Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

When Chen Lang arrived at the porcelain shop, the shopkeeper immediately came forward to greet him.

During this period of time, Chen Lang went to the porcelain shop quite often, because he wanted to take Hongyanzui's charm to the next level.

When we first promoted Hongyanzui, due to time constraints, the porcelain bottle was actually made rather roughly.

Although it was improved later, it still failed to satisfy Chen Lang.

Now that Chen Lang has obtained the consent of the county government, he can brew his own wine, and the problem of ** must be solved at the same time.

"Mr. Chen, you came at an unfortunate time. The sample bottle you requested hasn't been burned out yet."

"It will be ready by the day after tomorrow at the latest. I'll send someone to inform you then."

Chen Lang waved his hand and said, "Boss, I'm not here for the bottle of Hongyanzui."

"I have a new style of porcelain vase and need your help firing it."

The shopkeeper asked, "What does it look like?"

Chen Lang said, "Can I borrow your pen and ink?"

The shopkeeper led Chen Lang to the counter. Chen Lang picked up a pen and drew a very simple image of a bottle.

The shopkeeper took a look and said, "Mr. Chen, this bottle is not difficult to make."

Chen Lang smiled and said, "Boss, don't rush to make a conclusion. This is just the appearance. I haven't mentioned the specific requirements yet."

The shopkeeper said, "Mr. Chen, you speak, and I will remember."

Chen Lang first drew a line on the bottom of the bottle and said, "The bottom of the bottle needs to be thick, about an inch and a half thick."

The shopkeeper was surprised: "So thick?"

Chen Lang said, "It can't be less than one inch. One and a half inches is the best."

"Next is the bottle mouth. This is where the craftsmen's skills are most tested. The bottle mouth should be slightly wider than the neck of the bottle, and the thickness of the bottle mouth should be about one and a half inches."

"Then there's the thickness of the bottle, which is about the same as the mouth, a little over half an inch."

"The last requirement is that the bottle mouth must be able to fit a cork."

"Does the shopkeeper know anyone in this field?"

The shopkeeper said, "Timber merchant? Yes."

Chen Lang said, "Then make a sample first, and then take the bottle to the wood supplier to order corks."

"Should we settle the money now, or later?"

The shopkeeper said, "Mr. Chen, you're being too polite. We've been working together for such a long time. It's just a bottle, why should we pay in advance?"

"If it doesn't burn, I won't ask Mr. Chen for money."

Chen Lang said, "Boss, burning this bottle might be very troublesome. In the end, whether it succeeds or not, I will pay for it."

The shopkeeper said with a smile, "Mr. Chen is such an open-minded person."

"Mr. Chen, do you have any other requests?"

Chen Lang said: "That's all, goodbye."

"Goodbye, Mr. Chen." The shopkeeper sent Chen Lang to the door and watched him go away.

Chen Lang went to the grain store again and bought three pounds of wheat.

The wheat needs to be soaked overnight, then spread evenly on a winnowing basket, sprinkle a layer of water on the surface, cover it and place it in a cool place to wait for it to germinate.

This process takes about three days.

After the wheat germinates, move it under the sun for three days to stop germination.

During this period, Cai Ping came and brought about three pounds of dried Humulus lupulus.

The owner of the porcelain shop sent someone to inform Chen Lang that a sample of the bottle he wanted had been fired and asked him to come over and take a look.

Chen Lang came to the porcelain shop and saw this Dayan version of beer bottle!

The porcelain shop owner was a little embarrassed and said, "Mr. Chen, you are right. This bottle is quite difficult to fire, especially the mouth of the bottle. The kiln masters have been working very hard to achieve your requirements."

"Fortunately, it finally burned out. I didn't let Master Chen down."

Chen Lang was very satisfied with the bottle.

It is completely feasible to use ceramics to make beer bottles. Among the unearthed cultural relics from another time and space, there are ceramic bottles similar to beer bottles.

There is only one reason why modern society uses glass to make beer bottles, and that is because it is cheap.

With the help of modern technology, the cost of glass is much lower than that of ceramics.

But in Dayan, there is no glass, so we can only use ceramics.

If there is one shortcoming, it is the bottle cap.

It’s not that the blacksmiths of the Dayan Dynasty couldn’t make a bottle cap, the key point is that even if they could, they couldn’t press it onto the bottle mouth.

Chen Lang had seen that kind of manual capping machine, but making it involved a lot of things.

To exaggerate a little, if the blacksmiths of the Great Yan Dynasty could make a manual capping machine under Chen Lang's guidance, it would be no less than a small industrial revolution for the Great Yan Dynasty.

If we continue like this, there will be no end in sight.

So Chen Lang abandoned the traditional beer bottle cap and used cork instead.

Although the beer bottles were successfully fired, Chen Lang did not ask the owner of the porcelain shop to start firing them on a large scale immediately. Instead, he asked him to fire four or five bottles and send them home.

Chen Lang was not sure whether the beer could be brewed.

In the past, Chen Lang had brewed various fruit wines at home, such as apple and grape wines, but he had only seen related videos on Tik Tok and had never made beer manually.

The relevant steps are also a bit vague and need to be explored slowly.

After returning home with the bottle, Chen Lang checked the wheat and found that it was almost dried, so he took the winnowing basket to the kitchen.

Seeing this, the family's cook immediately came over to help: "Sir, what do you need me to do?"

Chen Lang smiled and said, "No, no, I'll do it myself, you take a rest."

Before he finished speaking, Guoguo ran in excitedly and asked, "Daddy, what delicious food can you make?"

Chen Lang said: "It's not delicious."

Guoguo pouted and said, "Daddy hasn't made delicious food for me in a long time."

Chen Lang said, "Really? That really makes my good daughter suffer."

"Well, daddy will make dinner tonight so my baby can enjoy it to his heart's content."

Guoguo clapped her hands and laughed, "Great, I can eat Daddy's cooking again."

Guoguo ran out and told everyone the good news.

Chen Lang said to the chef, "We're having hot pot tonight. Go buy two hot pots and buy all the ingredients you like. Remember to go to the slaughterhouse and see if you can get some cow omasum."

The cook was stunned and asked, "Sir, can you eat that?"

Chen Lang smiled and said, "Of course, it's absolutely delicious."

"In addition to the ingredients, there are also star anise, tsaoko, cinnamon, Sichuan peppercorns, cloves, white cardamom...that's pretty much all the spices I bought."

"Did you remember it? Do you want to write it down?"

The cook nodded and said, "Sir, I've taken note of it."

"Then go quickly." Chen Lang said.

After the cook left, Chen Lang asked Xiao Qi to light a fire, then poured the dried wheat germ into the iron pan and stir-fried it repeatedly.

Xiao Qi stretched his neck to look into the pot and asked curiously, "It smells so good, sir. Can we eat this wheat after it's fried?"

Chen Lang said: "This is not for eating, it is for making wine."

Xiao Qi was surprised and asked, "Winemaking? What kind of wine is this?"

Chen Lang said, "Wheat beer."