The strongest Marquis in history

Chapter 14 Wine Business

Wang Qi is now in Tianxiang Pavilion, he is a celebrity.However, in the eyes of most people, he is a prodigal son, spending 2 taels of silver to buy a pair of orchid and bamboo pictures, which is really a waste of money.

Wang Qi didn't care about the eyes of these people either.

It is clear who is stupid and who is not.

After the auction of the orchid and bamboo painting, Wang Qi lost interest, especially sitting here and being looked at like a monkey, Wang Qi was even more displeased.So Wang Qi directly said to leave, and Liu Zheng didn't stay any longer, and asked someone to collect the money, but was told that there was no charge.

Liu Zheng felt astonished, and said: "My dear brother, you really have a lot of face. Originally, I was going to invite you today, but I didn't expect that I would take you to enjoy the blessing."

Wang Qi said: "You're welcome."

The two got up and went out. After leaving Tianxiang Pavilion, Liu Zheng first sent Wang Qi back to the mansion, and then left.

Now that the relationship between Liu Zheng and Wang Qi has changed, Liu Zheng is a little afraid of Wang Qi.Not only because Wang Qi is a ruthless person, with ruthless methods and deep scheming.It was even more because of Wang Qi that he beat Chen Zhao easily.

Wang Qi returned to the backyard, followed by Wang Fu hurriedly.

Wang Fu looked anxious, and said: "Young master, I heard that you spent 2 taels of silver to buy Mr. Qingxi's "Orchid and Bamboo Picture". Is this true?"

Wang Fu's eyes were filled with apprehension.

For 2 taels of silver, it is a real loss to buy a pair of orchid and bamboo pictures. This is something only a prodigal can do.

Wang Qi said: "There is such a thing."

Wang Fu stomped his feet angrily, and said: "How can it be called such a thing, although we killed Guo Yi and got a lot of money, but this sum of money was just spent quietly to buy a pair of Lanterns. Bamboo painting, a broken painting, useless!"

"Young master, you are so confused!"

"Oh, I shouldn't have let you go to Tianxiang Pavilion. Young people are hot-blooded, and if they go to Tianxiang Pavilion and are provoked by others, they will be recruited. This is also an old trick of Tianxiang Pavilion, which is to make people not lose face in public , will keep raising the price.”

Wang Fu was very upset.

Annoyed that he didn't take good care of Wang Qi, so that he made a mistake.

Wang Qi went straight back to the yard, drank a cup of tea, and then explained: "Grandpa Fu, don't worry. I bid [-], which is just a bid. I don't need to give the money, and I don't want the orchid and bamboo picture. On the contrary, Tianxiang Pavilion, You owe me a favor."

Wang Fu was stunned.

The worry and eagerness disappeared in an instant, replaced by curiosity.

Wang Fu hurriedly said, "My lord, what's going on?"

Wang Qi didn't hide anything anymore, and directly talked about what happened in Tianxiang Pavilion.After explaining everything, Wang Qi said: "The picture of orchid and bamboo is fake, that's why I bought the picture of orchid and bamboo at a high price."

Wang Fu breathed a sigh of relief, the wrinkles on his old face stretched out, and he looked even more pleasantly surprised.

incredible!

My son is really amazing!

Wang Fu said excitedly: "Young master's eyes are as bright as a torch, and he can tell at a glance that the orchid and bamboo picture is a fake. If the master knows, I'm afraid I don't know how happy I am."

Wang Qi said: "Grandpa Fu taught me well. When I was young, I read a lot. Because I know Mr. Qingxi's life and the situation of the bamboo paper, I can judge. If you don't know these things, you can only be caught blind."

Wang Fu grinned.

He quickly shook his head and humbled himself, saying the wise words of the young master.

In his heart, he was extremely happy.

His son, not only convinced Liu Zheng, but also made Tianxiang Pavilion owe a big favor.

This is a remarkable thing.

Wang Qi changed the subject and said again: "Grandpa Fu, we made a bet. Liu Zheng came back to find me, so you have to teach me martial arts and let me practice martial arts. Now, you can't go back on your word."

