After this jar of strong liquor was delivered to Qinshantang, it was approved by Dr. He.
"This wine is so strong, it should be able to produce a lot of alcohol."
Chen Ze was overjoyed and wanted to see how much usable alcohol the so-called wine-making porcelain could purify.
Doctor He hurriedly greeted the two medicine boy apprentices and started working together.
After the jar of spirits was poured into the porcelain bottle, it started to cook, and water was added to start cooking.
This ceramic distillation and extraction device opened Chen Ze's eyes for the second time, and he even thought it was outrageous.
The connections are all regularly threaded and even locked by rotation.
All the ceramics are glazed inside and out, and if you look closely, you even find that the threads are actually gold-plated.
Thread applications, even ceramic gold plating technology?
Chen Ze scratched his head, feeling a bit outrageous.
"Doctor He, who made this wine-making porcelain?"
Doctor He smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know either. My grandfather spent a lot of money to hire someone to make it. It should be a craftsman from Zhongzhou or Beizhou, but my grandfather didn't mention who made it specifically."
"Are there any craftsmen in Qingzhou who can do this?"
Doctor He shook his head: "I asked many people, but they couldn't do it. It's not difficult to gild silverware, but gilding porcelain... they all think it's a magical skill."
"Can't imitate it?"
"It's impossible to imitate." Doctor He shook his head: "And the cost is extremely expensive. This wine-making porcelain cost a full seven thousand grains of silver and fifty taels of gold. It took nearly a year to take shape, and it was all made of fine glazes. , both inside and out must be glazed to ensure that it is usually smooth and flows down to the bottom.”
Chen Ze said no more.
It is not surprising that technologies beyond modern cognition appeared in ancient times, and some technologies even cannot be restored by modern technology.
Secondly, there are still technologies that can be preserved. There are almost countless technologies that have been lost due to war inheritance.
At present, this set of wine-making porcelain is likely to be out of print. It is the only set in the world, and the gold plating technology may also be lost.
After all, no serious person would think of plating gold on porcelain.
No matter how late we travel, we probably won’t be able to see him again.
If you can't see it, it means you don't have this technology.
Chen Ze is now considering replacing ceramics with glass, which is also included in Qingzhou's five-year plan.
The main problem was that Chen Ze had no idea how to make glass.
The old way.
Dachu had glaze technology, so the glaziers in Dachu worked together to try to make glass.
Even if you can't get it, you can bring down the price of colored glaze.
If there is profit, it can be used to do business, thereby stimulating industrial development.
This thing is not a necessity, Chen Ze can afford to wait.
If the first five years doesn’t work, then the second five years will be the best option.
Moreover, making perfume should not require such professional equipment.
Chen Ze was impressed by the alcohol extraction method because he had communicated with a perfumery team before and said that there are many ways to make perfume, including alcohol extraction and the condensation method, which are both simple and easy to learn.
So Chen Ze planned to try both methods to see which method produced better perfume quality.
I just didn’t expect that there would be quite a lot to deal with today.
While waiting for the alcohol to come out in the backyard of Qinshantang, the people from the communication team hurried over again.
"Master, three wealthy businessmen from Fengzhou have arrived and have been arranged in the inn."
Chen Ze looked happy and didn't care about the alcohol anymore. He quickly asked someone to prepare a carriage to go to the inn.
Chen Ze, the harvest mountain rat mentioned by Lu Zhiping before, has never forgotten it. He has already arranged for a special team to go to Fengzhou and invite wealthy local businessmen with good reputations to discuss important matters.
When I heard that someone had arrived, I rushed to the inn to meet him without stopping.
The three wealthy businessmen inside the inn were looking at each other outside the room, not daring to say much.
After all, the white tiger robe is standing nearby.
They didn't know what happened. After Bai Hupao came to Fengzhou, he came directly to his home.
It was said that Prince Zhennan had important matters to discuss, and he specially invited them to Qingzhou to discuss it.
And when I came, I specifically asked to bring the mountain rats.
When the three wealthy businessmen took a look, they probably understood what Chen Ze was thinking.
They probably want to use mountain rats as food.
Not long after, Chen Ze came to the inn and met three wealthy businessmen from Fengzhou.
The three of them were about to salute, but Chen Ze quickly stopped them and said with a smile: "You three don't need to be polite, please sit down."
The mountain rats were already placed on the table. They were all dug freshly when they arrived. They were still stained with soil. This was Chen Ze's special request.
At first glance, it does look like a bunch of mouse nests, each with slender roots on it.
It does look like a yam plant, and it looks like cassava, but it is not the same as cassava.
Chen Ze broke it open and took a look. He was absolutely certain that it was starch, but it was a little sticky.
I just tasted a little. I didn't feel anything when I first ate it, but after a while, I suddenly felt my tongue was numb and astringent, accompanied by a tingling sensation.
Chen Ze quickly drank tea and rinsed his mouth to feel better.
"Your Majesty, are you planning to use the mountain rats to make food?"
"indeed so."
When the three of them heard this, they smiled bitterly.
"Your Majesty, it won't work."
"The people of Fengzhou have already tried their best to find ways to do this. After all, after all, these things are everywhere in the mountains and plains, and the problem of eating can be solved."
"Almost every possible method has been tried, but the toxicity of this mountain rat cannot be eliminated."
In addition, this mountain rat is not native to Fengzhou.
It only appeared twenty or thirty years ago, and older people have never seen it before.
At this time point, some Nanman happened to pass through Nanling and entered the boundaries of the eight southern states. Fengzhou was closest to Nanling and had the most Nanman, so the mountain rats were probably brought by Nanman from the other side of Nanling.
Chen Ze actually did not agree with what these three wealthy businessmen said.
Because those who have the conditions at home will naturally not eat mountain rats, but will choose rice.
Most of the people who are willing to eat mountain rats are the lower class people, the kind who have one meal but no next meal.
The processing methods are definitely limited, and the so-called methods that can be tried are only some simple cooking methods.
There is not much energy invested in research on detoxification treatment.
Chen Ze didn't expect that Fengzhou Yamen would pay attention to this kind of thing. They only cared about squeezing the people, engaging in corruption, and enjoying themselves. They didn't care about the lives of the people at the bottom.
Qingzhou is the largest commercial center in the eight southern states. The yamen are all like this, let alone Fengzhou.
Although Chen Ze didn't want to kill everyone with one shot, this was the reality.
Chen Ze invited these three wealthy businessmen to work on one thing: to set up an organization to study mountain rats.
Funded by Chen Ze and led by three wealthy businessmen, they called for the organization of a group of cooks and skilled craftsmen to devote themselves to research work.
"You don't need to do anything else. I'll cover all the food, clothing, housing and transportation for the people you invite. And each person will receive five taels of monthly money. All your energy will be focused on this matter. If there are results, you will be rewarded heavily!"
