The Transmigrated Farm Girl Has a Cheat Code

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By the time Lin Yan arrived home, everyone had already sent Grandma Lin and her family away and gone to work as usual.

Lin's father also instructed everyone not to say anything more and not to let Lin Yan know.

So Lin Yan didn't notice that she had called over Li Ping, the strongest man, to help the waiter move the wine jars.

"Miss Lin, what did you buy? Such a big jar!" Li Ping carried the wine jar, which weighed over 100 pounds, and lifted it up by himself, making the waiter in the restaurant gasp.

"liquor."

"Alcohol? What are you going to do with so much alcohol?"

"Wine? Where can I find wine?" Li Deshan came running at the sound of his voice. He glanced at the large jar that Li Ping was carrying and his eyes lit up.

"Will they even provide alcohol from now on?!"

“This is for something else, but if you like drinking, I have something even better~” Lin Yan winked.

"Oh? How good is it? I'm not exaggerating, but I've lived in the capital, and I've even tasted the fine wines that the imperial merchants brought as tribute!" Li Deshan said with disdain and a nostalgic expression.

"Then you'll have to try it later and see how it differs from the ones you've had before." Lin Yan also wanted to know everyone's opinions on the plum wine, and it would be even better if someone as knowledgeable as Li Deshan could give his evaluation.

"Hmph, didn't you buy this from a restaurant? I've tasted the wine from Hefeng Restaurant; it's just wine, definitely not fine wine." Li Deshan recognized the origin of the wine jar.

"Oh, no, it's not this kind, it's processed."

"Processed?" Li Deshan stopped and frowned in thought.

"Brother Li, just put it inside the house. Thank you!" Lin Yan thanked Li Ping, who was carrying the wine jar. Actually, she could carry it herself, but if she did, she was afraid she would attract attention again.

Lin Yan went inside and brought out a jar of plum wine that had been brewing for two months for Li Deshan.

"How about trying this?" Lin Yan asked with a smile, her expression expectant.

"Is this the wine you were talking about?" Li Deshan raised an eyebrow.

"Let me try it!"

Li Deshan didn't even pick up a cup; he opened the jar directly, tilted his head back, and took a sip.

Suddenly, Li Deshan's eyes lit up with delight.

"This wine seems to have a fruity aroma. And it seems a bit different from the others."

"This is plum wine, which is wine in which green plums are soaked."

"I see." Li Deshan suddenly understood, but then shook his head, took another sip, and said:

"No, it's different. This wine is stronger than any I've ever had before."

"It's not just about soaking plums. You can also eat fruit soaked in wine in restaurants in Beijing, but it doesn't taste like this."

"The most important thing about this wine is that it is different in itself."

Li Deshan looked at Lin Yan with great confusion, "What exactly is going on?"

"Because I purified this wine. Its concentration is twice that of the purchased wine."

"Purification! How did you do that? You can brew your own wine?"

"No, I'm just buying wine to make it, which is to distill the original wine once, so that the resulting wine will have less water content."

Li Deshan listened with a serious expression, his heart pounding with shock. This was a method that the Great Liang had never used before.

"You bought so much wine just to refine it?"

"Yes, what do you think will happen if this wine sells?" With Li Deshan's evaluation, Lin Yan felt more confident.

Li Deshan glanced at her and said, "This wine is not suitable to be sold in the county. If the price is too low, it will not be suitable; if the price is too high, it will not sell well. Only people who know wine will buy it."

"What should I do?"

Li Deshan stared at her intently, "If you want to do this business, go to the prefectural city to sell!"

"The prefectural city?"

Li Deshan nodded and continued, "Although Yun'an Province is located on the border, Yun'an Prefecture is the center of the province after all. Its prosperity is incomparable to that of a county, and there are more knowledgeable people there."

Lin Yan said, "Although it's inconvenient to travel to and from the prefectural city, it's acceptable if the selling price is high."

Then, Li Deshan changed the subject, "However, selling wine in the prefectural city might easily cause trouble."

Lin Yan's eyes flickered slightly as she recalled what her father had said last time. "You mean the brewing license?"

Li Deshan glanced at him, somewhat surprised: "That's right, you know? It seems you already know!"

"Brewing licenses are only held by some famous wineries or imperial merchants. In short, small wineries basically don't have them."

"Isn't this creating a monopoly?" Lin Yan sighed.

"But if you only sell in small batches, it should be fine. After all, you're not brewing wine, you're just selling it. But I'm afraid if you sell for a long time and make money, people will take notice and cause you trouble."

Li Deshan exclaimed, "Your wine is different from the wines from other wineries. They could easily use that as an excuse to say that you are brewing wine privately."

Lin Yan nodded, "Then let's produce a small batch first! I made a batch two months ago, and I'll sell it in the prefectural city next month."

After all, she's been spending a lot lately, and she's already feeling that she doesn't have enough money to build her house. She still needs to earn some more money.

Li Deshan nodded. "You decide for yourself!"

"Then I'll go and distill these two jars of wine first!"

Li Deshan's eyes lit up upon hearing this. He opened his mouth, wanting to go with her; he was genuinely curious about how Lin Yan managed to increase the alcohol's concentration. But then he thought it was her secret recipe, and it wouldn't be appropriate to follow along. In the end, he didn't say anything.

But Lin Yan noticed his hesitant expression and smiled knowingly, "Do you want to see how alcohol is distilled?"

Li Deshan blushed, realizing his secret had been exposed, and coughed. "Ahem! I am indeed a little curious."

"Come on then!" Lin Yan waved to him and went to the kitchen to get the distilled substance.

Li Deshan was somewhat surprised to see that she only had two pots, a bamboo tube, and a bamboo mat. "Is that all you need?"

"Yes. Actually, the principle is very simple. It just takes advantage of the different boiling points of alcohol and water, and the device is also very simple," Lin Yan explained.

There was a wooden bucket surrounding the large iron pot. A hole was cut in the side of the bucket, and a bamboo tube was inserted into it. One end of the bamboo tube was outside, and the other end was inside, connecting to a bowl-shaped object in the center of the bucket.

This is the distillation apparatus that Lin Yan asked her father to make for her after her last successful alcohol distillation.

She placed a smaller pot on the wooden bucket.

Then he explained to Li Deshan, "Put cold water on top, and the evaporated alcohol will condense into water and flow out. It will flow into the bowl below and then flow out along the bamboo tube, resulting in a higher concentration of alcohol."

Li Deshan suddenly realized: "So that's how it is!"

Lin Yan scooped some wine from the wine jar and poured it into an iron pot, then poured cold water into a small pot on top. She then started a fire to heat the wine.

The water in the pot above must be scooped out and replaced with cold water as soon as it gets hot. Soon, the distilled liquor will flow out of the bamboo tube.

Lin Yan poured some for Li Deshan, "Want to try it?"

Li Deshan tilted his head back and took a swig. "Wow! That's great! This is real wine!"

Lin Yan laughed heartily at his words, "Then I'll save some of this kind of wine for you in the future."

"Alright! Don't forget to save some for me!"

"no problem!"