Chapter 61 Technical Difficulties
"Wanrong, you have to seize the opportunity. If there are some things that are inconvenient to say, just say something to your mother and I will help you say it." Chen Wangshi was extremely happy and told her to leave on her own.
Chen Wanrong has experienced it and is experienced. He is very experienced, so he would not ask her for help. However, he still responded to her words and then made sulfuric acid again.
After doing it twice, just as he was about to do it for the third time, Wang Zhongze and Chen Laoshi came quickly. Chen Laoshi looked happy, as if he had found a treasure. Chen Wanrong stood up and asked, "Dad, what good news do you have?"
Chen Laoshi said lustfully: "Wanrong, the kettle you want has been made."
Wang Zhongze's reaction was not as excited as Chen Laoshi, but apologized to Chen Wanrong: "It's all my fault for me, I've kept it all the time and I've been responsible for you. I've apologized to you here!"
Chen Wanrong couldn't understand, so the pot was not in a hurry at all. Why did he blame himself? Chen Houshi's words solved his doubts, and Chen Houshi helped Wang Zhongze: "Wanrong, if you have to be anxious, you have to say that Master Wang is very busy these days and can't be busy. Now, when you hear that you are in a hurry, you will take time to drive you out. Don't blame Master Wang."
Finally I understood, and I had just competed with Chen Wang's secretly and said that it was just an excuse to use the kettle. Unexpectedly, Chen Laoshi took it seriously, but Wang Zhongze was not a man. The whole story could not be said, Chen Wanrong had to comfort him: "Master Wang is so serious. I thought this kettle was not in a hurry, but now things have changed a little, and I want to make it earlier. I didn't tell you that it was my mistake, not your problem, so don't take it to your heart."
Without any intention of blaming the blame, Wang Zhongze breathed a sigh of relief: "Xie Dongjia is generous."
Chen asked: "Wanrong, if you have time, go and see if it matches your wishes."
Even if he had no time, Chen Wanrong had to take the time to check it out and smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go now." He made a basin of clean water and washed his hands before following them.
When he arrived at the woodworking room, Wang Zhongze led Chen Wanrong to the next to the kettle. It was an inverted funnel, but there was a wooden pipe more than 1 meter long on it. There were several carpenters standing next to him. Looking at Chen Wanrong, he was very worried. It was probably the one who grabbed Wang Zhongze and Chen Laoshi to make the kettle. They wanted to get Chen Wanrong's affirmation.
He looked around the kettle for a while, and was very satisfied and smiled and said, "It's done well."
"Xie Dongjia's praise!" Several carpenters thanked each other in unison and felt relieved.
After hearing Chen Wanrong's praise, Chen Laoshi was very proud and asked: "Wanrong, do you want to try it? Whether it is suitable or not, you have to try it out before you know."
The use of distilled liquor in the Tang Dynasty was too great, and its market prospects were very attractive. Chen Wanrong had no reason not to try it. He nodded and said, "When it was early, go and try it now."
"You carry it, I'll get the car." Chen said honestly and left quickly.
Such a big thing is much more convenient than carrying it with a person. Chen Wangrong praised it from the bottom of his heart. Without waiting for Chen Wanrong to give instructions, several carpenters carried the kettle out. There were two in total, placed side by side under the eaves. Finally, a three-foot-sized round wooden board was carried out with tiny holes on it.
Chen Laoshi arrived with the ox cart, and the carpenters took action together and carried the kettle to the cart. Chen Laoshi handed the whip to Chen Wanrong: "Wanrong, we have a lot of work, so we won't go with you, you can go by yourself."
Now the production of soap has increased, and the wooden boxes are needed too much, so they can't supply them without refueling. Chen Wanrong smiled and said, "Okay, you are busy, I'm going." He drove the ox cart away.
Since he came to Ning County, he rarely used a ox cart. Xiao Hei had a rare opportunity to wander outside. He was particularly excited. He roared happily and ran away with four hooves. In just a short while, he arrived at the winery.
