Qin Shi: I am in charge of the Eight Wonders

Chapter 21

Picking up the white gourd in Nian Duan's hand, Xu Mingyue went up and down a lot.

Not to mention the wine of this era, Xu Mingyue is really interested in it.

Before crossing over, his family had opened a restaurant, so there were naturally a lot of delicious food and wine, and he was naturally very interested in trying some of the new gadgets of this era.

Although he prefers drinks to alcohol, he has to say that during the usual entertainment, during the Chinese New Year, even if he doesn't want to drink anymore, he will have a drink or two at the New Year's Eve dinner.

Opening the gourd plug, Xu Mingyue sniffed it, the smell of wine... eh?

Xu Mingyue froze for a moment, no taste?
As if feeling that it wasn't close enough, Xu Mingyue stuffed the white gourd up her nose again.

Still nothing, no, there's a bad smell...

Xu Mingyue unbelievingly poured out a little and put it into the bamboo tube, the wine was light yellow and turbid, wait a minute, what is this, rice grains?
Xu Mingyue turned her head and looked at Nianduan, then at Xiao Ronger.

Well, the expressions are all normal.

"So this is..."

Xu Mingyue pointed at the turbid liquid in the bamboo tube and clearly more than a few grains of rice.

"What's wrong, is there something wrong with this wine?"

Duanmu Xiao Rong'er stretched her head, and got out from behind Nian Duan's arm, looking at the wine in the bamboo tube with a curious expression.

"Oh, I mean these rice grains and the color of this wine. Why are they like this?"

"Isn't this a bit too much, too muddy?"

Duanmu Rong frowned, and cast a glance at Xu Mingyue's calm face, is this little junior trying to find fault, but it doesn't look like this?

"I said, Junior Brother Mingyue, have you ever drunk?"

"Isn't all wine like this? Don't you still want the kind of bar that has no rice grains and is clearer? It's all for princes and nobles. We don't have the money..."

"If you are like this, you will not live long if you go out."

Duanmu Rong curled her lips, that expression seemed to be looking at a fool.

The corner of Xu Mingyue's mouth twitched, so the wine is fine, but I'm the one with the problem?

Looking at the turbidity inside the bamboo tube, his brows trembled unconsciously.

No, it must be the world's fault!

But just like that, Xu Mingyue still picked it up and took a sip. It was almost as expected, or even worse.

Before drinking it, he tried his best to think in the direction of the soup, but this...

It was tasteless, a little moldy, rancid, and even a little greasy. It was not as clear and soft as what he had tasted before...

There was even a little bit of nausea, and Xu Mingyue suppressed the feeling of wanting to vomit immediately.

Is this wine? Are you sure it’s not dirty water that someone didn’t want? In the ancient Qin Dynasty, were people so heavy-handed?

Duan Murong, who saw Xu Mingyue's wonderful expression, was naturally happy.

Sometimes Xu Mingyue just doesn't understand, why is this little girl always so happy whenever she is unlucky?
"Hey hey hey, look, I said it's terrible, believe me now?"

Xu Mingyue looked at Xiao Rong'er with her hips crossed, and felt very relieved.

His face was expressionless, and he turned his head to look at Nianduan.

"Mr. Nian Duan, let me report that Duan Murong was drinking secretly before."

Duan Murong laughed so hard that her body froze. She looked at Xu Mingyue in disbelief. Her expression seemed to have been betrayed, like a close friend who stabbed you in the back after winning the war.

Nian Duan cast his gaze...

"I haven't, Master Nianduan, don't listen to her nonsense, I haven't drunk it!"

Nian Duan narrowed his eyes slightly...

"You haven't drunk it, how do you know this wine is bad?"

At the critical moment, Xu Mingyue stabbed again.

"Go and read the Medical Classics ten times. If you can't finish it, copy it again tomorrow. If you can't finish it in three days, you won't be allowed to eat at noon every day."

Ten, ten times?

Duanmu Rong's eyes widened, Duanmu Rong couldn't believe it.

Her little Rong'er grew up so big, she hasn't been punished for copying ten times!

I can't finish copying, and I'm not allowed to eat at noon...

"Master~"

"Four days, thirteen times."

Thirteen times? ! ! !

"Master, I..."

"Five days, sixteen times, then keep adding more."

Duanmu Rong was completely stupefied, she lowered her head, feeling that the world had lost its color.

Then, it turned into thick anger!

Duanmu Rong stared at Xu Mingyue...

"Mr. Nian Duan, look at Xiao Rong'er's eyes, as if she wants to eat me."

Duanmu Rong hurriedly shook her head in a panic.

"I, I didn't!"

"Okay, Mingyue, stop teasing her. What, can you still do this?"

What Nian Duan is concerned about is whether the production of alcohol can be successful. After all, if this thing really exists, then their doctors can go to a higher level.

Xu Mingyue looked at the mold next to her, and thought about the process of conceiving in her mind.

Ok……

it should be no problem.

Although he has never practiced it, and the direction he chose in high school and university was literature, at least the memory of junior high school is still there. At that time, there was no division of arts and sciences.

You have to take physics, chemistry, biology, history, all kinds of stuff...

Especially in chemistry class, even after graduation, practical exercises are required.

At that time, there were complete tools, beakers, test tubes, and distilled water once, so the method of making distilled wine should not be much different, right?

Anyway, in principle, there is no difference, they are all purified and separated.

"I will try my best. In theory, there is no problem, but in practice, I have never tried this."

Nian Duan didn't say anything, he just stood aside quietly, touched Xiao Ronger who was holding her head next to him, and stretched out his hand to indicate to Xu Mingyue that she could just leave her alone and just do it.

Xu Mingyue nodded and looked at the things beside her.

A mold made of bamboo tubes, a jug of wine, and gauze prepared in advance.

First pour all the wine, then cover it with a very thin layer of gauze, burn it, heat it, the steam rises and turns into water droplets, wet the gauze, then squeeze out all the wine in the gauze and put it into another mold. .

First, do a basic filtration to filter the somewhat turbid wine into clear water. This can increase the taste and get a simple version of distilled wine.

Xu Mingyue stopped the process first, and slightly tasted the wine in the mold.

This time there is no other smell, it is pure wine, but it is still a bit bland.

If 30% wine is used as the standard, then the glass of wine he made now is not even [-]% complete.

Well, it looks like three to five degrees, it's more like water than wine.

but……

Xu Mingyue suddenly became a little interested in what Duan Murong said before about drunkenness.

How much alcohol did you drink to become like this?
The dignified Mohist giant, the six-fingered black man actually...

Xu Mingyue was thinking maliciously, but at this moment, Nian Duan walked over from the side, looked at the clear liquid next to her, Qiong nose sniffed it, and there was a faint smell of wine.

Obviously, compared to Xu Mingyue who is not in this era, Nian Duan can smell the wine better.

Not paying attention to the mold that Xu Mingyue drank before, Nian Duan also tasted it slightly, and his eyes suddenly brightened.

"Is this what you call distilled wine?"

Xu Mingyue blinked, although he really wanted to say yes, but...

"No, it's just a defective product."

　I have something to do today, my old uncle came back, pulled me to play basketball, and told me a lot of things, alas, I was delayed, and I have to work overtime again tonight

　　Maybe a chapter will be updated today, but I will make it up tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)