The reason why Mrs. Qin is angry with Li Qi is because she has not yet tasted Li Qi's advantages.
As soon as she left, Li Qi immediately called Chen Anan and his son over, asking them to pack their luggage and go live with him in the Qin Mansion.
This is a great honor for servants like them. Chen Anan is still young and does not understand these things. She only knows that he will go wherever Li Qi goes. However, Aunt Chen was so excited that tears filled her eyes.
Thank Li Qi for his kindness to their mother and son.
Wu Xiaoliu on the side heard this and gave up. He insisted on going to the Qin Mansion with Li Qi no matter what, not for anything else but for Xiao Tao.
Li Qicai didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he pushed him back and asked them to practice their cooking skills, otherwise they wouldn't even be able to live here.
When they left, Wu Xiaoliu stood in front of the door and stared at their departing figures with tears in his eyes. It was so miserable!
As soon as he arrived at the Qin Mansion, Li Qi immediately became the host. The first thing he did was to drive Xiao Tao out of the kitchen, who could only cook a few side dishes, and then picked up the pot and spoon to cook a few delicious home-cooked side dishes.
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While Li Qi was cooking, Wu Furong also arrived at the Qin Mansion. He also brought an alchemy furnace and more than ten jars of fruit wine brewed from various fruits.
When he heard that Li Qi had moved into the Qin Mansion, he was surprised and happy.
During dinner, Li Qi didn't regard himself as an outsider at all. He dragged Xiaotao and Aunt Chen to sit and eat with them. Isn't it fun to eat when there are many people? Besides, he never regarded them as human beings.
Mrs. Qin didn't care much about this. She was always a submissive person.
As for Wu Furong, he has long been used to it. When he was in Zuixianju, every time he ate, there was not a whole room of people eating together.
No surprise, Li Qi's five or six home-cooked side dishes quickly won unanimous praise from everyone.
Although Mrs. Qin didn't say anything, she ate two bowls of rice today.
Xiao Tao, who had been taking care of her diet, was shocked when she saw that Madam had eaten two bowls of rice today. In the past, no matter what kind of food she served or when she went back to her parents' house for dinner, Madam Qin always only ate one bowl of rice. She was very disciplined, but today she
It is rare to have two bowls of rice for the first time, which shows how charming Li Qi's food is.
After the meal, Li Qi asked Wu Furong to go back and rest early. After all, he was old and had been running all day today, so he was tired.
After sending Wu Furong away, Li Qi took Chen Anan to start his wine-making business.
Wine plays a very important role in seasonings. As a chef, you may not drink alcohol, but you must not understand wine. A chef who does not understand wine will definitely not be considered a qualified chef.
Needless to say, Li Qi naturally needed to say more. Two months before his marriage, he had just received his intermediate bartender certificate. In fact, with his ability, it was not difficult to obtain the advanced qualification certificate. It was just that this advanced level
The qualification certificate has a time limit.
In the Northern Song Dynasty, the raw materials for making wine, such as official songs and glutinous rice, were already controlled by the imperial court. If you wanted to take advantage of them, it would be harder than climbing to the sky.
Therefore, if you want to make a fortune from drinking, you must avoid these elements.
All that's left is fruit wine.
Most of the fruit wines in the Song Dynasty were low-alcohol beverages brewed through fermentation. There were also many varieties, such as wine, pear wine, lychee wine, pomegranate wine, date wine, yellow orange wine, sugar cane wine, honey wine, etc.
But it has never been recognized by everyone.
Many families brewed fruit wine privately. According to the laws of the imperial court, most of them did not have this qualification. However, because fruit wine was not very popular among people, the imperial court just turned a blind eye to it.
But if it’s rice wine or red yeast wine that your illegitimate mother drinks, haha, then prepare to go to jail.
The reason why fruit wine cannot become popular is ultimately due to the brewing technology.
Today's fruit wine is turbid in color, looks slimy, and has a bad taste. Compared with the fruit wine of Li Qi's era, it is simply a huge difference. The most famous one is undoubtedly brandy, and brandy is not only
Using grapes as raw materials, it also has apple brandy, cherry brandy, etc.
However, the most important point is that brewing brandy does not require distiller's yeast.
Of course, Li Qi didn't intend to brew brandy, not to mention that he didn't have the secret recipe. Even if he did, people here like to drink low-alcohol wine. Brandy is a famous spirit. Whether it can be sold or not is still a question.
But he plans to learn from the brandy production process. However, the most critical thing here is distillation.
