After Zhou Yu thought about it for a while, he stopped thinking about it. A smile appeared on his handsome and elegant face and he said: "Master Lu, I still think that your chances of winning are very low. So, I took the bet."
Lu Xuan said confidently: "Gong Jin, you will definitely lose."
Zhou Yu said: "In view of Mr. Lu's self-confidence, I am willing to support you. If Mr. Lu needs help, please bring it up and I will do my best to help."
Lu Xuan shook his head and said: "Gong Jin does not need to be involved in the matter of wine making. Tomorrow morning, you come to the prefect's mansion and I will show you my wine. I guarantee that it will be an eye-opener for you."
Zhou Yu laughed.
He still didn't think that Lu Xuan could make money through drinks.
Although Zhou Yu is young, he likes to drink. He knows the situation of Zhou family's wine making.
Even so, selling alcohol is not easy to make money.
Because competition is high and profits are low.
Zhou Yu stood up and said, "Master Lu wants to prepare new wine, so I won't delay. I'll come to visit again tomorrow morning."
Lu Xuan nodded.
He sent Zhou Yu away before returning to his yard and starting 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 very low alcohol content, not even reaching the alcohol content of later generations of sake. The key is that all the wines are not fermented with koji from later generations. They are not clear enough and appear a bit turbid. They do not have the strong and mellow aroma of later generations of wines.
For people of this era, they are used to it, and it is good to drink it.
What Lu Xuan has to do is to purify it through distillation and then blend it a little.
This is the easiest to do.
Lu Xuan found a large iron pot and prepared a clay pot to put on top of the iron pot as a steamer.
At the top, there is a sky pot filled with cold water to cool down the hot wine vapor and ensure the condensation of the wine. Between the pottery pot and the sky pot, there is a funnel specially designed to catch the wine. Once the wine steam cools, it flows out through the loophole and finally flows into the wine jar along the bamboo tube outside the pottery pot.
It looks simple, but it is not easy to assemble. It took Lu Xuan most of the time to put it together.
When everything was ready, 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 slowly begins to boil.
Gulu! Gulu!
The wine was rolling 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 vapor is cooled and quickly condenses into wine. It 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 benefit 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 wine, which causes greater losses.
Ordinary people simply cannot afford it.
"Lu Xuan, what are you doing?"
"I heard from the housekeeper that you moved twelve jars of good wine from my cellar. These good wines are all my treasures. It is a waste of money if you move them away. What will I drink in the future?"
"You brat, 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 comes in and promises 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. But 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 falling into the wine jar like rainwater in a line.
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 falling in. He observed it for a while and found that the wine in the wine jar was as clear as water, without any turbidity or impurities, and only had a rich aroma.
Gudong!
Lu Kang swallowed.
His cheeks twitched slightly, his eyes looked expectant, and he couldn't help but said: "Erlang, give daddy a taste."
Lu Xuan smiled softly when he saw Lu Kang's greedy look.
He picked up a clean spoon, scooped out a small spoonful of new wine, handed it to Lu Kang, and said with a smile: "Father, give it a try. The taste of this wine is very strong. If you mix it with some mountain spring water and let it settle, it will be more mellow." some."
"You kid, you talk so much nonsense and you are so stingy. The wine you gave your father was just a small spoonful!"
Lu Kang couldn't help but mutter, he was a bold drinker and it was common for him to drink from a large bowl.
A small spoonful is not enough to gargle.
Lu Xuan explained: "My new wine is different from other people's wine. It has an extremely strong taste. Of course, the taste of the wine is also purer. You can't drink this kind of wine in big sips, you have to..."
Lu Kang rolled his eyes at Lu Xuan, opened his mouth and drank. A large sip of wine enters the throat, and the rich aroma of wine spreads along the taste buds.
The strong spicy flavor also spreads.
Lu Kang's eyes widened, his eyes were a little dazed, and his mouth was filled with the smell of wine. Such a strong aroma of wine, extremely pure. The only drawback is that my throat is a little burning and I feel a little uncomfortable.
Lu Kang thought about it for a while, breathed a long sigh of relief, and praised: "Good wine, really good wine."
Lu Xuan said: "Father, don't drink this wine in large gulps. Only when you taste it slowly can you taste it. If you drink like this, you are doing it nonsense. Of course, you have already felt the taste of the wine. It will taste better after it settles for a while. Or Yes, add some mountain spring water to make it softer."
Lu Kang stared at Lu Xuan and said nothing.
He was extremely shocked.
His expression was even more proud.
Lu Kang originally wanted to ask and see what Lu Xuan thought of. 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 hope that there is enough good wine in the cellar."
Lu Xuan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll make sure you have enough wine."
Lu Kang nodded with satisfaction.
He left directly.
Lu Xuan continued to stare at the distillation of the wine. Not long after, Lu Xuan heard footsteps and looked back, and found that Lu Kang was back again.
Lu Xuan asked: "Why are you back?"
Lu Kang put his hands behind his back, walked up to Lu Xuan, handed over a small wine bottle, and said with a smile: "Here, fill it up for dad, I will go have a drink with your brother-in-law."
Lu Xuan chuckled lightly.
Instead of drinking, he was clearly showing 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 others 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.
