Daming: At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang simulated the National Games

There was nothing to say during this period, just waiting.

The time is almost up. Zhu Gaoxu put out the fire and then started the third step, fermentation!

He ordered the servants to spread the cooked sorghum to dry. Half an hour later, Zhu Gaoxu touched it with his hand and felt that it was almost ready to read.

Then Zhu Gaoxu asked people to pour all the cool sorghum into the fermentation barrel.

After adding it, Zhu Gaoxu started distilling.

Arrange the finished distillation equipment. This distillation equipment is made of bamboo, with the upper and lower outlets cut off.

After everything was ready, Zhu Gaoxu began to order people to bake it over a high fire.

During this period, Zhu Gaoxu kept paying attention to the temperature, and from time to time put water in the upper inlet to cool down.

As time went by, wine began to come out of the lower outlet.

Zhu Gaoxu was already prepared and had a large bucket placed at the lower exit.

As more and more wine was poured out, the aroma of wine began to fill the room.

Zhu Gaoxu saw that the wine that came out was a little turbid, and then ordered someone to filter it with a layer of cotton cloth at the lower outlet.

After waiting for another hour, I finally received less than half a bucket of wine.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't need to taste it, but he knew it was good just by the taste of the wine.

However, Zhu Gaoxu had to try this thing no matter what.

After all, ancient people had never drunk high-alcohol wine, and they didn't know how high the alcohol content was.

Zhu Gaoxu asked someone to bring a pair of washed chopsticks, lightly dipped the wine in it and put it on his tongue to taste it.

Done!

The sweetness and spiciness of the wine on the tongue, Zhu Gaoxu knew that it was at least about sixty degrees.

Zhu Gaoxu knew that this was because the alcohol distilled later had a low alcohol content.

If only the first half is required, the degree can be even higher.

At this time, Ah Da and others couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

In their entire lives, they have never smelled such a strong aroma of wine.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was the first to taste it, and everyone was eager to try it.

When Zhu Gaoxu saw the scene of several people, he smiled faintly, then nodded and said: "You drunkards should also try it."

After receiving Zhu Gaoxu's instructions, several people rushed forward impatiently. They didn't bother to find any wine glasses. Ada picked up the wine barrel and took a sip first.

Several of them were men with military backgrounds, and they really had no resistance to alcohol.

After Ada took a big sip, he put down the bucket and shouted: "Happy, good wine!"

When Ah Er and the others on the side saw that their elder brother had already drank, they immediately grabbed the vat in Ah Da's arms and started drinking too.

A few people just drank one mouthful at a time, and within a few mouthfuls they drank all the wine in the barrel.

But a few people still looked like they were still unfinished.

Ada looked at the empty bucket and finally reacted.

You know, Zhu Gaoxu didn't need to tell them that this wine was definitely worth a lot of money.

These lowly people are really not as expensive as this wine.

Thinking this, Ada blushed and patted the heads of several brothers with his hands.

The other three brothers who had already gone up finally came to their senses.

Several people looked at each other, staggered to Zhu Gaoxu, knelt down and apologized: "I deserve to be punished. I have ruined the prince's affairs by being greedy. Please punish me."

Seeing a few people swaying like they had drunk too much, Zhu Gaoxu laughed loudly and said: "It's okay, just think of it as a reward for you. I see that you have drunk too much today, so just rest here and come back when you wake up."

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After speaking, Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and asked several servants to help Ah Da and others go down to rest.

He himself took Li Quan to the main room alone.

The main room is the residence of Li Quan and his daughter. Zhu Gaoxu has never been in it, but as soon as he entered, he saw a big bed.

I learned from Li Quan that Li Quan lived outside and the little girl lived in the house.

It can be seen from this that Li Quan really loves his daughter very much.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and sat on the stool at the dining table at Li Quan's invitation.

Looking around, he found that the room was very simple. Zhu Gaoxu nodded inwardly, knowing that Li Quan did not take the opportunity of renovating the store to improve his living environment.

Zhu Gaoxu, who understood in his heart, did not say it out loud, but talked about wine making.

"You have seen the whole process just now. Just do whatever you want to do next. If you don't understand anything, please send someone to me at any time to ask."

Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, Li Quan nodded to express his understanding.

Then, Zhu Gaoxu said again: "As you have just seen, this wine is not trivial. It is you and me who are the key to making a fortune. Although for the sake of insurance, I always recruit people from the palace, but just in case, this secret is kept secret."

You must do your job well."

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu talking about this, Li Quan also looked serious, nodded heavily and said: "Master, don't worry, I will seal this matter tightly."

Zhu Gaoxu had some understanding of Li Quan's methods, and knew that there were specialties in the art industry. Li Quan had been the shopkeeper for so many years, and he had a place in the palace when there were only three shopkeepers. From this, it can be seen that Li Quan does have two skills.

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Seeing that Li Quan understood the seriousness of it, Zhu Gaoxu didn't say much, and then took out a five hundred tael silver note from his arms.