A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 236

Qujiang, another courtyard of the Wu family.

The mature scorpions picked in September were fermented in urns in batches, and another batch had been fermented for more than two months. Today, Huaiyu specially came over to boil the wine.

I have burned a few pots in a small amount before, and they are all good, but there are also some minor problems. After summarizing and improving, the technology is now more mature.

For example, the scorpions purchased from farmers are generally not of good quality, and the good ones are used to dry the scorpion cakes. These bad-looking scorpions must be smashed first, and wooden sticks must be used to start. When using iron utensils, it tends to turn black after fermentation and has a bitter taste.

It takes more than two months to ferment, and it has to be stirred constantly. In addition, the fermented starter and koji are also more particular, and the ratio is also very important. Huaiyu later concluded that it is better to use the old dough for the starter. , In addition, the taste of the fermented distiller's koji with spicy Polygonum grass and golden cherry seeds is also better.

"It's time to cut the weeds, I came just in time."

Siqi's father, Lao Chen, was chopping weeds. The weeds used by the locals were rooster peas. At first, Huaiyu used wheat straw directly, but later found that this kind of weed was more effective.

Cut the straw stalks of rooster and peas into [-]-[-] cm sections, and stir them with the fermented scorpion, which can play a loose and breathable role. When making wine, it can make full use of water vapor to heat it, greatly increasing the wine production.

"The weed that Alang found is much stronger than the straw, and the wine made with straw doesn't taste as good." Lao Chen is now living a good life in the Wu family. He usually lives in Xinchangfang Pear Garden in the south of the city and also manages Hold Huaiyu's land in Qujiang.

In Qujiang, Huaiyu has been given 200 mu of land by the emperor at the beginning, and now has more than [-] mu of land, and several pieces of land are managed by Lao Chen.

Liyuan produces autumn pear paste, pear nectar and pear wine, and now Qujiang is cooking pot-steamed mango wine.

There are many scorpions in the north, and they are everywhere in front of and behind the houses in the village. When the scorpions mature in autumn, they are like red lanterns hanging high. There are many and cheap scorpions.Huaiyu asked people to buy those average-looking scorpions. This kind of scorpion is not good for making scorpion cakes and can be purchased cheaply, but it does not affect wine making.

In fact, 杮zi Shao is the same as sweet potato burning, etc. It is a fruit-based liquor. It does not need a single grain. It is first fermented and then distilled. This kind of fruit-based liquor is actually quite different from the Tang people's liquor.

But the taste is actually not bad, especially the high strength. He originally planned to use it as the base wine for medicinal wine, but later found that in the two cities, docks and other places, this kind of wine is actually quite popular with the people at the bottom, and the warriors are also very fond of it. I like the intensity.

Nowadays, there is a shortage of food, and the imperial court prohibits wine making from food, but the consumption of wine is actually quite large, especially in Chang'an.Huaiyu found that fruit wine does not violate the policy, and can also make up for the emptiness in the current market, so from the beginning of small troubles, now he has started to change guns.

The pot-making workshop is very large. Guanzhong Hedong bought a large number of scorpions and fermented them. It is similar to soy sauce fermenting soy sauce. Now Qujiang Bieyuan is full of large urns for fermenting scorpions.

However, apart from spending some money on buying the urn, there is actually no cost to this burning workshop.

Lao Chen is also the owner of the workshop, and most of the rest of the workers are bought slaves.

Pour the mixed ingredients into the retort, put the retort on the iron pot filled with water, put a clean pot on the retort, and sit in cold water to cool it down.

The fire is heated in the cellar furnace, and the wine liquid is drawn out from the bottom of the retort.

After about a quarter of an hour in the pot, the wine will start to flow out. It takes about three hours to finish cooking in a retort, and you can get about [-] catties of shochu.

The head of the wine just out is extremely strong.

Lao Chen directly took a small cup, took a sip, and smacked the taste carefully. Now he can taste the strength and quality of the wine directly through his mouth.

"This wine is good."

Huaiyu also took the glass, and as soon as it entered his throat, he only felt acrid and burning. He estimated that the wine might be more than 75 degrees.

