Chapter 95: Grain
This jar of spirits was sent to Qinshan Hall and was affirmed by Dr. He.
"This wine is so strong, it should be able to make a lot of alcohol."
Chen Ze was overjoyed, and he wanted to see how much usable alcohol the so-called wine refining porcelain could purify.
Doctor He hurriedly beckoned the two medicine boy apprentices to work together.
After pouring the jar of spirits into the porcelain bottle, the stove was started, and the water was added to start cooking.
And this ceramic distillation and extraction device opened Chen Ze's eyes for the second time, and even felt outrageous.
The joints are all regularly threaded, even by rotating the lock.
All the ceramics are glazed inside and out, and a closer look reveals that the threads are actually gold-plated.
Thread application, or even ceramic gold plating technology?
Chen Ze scratched his head, feeling a little outrageous.
"Doctor He, who made this wine porcelain?"
Doctor He smiled bitterly: "I don't know, my grandfather spent a lot of money to hire someone to make it, it should be a craftsman from Zhongzhou or Beizhou, but who made it, my grandfather didn't mention it." ”
"Is there a craftsman in Qingzhou who can do it?"
Doctor He shook his head: "I asked a lot of people, I can't do it, if it is gilded on silver, it is not difficult, but gilt on porcelain...... They all thought it was amazing. ”
"Can't be imitated?"
"Can't be imitated." Dr. He shook his head: "And the cost is extremely expensive, this refining wine porcelain cost a full 7,000 lines of silver, fifty taels of gold, it took nearly a year to form, with a good glaze, including the inside and outside to glaze, to ensure that it is usually smooth, a drop to the end." ”
Chen Ze said no more.
It is not surprising that there were technologies in ancient times that were beyond modern understanding, and even some technologies could not be restored even by modern technology.
Secondly, it is still the technology that can be preserved, and how many technologies have been lost due to the war are almost innumerable.
At present, this set of wine refining porcelain is likely to be out of print, and there is such a set in the world, and the gold-plating technology may also be lost.
After all, serious people don't think about gilding porcelain.
No matter how late the crossing is, it is estimated that it will not be seen.
If you can't see it, you don't have the technology.
Chen Ze is now considering glass instead of ceramics, which is also in Qingzhou's five-year plan.
The main problem is that Chen Ze doesn't know anything about how to make glass.
The old way.
Da Chu has glass technology, so let the glass craftsmen of Da Chu work together to see if they can make glass.
Even if you can't get it, you can bring down the price of glass.
If there is a profit, it can be used for business, thereby stimulating the development of the industry.
This thing is not a necessity, Chen Ze can afford to wait.
If you can't do it in the first five years, then you will have the second five years.
Moreover, perfume production should not require such specialized equipment.
Chen Ze has an impression of the alcohol extraction method, because he has communicated with a perfumery team before, and said that there are many ways to make perfumes, alcohol extraction is one, and there is also a condensation method, which is simple and easy to learn.
Therefore, Chen Ze plans to try both ways to see which way to make a better perfume.
I just didn't expect to have a lot of things to deal with today.
was waiting for alcohol to come out in the backyard of Qinshan Hall, and the people from the communication group came in a hurry.
"Young master, the three wealthy merchants from Fengzhou have arrived, and they have been arranged in the inn at present."
Chen Ze looked overjoyed, and he didn't care about the alcohol, so he hurriedly asked people to prepare a carriage to go to the inn.
Chen Ze, the mountain mouse that Lu Zhiping said before, has never forgotten it, and has already arranged for the special service team to go to Fengzhou to invite rich businessmen with good local reviews to discuss important matters.
When I heard that someone had arrived, I hurried to the inn to meet him.
The three wealthy merchants in the inn were looking at each other in the house at this time, and they didn't dare to say much.
After all, the white tiger robe was standing on the side.
They didn't know what was going on, and the white tiger robe came directly to the house after coming to Fengzhou.
said that the prince of Zhennan had important matters to discuss, and specially invited them to Qingzhou for a talk.
And when I came, I specially asked to bring a gopher over.
When the three wealthy businessmen took a look, they probably understood Chen Ze's thoughts.
I guess I want to use the gopher as food.
Not long after, Chen Ze came to the inn and met three wealthy businessmen from Fengzhou.
The three of them were about to salute, but Chen Ze hurriedly stopped them and said with a smile: "The three of you don't need to be polite, please take a seat." ”
The gophers have been placed on the table, all of which were dug up when they came, and there is still soil on them, or Chen Ze specifically requested this.
At first glance, it does look like a bunch of rat nests, each with slender roots on it.
It does look like a potato plant, and it looks like cassava, but it's not quite like cassava.
Chen Ze took a look at it, and it was completely certain that it was starch, but it was a little viscous.
I just tasted a little, and I didn't feel anything when I first ate it, but after a while, I suddenly felt that my tongue was numb and astringent, accompanied by a tingling sensation.
Chen Ze hurriedly drank tea and rinsed his mouth.
"Shizi, aren't you planning to use the gopher for food?"
"That's true."
When the three of them heard this, they smiled bitterly.
"Shizi, it won't work."
"The people of Fengzhou are already thinking about the law to toss, after all, the toss is out, this thing is all over the mountains, and the problem of eating can be solved."
"I've tried almost everything I can, but the poison of this ground rat just can't be removed."
In addition, this mountain rat is not native to Toyoshu.
It only appeared about twenty or thirty years ago, and the older ones had never seen it before.
And at this point in time, part of the Nanban happened to pass through the Nanling and entered the boundary of the eight southern states, Fengzhou was the closest to the Nanling, and the Nanban had the most, so this mountain rat was probably brought by the Nanban from the other side of the Nanling.
Chen Ze actually did not agree with the statements of these three wealthy businessmen.
Because there are conditions in the family, they will naturally not eat gophers, but will choose rice.
Most of the people who are willing to eat gopher are low-level people, and there are those who have a meal but not a meal.
The means of processing are certainly limited, and the so-called methods that can be tried are only some simple cooking methods.
Not much energy has been devoted to the study of detoxification.
Chen Ze didn't expect the Fengzhou Yamen to pay attention to this kind of thing, he only cared about oppressing the people, embezzlement and corruption, and self-enjoyment, and he didn't care about the life or death of the people at the bottom at all.
Qingzhou is the largest commercial center in the eight southern states, and the yamen are all like this, let alone Fengzhou.
Although Chen Ze didn't want to kill everyone with one shot, the reality was like this.
Chen Ze invited these three wealthy businessmen to do one thing, to start an organization to study gophers.
Funded by Chen Ze and led by three wealthy businessmen, they called for the organization of a group of men and cooks, and skilled craftsmen devoted themselves to the research work.
"I don't have to do anything else, I have all the food, clothing, housing and transportation for the people I invited, and each person's monthly money of five taels, all the energy is focused on this matter, if there is a result, there will be a reward!"