Miao Shao hurriedly agreed, he didn't have time to wipe his sweat, put on his clothes and hurriedly went out, Wang Jing thought about it and said to Liu Yan in a low voice: "Liu Zongqi, I have to sign another contract with the guys here, if this method is leaked, then pay a lot of money, let them stay in Dapanbao for generations to be slaves." ”

Liu Yan nodded, and said in a loud voice: "Don't be in a daze, today has just begun, everyone hurry up and do your work!" ”

Liu Yan said this, everyone in the wine shop was not in a trance, and immediately began to get busy, after what happened just now, they had already worshiped Liu Yan as a god.

Even Qian Soap and the other six brewing masters stopped going crazy, and began to get busy with a hundred times more energy, Liu Yan looked at it with a smile, and said loudly: "Each pot of wine must be packed in a separate wine jar, and it must be marked separately, and no one can mix it up!" ”

Later, Qian said with a smile: "I'll go write the mark." ”

Seeing that everyone in the wine shop was excited, Liu Yan turned around and said to everyone: "It's enough for me to be alone, you guys are also hot, go and rest." ”

After watching the wonderful scene just now, everyone also felt very uncomfortable sweating, and when they heard Liu Yan say this, they all said hello and went out.

Wang Jing and Wang Yunhe are going to wait at the General Flag Hall first, this brewing business seems to be definitely profitable, and how to cooperate will have to wait for Liu Yan to come over to discuss.

Liu Yan also specially instructed: "Shopkeeper Wang, Miss Wang, it's cold outside, you must wait until the sweat is dry in the outhouse before going out, so as not to catch the cold." ”

Wang Jing hugged his fists and thanked him, and said that he would go to the General Flag Hall to wait first, but Wang Yunhe lowered his head and agreed with a smile.

Then Miao Shao walked at the end, but was dragged by Liu Yan, and said in a low voice: "Tell Xu Xiaoqi and let him also send a few people to watch at night, the Dunjun do things too according to the rules, and they will inevitably be coaxed, and they will come to the top if they don't collect it at night, from now on, no one here is allowed to go out, they can only stay in the wine shop, and then they have to find out where their family is, go and do it now, quickly!" ”

Miao Shao nodded and hurriedly ran out.

The second pot produced the most wine, and the time was longer, and then the water was changed twice, and the third pot was already a little light, the fourth pot was even lighter, and the fifth pot was already a little sour.

"The two-pot wine and the three-pot wine can be mixed together, and the taste is more suitable."

Qian Soap mixed several kinds of wine there on the spot, and there was no need to talk about any proportion, just mix it directly.

"Yangzhou and Jiangnan have a light taste, if you need it in the future, you can mix the fourth pot into it." Qian Soap pursed his lips and said.

After the five pots of wine, the grain has turned into sake lees, which is quickly cleaned out, and this thing can also be sold for money, and it is very good pig feed, which can be sold to farmers everywhere to make money.

The gauze on the steaming drawer of the pot was taken out and soaked in water, then screwed on and spread, and the apprentices nervously placed the wine and food, preparing for the next cycle.

Seeing that the apprentices were busy here, Qian Soap told the apprentices who burned the fire a few words, and also ran over to flatter and said: "Captain A, such a good wine must be easy to sell, good wine must have a good name, Captain A should have a name."

Liu Yan pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "This kind of wine should be called Erguotou wine, but I think it's named after Dapanbao, and this wine is called Dapanbao Burning Pot!" ”

Qian Soap smiled and clapped his hands and said: "Okay, Dapanbao Burning Pot, I think it won't be long before it can be popular throughout Shandong!" ”

In fact, Liu Yan's process of making wine is the second pot head wine in Beijing in later generations, and the reason why it was given another name is not to avoid suspicion, in the original history, this wine will not appear until a few decades later, which is nothing to avoid.

It's just that Liu Yan thought that if he gave the name Erguotou, it would inevitably be figured out by other wine masters, and the name of this Dapanbao pot was decent, and there was no problem of leaking the process.

What Liu Yan learned in the past has nothing to do with making wine, but he also knows a lot of knowledge and allusions about wine.

Liu Yan has heard the allusion of the second pot head many times, saying that it used to make wine, and the so-called wine head in the first pot had too many impurities, which was too strong to drink, which was harmful to people, and the tail of the last pot was too light and had no taste of wine.

The three brothers of the Zhao family in the capital improved the process of soju, "pinched the head and removed the tail" to make a two-pot head, and then marketed it all over the world.

