Seeing a large amount of ale being poured into the pot, Henry, the butler standing next to Sean, couldn't help feeling a little distressed.

Although ale is a drink commonly consumed by mercenaries, this does not mean that ale is cheap.

Brewing ale requires a large amount of grain. Since most ordinary residents cannot afford refined flour, ale is considered a high-end consumer product.

If the lord fails to make spirits, wasting food is secondary. The important thing is that the territory is almost out of money. If this continues...

Henry didn't dare to continue thinking about it, so he clasped his hands and prayed silently to the sky, hoping that the God of Light would bless them and make the liquor bar smoothly!

Seeing Henry's nervous expression, Sean couldn't help but laugh and said: "Relax! The method of making spirits is instructed by God, how could it fail? Don't you even believe in the God of Light?"

"Of course I believe it!" After hearing Sean's words, Henry wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeve and felt a little more relaxed.

But when he looked at the cauldron, he was still a little nervous.

...

At this time, the fire under the cauldron was burning brightly, but there was too much wine in the cauldron, and it would take some time to boil.

Taking advantage of this time, Sean also began to explain to Henry the principles of making spirits:

"Henry, that's how spirits are made, because alcohol has a lower boiling point than water, so the alcohol content in the steam after boiling is higher.

By collecting these vapors we get strong liquor, do you understand?"

The reason why Sean wants to tell Henry the principles of making spirits is because Henry will be responsible for the work here in the future.

After all, Sean has to go out to hunt and level up, so he can't stay here forever. After these few days of observation, Sean found that Henry is quite trustworthy.

"I'm sorry, Lord, I didn't understand." Butler Henry shook his head apologetically: "What is alcohol? What is the boiling point?"

"Well, the boiling point means that some substances in wine will volatilize faster after reaching a certain temperature..."

"What is volatilization?"

Sean: "..."

Seeing that the explanation was unclear, Sean simply stopped explaining: "These are commonly used words in the Kingdom of God. I can't explain them to you. Let's just wait until the spirits are made and you will probably understand."

...

While Sean was talking to Henry, the strong wine in the cauldron gradually began to boil, and the strong aroma of wine filled the whole room.

Tom and the other four children had drank the ale given to them by the mercenaries, so they couldn't help but swallow when they smelled the aroma of the wine.

However, the smell of wine did not affect their hard work. The four children still added firewood to the bottom of the cauldron to make the fire burn brighter.

After the ale in the pot boils, a large amount of steam enters the bamboo tube along the small hole on the steaming barrel, and gradually condenses into dew in the bamboo tube soaked in cold water, and then flows out from the end of the bamboo tube and flows into

into the wine barrel prepared in advance.

Seeing this, the butler Henry was a little impatient, wanting to smell the freshly distilled liquor from a distance.

"Henry, go get a glass and bring it over to me." Sean ordered Henry.

"Okay, Lord." Henry picked up a prepared cup and caught the condensate flowing out at the end of the bamboo tube.

After patiently receiving a full glass, Henry smelled it with his nose and could smell the very spicy and pungent smell in the glass: "Lord, are these the legendary spirits? Or do they need to be processed in other ways?"

"This is not liquor, this is liquor puree. Bring it over and let me have a taste." Sean said.

"Okay." Henry, the butler, handed the cup containing the pure liquor to Sean.

Sean took the cup and smelled it. It was indeed a very familiar smell of strong liquor.

Sean took a sip. It was not spicy, probably less than 40 degrees.

"This kind of wine is not good enough. It can't be called spirits. Let's prepare for the second distillation." Sean ordered the butler Henry.

"Okay, Lord."

…

After the pot of ale was almost steamed, Sean directed the children to pour the distilled wine into the pot for secondary distillation.

The wine distilled for the second time had a noticeable improvement. Sean tasted a little and based on his experience of drinking with his boss in his previous life, he could estimate that the wine was about 60 degrees.

So Sean said to Henry: "Henry, bring the drinking water."

"No problem." Henry took the drinking water prepared in advance and handed it to Sean. The drinking water had been boiled and sterilized according to Sean's requirements.

Sean took the drinking water, added less than ten percent water to the pure liquor, and shook it evenly.

I tasted it again and found that the alcohol content had dropped to about 53 degrees, and it already tasted like the liquor from my previous life.

Liquor in the previous life was generally around 53 degrees, because people pay more attention to the taste of liquor. Liquor with 53 degrees has the best taste and will give people a "mellow taste" feeling.

Of course, the wine merchants in the previous life did not directly add water to reduce the alcohol content like Sean, but instead stored the pure liquor in cellars for three years.

During the cellaring process, the alcohol gradually evaporates, and the finished product is about 52-53 degrees, which tastes better than mixing it directly with water.

Sean didn't have as long as three years, so he chose to simply water it down.

...

"Henry, come and try it." After taking a sip and finding it ok, Sean handed the cup to Henry.

Henry was already eager to give it a try. Without thinking, he drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp. After all, they had always drank like this.

The consequences can be imagined. Henry's face turned red instantly from the spicy food: "Is this strong liquor? This is too spicy! How could dwarves like this kind of thing?"

Henry was so excited that he walked around the room. He was about to take a sip of water from the bucket filled with drinking water, but was stopped by Sean.

When Tom and several other children saw Henry's embarrassment, their little faces tensed up and they suppressed their smiles.

"You can't drink water now. Do you feel any difference after drinking the strong liquor?" Sean asked.

"different?"

Henry felt it carefully. In addition to feeling the burning sensation in his mouth, it seemed to be gradually getting warmer.

So Henry said: "It's a little different. It feels warm in the body. No wonder the dwarves like this thing."

"That's right, the biggest use of spirits is to keep away the cold. It's especially suitable for bitterly cold places like the plateau. It's as warm as our Principality of Lane, so we don't really need this kind of thing."

Butler Henry looked at the pure liquor dripping from the bamboo tube with hot eyes, as if looking at gold: "If you sell this thing to the dwarves, you will definitely make a lot of money. After all, we are the only one in the entire Principality of Lane now!"

"From now on, this place will be left to you, and you don't need to worry about other things." Sean patted Henry on the shoulder: "You have to protect this place well, and you must not reveal the secret of the liquor. Do you understand?

?”

"Understood!" After finishing speaking, Henry hesitated again: "But over the territory...do I not care?"

The biggest task of the steward is to help the lord manage the territory. Many territories do not have the position of consul, so the steward is the consul.

"You don't need to take care of the territory. Just leave it to Anduin. All you need to do is manage the affairs of making spirits." Sean said.
Chapter completed!