The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 151 This wine is too strong, you can't handle it
Speaking of the Tang Dynasty, you have to talk about the wine culture of the Tang Dynasty. People in the Tang Dynasty were addicted to alcohol, and their favorite thing was to sing about wine.

Because of this love, the winemaking industry in the Tang Dynasty was very developed. They can be divided into three major systems: official winery, private winery and home brewing. The official winery refers to the winemaking industry directly controlled by the government and officials. .As early as the founding of the Tang Dynasty, a Liang Liang Department was set up in Chang'an City, and full-time wine officials were appointed by the court to be responsible for the use of wine for royal and state affairs.

The Liang Brewing Department was a wine-making organization directly established by the imperial court. It was mainly engaged in the production of alcohol. The wine produced was specially used for state sacrifices by the imperial court. It also brewed high-quality wine for the emperor's daily drinking, so it was called imperial wine.

Private wineries refer to various wine-making and wine-selling outlets operated by the private sector, and are officially called wine shops.The external manifestations of wine merchants in the Tang Dynasty were very obvious. Most of them were physical stores that integrated wine making and selling wine. They were commonly known as wine shops, restaurants, restaurants, wine houses, etc.

Private wineries in the Tang Dynasty were generally able to produce high-quality wine, and thus gained the initiative in the wine market. There was an endless stream of people going to wine shops to buy and drink wine.

Since the private wine industry in the Tang Dynasty was widely popular and quite developed, people's daily lives in the Tang Dynasty were often closely related to wine shops, and a large part of people's living expenses were spent on drinking in wine shops.The Tang people's life attitude of using money to buy drunkenness and taking pleasure in wine also greatly stimulated the expansion of the private wine industry.

Home brewing generally refers to ordinary people or officials’ families brewing their own wine.In the Tang Dynasty, when the self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy was dominant, most families could master simple wine-making techniques and brew wine for their own use within their own boundaries.

The main purpose of home brewing is to satisfy the family's wine consumption, and it can also be used as gifts for relatives and friends.Because this small production model of home brewing is very common.Therefore, a large part of the wine production and consumption of the wine industry in the Tang Dynasty came from this kind of home brewing, and its amount cannot be ignored.

But what I want to explain here is that although the brewing industry in the Tang Dynasty was developed, the alcohol content was very low. Sometimes I wonder if it was because of the low alcohol content that almost everyone in the Tang Dynasty was drunk. Craving for wine.

There are many kinds of wine in Datang, which can be roughly divided into several categories such as rice wine, fruit wine, medicinal wine and special wine.

There is also a kind of wine called Shaochun. This kind of wine is based on the original wine and then undergoes a low-temperature heating and sterilization process so that the wine can be stored for a long time. This heating method is called "shao" by the Tang Dynasty people. It is called "fire force".

What's the alcohol content? Basically, it won't exceed 30 degrees. The alcohol content could not reach 65 to [-] degrees until the Yuan Dynasty, with distillation. The wine in the Tang Dynasty was made from rice. Using koji mother to cultivate red yeast rice, this kind of "wine" has more perfect fermentation and saccharification, and the alcohol content cannot exceed [-] degrees.

Because alcohol is the product of sugar metabolism of yeast, it has a certain inhibitory effect on the fermentation of yeast. When the alcohol content reaches about 10%, the yeast will stop multiplying, and the fermentation process will also slow down.

Even yeasts with strong alcohol tolerance can't tolerate more than 18% alcohol, so even if wine is used instead of water for secondary fermentation, you won't be able to get higher alcohol wine.

"Brother An, is this crystal glass?" Cheng Yaojin looked at the Wuliangye placed on the table by Li An and marveled. The label on the bottle of Wuliangye has been cleaned by Li An, and now it is a glass bottle, which contains What is clear is Wuliangye.

Because of the brewing process, Datang's wine is basically not that pure, and is basically colored.

This time, Cheng Yaojin thought the glass bottle was filled with water at first.

"Brother An, why is the water contained in such fine crystal glass?" Cheng Chumo also asked the same question as Cheng Yaojin.

