The best idlers of the Tang Dynasty

Du Rui's strange behavior immediately attracted the whole family, but the four younger sisters were still too young, if they stayed in this wine-smelling kitchen, they would probably be drunk within a short time.

As soon as Du Yunlian took the lead, Du Rui coaxed her out, which made the little girl and the boss unhappy. Children are like this. The more you don't let her see it, the more it stimulates her curiosity. Du Rui has no choice but to give it to her. He gave the third sister Du Yunfu a lot of money and asked her to take a few younger sisters out to buy candy.

"Rui'er! What are you going to do? Get so drunk!" After the younger ones had left, Ma Shi couldn't hold back any longer and asked.

Du Rui smiled and said: "Auntie will know later, whether our family can turn around, and whether we can live a good life in the future depends on this experience!"

Hearing this, Mrs. Ma, Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Ji behind him looked at each other, and their expressions suddenly became solemn. Although they were kicked out of the house by the old lady, Du Rui was still there anyway, so they could get a place to stay. It's as serious as Du Rui said, if this inexplicable thing fails, then their future life will definitely be a tragedy.

Du Rui didn't expect that the three aunts had so many thoughts in their hearts during this moment. If they knew, they would probably die laughing.

After a while, the wine boiled, and the water turned into steam. When the cold air condensed again, it came out of the bamboo tube of the steamer.This piece of bamboo tube is not long, and the cooling effect is not good. Du Rui also asked Du Gui to bring well water and pour it continuously.

Finally, the first steaming was over, and the [-] catties of rice wine poured into the pot turned into less than [-] catties of white wine. Due to the effect of distillation, the impurities in the original wine were eliminated, and the current wine is almost the same as the transparent white wine in the previous life.But Du Rui took a sip, and it was still very weak.

So he directed Du Gui and Liu Shi to start the second steaming, this time because the amount of wine was much less, the speed was also faster.When the less than ten catties of wine turned into more than three catties, Du Rui took another sip. This time, it finally had a little taste of wine, and the alcohol content was about 30 degrees.Already equivalent to the low-alcohol wine in the previous life.But he was still not satisfied, and then started the third steam, this time when there was less than one catty of more than [-] catties of wine left.Du Rui took another sip. He estimated that the wine had reached [-] degrees at this time, and he just stopped working.

Thirty catties of rice wine is steamed and only less than one catty is left. The cost is indeed a bit high.Of course, if this kind of wooden distillation apparatus can be changed into glass products, the effect will definitely be much better, but now in the Tang Dynasty, not to mention glass, even opaque colored glaze is still a priceless treasure, let alone burnt with glass. Made distillation apparatus.

Just as he was carefully pouring the less than a catty of white wine into the bottle, the whole family gathered around. At this time, the strong smell of the wine had already spread out. Du Zhong and Du Gui couldn't bear it anymore. I was swallowing my saliva, and as for Ma Shi and the other wives, they couldn't bear the smell of alcohol for a long time, and their faces were a little drunk.

Du Zhong stepped forward, staring at the vial in Du Rui's hand, still puzzled, and said, "Young master! What do you mean by this~~~~~~!"

Du Rui smiled and said, "Sell wine!"

When Du Zhong heard this, his complexion changed immediately. Although the status of merchants was better than in the previous dynasty, it was still very low in the eyes of ordinary people. In the entire feudal society, the status of merchants was always at the bottom. bits.

Du Zhong looked at Du Rui's confident face, and he didn't want to be too shocked, but said cowardly: "Young master! My grandfather was born in a rich family in Shandong, and his family has a long history. This~~~~~~ has been a scholar in agriculture and industry since ancient times , when my wife was alive, I also hoped that the young master would study hard, so that even if he could not become a marquis or minister, he would still be able to be used by the imperial court. Since ancient times, merchants have valued etiquette and despised righteousness, which has been despised by scholars , the young master wants to do business, but the old servant thought it was wrong!"