Wang Fu stroked the gray beard under his jaw, and said with a smile: "As long as the young master is not afraid of hardship, the old slave can teach as many skills as he has. The young master is willing to learn, it is the blessing of the old slave."

"It's just that the son is getting old, and he missed the age of laying the foundation, and needs medicinal materials to supplement the foundation."

"Poor culture and rich martial arts, this is the truth."

Wang Fu said: "Right now, this old slave has to prepare, and I will teach you martial arts in a few days."

Wang Qi said: "I listen to Grandpa Fu."

At this moment, Wang Fu was almost dancing with joy.In fact, he wanted to pass on his martial arts to Wang Qi, but it's a pity that his son was so absorbed in studying that he didn't like him, and he didn't want to wield swords and guns.

Now Wang Qi is willing to practice martial arts, and Wang Fu is happy. Although Wang Qi is old and cannot expect to achieve any great achievements, as long as he can strengthen his muscles and bones, and his body is strong, that is enough.

Wang Qi suddenly said: "Grandpa Fu, our Wang family has a lot of property, right?"

"Yes!"

Wang Fu nodded and answered.

Wang Qidao: "Among the Wang family's properties, is there any winemaking business?"

Wang Fu said: "Yes, after all, brewing wine is not difficult. In fact, not to mention businessmen, even ordinary people, people in every household can make wine. It's just that the wine making skills of each household are different, and the taste is different."

Wang Qi became interested and said: "Since there are people who make wine in our house, it will be easy to handle. Tianxiang Pavilion owes me a favor, and I will use this favor to push our family's winemaking industry a step further. In Tianxiang Pavilion, it is known as There are countless old wines, but after I drank them today, I found that they are only mediocre."

Wang Fu was surprised when he heard it, and he couldn't keep up with Wang Qi's train of thought.

He knew Wang Qi. He had never been in contact with wine making since he was a child, and he had never even seen a wine making jar.Now it is necessary to make wine, and it may not be easy to make further progress in the industry.

Wang Fu said, "My lord, do you know how to make wine?"

Wang Qi said: "I really don't know much about the specific wine making. But what I want to do now is different. I just use the brewed wine to purify it."

When it comes to wine making, Wang Qi really doesn't know it.

However, the purification of the wine, the memory in his mind is quite clear.You Qi traveled here, and after thinking about it in his mind, he found that there were all kinds of information pouring in, all of which he had come into contact with in the library of later generations.

Distillation and purification of wine, although the craftsmanship of this era cannot meet the requirements of later generations, simple purification is not difficult.

Wang Fu asked, "My lord, what is purification?"

Wang Qi looked at Wang Fu's dazed look, didn't bother to explain, and said, "Grandpa Fu, don't worry about it. You bring me a large batch of drinks, and I'll list some ingredients. You prepare them for me, and I want to use them. After the result is out, can I explain it to you?"

Wang Fu looked at Wang Qi's determined expression, but he didn't really believe it.

Brewing wine is not easy.

Because every step of winemaking has a fixed process.Just seeing Wang Qi's serious look, and thinking that the young master seems to be really different, maybe he has some fantastic ideas, Wang Fu said: "No problem, young master, you can arrange it."

Wang Qi said: "Thank you, Grandpa Fu."

Wang Fudao: "Young master has broken the old slave."

After a pause, Wang Fu suddenly said, "My lord, you haven't returned to study at the Academy for a while now. When do you plan to return to Dongshan Academy?"

Thinking of Dongshan Academy, Wang Qi paused for a while and said, "I'll think about going back after the brewing is done."

"Good, good, good!"

Wang Fu said hello one after another, he hoped that his young master would succeed in studying.After all, Cui Dongshan, the dean of Dongshan Academy, is a man of great learning, and studying at Dongshan Academy is a good thing.

Wang Qi stopped talking and turned to go into the room.

