In September, the ripe seeds picked were put into urns in batches for fermentation. Another batch has been fermented for more than two months. Today Huaiyu specially came to make a pot of soju.
I have burned a few pots in small quantities before, and they were all good, but there were also some minor problems. After summary and improvement, the technology is now more mature.
For example, the pestles purchased from farmers are generally not of good quality, and the good ones are used to dry the pie. These pestles of poor quality must be crushed first, and must be made with wooden sticks.
Ironware was used at the time, and as a result, it easily turned black after fermentation and also had a bitter taste.
Fermentation takes more than two months, during which time you have to stir constantly. In addition, the fermentation starter, Saqu, is also very particular, and the proportion is also very important. Huaiyu later concluded that it is better to use old fermented dough as the starter.
, in addition, the fermented koji with spicy polygonum and golden cherry seeds also tastes better.
"It's time to start cutting grass. I came just in time."
Siqi's father, Lao Chen, was cutting weeds using a wild grass called Rooster Doudou by the locals. At first Huaiyu used wheat straw, but later he found that this weed stalk was more effective.
Cut the rooster bean grass stalks into eight or nine centimeter sections and stir them together with the fermented pestle. This can loosen and breathe the air. When making wine, you can make full use of water vapor to heat it, greatly increasing the production of wine.
"This kind of weed that Alang found is much stronger than wheat straw. The wine made with wheat straw will not taste as good as this." Lao Chen is living a pretty good life in the Wu family now. He usually lives in Xinchangfang Liyuan in the south of the city and also manages
With Huaiyu in Qujiang.
Huaiyu was given 20 acres of land by the emperor in Qujiang, and now he has more than 200 acres of land. Several pieces of land are managed by Lao Chen.
The pear orchard produces autumn pear paste, pear nectar and pear wine, and now people in Qujiang are cooking pots and steaming pear wine.
There are many bushes in the north, and they are everywhere in front and behind the houses of the village. In autumn, when the bushes are ripe, they look like red lanterns hanging high. They are plentiful and cheap. Huaiyu has people buy those of average quality.
This kind of rice cake is not easy to make rice cakes. It can be purchased cheaply, but it does not affect wine making.
Taozi Shao is actually the same as sweet potato Shao. It is a fruit-based liquor. It does not require a grain of grain. It is first fermented and then distilled. This kind of fruit-based liquor is actually very different from the liquor of the Tang Dynasty.
But the taste is actually pretty good, especially because the strength is very high. He originally planned to use it as the base wine for medicinal wine. Later, he discovered that in two cities, docks and other places, such wine is actually quite popular with the people at the bottom, and the warriors are also quite fond of it.
I like this strong feeling.
Nowadays, there is a shortage of food, and the imperial court has banned grain-based wine making, but the consumption of wine is actually quite large, especially in Chang'an. Huaiyu found that fruit wine does not violate the policy and can also make up for the current market emptiness, so he started from a small start, and now
Already started to switch from gun to gun.
The pot-shaking workshops were built very large. A large number of pots were purchased from Hedong in Guanzhong and fermented, just like soy sauce and vegetables were fermented soy sauce. Nowadays, in Qujiang Courtyard, there are large fermenting pots everywhere.
However, apart from spending some money to buy the urn, there is actually no cost investment in this burning workshop.
Lao Chen is also the owner of the workshop, and most of the other workers are purchased slaves.
Pour the mixed ingredients into the steamer, place the steamer on an iron pot filled with water, put a clean pot on the steamer, and let it cool down with cold water.
A fire is heated in the cellar furnace, and the wine is drained from the bottom of the retort.
After putting it in the pot and cooking it for about a quarter of an hour, the wine begins to flow out. It takes about three hours to finish cooking it in one pot, and you can get about 20 kilograms of soju.
The freshly brewed wine is extremely strong.
Lao Chen directly took a small glass, took a sip, and tasted the taste carefully. He could now taste the intensity and quality of the wine directly through his mouth.
"This wine is good."
Huaiyu also took the glass, and as soon as it entered his throat, he felt only pungent and burning. He estimated that the wine might be over seventy-five degrees.
