Chapter 45: The Wine

"Yes, the rest of the French wine from the day before yesterday was sold out. It's just that you seem to be very busy practicing witchcraft these days, so I didn't dare to disturb you!"

Speaking of this French wine, this Gongli was overjoyed: "It was sold for more than one million dollars in total!"

Tao Xiaowu was taken aback: "So much?"

Roughly according to the remaining fifty catties of wine and sold for one million dollars, the price of this catty of wine reached 20,000.

And these drinks, Tao Xiaowu is brewed from rice.

In this world, similar to the Qin and Han dynasties, rice was not a staple food that people ate, and the price was not too high.

Although rice is not produced here in Hengyin, because of transportation, the price is slightly higher, and one stone is only more than 300 yuan.

One stone is one hundred and twenty catties, and Tao Xiaowu only used about three stones of rice to make wine last time.

In other words, the cost is about 1,000 yuan!

How much is the profit?

A thousand times!

Knowing this, Tao Xiaowu's eyelids jumped.

"The best liquor in the county is only about fifty yuan, right?" Tao Xiaowu couldn't help but ask.

One stone is equal to ten buckets, which means that the price of the best alcohol in Hengyin County is only about 500 yuan.

The wine brewed by himself can be sold for 20,000 yuan!

How is this done?

And those big money, will buy such a high-priced wine?

Facing Tao Xiaowu's surprise, Na Gong said disapprerovingly: "This is not ordinary wine, it is jade liquid, it is a magic wine to worship ancestors and please the gods!"

One sentence made Tao Xiaowu understand, it turned out to be such a way to sell, no wonder!

Since ancient times, wine has been one of the essential items in rituals.

In ancient times, shamans used alcohol to perform witchcraft and perform various activities.

There was no difference between witchcraft and medicine in ancient times, and alcohol, as a medicine, was one of the standing medicines of witch doctors.

"The major affairs of the country are enshrined in Rong".

In the rituals, sake is a beautiful thing that is first offered to the heavens, gods, and ancestors.

There are even clear regulations on sacrificial wine.

For example, during the sacrifice, a total of eight kinds of wine are used, such as "five qi" and "three wines".

The so-called sacrificial sake is an official position that was originally done for this!

People in such a world pay attention to death as life, and they attach the most importance to the sacrifice of their ancestors and gods.

And for the sacrificial wine has extremely high requirements.

Pay attention to the use of Xuanjiu, the so-called "the beauty of liquor, the beauty of Xuanjiu and clear water, and the origin of the five flavors of Guizhou." ”

The cleaner and clearer the wine, the better!

However, in this era, it is all rice wine and fruit wine, but the filtration technology is not up to par, and the wine obtained has a large amount of suspended matter.

Even the wine used in the royal rituals can only be filtered over and over again at any cost.

Where can you compare to the clarity of this distilled spirit?

The magic wine flowing out of Wuli here is the flow of the wizard who has a great reputation near Hengyin, and its wine is clean and clear like spring water.

Naturally, it is sought after by the upper and lower clans of Hengyin!

In fact, in Tao Xiaowu's mind, according to the importance that the world attaches to sacrifice, even ordinary families are afraid that they will grit their teeth and spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy one or two catties of this magic wine to worship their ancestors.

It's no wonder that it can be sold at such a good price!

Tao Xiaowu's mind was racing, and he had already opened his mouth to command, "This method of brewing wine must be kept secret and cannot be passed on." And don't make too much of this wine, one or two hundred catties a month is enough!"

Gongli was slightly stunned, needless to say, the method of winemaking is secret.

But in his mind, this wine is so valuable, it must be brewed more, to make more money, why brew less?

"Scarcity is expensive, and when there is more wine, the price will naturally fall. Besides, there is a lot of wine brewed, so it's hard to keep it a secret!"

Tao Xiaowu remembered the business methods before the crossing, and said lightly.

In fact, he still has a hidden worry.

If you brew a little less, you will have more than a million dollars a month, and tens of millions of dollars a year. It's enough for him to cultivate, and to use it in witches!

If there is more, with an income of hundreds of millions of dollars, or even billions of dollars, I am afraid that with the deterrent power of Wuli, I will not be able to keep this drink!

The yellow-orange copper coin is enough to dazzle anyone's eyes.

Tao Xiaowu clearly knew that in such a classical world, the real big businessmen and powerful people would not talk to them about any rules if they were eyeing this piece of fat.

Listening to Tao Xiaowu's explanation, Gong Li was shocked.

Secretly said that he has lived for such an age, and he is almost obsessed with money, and he has not seen the long-term clearly of the witch master, which is really too undeserved!

I was secretly ashamed in my heart, and I vaguely admired Tao Xiaowu.

But I heard Tao Xiaowu say: "The method of brewing this wine is very difficult, and it is necessary to use witchcraft, it is not easy to brew, and the output is limited." Just say that to the outside......"

I believe that this kind of thing is related to witchcraft, and it should be able to dispel greed to the greatest extent!

Gongli solemnly responded, and said: "As for the confidential matter, I'll go talk to Qiu Yuan!"

Tao Xiaowu nodded slightly, and it was enough for Qiu Yuan to grasp the confidential matter, which was enough to reassure.

In fact, when Tao Xiaowu made wine, although the process was not hidden.

However, many of these key points are not explained much.

At that time, everyone doubted that Tao Xiaowu's magic wine could not be brewed!

The most important thing is that the method of making koji is in his own hands!

If it is made of wine, it will be tillered.

The most crucial step in making sake is to make koji, and many travelers who travel through the past and make distillers want to make sake is like a joke.

You must know that to make liquor, you usually need Daqu!

Of course, there are also small koji, but small koji wine cannot be compared with large koji wine.

The most important thing is that there is no small koji for brewing liquor in such a world.

It is also a medicine prepared by Tao Xiaowu himself, and the koji is made.

Although there were koji in the world, most of those koji were barley koji, and the saccharification rate and liquor rate were not high. It's going to be very wasteful, and the alcohol is not very strong!

In fact, Tao Xiaowu's last brew was also a small koji wine.

Because the fermentation time of koji sake is not too long, almost a week is enough!

Tao Xiaowu plans to take the next step to increase technical barriers and get Daqu out.

Generally speaking, Koji is almost always a ball smaller than a quail egg.

The koji looks like bricks, because the koji blocks can better preserve microorganisms.

There are many more microorganisms in Daqu than in Maiji and Xiaokoji.

And in addition to the saccharification ability and strong liquor ability, Daqu can also produce fragrance.

In fact, the special aroma in the liquor is actually the taste of Daqu fermentation!

In order to better produce this aroma, Daqu liquor often needs to be fermented for about a month.