Distilled liquor has always been a controversial topic in Chinese history. Some people say that distilled liquor existed in the Eastern Han Dynasty, some say it was in the Tang Dynasty, and some say it was in the Song Dynasty.
However, it was not until the Yuan Dynasty that there were clear records of distilled liquor.
Li Qi didn't know if there was any distilled liquor today, but at least the imperial court had not used distillation to make liquor, and he had never drunk high-strength liquor. However, these are not important. There is no such thing as a patent these days. You can make your own liquor.
Yes, I brew mine, and everyone eats according to their own abilities.
To make distilled wine, a distiller is naturally indispensable.
However, there are no stills for sale today.
Li Qi originally wanted Wu Furong to find someone to make a still according to his request, but when Wu Furong heard about it, he felt that the still was somewhat similar to the alchemy furnace in the Taoist temple.
This reminded Li Qi that he seemed to have seen some records about the alchemy furnace in history books before, and thought it might be worth a try.
So, he asked Wu Furong to find an alchemy furnace outside.
Nowadays, Taoism is prevalent in the Northern Song Dynasty. There are almost more Taoist temples, large and small, than huts. Finding an alchemy furnace couldn't be easier.
If you have money these days, why are you afraid that you won't be able to buy anything?
When Li Qi saw the alchemy furnace bought by Wu Furong, he was extremely satisfied. This is simply the predecessor of the distiller. It only needs to be slightly modified and a few pipes can be inserted. As for other equipment, they are all here.
There are ready-made ones.
The still is ready, all that's left is the raw materials.
Since it was still in the experimental stage and time was very tight, Li Qi didn't want to spend more time buying fruit and waiting for it to ferment. He directly asked Wu Furong to buy ready-made fruit wine, which is some fruit wine brewed by ordinary people, and Li Qi only needed to brew it
The fruit wine is about 30 days old, and the main component is wine.
After everything was ready, Li Qi began to develop his distilled liquor.
Li Qi was really familiar with this stuff. In later generations, people could be seen making distilled wine everywhere in the countryside, so it didn't take long for the first barrel of distilled wine to be produced.
"Li——Brother Li, what kind of wine is this?"
Chen Anan stared at the bucket of clear and transparent liquid and swallowed.
"I haven't thought of a name yet, but since it's a new type of wine, I should give it a name that's resounding."
Li Qi frowned and thought for a while, then his eyes lit up and he said, "I think it will be called 'Unparalleled in the World'."
"second to none?"
Chen Anan licked his dry lips and looked straight at the unparalleled bucket.
Seeing his greedy look, Li Qi smiled slightly, scooped out a small cup, handed it to Chen Anan and said, "Would you like to try it?"
"Can I drink it?" Chen Anan asked in surprise.
"Of course, just drink." Li Qi said with a sly smile in his eyes.
Chen Anan took a breath, took the wine glass, and poured it into his mouth.
"puff!"
Not even a second later, Chen Anan spurted out the wine he had just drank.
"So spicy, so spicy...!"
Chen Anan jumped on the spot because of the pain, and slapped her mouth with both hands.
Li Qi wiped the mixture of wine and saliva on his face, his face full of depression. He was really hurting others and himself.
This wine had just been distilled, and the alcohol concentration was at least fifty degrees, and it was very spicy. He just wanted to deliberately mess with Chen Anan, but he didn't expect that this fierce man poured it in directly. It didn't matter, but he still sprayed it.
It's all over his face.
In fact, this is only a semi-finished product because it has not yet been blended. "Blending" is a very important and essential process for distilled liquor.
Various internationally renowned distilled spirits, such as Wuliangye, whiskey, brandy, gin, rum, etc., are all blended with high-quality base liquor.
Freshly distilled wine needs to be blended to unify the taste, remove impurities, and harmonize the aroma. Blending is not simply adding water to the wine, but includes the combination and seasoning of different base wines. It is to balance the body of the wine and make it taste better.
The expertise to maintain a unique style.
After some experiments, Li Qi finally figured out a secret blending recipe.
After the experiment was successful, Li Qi began to produce unparalleled wine on a large scale, and this unparalleled wine not only refers to sugar wine, but also includes apple wine, sugarcane wine, perry wine, etc.
Li Qi asked Wu Furong to purchase a large amount of fruits while collecting fruit wine, which were the raw materials for making unparalleled fruit wine. After all, he was buying fruit wine. It was only for emergencies. Producing the raw materials himself was the best way.
In addition, Li Qi also asked Wu Furong to go to Quyuan and buy some distilled yeast on credit. Now that funds are tight, since it is a credit, why not let it go?
Distilled liquors such as whiskey are naturally not a problem either.
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