travel through the past to be emperor

Chapter 99 Wine Making
"If you have something to play, you will retreat if there is nothing."

It was another boring morning court, and Zhao Fei gradually became more and more tired of this routine morning court. He had long since lost the excitement of mastering power when he first attended the morning court.

Today, the ministers also gave face, saying that they were fine, and then there was no more, and they retreated.

"Your Majesty, you see, this big exam is about the foundation of the country. It is a way to select outstanding talents for the imperial court. Our Ministry of Rites must ensure sufficient funds." Lin Wanrong looked at Zhao Fei seriously.

Zhao Fei was also very helpless. Lin Wanrong came to ask him for money as soon as he came to court. Where did he have money, he said: "I also know that the matter of the Ministry of Rites is a big deal, but the things requested by the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of War are not big things. I'm also in trouble."

"Your Majesty, etiquette cannot be discarded." As Lin Wanrong spoke, he returned to the importance of his set of etiquette.

Zhao Fei has been hearing this point of view for the past few days, but even though he is tired of it, he can't help it. He is an emperor, not a god, and he knows the magic of turning stone into gold.

The court has no money, what do you ask him to do?
It is difficult to be the boss, the difficulty is that there is no money to spend!
Zhao Fei sighed in his heart, and said: "Heaven, what do you think? I will take 5 taels from the internal treasury to the Ministry of Rites for emergency, but the head of the country also knows that there is really no money in this palace, so you don't want to buy it. I don’t want Zi Yan to eat cabbage and tofu every day!”

"In that case, I will thank Your Majesty on behalf of all the students in the world. It's just the difference..." Lin Wanrong saw that Zhao Fei rarely called him the father-in-law, so he knew that there was no point in entanglement, and after thinking about it, he could ask for 5 taels It is already considered a good result, and it can be explained to colleagues in the Ministry of Rites.

Seeing that Lin Wanrong was no longer entangled, Zhao Fei was also very satisfied. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's almost noon, why don't you stay for dinner today, and Ziyan hasn't seen you for quite a while."

"So, I thank Lord Long En." Lin Wanrong nodded yes.

The meal at noon is very simple. Now the whole country is saving food and clothing. As the leader of the people of the whole country and the emperor of a country, at least he should take the lead in saving face.

But in fact, this... everyone in the palace knows that the empress is pregnant and cannot eat too greasy food.

"Father, mother is still in good health."

"Everything is fine."

Seeing that Ziyan and Lin Wanrong were talking happily, Zhao Fei was also happier. This woman's mood is like the sky in July, that is, it can change as soon as it is said, and the mood of this pregnant woman is even more complicated than the sky in July. hundred times.

Zhao Fei tried every means to make his wife happy every day, even Lin Wanrong was honored, and he often went to and from the harem, and the momentary favor was unparalleled.

"Your Majesty, the food is ready." Anping leaned over and said, "According to His Majesty's instructions, the kitchen prepared a few more dishes."

"Well, well done." Zhao Fei nodded secretly.

He let Lin Wanrong enter the harem, so naturally he didn't really let the father and daughter reunite and share the family relationship. This was only one aspect, and the other aspect was to satisfy his own appetite.

It is said that daughters are extroverted, and they all face their husbands and not their fathers. My wife is good, she would rather her husband eat cabbage with her than my old father eats vegetables.

This is not an extroversion, it is clearly an introversion!

Zhao Fei sighed, then walked over with a smile and said, "It's time to eat."

Drinking is inevitable when eating, and Zhao Fei has no interest in the castrated version of liquor in ancient times.

Say you are a white bar, you only have a temperature of ten or twenty, say you are a beer bar, and you don't have the taste of beer. Over time, Zhao Fei lost the interest in drinking.

It's just that there are guests today after all, and it's rare for my wife to be happy, so it doesn't matter if I have a drink or two.

Anyway, soon, I will never have to drink this kind of rubbish liquor again.

Because Zhao Fei searched all over the palace for brewing masters, and after communicating with them on brewing techniques across time and space, the new generation of baijiu will start brewing today.

After seeing off Lin Wanrong and settling down for Ziyan's lunch break, Zhao Fei took Anping Chuxuan and others to a small courtyard in the palace that was specially cleared.

This courtyard was prepared by Zhao Fei for more than a month. There were eighteen large wine vats filled to the brim. A group of brewers were sitting in front of the wine vats and communicating. Seeing Zhao Fei approaching, they quickly knelt down on the ground.

"My ministers see your Majesty, long live, long live, long live Your Majesty."

"Get up."

Zhao Fei waved his hand, told everyone to get up, and then asked, "Are you all ready?"

"Everything is ready, waiting for His Majesty's will."

This is all nonsense. In fact, Zhao Fei just came to see it. After such a long time of preparation, these brewing professionals have already figured out the suggestions proposed by Zhao Fei.

Just the day before yesterday, a pot of liquor with at least [-]% alcohol was brewed, which was an epoch-making record. While proving the correctness of Zhao Fei's theory, it completely shocked these brewing masters who originally wanted to play with the emperor.

