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Chapter 15 Distillation

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    Wang Qi returned to the room and spread out a large piece of rice paper.  He held his pen and thought about the method of distillation and purification.

    In fact, distillation and winemaking already had complete skills at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.  However, this technique requires distillation and purification together with the lees.

    Such a process is very complicated.

    It cannot be completed in one or two steps.

    What Wang Qi wants to do now is just to purify the wine.  The drinks of this era were somewhat turbid and had very low alcohol content. Most of them were ordinary rice wine, sorghum wine, fruit wine, etc.

    It is relatively simple to simply purify wine.

    Wang Qi searched for skills in his mind and found that he only needed to prepare a steamer, condensation tube, and equipment for storing wine.

    A steamer is not complicated.

    There are iron pots everywhere, and it can be easily completed with a little modification.  What is a little more complicated is the manufacture of condenser tubes. After all, there were no stainless steel tubes or glass tubes in this era.  Fortunately, for Wang Qi, he only needed to make a rough model.

    Let¡¯s finish it roughly first, and leave the subsequent improvements to the craftsmen in the house.

    Wang Qi¡¯s final choice of condensation pipe was made of bamboo, with the knots in the middle of the bamboo opened.  In this way, the distilled and purified wine will condense along the bamboo into the vessel containing the wine.

    ? Relatively speaking, this is very crude.

    What Wang Qi wants to complete is just to distill and purify the wine, which is enough.

    Wang Qi listed all the roughly needed equipment.  The whole process took less than half an hour.  After he completed it, he handed it to Wang Fu and asked Wang Fu to arrange for someone to build it.

    Half a day passed, and in the evening, Wang Fu came to Wang Qi's side and said, "Sir, everything is ready. The equipment you want to build is in the utility room in the backyard."

    Wang Qi said happily: "Let's go, let's go."

    He was looking forward to it.

    Even though the equipment for distillation and purification is extremely crude, as long as there is a beginning, it can be easily modified later.

    Wang Qi and Wang Fu came to the utility room. An iron pot was prepared inside, and a fire could be heated under the iron pot.  This iron pot in particular is actually similar to a wine pot, except that it has a lid on top.

    A hole was drilled near the top and connected with a bamboo tube.  The connecting positions are all sealed.  When the wine evaporates, it will not seep out from the connection position.

    Once the bottom of the pot is heated, the wine will boil and generate steam, which will rise and flow out along the bamboo tube.  The temperature of the bamboo tube is low, so it naturally liquefies into wine again.

    This efficiency is definitely very low.

    At the moment, this is the simplest and most direct way.

    The other end of the bamboo tube is a wooden barrel, and no wine bottles are used for the time being.

    Wang Qi nodded after looking at it.

    This is very rough and crude, but you can give it a try now.  Wang Qi looked at Wang Fu and ordered: "Grandpa Fu, I need a lot of drinks, are you ready?"

    "already prepared!"

    Wang Fu nodded and answered.

    Wang Qidao: "Please ask someone to bring more. This iron pot can fill more than half of it."

    Wang Fu felt a little distressed.

    This is a fool's errand, but Wang Qi is the little master. He can't stop it and can only do it.

    The palace ordered people to bring all the wine from the cellar and pour the wine into the iron pot one jar at a time.  The capacity of this iron pot is not small. It can hold twenty jars of wine, and only half of the pot is filled with wine.

    Wang Qi glanced at the wine in the pot. Even though Wang's wine wasn't bad, it wasn't clear either. It was still a little turbid.  Even the taste of the wine is not pure enough.

    Wang Qi asked his attendants to step aside and lit the fire himself.

    The wood burns and begins to heat.

    With the heat soaked in, time passed little by little, and the wine in the pot began to boil.  Because the lid of the iron pot is sealed, the wine is boiling, and the steam begins to flow along the bamboo tube.

    The distance between the bamboo tubes is very long, and the heat of the wine vapor is reduced, and it liquefies into wine again and flows along the bamboo tubes.

    Tick ??tock!

    The first drop of wine fell from one end of the bamboo tube into the bucket.

    L!  !

    Starting from the first drop of wine, after a while, the wine is no longer intermittent, but gradually becomes a thin line.  Although the amount of alcohol said was very small and the water line was very thin, it was continuous.