Du Rui understood that Du Zhong had been hesitating for a long time, but he just wanted to tell him that studying and becoming an official is the right way. Once he leaves the business way, it will be difficult for him to be accepted by the scholar class in the future.

Du Rui didn't care about this. He didn't even think about becoming an official in the court and helping the country. He just wanted to lead his family and live a good life.But he can't completely ignore Du Zhong's opinion, and looking at the dignified expressions of Ma Shi and others, he knows that these people's opinions are unified, and now that the whole family has pinned their hopes on him alone , he is not too willful.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Aunts, Uncle Zhong, don't worry, I just want to sell wine, and it's not harmful. Now, in Chang'an City, there are high-ranking families, officials and eunuchs, which one doesn't have some business income? Since the aunts think that doing business is not the right way, then I will trouble Uncle Zhong with the business management!"

Du Zhong thought about it, and felt that this was also a solution: "Since the young master trusts the old servant, the old servant naturally has nothing to say, but just this bottle of wine, which is immortal wine, how much is it worth?"

Hearing this, Du Rui poured a little wine into the bowl with a smile, handed it to Du Zhong, and said, "Uncle Zhong, try it first."

Du Zhong took the bowl, first stared at the wine in a daze, there is wine here, is it clearly water?But the strong aroma of wine came from his nose, which made him lose his doubts.He has been in the army for many years, and he is good at wine. At this time, the aroma of the wine hooked him, making him unable to extricate himself. He raised his neck and drank the less than half a liang of wine in one gulp. No wonder she drank so hard. According to the drinks that are generally popular now, even a child can drink half of the wine in one go.

But as soon as he drank the wine, Eucommia felt a fire burning from his chest to his abdomen, then he bent down and coughed. The half a cup of wine could choke him enough.

When Du Rui saw this, he remembered that he didn't remind Du Zhong, so he hurriedly helped Du Zhong beat his back.

Du Zhong also didn't care about the benefits, and accused Du Rui with his eyes, coughed again, and it took a long time for him to recover, and said: "Young master, what kind of wine is this? It’s like a knife is scratching the stomach.”

Hearing this, Du Rui suddenly had an idea and said, "Uncle Zhong! The wine I make is originally called Shaodaozi wine. I made it with a method I found from ancient books in my spare time."

Du Zhong didn't doubt that it was fake, and said: "But this wine is so strong, does anyone drink it?"

"Uncle Zhong, the so-called green vegetables and radishes have their own preferences. This wine is as strong as it is, and there must be someone willing to drink it."

As Du Rui said, he poured some more wine from the bottle and handed it to Du Gui: "Du Gui! Come and taste it too!"

Du Gui is an honest person, even though he was very greedy just now when he smelled the aroma of wine, he didn't dare to take it. It was not until Du Zhong nodded that he thanked him and took the wine bowl.Having learned the lesson from Eucommia just now, when he drank again, he naturally became a little more careful, and poured the wine into his mouth bit by bit, and suddenly a strong aroma of the wine seemed to explode. But it's [-]% good wine.

"Happy! Happy!"

Looking at Du Gui's reaction, Du Rui knew that he had succeeded this time, but there was still one thing to worry about.

"Uncle Zhong! Now my son wants to open a wine shop, but I don't know how to do it?"

Hearing this, Du Zhong wondered, "I don't know what this wine lead is. I really don't know. Salt and iron are for the benefit of the family and the country. Since today's Supreme Emperor established Chang'an City, it has been nationalized again. If merchants want to circulate, they really need salt and iron. Yin, there was a restriction on wine making in the past few years, but in recent years, the harvest in Guanzhong has been bumper every year, and the ban has been relaxed a lot. If you want to set up a winery, you just need to report to Chang'an County!"

After hearing this, Du Rui realized that his worries were groundless. Since the Tang Dynasty's control over alcohol was so lax, it seemed that it was time for him to make a fortune.

"Since that's the case, Uncle Zhong will go to the county government to handle an official document, and tomorrow our winery will open for business!"