Mingshi

Chapter 861 Manufacturing

slow!
handle!

Luo Xin paused with the hand touching his chin, a smile appeared on his face.He stretched out his hand and waved to the man, and the man came to Luo Xin, bowed his waist and said:

"Guest officer, what are your orders?"

Luo Xin took out an ingot of silver and put it on the table, and said in a low voice, "Ask you a few questions, this silver is yours."

The guy's eyes lit up, his hand brushed the table lightly, and the ingot of silver fell into his sleeve without anyone noticing, bent his waist even lower, and said in a low voice:
"Guest officer, you ask."

"Who was that Immortal Zhang just now?"

"That's Zhang Shenxian next to His Majesty."

"Zhang Yushan?"

"Yes!"

"He always comes?"

"It comes every three days."

"Is there a reason?"

"Zhang Shenxian likes to drink the wine we brought back from the Western Regions."

"Give me a bottle of wine."

"Alright! Wait a minute, sir."

Soon, the clerk brought a porcelain bottle. Luo Xin opened the porcelain bottle, poured the wine into the glass, and frowned slightly. The wine was not clear, but still cloudy.He picked up the wine glass and took a sip, tasted it, then shook his head slightly, the wine was still bitter.

In his previous life, Luo Xin also followed the trend to make wine himself, but the wine he made was just like the wine in front of him, with a bitter taste.Later he learned that there is a substance in the grapes that releases that bitter taste during the winemaking process.

The wines made by regular large manufacturers all have wine cellars, and after a long period of airtight storage, a substance called glycerin will be automatically decomposed in the wine, which will eliminate the bitter taste in the wine and make the taste become better. very good.Moreover, the wine imported from the Western Regions by Daming has not been filtered, and the wine is cloudy, far less clear than the wines of later generations.

glycerin!

A smile appeared on the corner of Luo Xin's mouth.

In his previous life, after Luo Xin failed to make wine, he once asked others for advice. He was told that if he wanted to drink a wine with a pure taste quickly, it would not be so troublesome. He could add edible glycerin to the wine, but he didn’t have it anymore. Interest, so he did not continue to make wine.However, that friend was very excited that day, and told him a lot of ways to make glycerin.Now there is a method that can be produced in Daming.

Luo Xin got up and took the bottle of wine and left. When he returned to the mansion, he asked his servants to buy a pig back.Lu Rudai frowned and said:
"Why do you want to eat pork?"

"Not for eating."

"Why don't you eat?" Lu Rudai asked curiously.

"You'll find out when you wait."

Luo Xin hurriedly went to the craftsman in the backyard again. Lu Rudai was not yet confinement and could only stay in the house, so she pouted angrily, turned her head to look at her son beside her, and smiled again.

Luo Xin came to the workshop and saw that the four people were still making the second bicycle, so he called the carpenter over and asked him to make a super-large funnel and a large box, divide the inside into small grids, and then let him A carpenter makes molds for a hundred candles.This kind of thing is too simple for the master craftsman of the Ministry of Industry, so he immediately started to make it.

Then Luo Xin came out from the workshop again, and asked his servants to prepare three kinds of pebbles: cotton cloth, charcoal, fool, large, medium and small.These things are then washed repeatedly.

The servants in the mansion saw Luo Xin busy there, and they all waited curiously.Since Luo Xin made the bicycle, people in the mansion regard Luo Xin as a genius, and they all think that Luo Xin must have a new idea and be able to make amazing things.Even Luo's mother was alarmed, Luo's mother also came to Luo Xin's side with the help of the maid and asked:

"Xin'er, what are you doing?"

"There are a lot of things to do." Luo Xin laughed happily.

"Just use those charcoal, sand and stones?" Luo Mu asked suspiciously.

"And pigs!"

"Pig? You want to cook? Pork fried with charcoal? Pork stewed with pebbles? Hahaha..." After Luo's mother finished speaking, she felt so happy, and she couldn't stop laughing there, making Luo Xin's face black with joy.

"Mom, how dare you think..."

"Master Hou..." At this time, the person who was sent out to buy pigs came back: "Master Hou, the pigs are back."

"Oh!" Luo Xin immediately threw aside Luo Mu, and said to the servant: "Send it to the kitchen, let the chef slaughter the pig, boil the fat into lard, and cook the rest into dishes for you to eat."

When the servant heard this, he grinned and ran towards the kitchen.Luo Xin ran to watch his servants wash the large pieces of charcoal, sand, and pebbles, and then went to the workshop to watch the carpenter finish the oversized funnel, wooden box, and candle molds, and then asked the servants to clean the funnel. And the wooden box is also cleaned.At this time, someone came to tell Luo Xin that the kitchen had already boiled lard.

Entering the kitchen, I saw a large pot of lard boiled.

"Master Hou!" Several chefs hurriedly saluted Luo Xin.

"En!" Luo Xin nodded, glanced at the lard in the cauldron, and said with a satisfied look on his face, "Continue to cook on a small fire."

"Bring a jar." Luo Xin ordered.

The servants quickly brought a clean jar, commanded by Luo Xin, placed it on the chopping board, and then said:
"Get some quicklime."

Another servant fetched quicklime, Luo Xin didn't do anything, but ordered the servant to pour the quicklime into the jar, and then ordered the servant to pour water into the jar and use a wooden stick to stir it into a lime slurry.Luo Xin saw that it was almost done, and said:

"Bring the baking soda."

The chef quickly brought the soda powder, and looked into the jar curiously.

"Pour it in!" Luo Xin ordered.

The chef then poured the soda powder into the jar, and then Luo Xin ordered his servants to stir with wooden sticks, but this time he reminded the servants to stir carefully so as not to let the liquid inside splash out.Stir for about a quarter of an hour.Luo Xin then ordered the servants to stop, stretched their heads and looked into the jar.

In the jar, quicklime and soda powder reacted to form a sediment that slowly sank to the bottom of the jar, and slowly formed a layer of clear liquid on top of the sediment.

"It's done!" Luo was overjoyed with confidence: "Scoop out these clear liquids with a spoon. Remember, don't let those liquids touch your skin, otherwise it will burn you."

"Yes!"

They didn't dare not listen to what Luo Xin said. Now that they all worship Luo Xin too much, what Luo Xin said must be right.Since Luo Xin told them so.Then, the liquid in the jar must be something dangerous.

What's in the jar?
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(End of this chapter)