Erguotou is not a top-notch famous liquor, but his brewing process is not so complicated, and it is clear and mellow enough at this price, far better than the same grade of soju, and on the other hand, he is brewed with sorghum, the price of sorghum is much cheaper than rice and wheat beans, and the cost is already much lower.

Just "pinch the head and remove the tail", the quality of the shochu can be improved by a hundred times, which is similar to turning a stone into gold, and this change is particularly dramatic, so it is more memorable.

Liu Yan remembers very well that in the north, Erguotou is indeed a very popular liquor, and everyone drinks it not simply because it is cheap, but because the taste of Erguotou is really good.

Although the memory of the historical process is relatively vague, the time when the three brothers of the Zhao family improved the process to make Erguotou was in the original historical trajectory during the Kangxi period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and there is a gap of several decades between it now.

The information of this era is too slow, the major events that happened in Wangjiazhuang, no one passed on the news, and it would be good if the adjacent hundred households could hear about it in ten days, Liu Yan has always been worried that the process of Erguotou has already appeared, but he doesn't know, a Tunpu chief has nothing to do with winemaking, and it is normal not to know.

But this process is always worth a gamble, the official price of a stone of sorghum is a little more than 200 Wen, if you cooperate with Wang Jing, the price should be much lower than this, but a pound of good wine can always be sold for dozens of Wen, Liu Yan has been paying attention to these data of the winery, according to this brewing method of "pinching the head and removing the tail", one hundred catties of sorghum can produce more than 50 catties of wine, and one stone of official system of one hundred and twenty catties, which can produce almost seventy catties of wine, that is to say, ten times the profit can be easily obtained, and more is not impossible.

Before the wine, Liu Yan couldn't be sure of everything, he could only say that he was gambling, but when he came to the scene of this wine shop today, when the second pot of wine came out, and then looked at the heartfelt shock of Qian Soap and a group of winemaking masters and apprentices, Liu Yan knew that he had done the right thing.

Looking at the busy crowd, with the familiar aroma of wine on the tip of his nose, Liu Yan was really out of the world this time, he was wondering, such a simple method, these old craftsmen who have been making wine for more than ten years and decades have not found it.

But it's also easy to figure it out, everyone opens a wine shop for a living, earning a little hard-earned money, so what is the energy to innovate and invent, and in this kind of system of masters and apprentices, what the master teaches is the truth, lest something go wrong after the change, so it will be passed on from generation to generation, until a certain moment someone has a flash of inspiration, or someone who has a heart to summarize the invention and find out this method.

In the past, the wine was mixed in a jar without dividing several pots, and finally mixed together, it seemed that there was no waste at all, but in fact, the poor taste and impurities were all mixed in the wine, and if you wanted to drink well, you could only use good water, good koji, and good grain, and improve the taste by increasing the cost, no one would have thought that it was so simple.

In fact, this method is in the blind spot of people's thinking, and even if it is occasionally discovered, it is considered to be accidental, and it will not be regarded as an invention that turns stones into gold.

After the method of abandoning the first pot and the last pot was proposed, Liu Yan couldn't put forward too many opinions on the next work, Qian Soap and a group of winemakers showed the experience and ability of wine craftsmen, and they gradually adjusted the time and frequency of replacing the cold water in the heavenly pot, so that the wine from the second pot tasted more sweet and mellow, so that each pot of wine mother wine grain could be steamed out of more good wine.

Even the discarded first pot of wine and the last pot of wine tail, Qian Soap found a way to apply it, he directly mixed the head and tail of the wine into the new wine grain, and then steamed the wine, and the result was that the steamed soju had a unique flavor and became a little mellow and rich.

In fact, Liu Yan only did one of all the work, he only put forward the concept of "pinching the head and removing the tail", but this concept opened a window for Qian Soap and the other six brewers, and all the experience and knowledge accumulated in the past were richly applied to this concept.

It wasn't until night fell that day, when it was dark, that everyone stopped working, and everyone had a look of reluctance on their faces, Qian Soap and a few brewers had tired expressions on their faces, but their eyes were shining.

A jar of fine wine was placed in the winery, with a sign written on Qian soap, and Miao Shao had completed Liu Yan's instructions and returned here.

The evening breeze blew, and the heat in the winery drifted away a lot, and all the people who worked in the winery were called over, Liu Yan glanced around with a smile, and Miao Shao behind him whispered: "Captain Jia, all the people in the winery are here." ”

"Today's wine, you have a great merit, Qian Soap and a few brewing masters will each be awarded two months' wages. The rest of the apprentices were each rewarded with one month's wages. Liu Yan said loudly.

