Chapter 98 Winery Trial Brewing
Li Mu chatted with Li Ji all morning, even eating breakfast separately from others. Li Ji's personal guard was guarding at the door, and others could not get close to him, and no one knew what the father and the other talked about. It was not until Li Bi prepared all the things he used and asked the personal guards to come in to ask, and Li Mu came out of Li Ji's room.
In fact, Li Mu didn't talk about any confidential matters, but he had a plan to implement it, so he told Li Ji to listen to it and solicit some opinions. Li Ji was always cautious in his character, so that his personal guards were guarding at the door and not letting people get close.
Li Mu and Li Bi rode together on horseback, took Bai Naoer and Qian Dahai out to the Bashang winery. Bai Naoer's wife Wang also went home with her. Li Chongyi wanted to follow him, but was stopped by Li Mu and begged Wang Hu to train him and the ten young and strong people. The house guards and the hospital were guarding him. It is not enough to have strength alone, and they have to be enforced, and they can only be effective like an army.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Duke Mu of Qin dominated the Western Rong, changed the Zishui River to the Ba River, and built a bridge called Ba Bridge. This place is very close to Chang'an City, and you can walk one or two miles away from Qixia Gate. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there was an inn on Ba Bridge. In Chang'an City, people in Chang'an City sent farewell relatives and friends to the east, and most of them broke up here, so they were called "farewell every year, and the wind and snow of the Ba Bridge". The south bank of the Ba River is a good place. Li Mu's 70 hectares of land are all here.
This is the first time Li Mu came to his own land. He hadn't been to the countryside several times in his previous life, and his concept of "沪" was very vague. When I saw it today, I realized how big it was. Standing on the hills and looking around, I really had the feeling of a nouveau riche. Li Mu couldn't help but sigh that if he could have such a large piece of land beside the capital in his previous life, he would have no need to do anything in his life and would have to spend all his money.
On the way, Li Bi also popularized the fields with Li Mu. Such gifts of titles can extend to future generations, which are called "yongye fields", which can be inherited by the eldest son of the family. This large area of Li Mu was originally a royal estate, and crops were planted on it, but now it is given to Li Mu. The food harvested in autumn does not belong to him. He will have to wait until his own farming income will be his.
Li Mu didn't mind this because he had no intention of using this land for farming. Along the way, he became interested in the method of farming for the Tang Dynasty. His carpentry skills list included various plow patterns, and in the forging skills list, there were also various drawings of iron farm tools. He planned to study it and see what was the difference between it and the Tang Dynasty's actual use. If it was better than the Tang Dynasty's people now, he would make things, which would be a huge benefit to the agricultural development of the entire Tang Dynasty.
After climbing over a small hill, my eyes suddenly became clear. This was a plain larger than Li Mu's field. In the middle of the plain, a piece of crops was harvested early and a house was built. There were high walls around it, but the construction was not completed yet, and you could still see the bricklayer working. This high wall was not in the drawings drawn by Li Mu. Li Bi explained that this was to prevent leaks and just in case, if someone really took the risk to snatch it, with this high wall blocking it, at least it could be time to destroy the brewing equipment and not be taken away.
Although Li Mu felt that it was not just that, it was always right to be careful. The group came to the winery, and one of them had been waiting at the door. Everyone dismounted. Li Bi introduced Li Mu and Bai Naoer, saying, "This is Huang's shopkeeper Huang. He has been working in my Li family for many years and is very experienced in business." As he said that, he introduced Li Mu and Bai Naoer to the shopkeeper Huang, and said, "This is Zhulu Hou, and the method of brewing wine was his invention. The next person is Zhulu Hou's father-in-law, Bai Chunbai, who has been in charge of the wine shop for many years. He knows more about wine than you, so he will ask more advice in the future."
Huang Qi bowed and said, "The villain met Zhulu Hou and met the shopkeeper Bai. Even if we partner in the future, we will still have to help each other more."
Bai Naoer was still a little restrained, but she did not lose her politeness. When she saw the tribute, she exchanged greetings. Manager Huang brought everyone in and asked someone to unload the grain brought by Li Bi, and then led Li Mu and others to check the completion status of the winery.
Li Mu looked at it from beginning to end, and to his surprise, the winery was built better than he imagined. This winery was built at a ratio of 10 to one, amplifying the distillation equipment he is using now. At the same time, Li Mu also introduced the concept of assembly line, separateing the entire brewing process one by one, so that the workers in each link could only know the matters of their own links. In this way, even if one or two slaves escaped, they would not reveal all the secrets of the distillation equipment.
He had already mentioned this idea to Li Bi, so when the winery was built, each link was a single-family house. There was a high wall between the two houses, and only one iron door was connected to each other. Only Li Bi had the key to the iron door. Without his permission, the workers in one link would definitely not see what the other link looked like. After the work, these workers could not contact each other, or even contact them, and could not recognize each other. Li Mu was very relieved about this. Li Bi's prudence was just the same as Li Ji. Everything was safe first, and there was little possibility of making mistakes.
After a look, no problems were found. Li Mu directed the craftsmen brought by Li Bi to take iron parts such as condenser pipes, as well as various woodworking parts, and began to form a brewing assembly line. The parts were ready-made and it was very easy to assemble. He worked hard for three hours, and just after noon, the assembly line was built.
Li Mu had already tried it with Baigensheng that day. It was not necessary for him to make wine, and others could also complete it under his guidance. However, Li Mu was still a little unsure about the assembly line work today. So from the beginning of the first placement of the wine chorus, he personally demonstrated it to the workers. He would answer patiently if he didn't understand anything. The brewing workers selected by Li Bi were all young and strong from the family slaves, and they were relatively strong in accepting new things. There was no one who was particularly stupid. Li Mu explained it once or twice and understood it almost.
Finally, at sunset and dusk, the steamer ignites the fire and starts the first trial brewing.
This distillation equipment is manufactured at a ratio of one to ten. Li Mu originally could brew ten jars of wine at a time, and the winery could theoretically brew a hundred jars of wine. The system defines a jar of wine as 1,000ml, which is about two kilograms of weight. It can be brewed twice a day, which means that the winery currently produces only 200 jars and 400 kilograms of wine per day.
Chapter completed!