With a small distiller, Li Mengxi encountered many problems during practice.

Although the water-cooling structure can solve the problem, the problem of insufficient condensation left Li Mengxi at a loss.

If the condensation efficiency is not high and the wine vapor escapes before it cools down, then more than half of the alcohol will be wasted.

The content of water and wine in the Han Dynasty was already low, so it would be a waste if more than half of it was wasted.

After much deliberation, Li Mengxi still couldn't think of a good method after the jar of strong wine was re-steamed.

A jar of wine is 90% full. After steaming, only 70% of the jar remains, and 20% of the water has been drained out, making the alcohol content higher.

Remove the still and look into the wine container. In the large vat, there is only a little bit of liquid at the bottom.

I don’t know what the degree of distillation is.

Li Mengxi asked his servants to help him and poured out most of the remaining bowl in the jar. After it cooled down a bit, Li Mengxi picked up the bowl and tasted a little.

In terms of taste, the remaining part may not be fully steamed, and the taste still has some alcohol taste.

If the distillation continues, it is estimated that some more can be distilled.

However, I don't want to waste any more time.

This is the second distillation.

For the third time, Li Mengxi sprinkled two handfuls of quicklime that his servants had found into the wine vessel.

I don’t know if it’s too much or too little.

Anyway, after steaming twice, only 70% of the jar of wine was left. When it was poured into the wine vessel, the quicklime turned into lime water.

The third distillation, the distillation process is faster.

The third time I added a lot of quicklime to absorb the water and then steamed out the 70% full double-distilled spirit, less than half a jar was left. In fact, because the jar was thick in the middle and thinner at the top, it looked like there was not even one jar left.

Not even a third of them.

Li Mengxi thought, since quicklime has been added and a lot of water has been absorbed, the alcohol concentration should be abnormal.

Not paying attention to the time, I looked up and saw that night was approaching and the sky was getting dark.

If you don't steam it, you won't have to eat it for dinner.

He took his younger brother, held the wine jar, and rushed towards the manor.

After eight jars of wine, less than a third of the jar was evaporated. I don’t know if the concentration was 95% alcohol. When Li Mengxi walked to the manor with the wine, it was completely dark.

Liu, Guan, and Zhang were waiting in the pavilion for Li Mengxi's return.

"Xi'er, if you don't come back, Yide will go looking for you." When Liu Bei saw Li Mengxi, he stood up and joked with a smile.

Li Mengxi walked to the pavilion, smiled, raised the altar and said, "Mr. Xuande, the lantern is ready!"

It happened to be dark, and I just wanted to experiment. This was replaced by extremely high-concentration spirits, with 95% alcohol as the fuel. How would the burning effect be?

With a bang, the flint and the fire knife collided, and the sparks ignited the moxa. Liu Bei hurriedly used the moxa to light the fire fold again.

Then he used the fire stick to light the wick of the alcohol lamp.

Along the way, a wooden lid was placed on the wine jar, and a long straw rope hung down and soaked in the alcohol. After soaking all the way, it had already absorbed the alcohol.

As soon as the flame of Huozhezi touched the wick, the highly concentrated alcohol started to burn with a bang.

In the dark night, a burst of brightness illuminated the entire pavilion.

The whole house was surprised.

The younger brother Li Zhuan jumped up even more.

Liu Guanzhang was surprised, "This lamp is so bright!" Guan Yu looked at the white flame of the alcohol lamp and was amazed.

Li Mengxi was very happy. He looked at the flame of the alcohol lamp with a strong and fast flame. He saw that the flame had no intention of extinguishing it and was burning very steadily. This showed that it was indeed a problem of alcohol concentration. Before, the alcohol concentration was not enough and the burning wine was not enough.

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When the alcohol concentration reaches 95, it burns very fully.

As for what Liu, Guan, and Zhang said, this lamp is almost blinding. It is certain that compared to the oil lamps with larger flames in the Han Dynasty, or the candles that are not fully burned and turn black as soon as you put your hands on them, the alcohol lamp burns

The efficiency is too overbearing.

Don't even look at how thick the wick of a candle is, and the wick of this alcohol lamp is as thick as a finger, which is not the same size at all.

Now that he saw that the alcohol lamp was successfully produced, Li Mengxi began to feel sorry for alcohol.

After working hard for a long time, eight jars of wine were steamed, and only a small amount of wine was steamed. Afraid of waste, he showed Liu Guanzhang the light, and Li Mengxi was about to turn off the light.

"Hoo——" Li Mengxi blew with his mouth, and the flames of the alcohol lamp flickered, but there was nothing small at all.

