Northern Song Dynasty: It’s a showdown, who said I, Zhao Zhen, don’t have a son?

Chapter 65: One year ahead in thinking!

After leaving Fanlou, Zhao He held three land deeds for Fanlou's shops in his hand, feeling a little strange in his heart.

He felt that he still didn't quite understand what these big businessmen in Fan Lou were thinking...

Where he should have followed the rules, he didn't make any sense at all, and directly broke Zhao He's plan and sent him to prison.

At this time when he was supposed to be bleeding a lot and moving his muscles and bones in pain, unexpectedly, he directly handed over the three best shops to Zhao He, and he was quite happy.

The two parties reached a cooperation, and Fan Lou was still not allowed to operate this stir-fry business until the end of the year. After the end of the year, it would be left to them to operate it themselves.

The total value of the three shops was close to [-] yuan. When they saw him off, they still had smiles on their faces...

The pleasure of showing off was gone, and they couldn't see their deflated appearance. Zhao He felt something was wrong.

Why don't all of them play their cards according to common sense?
Seeing Zhao He looking like he had eaten a fly, Guo Huai said with a smile: "Actually, the conditions proposed by Xiao Langjun should be painful for them, but maybe it's because Fan Lou was affected too seriously during this period, Xiao Lang They are already happy if you can negotiate with them."

Zhou Fei also said: "The specific price Fan Lou can pay should not be much different from Xiaolangjun's conditions, but it saves room for further bargaining, uh... I think about it myself, Xiaolangjun, what do you think? ?”

After Zhao He thought about this matter, he didn't care anymore. Maybe he could really ask for one or two more shops, but he still spoke too quickly. The main reason was that he didn't expect the attitude of Fan Lou to change so much.

Three shops are enough for Zhao He.

There are two on the first floor with relatively large passenger flow, and there is one on the second floor with very high specifications, both of which are valuable, and the area is enough for Zhao He to use.

In order to save himself some mental losses, Zhao He finally proposed that before he could open these shops, he needed their cooperation in decoration, and the merchants in Fanlou agreed.

"That's all, I've already got what I want, so I don't have to worry about gains and losses. By the way, Uncle Guo, go to those shops and see if the things I have customized are ready. There are also flowers from Chunming Building that I want to tell Qin Wan about. , is useful, provide more if you can..."

"Brother Zhou, please follow me to the winery again to see how the progress is going there."

After arranging a certain division of labor, they went to work one after another.

In the past few days, Xiao Langjun seemed to have some new plans, and he needed a lot of things. He wanted to customize some special-looking porcelain quilts, vials, and some tools. Guo Huai couldn't understand it, but he still cooperated to do it.

He believed that his young husband would not do this just because he was bored.

When I saw Zhao He in the wine shop on Chonghe Street, the old shopkeeper hurriedly came forward to entertain him.

"Shopkeeper Liu, what happened to the things I asked you to ferment before?"

The old man immediately showed a smile on his face: "It has been exactly ten days since Xiao Langjun said it, so it should be almost there."

Zhao He nodded, and then followed the old man's footsteps to the wine cellar.

Zhou Fei asked curiously: "What are you doing, young man? Selling wine?"

He felt that Zhao He had come up with some new brewing process that could produce better wine, and he couldn't help but feel a little greedy at this moment.

Zhao He smiled without saying a word and asked shopkeeper Liu to open the lid.

After a period of fermentation, the grains had turned a turbid yellow color as a whole, and a strong aroma of wine came to his face. Zhao He reached out and dipped some into his mouth, and he could already clearly feel the taste of the wine.

The technology of brewing wine in ancient times was not mature, so the alcohol content was not too high. It was probably higher than the beer of later generations.

But this is actually enough. Zhao He does not need wine, but alcohol.

When grains are put into yeast and fermented, internal changes will occur over a period of time, thus secreting out the alcohol component. But now it is melted into the wine, and distillation is needed to extract the alcohol.

And this alcohol is what Zhao He needs for the next step!
Zhou Fei still couldn't understand what Zhao He wanted to do, and only saw him negotiating with Shopkeeper Liu.

"Like this, how much have you brewed in total?" "There are about five big tanks. I said before that I need to prepare more, but the tanks are limited and I have prepared just this much. Is it enough?"

Zhao He nodded: "It is definitely enough for now. These are almost done now. Just send someone to transport them to my house. As for the price..."

After leaving the winery and returning home, I happened to see Guo Huai coming back. Behind him was a group of people, each holding the box carefully in their hands, as if they were afraid of any bumps.

Guo Huai smiled and said: "Those customized things have been prepared. Can I help you put them in your new room?"

Zhao He nodded: "Just move the box in and I'll install it myself."

In fact, Zhao He directly plans to use wooden distillation for alcohol distillation. He just needs to find a large pot to boil the fermented alcohol, and then set up a slope to collect the alcohol and put it into the container.

This step is very simple. Zhao He just taught Guo Huai and others some, and they already knew what to do.

When the fermentation products arrived, the two of them were already busy.

On Zhao He's side, he quickly arranged the customized containers neatly. Distilling alcohol was only the first step. Subsequent operations required Zhao He to use these to easily find the most appropriate way to achieve the next step.

perfume!

The error in the basic test should be controlled to the minimum as much as possible, and how much equivalent of each ingredient should be put in to find a suitable ratio.

Only by mass-producing finished products with rough craftsmanship can the quality be as intact as possible!
After regulating these instruments, Zhao He went to supervise the distillation of alcohol.

Even with such an indigenous method of distillation, the final product alcohol can ensure extremely high purity. At least there is no problem with the stable alcohol lamp and the alcohol used for disinfection.

What Zhao He is doing now may not be considered advanced in the entire Song Dynasty, because some Taoist alchemists may have figured out this kind of thing long ago, but they don't know its use.

The science and technology of this era are the product of the long-term experience of the working people. Although advanced, there is always no scientific methodology to guide it.

And the methodology in Zhao He's mind is more than 500 years ahead of these people!

This is the advantage, an advantage that is almost crushing. He knows how to implement these things, what appropriate chemicals to use and even the exact ratio.

Guo Huai and Zhou Fei are also looking forward to what Zhao He will do next.

As the fermentation liquid in the cauldron boils, a thin layer of water droplets is also produced on the steam collection surface. After cooling, these water droplets turn into liquid droplets at an extremely fast speed, and finally flow into the collection container.

Zhou Fei was curious about this, so he opened the bottle cap and dabbed some of it on it. It felt cool in his hand.

This warrior dared to try anything, so he immediately put it in his mouth and tried it.

His expression was a little weird, and it could be seen that the taste was not very good...

Zhao He said helplessly: "This is not wine..."

Zhou Fei was still confused, so he lowered his head and smelled it.

Alcohol evaporates quickly and will vaporize quickly once exposed to air.

A strong smell of alcohol hit Zhou Fei's nose, and he stood up suddenly, feeling a little dizzy.

"Is this wine too strong..."

Zhao He had a smile on his face, it seemed that the alcohol had taken over.

(End of this chapter)