Become a feudal king from today

"Your Highness, what is this?"

In the old dormitory in the middle courtyard of the palace, Feng'er and Luan'er looked curiously at the clay pot with a bamboo tube.

This place has been abandoned and its contents have been moved to the east courtyard.

According to Zhao Xu's plan, he will live in the east courtyard from now on.

Because the scenery in the east courtyard is unique and has all kinds of gardens, bamboos and rockeries, it is very livable.

The middle courtyard and west courtyard are relatively monotonous.

The west courtyard will be mainly used as a warehouse.

The role of the Intermediate Court is relatively large, and it will be the place where every advanced technology is tested.

"It's called a still."

Zhao Xu said with a smile.

After getting along day and night in the past few days, the two of them became closer to him.

When Zhao Xu was free, they followed him.

After all, Zhao Xu had been crazy for three years and had almost no communication with them in these three years.

Now that he has returned to normal, he understands many strange things, which makes them even more interesting.

As for the two pretty little maids, Zhao Xu was also very satisfied.

Even when Zhao Xu was crazy and stupid, the two of them could still maintain their original intentions and always take care of the Ninth Prince.

It shows their character.

Furthermore, he had just arrived and there were few entertainment activities in ancient times.

Chang Wei is a straight man, and he will die after just three or two sentences.

Liu Fu acted like a bitch and said everything he said was right, and he couldn't chat.

He could only tease and play with the two of them, which was a feast for the eyes.

"Alembic?" Feng'er had never heard of it, and Luan'er looked puzzled.

Zhao Xu didn't explain much, "Just watch from the side and you'll understand later."

Feng'er nodded, and Luan'er obediently moved a chair over for Zhao Xu to sit on.

His eyes were always on Zhao Xu.

Now, she is grateful that Zhao Xu is back to normal.

There is an additional feeling of admiration for Zhao Xu.

She and Feng'er used to be maids in the palace, and both were literate.

I also know something about places like Yan County, Yanzhou.

After arriving in Yan County three months ago, she became discouraged.

In her opinion, even if King Yan is a normal person, he is lucky to be able to survive in a place like Yan County.

It is almost impossible to control Yan County.

Within a few years, the entire Yanzhou may even fall into the hands of the Beidi people.

At that time, they and King Yan died in this place.

But I didn't expect that Zhao Xu would come up with all kinds of tricks after waking up.

First of all, not only earning a lot of money and food, the royal family's army was also established.

This gave her hope, so now, no matter what Zhao Xu does, she is full of expectations.

"Your Highness, the wine is here." Two servants came over carrying a wine jar.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu stood up and walked over, lifting the oilcloth on the wine jar.

"Green ant wine." Zhao Xu glanced at his mouth.

The wine brought by the servants can be said to be typical liquor in ancient times.

As the saying goes in poetry: Green ants brew new fermented wine, and a small red clay stove.

Because this kind of wine is brewed from grains, the foam formed by floating impurities on it has a low alcohol content.

But it is the most commonly drank wine among Dasong people.

This time, he wanted to distill this green ant wine to obtain a purer and higher alcohol liquor.

After all, what he came up with was distillation technology, and there was no need to make wine himself.

That is a waste of manpower, material resources, and time.

After the wine is distilled, the people who consume it are mainly the rich and powerful in Dasong.

The people in Dasong are poor and cannot afford to drink this kind of wine.

Furthermore, his goal is to make money from the rich.

Use the money earned from the rich to build fiefdoms and make the lives of the poor better.

"Pour the wine into the porcelain jar." Zhao Xu personally instructed.

From now on, these two servants will be responsible for brewing wine.

However, the corresponding price is that these two servants will lose their freedom and can no longer wander around Yan County casually, lest their technology be leaked.

Hearing this, the two servants did as they were told.

Then Zhao Xu asked them to prepare another clay pot and put the bamboo pot into this pot.

Finally, heat the fire under the jar containing the green ant wine.

Because the boiling point of alcohol is 78 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees.

So when heating, the alcohol will evaporate first and pass through the bamboo jar into the second jar to cool down.

In this way, you can get high-alcohol and pure liquor.

Half an hour later, when only one-third of the wine in the first jar was left, Zhao Xu stopped.

At this point, the alcohol has basically entered the second cooling tank.

Opening the cooled jar, sure enough, a strong aroma of wine came out.

"It smells so good..." Feng'er held up her nose and sniffed the air.

The two servants looked equally obsessed.

Because there was a lack of entertainment activities in ancient times, wine occupied an important function of entertainment.

In the contemporary novel "A Dream of Red Mansions", all men, women and children in the Jia family do not drink.

Not only drinking at banquets, but also drinking when composing poems, and even drinking when appreciating flowers.

In Dasong, the customs are quite similar and everyone knows how to drink.

"Would you like to try it?" Zhao Xu took out a wooden spoon and scooped out some white wine and placed it in front of Luan'er.

Feng'er has the temperament to get into the house if given a ladder, so there is no need to recruit her, she will do it herself.

Luan'er is much more docile, so sometimes Zhao Xu teases her more.

Luan'er shook her head slightly, "Your Highness, this servant will get drunk if she touches wine. It's better to let Sister Feng drink. No man can match her drinking capacity."

Zhao Xu looked at Feng'er, who was licking her lips.

The delicate little face is full of expectations.

Zhao Xu smiled. In ancient times, women would not be laughed at for drinking.

So he didn't think Feng'er was a bad girl because she knew how to drink.

"Feng'er, do you want to drink?" Zhao Xu put the wooden spoon in front of Feng'er again.

Luan'er has a carefree personality and is not shy. He smiled at Zhao Xu and took a sip.

After tasting it in her mouth for a while, her eyes slowly widened, "The taste of this wine is really strong. Compared to this wine, the wine I drank before was just water."

"Really?" Luan'er kept paying attention to Feng'er's expression.

Feng'er said this, she was surprised and happy, and once again looked at Zhao Xu with admiration.

She couldn't help but be curious, and regardless of her inability to drink, she took the wooden spoon and took a sip.

"Ah, it's so spicy, it's such a good wine." Luan'er praised.

The two servants also had Adam's apples rolling and their mouths were drooling.

Zhao Xu said: "You guys should try it too, I'll let you enjoy it."

"Thank you, Your Highness." The servant quickly picked up a wooden spoon and went to drink the wine.

Then, two consecutive sounds of admiration sounded.

"Your Highness, even the famous wine from the capital, Xiao Zui Xian, is not as pure as this wine, let alone as strong as this wine." The servant was amazed.

Zhao Xu nodded slightly.

He also tasted the distilled wine.

After distillation, the aged rice wine has a very strong and fragrant aroma, which is not inferior to contemporary liquor.

He believed that the distilled wine would definitely cause a sensation after it was released.

But before that, he had to make a sensation in Yan County and then make a fortune from the wealthy family.

Thinking of this, he asked his servants not to be idle and continue distilling.

Luan'er wanted to continue to accompany him.

But as expected, he got drunk after drinking alcohol, so he and Feng'er had to go back to the wing in the east courtyard.

One afternoon, the servant distilled a jar of wine.

He immediately asked people to carry it to Dongshi and give people a free taste.

He is not being generous, but doing it for publicity. After all, free things are the most attractive, and they remain unchanged throughout the ages.

After the publicity, all we have to do is wait for the rich to take the bait.