He drove the ox cart into the winery and saw Xiao Zhizhong and a few friends coming over from a distance: "Boss, you're here!"
It seemed as if there was something big about Chen Wanrong, and Chen Wanrong asked, "Is there anything wrong?"
"It's nothing big, we just want to see your new wine. We have been making wine for so many years, but we have never seen this kind of wine. We are anxious." Xiao Zhizhong explained.
A few guys carried the two kettles and wooden boards in without any instructions. Chen Wanrong walked into the winery: "Are you free? If you have any, you can do it now."
"Boss, we're just waiting for you. Yesterday, we drove the work away and waited for you." Xiao Zhizhong was very excited and couldn't help rubbing his hands, and he couldn't help but feel like he couldn't help it.
Chen Wanrong walked to the stove and saw that the size was quite suitable, and there was some ashes in the stove hole. Xiao Zhizhong explained: "Boss, we are afraid of misleading your business. We did it for a while last night and it was built. Today I wanted to tell you that Mr. Zheng happened to have heard that you had plated the winery and came over to take a look. I asked him to send you a message. I didn't come in person, so please forgive me."
He wanted to do more work, so Chen Wanrong wouldn't blame him. He smiled and said, "You're so serious! Actually, you don't have to hurry, and you don't have to be tired."
Xiao Zhizhong said happily: "Boss, I don't agree with you. In the past, we worked with Manager Sun for a long time, and we worked less than an hour or two with you. My brothers all said that you treat us sincerely and we have to work hard."
This is how people are. If you treat him well, he will treat you well. Chen Wanrong just acts according to his own habits, but he didn't expect that they would get their sincere rewards. He smiled and said, "Thank you. Let's start doing it."
Without waiting for the order, Xiao Zhizhong asked the clerk to put the pot on and clean it up, and waited for Chen Wanrong to give the order.
It is not difficult to make distilled liquor according to the countryside method. The steps of making wine koji are the same. The difference is that distilled liquor requires high-quality liquor by heating, which is much more efficient and no longer requires the process of cooking liquor.
The first step is to clean the round wooden board, mainly because there is no dirt on it, and there is no wood chips. Just wash it with water, and it will be done soon. While washing the wooden board, add clean water to the pot, which is the medium. After heating, the water vapor comes up, the temperature rises, and the alcohol begins to evaporate.
Put the wooden board in the pot and tap it with your hands. Wang Zhongze's skill is good, it is stable and does not shake at all. There are fine holes on the wooden board, which is produced by rice flour. There will definitely be rice flour to plug the fine holes to reduce the speed of steam rising. This is easy to do, just lay a few layers of linen on it to prevent it.
If you make it with unground rice or corn, you can do not have a linen, and it will not block the fine holes.
After this, Chen Wanrong was very satisfied with the cylindrical kettle when putting it in the pot, and it was still stable and not shaking. The next thing was easy to do. Pour the rice noodles mixed with the wine koji into the pot and spread them flat with a chopper. Paving them layer by layer, almost one foot of the laying. Chen Wanrong stopped it. This was a trial production, so there was no need to fill it up, just about it.
Then use a clean stick to make the steam go up. Once heated, the rice noodles will be tighter. Without these channels, the effect of steam will be greatly reduced.
Find a cloth piece, soak it in the water, and stuff it at the joint between the kettle and the pot to prevent steam leakage and improve utilization efficiency.
Cover the funnel-shaped kettle on the cylindrical kettle, and then plug the cloth at the junction, and this is done.
Before Chen Wanrong could speak, Xiao Zhizhong ordered his friend to raise the fire. They had never seen this method of brewing wine, and they were already excited and unable to hold back. Even if Xiao Zhizhong didn't say it, they would do it. They brought firewood and put it in front of the stove, preparing to raise the fire.
Chen Wanrong stared at the long wooden tube and sighed, "Don't lift it up, take the thing back."
