Chapter 51 51. The smell of wine
"What are you doing? Why don't you come to eat?" Lodel found this place by smelling the spreading aroma of wine.
His eyes swept over Lovey and Mossofie and stopped at the makeshift stove.
A silver kettle with a peculiar shape.
The silver tube was connected to the wooden barrel next to it. The pungent aroma of wine continued to flow out of the barrel.
As the saying goes, good wine needs no bush.
Everyone on the first floor of Fulin Castle smelled something and spontaneously headed towards the blacksmith shop.
Lan Lan couldn't stop her.
"Nothing? Go back quickly." Lovi replied perfunctorily to Lodel, as if he was guarding against a thief. This guy would secretly drink whenever he had the chance, and he even called it speeding up his practice.
"Master, the wine is almost evaporated." Mosuofei reminded.
"Go and fill it up quickly. You're in charge of this stall today." Lowe urged.
Mossofi picked up two long bamboo chopsticks, carefully lifted the lid of the silver pot and opened it, then clumsily filled it with wine, accidentally leaking some, and hurriedly closed the lid.
"What are you doing?" Lodel realized that the key was in the barrel and slowly moved his face closer.
The seal of the wooden barrel was not very tight, and the intoxicating smell kept leaking out.
It's actually possible!
Luo Deer was not a fool. In a flash, she understood the principle. The corners of her mouth rose slightly.
"Dale, don't touch my things!"
Luo Wei warned him that he was a little hungry, so he took Lan Lan to the restaurant for dinner. When they returned, the entrance of the blacksmith shop was already crowded with people.
A group of drunkards gathered in the corridor, taking deep breaths of the air with intoxicated looks.
Lovey squeezed his way through and saw the butler and his wife.
"Master, this wine is really strong!" said Mosoffe drunkenly.
"Yes, this wine is very good, and the off-flavors and sourness have been reduced." Lodel's face flushed and she nodded in affirmation.
"You two idiots, do I need to distill this wine again? You drank it all! I don't even know if it's poisonous or not." Lowe was furious as he looked at the empty wooden barrel.
He drove out the housekeeper and his wife who had committed embezzlement, and gave the task of looking after the wine to the maid Lanlan who did not drink.
After thinking about it, I felt that it was not very safe, after all, there were too many people on the first floor of the castle.
Therefore, the wine-distilling furnace was moved to the fourth floor, where Lan Lan was in charge, and Luo Wei also arranged a guard to assist.
The silver kettle was too energy-consuming. He went upstairs to take a nap. It seemed that this would be no problem.
Little did they know that they had missed an important factor.
There was no way the useless Lan Lan could stop Evelin.
When Lovey sensed his mother appearing downstairs through his mind, he knew something bad was going to happen.
Sure enough, he hurried downstairs to check and found that there was not a drop of wine left.
The extravagant Evelin even tried it with red wine. There wasn't much red wine at home, so she used it all up.
Not only that, Evelin also warmly entertained all the drunkards and bought people’s hearts, “Son, are you going to get rich?”
Luo Wei's face was dark, and he didn't want to talk at all. He glanced at the people who were staggering, "Is it interesting?"
"Oh, don't be stingy. I'll have as many stoves and wine as you want. Mom will get some out for you in a few days."
"I don't care what you do, but the secrets must not be leaked out."
Evelin promised solemnly, “Of course I won’t leak it out, I’m planning to make money from this, hehe.” She laughed out loud with joy.
Lo Wei glanced at Luo Deer lying on the table. She was already drunk! She always boasted to herself that she could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, but she didn't expect that she was so vulnerable.
Lovi gently patted Lodel's cheek, but she didn't respond. She closed her eyes tightly, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.
Also at the table for four were the butler Mosophie and the head maid Triss. They were also drunk and had dazed looks.
It’s good that there are no outsiders, Lovey nodded secretly.
"Son, what price are you going to sell this wine for?"
"I heard that a glass of wine in a tavern costs about one copper coin. The price of distilled wine must be several times higher. Five copper coins for a glass?"
“It’s too small.” Evelin shook her finger.
"How much do you want to sell it for?" Lovi heard an exaggerated number: "One silver dollar, are you mistaken?"
One silver dollar is equivalent to about one thousand iron coins, and its purchasing power is equivalent to one thousand cakes. Is the consumption power of ordinary people so high? "That's right! Just sell it for one silver dollar!" Evelyn's eyes flashed with greed, "Steamed wine not only tastes good, but also has a much higher bonus on blood circulation than ordinary wine. The nobles must like it very much. Selling one silver coin for one cup is a bit low. If you can find a way to continue to improve the quality, you can consider selling one gold coin for one bottle."
"You mean you only sell it to nobles?"
"It's easiest to make money from the nobles, while the common people don't get any. The wealth of this world is concentrated in the hands of the nobles. The profit from improving the quality a little bit is far greater than dumping it on the common people at a low price."
"Maybe." Lowe understood this.
It is precisely because of this that the world has not changed for hundreds or thousands of years.
If scientific and technological progress cannot benefit the people and is only enjoyed by a few people, what is the point?
You can't change the world, you can only grab wealth temporarily.
Evelyn was immersed in joy, and now she only wanted to quickly sell the distilled wine to Duke Dafen and brag about it.
"Son, don't call it steamed wine anymore. It's easy to expose business secrets. Change the name."
"Brandy, then."
"Okay! You are the creator, you have the final say. Let's call it Warrior's Blood Brandy."
"Why is it called Warrior's Blood? That's weird."
"To remind the buyer that this wine has a miraculous effect on accelerating the circulation of qi and blood, and can help warriors practice faster. Of course, it is to sell it at a higher price!"
"Well, actually this wine is not a finished product. It can be distilled several times, and the purity will be improved each time."
“You’re not kidding.” Evelin’s eyes widened, and she excitedly pressed her son’s shoulders, muttering, “I’m rich, I’m really rich this time.”
"I think ordinary warrior blood can be sold to civilians in the tavern at a slightly lower price." Lovey shouted to Evelyn who turned around hurriedly.
Obviously, this statement fell on deaf ears.
In the evening, Laudel woke up. She shook her dizzy head and found herself in the bedroom. She opened the window and took a deep breath to wake up.
After leaving the bedroom, she went to the fourth floor to take a look at the place where wine was steamed with a thieving heart.
Only the residual smell of wine remained, and the place had already been cleaned up.
Lodel frowned unhappily, "Stingy guy! Humph"
After going downstairs and looking around, Lovi was not in sight. Lodel asked the soldier standing guard at the door, "Where is the lord?"
"My Lord, he has gone out and hasn't come back yet."
(End of this chapter)
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