At the Pengcheng Duke's Mansion, another banquet ended, and Li Li was lying on the couch in the study and sobered up.

He has a shallow foundation in the court and has no connections. This is a shortcoming and needs to be compensated.

So since you are an official in Beijing, you have to find ways to develop your connections. In this way, you will inevitably eat and drink and have various social engagements.

It seems like I am back to "then" and I keep socializing with customers in order to do business, and I feel exhausted both physically and mentally.

However, there are differences.

Li Li's eyes were distracted, thinking about "difference".

In this era, wealthy families treat guests at their own homes. It is impossible to treat guests at any restaurant or restaurant, because this is too expensive.

Similarly, if there are guests visiting or relatives visiting each other, if you want to spend the night, you have to arrange accommodation at your own home.

If you ask the guest to travel and stay in the house, it either means that the owner’s family is in a short and has no guest room, or it means that the owner’s family is almost out of business: it is impossible to entertain guests, is it because the family is in a loss?

Therefore, in this era, the Zhongming Ding Food House must have many service staff to provide various services: guards, coachmen, chefs, kabuki, etc.

In other words, a mansion must have the functions of a hotel, a hotel, and an entertainment venue, so that the host and family can live comfortably on weekdays, and when necessary, visitors must also enjoy various services.

So many services are provided by people, so it is very common for wealthy families to "thousands of servants" to "have servants".

The various enjoyments and extravagances in daily life are ultimately borne by ordinary people.

For example, when it comes to a banquet, it means that food is oversupply, otherwise it will not be enough to show the owner's wealth.

Li Li is still a "poor man" at heart, so he would never talk about such a show when holding a banquet in his mansion.

Just as he was thinking east and west, his wife Huang Gui came.

When Huang Gui saw Li Li lying on the couch, he looked "dying", he felt a little distressed and sat next to the couch and took care of Li Li.

"I'm not drunk, not drunk..." Li Li hummed, Huang Feng didn't believe it: his face was flushed and his mouth was full of alcohol, and he said he wasn't drunk?

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm not drunk, do Saburo want to drink water?"

"No, come..." Li Li pulled Huang Yan and hugged him: "Sit up, yourself...uh..."

Before he finished speaking, he stopped abruptly, but his ears were pulled by Huang Gui: "Sanlang has drunk too much, and everyone has admitted his mistake..."

"It's just kidding..." Li Li smiled, his alcoholic strength faded a lot, and he held Huang Yan's hand that pinched his ear: "You're ignition, woman."

"There are people taking turns today, and it's not my concubine who is responsible for putting out the fire."

"Then can I have a meal?"

"This is breaking the rules." Huang Yan finished speaking, pulled out his hand and scraped Li Li's nose. "It's not good for those who set rules to take the lead in breaking the rules."

"You have something to say. Si Niang, the court has not prohibited private brewing. Is it a bad rule for me to brew my own wine in the mansion?"

"Sanlang is tax evasion."

"I evade taxes with skills!" Li Li said with a smile, enjoying this way of talking. "Drink your homemade wine, don't be afraid."

"Sanlang himself said that there are too many impurities for home brewing wine, and drinking too much can easily cause problems, such as vision damage or even blindness."

Li Li held his head with his hands, still lying down: "The craftsmanship is in place, so don't worry..."

When Huang Yan saw that he was talking about winemaking, he was a little surprised: "Didn't you say that the batch brewing process in the workshop is the best and it is safe to drink mass-produce wine. Why did you start making homemade wine in the mansion again?"

"Save money, mainly to save the commercial tax levied on the market-selling wine..." Li Li looked at Fang Chengchen with a relaxed look on his face.

"It's a little bit to save, the family has a lot of business and big expenses, and I'm happy..."

Huang Ling knew that Li Li would talk more after drinking, so she chatted with Li Li.

The promotion of movable type printing was very smooth, and the sales of font molds, printing machines and inks increased sharply. Although it was just the beginning, the development momentum of the "printing" industry is very good.

The printing hall of Shaofu Temple is printing and "publishing" the books in the palace and the Xiangdong Prince's Mansion. The supply of books is in short supply, so Li Li is happy.

But this is not the only thing that makes Li Li happy.

Things are changing. Because a large number of workshops in Jiankang City are booming, the income of employees increases, and the demand for low-priced wine (low-alcohol wine) in Jiankang City has increased significantly.

Therefore, the home brewing of wine shops ushered in spring.

However, in Poyang, Raozhou, the bar can brew high-quality and low-cost rice wine in large quantities. Because it adopts many new technologies, it is difficult to get dizzy after drinking rice wine.

The reason, Huang Gui heard from Li Li that some impurities will be produced during the brewing process. It is the adverse reactions caused by these impurities entering the human body that make people feel uncomfortable.

That is, the so-called "top" and "large potential".

