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Chapter 63: A drunken surprise (Part 1)

"Don't drink!" Li Mengxi held down the hands of Liu Bei and Guan Yu, his eyes widened, "Don't drink if you don't want to die. This wine has been soaked with arrowhead copper coins. How many dirty things have been soaked in it? Will you die if you drink it?"

Liu Bei and Guan Yu were stunned when Li Mengxi stopped them like this.

Looking at Li Mengxi's serious face, Liu Bei and Guan Yu looked at each other and said, "Okay, no more, no more."

Liu Bei then laughed heartily and stopped his wine bowl.

However, the steamed wine was rich in aroma and pure, and it was truly unique. It could only be looked at but not drunk, and several jars of wine were wasted. Liu Bei felt particularly pity.

Li Mengxi seemed to see the pity of Liu Bei and the two of them. He thought for a moment, "The distillation method can produce pure and beautiful spirits, but it is not appropriate to condense them with copper and iron.

The nail of the arrowhead is unclean, and the wine is stained by it, so no one can drink it.”

"If you have time, ask a craftsman to make a big pot, and make a big lid on it. Cover the pot, sew the edges together, and pour water to seal it. This water sealing method can prevent the smell of wine from escaping."

"And make a long pipe that is as curved as an elephant's trunk, and use it to attract wine."

"The elephant's trunk is then introduced into an urn, which is inlaid with brass, like a honeycomb. In this way, the wine vapor enters the jar, meets the brass, and condenses into wine."

"This is a condensing vessel."

"The condenser can be immersed in cold water to prevent it from heating up."

"Then open a small opening at the bottom of the condenser and connect a small tube. The wine will flow out of the tube. Connect it with a dish."

"When the wine comes out, you can throw away the first half of the cup and throw it away.

The first wine is bitter and tastes like bad wine.

The first drink is gone, and the next drink is fine wine.

At the end, the wine is seen to be less and less. At this time, the wine smell is gone, and it becomes the tail wine again.

The tail wine is sour and pungent, so discard the tail wine and don’t use it.

At this time, the wine has removed the sour and bitter taste, and removed the grain residue. It will look as clear as water, smell the fragrance, and drink the wine as strong as fire and warm as charcoal. It will be soft in the mouth, pass the line of your throat, and drink it.

In the cold winter, my whole body feels as warm as the spring sun."

“This wine will taste even better if it is stored in the cellar for several months.

It can also be soaked with ginseng, deer antlers, wolfberry and other substances to make medicinal wine, which has the effect of prolonging life."

After Li Mengxi finished speaking, he heard the sound of Gulu swallowing hard.

Looking up, Li Mengxi saw Liu Bei half-covering his face with his sleeves, watching his movements, as if he was wiping his saliva.

Li Mengxi was stunned.

Are you so worthless?

"Xi'er, can this method of steaming wine really produce good wine?"

Guan Yu asked impatiently.

Li Mengxi turned to look at Guan Yu, and saw that Guan Yu, who was usually calm, now had an excited look on his face.

Li Mengxi was surprised again, "Ah... I will surely get good wine. If not, you can chop my head off!"

Li Mengxi slapped the shorter ones, his face was serious, and he said confidently.

We don't know how to do anything else, but distilling alcohol is the easiest thing to do.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu laughed loudly.

The sound of swallowing saliva was made by Guan Yu. When Li Mengxi said that the distilled wine was like nectar, Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who were good at wine, were so excited that they were filled with saliva.

But after listening to Li Mengxi talk from beginning to end about how to make wine vessels, how to remove acidity and astringency when steaming wine, and finally how to make medicinal wine with tonic substances, Guan Yu and Liu Bei believed him in what he said so clearly and in detail.

Twelve percent.

Li Mengxi really has a way of brewing fine wine.

Suddenly, Li Mengxi seemed to have remembered something, and turned around suddenly to look aside. He saw that in the corner of the tent, several invited doctors were warming up around the fire, all looking towards this direction.

