"Shochu" has already appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and its shape and taste are similar to those of later generations, such as "Jiannan Shaochun", but the alcohol content is lower, usually around 20 degrees, while high-strength shochu made by distillation requires It didn¡¯t exist until the Yuan Dynasty.
Chen Yue, Luo Liang, Gong Fu, and Xian'er who were helping him didn't make a wine that satisfied him until the next day. He took a sip and found that it was probably around 50 or 60 degrees, so it was generally usable. .
Luo Liang and Gong Fu also tasted it. They didn't know how powerful this wine was, and they were a little thirsty. They picked up the wine bowl and drank a big gulp. As a result, they almost spit out fire because it was not spicy, and they choked with tears and snot. , turned away with a blushing face and kept coughing.
Chen Yue wanted to tease Xian'er, so he stretched out his hand to call her over, and handed her his wine bowl: "Here, you can take a sip as a reward. You can see that their faces are red with joy after drinking. You also take a big sip." Drink it, otherwise you won¡¯t be able to appreciate the benefits.¡±
Unexpectedly, Xian'er was deceived. Her big eyes were rolling around Luo Liang and Gong Fu. She picked up the bowl and smelled it. Then she took a small sip, but she almost spit it out. Two streaks of red clouds quickly appeared. He raised his face, stuck out his bright red tongue, stamped his feet and muttered vaguely: "Master you are teasing me again"
Chen Yue laughed loudly when he saw it. He started to clean up the things around him and poured the prepared wine into a dozen small jars.
The three of them calmed down and came forward to help. Chen Yue asked Xian'er to bring the powder that had been ground before, adjust the ratio and start trying.
Although he has a general understanding of how to make toilet water, there is no formula that can be used in ancient times, and he has to experiment with each combination one by one.
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An hour later, there were about twenty small porcelain bottles on the table, all with corks wrapped in silk cloth. There was a small note on each bottle that roughly marked the ratio. Three men and one woman. Everyone was flushed and panting, adjusting their clothes that looked a little disheveled due to strenuous exercise (don't get me wrong).
In this era, there is no machine in later generations that can put bottles on it and shake it automatically. Of course, if conditions are available in the future, it is not impossible to get a simple tool that allows one person to shake a large number of bottles at once, but now it can only be used by a few people. Shake your hands desperately to fully combine the medicinal powder with the wine.
"Master, is this all right?" Since Xian'er was a girl, Chen Yue assigned her the least tasks. When she recovered, she couldn't help but ask.
Chen Yue nodded, stepped forward, picked up the first bottle, smelled it, and poured it on the ground with some dissatisfaction. The aroma was too strong, and you would definitely get tired of it if you smell it too much.
I picked up the second bottle, but it still didn¡¯t work, so I poured it.
At this time, Xian'er sniffed and asked with some confusion: "Hey, how come there is such a strong fragrance of flowers in this winter?" After saying that, she ran to the door of the yard, stretched out her little head and looked out, and then turned back. He said blankly: "I didn't see any flowers blooming"
Luo Liang and Gong Fu also smelled the smell. They glanced at Chen Yue in unison, opened their mouths slightly, and looked at the bottle in Chen Yue's hand with some surprise.
Xian'er ran back and saw the expressions of the two of them, and shouted "Ah": "Young Young Master, isn't this floral fragrance coming from this wine?"
Chen Yue turned around and saw the expressions of several people. He smiled, poured out the bottle in his hand, and said, "Guess."
"Ah ah ah ah, it's really the taste in this wine," Xian'er realized that she was a girl after all. She jumped up excitedly and circled Chen Yue several times.
Luo Liang also said: "I have never heard that this wine can be so fragrant before. Where did the young master learn this method?"
"Well, these things are not finished yet. They will have to be steamed again to retain their essence. They are not just for drinking. This is called let's call it flower dew." After saying this, Chen Yue poured the water again. Two bottles of "floral dew", none of which satisfied him, made Xian'er feel heartbroken.
People in the Song Dynasty like to wear flowers. Not to mention wearing flowers when parading around the streets after being named the number one scholar in the imperial examination. If you see a man with a flower on his head on the street, don't think that he is a nymphomaniac, or that most people in the Song Dynasty are fond of wearing flowers. It doesn't matter if you are a "nymphomaniac", it's just a popular decoration. Correspondingly, it is more common to wear a sachet on your body. Almost all people with certain conditions will prepare these things. It is also common for friends to compare the aroma of the ingredients in the sachet. It is considered an elegant thing, and even Some officials specially sewed sachets on court clothes.
But this was the first time they had seen this kind of "floral dew". At this time, Chen Yue had poured out most of the "floral dew" he had made before. The fragrance lingered in the small courtyard. Xian'er, Luo Liang and Gong Fu They were all sniffing the air around them desperately, and they were all amazed for a moment.
Chen Yue was a little troubled. The aromas around him were a bit disturbing.??He discerned the flavor in the bottle.
After working on it for about a quarter of an hour, Chen Yue picked out three portions of the semi-finished products from more than twenty bottles of toilet water, wrote down the formula himself, and asked the other three to research the powder according to these three ratios.
They kept busy until the moon rose in the evening, and finally made the first batch of three kinds of "floral dew" with slightly different flavors. The four of them were so tired that they almost lost any energy, but after seeing the busy work of the past few days, the four of them finally made it. When the results came out, I was quite excited.
Chen Yue saw that it was getting late, so he told everyone to go back. As for the issue of confidentiality, he was not worried. Only he and Xian'er knew the specific ingredient list. They had already told them not to leak it, so they didn't even think about it. Something went wrong.
Back in the room, he couldn't rest yet. The product was finished. The next question was how to market it. He had already planned the basic pricing and direction, but the specific plan still needed to be modified based on the finished product. . This kind of thing is definitely considered a new item at this time. Although the production process is not complicated, there is no need to worry about competition from similar products in the short term. In terms of current production and scale, we can only take the high-end route first and channel There is no need to consider logistics for the time being.
Well, the rest is mainly packaging and advertising.