Chapter 8 The Secret Recipe for Winemaking

On the second day, Liangchen got up early in the morning.

Seeing that the old king has been exercising in the courtyard, he is playing the most common body forging boxing method here, "Hundred Steps Sweat Play".

Although Lao Wang Tou is more than half a hundred years old, his boxing methods are sometimes as light and agile as an ape, sometimes as fierce as a tiger, and sometimes like a bird spreading its wings and ready to fly, so he can't help but secretly applaud.

Liangchen stood aside and waited quietly, and it took about three cups of tea before the old king finished a set of boxing techniques.

"Chen'er, why don't you learn this boxing technique with me. It's good for your body!" said the old king as he took out the gourd he was carrying, took a sip of wine.

"Uncle, it's not about learning art, it's about being fine. Let's do the same!"

Although this punch seems to be wonderful, Liangchen can't look down on this punch from the bottom of his heart.

After all, this fist technique seems to be powerful, and it is only an introductory fist technique for low-level body refining cultivators.

As long as his realm recovers, it is estimated that he will not be able to stop even his own sword, but he still politely said excuses.

"Hehe, that's what I said, come the same! The old king turned and walked towards the cellar.

Liangchen slowly followed in.

"The method of winemaking, to put it simply, is to collect the essence of all things and brew it into an intoxicating sweet spring through some means. ”

"There are six steps in this process: First, you need to make the koji.

In the summer, when the sun god is at its most powerful, he collects the fruit of a species called kiwiberry in the forest.

This fruit is green with skin and thorns on the skin, and a little liquor must be applied to the hand when collecting, otherwise it will be pricked by the thorn.

After collection, it is steamed, dried, and ground into powder for later use. ”

The old king took a clay pot in the cellar and opened it, and he saw a jar of pale green powder.

"That's it, look at it. The old king handed the koji in his hand to Liangchen.

Liangchen took it in his hand, pinched a little and put it in his mouth and tasted it, slightly sweet with a hint of sourness.

"The second step is to cook the ingredients. The main raw materials for winemaking are composed of our abundant Huayang barley and silver branch sorghum. Mix several ingredients in a certain proportion and cook them in a pot until they are half-cooked for later use.

In the third step, spread the boiled raw materials in a bamboo sieve basket, add koji and mix well after a little cooling, put it into the pottery vat for fermentation while it is hot, cover and wrap the animal skin cotton blanket for insulation, and ferment for three or four days.

The fourth step is raw sake. When the smell of wine overflows, remove the cotton blanket and let it stand for half a month to a month, depending on the situation, when there is a wine aroma or wine appears. At this time, we call the liquor "miscellaneous liquor".

The fifth step is to steam the wine. Put a large iron pot, add spring water and saber-toothed tiger bones and other materials, and build a wooden steamed pot.

After the lid is filled, the spring water is boiled and steam overflows from the cage, the fermented sake is added, and the wine collection vessel and the bamboo tube for wine introduction are installed.

And keep the water temperature at all times, and steam the wine.

Finally, there is the quality control. The steamed wine has a very high concentration, and it is necessary to sprinkle it regularly during the steaming period, wait until the wine taste meets the requirements, and then put it into the fungus Ganoderma lucidum king and seal it for more than half a year. ”

The old king took Liangchen around, explained while talking, and roughly explained the secret method of winemaking.

Liangchen listened and watched, and secretly memorized in his heart. After all, it is a major event related to the recovery of one's realm, but you can't be sloppy!

Then the old king said some other things that should be paid attention to, so that the morning passed.

"Now I can only give you a general description of the process, and the specific operation is not something that can be explained in these three words.

In a few days, I will brew another batch of Fungi King Wine, and when the time comes, you can observe and figure out more with me!

Hehe, the wine I saved was drunk by those gluttons when you got married!" said the old king with a smile as he looked at Liangchen.

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After a few days of teaching, Liangchen also had a general understanding of winemaking, and he got up early on this day to watch the old king's fist.

"In the past few days, I have been preparing to start brewing a batch of mushroom king wine, I counted it yesterday, and some of the materials are no longer enough, and there are still some shorts. You go out with me to buy some. As he spoke, the old king led him out into the street.

The shops on the street, he has been here a few times these days.

The streets of Spirits Town have four main streets connected end to end to form an opening.

The streets are mostly wineries and food shops, and occasionally there are a few pharmacies and weapons shops.

"Old man Wang is here! ”

As soon as the two entered the door of the grain store, a powerful middle-aged strong man came up to greet them.

"This is the new aunt, right? I went late that day, I didn't see it, and I came back to listen to the person in my family who praised you! When I saw it today, it was really dignified!" The middle-aged man saw a strange man following behind the old king's head, and opened his mouth to praise.

"Haha, it's my son-in-law. Boss Wu, how is the business lately?" said with a smile as the old Wang Tou was praised by him.

"Thanks to the old man, it's better than in previous years!" The old man came today, I don't know if he wanted to buy some materials, or come over for tea?" asked the middle-aged man after leading the two of them to sit down, making a cup of tea.

"Buying some ingredients, preparing to make another batch of wine, some materials are missing. Old Wang Tou took a sip of tea and said.

"Yo, didn't the old man brew a batch just a few days ago? Could it be that the county government has already started to supply it this year?" asked Boss Wu with a smile.

"The tribute has not yet begun. Most of the wine brewed a year ago was drunk on the day when the children got married. I'm running out of wine, old man!" said the old king.

"Haha! The old man didn't come to me to beg for money! Boss Wu also laughed.

"Haha. Forty jars of wine, you can prepare them for me. The old king said.

"Old man, is it the same?" asked Boss Wu with a smile.

"Yes, the same old way. The old king said.

"That's okay, old man, go back first, and I'll send it to you in a while!" Boss Wu said.

"Then I won't bother. Chen'er, let's go. The old king smiled and got up and left.

The two left the grain store, went to other shops to buy a few medicinal herbs, and then returned home.

Seeing that several large bags of grain had been placed at the gate of the courtyard, it turned out that Boss Wu had already sent the materials over.

The easternmost room is a steam room, with several large vats as tall as a human being placed at the door.

Lao Wangtou carried the grain to the door of the steaming room, opened the bag and checked it, and then began to put the materials such as Huayang barley and silver branch sorghum into the large vat to wash them, while picking out impurities and mildew materials.

Liangchen wanted to help, but the old king stopped him with a smile.

"You young people, that's it, you don't know anything and you want to do it. What you have to do now is to look, look carefully!" said the old king, as he picked out the impurities,

"When you know all the steps by heart, it's time for you to do it!"