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Zhou Wu filled the large pot with rice wine, then covered it, lit a fire, and let it simmer. All that was left was to wait.

"Husband, what are you doing?"

Zhou Wu's actions filled the courtyard with the aroma of wine, and Li Baiwei followed the commotion and came looking for him.

"I'm distilling alcohol."

"Distilled liquor?"

Li Baiwei clearly didn't understand what distilling alcohol meant, tilting her head with a puzzled look on her face.

Do you think our rice wine tastes good now?

"It's sweet and tastes pretty good."

Well, Zhou Wu realized he hadn't asked the right person.

"The rice wine we have now might be just right for women, but don't you think it's always missing something for men?"

"Something's missing? Isn't it sweet enough?"

"Eh..."

Well, this was originally something made for men, so Zhou Wu decided not to explain it to the little girl anymore.

As they spoke, distilled liquor slowly dripped from the spout, instantly filling the room with a strong aroma of alcohol.

"What's that smell? It's so pungent."

Li Baiwei covered her nose and ran outside.

Zhou Wu leaned closer and smelled it. At least it smelled somewhat similar now. He just didn't know how it would taste. Zhou Wu kept adding wine to the pot until the wine jar at the spout was full. He counted and found that he had poured out five jars of wine to make this one jar.

The distilled liquor was left to sit for a day, and Zhou Wu decided to taste it.

"It seems even more mellow and fragrant than yesterday."

Zhou Wu picked up his wine glass, smelled it, and then took a small sip.

"Yes, that's the taste, even more mellow and fragrant than many famous wines from my previous life."

Zhou Wu analyzed that it's possible that the current liquor is truly made from pure grains, without any other additives, which is why it's more fragrant and mellow.

. . . . . .

"Brother Wu, it's been so long since I've tasted your cooking."

Zhou Wu is treating everyone to dinner today. He invited Uncle Niu, Deng Yuanliang, Uncle Niu, and Zai Hongfei from Medicine King Valley. Except for Zai Hongfei, none of the others are first-timers.

"You coward, all you know is how to eat. Don't you know how busy your brother Wu is every day?"

Even though Niu Er is now a deputy lieutenant in the army, he still can't escape Master Niu's wicked hands.

"Sir, have you hidden away some wine?"

Zai Hongfei was a doctor with an exceptionally keen sense of smell. As soon as he entered Zhou Wu's courtyard, he smelled a faint aroma of wine in the air, which seemed to be different from the rice wine he usually drank.

"Don't say it, it's true."

Niu Er also sniffed hard. Ever since he became the deputy lieutenant of the army, he had developed a love for drinking. Zhou Wu had asked him about it, and Niu Er's answer was indeed both funny and sad. Niu Er said that throughout history, which of the famous military generals didn't love drinking?

"Haha, sit down. We have plenty of good wine, it just depends on whether you dare to drink it."

"Could it be poisonous? I'm not afraid. There's no poison I can't cure."

Zai Hongfei usually enjoys a drink, and now he's going all out for good wine.

"I specially prepared a gout-specific set meal today, let's have a good drink."

The seaside is never short of snacks to go with drinks; you can easily make a sumptuous feast with just some seafood.

What is a gout treatment package?

"It's not important, have a seat."

Zhou Wu took out the newly distilled liquor directly, and when he opened it, a strong aroma of liquor filled the air.

"This is the taste! It smells amazing! Let me have a taste!"

Niu Er handed his wine bowl directly to Zhou Wu. Because rice wine has a low alcohol content, people in this world still drink it from bowls or large teacups.

"You'd better try it in small bites first."

The completely transparent liquor contrasted sharply with the murky rice wine. Zhou Wu filled everyone's bowls to the brim and kindly offered a reminder.

"Brother Wu is acting stingy now."

Niu Er thought Zhou Wu was reluctant to part with it, so he tilted his head back and downed the wine in one gulp. His expression instantly became interesting. Niu Er's eyes bulged red, his hands tightly covered his neck, and his mouth was tightly closed. He didn't dare to swallow the mouthful of wine in his mouth.

"It really is poisonous?"

Zai Hongfei looked puzzled, but then thought he was overthinking it. Who was Zhou Wu? And who were the people present? There was no need to worry.

"Ah~~~~ So strong, such good wine."

After struggling for quite some time, Niu Er slowly got used to the strong liquor in his mouth. After swallowing it, he let out a long breath.

This is what puzzled everyone, because Niu Er's expression just now didn't look like he was enjoying the drink at all.

"As I said before, this wine is different from the rice wine we usually drink. Please have a small sip first to get used to it before you drink too much."

Seeing Niu Er's "miserable state," the others learned their lesson and picked up their wine bowls to take a small sip.

"Ah!!! This taste..."

After everyone drank it, their eyes lit up; they didn't know how to describe this unprecedented feeling.

"Lie, right?"

"Yes, yes, it's really strong. Just this small bite warms you up all over."

It was freezing cold, and everyone was still a bit chilly when we first entered. But after just one sip, we felt warm all over. It was truly amazing.

"Where did this wine come from?"

"I figured it out myself."

"What???"

Everyone stared at Zhou Wu in shock. They had thought he had obtained the wine by chance, but they never expected that he had made it himself.

"Sir, is this wine difficult to make, and what is the cost?"

The first to react was Deng Yuanliang. As the village's trade officer, his business acumen allowed him to immediately perceive the commercial potential of this new wine.

"It's about five times more effective than existing rice wine, and the production process is very simple."

Deng Yuanliang's mind began to work rapidly.

“Currently, a jar of rice wine costs between 150 and 200 wen, so five jars would cost between 750 and 1000 wen, which is capped at one guan. If this wine were sold on the market, I estimate it would sell for at least three guan. Moreover, the process of making rice wine is not difficult. If we brew our own rice wine and then process it into new wine, the cost would be even lower.”

Deng Yuanliang's words made everyone's eyes widen. This business was really something; it had multiplied several times over.

“Yuanliang’s analysis is correct. We need to find a safe place to build the distillery.”

Within a day, Li Baiwei and Yang Chun found Zhou Wu and made a fuss. The reason was that Zhou Wu found the smell of the wine fragrant, but the lady couldn't stand it and felt dizzy all day. So she begged Zhou Wu to move the brewing site away as soon as possible.

"How's the area south of the village? It's far from the village's residential areas, so it won't be affected at all."

Niu Ye knew the village's situation best, so he immediately thought of where to build the distillery. However, Zhou Wu also thought that the location Niu Ye suggested was good. There was another advantage to it: it was not far from the dock, which would make loading onto ships more convenient in the future.