Volume 2: Jiang Nanchun Chapter 107, there are guests
Early the next morning, Tian Zhiyu asked the housekeeper Qin Ming to prepare a carriage, and he still had to go to buy wine.
This time it was not a carriage, he prepared three carriages.
The housekeeper Qin Ming looked at Tian Zhiyu with some confusion and said, "Tian Gongzi, how much wine are you going to buy." ”
Tian Zhiyu smiled mysteriously and said, "I'm going to buy a lot." ”
When he arrived in Qiantang Village, he still went to the little couple's house, the little lady pushed open the door, and when she saw that it was him, she was both surprised and happy, and hurriedly said: "Does the son still want to buy wine?"
Tian Zhiyu nodded.
The little lady hurriedly invited him into the house and called her father-in-law, and the young man was also surprised when he saw Tian Zhiyu, and said, "Son, your wine won't be finished yet, right?"
Tian Zhiyu smiled and said, "It's not that I've finished drinking, it's that I've used it up." ”
"Running out?" the young couple looked at him in amazement.
Tian Zhiyu took out a small wine bottle from his arms, which he specially packed last night, just to let the couple see it today.
"Do you want to taste the spirits I made with your rice wine?" Tian Zhiyu handed the bottle to them with a mysterious expression.
Both of them looked puzzled, and when the young man was still hesitating, the little lady took the wine bottle, opened the lid and smelled it, and her face changed in an instant.
"Yuzhen, what's wrong?" the young man asked with concern when he saw his mother's expression.
The little lady ignored her husband, and after sniffing it again, she slowly poured a little wine into her mouth, and instantly made the same expression as yesterday's Ulihan.
The little lady did not squirt out the wine, but swallowed it slowly, and the increasingly distorted expression on her face showed that her throat and stomach were also experiencing a burning sensation.
"Yuzhen, what's wrong?" the young man took the wine bottle from the little lady's hand, sniffed it himself, and then followed his own lady's example and took a sip.
The expressions of the husband and wife became very synchronized, and when both of them slowly opened their eyes, the little lady looked at Tian Zhiyu in surprise and asked, "How did you do this, why is it so fierce?"
Tian Zhiyu didn't answer their questions, but still said mysteriously: "Do you want to learn about it? In the future, your wine can be condensed into such a strong wine, and if you buy it on the market, the price can increase many times." ”
Both husband and wife nodded hurriedly, and the little lady said, "Son, tell me quickly, how did you make it." ”
Tian Zhiyu looked at the big wine tanks in his yard, still didn't answer their questions, and then said: "I still want to buy wine, buy a lot of wine, you can follow me back in a while, I will teach you how to make this spirit, but I have one condition." ”
"What conditions?" said in unison.
Tian Zhiyu said: "I don't make these spirits to drink, but for other purposes, when you learn how to make spirits, you need to help me make such a full tank first, are you willing?"
The little couple looked at each other, and the little lady said, "Is there only this one condition?"
Tian Zhiyu nodded.
"Will you teach us for free, without any pay?"
Tian Zhiyu still nodded.
The young man hesitated again, and the little lady said decisively: "Okay, we promise you, if we learn, we will first make a large vat for you." ”
The two sides agreed in this way, Tian Zhiyu bought ten taels of silver rice wine from them, the couple didn't want money, Tian Zhiyu knew that it was not easy for them, so he stuffed the money to them.
When the couple followed Tian Zhiyu to his greenhouse, they saw the distillation equipment in the greenhouse, and they couldn't understand it after looking at it for a long time, just like Ulihan.
Tian Zhiyu didn't explain the principle to them first, but asked them to do it with him first. When the first distillation was done, Tian Zhiyu let them taste it first, and the couple was already shocked.
When the second distillation was done, they got the same wine as yesterday, and the couple tasted it again, and they already admired Tian Zhiyu so much.
"Isn't it very simple to look at it this way?" Tian Zhiyu asked.
The husband and wife both nodded, and the little lady said: "It's really simple, our ancestors have been making wine for generations, why can't they figure out this truth?"
Tian Zhiyu smiled and explained to them the principle of volatilization of different boiling points at different temperatures, and the two figures were confused, and the reaction with Ullihan was the same.
"Tian Gongzi, are you saying that as long as the water in this basin is between 70 and 80 degrees, the alcohol in the wine will volatilize, but the water will stay, is this the principle?" the young man asked.
Tian Zhiyu nodded.
