Generally speaking, wine is light wine with a content below 20 degrees.
The main reason is due to problems with brewing technology, and yeast cannot continue fermentation under high concentrations of alcohol, so the concentration of the resulting mash or liquor generally does not exceed 20%.
Zhang Bao was drinking the current wine, which was a bit stronger than the beer, but the taste was far behind, and it also had a bit of sour and musty taste.
Not to mention that Zhang Bao was not a wine lover before. Even if he was a wine lover, he probably wouldn't be able to drink it.
Every time he saw Lao He and the others drinking from jars, Zhang Bao felt sad for them.
Although it is impossible to make wine with a very good taste and a very high alcohol content, it is still very simple to increase the concentration of wine through distillation.
The picture Zhang Bao drew is actually two parts. One is the heating device. Below is a huge copper pot, which is covered with a huge fence. The top is a clay sculpture pipe with an inclined angle, which is connected to the
A huge gourd-shaped thing is a condensing device.
You only need to heat the water in a copper pot until it has not completely boiled, control the temperature, and use the volatile characteristics of alcohol. After it evaporates, it passes through the upper pipe to the condenser.
Pour cold water on the condenser, let the alcohol vapor condense from the inner wall, and flow down the wall to collect it.
According to this distillation, the alcohol concentration must be at least 60 degrees.
It is naturally unrealistic to strictly control it at around 75%, and the sterilization and disinfection effect is not ideal, but at least it has completely subversive sterilization conditions.
In addition to anti-virus for battlefield medical treatment, Zhang Bao also wanted to make some money by selling this high-alcohol wine.
Nowadays, people in Daxia actually have a lot of love for spirits.
Especially for people who drink a lot, sometimes they are almost exhausted and cannot find that ecstatic feeling.
But it's different with high-alcohol wine.
An absolute hit!
Furthermore, there are many wealthy families and aristocratic families in Hezhou now.
Although it is not as huge as the Zheng family in both political and business circles, at least in terms of wealth, it is still very wealthy.
Zhang Bao also wants to establish a benign economic development model.
Otherwise, in Hezhou, where we make a fortune entirely by robbing tombs, we won’t be able to get a clear picture of this.
And it can easily arouse public anger.
For those big landowners and big aristocratic families, although they usually do more evil, this is the current situation of the world, and there is a hierarchy. This is a conventional consciousness.
Even the servants and maids have actually acquiesced and accepted this status difference.
So Zhang Bao had no reason to confiscate their homes.
The development of Hezhou requires a lot of money. The most important thing is to find a commodity economy model.
However, Hezhou only produces a lot of grain, and there are no other products that are worth mentioning. If such high-quality wine can be produced, it can be developed as a pillar industry in Hezhou.
Zhang Bao naturally has a way to get wealthy businessmen and households like them to take the initiative to take out their money.
Within a few days, Lao He's courtyard was tidied up by Zhang Bao.
Not only Lao He's courtyard, but also the courtyards surrounding Lao He's courtyard were purchased by Zhang Bao at a high price.
On the one hand, storage and production require space, and on the other hand, although this distillation technology seems simple, this leadership in awareness and knowledge undoubtedly has overwhelming advantages.
This is core competitiveness and must not be leaked.
The people from the women's kitchen knife brigade have come in handy now.
Not only are they all physically strong, but more importantly, this group of people is absolutely reliable.
When Lao He was making the selection at that time, it had nothing to do with the current affairs, so they were all reliable.
Now we have the raw materials, equipment, and manpower.
Baoge Winery opened with great fanfare and low-key.
Lao He is now an official again.
The current manager of Baoge Winery.
I carry it on my back every day and happily stroll around the winery.
Smelling the strong aroma of wine, Lao He felt that there was nothing better than this job.
Except for wine making.
Zhang Bao has recently been busy leading people to develop a sulfur mine.
After receiving the money from the Zheng family, Zhang Bao asked people to inquire around, hoping to continue buying sulfur.
As a result, a sulfur mine was accidentally discovered in Xihe County.
In fact, it is a coincidence that the people Zhang Bao sent out did not know what sulfur was at all, so they took the samples Zhang Bao gave them and went everywhere to buy them.
As a result, when they were in Xihe County, Zhang Bao's people heard that there was a famous Wenhe Village nearby. The water temperature of the river in the village was warm all year round.
But it is also a cursed village. The oldest person in this village is only around fifty.
The person in charge of purchasing went there out of curiosity.
The result was a surprise.
There were stones everywhere that smelled like the stuff they were holding.
He took it back and told Zhang Bao.
Only then did Zhang Bao discover this rare sulfur mine.
You only need to heat and melt these muddy sulfur and ores in a pot, pour out the sulfur solution on top, and after cooling, you can obtain sulfur of a certain purity.
According to Zhang Bao's estimate of this sulfur mine, at least in future wars, there is no need to worry about the amount of explosives here in Hezhou.
With sulfur, charcoal is the simplest, and the remaining problem is nitrate. The nitrate used by Zhang Bao and others when making explosives was the white salt condensed under the corners of latrines, pig pens, sheep pens, and chicken pens.
It was brought down by frost.
Under Zhang Bao's high price purchase, all the huts and pig pens in Hezhou were cleaner than ever before!
The explosive production site was placed in Hejian Village by Zhang Bao.
Since Zhang Bao and the others left, Hejian Village has gradually declined.
Eventually, everyone left there, and Hejian Village is now abandoned.
But for Zhang Bao, this is a good place. Not only does it have the Wubao built before, but more importantly, there are winding tunnels underground in Hejian Village.
These tunnels were specially dug by Zhang Bao and others in preparation for hiding and fighting when they were in Hejian Village.
It's just that it was not fully utilized later.
After Zhang Bao and the others completely bake and dry the soil, this place can be used as a storage point for explosives.
The earth kiln for making charcoal in Houshan is also ready.
Zhang Bao specifically asked Wu Dayong and his men to garrison here.
In this way, for Zhang Bao, both the economic and military aspects were settled.
Now it seems that the state pastor of Hezhou is a little interesting.