This is the head of wine.

The further you go, the lower the degree will be.

This is shochu, which is as strong as fire.

To improve the taste after steaming the wine, in fact, it is best to chop the head and remove the tail, use the wine in the middle, and adjust it again. If it can be cellared for a while, the taste will be better.

Of course, if you don't care much about the quality, you can also drink the pot head and pot tail, or you can directly mix the pot head and pot tail with the middle one.

"I think the directly fermented mandarin wine tastes better," Huaiyu inhaled sharply. It's been a long time since I drank real baijiu, and I'm really not used to it.

In fact, the scorpions are chopped and fermented directly for seven or eight days, and the liquor can be revealed. After filtering, it becomes a sweet and sour scorpion fruit wine, and re-precipitating can improve the taste.

However, that kind of scorpion wine is actually the same as Maifuzi wine. It has no strength and is not easy to store. It is suitable for women and children to drink.

A few more mouthfuls came.

Aftertaste carefully.

In addition to the pungent and scorching heat at the beginning, there is actually a return to sweetness slowly.

Old Chen smiled and said, "This wine, the more I drink it, the more I want to drink it. After drinking it, I feel smooth."

Huaiyu looked at Lao Chen's flushed face, and even had a bit of rosacea, it seemed that he had indeed drunk a lot.

The method of stuffing 杮子烧 is also suitable for stuffing pears, even sweet potatoes, sorghum, corn, etc.

Huaiyu went to the cellar wine storehouse, here is the scorpion burnt that was cooked before, and after blending, put it here and store it in a sealed cellar. The longer the time, the better the taste.

If it can be stored in the cellar for ten or twenty years, then it can become old cellar wine.

Looking at the altars of wine placed on the ground, neatly arranged like terracotta warriors and horses, it is all money.

It's a pity that although Xueshi Wang is good at drinking and drinking, he really doesn't know how to invest and manage money.

Huaiyu said before that he would partner with him to open a wine shop, and give him [-]% of the shares, which is equivalent to [-] yuan. Lao Wang can withdraw the shares for money at any time.

It really didn't take long for Lao Wang to tactfully propose to withdraw the shares, and Huai Yu happily asked Qin Qiong to borrow [-] Guan and gave him the money.

In fact, it is very profitable to run a wine shop.

But fortunately, although Old Wang withdrew his shares, he also said that Huaiyu could continue to use his Bachelor of Wine Fighting to promote the wine shop or something.

He probably didn't expect that this wine shop could really bring him a bonus of [-] guan or more.

"The end of the year is approaching, let's start selling these wines."

He has already rented new shops in the eastern and western cities to sell wine, and even negotiated with wine shops in Chang'an and surrounding areas for wine supply or consignment sales.

There are currently three brands of Muzi wine,
The second pot of scorpion wine specially picked up has no head and tail, and the taste is the best. Huaiyu named it Wuhou wine, also known as Erguotou.

After Erguotou is cellared, the limited supply is bachelor wine.

The shochu that has not been blended with the head and tail is called 杮zi shao.

As for the secret recipe of Weigong wine obtained from Wei Zheng, Huaiyu has not used it yet, because Weigong wine is rice wine made from grain, and right now there is a ban on food shortage.

"Our shochu, after sending samples to those wine shops, they were all amazed and expressed their willingness to try it."

Huaiyu also knew that this new type of wine was too strong, and some wine shops didn't fully trust it, but it didn't matter, he still planned to market it himself first, renting shops in Dongxi City and inviting shopkeepers to sell it.

The name of the store has been chosen, Bingyu Shaojiu Shop, also known as Bingyu Store.

After choosing a few jars of scorpions stored in the cellar to burn Erguotou, Huaiyu returned to Chang'an. The best wine had to be given away, and first two jars were given to the father-in-law, Fan Xing.

Fan Xuanfu has been in a bit of a daze lately, and he doesn't even go to give his father-in-law a New Year's gift during the Chinese New Year.

Huaiyu took the three sisters of the Fan family along with the monks and maidservants. Fan Xing also liked to drink. As soon as the shochu was delivered to the mansion, Fan Xing immediately stepped aside.