Xiao Zhizhong was extremely surprised and thought he had heard it wrong, so he asked, "Boss, what are you saying?"
"I can't do it!" Chen Wanrong pointed to the wooden pipe, feeling very sorry: "There is one missing thing here, and it can't be done."
Xiao Zhizhong was unwilling to give up and hurriedly reminded: "What's the point? We have some tools here that can come in handy."
"It's useless! Take it away, let me think about how to make this thing." Chen Wanrong couldn't stop patting his forehead.
The few are a condenser tube. Condensation tubes can be seen everywhere in modern factories. It was not a rare thing in the Tang Dynasty, it was not a rare thing, and no matter how much money it was, it could not be bought. The steel and copper of the Tang Dynasty were all ingots and there was not even a sheet, let alone pipes. Although there were many tools in the winery, none of them could be used, so they could only be abandoned halfway.
The Tang people liked to drink low-alcohol wine. In the Tang Dynasty, distilled liquor was impossible to drink. It had a good prospect in medicine. It made a lot of money and did good things. Chen Wanrong was very happy when he thought about this bright future. He really didn't expect the condensation tube. When the matter came, he found that there was a key component missing. Chen Wanrong was very depressed.
No matter how depressed you are, you have to face reality and have to think of a solution slowly.
The condensate tube must be a hot conductor to condense the wine quickly. The aluminum condenser used in modern country winemaking workshops is more than ten feet long, and the wine after condensation is still hot. If the wooden tube is lengthened, it will not leak. The wood is not a hot conductor. It is impossible to know how long it is to meet the requirements.
"You retreat." Chen Wanrong explained, left the winery and drove the ox cart back.
When he got home, he ran into Chen Houshi and asked with a smile: "Wanrong, the wine is ready? Can you give it to your father to taste it?"
He didn't even look at Chen Wanrong's face, and was falling into deep thought. Chen Wangshi came over when he heard the sound, looked at Chen Wanrong, and touched Chen Hushi: "Old man, say less. Wanrong, you have to do it in advance."
Chen Wanrong just responded mechanically, without any extra words. Chen Laoshi also saw something was wrong and flashed at Chen Wangshi, meaning she asked her to ask. It was rare to see Chen Wanrong so serious. Chen Wangshi hesitated for a moment and asked, "Wanrong, have you encountered any trouble? Tell me, I will help you think of a solution."
"Mom, you can't help." Chen Wanrong thought, "If you don't have one thing, you can't make this wine."
Chen Wangshi smiled and reminded: "Wanrong, you can ask your father to do it. Master Wang has such a good craftsmanship, you can just go and find him."
Wood is not a hot conductor, and no matter how good the craft is, it is useless. Chen Wanrong shook his head and said, "It's useless. I'll think about it carefully and think about it." He went straight into the house, sat on the chair, and started thinking about it.
At this moment, Chen Wanrong wanted to have a mechanic, how good it would be. This is not as good as doing chemical engineering.
Chen Wangshi and Chen Laoshi stood at the door and looked at Chen Wanrong worriedly. Chen Laoshi hesitated for a while and asked carefully: "Wanrong, what are you looking for? We can't make it. There are kilns and blacksmiths, and they can all make tools."
When Chen Wangshi touched Chen Houshi, he meant that he would not talk nonsense.
Chen Wanrong jumped up from the chair, stared at the boss's eyes and asked, "Dad, what are you saying?"
I have never seen Chen Wanrong like this before. Chen Laoshi was shocked and didn't know how to speak. Chen Wangshi had to answer for him: "Wanrong, your father said that the carpenter can't be a blacksmith."
"I'll go find a blacksmith now!" Chen Wanrong was extremely excited, and threw a sentence, and went there as if he was flying. Chen Laoshi was stunned and stared straight at Chen Wanrong's back.
I came to Luoshi Blacksmith Shop, the largest blacksmith shop in Ning County. There were several iron scribble masters alone, naked and busy, and the sound of metal hitting sounds came from time to time.
