Generally speaking, the longer the wine-fermentation cycle, the better the wine will be and the mellower the wine will be.
Although it was still in its infancy, in order to secure the first batch of customers, Xu Mu insisted on fermenting for five or six days before starting the second step of distillation.
"The wine produced in the first round of distillation is called Jiutou. It has a strong and astringent taste. If you like it, you can take some and drink it."
"What comes out of the second round of distillation is the heart of the wine, which is the most mellow wine."
"The last round is called the end of the wine. The taste is bland, and drinking too much is not good for the body."
The distillation process is not complicated, but the principles involved are probably difficult to understand based on the current understanding of people in the Ji Dynasty.
"Chen Sheng, come with me to deliver the wine."
More than 400 kilograms of rice and wheat grains were fermented and distilled into wine, which weighed at least more than 40 kilograms. If put into wine jars, the number would be almost 60 jars.
"Master, what's the name of this wine?"
"Already thought about it."
"Call me Zui Tianxian."
"Tsk, my boss is really a wonderful person."
He moved the fifty altars of Zui Tianxian into the carriage, took Chen Sheng and Xu Mu to the Fugui Restaurant in the market.
Still a little far away, Xu Mu had already seen two or three carriages parked in front of Fugui Restaurant.
On the carriage, there were jars after jars of old wine.
"My boss is from February Spring Liquor Shop."
Xu Mu frowned and looked at each other. There were no fewer than dozens of old wine shops, large and small, in Wangzhou City, and among them, February Spring Wine Shop was the largest. Sooner or later, there would be a collision between the two.
Zhou Fu, who was standing in front of the restaurant, slapped open a jar of February Spring Old Wine, took a sniff, and then lost interest, so he let go and put it down.
The several wine shop clerks who delivered the wine looked dissatisfied and chattered endlessly.
"Chen Sheng, squeeze over." Xu Mu said coldly.
"Okay, boss."
When Chen Sheng heard this, he also drove the carriage with a cold face, and with a perfect little drift, he got stuck in front of several wine shop carriages.
"Hey, what are you doing!"
"I'm waiting for February Spring Wine Shop!"
Xu Mu smiled and got off the carriage, pushing aside the shouting wine shop clerk, "Isn't Shopkeeper Zhou waiting for me?"
Seeing Xu Mu's arrival, Zhou Fu rarely smiled. This is what businessmen do, they are only interested in profit. During this period, Xu Mu's private wine made his restaurant business almost full every day.
Everything about spring in February and spring in March is already out of date.
"Are you famous?"
"Yes, it's called Zui Tianxian." Xu Mu replied calmly.
"Shopkeeper Zhou, my boss Lu will personally come to talk to you, and that stickman, you will have to wait too long!"
Zhou Fu turned around with a cold face and cursed a few words. Several wine shop clerks looked frightened, hurriedly drove the carriage, turned around and left.
"Ignore these idiots. In the eyes of a certain family, whose wine is better will be used."
As he spoke, Zhou Fu took a few steps forward and then opened a wine jar. In an instant, the mellow smell of wine spread in front of the restaurant.
This made many diners in the restaurant sniffle and turn around.
Zhou Fu only took a small sip, and his tense expression immediately became excited. This round of wine tastes a bit stronger than the last round, and the throat-rolling pleasure is also more comfortable.
"Shopkeeper Zhou, how are you?" Xu Mu was relieved. Seeing Zhou Fu's appearance at this moment, the answer had already been revealed.
"This round of wine is very good!"
Of course it’s good. The last round was corn, but this round is rice and wheat.
"This is our first cooperation. To show my sincerity, I used rice and wheat grains. If I want such wine next time, shopkeeper Zhou will have to increase the price."
"Another increase in price?" Zhou Fu's expression changed slightly, but he seemed to have figured something out, "If we only have this kind of good wine in the future, it doesn't matter if I give you five taels per jar!"
"Easy to say!"
"Haha, good! You really did not misjudge the person!" After getting the good wine, Zhou Fu didn't show any pretense and handed a bulging money bag to Xu Mu's hand.
"Master Xu, don't you count?"
It was a pleasure to cooperate, and Zhou Fulian even changed his title.
"If you trust Shopkeeper Zhou, you can count on what he does."
"Okay! Master Xu is indeed a wonderful person. Please walk around more in the future!"
After leaving Fugui Restaurant, Xu Mu breathed a sigh of relief.
The first trip to the bootlegging business finally paid off.
"Chen Sheng, go to Guanfang."
"Master, why are you going to the official office?"
"Buy land."
Xu Mu had already thought that staying in Wangzhou City was not a wise move. It would be best to build a winery in a safer place outside the city.
At that time, with the winery and Zhuangzi as the center, not only Wangzhou City, but also towns further away can still pave the way for the sales of Zuitianxian.
Excluding the money for the next round of grain harvest, the remaining one hundred taels is enough to buy a good piece of land.
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"Name? Place of origin?"
"Xu Mu, a homeless man in Wangzhou."
In the official office, the registered official raised his head slightly and glanced at Xu Mu with narrowed eyes.
"If I remember correctly, you were a stickman before."
"Congratulations, sir."
"There are three million Daji stickmen. Today, you should be the most outstanding one."
Daji Gunmen have such a bad reputation that they often die on the streets. People like Xu Mu who made money to buy land are very rare.
The old official seemed to be pleased, he stood up staggeringly, took out a pile of land deeds from the wooden shelf next to him, and picked out one of them.
"If you want to build a winery and village, the first priority is to be close to the stream and have easy access to water."
"This place was the racecourse of an old northerner. He was afraid that Wangzhou City would be broken down one day, so he moved it to the inner city early."
"There are mountains and forests in the north, and the river is at the south gate. It is forty miles away from Wangzhou and eighty miles away from Hezhou. There are also many big towns nearby."
“It’s a really good place.”
Xu Mu looked excited. He had to say that Lao Guancha's recommendation was almost perfect.
"However, I still want to talk to you first." The old official paused, and his face became slightly serious. "If one day, the Beidi people attack Wangzhou City, your wine shop on Sitong Road will be destroyed." Bear the brunt of it and become a conspicuous target for plunder.”
"Also, although refugees can't come to your side, there are still many bandits and bandits who will keep an eye on your business."
Xu Mu frowned.
"But it doesn't matter. I have another place, ten miles away from Wangzhou City. Although it is much farther to get water and firewood, it is very close to the military camp and will be very safe."
"Old sir, I want the land deed on the four roads." Xu Mu handed over his hand seriously.
The original intention of establishing the winery Zhuangzi was to develop slowly away from Wangzhou City.
"Okay!" The old officer's originally cloudy eyes suddenly flashed with light.
"I'll register it for you. I'll give you eighty taels of silver, three simple knives, and two good bows for you to protect the village."
Xu Mu was even more surprised by what the old official said. Daji had extremely strict controls on iron weapons. Now it was good to buy a piece of land and a few weapons as a gift.
