Teach my brother-in-law

"Brothers and sisters, I invite you to come here this time. In fact, there is something I don't know how to say." He said coyly.

"Sister-in-law, but it doesn't matter." What He said was nothing more than wanting to work in Heji. This matter has already been discussed with Lin Zicai, and he also agreed with this sister-in-law to work in Heji. Mrs. He is also a person who loves cleanliness. The front and back of the house look pleasing to the eye. She is a good housekeeper. Such a woman will definitely do well when she goes to Heji to do things.

"Sisters and sisters, I'm not afraid of your jokes. In this world, money is hard to earn. Although the family is not bad, Cui'er will be married in two years. The head of the family wants to send Xing'er and Wang'er to study in the town. , This caused the family to spend more, so I thought about doing something else to earn some money to subsidize the family, so I made some wine, so I wanted to invite Saburo and my younger siblings to come and taste it." He said with a smile in a soft voice , It turned out to be such a thing, I really can't see that the He family still knows how to make wine.

Wine making requires the production of koji. If Baihe’s memory is correct, the koji used in wine making appeared in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, but it was not until the Ming Dynasty that the koji was truly formed and passed down for nearly a thousand years.

The method of chewing rice to make wine is popular among ethnic minorities.There is a record in the book: the people of Shiwei at that time could "chew rice and brew wine, and drink it to get drunk." There is another record, Taiwan's Gaoshan nationality, "their wine making method is to gather men, women, old and young to chew rice together, put it in a tube, and drink it for several days. To make wine, pour it into clear spring and mix it when drinking." "Chewing rice to make koji" is a relatively backward method of making koji.The simple way of saying it is to chew rice, sorghum and other things in the mouth and put them in a container, and ferment them for a long time to make wine, but the degree of this kind of alcohol is not high, and even a woman will not blush after drinking a few bowls.

"I don't know if my sister-in-law can take me to have a look." Bai He was very interested in He's wine making method, and couldn't wait to go and see the wine making technology of the Ming Dynasty.

"Brothers and sisters, please come with me!" Before Mrs. He left, Mo'er was in the middle, and Bai He finally left the gate towards the side mountain. It turned out that they set up the brewery in a shed not far from the side of the yard.The work shed is not big, only about [-] square meters. There are big pots, barrels and other things in it. There are three big vats near the foot of the mountain. It is estimated that the wine is in the vats.

Sure enough, Mrs. He gently lifted the lid of the vat. It turns out that this winemaking is similar to glutinous rice wine in later generations. After the rice is fermented, it is stored in the vat. After a few days, the aroma of rice will be revealed. The excess water is the rice wine of the Ming Dynasty.

Since the cooking process cannot be sealed, the alcohol content left in the pot is not high, which is about ten or twenty degrees in later generations.Think about the brewing method of farmers in later generations. These same tools can be used to steam liquor and shochu at [-] or [-] degrees with just some auxiliary equipment.

"Sister-in-law, Qibei Town uses this method of brewing wine, right? It's just that the taste of this wine is too good, and people who are accustomed to drinking it will find it tasteless after drinking it. Is there any way to improve it, to increase the degree?" The way to measure the degree is to put the koji in a pot and continue to steam it, so as to evaporate more water, and the degree will increase, but it cannot reach [-] or [-] degrees after all. Even the current royal winemaking method is this way. It is conceivable how difficult it is to improve the technology involved in this process.

"My younger siblings don't know that this brewing method was taught to me by my parents. I heard that this brewing method was passed down from the royal family. Later, your brother Mu Mu went to my parents to learn this brewing method. The brewed wine Although it is not as good as the wine made by my parents, I don't think it will be far behind in Qibei Town, so I just think about whether my wine can be sold in the shops of my younger brothers and sisters." It turned out that Mrs. He invited Lin Zi It was for this matter that he and Bai He came here.

Bai He took a wooden spoon, made some wine and took a sip. The taste was similar to the wine sold by He Ji, and it tasted purer than the wine from Fucheng. It's just that Bai He, who had drunk the wine of later ages, didn't like this kind of wine. They are not interested in wine, after all, this kind of wine is still in the initial stage of wine making.

However, He Ji can cooperate with He's to open a brewery. Bai He also knows the method of distilling alcohol in later generations. The basic process is familiar, and only a few utensils need to be made. I just don't know if this method is effective, but It doesn't matter, there are ready-made distiller's koji here, you can ask Brother Wood to make this utensil and try it out.

Just in time, Lin Mutou came over with Lin Zicai, and the two chatted happily.

"Sister-in-law, lady, I didn't expect you to be more anxious. I heard from my elder brother that they have opened a brewery and brewed wine, so he called us over to taste the wine. How is the wine? Madam, I can tell you that sister-in-law and mother are ours." Those who know how to make wine best, would never have thought that today they would be lucky enough to taste the wine brewed by the He family." Lin Zicai said to everyone with a smile.

"Sanlang, don't say that. My siblings have tried it just now. It can be seen that my siblings are not satisfied with our family's wine. It's just that our family's winemaking skills are inherited from our ancestors. We have always made wine like this. I just heard from my siblings what is wrong with it. Utensils..." The He family was somewhat shocked by Bai He, after all, the He family's wine-making method was passed on to men but not to daughters, and it was because of He's parents' heartache that they taught her this wine-making method, which is unexpected The ancestral wine-making method can't catch Baihe's eyes, which also shows that the dream of his own wine to enter Heji is shattered.

"Sister-in-law, you misunderstood me. I meant that if we make some more utensils, we can brew wine with a higher alcohol content." Bai He explained, and at the same time, he has more ideas of cooperating with He's, after all, he has to operate a wine brewing by himself It is more difficult to create a brewery. One is that I really don’t know much about the tool of brewing, and the other is that I don’t have so much time to manage this brewery. Now that He’s brewery has appeared, it can fill this gap.

Leaving everything to professionals is the most effective working method for future generations.

"Oh, my brother and sister actually know how to make wine. Can you tell us about it? I don't know, but the current wine is really not strong enough. If there is a better way to make wine, it must be... just brother and sister I'll see if I can make any utensils I need, and if I can't, I'll buy them." Lin Mutou said excitedly, if he could really increase the alcohol content as Bai He said, what would that mean? Contains huge profits.

"Brother, sister-in-law, let's go back first, we need paper, ink and pen."

When the group returned home, Lin Mutou took out the paper and ink brush, and Bai He held the brush, but the posture of holding the brush was wrong, but now it doesn't matter, because everyone pays attention to the utensils to be drawn, not the posture of holding the brush.

On the paper, Bai He drew a few utensils. If there is no accident, Lin Mu should be able to make them, because these utensils are very simple.

"Sister and sister, what is this? Why does this barrel have no bottom cover, and there is a hole punched in the middle." Lin Mutou said in surprise.

"Brother, let's find out after we make it." Bai He wanted to talk about these utensils in detail after they were made and tried.

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