Cosma Empire

Mr. Klein's face is as smelly as a duck egg that has been put in autumn from spring, the kind with a crack in it, and the stinky one attracts flies.

The inexplicable loss of six yuan just now made him a little unhappy. After cursing the union people in the office for a while, that guy Graf ran in again. The stinky man crowded beside Mr. Kline, stretched out his bandaged hand, and demanded medical expenses and nutritional expenses. What a damn guy, but for some reason, Mr. Klein didn't haggle over the price, and didn't scold Graff, he just took out six dollars and kicked him out.

The two who were supposed to hold on until next month before they could get the money to do "market research" changed their clothes and left the station.

During this period, almost all pubs were selling a variety of strong alcohol. The pain caused by the war is still spreading, coupled with the huge social and political changes, the mental pain urgently needs something to anesthetize its spirit and body. Apart from women, the best choice would probably be something like high alcohol.

The two entered a bar called "Friends of the Workers" one after the other. After Du Lin got into the small black door under the scrutiny of a big man, the smell that hit his face almost made him vomit all the food he ate last year. come out.

The smell of sweat, feet, alcohol, vomit, dizzy body odor, and an indescribable odor mixed together, constantly impacting and challenging his tenacious nerves. Graff grabbed his arm and squeezed the dazed Doolin to the edge of the bar. It seems that Graf is a regular customer here, and the bartender came over as soon as he sat down, "What do you want today? Red fruit wine?"

Red fruit wine is a kind of fruit wine fermented from red fruit. After fermentation, the residue is filtered out, and there is a slightly cloudy red fruit wine. The price of red fruit wine is not expensive, you can buy a glass for 11 or 12 cents, and it is one of the main alcoholic drinks for the working class. But this kind of wine has a big disadvantage, that is, there is always an inexplicable taste of rotten fruit in the wine, which is the taste left in the fermentation.

In addition, if the fermentation time is not enough, there will be some astringent feeling in the wine.

However, all the disadvantages are not a problem under the low price.

Graf chuckled, lowered his voice and said, "Give us a cup of golden light, a cup of girl in a dress."

The bartender looked at Graf and Du Lin beside him in surprise, he couldn't believe his ears. If it weren't for Graf's reputation, the bartender would definitely think he heard it wrong.

Golden Light is the abbreviation of a high-grade wine, and its full name is "Sisi Golden Sunshine". Its origin is Secivia in the Grom Empire. The name of the girl in a dress comes from a wine bottle called "Heaven", which has a picture of a girl in a red dress. It is also from abroad. The girl in the skirt is also called red skirt wine in some places.

These two wines are considered as one of the high-end wines of the middle and low grades. Within the Yaoxing Empire, it is not dare to say it elsewhere. In Tener City, these wines are the main products consumed by the middle and lower classes. Both wines were enjoyed by businessmen and families, from workers to the well-to-do. However, as the post-war economy was hit hard, the taste of these two wines has deteriorated a lot. Part of it is that domestic private wine cellars are wantonly counterfeiting this kind of wine, and the immature craftsmanship has caused deviations in alcohol content and taste.

On the other hand, bars in many places are selling blended wine, and few original wines are sold. After blending, three bottles become four bottles, and the extra is pure profit, and many bars enjoy it.

Of course, this time, Du Lin will not drink those inferior counterfeit wines, nor will he drink blended wines, because these two glasses of wine were ordered by Graff. Graff has a good reputation,

He is helpful, and some things will come out, so he has a good name and reputation around here, and the bar will not sell those fake things to him, unless the bar thinks he is too idle.

In fact, sometimes a prestigious person not only proves that a person is of great help to the surrounding people, but also may indicate that a person often causes trouble to others.

Graff has both!

Soon two glasses of high-strength wine were served. The bar used a square cup, which could stand in the palm of your hand. It was about ten centimeters high, and it was seven-tenths full. It looked like two or two five. One glass is as bright yellow as the champagne in a dream, while the other glass is orange-yellow, exuding a strong aroma of wine when it comes up.

The bartender approached the bar, lowered his voice and said, "Five yuan in total!"

Graf just gave him a sideways glance, and slapped a five-dollar bill on the table. The bartender smiled nonchalantly, and put the money into the money box.

"Try it?" Graff's throat rolled, and that's why he only earned more than forty dollars after working as a porter for so long. In addition to coming over to drink often, he sometimes needs to call a girl or two to discuss matters about the origin of species, so he has worked hard to save money, and he only saved more than forty yuan.

