Chapter 11: The Blossoms of the Willows (3)
Liu Yiwen hurriedly walked to the silk book and read it carefully. He whispered from the beginning: "Du Gong wine, collect blood Ganoderma lucidum into the song, select silver tooth rice to ferment, and brew it with fire." The wine is clear and transparent, the aroma is elegant and comfortable, the entrance is mellow, not dry or dry, and the aftertaste is ......"
"Huh!" he couldn't hide the surprise in his heart and snorted softly. I thought to myself: What I saw just now is obviously not this kind of wine recipe, but a kind of spiritual wine called Gu Gongchun. Could it be that I am dazzled?
He shook his head, trying to recall what it had been like when he first saw the scroll, making sure that it was Gu Gongchun.
Du Feng seemed to be aware of it, walked over the bamboo slip in his hand, and asked, "Brother Liu, but have you made a discovery?"
Liu Yiwen pointed to the silk book on the wooden case and said, "When Brother Du came in just now, did you read this wine recipe?"
Du Feng said happily: "Of course I have read it, it is an ancient recipe for spiritual wine called Gu Gongchun. I skimmed the first few paragraphs, what's wrong? What's so special about this recipe?"
Liu Yiwen said excitedly: "Sure enough, I thought I remembered wrong! Brother Du, please take a closer look!"
Du Feng was stunned for a moment, leaned over and began to browse from the beginning. He couldn't help but change color while watching, raised his head and cast an incredulous look at Liu Yiwen, and said, "What's the matter?
Liu Yiwen Zhizhu said: "It seems that Brother Du has also discovered that the content of this silk book has changed, and I think this layer of mysteries should be on this silk book." ”
With his previous experience, Du Feng felt a little admiration for the Taoist friend in front of him. Both the mind and the mind are extraordinary, and the heart of friendship is moved.
Du Feng picked up the silk book and looked at it carefully in his hand, but unfortunately he didn't find anything special, so he handed it to Liu Yiwen. The latter was also found and the object was put back in its place.
The two of them stared at the silk book for about a cup of tea, but the words on it did not change in any way.
Just when the two of them were a little impatient, the ink on the silk book was like being sucked by a whale, and it gathered in the center to form a ball. Then it burst out like fireworks and landed evenly on the silk roll. Looking at it again, it was another spirit wine recipe.
This whole process is no more than a breath of effort! Liu and the two of them were secretly surprised in their hearts!
Du Feng was overjoyed and said: "Look, it's changed again! Zhu Fengling wine!"
In this way, every half an hour, the recipe of the spirit wine on the silk book is changed. The two of them worked hard to get some inspiration from the wine recipe, but after seven or eight times, the silk book still kept changing.
Du Feng's expression gradually became a little anxious, and he said, "It won't be replaced forever like this, right! If there are more than 100 kinds, I don't know how much time it will take?"
Liu Yiwen muttered in his heart, he had carefully looked at these several wine recipes, and there was nothing unusual, just an ordinary spirit wine making method. Did you guess wrong?
Just as he was about to meditate, the wine recipe changed again, and he habitually whispered: "The method of blending spirit wine...... "Reading this, he was a little stunned, this one doesn't seem to be the recipe for spirit wine!"
Liu Yiwen was shocked in his heart, and then read: "The above twelve kinds of spirit wine are combined according to a specific proportion, and their color, fragrance, taste, and character will be greatly improved, and there will be another miraculous effect. I call the spirit wine after blending as the Zengyuan Spirit Wine, which I got by chance in my later years. This method has the effect of removing impurities, harmonizing aroma, balancing the body, and enhancing the flavor and spirit......"
The more Liu Yiwen looked at it, the more surprised he became, since he knew about winemaking, he had never heard of the word "hooking". This sudden idea broke his previous perception of wine, and he couldn't help but read it.
And Du Feng had already leaned down on the wooden case, sometimes contemplative, sometimes rippling, already intoxicated.
This wine recipe is also introduced later: the so-called blending is by no means a random mixture of several spirit wines, but the type and proportion of the wine need to be strictly controlled. Good wine and secondary wine can be blended into fine wine, secondary wine and secondary wine can also be turned into fine wine, good wine and good wine can be blended, improper proportion, wine nature, smell is not compatible, can also become secondary wine.
In order to create a new wine, it is not only necessary to have a deep understanding of the properties of the wine, but also to try it for a long time. Fermentation and aroma, distillation and fragrance, and hook and shape are the finishing touches of the wine road.
After reading the whole article, Liu Yiwen's heart was already fluctuating, and he couldn't calm down for a long time. The new craft of "hooking" opened another door for him to re-understand this subtlety. The combination of the second wine and the second wine also becomes a fine wine, which is simply turning decay into magic!
In the past, wines with poor flavors can come in handy: the taste can be adjusted, the taste is bitter and aging, the taste is astringent and fragrant, and the flavor paste, mold, and dregs can be used to match the wine, depending on how you match it.
It's like a painter, all kinds of wine are the basic pigments and tools, and ordinary painters can only make ordinary paintings. But when the same thing is in the hands of the grandmaster, it may become a masterpiece.
This is the real way of drinking, and with this new way of thinking, you can break the shackles and bring forth the new. It's something they never thought of before!
The two were stunned on the spot for more than half an hour, and Du Feng was convinced: "The wisdom of the ancestors is really amazing, and this method of blending is really the soul of the wine way!"
Liu Yiwen was so excited that he couldn't wait to start trying it right away, and said: "I didn't expect that there is such a trick in this, your ancestor is really the most holy in wine." He said this from the bottom of his heart, and when he thought of his subtle skills, he was as ridiculous as a child.
Du Feng said: "This is the ancestor's painstaking collection, which is enough for you and me to understand in this life!"
Liu Yiwen smiled bitterly and said, "As long as I can learn the Second Enlightenment, I will be satisfied!"
Du Feng thought so, nodded yes, and then put the magical silk book into the purple gourd. As soon as the silk book disappeared, the voice of the ancestor echoed in the air again, saying, "Although the way of hooking up is good, don't do it indiscriminately. It is not gradual, it cannot be comprehended. I hope that the descendants of the Du clan will keep it in mind!"
Liu and Du had solemn faces and were instructed intently. After a while, the passage on the last floor also appeared not far away.
Du Feng sighed lightly, first took out a few pieces of wine utensils on the wooden shelf and gave them to Liu Yiwen, and then proposed: "Let's go our separate ways, I will make a copy of the bamboo slips and classics here, and the jade slips over there will trouble Brother Liu." ”
Liu Yiwen thanked him, walked to the bookshelf, took out some blank jade slips, and reproduced the jade slips on the wooden cabinet one by one. Among them, there are not only ancient recipes for spiritual wine, but also the preparation methods of various drinking utensils, and anecdotes in the wine...... It's really all-encompassing.
He was amazed and busy......
Suddenly, my heart jumped suddenly, and the jade slip in my hand stopped!