In the study of Madame Sophie in Pompeii Castle, Madame Sophie was wearing an exquisite light blue long dress, revealing her beautiful figure, with light makeup on her face, looking mature and beautiful.
She sat behind the desk, her hands crossed on the desk, her face looking a little serious.
If it was an ordinary family, the son would definitely be hesitant to talk to his stepmother like this. But fortunately, this is the Pompeii family.
Luther was not intimidated by Madam Sophie's serious expression. He nodded and said, "I feel that the income in the territory is a bit low, so I want to try to start from the winemaking industry."
Madam Sophie frowned her beautiful eyebrows and said, "Luther, you have an extraordinary talent in agriculture. I believe that in one or two years, Pompeii will be two or three times more prosperous than it is now. You are undoubtedly excellent, but this does not mean that you are also excellent in other aspects. The winemaking business is not easy to do."
After Luther heard this, his eyes immediately lit up.
It just so happened that he really knew nothing about the winemaking industry in this world. And the family of this mother in front of him was a professional winemaker.
Although the business is not very big, it definitely has its unique features.
Listen to the analysis first.
Especially since Luther needs to understand the types of wine in this world, if that kind of wine is not available, the technology Luther has mastered will be a killer move.
"Please tell me, mom."
Luther said.
Mrs. Sophie shook her head. Looking at Luther's expression, she knew that persuasion was ineffective. But forget it, let Luther do what he wants.
Anyway, with the breakthrough in agriculture, Pompeii's tax revenue will skyrocket this year and next year.
Income from winemaking used to be very important, but now it is not so important.
Madam Sophie stroked the hair by her ears and said, "Wine is roughly divided into two types, wine for commoners and wine for nobles. For example, in the manor in our territory, we brew beer, which is cheap commoner wine. Part of it is sold internally, and part is sold externally. We have a store in the Baron's city. We make some money every year from the beer business. But the brewing process of this kind of wine is too simple, and there are many people who brew it. And the wine sold to commoners cannot be sold at a high price, so. That's it."
"The second is wine. Unlike common people, wine is about taste. This requires strong technology. The wine produced by powerful wine estates is very popular among nobles and is expensive. It is called red gold. Because of this, winemaking requires both brewing technology and old brands. The Pompeii family is too small to support the wine business."
At this point, Mrs. Sophie felt somewhat helpless.
You can't make much money by brewing low-quality beer, and it's hard to open up the market for wine because you don't have the technology or the brand.
Compared to the beer that was drunk by the common people, the profit from wine was simply too great.
It’s so big that many people are jealous.
But the threshold was too high. Generally, those who owned old and powerful wine estates were the great nobles. Small nobles like Pompey could not run it.
This is also the reason why Mrs. Sophie did not advise Luther to get involved in the winemaking business.
"So that's how it is." Luther pinched his chin, but he didn't intend to give up.
Although it sounds like the winemaking business is unlikely to develop much in front of the Pompeii family, this is for the natives.
We are time travelers and have the skills.
However, the technology that Luther mastered was not wine technology, and Luther did not know how to brew that.
I can't even taste it.
Only those who know how to drink wine and can even tell in which year the wine was brewed and which winery it was brewed from are considered masters.
People who can drink may not necessarily know how to make wine, but people who make wine can definitely drink.
That’s right, the technology that Luther mastered was distilled liquor.
It can be called a “must-have” technology for time travelers.
Of course, it wasn't because Luther knew he was going to travel through time that he went out of his way to find out. Damn it, who would have known he would travel through time?
The reason why Luther knew this technique was because he had a good friend who was an alcoholic.
He claims to have tried all kinds of wine from all over the world.
He also spoke very clearly about winemaking techniques, and not only did he speak very clearly about them, he even went and researched them.
He was the kind of person who had nothing to do. Luther naturally hated this kind of friend.
Because his friend is a rich man, and only rich people would have so much free time.
Anyway, Luther knew about this technology, distilled liquor technology, from this friend. Before crossing over, Luther didn't care about this technology.
After traveling through time, I became very happy with this technology.
He had drunk wine, beer, and other common wines of the time, but he had never drunk any strong wine, only low alcohol.
Only a light taste of wine.
Drinking this low-alcohol wine, you can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, which is no longer a legend.
If we use distillation technology to brew a strong liquor that can burn the whole body, we don't know whether it will be popular, but it will definitely be a major breakthrough for the world's winemaking.
Maybe you can make a fortune from this.
However, Luther still didn't know much about the wine in this world. Maybe other places already had that kind of strong wine and liquor, but he just hadn't tasted it?
So, Luther needed an expert to make sure.
Is there such a strong liquor in this world?
"Cruel, fierce?" Mrs. Sophie took a moment to digest the two words, because Luther's choice of words was very fresh.
After thinking about it, Mrs. Sophie shook her head and said, "I haven't heard of it."
Luther's eyes lit up, and then he bowed to Madam Sophie and said, "Mom, please lend me some money again. I want to produce a new wine. It's hard to describe it now. When the finished product is brewed, you can try it and see if Pompeii can make a fortune with this new wine."
"New wine?" Mrs. Sophie was a business-minded lady and immediately recognized the important words.
In this world where brewing common wine cannot make money, and brewing wine requires not only technology, capital, but also fame, the winemaking industry is a business that will make everyone despair.
But maybe things will be different with new wines.
Mrs. Sophie remembered that this good guy had invented the plow before, and maybe he had some ideas in his mind.
"How much does it cost?" asked Mrs. Sophie.
(End of this chapter)