"Well, that's the smell."

"Good son-in-law, since you gave me a jug of this jujube last time, the more I drink it, the more I like it. This wine is strong and suitable for us. The wine is sweet and sour, for girls to drink."

"This sashimi is for real men to drink."

"Hurry up and ask the kitchen to get some good food and drink. I want to have a few drinks with my good son-in-law."

After seeing the ceremony, the three sisters, the monk and maid, went to the backyard to talk to Fan Xing's concubines, and Fan Xing took Huaiyu to drink.

"I'm going to be the governor of Yanzhou after the next year, what do you think?"

"We are just a brick of Tang Dynasty, wherever we need to move, we obey the arrangement of the saint." Huaiyu said with a chuckle.

"Don't you want to go, boy?"

"Whether you want to go or not."

"You don't want this kind of idea. I don't know how many people want this kind of opportunity but can't get it. It's also a saint who values ​​you. The governor, even if you go to Xiazhou, you are still the governor of a state. Although there are more than 300 states in this world, but How many officials are there in the world?"

Fan Xing was very happy that he, the Zuojianmen general, was appointed as the governor of Yanzhou. Although he is also a general, he is a general of the inner government who does not command the government soldiers, and he is not as good as the generals of the twelve guards. .

Although he is a hero who founded the country, one of the weaker things in his resume is that he has no experience as a general manager or governor of a town. Now that he has left the town of Yanzhou, he will fill in this vacancy, not to mention that this time it is an arrangement to beat Liang Shidu. The governor of Yanzhou had always been the front line to deal with Liang Shidu.

"Alang, I have inquired. This Yanzhou was previously located in Lingzhou City. Although it has been restored now, most of Yanzhou is either occupied by Turkic people and grazing, or is controlled by Liang Shidu. The Wucheng that the imperial court laid down before Troops were garrisoned, but Yu She, who was also cited this year, set up a siege with large soldiers.

As the governor of Yanzhou, I have no land and no household. "

"Isn't it because of this that you can show the potential of your assassin?"

Fan Xing poured Huaiyu a glass of wine, "You are already a marquis at a young age, and now you have the opportunity to catch up with meritorious deeds, don't you want to earn a real title, don't want to seal your wife and son, Xuanfu is finally pregnant Now, you don't want your son to be given an official title once he is born?"

"When I was your age, I was already a county magistrate."

"Young man, work hard."

Fan Xing is gearing up to do a big job. Although he is already a solid hero, he is obviously not satisfied with the solid seal of [-] households. This person wants to prove himself again with his ability, after all, he is only [-].

"Duan Decao, governor of Xiazhou, is the youngest son of the famous general Duan Shao. He has guarded Yanzhou for many years. He is very good. You should visit him when you have time. If you want to serve under his command in the future, you must establish a good relationship first.

There is also the son-in-law Duan Lun, he is going to be the governor of Qingzhou, just south of your Yanzhou, I heard that you have a good relationship with him, so he will go away when the Chinese New Year is coming.

There is also Li Daozong, the governor of Lingzhou and the king of the city. Although this clan king is young, he is very trusted by the saint. You, the governor of Yanzhou, will definitely rely on him for help in the future. Go and visit first. "

The father-in-law, Fan Xing, was also very attentive in pointing out his son-in-law.

"Remember to bring some of this zhuzi shao to each family. There must be no warriors who don't like this kind of strong wine. By the way, bring some wine or perry wine to each family. Women can't drink this kind of strong wine."

Fan Xing let Huaiyu go home when Weng and son-in-law were blushing from drinking.

"When you leave, remember to bring the servants and maids I prepared for the aunt and some food."

Fan Xing thoughtfully prepared a lot of things for his pregnant daughter. There were two stable wives with rich experience in delivering babies, and even four wet nurses. In addition, there were four nannies and servants who had given birth to many children and had experience in serving pregnant women and babies, and many others. Nutritional supplements, etc.

"If there is still something missing, just ask, and I will find it."

(End of this chapter)