44. Brewing
On the third day, we arrived in Jiuqu Town.
As the main source of wine in the territory, wine is the hillside and fields near the town, and are full of various varieties and colored grapes.
Most of them are purple, blue and white, and cyan. Occasionally there are rare varieties of bright red. Apart from being more sour, the taste is nothing special.
The townsmen watched the passing guards.
Watching their fine leather armor, watching the thorny flags fluttering in the wind.
The matter about the new lord came here as early as the beginning of the year.
Everyone was curious about what Evelyn's son looked like. Those who were lucky enough to see his face exaggerated and boasted to others.
The beauty of the jade, the eyes of the frost star are as handsome as the stars, so you can't imagine it yourself.
Mayor Weber led the way in front of the team, "My wise and powerful lord, I have prepared a sumptuous dinner for you, please be sure to enjoy it."
"Herdes Webber! I heard that the wine in our territory cannot be sold. Can you tell me why? I want to hear your thoughts."
As soon as he asked about his work questions, Weber was a little embarrassed and thought about it and said again and again: "Our red wine has too much astringency and is not sweet enough. Of course, I think it's good. But those nobles with harsh tastes don't like it very much. They would rather spend a few times higher to buy red wine with better taste."
"Have you ever thought about improving?"
"Of course I thought about it. I tried to choose the best and sweetest big grapes and added honey to it. But I still couldn't solve the problem of too heavy astringent taste."
"Please take me to visit the process of winemaking in your town tomorrow."
"yes."
After a night of rest, Lovey followed Weber to the wine estate. He smelled a scent of wine far away from the door.
"Lord, please see. First of all, the first step in making wine, the townsmen will send the picked grapes to us and we will screen them. Remove the rotten, dry grapes, leaves, petioles...
Then next step, we will remove the best grapes, mash them, and send them to the fermented wine barrel.”
Weber introduces it step by step.
Lovey picked out a grape and stuffed it into his mouth. The flesh was indeed very sweet, but it would be very astringent to bite the grape seeds together.
"Have you gone to the grape seeds?"
"No." Webber was slightly stunned, and immediately made a shocked gesture with an overwhelming acting: "How did you think of this? I'll ask someone to try it right away."
"The labor cost of removing grape seeds is very high, and it may be a bit more costly." Luo Wei shook his head, recalling his vague memories, and vaguely remembering the two important steps of making wine.
First, fermentation, second, filtration.
Compared with the technical accumulation required by the first two, he prefers to first rely on distillation to extract high-volume brandy.
The weather in this world is very cold, and wines with a height should be very popular.
"You can draw some of the hands to try it out. Don't give me too high hopes. Improve the quality slightly, and maybe you can have sales. Of course, I'm just an outsider. The decision may not be correct." Luo Wei said conservatively.
"I understand." Weber calmed down and was shocked and bowed slightly.
If the first thought of grape seeding was just giving him a little clever impression of the new lord, then the subsequent remarks refreshed his evaluation of Lovey.
Will such a modest and rigorous person see his acting skills?
Webber felt uneasy.
Fortunately, Lovi just had lunch and left. He didn't mean to be too lazy.
Before leaving, Lovey ordered a batch of newly produced wine.
......
Lodell held the barrel and drank as he walked. It was not enough for a night of hangover yesterday, but today I have to continue on the road. My pretty face and skin were stained with a faint dizziness.
Love had no doubt that she might be drunk on the road at any time: "Del, stop drinking."
"What do you know? I'm just practicing when drinking." Lodell took another sip on himself, rubbing the back of his hand and rubbing the wine stains on the corner of his mouth.
"There is such a thing?" Love's gaze looked at Mussophie with consultation.
"Young master, drinking can indeed speed up the cultivation speed. The strength of a warrior is generated through the high-speed circulation of qi and blood. Drinking alcohol will cause fever, which can speed up the circulation of qi and blood." Mussophie agreed with Lodell's statement.
"Okay, give me a little less, and I'll have to hurry up now. Let's talk about it when I get back. What's the good thing about this broken fruit wine? It's sour and astringent." Lovey snatched away the barrel from Lodell's hand.
Lodell burped, "I'm not drunk again..."
"When you get drunk, you will throw you onto the cart." Luo Wei threatened fiercely.
Time for traveling is passing day by day in peace.
On the early morning of the seventh day, the figure of Donggang City appeared in front of everyone.
Thinking back on the long journey of nearly a month, some people are moved and some people cry.
Finally got home!
The other side of the bay, which seems to be close, is actually more than twenty kilometers away.
After walking for more than three hours.
Everyone was already very tired, but their spirits were extremely excited.
Closer, closer...
Finally, I saw the tall city gate of Donggang City, and saw the guards standing neatly in front of the city gate, as well as the city defense forces that maintained the daily order of the city, and the leaders who welcomed the streets.
"The Lord is back."
"Long live!"
City Defense Officer Cai Gelan stepped forward and half-kneeled to Lovie, "Welcome to return."
Luo Wei just smiled and nodded, "Thank you all for your hard work."
He didn't need too much red tape in his own city, so he strode into the city gate.
Lodell announced that the guards could go home directly and gather again tomorrow.
The guards, including Zoe, merged into the streets and alleys of the city in just a few minutes and disappeared.
The guards who returned early consciously followed the lord and replaced their colleagues who were eager to return home.
The ice wolf Anus was watched by the crowd, with her tail carefully clenched. It was not until Love rode on its back that the fearful eyes in the crowd disappeared.
If we talk about the difference between Donggang City and other towns.
Perhaps it is because of the large number of alien faces in the city, including dwarfs, dwarves, elves, sub-humans of various races, orcs, which can be seen here almost all...
As the last stop of the Eastern Continental route, further ahead is the scope of the Northern Continent. Every year, ships traveling and passing by dock at the natural port for replenishment.
Despite this, the maritime trade in Donggang City is not well developed.
The ports come and go just ships from several countries. They sell some luxury goods.
There are almost no products in the territory that they can like except gold and magic stones.
It’s not that Evelyn had never thought about her own shipbuilding trade, but that was not a realistic thing at all.
So far, the Ryan League where the Duke of Defen is located has no country with the ability to create magic ships.
The ordinary sailboats you made must be careful when traveling along the coastline. If you are not careful, they will disappear with the change of ocean currents...
As for the magic ships of those great powers, they are said to be unimpeded in the deep sea.
Chapter completed!