Unsatisfied, I blew harder and the burning was too intense. The flames only wavered but did not weaken.

My younger brother, Xiao Bian, saw how fun it was and jumped up and started to play.

After blowing several times, the alcohol lamp could not be extinguished. Li Mengxi was discouraged. He finally believed what was said in the junior high school chemistry class about why it was necessary to use a lid to extinguish the flame of the alcohol lamp. It was because it really could not be extinguished by blowing it out, at least for small children.

The child's lung capacity is exhausting.

Before he could finish the lid of the alcohol lamp, Li Mengxi reached out and tried to pinch it out with his hands.

He reached halfway and was caught by Guan Yu.

Guan Yu thought that Li Mengxi could not blow out the lamp, so he pinched it with his hands in anger.

The fire was so big that it was hard to stop him, so Guan Yu stopped him.

Guan Yu still took good care of Li Mengxi.

Guan Yu then helped blow out the lamp.

But what was embarrassing was that Guan Yu blew hard twice and the light flickered violently, but it didn't go out.

It's interesting. It's strange that the lights are so overbearing.

Liu Bei came to blow it, but it was not destroyed.

Zhang Fei did not believe in evil, so he straightened his chest and abdomen, took a deep breath, and then blew hard.

Just blow it out.

Zhang Fei put his hands on his hips and laughed loudly, "I am still more energetic than Zhang Fei!"

The lamp finally went out. At this point, Liu, Guan, and Zhang were deeply impressed by the alcohol lamp.

Even if it is blown, it will not be extinguished. This lamp will not be extinguished even if it is placed in the strong wind.

Even if this object is presented as a rare object to the current Holy One, it is still qualified.

As for the lamp made of wine jars, the three of them saw with their own eyes that Li Mengxi made it bit by bit in half a day.

Li Mengxi was a good man, and Liu Guanzhang had another comment on Li Mengxi from then on.

When it's time to eat, we eat in the manor and in the pavilion. We still have porridge cooked in pottery pots, plus pancakes and a little boiled vegetables sprinkled with salt.

When eating, the light is not good.

Seeing the light of the alcohol lamp and comparing it with the small oil lamp in the middle of the stone table, Zhang Fei felt that this oil lamp was simply useless. It was so big that it became more and more unpleasant to the eyes.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Xiao Meng, light up this Raushi wine lamp and let it shine brightly!" Zhang Fei looked at Li Mengxi.

"Don't blame me, General. I'm reluctant to use this lamp to illuminate it." Li Mengxi smiled.

"I dare to teach the third general that when I steamed eight jars of wine, I only got less than half a jar of strong liquor. According to my estimation, if the alcohol lamp is burned, it can only burn for one or two hours at most."

"Also, I made this lamp not for lighting, but for medical treatment."

"Oh?" When Liu Bei heard this, he put down his chopsticks, chewed half of the boiled vegetables in his mouth, half-covered his face with his sleeves, and spat the vegetables out of the bowl. His behavior was extremely elegant.

In comparison, Li Mengxi was chewing vegetables while talking to others, which looked very impolite.

"Xi'er, why is this lamp used for medical purposes?" Liu Bei was extremely curious.

I’ve never heard that lights can cure illnesses.

Liu, Guan, and Zhang all looked over and focused on Li Mengxi's face.

"It's acupuncture." Li Mengxi continued to chew vegetables without raising his head.

"I saw a military doctor looking for a lamp and candle to use for acupuncture, but if he used a lamp, the lamp oil would burn and the oil would stain the needles; the candle would burn and the wax would also stain the needles.

The lamps and candles were useless, so they were used as alcohol lamps.

Burn the needle with an alcohol lamp, leaving no scratches. After burning, the needle will be as clean as new. This is a great medicinal product."

Li Mengxi said.

After listening to it, the three of them suddenly realized.

It turned out that Li Mengxi was busy for half a day just to help the military doctors.

First, Li Mengxi was extremely caring about medical affairs. This was because he cared about injuries and illnesses, which was benevolence.

Second, Li Mengxi works hard for his subordinates. This is caring for his subordinates, which is the quality of a good general.

On the other side of the weak firelight, Liu Bei looked at Li Mengxi who was busy eating. His eyes were subtle and he looked highly at Li Mengxi.

In the novel, Liu Bei seems to have a very good vision. Take Ma Di for example. Liu Bei saw that this person was not useful, but Zhuge Liang still reused Ma Di.

Liu Bei's ability to judge people is still higher than that of Zhuge Kongming.
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