The rise of the prince

Chapter 129 Essence in Wine
Time passed by every minute and every second, and everyone didn't know what the son was going to do, so they could only follow the orders.

Li Ye patrolled around with a bowl of yellow clay. After all, the wine cage was the first time to steam wine, and it was made of wood, so it was inevitable that there would be air leakage. Whenever he saw white steam coming out, he immediately sealed it with wet yellow clay.

It turned out that Zhao Si's workmanship was better than he had imagined. There was almost no air leakage, only a place above the wine cage where white water vapor leaked due to excessive tension, and it was immediately sealed.

The servant continued to heat up, and everyone stared at this strange big guy curiously.

He Qian tugged at his sleeve: "What are you doing?"

Li Ye didn't speak, and he was also nervously observing whether there was an air leak in the wine cage, whether the water level in the sky pot was normal, whether the bottom pot could withstand burning, etc.
After about 10 minutes of heating, the water flowing in the Tianguo began to become warm, and thin white water vapor was produced on the surface of the water. Li Ye immediately knew that it was almost done!Heat transfer is a slow process. At this time, the temperature in the whole wine cage rises to a certain level, and the alcohol in the grain begins to volatilize first!

Sure enough, a drop of white crystal liquid began to drip intermittently from the inclined wine tank, and then the speed gradually became faster, and finally it became a flow of chopstick-thick liquid, which continuously flowed into the next ceramic jar below. Li Ye dipped his fingers into it After licking it, the long-lost rich aroma and spicy taste immediately made his tongue numb, and he was not used to it, because there has never been such a high-purity wine in this world!

Li Ye quickly covered the top of the wine tank with a wet towel, and sprinkled some cold water on the surface of the jar.

The boiling point of alcohol is 78 degrees Celsius. At this time, the alcohol has just changed from a gaseous state to a liquid state. The temperature will not be much lower than the boiling point. The high-temperature alcohol collected with great difficulty in the wine jar is cooled down faster, so as not to let the alcohol volatilize excessively due to the high temperature.

Because of the good airtightness, the aroma of the wine did not permeate much, but Gu Feng moved his nose, and he could smell the strong aroma of wine, but what came out of the tank was clearly as clear as water, not like wine!
"My lord, what is that?" Gu Feng asked uncertainly, pointing at the jar.

He Qian also leaned over curiously. As soon as she approached, there was a pungent smell of alcohol, and it was extremely strong. She stared at her own reflection in the jar, and couldn't help being surprised: "This can't be a bar!"

"You're so smart, this is wine." Li Ye smiled triumphantly.

Gu Feng, Yan Shen, and all the servants were stunned. Gu Feng leaned up to look and look, smell and smell, but he still couldn't believe it: "But my son, it's as clear as water, so it's not like wine!"

Seeing how eager he was to try it, Li Ye smiled and said, "Try the last two altars, but the first altar will be fatal."

Everyone seemed to understand, although the alcohol concentration of the first altar could not reach the highest level, it still looked like 70 degrees or [-] degrees, which was not much different from pure alcohol, and with the high temperature, their bodies had never It is easy to be overwhelmed after getting used to such high alcohol.

Each jar can only hold about [-] catties. After the first jar is full, replace it with a new jar, and seal it immediately to let it cool down slowly.

This altar is baby!Because it was almost close to alcohol, Li Ye was as careful as holding a baby, weighed it in his arms, carefully put it aside, and asked his servants to fetch a pen and paper to mark it.

He kept observing the water level of the Tianguo to adjust the fire. After a while, the second jar was also full. By the time of the third jar, Li Ye estimated that the alcohol content should drop to between 50% and 60% at this time, because no matter how well the grain fermented It also contains water. After most of the alcohol evaporates, what remains is water. There is water in the grain and water to protect the bottom pot. At this time, the alcohol content will gradually decrease.

Li Ye took two small and a half bowls out of porcelain bowls, and handed one bowl to He Qian who was already eager to try it. The little girl raised her hand to drink, but he quickly held her down: "You can't drink like this."

"Then how do I drink it?" He Qian said dissatisfiedly. She had already smelled the strong aroma of the wine for a long time, and saw that the wine was as clear as a spring, so clear that she could see the bottom of the bowl, so she couldn't help it.

Li Yesheng was afraid that she would dry it in one gulp, so he held the bowl and said, "Lick it first and see."

He Qian was reluctant, but still stretched out her pink and tender tongue to lick it. After this lick, she frowned and inhaled continuously: "It's so spicy, so spicy."

"Is this wine? You don't mean to tease me, do you?" The little girl couldn't help complaining and hit his chest.

Li Ye said with a smile: "This is wine, you want to drink it yourself, how can you blame me."

"But the wine doesn't taste like this, nor does it have this color, but it smells like wine."

Li Ye handed the other half of the bowl to Yan Shen and others who had been waiting for a long time, and repeatedly told everyone to only take a small sip. After drinking in a circle, several of them grinned, blushed and had thick necks, staring at the clear wine in the bowl. It's about to fall out.

Gu Feng held the bowl in a daze and said: "My lord, I have never seen such fine wine in my whole life! It is as clear as a spring, but also as strong as a fire. I just took a sip. Now my heart and lungs are like fire. It is really comfortable. !"

Yan Shen also nodded: "What kind of wine is this, Shizi!"

Li Ye said proudly: "You are lucky today. This is the original wine created by this son. It is the essence of the wine. After removing the dross, the fine wine will not be muddy without impurities, but it is not the purest, the purest. It's the one that came out first."

Everyone nodded thoughtfully, but Gu Feng gasped: "Such strong wine is not the purest!"

He Qian also tugged on his sleeve: "I want to taste the strongest."

Li Ye poked her little head: "Don't mess around, the alcohol is so strong that it is no longer suitable for drinking, and it will hurt people if you drink it, and the alcohol is so pure that it will burn when exposed to fire, so keep the wine Be careful not to see open flames in the wine cellar in the future."

Speaking of which, Li Ye released it to everyone, sprinkled some on the table, and then used flint a little, and suddenly the clear water-like wine ignited a light blue flame, and everyone was shocked and stunned. It's amazing to be able to catch fire.

"My son, you are not a god in the sky, you can do anything." Yan Shen stared blankly at the burning wine and said.

Li Ye laughed loudly: "Hahahaha, that's right, this son is a god, but we shouldn't be too proud, we should be more modest, from now on you will all call me Li Banxian."

"You don't look so pretty." The little girl stepped on him, and then whispered to herself: "However, it is indeed a bit powerful."

Gufeng and the servants have already entered the mode of what the prince said, even if the sun will rise from the west tomorrow, they will believe it, and they will firmly remember every word the prince says.

In their eyes, the prince has become a god at this time, the essence of the wine, there is no dross, the wine is as clear as a spring but as strong as a flame, which has never been heard or seen before!
At this time, the servant who was in charge of burning the fire with an aggrieved face suddenly felt that his responsibility was bright and great. If it weren't for him to burn the fire, how could he produce such fine wine.

(End of this chapter)