Siheyuan: I am Du Shouyi

Chapter 60 Maotai
Tuesday morning.

"Ding, the host's reward for signing in today is Moutai X10."

Ten bottles of rustic 'earth pottery' Moutai appeared in the system space.

In [-], if talking about the style of liquor in Kyoto, Langjiu and Fenjiu should rank first or second.

Langjiu is the 'royal wine', with a detached status that no one can shake.At this time, Fenjiu has two honors:
First, Fenjiu Xinghuacun is the wine used in the founding ceremony;
Second, Fenjiu is the [-] Panama Gold Medal Wine.Hehe, there is nothing about Moutai in these two.

This matter is a bit interesting to say, let's go a little further.

The [-] World Expo was held in San Francisco, and it was the first time that the government organized a delegation to participate in planting flowers.

According to historical records, this year's flower wine category won four gold medals: Fen Liquor, Zhili Liquor, Henan Liquor, and Changyu Liquor.Without Guizhou, there is no Moutai.

In the future, wines from Hebei and Henan will say that they are Panamanian gold award wines, but that is not too bragging. Their ancestors are indeed rich.But Moutai is definitely not.

At that time, Moutai participated in the exhibition under the name of "Guizhou Government Office Liquor" and won the fifth prize.A, B, C, D, E, A and B are gold awards, and E and so on are silver awards.

As for the phrase "on the awards ceremony, break the wine jar and become famous in one fell swoop", that is even more fictitious and has no shadow.

At that time, GZ Province was joined by the "Chengyi" Shaofang and the "Ronghe" Shaofang in Maotai Town, and they were named "Guizhou Government Liquor".

After liberation, the two together with 'Hengxing', the three burning workshops merged together to form the 'local state-owned Moutai distillery'.

That was already in [-], several years after the founding ceremony.Therefore, it is also an unreliable rumor to say that "Maotai was considered for the opening banquet".

In [-], Moutai was still a few workshops that were "doing their own thing", and they couldn't hold a table like the opening of the state banquet. You can understand that when you think about the earthen pottery vase.

At the beginning of the establishment of Moutai, many small distilleries were absorbed, and there were as many as six or seven trademarks such as 'Jinlun', 'Xinlun', 'Jianjin', etc., which were for the purpose of distinguishing between different breweries.

Therefore, Kweichow Moutai has a long history of brewing, but in [-], it was less than ten years since it was truly "integrated".

At that time, Maotai distillery was still very 'young'.In the mainstream baijiu market, Fenjiu has always been known as the "Baijiu Boss", and this title was maintained until the end of the 80s.

When Du Shouyi first visited his 'father-in-law' Ning Yuanshan, he bought two bottles of 'Xinghuacun Fen Liquor' in tiger-head porcelain bottles.This "boutique packaging" was just launched at the end of 1960, and it was also recognized as the "highest-grade liquor" in the market at that time.

So how much does a bottle of 60s Moutai sell?

When the factory was first established in [-], Moutai sold it for two yuan and eighty-four cents, and the ex-factory price was even lower at one yuan and twenty-eight cents.

There was an adjustment in [-], the ex-factory price was [-] yuan, and the market price was [-] cents.These two prices have been maintained for more than ten years, and the price was not raised again until around [-].

Moutai is recognized as a good wine, but why in the 60s and [-]s, its market position was far less "brilliant" than later generations?

One is because of the flavor of the sauce.The second is that it is far away in Guizhou, and transportation is inconvenient.These two issues are actually one issue, which can be dealt with together.

Perhaps because of the temperature, fermentation, etc., the flavor distribution of the flower-grown liquor is very regular.

Starting from the Yellow River Basin, from north to south, there is a gradual increase in the flavor of liquor.

Near the Yellow River Basin, Fen-flavor liquors, such as Fenjiu, are brewed.

Further south, Sichuan, Hunan, and Henan have a strong-flavored taste.Luzhou Laojiao and Wuliangye belong to this category.

After crossing Hunan and entering Guizhou, especially the Chishui River Basin, it is the world of sauce-flavored flavors.Famous sauce-flavored wines such as Langjiu and Moutai are all produced in this area.

Think about this place in Guizhou, the land is never three feet flat, the sky is never sunny for three days, how difficult is the road?Given the traffic conditions at that time, no matter how good the wine was, it couldn't be shipped out.

Langjiu was the first choice of 'national wine' for the opening of the state banquet. It was replaced by 'Fenjiu' because it could not be shipped out and the reserves in Kyoto were not enough.

Moreover, men in the north are used to drinking the fragrance type, so at most they will order the strong fragrance type.Maotai-flavored wine is not very popular here.As for later generations of baijiu, there are six or seven flavors, but in the final analysis, there are three categories: clear, strong, and sauce.

This topic has been discussed too much, so I will not expand the discussion.

What Du Shouyi signed was ten bottles of "Golden Wheel" Moutai, which was "Dubaji". From the outer packaging, it looked a bit "sloppy", but this was the real "founding father" of the Moutai Empire, and a "treasure" in the eyes of later generations of drinkers. .