While these masters were shocked, they also looked forward to what kind of fine wine these eighteen large vats would brew.

In fact, Zhao Fei didn't have anything to do with it. Zhao Fei said some modern wine-making technology, but because the ancient technology is still not perfect, the brewed wine can be raised to about [-] degrees at most. I want to purify it. To forty degrees fifty degrees is sixty degrees looks like a myth.

Of course, we modern people must have a way to purify baijiu, and Zhao Fei also has this ability.

It's just that this purified technology is worthless in the present, but in ancient times it was a monopolistic and powerful technology.

Why is Jinggangshan's Sanwanbugang so famous? Isn't it because of his high alcohol content?
It seems that Zhao Fei's actions today are just for fun, but in fact, he is also defrauding these famous brewers in front of him to do OEM for him.

What does OEM mean?
That is, all the raw materials are produced by you, but the things you produce are not much different from before. Only through the key core technology I have mastered, I can turn decay into magic, and turn these ordinary things into the most delicious things in the world. .

This is also like the modern restaurant chain stores, the most attractive to customers is the special dishes, but the production methods of these special dishes are in the hands of the head office, and your branch stores can only get this special dish by paying money Dishes, the main store will hide the craftsmanship of making special dishes, so that you can only use it but not cook it.

The group of brewers in front of Zhao Fei didn't look very conspicuous, but they were all well-known brewers in the country, and they each mastered one or several brewing recipes of high-quality baijiu.

The eighteen large vats in this courtyard correspond to the eighteen kinds of fine wines that are popular in Chang'an City today.

The reason why the masters who brew these eighteen kinds of fine wines can be gathered together is because Zhao Fei is the emperor, and he has recently shown a very strong thunder wrist.

It is true that Zhao Fei can make wine, but he can make Erguotou. He is absolutely unable to brew this Moutai.

But these masters in front of us are different. Although the wine brewed by the formula in their hands is not as good as Moutai, it is not too far behind. It is just that the technology is not up to the standard, and they cannot produce high-purity baijiu.

What you drink is that kind of drunkenness. If you don't get drunk, but on the contrary, the wine that will fill your stomach is not a good wine.

The masters in front of them also understood Zhao Fei's thoughts, but they had been with wine all year round, but they couldn't bear the temptation of high-purity liquor.

Of course, all the master winemakers also have a thought in their hearts, thinking that your emperor, an amateur, can learn how to purify liquor. Are we masters who are worse than your emperor in wine making?

Zhao Fei also knew the small thoughts in the hearts of these masters, but he didn't care much in his heart.

Although this era does not pay much attention to intellectual property rights, who of you would dare to plagiarize my emperor's intellectual property rights?Tired of living crooked?
"Your Majesty, let's begin!"

Anping reminded Zhao Fei not to be distracted.

Zhao Fei immediately coughed twice, indicating that he would listen again, then looked left and right, exhaled softly, and said: "Everyone here is a master in the brewing industry, and it is a kind of fate to meet here today. To seal these eighteen large tanks, masters can also go back to rest after sealing the tanks."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern." At this moment, all the masters were wearing a nine-rank Gongbu crown, which was bestowed by Zhao Feiqin, so they all became ministers.

The next step is the process, Zhao Fei ordered to seal the tank, and then everyone got busy, Zhao Fei had no interest in this, but took Anping to a tall house in the courtyard by himself.

When Zhao Fei walked over to the house, although everyone in the courtyard was still busy with their own affairs, they cast their eyes on Zhao Fei's place from the corner of their eyes from time to time.

After the day before yesterday, everyone knew that the wine turned from a low-alcohol wine to a high-alcohol wine after being poured in such a circle.

Everyone was curious about what was in that house, but the guards guarded it so tightly that not even a mosquito could fly in.

But mosquitoes can fly in, without Zhao Fei's will, the people in the yard would not dare to go in even if their hearts were itching to die.

At this moment, in the mysterious room in the eyes of everyone, Zhao Fei laughed and said, "You think they will guess what secret weapon I have here?"

"How can you understand His Majesty's arrangement with the naked eye." An Ping flattered him lightly.

"You can talk."

As Zhao Fei said, he walked to a large pot that was already boiling hot. There was a pot full of "wine" in the pot, and the strong aroma of wine was constantly escaping from the pot.

Seeing this, I think you all guessed it.

Yes, Zhao Fei used the traditional distillation method.

Distillation is not a profound method, but easy to operate, and Zhao Fei happened to know that if the low-purity liquor brewed by the brewer is put in this pot and distilled, it will become high-purity liquor.

It is easy to say and looks simple, but it is a true monopoly technology in this era.

"Have you learned it all?" Zhao Fei instructed Anping to carry out the distillation operation.

"The slaves have learned it all."

"That's good, find some honest eunuchs, teach them this method, let them purify the wine brewed by the master through this method, this is a profitable business, don't let me mess it up!"

"The servant knows."

Looking at the white wine piled up all over the room, and smelling the strong aroma of wine in the room, Zhao Fei's eyes flashed a golden ingot like a hill.

(End of this chapter)