The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 23 Ping'er's Little Heart
Ping'er didn't jump up, but her little heart jumped up.

How dare this master think about anything.

"Fourth Master, I've seen Ganoderma lucidum before. With this skin jelly, can Ganoderma lucidum be grown?"

"Where have you seen Ganoderma lucidum?"

"When someone pays tribute to Second Grandma, they say it belongs to Ganoderma lucidum."

It's over, this little hoof has revealed all about the master's bribery.

"Besides, I've seen the one you brought back today."

Hey, this little hoof, so I went to peek at it.

"This thing is like land, and Ganoderma lucidum is like a crop. It will grow in due time. However, it still needs some process, and it will take a few months before it will finally grow. From tomorrow, I will start teaching you , in the future, you also have to know how to plant.”

"I can plant too?"

"Yes, you may rely on this to make a fortune in the future. It's no problem to pay three to five thousand taels of silver a year."

"Me? Three 5000 taels of silver?"

Ping'er's little heart was beating again.

"What's the matter? Is three 5000 taels a lot?"

There is still a lot, it's too much, so don't I also become a master and wife?

Ping'er didn't dare to think about it.

"Not only you, Jiaoli and Fenghua, they will all become rich in the future. At that time, it may not be necessary to be an official if you donate your fame."

Although Jiao Li didn't speak, his heart was already alive.

I went to Qixia Mountain last night, and I was busy tonight, so I had to suspend the class, so I had to wait until tomorrow.

In the future, no matter how busy they are, the training of these people must be done.

With the current situation of this team, it cannot cope with the future development.

Moreover, this is not just a training.The training process is that Jia Min compiles teaching materials, explores teaching rules, sums up experience, and finally comes up with a mature and effective model of procedures.

The training of the team is a small matter, and this model is a big way to make money in the future.

Early the next morning, Jia Min was woken up.

In the past few days, Jia Min's crazy actions have gone from left to right, and adding that he is going to dig wells to earn money today, people have long lost their composure.

"Keep your voice down, fourth master is sleeping."

Looking through the window, I saw Ping'er standing at the door, reprimanding Nan'er and Ning'er.

This little hoof still seems to love me.

After dinner, Jolly left.Today he was going to dig a well at Chen Hanlin's house. This was the first one, and he didn't want to mess it up.

Afterwards, Nan'er and Ning'er also left. Their task was to post advertisements.

Jia Min was drawing pictures in the study, and Ping'er led Blacksmith Liu to come.

Jiao Li had already explained to him about the construction of the blacksmith shop, and it was just a courtesy to come to see Jia Min.

Blacksmith Liu kowtowed, Jia Min explained a few words, and then went to Ping'er to collect the money.

"Girl, is the master not satisfied with me?"

Tiejiang Liu felt uneasy.

"How do you say this?"

Ping'er was baffled by what Liu Tiejiang said.

"If you are not satisfied, why don't you tell me not to kowtow to him in the future?"

It turned out to be for this matter.

"Our master is like this. We usually don't kowtow to him. He doesn't talk about these etiquettes. If there are no outsiders in the future, you don't have to kowtow to him. He thinks it is long-winded."

There is such a master?

Liu Tiejiang left with a murmur in his heart.

The picture Jia Min drew is a steamer for wine making.This pot is a little different from ordinary pots.The upper half is cylindrical and the lower half is semi-conical.Unlike ordinary pots, it is semicircular.

In his previous life, it was very simple to make such a pot.The iron plate is processed and then welded, and the job is over.

In this world, there are no such thin and large iron plates, and there is no electric welding, so it will be much more troublesome to do it.

However, now that there is Blacksmith Liu, he can be asked to slowly ponder after he finishes making the well pipe.

There must be a pot lid. Under normal circumstances, aluminum and stainless steel are used. However, there is no such thing in this world, so we have to use wood instead.

Wood is also particular, not all kinds of wood are suitable, the best is oak.

The reason why oak is chosen is because oak has no peculiar smell after high temperature or soaking.Other woods tend to have an odor.

The thermos corks and wine barrels in the previous life were all made of oak, and this is the reason.

Another key component is the cooler.

The function of the cooler is that after the raw materials are subjected to high temperature, the alcohol inside evaporates together with the water, and the temperature of the cooler is lowered, the wine and water are separated, and the water vapor turns into water after cooling, and flows out of the cooler.

Alcohol passes through another channel because of its low specific gravity, and finally flows out from the wine outlet.

The material of the cooler cannot be iron or wood.Normally, it should also be aluminum and stainless steel.The principle is the same as that of the pot lid, and it is also to prevent odors.

Why not iron?The reason is simple, iron is easy to rust.

After much deliberation, Jia Min decided to use ceramic ones.

In this era, the ceramic industry was relatively developed, and utensils with complex structures could already be made.As long as there are graphics, if you want to make them, there is no problem at all.

Fortunately, it does not use electricity and saves complicated mechanical structures. Although it is a bit troublesome, it can still be done.

The rest is relatively simple.

The relatively large ones are dozens of large tanks, which are used for raw material fermentation.At a temperature of 25-35 degrees, it can be fermented for seven or eight days.It's summer now, so it's fine at room temperature.It's cold in winter, turn on the fire to heat up.Climate change, colder, hotter, it doesn't matter.It's just a matter of a day sooner or later.

