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Distillation technology like this is not worth mentioning in modern times. After all, in modern times, a pressure cooker and a pipe can achieve simple distillation.

But this was in the ancient world, and with the ancient casting technology, it was impossible to make a pot like a pressure cooker with excellent airtightness, so Gu Chan could only settle for the second best and ask her grandparents to make something similar to a pressure cooker.

After everything was prepared, Gu Chan ordered several servants in the mansion to bring a few jars of rice wine, poured them all into the iron pot, and then covered the pot. Then she found firewood, put it in the stove below, lit it, and began to heat the iron pot.

As the iron pot was heated, the rice wine inside began to boil, streams of white steam came out through the tube, and drops of distilled wine began to slowly drip out of the tube.

Gu Chan took a large bowl and collected the first batch of wine and poured it out. After filling the second bowl, she picked up the bowl and put it to her mouth to test it.

Just this one try, her brows immediately frowned.

It turned out that the equipment was too poor. The distilled wine was probably only about 30 degrees, and had a slight sweet taste of rice wine. It was not pure at all!

Gu Chan said disappointedly, "Ah! It seems that we need to find a way to create a more airtight device. The distillation effect is not very good, otherwise the sweet taste of rice wine will be evaporated. It should taste fragrant, refreshing and endless aftertaste."

"Your Majesty, we smell so good!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, we are all very greedy, can we have a sip too?"

"Please, Your Majesty, give us a bite."

Several servants stood aside and made requests one after another.

Gu Chan smiled helplessly and handed the bowl of wine to them, and then they began to taste it one sip at a time.

After they finished tasting, Gu Chan asked, "How is it? Is this wine delicious?"

"Your Majesty, this wine is absolutely amazing!"

“This wine is not only as clear as water, but also very strong. Once it enters your stomach, the fragrance lingers on your lips and teeth. It is simply the best wine.”

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for brewing such an amazing wine."

Several servants kept praising the wine distilled by Gu Chan.

Gu Chan just smiled faintly and didn't say much.

In her eyes, this was a failed product, but to the servants like them who had never tasted good wine, it was like the best wine.

Of course, the alcohol content of this wine is over 30 degrees, which is much higher than the rice wine that everyone usually drinks in this world. It is also clearer and more transparent, and has a stronger temperament.

Judging from the current state of the equipment, this is already the limit of the quality of wine that can be distilled.

Thinking of this, Gu Chan stopped forcing him and said to the servants, "Watch here. When there's no more wine in the pot, go get a few jars of rice wine and pour it in from the hole on the other side. Then plug the hole. When the wine starts to drip out, pour out the first bowl of wine and start from the second bowl. Put it in the jar for me."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Several servants said in unison.

Gu Chan nodded with satisfaction and walked away.

When she reached the gate of the courtyard, she suddenly stopped, looked back at the servants and warned them, "You can taste it, but don't drink too much. Otherwise, this wine is much stronger than rice wine, and you will all fall down after a while."

"Understood, Your Highness." Several servants said with laughter.

Gu Chan ignored them and went back to her room to sleep peacefully.

She slept until the afternoon and when she came to the yard again, she found that the servants she had arranged in the morning were all drunk and lying in a mess, snoring loudly.

At this time, guarding the distillation equipment were Zhang Wanshan, Ding Meihua, and several maids.

It was obvious that these little maids were also greedy and drank the distilled liquor, otherwise their little faces would not be so rosy now.

Gu Chan smiled knowingly and walked up to them and said, "Grandpa and grandma, when did you get up?"

"We were awakened at noon by the aroma of wine wafting from the yard."

"Yes! When we have lunch at noon, it will be a real treat to drink the new wine you brewed!"

Zhang Wanshan and Ding Meihua said happily.

They had never imagined that the new wine distilled by Gu Chan using this equipment would taste so good. This wine was indeed much more fragrant and refreshing than rice wine.

Gu Chan shook her head and said, "This equipment is still a little bit poor, otherwise the distilled wine would be more fragrant, but now it is still a little bit poor."

"Such a strong liquor is not enough? Look at these servants, each of them has drunk less than three bowls, and they are already so drunk." Zhang Wanshan said, pointing at the servants lying on the ground over there.

"They just can't drink much. If you ask an old alcoholic like Cheng Wang to try, he might not even pass out after drinking a whole jar of alcohol." Gu Chan said unhappily.

Zhang Wanshan laughed and said, "If King Cheng really drinks this wine, I'm afraid he will have to come to our Prince Chan's Mansion every day in the future."

"We have to let him run. Once he runs, the prince won't have time to keep an eye on me." Gu Chan said with a sneer.

She knew that all the maids and servants in the mansion were the prince's people, so she deliberately said this in front of the maids.

As expected, several maids stared at her secretly and kept her words in mind.

Gu Chan didn't dwell on this question too much, and instead asked, "By the way, how many jars of wine have been distilled now?"

"There are more than forty jars, all placed in the yard!" said Zhang Wanshan, pointing to the jars of wine on the ground.

"How many jars of rice wine are there in the warehouse?" Gu Chan asked.

"There should be more than a hundred jars. I plan to keep a dozen jars for myself, and you can use the rest to brew better wine." Zhang Wanshan said.

Gu Chan nodded without comment.

Then she called a few servants to bring rice wine from the warehouse and continue distilling.

At night, when the housekeeper quietly ran to the imperial study in the palace and explained to Xuanyuan Long what Gu Chan was doing, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "So he was brewing wine! He really made me nervous."

"Your Highness, I also tasted the new wine brewed by Gu Chan. It was indeed delicious!" said the butler with a look of aftertaste.

"What's wrong with him? Why did he suddenly think of brewing wine?" Xuanyuan Long asked.

"He seemed to say that he wanted to attract Prince Cheng and have him go to Prince Chan's Mansion every day, so that Your Highness would have no time to keep an eye on him," the housekeeper explained.

Xuanyuan Long grinned, feeling relieved, and asked the butler to go back and keep an eye on it.

As for him, as long as Gu Chan was not secretly making weapons to deal with him, he could feel completely at ease.