yunhe, who is also shirtless. Even Wang Jing didn't care much about it, and took off his shirt.
Liu Yan saw Wang Yunhe's cheeks crimson, and he didn't know if he was ashamed to see so many men shirtless, or if he was smoked by the heat here.
At this time, beads of sweat on Wang Yunhe's face continued to drip down like rain, and Liu Yan said with concern: "Miss Wang, it's too hot here, you can't hold it at a girl's house, let's go outside to breathe first." ”
Wang Yunhe hesitated for a moment, but then said stubbornly: "I don't, I want to continue watching." ”
Liu Yan had no choice but to order someone to fetch a fan and hand it to Wang Yunhe. But the room was full of heat, and fans didn't do much.
"It's out of the wine!"
At this moment, someone shouted, and everyone in the winery showed excited expressions, it is hard to say how long the winery can be done, and it is difficult to say whether it is good or not after the winemaking comes out, but after all, it is a newly built winery, and it has been dry for a few days from scratch, and everyone has a sense of accomplishment when they see the wine flowing out of the copper pipe.
Liu Yan and Miao Shao, Wang Jing, and Wang Yunhe behind him were also excited, and several people stared at the brass pipes, and a strong smell of wine spread, the smell was very strong, not to mention the fragrance, Liu Yan's expression was quite normal, and the others frowned.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Qian Soap hurriedly explained: "Chief A, everyone, this is a wine head, but all wine heads are like this." This wine is not immediately put into a jar, but it is not sold until the pot is steamed, and then the wine is mixed and stored for a few days. ”
Wang Jing was already shaking his head slowly, although he hadn't drunk a few times, he had seen and smelled it, there would be such a spicy smell in good wine, how could such wine be sold to a restaurant, this wine shop was afraid to lose money, and he was afraid that this business with Liu Yan would be yellow.
Even if the others haven't seen it much, they can quickly figure it out, and everyone has a disappointed look on their faces, and they can't help but look at Liu Yan.
But to everyone's surprise, Liu Yan's expression was still very calm, and he didn't look disappointed at all, and Wang Yunhe saw it even more carefully, Liu Yan seemed to have a happy look between his eyebrows.
What is so happy, everyone is confused at this time, Qian Soap didn't pay attention to this, just shouted there and said: "Stir it up hard!" ”
The apprentice standing on the wooden ladder stirred the water in the cauldron with a stick, and the wine in the copper pipe continued to fall into the jar.
The brewery was getting hotter and hotter, and the wine dripping out of the brass pipes was getting less and less, and the apprentice standing on the wooden ladder shouted loudly, "The cauldron is steaming!" ”
"Stop the bellows, change the water quickly!" Qian Soap shouted loudly.
The apprentices had worked in other wineries for a long time, and had been trained in this area, and some pushed other wooden ladders forward to scoop out the hot water from the cauldron, and some people carried well water into it to change the water.
Soon the water in the heavenly pot was filled, and Qian Soap shouted loudly: "Pull the bellows, add firewood!" ”
The bellows agitated, the fire slowly grew larger, the steam that diffused through the cracks of the steaming barrels became thicker again, and the dripping wine from the brass pipes began to increase.
"Captain A, there is more wine now." Qian Soap explained.
"Don't you need to change the jar for receiving wine?" Liu Yan suddenly asked, he had been watching the field silently, and this opening startled everyone.
Qian Soap said a little confusedly: "If you don't change it, the first time you have less wine, you can't hold three points in the wine jar."
Liu Yan suddenly laughed, and everyone who had been staring at Liu Yan was startled again, and everyone found that Liu Yan was smiling extremely happily, as if he had encountered something extremely happy.
"Change to a new wine jar to catch wine," Liu Yan said suddenly.
Qian Soap was stunned for a moment, from beginning to end, the general flag lord didn't have any ideas, so he said "change the wine altar"? He subconsciously opened his mouth and said: "A long, the wine jar is inconvenient to ......"
"Change!"
Before Qian Soap finished speaking, Liu Yan shouted categorically.
This sound can already be called an angry shout, everyone in the room was frightened, Wang Yunhe looked at Liu Yan with round eyes, and he didn't expect that Liu Zongqi, who has always been kind, also had such a side.
