Hearing Wang Kang speak like this, Du Yuanqiao's face became even more ugly. Du's wine is a good wine that has been passed down by his Du family for generations. It has gone through many improvements before it can achieve its illustrious reputation.

Now Wang Kang casually said that he could make better wine than his Du family, and he was so sure of it.

How is this possible? How can a prodigal still be a master of brewing?

He originally thought that Wang Kang would tell him those private things out of pure curiosity, but now it seems that his motives are also impure.

He actually also coveted his Yipin Pavilion, but Liu Shan just wanted to gain nothing, while Wang Kang might have had a last-minute idea and wanted to lose his fortune!

Thinking of this, Du Yuanqiao said directly: "I don't know how Master Kang plans to make wine. I have complete wine making equipment here..."

Wang Kang looked at Du Yuanqiao, and he understood what the latter meant, which was to let him brew it now, so that there would be no chance of cheating.

It's really interesting, this guy was quite nice at first, but his face changed immediately when he mentioned wine.

His reputation was framed and ruined, and his family encountered great difficulties. Du Shijiu must have been the only pillar of support in his heart.

But that's okay. Only by defeating your opponent in the area where he is best at will he be completely convinced.

In Wang Kang's vision, Du Yuanqiao is a very important link and must be accepted. Du Yuanqiao was born in the Du family. Even if his brewing skills are not as good as his father's, he is definitely a master.

With him, Wang Kang can be the hands-off shopkeeper with peace of mind.

Thinking like this, Wang Kang said directly: "I will do as you say, and I will brew it in your winery now, so that you can be convinced!"

Both of them were dissatisfied with each other and wanted to prove themselves, so they were naturally extremely efficient. Under the guidance of Du Yuanqiao, they came to the backyard of Yipin Pavilion.

It turns out that the Du family's winery is here. It is not very big, but it is equipped with all kinds of utensils, including a pottery tripod for cooking, a large mouthpiece for fermentation, a drain jar for filtering wine, and a wine bowl for storing wine.

Seeing Wang Kang looking at him with a serious expression, Du Yuanqiao said disdainfully: "Master Kang, do you know these utensils?"

"Of course I know you!" Wang Kang responded naturally. Even if he saw these things for the first time, as long as he knew the general brewing process, he could match the names.

"Can I use it?" Du Yuanqiao asked again.

"This... doesn't work!" Wang Kang said truthfully. Knowledge does not mean knowing how to use it, and from his modern point of view, these appliances are too backward and cumbersome.

Moreover, Wang Kang also discovered that there was no distillation equipment here, which meant that they did not have the distillation step at all.

No wonder the wine he drank before had such a weak taste. This must be because it was not distilled.

"Master Kang, are you kidding me?" After hearing what Wang Kang said, Du Yuanqiao said with a bad expression, he felt that this prodigal son was clearly playing a trick on him.

Wang Kang ignored Du Yuanqiao. He knew that no matter how much he said, it would only be true if he made it with his own hands.

Fortunately, although this winery is not used frequently, the materials stored are complete.

Wang Kang took peas, wheat, and barley grains according to a certain proportion, and first moistened them with water and washed them...

He wants to make distiller's yeast, which is the essence of wine-making. The quality of distiller's yeast can directly determine the quality of wine.

According to Wang Kang's observation, brewers in this era were still relatively backward in making koji, using naturally moldy grains to make koji.

It’s not that this kind of koji is bad, but there are too many uncertain factors. The essence of koji is actually an enzyme with biocatalytic effect.

It can accelerate the conversion of starch and protein in grains into sugars and amino acids. The sugars are decomposed into ethanol, that is, alcohol, under the action of yeast enzymes.

This is the principle of brewing. For Wang Kang, who has an entire library in his mind, as long as he thinks about it, relevant books will appear, so as long as he understands the principle, brewing is not complicated for him.

"What are you doing?" Du Yuanqiao asked when he saw Wang Kang washing some grains.

"Make music!" Wang Kang said directly without raising his head.

"Making koji?" Du Yuanqiao frowned slightly. When he heard this, he knew that Wang Kang didn't know anything about wine making, but his method of making koji was unheard of.

Just as Wang Kang thought, the distiller's yeast used in their brewing comes from the natural mold of grains, but experienced brewers will choose distiller's yeast that has been molded for a suitable period of time. I have never heard that distiller's yeast can be homemade.

Wang Kang also ignored Du Yuanqiao and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the production, moistening, piling, grinding, adding water and mixing... following the procedures step by step.

What he wants to make is Daqu, which is malt koji specially used for brewing distilled liquor. This kind of koji is many times better and more advanced than the koji made from naturally moldy grains.

Different liquors can be brewed by simply controlling different temperatures during the cultivation period.

Making koji cannot be completed in a short time, and brewing wine cannot be completed overnight. This is Wang Kang's first time brewing wine. He thought that he could directly suppress Du Yuanqiao, so he also put in a lot of hard work.

In the next few days, Wang Kang spent most of his time in this winery. Because the equipment was incomplete, many things needed to be controlled by him personally...

During this period, Du Yuanqiao, who had been staying by Wang Kang's side, gradually became more serious from his initial disdain.

He is a descendant of the Du family and is naturally a brewing master. Although he is not as good as his father, he still has good eyesight. He can naturally see that Wang Kang is indeed making wine, and it is a method he has never seen before.

The fermentation of the wine has begun, and the smell of wine has even begun to spread, and Du Yuanqiao's shock turned out to be even greater.

Looking at the two large jars of wine in front of him, Wang Kang also felt a sense of accomplishment. This was the masterpiece of his hard work for several days.

One jar contained the light-flavor type, and the other contained the strong-flavor type. Two completely different aromas of wine filled the air. Wang Kang took a slight sniff, and it was indeed this familiar smell.

"Master Kang...this?"

Du Yuanqiao looked at Wang Kang in disbelief. This prodigal son really knew how to make wine, and it was a wine he had never seen before.

Although he didn't taste it, just smelling it made him drink up...

Not yet, this is not the final product yet, there is still one last step left, which is also a more troublesome step, distillation! Wang Kang pondered.

It’s not that this step was troublesome, but that there were no suitable tools or glass tubes, so Wang Kang finally used bamboo instead.

The equipment for distillation is not professional,

The temperature was also difficult to control, and the efficiency was extremely low. It took another two days for Wang Kang to finally complete it.

Yipinge lobby.

Wang Kang called Du Yuanqiao over, poured a bowl each, and said with a smile: "Master Du, you can have a taste!"

Du Yuanqiao just took one look and couldn't move his eyes away. He saw that the wine in the bowl was pure, transparent, mellow and fragrant... He was immediately shocked and pale.

"Is there really such fine wine in this world?"
Chapter completed!