It would be a waste for He Yuzhu to drink this wine, he is Erguotou's life!Let's keep it for now and talk about it after the evening shift.It is also possible to pair Moutai with 'a piece of firewood'.

After closing the space, Du Shouyi went to the small courtyard of the Jin family. The flower hen had been working for a while, and he was going to see if he got anything today.

The chinaware was piled up in the ear room, nearly a quarter of the new china was missing, and there were two more bottles and a large blue bowl on the other side of the ear room.

Du Shouyi took it outside and looked carefully under the light. The bottle was worthless in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.And that bowl should actually be called 'bowl'.

This 'bowl' is brightly glazed, shining like a sapphire in the sun.There is a dense layer of 'snowflake' white dots sprinkled on the blue glaze, which is very beautiful.It's a pity that there is a quenching mouth and a crack on the bowl.

The bowl has no base, and looks like it was made by Xuande sprinkled with blue glaze, but it is not sure whether it is from the Xuande dynasty or a later imitation
Even so, in Du Shouyi's eyes, this 'blue bowl' alone was worth as much as the room of porcelain behind him.

There will be awards for achievements, and Du Shouyi thought of those 'Da Ming' glasses at this moment.That's the most suitable reward for the flower hen, but it's a pity that I'm about to exchange it for myself!
But Du Shouyi is still rich, and the things that money can solve are not serious.Wait until the flower mother picks off the gauze, and then look at the situation, and spend money to make a pair if necessary.Now that the system has pointed out the direction, even if he takes a detour and walks back.

Du Shouyi found Huahen at the material recycling station and gave him ten yuan.Those three pieces of porcelain were not worth the price at all, of course Hua Hen refused to accept it, but Du Shouyi couldn't be held back.

Du Shouyi also asked about the condition of Huamu's eyes, and when he learned that the results would not be known until the end of October, he was quite determined.There are still so many opportunities to sign in, maybe just sign a pair of glasses?

After bidding farewell to the flower hen, he went to the black market again. This place is getting more and more lively now, and he doesn't care if there are people wearing red cuffs standing far away.

Can't handle it, there are too many people.If he was a city manager, he would have to deal a severe blow here. How could such an 'arrogant' extrajudicial place be accommodated in the boundaries of Kyoto?
After going around for a while, he sold some unused tickets and bought a set of clay figurines from Journey to the West.There are a total of four clay figurines, monk, master and apprentice, and they are a little different from the images of later TV dramas. It is quite interesting to watch.

It only cost a few cents to buy this set of clay figurines. It is said that this amount of money is not enough for an artist to do their work, but it is the price.

According to the current values, how much is a little labor and a little mud worth?Just mixed the cotton wool in the mud and added some paint on the outside, otherwise the price would not even be reached.

This time it was Du Shouyi's black market 'farewell tour'.Without special circumstances, he will not appear here again until the 'Day of 7 people'.Even if they were caught, at best the unit would send someone to take them back, and then do an in-depth inspection.But why bother?Looking for excitement?
While Du Shouyi was wandering around, Xu Damao was looking at a house not far from him.Although Lou Xiaoe vetoed it once, he still wanted to change rooms.

The house he looked at today wanted to move closer to his son and daughter-in-law.The room is not bad, and it is quite clean, but it is a bit small, and there is a black market outside the alley here, so the location is hard to describe.

Xu Damao was not satisfied and was about to leave when suddenly, there was a burnt smell from outside.When I came out, it turned out that some house in the alley was cooking lunch, and one accidentally set the house on fire.

After a while, the fire was already burning, and the black smoke was billowing high.Now the alley was bustling inside and outside, and people from the black market crowded over, watching the bustle from a distance away.

Du Shouyi happened to be nearby and was also attracted to him, but from a distance, he saw Xu Damao at a glance.

Xu Damao didn't see him, he said hello to a middle-aged man beside him, and then pushed through the crowd and left. He came out during the lunch break, and he was still rushing back to work.

Why is Xu Damao here?what is he looking forDu Shouyi approached the middle-aged man out of curiosity, smoked a cigarette, and soon found out the truth.

On the way home, Du Shouyi couldn't help but want to laugh. The unbeatable Xiaoqiang Xu Damao actually wanted to slip away?I didn't move him with a finger.

He was sure that Lou Xiao'e probably didn't know about it. Lou Xiao'e was getting along very well with Gong Xiaobei now, and she drank a lot of the 'cappuccino' coffee that Du Shouyi signed.

There are more than 1 ways to deal with Xu Damao, and it didn't take long for Du Shouyi to decide on a route.When he was about to leave work, Du Shouyi went to work and called Xu Damao out.

　The distillation technology of liquor was brought back from the Mongolian expedition to Arabia, with a history of 800 years ago.It may not be bragging to say that I have been tribute wine since the Tang and Song Dynasties, but it is definitely not baijiu.

　　In the beginning, all liquors were made with a high degree, about 75 degrees.After the blending technology appeared before the liberation, it became delicious and smooth, and then the degree was gradually reduced.So don't be disgusted when you hear about blending, the blender is the most expensive winery.Anyone who says they don't agree is definitely a liar.

　　Say a few more words, so that book friends will not pay IQ tax.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)