Presumably, the method of distilling alcohol just mentioned may have been overheard by these people if I didn't check it for a while.

However, Li Mengxi thought again, his voice was not loud, and those people were far away, so they might not have heard him clearly at all.

Besides, Li Mengxi just briefly talked about the diversion tubes, condensers, etc. There are no real objects, just let his imagination run wild. He can restore the strange-shaped distiller after just one listen. How profound his craftsmanship and technical attainments are.

, and these doctors obviously cannot be people who are proficient in technology.

Li Mengxi felt relieved.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Mengxi stretched out his hand and lightly touched Liu Bei and Guan Yu.

"Gong Xuande, General Guan, please come over here."

Li Mengxi whispered.

When Liu Bei and Guan Yu heard the words, they all listened together. The scene was like two people listening to a wise man secretly teaching them clever tips; but coupled with the little person Li Mengxi, it was also like two adults seriously cooperating with children.

, I heard a child tell me his childish yet extremely serious little secret.

Li Mengxi is a qualified resourceful person, but he is too young, and this is where he feels inconsistent.

"The method of distilling strong liquor is worth millions. You two will listen to it, and you must not tell anyone about it."

Li Mengxi warned the two of them in a low voice.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu nodded cautiously.

Another one worth a million guan. Before, there was the method of pouring steel, which was worth a million. Now there is strong liquor, and it is worth a million. It made Liu Bei sigh with emotion. After picking up a doll, he actually picked up millions of guan.

Like a golden doll.

The night was really late, and Li Mengxi was extremely sleepy. He glanced at the wine bowl on the table, which contained steamed spirits, and said, "I'll use this wine to wipe my brother's hands and feet."

With that said, Li Mengxi went away with a bowl of wine.

Guan Yu and Liu Bei, Guan Yu was holding another bowl of wine and Liu Bei was holding the wine jar and followed Li Mengxi to the bed.

The little brother was sleeping peacefully, with his little hand stretched out and clenched into a small fist.

Li Mengxi gently reached out and touched his brother's forehead. After feeling for a few seconds, his brother's forehead was still slightly hot.

Li Mengxi wet his hand with a little strong alcohol and gently touched his brother's forehead to cool down with alcohol.

After a while, Li Mengxi drank half of a bowl of wine.

Alcohol is useful for first aid when the temperature is high, but now the temperature is low and the alcohol is not so useful. It doesn't matter whether the alcohol is used for wiping or not.

The wine bowl was returned to Liu Bei. Li Mengxi rubbed his eyes and bowed his hands towards Guan Yu and the others.

"I'm going to bed, you two should go to bed early."

"Go to sleep." Liu Bei smiled.

Li Mengxi then got under the quilt and fell asleep. Liu Bei waited for Li Mengxi to fall asleep, helped Li Mengxi tuck the corners of the quilt, and then left with a smile.

After all, he was a child and lacked energy. Not long after he lay in bed, Li Mengxi snored lightly and fell asleep.

Outside the tent, the moon is in the night sky. As time goes by late at night, the moon gradually moves.

I don’t know how long it took before the sound of horse hooves resounded throughout the camp.

When people come, the voice comes first.

"Brother, I'm back!"

A rough voice said that it was close.

"Yide, be quiet!" Liu Bei came over and stood up, lowering his voice to stop the noisy Zhang Fei, "Don't wake up Xi'er."

Zhang Fei, who had just entered the tent, was stunned for a moment, then he understood and quickly lowered his voice, "Brother, I have brought a famous doctor from Zhuozhou."

Zhang Fei dragged an old man with a white beard behind him over.

When Liu Bei saw this, he scolded Zhang Fei again, "Yide, why are you looking down on your elders!"

Recently in Zhuozhou, it took two or three hours for a horse to go back and forth. You can imagine how jolting the old man was when he came here on horseback.

Liu Bei came over, supported the old man with his hand, and led him to sit down.
Chapter completed!
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