There are kiln mouths in the imperial capital, as well as official kilns and private kilns.

Jia Min decided to go to Yaokou after inoculating the Ganoderma lucidum today.

One is to solve the cooler, and the other is to customize wine bottles.

There are no glass wine bottles yet, but ceramic ones are also a very good choice.

Now that wine is sold in the market, it is common to buy it in bulk and put it in a big tank. Whoever buys it will take something home and send it back.

Then there are some clay pots with the word "wine" on it.The packaging is very simple, not to mention the brand.

Customized fine porcelain wine bottles, small packages, patterns, brands, etc., are directly burned on the bottles.Fill it with high-grade wine, and you can take the high-end route.

Relative to the cost, the price can increase several times, ten times or even dozens of times.

In the previous life, Jia Min always sneered at those who like to show off high-end wine.

There is no essential difference in quality between a bottle of wine worth 10 yuan and a bottle of wine worth 1000 yuan.The raw materials are alcohol and water, the difference is the taste.

The adjustment of the taste, one is cellaring, the so-called vintage wine, this is the concept to play with.After a long time, the taste of koji in the wine will be reduced, and the taste will be good.

Another way to adjust the taste is additives.

As for what nutrients are in the wine, it is basically nonsense.

Jia Min's advantage now is that his wine is high-grade wine.This is what others cannot do.

If you want to reduce the alcohol content of high alcohol, it is very simple, just add water to it.Add distilled water, less impurities in the water, the wine will appear clear.

Add ordinary water, there are many impurities in it, and the wine will appear cloudy.

It is very difficult to turn a low-alcohol wine into a high-alcohol wine.Some people say, can't it be done by means of distillation?
In theory it works.However, there is a premise that there must be a reliable collection device to collect alcohol.

Otherwise, after heating, the alcohol evaporates, and only water is left in the end.Not only did the degree not go up, but it got lower and lower.

The fundamental reason is that the volatility of alcohol is stronger than that of water.

Therefore, on this point, Jia Min is still not worried, at least in a short period of time, others cannot make high-quality alcohol.

Even if someone else created it, it doesn't matter, Jia Min has other ways to deal with it.

In the area of ​​equipment, one generation of research and development, one generation of pre-research, this idea of ​​weapon development is also applicable to business.

Now, Jia Min is ready to vaccinate Ganoderma lucidum.

The water in the pot has been washed out an hour ago, and the dry pot has been boiled for two hours, even the pot is red hot.

At this time, the inoculation room was like a furnace.

The reason for dry burning is not only to sterilize, but also to reduce the humidity in the room.

Those jars filled with agar were all ready. Jia Min took out a few small hooks and knives made in a blacksmith's shop, and burned them on the oil lamp for a while, which naturally sterilized the bacteria.

Then I took out the Ganoderma lucidum picked yesterday.Use a knife to cut small pieces the size of a small fingernail and put them on top of the agar in the jar.Then, seal it with the pre-cut tung tarpaulin and tie it tightly with thread, and this completes one.

Repeatedly, it took nearly an hour to get 120 cans.

After waiting for more than ten days, white cotton-like mycelium appeared in the jar, and the inoculation was considered successful.

120 cans cannot guarantee success, but as long as 20 cans are successful, it is enough.

In this process, in the previous life, jars were not used, but test tubes were used, and then the mouth of the test tube was plugged with cotton wool.In that case, it is not only convenient to prevent the invasion of miscellaneous bacteria, but also easy to observe.Just because I didn't have a test tube, I used a small jar instead.

No way, that's all.

The strains produced in this way are called original species, also called first-class species.

After finishing, Jia Min opened the window to ventilate and cool down the temperature in the room.

Next, is to wait.

Of course, proper management is still required, mainly due to the factors of temperature, humidity, light and ventilation.

The temperature, the current normal temperature is above 20 degrees, it is really cold, you can heat it up with a fire.

Humidity, there is no hygrometer here, it can only rely on experience and feeling.When it's dry, sprinkle some water in the house.If it is too humid, open the windows for ventilation.

Light depends on the sun.Additional lighting is not necessary.Ganoderma lucidum itself does not like light, some weak light will do.Ping'er had prepared the curtains in advance and hung them up.

Ventilation is to open the windows properly.

Ping'er also knows that this vaccination is a big deal.Even though Jia Min said she didn't need her help, she still quietly waited at the door of the vaccination room.

Even though the door was closed tightly, I could still feel the heat inside.So I can't help being a little worried.

Now that Jia Min came out safely, I feel a lot more relaxed.

It's just that Jia Min's face is covered with sweat and his clothes are soaked, so he can't help but feel distressed.

Jia Min went back to the house, took a shower with cold water, changed his clothes, told Ping'er that he would not come back for lunch, and rode away on his horse.

Looking at Jia Min's back, Ping'er couldn't help thinking of other masters in the mansion.

Those masters eat, drink, prostitute and gamble all day long, just having fun, but this one is the only one who works day and night.

He couldn't help but feel unfair for Jia Min, his heart warmed up, and he shed tears.

　Thank you very much for the recommendation tickets of the stupid wooden man and Kong Fangling.

　　


(End of this chapter)