Xilong smiled casually, as if he had heard a message that had nothing to do with him, and the man came up with the dishes, and Yang Zhi followed behind, wearing a chef's clothes, holding a black apron in his hand, and smiling on his face. At this moment, Yang Zhi did not look like a man in Yanyun Hall at all, except for being taller, no matter how he looked at it, he looked like a philistine; Yang Zhi invited everyone to return to Jinling Pavilion and take a seat and said: "Princess, several pavilion masters, put forward opinions, if you are not satisfied, I will improve it immediately." ”

Fortunately, the Liao people are not interested in pork, unlike people with status in Bianliang who like to order a mutton; as soon as Hu Liyan and the others sat down, they tasted each dish, and Hu Liyan nodded and said: "Yang Zhi, the craftsmanship is good, when you officially open, we will come again." ”

"That's good, I hope you'll cheer you on. Yang Zhi flattered his mouth, took a small jar of wine from the man's hand and put it in front of Hu Liyan and said, "Princess, the lord of the Xige is serving white wine, you taste this, mare's milk wine." ”

The earliest mare's milk wine is made of fresh mare's milk through fermentation and souring, which began in the Qin and Han dynasties, yellow and turbid, sour and spicy taste; Yang Zhi poured the mare's milk wine into a crystal clear porcelain bowl, and took a sip of it, the taste was round, smooth, sweet and sour, milky and fragrant, and obviously had the taste of wine.

Hu Liyan turned to Yang Zhi and asked, "Yang Zhi, this mare's milk wine brewery will have half of the shares, how much money do you need?" ”

Yang Zhi knew that the Khitan people, regardless of gender, did things neatly and neatly, but he did not expect that the winery of mare's milk wine was actually simpler than that of liquor, and it did not cost much; since the Qin and Han dynasties, fresh milk has been used on the grassland to be packed in containers such as skins or wooden barrels, and specially stirred with special wooden sticks to make the milk temperature rise continuously under the violent turbulence impact, and finally ferment into milk wine.

It's just that this practice can't remove the impurities in the wine, the alcohol is not high, and the sweetness is not enough, plus the equipment of each family is different, some mare's milk wine is simply yogurt, and even some people directly add inferior wine to mare's milk. Yang Zhi just adopted the distillation method of later generations and used the ideas after the Yuan Dynasty in advance.

The rice wine and liquor of the Song Dynasty have a distillation method, Yang Zhi this time is to imitate the method of brewing liquor, the fermented milk is poured into the pot to heat, the pot buckles a bottomless wooden barrel, the upper mouth of the wooden barrel puts a cooling water basin, a small tank is hung in the barrel, the milk in the pot is heated and evaporated, the steam rises and condenses, and the small tank that drips into the barrel or flows out of the barrel along the notch, it becomes the last milk wine.

How much can such a wine shop cost, but Yang Zhi can't say, one is a trade secret, and the other is that Hu Liyan is not an ordinary woman, she can be accepted as an apprentice by Master Sigong, and the woman who gives orders in Yanyun Hall is definitely not a person who is easy to get hot-headed, and what Yang Zhi is thinking about in his mind is the purpose of Hu Liyan. Yang Zhi didn't have a cold scene, and said with a smile: "If the princess is interested, Weichen will give the princess half of the shares, and then the princess will help the winery to say a few good words." ”

This is the method of cooperation between ordinary people and the powerful, and the powerful help to expand sales channels and increase the selling price to increase profits, as for whether the powerful can pay or not, they don't care at all. He lowered his face and said: "Yang Zhi, this palace is not a forcible robbery, how much money you say, this palace will give it, you don't have to worry that this palace will rob your wine shop, this palace just wants to make money." ”

Hu Liyan's words made Liu Kui's heart tremble, and he also found that the owner had caused a trouble, although Hu Liyan kept saying that he wanted to make money, but Yang Zhi didn't want the money sent to the door, what kind of business is this. Yang Zhi found a clue in Hu Liyan's expression, thinking of the pearl flowers given to him by King Zhao Yelu Xi Nilie, Hu Liyan wanted to recruit himself, or to control himself; Yang Zhi understood that Hu Liyan was still a brother and sister, and wanted to help his brother Zhao Wang Yelu Xi Nilie, and the participation of the wine shop was just an attitude of his own.

Yang Zhi pondered the taste, so he was not polite, nodded obediently and said: "Weichen estimated that it would cost two hundred taels of gold, and if the princess wanted half of the equity, she would pay one hundred taels of gold." At that time, the wineries in Shangjing and Xijing will be at the disposal of the princess, and the personnel will be responsible for training, and all the sales revenue of the two places will go to the princess, I don't know what the princess wants?"

Yang Zhi's plan made the gains and losses of both sides clear at a glance, and Hu Liyan was about to nod in agreement, when he suddenly remembered a question, stared at Yang Zhi and asked: "You directly denied Zhongjing, did Zhongjing have a partner, or do you think Zhongjing will have an accident?"

Yang Zhi arched his hand and said: "Since Wechen cooperated with the princess and agreed to take half of the shares, how could he discuss this matter with others, but Wechen felt that Zhongjing was not suitable for opening a winery, and the mystery was easy to be stolen by the Jinren." ”

Don't say that Hu Liyan, even Xilong and others also feel that Yang Zhi's reason is very far-fetched, realizing Yang Zhi's true thoughts, it is likely that Zhongjing is easy to become a battlefield, indicating that in Yang Zhi's subconscious, the defense line of the six states in front of the mountain east of Zhongjing is unreliable, so take precautions and avoid Zhongjing in business. Hu Liyan's face became a little ugly, but Yang Zhi didn't pick it out, and Hu Liyan couldn't get angry if he wanted to, so he had to say happily: "Then it's decided, tomorrow I will send someone to give you a hundred taels of gold, and start the wine shop as soon as possible." ”

In order to ease the atmosphere, Yaksha wanted to shift the topic to the liquor, and slapped off the mud seal of the liquor jar in front of him, and suddenly the rich aroma of wine filled the room; Yaksha, Xilong and others are all good wine people, everyone tasted a bowl, Kunhan Mengyi and Xilong were choked by the high concentration of wine, and their faces were flushed, Yaksha let the wine slowly flow through his throat, enjoying the comfort of the heat, and said with satisfaction: "Lord Yang, this wine is good, from tomorrow, I will order ten jars of wine a month." ”

Yang Zhi smiled apologetically: "Night Pavilion Master, I'm really sorry, I can't do it tomorrow, the output of my winery can't keep up, and it will be fine in half a month." If you want to drink during this time, come to my store and I'll treat you. ”

Ying Yunfei tasted the taste of the wine and said: "Yang Zhi, I came with Yaksha, but for most people, your wine is stronger, and the people you like to drink are drunkards like me, which can be bottled and sold in the future, and you can make some low-alcohol wine, which is suitable for the taste of the public, and sell it in the store." ”

Yang Zhi said with a wry smile: "I don't have any food on hand, so I can only make this kind of high-grade wine as a signboard at present, and the general wine comes from the Central Plains and Xinghe Distillery." ”