"But it's really imposing!"
Wang Yunhe here was cautious, but Qian Soap didn't dare to say much, and hurriedly shouted to a few apprentices to immediately change the jar and receive the wine.
During this period, Qian Soap thought to himself that this winery really couldn't last long, and this general flag master was really messing around, and he didn't know how to make wine at all.
"This smell is rushing to the nose, take out the first pot of wine," Liu Yan said again.
Liu Yan's momentum was full, of course the apprentices in the wine shop knew who to listen to, and hurriedly came over a few more people to move the first pot of wine out.
Several people behind Liu Yan were exchanging glances with each other, thinking: Captain A is not confused, what's the use of staring at these inconspicuous little things?
At this time, Wang Jing's whole body was already soaked, and the dual effects of sweat and water vapor made him very uncomfortable, but suddenly, Wang Jing found that Wang Yunhe next to him sniffled, his daughter was more sensitive to taste than others, but Wang Jing immediately knew the reason, because at this time, the smell in the winery was no longer the previous smell of wine, but a rich aroma of wine!
It's a real scent, of course it's not a fragrance, but it makes you feel like it's a wine, and it should be a good wine, the wine is fiery, but it's a little crisp, and the combination is a little soft.
Everyone in the 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.
Liu Yan's face was full of joy, and he said with a smile: "Don't delay the wine, what should you do." ”
His words were not loud, but everyone who heard them was shocked, and everyone hurriedly got busy again, Qian Soap was stunned there, but hurriedly ran to the vicinity of the steamer, reached out and scooped up a handful of wine, and drank it directly.
After a bite, Qian Soap stayed there, stayed for a while, and couldn't help licking his palm, went to fish for a handful, drank a few sips, and was stunned again.
Miao Shao told the guy who burned the 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 whole 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 Liu Yan, Liu Yan was naked, sweat flowed, but his face was full of confident smiles, no one felt that he was pretending, no one felt that he didn't know how to pretend to understand, everyone was shocked.
"Liu Zongqi is really capable of anything, he really knows how to make wine, and he knows how to make good wine!" Wang Jing was stunned and said with a smile.
Miao Shao said excitedly: "Captain A, you are really amazing! ”
At this time, everyone was praising Liu Yan, but everyone didn't think that this praise was excessive, this fact was in the past, and everyone felt that Liu Yan was worthy.
Wang Yunhe looked at Liu Yan even more in shock, and said secretly in his heart: "How much ability does this man have that hasn't been revealed?" ”
"Ahh
Qian Soap, who was stunned there, shouted suddenly, startling everyone, everyone looked over, only to see Qian Soap standing there and muttering: "How come I never thought of it, why didn't everyone think of it, the master taught me, out of the wine, and then mix the wine before and after to buy, why didn't I think that the first pot of wine can't be drunk, the second pot is good wine, why didn't I know to taste it before!" ”
Miao Shao over there also suddenly realized, slapped his left hand on the stove, and shouted loudly: "So that's it, it's like this, why didn't anyone think of it!" ”
Qian Soap suddenly burst into tears on his face, and said heartbreakingly: "If I can make this wine, I will be able to leave a name in the wine industry in the future, and if I can make this wine, the whole of Shandong, no, including Henan, Beizhili and further places, will buy this wine." ”
Compared with everyone's sighs, Wang Jing clapped his hands and laughed at this time: "I'm going to get rich, I'm going to be rich!" ”
Liu Yan looked at everyone with a smile, at this time the apprentices were still busy in an orderly manner, the second pot of wine was much more than the first pot, someone had already brought in the new wine jar, ready to replace the full ones, but Liu Yan turned around and said: "Everything that happens here is extremely important to us, you are not allowed to tell anyone, including your parents and brothers, understand?" ”
Listening to Liu Yan say so cautiously, everyone nodded, and everyone also knew that the interests of this winery were closely related to them, seeing the ecstasy of those winery masters, everyone knew that this method was extraordinary, of course, they understood the importance of confidentiality, so they agreed very resolutely.
Liu Yan said to Miao Shao again: "Go back and transfer your Dun army over, from now on, no one is allowed to enter or leave this wine shop without my order!" ”