"But why?" asked the little lady again.
They are not the same as Wu Lihan, they can brew spirits on a large scale in the future, and they need to know a certain principle, so Tian Zhiyu thought for a while and said: "To give a simple example, for example, if you have a glass of water and double the spirits, you use fire to boil the water, and boil the spirits, their temperature is different, and the water is obviously much hotter. ”
The two of them thought about it, and it was indeed the case.
So Tian Zhiyu continued: "After the water boils, it will become gas, and in the same way, the spirits will also become gas after boiling, because the temperature at which the spirits become gas is much lower than that of water, only about 60 degrees, at this temperature, the alcohol becomes gas, but the water is still liquid, so the two are separated." ”
They thought about their usual experience, and combined with the operation just now, they understood it at once.
Seeing their suddenly realized expressions, Tian Zhiyu smiled: "That's the principle. ”
The young couple still felt amazing, it turned out that making spirits was so easy, they were surprised, and their hearts were full of surprises, with this knowledge, it was easy to make spirits in their own workshop.
Thinking of this, they seemed to see the rolling wealth, and then looked at Tian Zhiyu, and immediately regarded him as a benefactor.
Then the three of them began to distill again, and now the young man knew the principle, and he was obviously much better at making fires and controlling the temperature of the water than Tian Zhiyu. With him controlling the furnace and water temperature, Tian Zhiyu was responsible for changing the wine jar, and the little lady was responsible for collecting, and the three major jars of spirits were distilled in one morning.
Moreover, the liquor they distilled was even stronger than Tian Zhiyu's own, Tian Zhiyu felt that the alcohol content was already quite high, and he didn't dare to drink the wine that came out at all.
The fiercest Fort plus is just like that, Tian Zhiyu thought.
When it was close to noon, it was time for the couple to go back, and before leaving, they were grateful to Tian Zhiyu again, and they were indescribably excited.
Tian Zhiyu waved his hand and said: "You don't have to thank me too much, I just taught you the truth, and the specific operation depends on yourself." After all, I'm just making a fuss, your workshop is so big, and the brewing process is so complicated, the operation is definitely not as simple as I have here. ”
The young man said confidently: "Don't worry, son, I have my own way after I go back." ”
"That's good," Tian Zhiyu said: "I don't have any other requirements, except for that big vat of spirits, I just hope that you will brew more, the more the better, and then sell it, and strive to sell it all over the world, but everyone will taste it, this is my wish." ”
The couple didn't know much about his words, and they didn't know why he had such a wish, but they looked at Tian Zhiyu's arrogant expression, and only said that he was selfless and regarded money as dung.
Looking at the backs of the couple gradually moving away, Tian Zhiyu said secretly: As a country of wine, how can there be no spirits? Let everyone drink the strongest wine is the great ideal of winemakers.
In the afternoon he stayed in the greenhouse, where the distilled spirits were not yet fully alcoholic, but they were sufficient for colchicine extraction.
He originally wanted to continue to do it in the greenhouse, but because the greenhouse was too closed, the light inside was not very good, and the temperature inside was relatively high after burning dry firewood all morning, so he simply took the equipment he needed to the wooden house.
At this time, it was time for the spring flowers to bloom, Tian Zhiyu remembered that Wu Lihan also said yesterday that today is the third day of the third month of March, a more important day, but about the memory of the third day of the third month of March, Tian Zhiyu has nothing else except the Lanting Collection Preface.
Outside the windows of the wooden houses, roses and rhododendrons in the near distance, and peach blossoms in the distance, decorate the whole hill in purple and red, and it is a real pleasing sight to look out from the window.
Tian Zhiyu didn't have much of an eye to appreciate these, he first crushed Bai He, who had been baked overnight, and then carefully sifted it, and it took a long time to finally sift out enough powder.
He found a few more containers, put in the spirits, then put the powder in separately, sealed the containers, and it occurred to him that what followed was another long waiting process.
Just as he was thinking about doing something with this time, he suddenly heard a group of people chattering outside the cabin. When he listened carefully, it turned out that a group of young people took advantage of this good spring to come out to enjoy the mountains and rivers.
It seems that the ancient people still attached more importance to the third day of the third month of March, and when they came back from Qiantang Village in the morning, they saw countless men, women, and children, all wearing clean and tidy clothes, walking in piles towards the mountains and towards the river.
Yes, this is the best time in spring, Tian Zhiyu thought, but unfortunately Su Yijin and Nuan Yue were not by his side.