Li An quickly explained with a smile: "Father, big brother, it's not water, it's wine!"

"Wine?" Cheng Yaojin and Cheng Chumo were both surprised. Cheng Chumo asked in surprise, "Why is the wine so pure, like water?"

Cheng Yaojin also nodded repeatedly, and he began to be infinitely curious about the wine in front of him.Li An directly opened Wuliangye and said with a smile: "Because it is steamed by a distillation method, there are almost no impurities, so it is very pure, and because of this, the alcohol has a high alcohol content, so you must drink it slowly when drinking it. Be careful of drinking too fast and getting drunk.”

"Don't worry, Ange, my father is not drunk in a thousand cups according to my drinking capacity. This wine is very pure. Just opened the bottle, and the fragrance is overflowing. Fill up a glass for brother." Cheng Chu silently slapped his wine glass When he arrived in front of Li An, it was obvious that he wanted more.

However, Li An still poured a glass for Cheng Yaojin first. Such respect made Cheng Yaojin slightly nod his head and was very satisfied.

But what Li An didn't expect was that Cheng Yaojin was also very greedy for drinking. As soon as the wine glass was filled with about three taels of wine, he immediately wanted to take a sip to rinse his mouth first, just like before. It's more than ten degrees of wine, you can rinse your mouth, but now the Wuliangye is 52 degrees, and you will be caught off guard.

Cheng Yaojin only felt a line of fire appearing in his chest, burning from his throat to his stomach. The sudden burning sensation made his already dark skin turn black and red, and Cheng Yaojin also exposed it. Painful expression, as if experiencing some great pain.

This scene made Cheng Chumo and Cui Xian look worried. Cui Xian immediately shouted to Cheng Yaojin: "Zhijie, what's wrong with Zhijie? Are you talking? Are you talking?"

Cheng Chumo also panicked, and Li An also quickly explained: "Father, I have already told you that you should not drink this Wuliangye in such a hurry. The alcohol content is very high. Are you okay?"

After a while, Cheng Yaojin exhaled slightly, his face soothed, and he yelled: "Good wine. Wow, it's so good. It's really good. After drinking wine for so many years, I never thought that there would be more wine in the world." There is such a strong wine, An'er. I must give dad more of this wine."

"Uh!" Li An looked at Cheng Yaojin asking for wine and said with some embarrassment: "Dad, it's not that I won't give you more, but I only have ten bottles of Wuliangye. If dad wants me, I can Give it all to Dad, but if you want more, then you have to wait."

"There are only ten bottles. It's too little, so I can only drink it slowly as a father!" Cheng Yaojin was a little disappointed, but just when Cheng Yaojin was disappointed, Cheng Chumo's wine glass reached Li An's again. The man in front of him smiled and said: "Brother An, it's my turn, hurry up and let me try this Wuliangye. I can't wait."

Li An nodded and was about to pour wine for Cheng Chumo. Who knew that at this moment, Cheng Yaojin's big hand came over and took Li An's bottle away. Then he glanced at Cheng Chumo sideways and said, "You are too young." Oh, this wine is too strong, you can’t handle it."

"Huh?" Cheng Chumo said absurdly.

At this time, Li Duoduo was eating his rice and said with a smile: "Grandpa Hei likes to drink, so uncle, don't drink. Let Grandpa Hei drink."

"Haha!" Li Duoduo's words made Cheng Yaojin almost dance with joy, and then Cheng Yaojin looked at Li Duoduo dotingly and said: "Look at a certain Duoduo who knows how much he loves his Grandpa Hei.

Hum. Duoduo, Grandpa Hei will also love you the most from now on. Grandpa Hei will give you whatever you want. Okay? "

"Hao Duoduo wants money." Li Duoduo replied with a smile.

"Okay, it's best to get money. Grandpa Hei will give you whatever Duoduo wants." As he said that, Cheng Yaojin poured himself another cup, greedily raised the cup and smelled it, making Cheng Chumo salivate. It flowed down.

　The wine of the Tang Dynasty was basically sweet. Ang Lee would definitely enter the wine market and monopolize it!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)