Chapter 790 Wine in the Monastery
After hearing Pascal's words, several people turned to look at him: "Is there any fun place on this island? What fun place?"
Pascal said, "A monastery."
Khedira's first reaction when he heard the word 'monastery' was: "Is there any good wine for sale there?"
Kasin's eyes lit up: "Beer or wine?"
Their reaction is not without reason: the cradle of modern red wine is actually a monastery.
Catholic priests are forbidden from marrying, but they are allowed to drink alcohol. According to the Bible, Paul once publicly told Timothy to use alcohol as a disinfectant to treat his gastrointestinal problems, which meant he had to drink alcohol. Jesus also performed the miracle of turning wine into water. The same is true today. How can one receive Communion without drinking alcohol?
Of course, they can drink but they can't get drunk or become overly drunk. However, almost everyone who drinks has gotten drunk at some point... This is a huge contradiction.
The development of wine is really inseparable from monasteries.
In that period, religion in Europe was considered to be "all-powerful," with almost everything that made money being handled by religion, including wine. Centuries ago, Europeans considered wine to be a commodity, a luxury, and an indispensable sacred nectar.
Because God says in the Bible, "When you eat bread, you eat my flesh; when you drink wine, you drink my blood," Catholicism has used wine as a sacred symbol of the Eucharist since the fourth century AD. At that time, wine, in addition to its religious purpose, was also used for healing. Various ingredients were incorporated into the winemaking process, which in turn spurred its development. At that time, the church virtually monopolized the wine business. Monasteries almost exclusively cultivated grapes and produced wine for sale. Today, nearly every historic monastery in Europe maintains its own vineyards and winemaking traditions. The now-famous French Burgundy wine is actually the product of nearly a thousand years of development by the Cistercian Order.
In addition to traditional wine, another well-known brewing style is the renowned "monastery beer." Monasteries are not churches. Generally, they are located in secluded areas amidst picturesque scenery, somewhat similar to Chinese temples and Taoist temples. However, unlike Chinese monks and Taoists who ate vegetarian food, chanted scriptures, and farmed, monks, besides studying the Bible, spent a large portion of their time brewing beer.
In particular, Belgium's "Abbey Beer" has almost become Belgium's "national business card" today.
Fabian once brought Xiao Peng a beer called "Westfleethen". When Xiao Peng saw this beer, he was a little confused: What kind of beer is this?
The bottles looked like Coca-Cola bottles, without even a label. They were made of a wooden base, separated by wooden slats. A box held twenty-four bottles. "Westfleethen" was written on the side of the box as a trademark. It looked as shabby as it could be.
At that time, Xiao Peng looked disgusted when he drank it, but after taking a sip, his expression changed to "It's delicious". After asking around, he learned that this was "Monastery Beer". The factory price of the beer was less than 1.5 euros per bottle when it left the monastery, and it was nearly 100 euros per bottle when it left the monastery and reached the market. He still couldn't get it.
Pascal said, "This is a Trappist monastery, don't you think?"
Kasin and Khedira said in unison: "Beer!"
Trappism is a Catholic sect that has always inherited and followed traditional brewing techniques to make beer. The "Fisternfluhten" beer comes from a Trappist monastery.
Kaxin looked longingly: "I wonder if the boss can bring back some beer when he comes back..."
Pascal continued, "I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. Although it's a Trappist place, they don't make wine. The climate and soil here aren't suitable for growing crops. And more importantly, this is a convent!"
After hearing Pascal's words, there was a burst of whistles at the scene.
What is a convent? It's like a nunnery in China, a place where only nuns live.
"Well, the boss really won't be coming back this time!" Khedira sighed, "This is like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth."
Pascal frowned slightly: "Khedira, you guys are back from the battlefield, so I can understand what you said, but can you please consider me? I still don't accept such a thing as a joke!"
After hearing Pascal's words, Khedira hurriedly apologized.
Pascal, however, held his chin up and said, "'A sheep walking into a tiger's mouth'? That's quite a descriptive phrase."
“…”Everyone’s face was filled with black lines.
"Damn it!" Pascal cursed. "I've been influenced by hanging out with you killers and atheists every day! But there's one thing I need to make clear. I don't think Xiao can have anything to do with those nuns. After all, they believe in the 'Vow of Silence' here."
"Oath of silence?" Hua Chong was confused.
Pascal explained: "The moment they enter this convent, they remain silent and never speak again. This is how they serve God."
Hua Chong suddenly realized, "We have people like this in our country too. Some Buddhists practice 'silent meditation' in the same way. It's very similar to what you call the 'vow of silence'."
Kasin said, "A group of silent nuns...what would happen if they saw the boss and Rihanna doing something unspeakable over there?"
Everyone fell silent. This guess was so convincing!
Khedira coughed twice and changed the subject, asking, "Pascal, this is your first time here too, right? How do you know so much?"
Pascal said, "What do you think I've been doing in the cabin these days? Now I finally understand how bored Xiao was when he was looking up information. I wanted to experience Xiao's work, but it almost drove me crazy! From now on, whoever's responsible for the job will do it! I'm saying, are you guys going to play mahjong?"
"Let's fight!" Kasin said directly: "It seems that the boss really can't come back today! We can have some fun!"
"Aren't you sleeping?" Hua Chong asked.
Ka Xin said, "Does anyone know what the security situation is like here? What if someone sneaks onto the boat? It's nice to play mahjong so late at night."
As soon as he finished speaking, Khedira and Hua Chong suddenly stood up and looked into the distance.
"What's wrong?" Pascal asked in confusion.
"There's the sound of an engine, and it's going very fast." Hua Chong said.
Kasim even took out his gun and looked in the direction of the sound.
Not long after, a motorcycle came rushing over at high speed and suddenly stopped beside the boat. "You guys are so good! Hurry up and start the boat. Let's get out of here!"
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