The first-class concubine of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 8 Brewing

On the side of Ruyi Princess's attic, Cao Sui's fleet was also found victorious.

When Cao Jue saw that his fleet won the pennant, he was immediately carried away with joy, but Liu Wei remained calm, as if he had expected this result.

And just when Cao Jue was about to pull Liu Wei down to reward the sailors, a guard suddenly ran up and said, "You two son-in-laws, Prince Jin is here to invite you."

The two looked at each other, but didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly followed the guard and walked towards King Jin's pavilion.

Princess Ruyi's eyebrows were slightly condensed, but then they were relaxed again, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

When Cao Jue and Liu Wei came to the Jinwang Pavilion, No.2 and No.3 of the dragon boat race had already arrived. They were Qin Kanghui Wang Zhao Defang and his son-in-law Pan Weide respectively. Jin Wang had a good chat with them , After the guard reported, King Jin waved to Cao Jue and Liu Wei: "Come on, Cao Concubine and Liu Concubine performed well this year."

Cao Jue and Liu Wei quickly saluted, and then sat down opposite King Jin.

The King of Jin knew Zhao Defang and Pan Weide quite well. After all, one was the son of the current emperor, and the other was the son-in-law of the current emperor, and the two had a good reputation in the court, so the King of Jin had frequent contacts with them; Cao Jue and Liu Wei However, the King of Jin seldom met with him. Cao Jue was too vulgar and had not yet held any position in the court. Liu Wei was the son-in-law of Cao Wang's daughter, Princess Ruyi, and had long since fallen.

But the performance of the two of them today really surprised King Jin. Of course, if only Cao Jue’s fleet won the championship, King Jin would not have been like this. Train for a few days.

King Jin was very curious, he wanted to see what kind of people Cao Jue and Liu Wei were.

After everyone sat down, King Jin couldn't help but praise him. Cao Jue was very pleased with what he heard, and Liu Wei was as calm as ever, only smiling occasionally, expressing agreement with King Jin's words from time to time.

After such a conversation, Jin Wang asked them to go back separately.

The attic gradually became quiet again. King Jin glanced at the middle-aged man behind him and said, "What do you think, Mr. Su?"

"Calm, not surprised, there are not many people like him."

"Mr. Su's vision has always been very unique. If that's the case, then send people to watch him more, and try to get as much as possible."
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After the dragon boat race was over, the people did not disperse. Today they wanted to have fun here, but those princes and nobles in the attic left after the dragon boat race was over.

They came here to watch the dragon boat race, and when the dragon boat race was over, they naturally had to leave.

Cao Jue and Liu Wei also left, but they did not join Princess Ruyi and Princess Xingping. They left with lottery prizes. They sat on a carriage with two boxes of silver on it. Cao Jue pushed a box of silver towards Liu Wei: "Brother Liu contributed a lot to winning the lottery this time, and I'll give you the 1 taels of silver."

Liu Wei did not refuse, but slightly cupped his hands and said, "Originally, this is all thanks to Brother Cao. Brother Cao, I really don't dare to covet the money, but Brother Cao also knows that I want to revive the Liu family winery, and I need money urgently, so So I won't be polite to Brother Cao, and I will repay Brother Cao after the business is done."

"Brother Liu's words mean that you are cheating. Is brother the kind of person who is greedy for money? If you want to open a winery, you must need a lot of money. You also accept this box and count me as a shareholder." Cao Jue said, He moved his box of silver, as if silver was not a valuable thing to him at all.

Liu Wei smiled lightly: "Since Brother Cao is trustworthy, I will definitely not disappoint Brother Cao. So, I wonder if Brother Cao would like to go with you to the Liu Family Winery?"

"it is good!"

The carriage passed by the bustling streets of the capital, and soon arrived at the Liu Family Winery.

All the tools and willows used to make wine in the Liu Family Winery have been cleaned up. What is needed now is to recruit workers and start wine making.

Liu Quan has been with Liu Wei's father for many years and is very familiar with the wine making process. After explaining it to Liu Wei and Cao Jue, he said earnestly, "Master, the most important thing about wine making is that the wine produced cannot Sour, so you must be very careful when sealing it, if you are not careful, a jar of wine can be ruined."

After hearing what Liu Quan had said, Liu Wei could more or less guess that the previous Liu Wei probably didn't know much about wine making, otherwise the old servant wouldn't have told himself these things.

After hearing this, Cao Jue was a little surprised: "Then how many jars of ten jars of wine can be successfully brewed?"

"If there are no accidents, it would be nice to have six or seven jars to drink. It is precisely because of this that the prices of many wines have risen."

Cao Jue likes to drink, but he didn't expect that making wine is so difficult, but Liu Wei smiled calmly: "It's okay, I have a way to make every jar of wine drinkable."

Cao Jue and Liu Quan were very surprised, but Liu Wei didn't take it seriously. He came from later generations, so he naturally understood why some wines are sour, and wines are fermented, but if the bacteria are not suppressed, they will The alcohol is fermented into acetic acid, which is vinegar.

