In the end, Xu Chang took the tail wine according to Xu Ping's instructions and packed it separately. If there are too many impurities in the tail wine, you can't drink it, so you can only put it in the pot of water and then steam it, or mix it into other ingredients to continue fermentation.

After steaming, Xu Ping came up to see the material in the retort, and there was a large amount of sorghum starch in it, and the fermentation was very incomplete. Then let the loader put the steamed ingredients into a large vat with a new brush, and bury it in the ground to continue fermentation.

After resting for a while, another jar of ingredients is added to the retort, and then the wine is steamed.

After noon, three cylinders of material had been steamed, and Xu Ping asked him to stop. The ingredients in the retort are left directly inside, and they are barely counted as sake lees to be thrown away.

A few days ago, I took the sake paste made of sweet sorghum, took out the water in the iron pot, squeezed the fermented wine, poured the liquor into the pot instead of water, and continued to steam the wine.

This is the method of using incense to make low-grade liquor. The degree of wine that came out was enough, and it smelled fragrant, Gao Daquan and a few Zhuang guests were curious and scooped it with a scoop to taste. When the wine came to his mouth, he just shook his head one by one and poured the rest of the wine back.

There is no difference if there is no comparison, and only by comparing it with this low-grade liquor, the real sorghum Daqu steamed in front will show good. If you want to sell liquor at a high price, one is to find the people who like to drink liquor, and then this is how to really separate the grades, so that some people will willingly raise the price.

When the sun was setting in the west and the weather was not so hot, Xu Ping asked Xu Chang Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang to discuss the division of Zhuang Ke. The steaming of the wine here cannot be stopped, and the sweet sorghum fermented a few days ago must be steamed until it is completed, so as not to make the fermented fermentation rancid.

It's not easy to divide shifts, and those who don't go back from work at this time have to eat and drink, and no one is happy to stay here. The three guards swore an oath, coerced and enticed, and quarreled and shouted there.

When it was lively, the villager who was guarding the door came over and said to Xu Ping: "Official, Li Tizhi has arrived in the village with an official and is waiting in the front hall. ”

Xu Ping ordered, regardless of these people, and took Li Zhang back to the village.

A few horses were tied in front of the door, and a few people did not enter the yard, but sat under the big tree in front of the door to enjoy the shade.

Walking forward, Xu Ping found that it was Li Yonghe and Guo Shi who came together.

After going up to see the ceremony, Xu Ping said: "Uncle Shi and the master book are sitting outside, please go inside to have tea." ”

Li Yonghe said: "No need, just take some tea out and drink it." Guo Pingshi and I are just resting here with you, and we will rush back to Zhongmu County in a while to meet Captain Li Fangfang. ”

Although Guo Zhi is only the main book of Zhongmu County, this is a dispatch, but the post he brings is a Dali commentator, from the eight products, in other places, this is the ministry of the county. Li Yonghe is the right servant, but it is the ninth grade, not to mention the difference between the military generals of Wenchen. Moreover, Guo Zhizheng was born as a Jinshi, and then he entered the sixth grade, the so-called super-qualified transfer with a background, which is the institutional guarantee for the rapid promotion of officials from Jinshi at the low level. Normally, Li Yong and such an official with no background will not be able to catch up. So in Xu Ping's voice, Li Yonghe's official position is much more majestic than Guo Zhi's, but in fact, there is a gap between the two, and Li Yonghe naturally puts himself in a relatively low position when he is opposite Guo Zhi.

