The rise of the prince

Chapter 46, Chapter 47, Distilled Spirits

Li Ye drank mutton skewers in his mouth and drank Yueer's warm wine. The charcoal fire in the kiosk was burning and warm. Although it was cold in winter, it had a special charm.Unlike the materially affluent later generations, winter in this age is the nightmare of the poor.

After all, humans are warm-blooded animals, and cooling down is fatal. The body must consume a lot of energy to maintain body temperature. At this time, it must eat more food to provide energy, so famine is easy to break out in winter.Hunger is already terrible, let alone accompanied by cold.

But Li Ye can't control it now, he is just a powerless son, with beauties by his side, barbecuing meat and drinking, life is like this, what more can a husband ask for.

"Don't make it for me all the time, eat it by yourself, the ingredients of this son are absolutely delicious." Li Ye said, feeding the skewers to Yue'er's mouth, and picked out another skewer for Qiu'er.

After getting along for so long, the two little girls have gradually gotten used to it under Li Ye's deliberate guidance and did not refuse.Li Ye was also very happy in his heart. He remembered that when he asked them to have dinner with him for the first time, they almost cried in fright.

Now they are the innocent little girls. Li Ye picked up the white porcelain cup and poured wine for himself, and drank it slowly. The two girls chattered about all kinds of incredible things in the past few days. Reflect a touch of warmth.

"My son, my son, it turns out that pork is delicious too." Yue'er said with sparkling eyes after tasting the marinated and grilled pork ribs.

"That's right, it's delicious as long as it's done right." He poured a glass of wine for each of the two girls.

Yue'er only touched the tip of her tongue, then stuck out her tongue and said, "It's so spicy."

Qiu'er Wenwen took a sip quietly, and frowned slightly, it seems that the two little girls don't know how to drink at all.

"Then don't drink it, go change the tea." Yue'er nodded, and happily ran into the house to pick up the teapot.

Li Ye has always liked to drink, and he also wanted to find someone to drink with him, but the two little girls knew how to drink, and he naturally didn't force it. Drinking is also a matter of talent. Some people rarely drink, but they can't drink a thousand glasses .Some people drink every day, but they still get drunk when they see alcohol.

Li Ye had no choice but to drink it by himself. Although it lacked a lot of fun in the atmosphere, it was not bad. The fly in the ointment was that the alcohol content was too low. If he had the opportunity, he might be able to make his own wine.

It is actually not that difficult to make distilled wine, or high-alcohol wine, and it does not require any glass equipment, professional distillation equipment, etc.There is no need to use the wine brewed in this era first and then to purify and distill it as many people think.

In fact, the reason why the alcohol in ancient wine making is not high is that the alcohol in the grain is mixed with water to dissolve the alcohol and then extracted, but the boiling point of the alcohol is lower than that of water, so it is easier to volatilize and the loss is very large. Big, and the degree of wine mixed with water will naturally be low.

In fact, distilled alcohol existed as early as the Yuan Dynasty. It is very simple to produce, as long as you grasp the simplest principle, that is, alcohol has a low boiling point and is easy to volatilize.

In this way, it is very simple to make distilled wine as long as there is a correct and feasible idea.

Alcohol in fermented grains is directly volatilized into gas in a high-temperature environment, and then cooled to liquefy it to obtain high-alcohol wine.At the same time, because it is not cooked with fermented grain, there will be no turbidity and impurities, and it is as clear as white water. The wine produced from the first dozen catties can reach a high of about [-] degrees.

This whole process sounds complicated, it seems to be divided into many parts, and there are many processes, but in fact the structure is very simple and easy to make, let alone this era, it can be easily realized even hundreds of years ago.

"What are you thinking, son?" Yue'er came out of the room bouncing around with the teapot in her hand. Li Ye hurriedly took the teapot from her hand, for fear that she would drop it: "It's nothing, I want to make wine by myself."

The little girl said happily: "Okay, sister Qiu'er and I can help too, we've all done it before."

Li Ye rubbed her little head amusedly: "Okay, okay, but it may be a little different from yours."

"It happens to be drinking today, so let me tell you a story about drinking."

"Okay, okay, I like listening to stories the most"

"Yue'er, don't rub the oil on Shizi's clothes."

"Oh"

"The story I'm telling is called The Swordsman."

"Jianghu? Is your son talking about the green forest?" Qiu'er asked curiously: "But the people in the green forest are just ignorant, cunning, vicious and treacherous people, so there is nothing to say."

"Hahaha" Li Ye pinched her pretty nose: "So this is just a story, everyone in the Green Forest is exactly what Qiu'er said, just listen to what I tell you today, don't take it seriously, if you really meet in the Green Forest The Chinese must not take it lightly."

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The snow, the stove, the barbecue, the good wine, and the storytelling around the brazier, this winter is just like winter, the two girls are also fascinated by listening to it, and they will interject a sentence or two from time to time, slowly leaning over Li Ye to listen He tells the story of The Swordsman, which feels reassuring.

But not long after, the warm time was interrupted, Yan Shen came to report in a hurry, saying that He Qian wanted to see him, and now he was already in the living room, and no one could stop him.

Li Ye had a big head, he thought he got rid of this plague god.

"My son, Miss He must not be neglected." Qiu'er reminded him in a low voice, Li Ye had told them about He Qian's identity, and Qiu'er was smart, so she naturally knew that He Qian could not be offended.

It stands to reason that she is a guest and should go to the main hall to receive her, but Li Ye is very upset now, and the good time between himself and Qiuer Yueer has been interrupted, so he said directly to Yan Shen: "Go and tell He Qian, Come to this yard when you see me."

Yan Shen was taken aback for a moment, and whispered: "Your Majesty, Miss He is the daughter's home in the boudoir, so it's not appropriate to enter this courtyard."

"So, just tell her that, and she will go back if she doesn't dare to enter, so as to save trouble." Li Ye said impatiently.

Yan Shen hesitated for a moment and then truthfully delivered the message.

Qiu'er said worriedly: "My lord, will this offend Ms. He?"

"Don't worry, this is not the first time this son offended her." Li Ye said indifferently.

Facts have proved that Li Ye still underestimated He Qian. Just when he thought He Qian would leave in a fit of shame, He Qian was indeed angry but did not leave. Instead, he rushed into his small courtyard with a sword in his hand. The menacing posture really shocked him for three seconds.

"Hmph, Li Xingzhou, you bastard, do you really think that this girl is afraid!" With one hand on her hip and a sword in the other, the Vermilion Armor looked down on Li Ye who was sitting down.

Li Ye looked at her and couldn't help cupping his fists: "Haha, the heroine is so majestic, I'm willing to bow down."

He Qian's face was slightly red, after all, she was only sixteen, and the innocent girl with yellow flowers broke into the man's private courtyard: "Don't be glib, this girl asked you, how did you cheat when you heard about Yulou?" !"

(End of this chapter)