"Grandpa, take a look, is there anything missing?" Lao Fang walked in from the outside carrying a big bag, took out the contents, and put it in front of Li Yi.
Bezoar, mint, honeysuckle, spices, several jars of wine that Lao Fang bought from Fucheng...Looking at the various piles of things in front of him, Li Yi counted them, then nodded. Lao Fang was very reliable in his work, so he ordered him to buy Not a single thing was missed.
As autumn gets stronger, mosquitoes become more rampant at night.
For the current body with a special physique, every night is the most tormented time for Li Yi.
Now that the candied haws business is on the right track, Lao Fang and the others can handle it. Li Yi doesn't need to worry any more, and he finally has time to solve the biggest problem that is bothering him right now.
"Grandpa, it's not a holiday, why buy so much wine?" Lao Fang kept his eyes on the wine jar on the ground, swallowed involuntarily, and asked Li Yi.
In the past, when the family had no money, there were only a few times in a year, and I was willing to spend a few pennies in the wine shop in Shanxiafang City to buy a bowl of wine to satisfy my hunger, and the taste was enough to linger for several days.
Although he had no worries about food and clothing during these days, and still had a lot of surplus, Lao Fang, who was afraid of poverty, was still very frugal in his life. It was easy to earn copper money, but it was more difficult for him to spend it. Naturally, it was impossible for him to be extravagant Good wine and good meat.
"Who says it's not a holiday?"
Li Yi raised his eyebrows, looked back at Lao Fang and said, "Isn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days? I'm busy with the business of candied haws these days. Everyone has worked hard, and then I will reward everyone."
When Lao Fang heard this, his eyes lit up: "Is this wine for the Mid-Autumn Festival?"
"No." Li Yi said simply.
These wines are used by him to make toilet water to repel mosquitoes, so they can't be ruined by Lao Fang.
The expression on Lao Fang's face froze, and he was speechless for a while.
Ignoring that Lao Fang's eyes looking at him slowly became resentful, Li Yi said again: "Go find some iron pots, and find some empty bamboo pipes, and start working soon."
Li Yiyuan wanted to delay the purification of alcohol for a while, and make the soap first, but the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, so he had to put the purification of alcohol first.
There is no other reason, because if you want to make mosquito repellent toilet water, you must use high-concentration alcohol.
Lao Fang's work efficiency was very fast, and the iron pot was quickly found. Under Li Yi's guidance, it took him a long time to finish the alcohol distillation device.
Distilling alcohol, of course, is not simply heating it in a pot. If the temperature is too high, the alcohol and water will evaporate together, and what is obtained after condensation is still low-concentration alcohol, which cannot achieve the effect of purification.
This simple distillation device first heats the water and uses the water temperature to evaporate the alcohol. The alcohol vapor recondenses above and enters the bamboo tube, and the purified alcohol flows out.
Li Yi could easily find the schematic diagram of the distillation device in the book, but those equipment such as flasks and glass tubes cannot be realized at present. Although the effect will definitely be much worse, as long as you can get alcohol with a concentration of more than 75%, it is enough for use.
After all the preparations were done, Li Yi lit the flame below, and all he had to do next was to wait.
Lao Fang scratched his head, looked at Li Yi for a while, and at the strange thing that his uncle asked him to make, his head was a mess.
As drops of wine flowed out of the hollow bamboo tube, gradually, the kitchen began to be filled with a strong aroma of wine...
"Gudong."
Lao Fang swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Li Yi turned his head and glanced at him, Lao Fang immediately wiped the corners of his mouth, looked away from the bowl under the bamboo tube, and pretended to be nonchalant.
When the liquor flowing out of the bamboo tube became extremely slow, Li Yi knew that the liquor in the pot was almost distilled, so he took out a chopstick and dipped a little liquor in the bowl, and tasted it in his mouth. After that, he frowned slightly.
Although the alcohol content after one distillation is much higher than the original one, it still does not meet his requirements.
"It seems that this distillation device is still too crude. If you want to mass-produce and improve efficiency in the future, you must improve the distillation device." Li Yi muttered, pouring all the wine that had been distilled once into an empty jar. Fresh liquor was added for the second distillation.
Lao Fang smelled the fragrance in the air, his throat kept moving, he wished he could pick up the jar next to him and drink to his heart's content, but thinking that these wine lords must be of great use, he restrained the thought.
The alcohol concentration of one distillation is far from enough, the equipment is simple, and the number of times is made up. Li Yi repeats the distillation over and over again, so that the alcohol concentration of each distillation will increase a little.
The book says that distilling alcohol by distillation can only obtain a maximum alcohol concentration of about 95%. Of course, it is impossible for Li Yi to obtain such a high concentration with a few broken pots, but the concentration is about 80%. That's enough for him to use.
After repeated distillation several times in this way, Li Yi found that the concentration of alcohol had not increased much during the re-distillation, so he gave up.
"Gudong..."
Old Fang next to him swallowed again.
Casting a glance at Lao Fang, Li Yi couldn't stand it any longer. He took out a small bowl of distilled alcohol, handed it to him, and said, "Okay, don't be greedy, how about this wine?"
When Lao Fang heard this, his eyes lit up, and after taking the wine bowl, he couldn't wait to drink it down.
Li Yi watched Lao Fang's face turn from black to red, and he let out a comfortable moan. The expression on his face was extremely satisfied, and he said loudly: "Good wine!"
thump!
After saying these two words, Lao Fang shook his body a few times, then fell to the ground, unconscious.
"Well… "
Looking at Lao Fang who was lying on the ground and snoring everywhere, Li Yi couldn't help feeling a little contemptuous.
Seeing how strong this guy is, it turned out to be an embroidered pillow, and it fell down in one bite, not much better than myself!
Putting the distilled alcohol to the tip of his nose and smelling it, a pungent smell rushed into his lungs. In just a moment, Li Yi felt a little dizzy...
Hastily removed the wine bowl, only then did he realize that what he was seeing in front of him was a high-concentration alcohol with a concentration of more than 75%... Prohibited sale of…
Looking down at Lao Fang who was lying on the ground, the corners of Li Yi's mouth couldn't help twitching...
"You're such an adult, yet you can't stand the temptation so much, you deserve it!"