"The reason why wine has a smell of alcohol is because alcohol is produced during the brewing process, which is also called 'ethanol'."

Li Li explained enthusiastically, and Huang Feng listened seriously.

"The alcohol content of the spirit is high, so it's full of alcohol."

"The current traditional winemaking process cannot significantly increase the alcohol concentration. To achieve this, the distillation process must be used, and repeated distillation is used to achieve concentration."

"No matter which winemaking process is, there will be a problem, that is, the winemaking process, accompanied by the emergence of ethanol, and there are also some miscellaneous alcohols, that is, impurities."

"All kinds of mixed alcohols can have negative effects on the human body. If you drink, headaches and discomfort are not due to alcohol, but symptoms of mild poisoning."

"Among them, methanol is most prominent because it often appears."

"Methanol poisoning can cause headaches at a mild case, and at worst, it can lead to blindness or even death. Wine is prone to high methanol content."

"In addition, during the fermentation process of winemaking, harmful microorganisms may appear, causing the wine to deteriorate rapidly, such as becoming acidic, and a large amount of viscous foam, which will affect the taste."

"Since ancient times, various successful winemaking formulas and processes have actually been summarizing various successful experiences, which can maximize the avoidance of the influence of miscellaneous alcohols and harmful microorganisms and improve the success rate of winemaking."

"However, the output is low and the cost is not low, so the economic benefits are limited."

"It's different now... it's different. Even low-alcohol rice wine, brewed with a new process, can effectively remove impurities and avoid harmful microorganisms..."

Li Li said and fell asleep.

As Huang Yan expected, she asked someone to use a thin quilt and personally covered Li Li.

He also called Duan Yuying, who was "revolving" tonight, explained a few words, and then left.

Turn to the backyard, come to the winemaking yard, and watch the winemaker make wine.

As Li Li said, Pengcheng Gongfu did not have money to buy wine, but he could save as much as possible. Therefore, he got a complete set of new small winemaking equipment from Poyang to brew rice wine.

Huang Yan heard from Li Li that this set of equipment is actually a set of distillers, not winemaking equipment.

The specific process is also very simple: cook the grain (rice) used for brewing, cool it, add the koji, and ferment it for a period of time.

Then use a distiller to distillate the wine and "steam" it. For the steamed wine, you must "cut the head and remove the tail".

Pinch the head and the tail refer to the wine head and the wine tail.

The wine head is the wine that begins to flow out when distilled.

According to Li Li, the wine head has a high "degree" and contains a lot of methanol and other impurities. These substances will make the wine taste very explosive and stimulating, easy to get up, and have a strong stamina.

The wine tail refers to the remaining wine that is distilled to the last part.

The "degree" at the end of the wine is relatively low, and the wine tastes very light because it contains some traces of impurities and looks turbid.

The wine tastes sour and astringent, with a strong odor, and the wine tastes light and is very difficult to drink, so you have to pinch the wine off.

The principle is this principle. How to handle it when operating it?

How much do you need to pinch the wine head? How much do you need to remove the wine tail? This is the secret.

How to grasp and control the temperature of distillation? It is still a secret.

Similarly, it is also a secret to how to prepare koji, which is crucial to brewing wine.

In addition, it is still a secret to add raw material ratios during the brewing process of wine of different flavors.

Multiple distillations can increase the alcohol concentration in the wine. This principle is simple to say, but it is not so easy to do.

The specific process flow is of course a secret.

These secrets were the results that Li Li spent a lot of money and asked the wine brewing veteran to try them continuously. After trying them countless times, he slowly found out. They must be kept confidential.

Moreover, there are many secrets in these craftsmanship. If you don’t master them, you will be a dog that will not become a dog.

After the stolen scholar learns a rough idea, he will follow the examples of the recipe and the taste will easily go wrong.

Huang Feng didn't know how to make wine, so he came to watch, not to learn, but to see the wine that Li Li had high hopes for.

Alcohol can intoxicate people and make people addicted to drinking, so some of Li Li's expectations are all in the wine.

......

At night, in the southwest of Jiankang, on the south bank of the Qinhuai River entering the river estuary, there is no night in the private room of a certain winery, and joy continues.

The guests who were drinking and having fun were accompanied by a little lady. While they were drinking and drinking, laughter and joy came one after another, which was very lively.

Zu Qiong treats guests here and entertains a group of subordinates. Because the expenses can be "reimbursed" by Li Li and the amount is very high, Zu Qiong performs "what you learned in your life" and orders various high-end wine and dishes.

With the "tip" given to Delisso, the young lady who was drinking also performed very well.

All kinds of good wines kept coming, making the officials who were usually greedy but were short of money drank red.

With good wine and beautiful women to cheer up, people who are usually taciturn talk more.

There is nothing to say, it’s right to drink, anyway, everything you have to say is in the wine.
To be continued...