Chen Wanrong entered the shop, there was a counter by the wall, and a middle-aged man was drinking water. He walked up and clasped his fists and said, "I'm disturbing."
The middle-aged man stood up and returned the gift politely, asking, "Why do you want goods? There are some on the shelf, you can choose. If you don't like it, we can help you."
With a good attitude, Chen Wanrong smiled and said, "I want to ask you to make a copper tube for me."
"Bronze tube?" the middle-aged man was stunned and asked, "What is that?"
Chen Wanrong knew that he didn't know what the copper tube was: "I'll draw it for you."
He picked up a piece of charcoal, squatted on the ground, and Chen Wanrong started drawing it. He drew it in just a few strokes. The middle-aged man smiled and said, "What are you asking us for this thing? You can go to the casting workshop."
Chen Wanrong did not expect the casting incident. However, Ning County did not have a casting workshop and said, "Thank you for your reminder, it just takes a lot of roads. If you can make it, I will save a lot of trouble. You can make the copper ingot into thin slices, then roll it up, and make the joints firmly without leaking water."
Although this method is stupid, this method can only be used at present. The middle-aged man smiled and shook his head: "Customer, it is impossible to say something that is unpleasant. You have to know how difficult it is? It is very difficult to just make this copper piece. It is a little thicker and not easy to roll. It is thinner and easy to break. Besides, even if it is rolled together, it may not leak."
Copper is softer than iron and is much less difficult to process. So Chen Wanrong chose copper instead of iron. He couldn't even do this. Chen Wanrong was very discouraged and was stunned for a moment and encouraged him: "You can try it. How can you know if you haven't tried it? Money is not a problem." It's done if you can do it in Ning County. It takes time to run out. Now Chen Wanrong is a busy man and has a lot of things to do.
"It's not a matter of money. Although our masters are good at blacksmithing, no one can be of this level." The middle-aged man refused without thinking. He looked at Chen Wanrong with a regretful look: "If you really want to do this, maybe someone can do it."
Chen Wanrong blurted out as if he saw the light in the dark, "Who?"
"Master Ye! Master Ye is a skilled craftsman in the Tang Dynasty, so it is not difficult to make this little thing. It's a pity that others are in Chang'an, not Ning County. Even if they are in Ning County, they will not do it anymore." Middle-aged people feel regretful.
Ye Tianheng's skills have been witnessed by Chen Wanrong, and he is definitely first-class. There is definitely no problem in making a copper pipe. If he was in Ning County, Chen Wanrong might succeed, but it's a pity that he was studying the new method of steelmaking in weapons supervision.
The middle-aged man looked at Chen Wanrong and smiled and said, "It's not necessarily useful if you fight. I think it's not difficult to cast this thing, it's just a mold."
"Where is such a workshop?" Ning County couldn't do it, so Chen Wanrong could only look far away.
The middle-aged man touched his forehead and said, "This is not this, Ning County, nor is it nearby. If it is better, he has to go to Chang'an. If there are people in the weapons supervisors, it is best to go to the weapons supervisors. The court will control copper."
The copper used in the Tang Dynasty was not enough for minting coins. Once the price of copper exceeded that of copper coins. Some people bought copper coins and smelted them, sold them to make huge profits. Therefore, there are much less copper in the folk than iron, so blacksmiths have this statement.
Shaking his head, the middle-aged man poured cold water: "It's just that the weapon surveillance is not so easy to get online. There are several casting workshops in Chang'an, mainly cast iron, and even less copper utensils are cast. However, as long as your price is right, they will do it."
Zhang Deming was in the Weapons Supervisor. Ye Tianheng highly praised him and would not refuse to find them to make a copper tube. He wanted to make a convenience, but since it was unavailable, he could only take some time to go to Chang'an. Chen Wanrong said goodbye.
As soon as he got home, he stopped Xiao Shangrong: "Brother, Manager Sun is here. Brother, Manager Sun is so happy now. He laughs when he sees someone, as if he has found gold."
Chapter completed!