Before the words fell, an exclamation sounded, Qian Soap and other winemakers and apprentices were stunned, all laughed so much that their eyes couldn't open, according to Miao Shao and everyone negotiated the salary, this is a reward of nearly ten taels of silver, after the surprise, everyone quickly knelt down to thank them, Liu Yan smiled and stepped forward to help people up, and said: "The rest of the craftsmen who built the winery will also be rewarded with another month's wages." ”

Miao Shao said with a smile: "Then the subordinates thanked the chief for those craftsmen, and I will go to do this when I go back." ”

Everyone discussed happily for a while, Liu Yan cleared his throat, his face became more serious, and he opened his mouth and said: "From now on, if you or your relatives open a wine shop, or invest in other wine shops, as long as I find out, I will destroy him, although I, Liu Yan, am very good to my subordinates, but I am also a person who does what he says." ”

Liu Yan was still talking about rewards and rewards just now, everyone was happy, and suddenly the topic became such a murderous aura, Qian Soap and the others subconsciously flashed backwards, and one of the brewing masters accidentally stumbled a few steps and almost sat on the ground.

Liu Yan had a smile on his face again, but this smile was terrifying, and he said indifferently: "What kind of person I am, you should all know, I said that if I destroy the door, I will definitely be able to destroy the door, everyone is honest with me, I will not circle you for a lifetime, as long as you do well, eat and drink well, the salary will rise every year, but if you want to think carefully, I will only say it once, don't hurt yourself, don't hurt your family." ”

Everyone was silent, and Miao Shao, who was behind Liu Yan, was slightly stunned and reacted, and then pulled out half of the knife, and then inserted it back.

The lights of the winery flashed with the light of the knife, and the winemaker and apprentices were all pale, Miao Shao said with a throat when he saw this: "The first chief is benevolent and righteous, but he will never be soft when dealing with people who eat inside and outside, who wants to think about those careful eyes, the whole family suffers, I am not afraid to tell you that in this big plate fort, our first chief is the king!" You really have to do something behind your back to be sorry for everyone, don't talk about our side, the king of heaven can't spare you when he comes! ”

When he said this, many people's faces turned paler, and several people trembled, Liu Yan continued with a smile: "You can send a letter to your family and let them move here to live, and your family can also come here to work, and the wages will be paid, so that everyone can rest assured." ”

Seeing everyone's frightened looks, Liu Yan's voice softened and said: "I'm used to saying ugly things in front, so that you can have a sense of proportion in your heart, otherwise you will really tear your face, but you still feel wronged, go back and think about my words, you can't help if you can't figure it out." ”

After speaking, he waved his hand, and directly let everyone disperse, everyone's face was not good-looking when they left, they were all listless, only Liu Yan and Miao Shao were left in the wine shop, watching people go out, Miao Shao couldn't help but speak: "Captain A, I think these people are working hard in life, they are all honest people, and we have the same heart in the wine shop, Chief A said those words, it will make them feel cold." ”

Liu Yan said: "This method of making wine is also simple to say, anyone who learns it can make this kind of wine, do you think they are not tempted?" As long as you go out and open a small winery, you can make ten times and twenty times the profit of wine, even if you don't have the capital, you can buy shares with this craft, or you can be recruited as a son-in-law, they are happy just now, do you think it is for wine? They learned the craft for themselves, and if they really let them spread this craft, what will we eat? I, Liu Yan, worked hard to open this wine shop, but I didn't want to be a good person! ”

Miao Shao thought about it carefully, then nodded, and said: "As the saying goes: three years of apprenticeship, three years of small workers, and three years of big workers can only get in touch with the craft, why is this rule, that is, you know that the apprentice has learned to be single, so you have to use him for ten years, otherwise you will lose money." ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "That's the truth!" If they can calm down, I won't trap them for the rest of my life, and after six or eight years, I'll let them out. ”

Miao Shao was immediately anxious when he heard this, and shouted: "Captain A, this bit of stone into gold craftsmanship must not be released, when the time comes, let's change another batch?" ”

He made a false gesture when he spoke, Liu Yan raised his eyebrows, shook his head and said, "You are ruthless in your heart." ”

Miao Shao also felt that he was speaking too bluntly, and Yu explained with a smile: "I'm also thinking about everyone, why bother to cheapen them with a big fortune." ”

Liu Yan said: "Don't worry, in six or eight years, we will definitely have bigger business to do." Even by then, it is no longer limited to this big castle! ”