But as long as it is sterilized by heat, after each jar of wine is brewed, it will be wine instead of vinegar.

For his young master, Liu Quan seemed to know a little bit, so he didn't take Liu Wei's words to heart, but Cao Jue was different. Cao Jue had seen Liu Wei's power, so he asked quickly: "Brother Liu, what can I do?" ?”

Liu Wei smiled, and did not answer Cao Jue's question, but told Liu Quan: "Now that we have the funds, please trouble Uncle Liu to find some workers."

"You don't have to worry about this young master. When the business of the Liu family winery failed, the master treated those workers very kindly. If they hear that the young master wants to revive the Liu family, they will definitely come back."

For what Liu Wei said just now, Liu Quan didn't go into details, as if he knew that what the young master said just now was just talk.

On the second day after Liu Wei decided to start brewing wine, Liu Quan brought back the workers of the former winery. Although not all of them were found, they also found many people. After reopening the winery, they came back without hesitation, because they believed that they could not suffer at the Liu Family Winery.

After the person came back, Liu Wei made some arrangements and divided the people into three groups. One group was responsible for purchasing the materials needed for wine making, the other group was responsible for processing the materials, and the last group was responsible for processing the finished wine. The materials are put into wine jars for brewing.

When the third group of people were filling the altars, Liu Wei ordered people to buy some wax and bamboo leaves, add three qian of wax and five pieces of bamboo leaves to each altar, boil them in water, and seal the mouth of the altar while it was hot.

This is the heat sterilization method that Liu Wei knows. This method can effectively inhibit the growth of bacteria, and in this way, the success rate of winemaking can be ensured.

Liu Quan didn't understand Liu Wei's approach, but Liu Wei asked him to do this, so he had no choice but to obey.
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The summer heat continued, and Liu Wei had been busy at the Liu Family Winery for many days. When jar after jar of wine filled the warehouse, Liu Wei had time to go back to the princess mansion to rest.

Liu Wei hasn't seen the princess for many days. On the way back, he came across a stall selling jewelry. The jewelry is not expensive. Fortunately, the style is beautiful. Liu Wei liked it very much, so he bought a butterfly hosta.

It was before dusk when I returned to the mansion. Under the setting sun, the quaint and slightly quiet Princess Mansion looked like a belated beauty. The charm was still there, but the glory of the past was gone.

This point, Liu Wei has experience, except for Princess Xingping and Cao Jue, Liu Wei has never seen a third person come to their house.

The evening wind was a bit gentle, and the cicadas were noisy. When Liu Wei returned, the princess was enjoying the coolness in the waterside pavilion, and the running water was tinkling. Everything was different. Liu Wei smiled slightly. Although the princess had an agreement with him, but He went in anyway.

The princess's clothes were thin, and she could faintly see snow-like skin. As soon as Liu Wei sat down opposite, the princess asked in her usual calm tone: "I heard that the son-in-law is going to reopen the winery?"

Liu Wei nodded: "Concubine Cao won the lottery, so I used it."

Princess Ruyi's eyes twitched slightly, and said: "This concubine Cao is really generous, 2 taels of silver just let you in so casually, but has the concubine seen Cao concubine these few days?"

Hearing this, Liu Wei frowned slightly. He had been busy at the Liu Family Winery for the past few days, but he hadn't seen him before, but Liu Wei thought it might be because Cao Jue thought making wine was boring, so he didn't come to him.

But hearing the meaning of Princess Ruyi, it seems that it is not that simple.

"2 taels of silver is not a small amount. Even if Concubine Cao's family is well-off, Sister Xingping is not short of money, but it's not appropriate for you to use up his 2 taels of silver so casually."

The corner of Liu Wei's mouth twitched slightly, and said, "But what did Princess Xingping say?"

Liu Wei knew that people like Cao Jue would not say anything, and even if someone said it, it must be Princess Xingping.

"She came to the mansion last time and said Concubine Cao lent you 2 taels of silver. You should understand what that means. Since it is a loan, it will eventually be repaid."

Liu Wei was silent for a moment, then said with a smile: "It's embarrassing for Concubine Cao."

After speaking, Liu Wei got up, put down the butterfly hosta she bought, then turned and left the waterside pavilion.

Princess Ruyi picked up the Butterfly Jade Hairpin and glanced at it. She was a little surprised, but soon sighed again. Seeing this, Xiaoyu next to her quickly said, "Princess Princess, but you don't like the Butterfly Jade Hairpin of your son-in-law?"

Princess Ruyi smiled indifferently: "He has a heart, but it's a pity that no matter how many gifts you give, it's useless. Xiaoyu, this butterfly jade hairpin is for you!"

Xiaoyu was a little hesitant, but finally took over the Butterfly Hosta, after all, she could see that the Butterfly Hosta was not worth much.

(End of this chapter)