The road was full of frost, and it creaked when stepping on it. The cold wind blew on the body and went straight to the bone marrow.

Du Zhongxiao and Han Lian loaded the wine lees on the grate in the pot together, and they were so tired that they were sweating profusely. How to steam wine is a secret of the two families, and it cannot be known by outsiders, because there is no one hired to do this work, and it is all a few people who are busy.

Han Yueniang added fire to the stove next to her, and when she saw the two of them working hard, she said: "Now that there is more steamed wine every day, some people are too busy, so it is better to find a few stable people from the countryside to help each other." As long as you look at it strictly, you are not afraid of people learning the method. ”

Hearing this, Han Lian widened his eyes and said, "How can this be done?" Steaming wine is very easy, and this method will be learned as soon as you learn it. If you find someone to come, you will inevitably not be able to think about anything else, and how about learning to go out and steam wine? ”

Han Yueniang smiled: "Daddy is too strict. There are so many wine lees in the county, the government sent a message, and sold it to us, where can we go to steam wine after learning the method? If you go to other states and counties, not to mention that it is not easy for outsiders, why should we be far away from us? ”

Han Lian just shook his head: "What's the hard work at home?" It's always a good idea to be careful. ”

Du Zhongxiao buried himself in his work and remained silent. The method of steaming liquor is only a temporary emergency and improving the family's situation, and it is impossible to earn a lifetime of wealth with this technology. It's right to be careful when you start out, and when you get bigger, you always have to hire someone to do it. When you have money, you can also apply to the official for winemaking, and then when the real grain wine comes out, you can divide the grade and make a lot of money.

Steaming wine in sake lees is just an emergency, and the family is really poor, so they can only make money with this small profit. When you have the capital, you will naturally find other ways to make money. The most important thing now is not to keep the technical secrets of steamed sake, but to expand the market as much as possible.

But it's useless to say this to Han Lian, he has been doing a small business all his life, and he won't think so at all.

It took half an hour to put hundreds of catties of sake lees into the pot.

Taking a breath, Du Zhongxiao said to Han Yueniang: "Add more firewood to the stove, and then go out to rest." Anyway, you don't need to be seen by anyone to steam the wine, as long as the time comes, just come and take the steamed wine away and replace it with an empty jar. ”

The room was hot and stuffy, Han Yueniang really couldn't stay, listened to Du Zhongxiao's words, agreed and went out.

Yueniang went out, Du Zhongxiao said to Han Lian: "Now we sell wine every day when it is steamed, and we have never stored wine." There is a lot of steamed wine today, and I can't sell it all if I want to, so it's better to save a few jars and seal them. In the future, all the lees of 'Yaojiazhengdian' will be collected every day, and more and more steamed wine will be stored, and a few jars will be stored every day, and more and more will accumulate over time. ”

Han Lian said: "What's the use of storing wine?" When selling wine in a restaurant, all they think about is how to sell it quickly and how to save it. ”

Du Zhongxiao smiled: "Daddy doesn't know, the wine we are steaming now is not only powerful, but also has a great advantage compared with other wines, that is, it will not be sour." Moreover, when this wine is first steamed, it is too strong, and the entrance is like a charcoal lump, which is actually not easy to eat. If you can save it for a few months, it will be much softer. At that point, we sold our liquor and the business was better. ”

Han Lian just shook his head: "I haven't heard this kind of thing. It's good that the weather is cold now, but if it's hot, the wine is most likely to be rancid, how dare you save it. Hey, anyway, now that the restaurant is newly opened, the business is not so good, and the virtuous nephew has a heart, so it's good to save the rest of the wine. ”

Water wine is not the same as spirits, it is easy to rancid, especially low-quality wine. So at this time, there is a joke that when you buy rancid wine, you don't need to buy vinegar. Making vinegar from sake lees is actually the process of converting alcohol into vinegar.

This kind of thing couldn't be explained for a while, and Du Zhongxiao didn't distinguish it from Han Lian, so he went to see the jar containing the wine and sealed it as much as possible.

After dealing with the matter of steaming wine, Han Lian and Du Zhongxiao went to the hall of the restaurant. Du Xun sat behind the cabinet, looking at the account book, while directing a few newly hired servants to set up tables and chairs. The little guys are all newly hired, and they are in a hurry to do it, and they can't figure it out for a while.

When Han Lian saw it, he muttered in his mouth as he went up to help.

At this moment, a middle-aged man came in from outside and saluted Han Lian: "The shopkeeper is hard. ”

Han Lian hurriedly returned the salute: "It turned out to be Director Zheng." How can you be free today, come here? ”

Supervisor Zheng said: "Did the shopkeeper forget? Tell us that we will exchange wine to sell. Knowing that you are busy here, Director Tang asked me to bring someone to bring some liquor over, and by the way, pull some spirits from here. ”

"But I forgot, these days are really too busy." Han Lian slapped his forehead. "The supervisor will sit down for tea, and I'll arrange it."

Han Lian asked Director Zheng to sit down and ordered the little servant to serve tea, and walked quickly to the back.

It was another supervisor of the "Yao Jiazheng Store" who came to deliver wine today. That day, it was agreed with Director Tang that the two restaurants exchanged wine for each other to sell, and Director Tang was afraid that Han Lian would regret it, so he sent someone to send the wine today. "Yaojiazhengdian" is a big restaurant with the right to make wine, but because the place is remote, it has been firmly suppressed by "its fragrant residence", and it is more enthusiastic about cooperation.

Du Zhongxiao took the servant to bring the wine brought by Director Zheng to the restaurant and spread it out in front of the counter. There are a total of three cylinders of wine, which are divided into three grades from ten wen a catty to thirty wen a catty, which are usually the largest sales. On each wine tank, there are four big characters: "Yao Jia Zheng Store".

Seeing these four big words, Du Zhongxiao smiled. Director Tang was afraid that others would not know, and the boss's trademark was pasted on it. By the way, my own bad liquor has been sold for a few days, and I haven't had a name.

Not long after, Han Lian commanded the little servant to move five jars of wine out, and said to Supervisor Zheng: "The wine we have here will be sold out every day, and there is no wine in stock." There are only these five altars, and the supervisor will take them back to the restaurant first, and come back tomorrow. ”

Director Zheng said with a smile: "It is not easy to make wine in the lees, and there are five jars that are enough to sell." The shopkeeper is at ease, I will take it every day. Don't hide it from the shopkeeper, I often fry wine in the restaurant, which is really not easy. The lees that we have fried, you can strain the wine outward, only more difficult. ”

Han Lian smiled and said yes again and again.

Its practical steaming method of making liquor is simpler than the current water wine process. Han Lian kept the secret, but he didn't tell it.

Du Zhongxiao took a pen from the cabinet, dipped it in ink, and stepped forward and said, "Our wine doesn't have a font size, how can we make it?" The county in charge will wait a minute, and I will go up a few words, so that people can know that the wine is coming from us. ”

Director Zheng said yes again and again, and instructed his subordinates to put the wine jar on the table.

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while, and said to Han Lian: "Our wine is extremely powerful, and the immortals are drunk when they drink it, so how about 'drunken immortal brewing'?" ”

Han Lian silently read it twice, nodded and said, "Yes." A drunken word also shows that our wine is different from other restaurants. ”

Du Zhongxiao listened, picked up a pen on several wine jars, and wrote the words "Drunken Immortal Brewing". After looking at it from a distance, he nodded, "That's fine." ”

Director Zheng clapped his hands and smiled: "This wine has great strength, and the immortals are drunk when they drink it, so it is really 'drunken immortal brew'." ”