Wang Fu looked at the back of his son leaving, feeling relieved for a moment.He had already arranged for someone to report the news of Liu Yanyun's death to the master. Presumably the master would be extremely pleased to hear the news.

What happened in Tianxiang Pavilion today shocked Wang Fu even more.

The son really got the hang of it.

Wang Fu was so excited that he couldn't wait to turn around and leave. He wanted to write another letter, telling the master what happened in Tianxiang Pavilion, so that the master would be happy.

Chapter 15 Distillation

Wang Qi returned to the room and spread out a large piece of rice paper.Holding a pen, he thought about the way of distillation and purification.

In fact, distilling and brewing wine had a complete skill in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties.However, this technique is to distill and purify the distiller's grains together.

Such a process is very complicated.

It cannot be done in one or two steps.

What Wang Qi has to do now is to purify the wine.The wines of this era are a bit cloudy and low in alcohol content, most of them are ordinary rice wine, sorghum wine, fruit wine, etc.

Simply purifying wine is relatively simple.

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

Steamers are not complicated.

There are iron pans everywhere, and with a little modification, they can be easily done.A little more complicated is the manufacture of condenser tubes. After all, there are no stainless steel tubes or glass tubes in this era.Fortunately for Wang Qi, he only needs to make a rough model.

Roughly finished first, as for the subsequent improvement, leave it to the craftsmen in the house.

The condenser pipe Wang Qi finally chose was bamboo, and the bamboo joints in the middle of the bamboo were opened.In this way, the distilled and purified wine will condense along the bamboo into the wine container.

It's relatively rudimentary.

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

Wang Qi listed all the equipment roughly needed.The whole process took less than half an hour.After he finished it, he handed it over to Wang Fu, who arranged for someone to build it.

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

Wang Qi said happily: "Go, go."

He was looking forward to it.

Even though the distillation and purification equipment is extremely crude, as long as there is a beginning, it will be easy to modify later.

Wang Qi and Wang Fu came to the utility room, where an iron pan was prepared, and the iron pan could be heated under the fire.In particular, this iron pot is actually similar to a wine retort, except that it is covered with a lid.

Near the top, a hole was punched and connected with a bamboo tube.And the connection position is all sealed.When the wine evaporates, it will not seep from the connected position.

Once the bottom of the pot is heated, the wine boils and produces steam, which rises and flows out along the bamboo tube.When the temperature of the bamboo tube is low, it will naturally liquefy into wine again.

This efficiency must be very low.

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

The other end of the bamboo tube is a wooden barrel, and the wine bottle has not been used for the time being.

After Wang Qi looked at it, he nodded.

This is very rough and crude, but you can try it 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 Qi said: "You can ask people to bring more, this iron pot should be half full."

Wang Fu felt distressed.

This is nonsense, but Wang Qi is the little master, he can't stop it, he can only do it.

The palace ordered people to bring all the wine stored in the cellar, and pour one jar of wine into the iron pot.The capacity of this iron pot is not small, and twenty jars of wine were poured into it, and only half of the pot was poured.

Wang Qi glanced at the wine in the pot, even though the Wang family's wine was not bad or clear, it was still a bit cloudy.Even the taste of the wine is not pure enough.

Wang Qi asked his attendants to leave, and lit the fire himself.

The wood burns and starts heating.

Soaked in heat, time passed little by little, and the wine in the pot began to boil.Because the lid of the iron pot was sealed, the wine boiled, and the heat evaporated, and the wine vapor began to flow along the bamboo tube.

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

Tick ​​tock!

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

L! !

From the first drop of wine, after a while, the wine is no longer intermittent, and gradually connects into a thin line.Although the amount of alcohol is small and the water line is very thin, it has been continuous.

Wang Qi leaned over and sniffed lightly.

A strong aroma of wine has already spread out and spread into the nostrils, refreshing.

Wang Fu was originally an old alcoholic, and when he smelled wine, his eyes, which were originally slightly squinted, opened wide at once.He came to the side of the wine barrel, squatted down, and leaned over to smell it.