    Wang Qi leaned over and sniffed lightly.

    A strong aroma of wine has spread and spread into your nose, refreshing your heart and mind.

    Wang Fu was originally an old drunkard. As soon as he smelled the wine, heThe smell made the eyes that had been slightly squinted suddenly widen.  He came to the side of the wine barrel, squatted down, leaned over and smelled it.

    The rich wine aroma is extremely mellow and intense.  The aroma of wine lingered in his nose, making Wang Fu swallow a gulp of saliva.  For a drunkard like Wang Fu, it was almost as if his mind was wandering.

    Wang Fuyan took a deep breath and said: "Sir, you are amazing. This purification method is simple, but the taste is excellent."

    At this moment, Wang Fu felt it smelled really good.

    Previously, he felt that Wang Qi was messing around for nothing.  Brewing has been like this for thousands of years, how can it be so easy to improve.  But Wang Qi's approach turned decay into magic in one fell swoop.

    Wang Qi smiled and said: "Grandpa Fu, go get the wine glass and try one."

    After Wang Fu heard this, he stood up quickly, and the next moment he was gone.  After a while, Wang Fu came back. His face was not red and he was not out of breath. He just grinned and took the wine glass to the place where the wine came out of the bamboo tube.

    When the glass of wine was full, he took it between his breaths and sniffed it.

    The aroma of wine is rich.

    Wang Fu couldn't help but take a sip. It was soft in the mouth, and the rich flavor spread out from his taste buds, as if igniting the cells in his body.  At this moment, Wang Fu even felt ecstatic.

    The soul is flying and uncertain.

    Very comfortable.

    After Wang Fu took one mouthful, he couldn't help but take another sip.  This sip of wine was a little more, but for Wang Fu, it was not enough, so he drank the glass of wine in the blink of an eye.

    "comfortable!"

    Wang Fu shook his head and said: "Sir, I like wine. I have drunk countless good wines in my life. I have even drank the fine wine and jade liquid that the imperial court rewarded me. But compared with this wine, there is a huge difference.  . All the fine wines in the world are not as good as this glass of wine. After drinking this glass of wine, you can die in peace."

    Wang Qi smiled and said: "Grandpa Fu, the good times are here to stay, why should we die?"

    Wang Fu chuckled.

    Very happy.

    Wang Qi continued: "The wine has been brewed. Grandpa Fu, you should know how to brew it, right?"

    Wang Fudao: "I know."

    It¡¯s actually very simple, it¡¯s just that no one has thought of it.

    Who would have thought that after boiling the wine and re-condensing it, the wine would taste so mellow.  Although it is easy to get dizzy and drunk after drinking such a glass of wine, the taste is excellent.

    Wang Qi said: "The next large-scale manufacturing will be left to you. I believe you know how to keep it secret. As for me, I will use this purified wine, put it in a pot, take it to Tianxiang Pavilion, and share it with Tianxiang Pavilion.  Let¡¯s negotiate a deal.¡±

    Wang Fudao: "Young master plans to sell the wine to Tianxiang Pavilion."

    Wang Qi nodded and said: "Although the Wang family is engaged in business, the channels are not very sufficient. In addition, when it comes to transportation to various places, we do not have the strength. Now this wine is sold to Tianxiang Pavilion, they have enough ability to sell it."

    Wang Fu is the old butler of the Wang family, and he is more thoughtful and said: "Sir, we can actually take our time and not be in a hurry. With a little bit of preparation, the Wang family can still make a lot of money."

    Wang Qi smiled and said: "There are more ways to make money than this. There is no need to hide it. What's more, we don't have to worry about selling to Tianxiang Pavilion in large quantities. Having accumulated enough original capital, it will be easier for us to do business in the next step.  .¡±

    After a pause, Wang Qi continued: "Grandpa Fu, I have many latest ideas in my mind, and I will implement them one by one. When the time comes, the Wang family will have plenty of opportunities."

    Wang Fu muttered after hearing this: "It's a pity to let Tianxiang Pavilion get a piece of the pie."

    Wang Qidao: "No matter what, we will make money. With this arrangement, we can make money without any effort, why not. Grandpa Fu, don't worry about it."

    Wang Fu then nodded in agreement.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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