Just as he was pondering, he heard a familiar girl outside say, "There are a few beautiful wooden houses in front, let's go over and have a look." ”
Tian Zhiyu heard that this voice was Feng Zhengqian's daughter Feng Jingnan, who had seen her once in Feng Mansion, when she was with Lu Wenshu.
However, Tian Zhiyu has no impression of these two beauties on the Allure list, not that they are not beautiful, in terms of appearance, they are on par with Nuan Yue, but Tian Zhiyu wanted to get close to her, chat with her, and tease each other with her from the first time he saw Nuan Yue.
But Tian Zhiyu didn't have any special thoughts about these two beauties, just admired their beauty, and then passed by.
Unexpectedly, Feng Jingnan arrived near him today, and it seemed that he still wanted to come to his house.
At this time, a male voice said: "Don't go over Sister Feng, the people who live in the mountains are generally dirty farmers, don't stain our clothes, let's hurry up and enjoy the flowers." ”
Tian Zhiyu smiled bitterly, this young man must be the child of a high-ranking official, and he has a natural prejudice against the people at the bottom in his bones.
And Feng Jingnan didn't pay attention to the young man, Tian Zhiyu heard their footsteps getting closer and closer, and he carefully identified eight people.
In order to prevent them from coming in suddenly, Tian Zhiyu had to get up and walk outside.
When he opened the door, he saw that the eight men had entered the small fenced courtyard.
It was Feng Jingnan who was the leader, and when she saw that it was Tian Zhiyu who opened the door, she said with some surprise: "How could it be you? Aren't you living in Ma Bencai's house? Why did you run to this wooden house in the mountains again?"
Tian Zhiyu saw that there were seven people behind her, three women and four men, and Lu Wenshu was indeed among the three girls.
He smiled and said, "I'm experimenting here, didn't I tell you, I'm growing big and sweet watermelons and grapes." ”
Feng Jingnan became interested and hurriedly said, "Then can we go in and have a look?"
At this time, the young man who followed Feng Jingnan stepped forward, his eyes looked at Tian Zhiyu, full of hostility, he looked at Feng Jingnan again and said, "Sister Feng, do you know this person?"
Feng Jingnan said with a smile: "Of course I know, this is Tian Zhiyu, the benefactor of our family." ”
"How can you be your benefactor?" Obviously, this young man didn't know too much about the Feng family, but seeing that Tian Zhiyu in front of him was dirty, his face was far better than his, and there was inexplicable worry in his heart.
"Oh, it's a benefactor anyway," she no longer paid attention to the young man, and said to Tian Zhiyu with a smile: "We came out to visit the spring, and we walked for a long time, and we were about to die of exhaustion, can you let us go in and rest?"
Tian Zhiyu couldn't say no, so he invited them all in. Fortunately, the wooden house was built large enough that it did not look crowded with eight more people.
As soon as Feng Jingnan entered the house, he saw a lot of pots and pots, and said with a smile: "It turns out that you are really doing experiments, last time I thought you were joking." ”
Tian Zhiyu said: "How can I be, I'm serious." Didn't you see that I had a super big greenhouse in the back of the cabin, which was designed after your greenhouse, but it was bigger than yours. ”
"I'll visit again later, now my legs are out of energy," Feng Jingnan kept beating his legs, and it seemed that he had indeed walked a lot.
"By the way, Tian Gongzi, do you have water here, we are all so thirsty, but we can't find water anywhere," Feng Jingnan pouted.
Tian Zhiyu thought about it, and it seemed that there was really no water. I was only doing experiments here the next day, and I really forgot about water.
"I'm sorry, there's really no water here," Tian Zhiyu said apologetically.
The young man who had been following Feng Jingnan saw the jars of spirits, pointed at them, and said in a commanding tone, "What's in that jar?"
Tian Zhiyu glanced at the jar and said, "It's wine." ”
Feng Jingnan hurriedly said: "Wine is fine, as long as it can quench your thirst," after speaking, he stood up and walked towards the jars of wine.
Tian Zhiyu smiled and said: "Miss Feng, these jars are all strong wines, I'm afraid they can't quench their thirst, I still have some ordinary wine in the greenhouse, I'll get it for you." ”
Feng Jingnan stood up, and the young man said with a disdainful expression: "How strong can the liquor be? No matter how strong the wine is, my son can drink this altar in one go." ”