His blackened lips pressed against the edge of the wine glass, he took a small breath, then trembled all over, raised his neck, and let out a sigh of relief, "It's really delicious!" , As he spoke, he took another big sip, and the glass of wine was already reduced by half, and the muscles that were tense all over his body due to heavy physical work became much more relaxed. He pushed the cup to Du Lin's side, "Try it too."

Du Lin picked up the wine glass and changed the direction, and took a sip, and a pungent and choking feeling suddenly appeared in his mouth. He swallowed the little liquid in his mouth, and his neck immediately turned red. There seemed to be a flame burning in the chest, making the whole body warm.

"Spicy, choking, but there is also a hint of sweetness." Du Lin put it down and was slapped, "There seems to be an indescribable woody smell?"

Graf smiled and nodded, "Yes, there is also dragon's blood wood. Most of the high-grade wine needs to be added with dragon's blood wood powder. Only by adding dragon's blood wood can high-quality wine be brewed. What is the specific principle? I don’t know, but everyone says so.”

At this time, Du Lin realized that in this world, the brewing of high-grade wine has nothing to do with the distillation process, but is purified through a material called dragon's blood wood. He has heard about dragon blood wood. It seems to be a species left over from prehistoric times, and it exists all over the world. The growth speed of this kind of tree is not slow, and it can be used in about 20 years. The only trouble is that the nutrients needed for the growth of this kind of dragon's blood wood are somewhat different - it needs to absorb enough cow's blood in each growth stage to be able to grow.

Next to the world's largest dragon's blood tree farm, there are large-scale pastures. The blood of the cows is used to irrigate the dracaena trees, and the beef is sold for human consumption. It is precisely because of this reason that the price of beef in this world is not very expensive, and ordinary people can afford it.

Du Lin tasted another glass of wine, which had a bit of bitterness, but this bit of bitterness did not destroy the overall taste of the wine, but instead added a touch of lingering aftertaste. He couldn't help nodding, this girl in a dress tastes better than Jin Guang, it gives people a bitterness like a lost love, but after the bitterness, there can be a sweet aftertaste and aftertaste of the happiness of being in love, it's okay.

After the two finished drinking, they patted their buttocks and left, which surprised the bartender. You must know that every time Graf came, besides drinking, he had to make out with the bar girls, which had become a routine. This time... the bartender couldn't help but take a few more glances at Du Lin who was walking towards the gate. He was indeed a very handsome young man! He smiled, and he didn't know what he thought of, and there was a weird expression on his face.

Graff would kill if he knew he was being treated as a gay. Fortunately, he didn't know, and Du Lin didn't know either.

The two returned to the rental room, immediately took out the bottled high-strength wine from under the bed, poured it into two cups, and tasted it at the same time.

After adding the syrup, the taste is not so bitter, but there is still a huge difference compared to the golden light and the red skirt, not in the degree of alcohol, but in the texture and taste. Compared with the two mature high-strength wines, when this distilled high-strength wine is drunk, it is like being hit on the forehead with an axe, grinning. This kind of wine does not mean that there is no market, but the market is definitely not as good as those two wines.

The golden light and the red dress can be sold for two yuan and five in the bar, and this kind of wine is only one yuan and five at most. A difference of one yuan for a cup means that there is at least a difference of three yuan for a bottle, and this is definitely not something that Du Lin and Graf can afford.

"What should I do?" Picking up the cup and baring his teeth, he drank the wine in the quilt dry. Graf, who looked slightly drunk, rubbed his head, "Let's find a way!"

While recalling some things in the dream, Du Lin thought about how to complete the qualitative change of distilled wine in this world with the level of technology in this world. After a while, he hesitated and said, "I have two ways."

Graff's eyes lit up like light bulbs, "Tell me!"

"The first is storage. Store these wines in scented wooden barrels, preferably dragon's blood wood barrels, and press them in the cellar for a year. By then, the taste will definitely be much better than it is now."

"The second method is to further blend, add some berry fruits, and then reduce the concentration to become a high-grade fruit wine, so that the taste and texture can be more saturated."

Graf didn't even think about it, and started yelling, "Don't choose the first one, it takes too long, and I can't bear to wait so long. Just choose the second one, it's fast, as long as we have money, we are going to try the second one." Either way will do. I've had enough of being poor!"