Take space to raise cubs on the road to escape

Although Gu Lan doesn't know woodwork, he also knows that wood is really easy to deform. It seems that this step cannot be omitted, otherwise the still should have been completed long ago.

I just don't know how the airtightness is, and there should be no excessive air leakage during the distillation process, otherwise the meaning of distillation will be lost.

It can't be seen without experiments, but from the gaps between the boards, it can be seen that Uncle Li Shan has done special treatment, so there should be no such problem.

It's like a wooden basin. Although it is made of wood, it is really watertight. The old carpenter for many years still has this kind of craftsmanship.

In short, after reading it once, Gu Lan was satisfied with everything, thinking about going back, he started tossing the distiller's koji, and as long as the still was shaped well, he started to make wine.

"Thank you Uncle Shan, the boy is very satisfied."

"Just as long as you are satisfied." Li Shan smiled honestly, as a carpenter, there is nothing more satisfying than the satisfaction of his employer.

"Come, come, don't talk about it, drink the sugar water." The two were talking when Li Shan's wife's voice interrupted.

"Let's go, I'm thirsty too, go drink a glass of water with me." Li Shan patted Gulan on the shoulder, walked around the wooden cabinet and came to the table under the shed, watching the old woman putting sugar water on the table.

After a busy morning, Gulan came before he had time to take a sip of water. He was really thirsty.

Gu Lan also hurriedly followed out, and the sugar water was brought over, but she didn't know what to do when she refused.

"Hurry up and drink!" Li Shan's daughter-in-law looked at Gu Lan with a smile.

"Thank you, ma'am." Gu Lan was not pretentious, picked up the bowl and took a sip, "Well, it's so sweet." Her big eyes narrowed slightly, looking like she was enjoying herself, and she didn't know what she was drinking. , which made Li Shan's daughter-in-law very happy.

On the other side, Li Shan had poured three bowls of water in a row, and he stopped when his throat felt comfortable.

Gu Lan put down the bowl and couldn't help but ask, "Uncle Shan, how long will it take for me to make this pot?"

"It won't be long, three days at most, and I'll ask Dagen to send it to you."

"How can I trouble Brother Dagen, I will pick it up in three days."

It wasn't a big deal at all, Li Shan nodded without objection, "Okay."

"In this way, I won't bother uncle and auntie." Gu Lan stood up.

"What's the rush, I'm going to have lunch at Da Niang's house today and try Da Niang's handicrafts." Li Shan's daughter-in-law hurriedly said, sincerely trying to persuade her to stay.

The old lady has always had no resistance to good-looking people.

Gu Lan is handsome and polite, and it makes people feel happy just looking at it.

They are not like their family members, they are all tall and thick, and their appearance is just on the verge of passing. Although they can't be called ugly, they can't be called good-looking.

Even the two daughters-in-law are ordinary people, and the grandchildren follow the roots of their old Li family, and they are also ordinary people.

"Thank you ma'am, I really don't need it. I still have things to do when I go back." Gulan looked at the old lady helplessly, she was too enthusiastic.

"Okay, old lady, don't make trouble." Li Shan hurriedly said in front of his wife.

"Oh...how did I just..." Li Shan's daughter-in-law stared, and she was about to lose her temper. Gu Lan hurriedly answered, "Uncle Shan, aunt, I'm leaving, I'll be back in three days."

Li Shan waved his hand. Seeing Gu Lan leaving quickly, those who didn't know it thought they were kicked out by dogs.

By the way, Uncle Li Shan's family really has a dog, but it's just a puppy with no teeth.

"You say you are an old man, why do I decide to invite you to have a meal?"

"Hey... I didn't say no, it's not that Gu kid has something to do, we can't force others to make things difficult, can we? Well, well, it's my fault, don't be angry."

They have already walked far away from Uncle Li Shan's house, and Gu Lan can still vaguely hear the conversation between the old couple.

Gu Lan shook his head with a smile, this is also a kind of happiness.

In the following time, Gu Lan began to pour out the koji.

But before pouring the koji, you have to buy dozens of large tanks and come back.

It was not difficult to hand over the matter directly to the housekeeper, and the fifty large tanks were brought back in half a day.

And the newly harvested wheat at home will come in handy immediately. If you want to drink well, of course you must use the new wheat from that year.

It requires freshness, dryness, no musty smell and no obvious impurities. The new wheat has a certain degree of porosity and water absorption capacity, and also contains a small amount of pentosan and pectin, as well as some unknown synthetic ingredients.

Of course, sorghum (sorghum) is also indispensable if you want to taste more mellow.

Now that the preparation is done, Gulan is going to do three kinds at once.

One is wheat distiller's koji, the other is a mixture of sorghum and wheat, and the other is pure sorghum. It will be clear after comparison what can be made in the end.

There was no need to buy the ready-made ones in the wheat family, but there was not much in the sorghum family, which was also handed over to Butler Jin, who then brought back thousands of catties, enough for her experiments.

The method of distiller's yeast is not difficult. In fact, the grain is fermented and moldy to a certain extent. Of course, this is also related to the regional production process.

Now that the equipment is poor, Gulan can't have so many demands.

Butler Jin and the others, who had just been free for a few days, started to get busy again, and began to make wine music under the command of the master.

It takes time to make good koji, and there is no rush, so Gu Lan specially opened up a few empty rooms for koji making.

The process was a bit complicated. Apart from playing it himself, Gulan also selected two people to record the changes of the pieces.

On the day when the koji was made, Gu Lan personally took the alembic pot back and left a tael of silver as a reward.Originally, I wanted to keep more money, but Li Shan and his wife refused to accept it, and the two silvers were still forced.

The next day, I made a special trip to the city again, and the time to get the copper stills came.

As she had thought before, since the Copper Warehouse dared to accept the blueprints for work, it was certain that the still was made smoothly, but the price was really daunting.

A copper still pot costs a total of one hundred taels of silver, which is a hundred times that of a wooden one. This price makes Gu Lan very distressed.

Of course, the weight is also very attractive. It takes Xia Mu and Li Chui to lift such a huge still pot, which shows the quality of this pot.

Going on like this day by day, Gu Lan is still living a very fulfilling life. In addition to practicing kung fu, calligraphy, researching medical books, and brewing techniques, he also spends a fixed amount of time every day to observe the changes in the music.

In this way, another half month passed quickly.

That day, Gu Lan, who had just checked the mycete mold on the bent block and was adjusting the dryness and humidity in the room according to the mold situation, saw Jin Butler bringing a person over after being reminded.

The imposing manner exuding from the person's body, even if he didn't come to him, he could tell who it was.

"Why is he here?" Gu Lan muttered to himself, took off her gloves and handed over the next matter to Xuzhou, Qian and Li, and walked out.

These two people are literate, and they are two of the few people who bought back after Jin Guanjia.

They recorded and waited on the days during which the mold of koji mold changed, which saved her a lot of time.

After more than half a month, these two people have become familiar with serving Qu Kui, and they know what temperature and humidity are needed at what time, so Gu Lan is still very relieved.