Hearing that Li Yonghe was in a hurry to leave, Xu Ping said, "How can you be in such a hurry?" Zhongmu is only one or twenty miles away from here, and everyone has horses, so it would be nice to have a few more whips. My village has freshly steamed wine today, and Uncle Shi and the master bookkeeper will taste two bowls anyway. ”

Li Zhang interjected on the side: "Today's wine is good, much better than before!" ”

Li Yonghe glared at Li Zhang: "Mouthy!" There's no place for you to speak! ”

After scolding Li Zhang, Li Yonghe turned to Guo Shi and said, "What do you want to do?" ”

Guo Shi had a good impression of Xu Ping, and said with a smile: "Since the owner of the small village said that there is good wine, it is not too late to drink two bowls and leave." Li Defense is going to Zhongmu County, and it will be dark anyway. ”

Xu Ping asked the two of them to go in and sit, but Guo Shi didn't go in anyway, just said that it was good to taste a bowl of wine outside.

Xu Ping was impatient, so he had to ask the villager to set up a table under the tree at the door, and a large plate of boiled meat came up, and he asked people to go to the steaming place to load a large jar of wine.

Pouring wine for Guo Shi and Li Yonghe, Xu Ping said: "This wine is newly made in my village, it is powerful and strong, and it tastes smooth, Uncle Shi and the master book taste it." ”

Guo Shi took a sip and said to Li Yonghe with a smile: "This wine has some meaning, how do you feel about it?" ”

Li Yonghe said: "I am a rough person, and I love wine." I just feel that this wine tastes slippery, and when it enters the stomach, it has the strength of wine, and I like this the most. Commenting on the literati background, I am afraid that this wine will be too strong. ”

Guo said: "It's okay." I heard that Li Fangfang had the best time drinking, so it is better to bring him a jar too, and when he is happy, he will get things done and make less trouble for us. ”

Of course, Li Yonghe had no objections, and asked Xu Ping to install a small altar and bring it to Li Duanyi later.

Seeing Xu Ping leaving, Li Yonghe said again: "Don't hide the matter, this family and I are a family friend." I was depressed when I was young, and if it weren't for the old master of this family, I would have died of illness in the ditch, so the friendship was unusual. Last time, I came here on official business, and there was this kind of spirit, but it didn't have the mellow flavor in this wine. If you drink a wine like today, the average person can drink two sips. ”

Guo Zhi nodded: "Although I drink when I'm fine, I can't say that I love wine very much." Only today's wine, when you drink it, you don't feel spicy, but the entrance is intoxicating, and it has a different meaning. I also saw the little master of this family yesterday, and he has a lot of rules for governing the countryside, and the ditches in the fields are all organized, not just casually, but a talent. Since my friendship with Tiju is unusual, I will take care of him more in the future. ”

Xu Ping took the wine and came back, drank with Guo Shi and Li Yonghe for a while, and then asked Zhuang Ke to go to the soldiers and servants over there, each with a bowl of wine and two large pieces of meat, so that they could eat and drink to their heart's content.

After eating and drinking, it took some time to see the red sun falling, Li Yonghe and Guo Zhi didn't dare to delay any longer, said goodbye to Xu Ping, and rode away.

In the past two days, Sang Yi's family has an urgent matter and has gone back. The court sent people down to rectify the surrounding order, but he didn't know what impact it had on him, and there was no personal consultation, so Xu Ping was also bored.

When Li Zhang saw that his father was gone, he let out a sigh of relief and ran back to the wine field to watch them steam.

The other bankers were also divided into classes. Because of his special status, Xu Chang couldn't compete with others, so he brought a few Zhuang guests on the first shift.

Xu Ping ordered the guest to seal the liquor steamed out today and put it in a ventilated and cool place to age, leaving only a vat outside and putting it in the village for everyone to enjoy. Wine is the fragrance of aging, and the older it is, the more valuable it is. Now it's just the beginning, only take the low-grade liquor that comes out of the incense and sell it, and when the loyal users of a batch of liquor are cultivated, these aged liquors can be sold for a large price.

Gao Daquan and Sun Qilang have been busy all day today, and they are both tired and half dead. Leaving Xu Chang on the side of the wine field, the two of them hooked their shoulders and returned to the village, and it didn't take long for the wine to be put on the table, and it was already a loud cheer.