Zhou Yu's handsome face also showed a smile, and he said: "Master Lu made a bet, and I will accompany him to the end. I am very curious about how you can make a lot of money with the help of drinks.
"In the land south of the Yangtze River, wine-making is a common practice. Every household has wine and can make wine, and each has its own characteristics."
“It’s hard to stand out!”
Zhou Yu said: "The key is that brewing wine takes time. I don't think Mr. Lu can win this time."
Lu Xuan said confidently: "I will definitely win."
Zhou Yu was also very confident and said: "On the contrary, I think that I will definitely win this time. Since Mr. Lu wants to make a lot of money, it is simply impossible. If Mr. Lu needs help with anything, just ask him."
Lu Xuan shook his head and said: "There is no need for Gong Jin to participate in the brewing process. Just wait. Tomorrow morning, you come to the prefect's mansion and I will show you my wine. I guarantee that it will open your eyes."
Zhou Yu laughed.
He didn't think Lu Xuan could make money through drinks.
Although Zhou Yu is very young, he likes to drink, and he knows the situation of the Zhou family's wine making.
Even so, selling alcohol is not easy to make money.
Because the competition is huge.
Zhou Yu stood up and said proactively: "Master Lu wants to prepare new wine, so I won't delay. I'll come to visit you again tomorrow morning."
Lu Xuan nodded.
He saw Zhou Yu off in person, then returned to his yard and began to prepare.
The Lu family is a big family, and Lu Kang is also a good drinker. There is a lot of wine in the Lu family's wine cellar.
The wine of this era was very poor, with a very low alcohol content, not even reaching the alcohol content of later generations of sake. The key point is that the wine was not fermented with koji of later generations. It was not clear enough and appeared a bit turbid, and did not have the richness and mellow aroma of later generations of wine.
For people in this era, they are used to it, and it is good to drink it.
What Lu Xuan wants to do is to purify it through distillation.
This is the easiest to do.
Lu Xuan found a large iron pot and prepared a clay pot to use as a steamer on top of the iron pot.
At the top, the sky pot is filled with cold water to cool down the hot wine vapor and ensure that the wine can be condensed. Between the pottery pot and the sky pot, there is a special funnel for catching the wine. Once the wine vapor cools, it flows into the loophole.
It flows out, and finally flows into the wine jar along the bamboo tube outside the clay pot.
All this seems simple, but it is not easy to assemble. It took Lu Xuan most of the time to put it together.
Ideas are easy, implementation is difficult.
Fortunately, it finally succeeded.
After everything was prepared, Lu Xuan and his men took out twelve jars of wine from the cellar and poured them all into the iron pot for heating.
As the iron pot heats up, the wine begins to boil.
Gulu! Gulu!
The wine was tumbling and steaming.
All the wine steam spirals up in the clay pot. When the steam reaches the top, when it encounters the cooling sky pot, the wine steam is cooled and quickly condenses into wine, flows out along the funnel, and finally flows into the bamboo tube outside the clay pot.
Wine jar.
Tick tock! Tick tock!
Drop by drop of wine fell into the wine jar.
The rich aroma of wine hits your face instantly.
Lu Xuan came closer and sniffed gently, with a bright smile on his face.
Done!
His distilled liquor was a success.
This is the advantage of having a family. If it were an ordinary people's family, there wouldn't be enough food to eat and it would be impossible to make wine.
If you don't have enough alcohol, you won't be able to make wine. The key is to purify and distill the alcohol, which will cause even greater losses.
Ordinary people simply cannot afford it.
"Lu Xuan, what are you doing?"
"I heard from the housekeeper that I moved twelve jars of good wine from the cellar. These good wines are my treasures. You moved them all away and wasted them. It is a waste of money. What will I drink in the future?"
"You bastard, you're doing whatever you want."
Lu Kang's angry voice had already reached the courtyard.
Lu Xuan looked relaxed after hearing this.
Lu Kang came in and promised to be happy.
After a while, Lu Kang entered the yard and continued: "Your boy went to Qiao's house. Although he won the bet against Gu Yong, he also agreed to stay. However, you can't mess around."
Suddenly, Lu Kang breathed, a look of surprise appeared on his old face, and asked: "Hey, what does it smell like? It smells like wine?"
He quickened his pace.
In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Lu Xuan.
"Tick tock! Tick tock!!"
The wine cooled more and more, flowing out faster, and it was already like rainwater falling into the wine jar in lines.
The accumulation of wine spreads the fragrance even more.
The taste is even more pure.
"This wine is different."
Lu Kang stretched his head and looked at it, his eyes almost fell in. After observing for a while, he found that the wine in the wine jar was as clear as water, without any turbidity or impurities, and only had a strong aroma of wine.
Gudong!
Lu Kang swallowed his saliva.
His cheeks twitched slightly, his eyes looked expectant, and he couldn't help but said: "Erlang, let's give Daddy a taste."
Lu Xuan smiled softly when he saw Lu Kang's appearance.
He picked up a clean spoon, scooped out a small spoonful, handed it to Lu Kang, and said, "Father, give it a try."
"It's sour!"
Lu Kang couldn't help but murmur when he saw the wine in the spoon.
He was a bold drinker, and it was common for him to drink a large bowl at a time. He couldn't even gargle a small spoonful of it.
Lu Xuan explained: "Father, my wine is different from other people's wine. It is extremely strong. Of course, the taste of the wine is also purer. This kind of wine should not be drank in large sips, but in small sips.
"
Lu Kang didn't believe it at all, so he opened his mouth and drank it all.
A large sip of wine is placed in the mouth, and the rich aroma of the wine fills the air and spreads along the taste buds.
"Hoo! Hoo!"
Lu Kang swallowed it in one gulp and let out a long sigh of relief.
The mouth is filled with the aroma of wine. Such a strong aroma of wine is extremely pure.
The only drawback is that my throat is a bit burning and I feel a little uncomfortable.
Lu Kang thought about it for a while, remained silent for a long time, and said, "Good wine, really good wine."
Lu Xuan said: "Father, you can't drink this wine in large sips, you have to sip it in small sips to get the taste. You're doing it nonsense if you drink like this. Of course, you have already felt the taste of the wine. After it settles for a while, the taste will be better.
good."
Lu Kang stared at Lu Xuan and said nothing.
His eyes were extremely shocked.
His expression was even more proud.
Lu Kang originally wanted to ask to see what Lu Xuan thought of it. But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back and praised: "As expected of my Lu Kang's son, I don't care how you use the wine. I just want the cellar
There is enough good wine inside."
Lu Xuanxiao said: "Don't worry, I guarantee you will have enough wine."
Lu Kang nodded with satisfaction.
He left immediately.
Lu Xuan continued to stare at the distillation of the wine. Not long after, Lu Xuan heard the sound of footsteps, looked back, and found that Lu Kang was back again.
Lu Xuan asked: "Why are you back?"
Lu Kang clasped his hands behind his back and walked up to Lu Xuan, handed him a small wine flask, and said with a smile: "Come on, fill it up for me, and I'll go have a drink with your brother-in-law."
Lu Xuan chuckled lightly.
Instead of going to drink, it was obviously to show off with the wine.
Lu Xuan was naturally satisfied, filled Lu Kang with a bottle of wine, and Lu Kang left in a hurry.
Lu Xuan and his people continued to steam wine, and they were busy until late at night before going to bed.
The next day, early in the morning.
Lu Xuan had just woken up and before he had washed up, his attendants came in a hurry and reported that Zhou Yu was here.