Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 21

[Chapter 21 Distilled Spirits]

“Your Highness, what is this?”

Feng’er and Luan’er looked curiously at the clay pot with bamboo tubes in the old bedroom in the middle courtyard of the palace.

It has been abandoned and its contents have been moved to the East Court.

According to Zhao Xu’s plan, he will live in the east courtyard in the future.

Because the scenery in the east courtyard is unique, the garden is equipped with bamboo and rockery, and it is very livable.

The middle courtyard and the west courtyard are relatively monotonous.

Among them, the west courtyard will be mainly used as a warehouse.

The role of the Intermediate Court is relatively large, and it will be used as a place for him to test every advanced technology.

“This is called a still.”

Zhao Xu said with a smile.

After getting along day and night in these few days, the two of them became more intimate with him.

When Zhao Xu was free, they would accompany him.

After all, Zhao Xu has been crazy and stupid for three years, and he hardly communicated with them during the three years.

Now they are back to normal, and they know a lot of weird things, which makes them even more interesting.

As for the two pretty little maidservants, Zhao Xu was also very satisfied.

Even when Zhao Xu was crazy and stupid, the two could still maintain their original intentions and take care of the Ninth Prince.

Enough to see their character.

Furthermore, he is a newcomer, and there are few entertainment activities in ancient times.

Chang Wei is a straight man, he can die in just a few words.

Liu Fu is like a dog leg that you say everything is right, and he can’t chat.

He can only tease and play with the two of them, and the beauty is delicious.

“Alembic?” Feng’er had never heard of it, and He Luan’er showed a puzzled expression.

Zhao Xu didn’t explain too much, “Just watch from the side, and you’ll understand later.”

Feng’er nodded, and Luan’er obediently brought a chair over for Zhao Xu to sit on.

His eyes were always on Zhao Xu.

Now, she is grateful for Zhao Xu’s return to normal.

There is also an additional feeling of admiration for Zhao Xu.

She and Feng’er used to be maids in the palace, and both could read and write.

I also know a little about places like Yanjun in Yanzhou.

After arriving in Yan County three months ago, she was discouraged.

In her opinion, even if King Yan was a normal person, it was a blessing to survive in a place like Yan County.

It is almost impossible to control Yan County.

In a few years, the entire Yanzhou may even fall into the hands of Beidi people.

At that time, they and King Yan died in this place.

But I didn’t expect Zhao Xu to come up with a lot of tricks after waking up.

First of all, not to mention earning a lot of money and food, the royal army was also established.

This made her see hope, so no matter what Zhao Xu does now, she is full of expectations.

“Your Highness, here comes the wine.” Two servants walked over carrying a wine jar.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu got up and walked over, and lifted the oilcloth on the wine jar.

“Green Ant Wine.” Zhao Xu glanced at his mouth.

The wine carried by the servants can be said to be a typical ancient baijiu.

As the saying goes in the poem: green ants new fermented wine, red clay small stove.

Because this wine is brewed from grains, the foam formed by floating impurities on it has a low alcohol content.

But this is the most commonly drunk wine among Dasong folks.

This time, he wanted to distill this green ant wine to obtain a purer and higher alcohol alcohol.

After all, what he came up with was distillation technology, and there was no need to make wine himself.

That’s a waste of manpower and material resources, and a waste of time.

After the wine is distilled, the people who consume it are mainly the rich and powerful.

The people in Dasong are poor and cannot afford this kind of wine.

Furthermore, his purpose is to earn money from the rich.

Use the money earned from the rich to build fiefdoms to improve the lives of the poor.

“Pour the wine into a porcelain jar.” Zhao Xu personally instructed.

From now on, these two servants will be responsible for brewing wine.

However, the corresponding price is that the two servants will lose their freedom, and they can no longer wander around in Yan County casually, so as not to leak their technology.

Hearing this, the two servants followed suit.

Then Zhao Xu asked them to prepare another clay pot, and put the bamboo pot into this pot.

Finally, heat the fire under the jar of green ant wine.

Because the boiling point of alcohol is 78 degrees, the boiling point of water is 100 degrees.

So when heated, the alcohol evaporates first, passes through the bamboo jar and goes into the second jar to cool down.

In this way, you can get high-alcohol and pure liquor.

Half an hour later, when there was only one-third of the wine in the first jar, Zhao Xu called to stop.

At this point, the alcohol has basically gone into the second cooling jar.

Opening the cooled jar, sure enough, a strong aroma of wine came out.

“It smells so good…” Feng’er stuck out her nose and sniffed the air.

The two servants also looked obsessed.

Because of the lack of entertainment in ancient times, wine played an important role in entertainment.

In the contemporary “Dream of Red Mansions” novel, all the men, women and children in Jia’s house do not drink alcohol.

Not only drinking at banquets, but also drinking when composing poems, even enjoying flowers.

In Dasong, the customs are quite similar, and everyone knows wine.

“Do you want to try it?” Zhao Xu scooped out some white wine with a wooden spoon and put it in front of Luan’er.

Feng’er has the temperament to get into the house as soon as she is given a ladder. She doesn’t need to recruit her, she recruits herself.

Luan’er is much docile, so sometimes Zhao Xu makes fun of her.

Luan’er shook her head lightly, “Your Highness, I’ll let Sister Feng drink it if I get drunk when I drink. She can’t drink like a man.”

Zhao Xu looked at Feng’er, the girl was licking her lips.

The delicate little face is full of expectations.

Zhao Xu smiled, in ancient times women would not be laughed at for drinking alcohol.

So regarding Feng’er’s ability to drink, he didn’t think she was a bad girl.

“Feng’er, do you want to drink?” Zhao Xu put the wooden spoon in front of Feng’er again.

Luan’er has a carefree personality and is not shy. She smiled at Zhao Xu and took a sip.

After tasting in her mouth for a while, her eyes slowly enlarged, “This wine tastes really strong. Compared with this wine, the wine that slaves drank before is just water.”

“Really?” Luan’er kept paying attention to Feng son’s expression.

When Feng’er said that, she was both surprised and happy, and once again looked at Zhao Xu with admiration.

She couldn’t help being curious, and regardless of her inability to drink, she took a sip from the wooden spoon.

“Ah, it’s so spicy, and the wine is really good.” Luan’er exclaimed.

At this time, the two servants were also rolling their Adam’s apples, drooling greedily.

Zhao Xu said: “Try it too, let you have a good time.”

“Thank you, Your Highness.” The servant quickly took another wooden spoon to drink.

Then, two consecutive voices of admiration sounded.

“Your Highness, even the famous wine of the capital, Little Zuixian, is not as pure as this wine, let alone as strong as this wine.” Jia Ding was amazed for a while.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly.

He also tasted the distilled wine.

After distillation, the aged rice wine has a very strong fragrance, which is not inferior to contemporary baijiu.

He believed that the distilled wine would definitely cause a sensation when it came out.

But before that, he had to make a sensation in Yan County first, and then make a fortune from the Hao family.

Thinking of this, he told his servant not to be idle and continue to distill.

Luan’er wanted to continue to accompany him.

But as expected, he became drunk after drinking, so he and Feng’er went back to the wing room in the east courtyard.

One afternoon, the servant distilled a jar of wine.

He was immediately carried to Dongshi to give people a free tasting.

He is not generous, but for publicity. After all, free things are the most attractive, and they have not changed since ancient times.

After the publicity, you only need to wait for the rich to take the bait.

(end of this chapter)