This is the wine head.
The further you go, the lower the degree will be.
This is soju, it is as strong as fire.
To improve the taste of wine after steaming it, it is actually best to cut off the head and tail, use the wine in the middle, and mix it again. If it can be stored in a cellar, the taste will be better.
Of course, if you don’t care about the quality, you can also drink the pot head and pot tail, or you can just mix the pot head and pot tail with the one in the middle.
"I think the directly fermented Taozi wine tastes better," Huaiyu breathed in a spicy breath. He hadn't drank real liquor for a long time and was really not used to it.
In fact, just chop the zizi into pieces and let it ferment for seven or eight days, and then the wine will be released. After filtering, you will have a sweet and sour zizi fruit wine. Precipitation can also improve the taste.
However, that kind of Taozi wine is actually the same as Maifuzi wine. It has no alcohol content and is not easy to store. It is suitable for women and children to drink.
A few more bites came.
Savor it carefully.
In addition to being spicy and burning at the beginning, it also gradually becomes sweet.
Lao Chen said with a smile, "This wine, the more I drink, the more I want to drink it. After drinking it, I feel smooth all over."
Huaiyu looked at Lao Chen's red face, and even had a little rosacea. It seemed that he had indeed drank a lot.
The method of brewing pear roast is also suitable for pear roasting, sweet potato roasting, sorghum roasting, corn roasting, etc.
Huaiyu went to the cellar wine warehouse. Here was the Taozi roast that had been cooked before. After mixing, it was sealed and stored here. The longer the time, the better the taste.
If it can really be stored for ten or twenty years, it will become a Laojiao wine.
Looking at the jars of wine placed on the ground, arranged as neatly as the terracotta warriors and horses, it's all money.
It's a pity that although Bachelor Wang is a good drinker, he really doesn't understand investment and financial management.
Previously, Huaiyu said that he would open a wine shop in partnership with him and give him 40% of the shares, equivalent to 1,200 yuan. Lao Wang could withdraw his shares at any time and exchange them for money.
It didn't take long for Lao Wang to tactfully propose to withdraw his shares, and Huaiyu happily asked Qin Qiong to borrow 1,200 yuan and gave him the money.
In fact, running a wine shop is very profitable.
Fortunately, although Lao Wang withdrew his shares, he also said that Huaiyu could continue to use his wine-fighting degree to promote the winery.
He probably didn't expect that this wine shop could really bring him a dividend of 1,200 yuan or more.
"The new year is approaching, let's start selling these wines."
He has rented new shops in both east and west cities to sell wine, and has even negotiated with wine shops in Chang'an and surrounding areas to supply wine or sell wine on behalf of others.
There are currently three brands of Taozi wine:
The Taozi wine from the second pot was specially selected. It had no head and tail and had the best taste. Huaiyu named it Wuhou wine, also known as Erguotou.
Erguotou is then stored in the cellar, and the limited supply is bachelor's wine.
Soju that is blended without cutting off the ends is called Taozi Shao.
As for the secret recipe of Wei Gong Liquor obtained from Wei Zheng, Huaiyu has not used it yet, because Wei Gong Liquor is rice wine made from grain, and it cannot be brewed due to the current food shortage and the ban.
"After we sent samples of our soju to other wine shops, they were all amazed and expressed their willingness to give it a try."
Huaiyu also knew that this new type of wine was too strong and some wine shops did not fully trust it, but it didn't matter. He still planned to market it himself first. He rented shops in the east and west cities and hired shopkeepers to sell it.
The name of the business has been chosen, Bingyu Shaju Shop, also known as Bingyu House.
After selecting a few jars of stored wine to cook Erguotou, Huaiyu returned to Chang'an. The best wine had to be given away, and he first sent two jars to his father-in-law, Fan Xing.
Fan Xuanfu has been a little crazy lately and doesn't even go to give New Year gifts to his father-in-law during the Chinese New Year.
