"Just look?" Hearing that Zhang Ran was just trying to watch, Gongsun Zhong immediately felt relieved, put down his concerns, nodded and smiled at Zhang Ran, "This is okay! However, this thing is quite heavy and inconvenient to move. If Zuo Cheng wants to see it, he has to move to the wine room!"

"Thank you Gongsun Gongjian!" Zhang Ran bowed and bowed to Gongsun Zhong, and then couldn't wait to say to him: "Please bother Gongsun Gongjian to guide you down!"

"Of course!" Gongsun Zhong couldn't help but smile and made a "please" gesture to Zhang Ran, saying, "Zhang Zuocheng, please follow me!"

Then, Gongsun Zhong turned around and guided Zhang Ran... The two of them walked out of the house one after another and walked towards the direction where the Jianzhang Palace wine room was.

After walking through several corridors and bypassing several courtyards, Zhang Ran and the others arrived in a courtyard filled with the fragrance of wine.

"Zhang Zuocheng, the wine steamer is in the house. Please follow me!"

Gongsun Zhong said, then stepped forward first, opened the door of the house, took Zhang Ran to the wine room, and pointed to a bronze ware in the house and said to Zhang Ran: "Zhang Zuocheng, this is the wine steamer we usually use to make wine!"

"Where?" Zhang Ran's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly looked in the direction that Gongsun Zhong pointed, and then he saw a large bronze ware in the corner of the house!

"Is this the wine steamer?" Zhang Ran couldn't help but take a few steps forward and carefully observed the wine steamer.

The wine steamer in front of me is about one meter high and is made of bronze. It is mainly divided into two parts. The upper half is a large bronze barrel in a cylindrical shape. At first glance, it looks like a larger electric cooking barrel. It is the stainless steel barrel that is often used to cook porridge in roadside stalls or restaurants. However, with the electric cooking barrel, the barrel of the wine steamer is made of bronze!

Below the bronze barrel is a large round cauldron with three legs, which looks not much different from an ordinary copper cauldron. It seems that it is probably used for cooking.

While watching the bronze wine steamer with interest, Zhang Ran couldn't help but ask Gongsun Zhong beside him curiously: "How to use this wine steamer?"

"Haha..." Gongsun Zhong smiled slightly when he heard this, and took two steps forward and explained to Zhang Ran: "The usage of this wine steamer is actually very simple, which is very similar to the method of tiled steamer or copper steamer we usually use to steam bait cakes. When using it, you just need to put fermented materials such as wine brewing, corn or fruits and vegetables in the copper kettle, and then burn the fire at the bottom of the copper kettle!"

Gongsun Zhong said, lifting up the bronze steamer cover of the steamer, pointing to the steamer bucket, and saying to Zhang Ran: "There is a dew chamber inside the steamer bucket. When the wine in the kettle rises, the wine will flow into the dew chamber along the steamer cover. When it is full, then lead it out!"

"Oh!" Listening to Gongsun Zhong's explanation, Zhang Ran looked inside the steamer curiously and was surprised to find that there was actually a circle of inner wall inside the steamer. The inner wall seemed to be only a few circles smaller than the outer wall of the steamer. Because of the inner wall, the steamer was divided into two parts. There were more than ten centimeters of grooves between the inner and outer walls, and this groove was probably the condensation chamber in Gongsun Zhong's mouth.

"How come this thing looks so familiar!"

Looking at the bronze wine steamer in front of him, Zhang Ran suddenly realized that this thing actually gave him an inexplicable sense of familiarity, which made Zhang Ran always feel that it seemed like he had seen this thing somewhere before!

The more I looked at it, the more familiar it seemed. Suddenly, Zhang Ran slapped his forehead suddenly and exclaimed: "Hey, isn't this a large steamer?"

The wine steamer in front of me is composed of three parts: copper cauldron, steamer barrel and steamer lid. The common steamer in later generations also consists of three parts: water pot, cage ring and pot lid. The structures of the two are so similar!

Moreover, even the method used is almost the same. The bronze wine steamer is burned at the bottom of the kettle (pot), heats the brewing materials in it to produce steam, and then collects distilled water or wine. The steamer adds water to the pot, then heats and steams the food in it.

Although the two have different purposes, the processes are extremely similar! Moreover, Zhang Ran suddenly remembered that the process of the tile steamer they use in daily life is almost no different from the steamer in later generations. The only difference is the shape!

This series of clues are linked together. Looking at the familiar wine steamer in front of him, Zhang Ran couldn't help but realize: "Yes, yes! Since the ancestors were able to use tiled steamers or copper steamers to steam food and make steamed cakes or bait cakes, why can't they use them to steam wine lees and collect distilled water (wine)?"

"Haha..." Hearing Zhang Ran's words, Gongsun Zhong beside him couldn't help but smile: "What Zuo Cheng said is that this wine steamer is actually cast based on the tiled steamer we usually use to steam... However, our wine steamer is not used to steam bait cakes, but to steam wine!"

After a pause, Gongsun Zhong said: "The wine produced by ordinary winemaking is extremely turbid, so when drinking, you need to sifte the wine first! The wine obtained by steaming wine is clear and transparent, and extremely pure, so the process of sifting the wine is eliminated. In comparison, steamed wine tastes better when drinking!"

"Uh..." Zhang Ran couldn't help but scratch his head when he heard this, "Gongsun Gongjian, since this steamed wine is so high and has so many advantages, why have I never heard of this wine? Moreover, I seem to have never seen such a wine during a banquet?"

"Well..." Gongsun Zhong hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and then replied: "Zhang Zuocheng didn't know that although this steamed wine has many advantages, its disadvantages are also extremely obvious! For example, although this wine is extremely pure, its aroma is extremely light, and this wine is quite spicy to drink, far less soft and mellow than other fine wines... Therefore, it is not popular with the public... Only a few people who like strong wine have a special liking for this thing!"

After a brief pause, Gongsun Zhong said again: "Zuo Cheng also saw that the wine steamer is made of bronze and is not available to ordinary people. Moreover, the process of making this wine is relatively cumbersome... Therefore, this wine is of great value. Although it dare not say that it is worth more than gold, it is almost the same!"

After a moment of pause, Gongsun Zhong said again: "Zuo Cheng also saw that this wine steamer is made of bronze and is not available to ordinary people. Moreover, the process of making this wine is relatively cumbersome... Therefore, this wine is of great value. Although I dare not say that it is worth more than gold, it is almost the same!" After a moment of pause, Gongsun Zhong said a little pause.
Chapter completed!