Huaiyu took the monk maid and the other three sisters of the Fan family to go with him. Fan Xing also loved drinking. As soon as the roasted rice was brought into the house, Fan Xing immediately made way for a jar.
"Well, that's what it tastes like."
"What a good son-in-law. Since you gave me a jar of this pot roast last time, the more I drink it, the more I like it. This wine is strong and suitable for us. The other wine is sweet and sour, for women to drink."
"This is what real men drink."
"Hurry up and ask the kitchen to get some good food to go with the wine. I want to have a few drinks with my good son-in-law."
After the ceremony, the three sisters, the monk and the maidservant, went to the backyard to talk to Fan Xing's concubines. Fan Xing took Huaiyu to drink.
"What do you think about going to Yanzhou to be the governor in the next year?"
"We are just a brick of the Tang Dynasty. We can move it wherever it is needed and obey the sage's arrangements." Huaiyu chuckled.
"Don't you kid want to go?"
"You don't have to go whether you want to or not."
"What an outrageous idea you have. I don't know how many people want this kind of opportunity but can't get it. It's because the saint values you, boy. As governor, even if you go down to a state, you are still the governor of a state. Although there are more than three hundred states in the world,
But how many officials are there in the world?"
Fan Xing is very happy that his general Zuojianmen has been appointed as the governor of Yanzhou. Although he is also a general, he is still a general of the inner government who does not control the army. He is worse than the generals of the Twelve Guards.
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Although he is a founding hero, one of the weaker aspects of his resume is that he does not have a general manager. He has the experience of being a governor of a town. Now that he is out of town in Yanzhou, he has filled this gap. What's more, this time he made arrangements for all the beam masters.
The Governor of Yanzhou had always been the frontline position against Liang Shidu.
"Alang, I've inquired about it. Yanzhou was previously settled in Lingzhou City. Although it has been restored now, most of the places in Yanzhou are either occupied by Turks for grazing or are controlled by Liang Shidu. The Wucheng that was conquered by the imperial court before
We stationed troops there, but this year Yu She set up a large army to besiege us.
As the governor of Yanzhou, I don’t have an inch of land and my people don’t have a single household.”
"Isn't it because of this that you can show your usefulness as a governor?"
Fan Xing poured a glass of wine for Huaiyu, "You are already a Marquis at a young age. Now that you have the opportunity to catch up on your achievements, don't you want to earn a real title and a wife? Xuanfu is finally pregnant.
Well, don’t you want your son to be able to hold an official title as soon as he is born?”
"When I was your age, I was already a county prince."
"Young man, work hard."
Fan Xing is gearing up to do something big. Although he is already a meritorious official, he is obviously not satisfied with the real seal of 400 households. He wants to prove himself again based on his ability. After all, he is only thirty.
"Duan Decao, the governor of Xiazhou, is the youngest son of the famous general Duan Shao. He has guarded Yanzhou for many years and is very impressive. You should pay him a visit when you have time. If you want to serve under him in the future, you must first establish a good relationship with him.
There is also Duan Lun, the consort, who is going to be the governor of Qingzhou, which is just south of Yanzhou. I heard that you have a good relationship with him, so he wants to go away during the New Year.
There is also the Lingzhou Governor Rencheng Wang Li Daozong. Although this clan king is young, he is very trusted by the saint. You, the governor of Yanzhou, will definitely rely on his help in the future, so go and visit him first."
Father-in-law Fan Xing was also very attentive in giving advice to his son-in-law.
"Remember to bring some of this shako to each house. There is no doubt that warriors will not like this kind of strong liquor. By the way, bring some wine or perry to each house. Women cannot drink this kind of strong liquor."
After Weng and his son-in-law were drunk, Fan Xing let Huaiyu go home.
"When you leave, remember to take the servants and maids I prepared for you as well as some food and supplies."
Fan Xing very considerately prepared a lot of things for his pregnant daughter. He had two experienced midwives and even four wet nurses. In addition, there were four nannies and maids who had given birth to many children and had experience in caring for pregnant women and babies, as well as many other nannies.
Nutritional supplements, etc.
"If you still need anything, just ask and I will find it."
