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"Hehe, Maupassant told me, Claude, you listen to me, I will help you repay your loan, as long as you go to work on my ranch, what do you think?" Zeng Gong said eagerly.

"Working on the ranch?" Claude frowned, and then said with some anger, "Mr. Zeng, what do you mean? Although our family's brewery is in trouble, no one can rob it, and we will all go to jail and run the brewery when we come out, and we will make a comeback." ”

"No, no, Claude, I didn't mean that, I meant that I lent you money, and I have no interest in the secret recipe of your brewery, of course if you think you can cooperate with me, you can use your brewing recipe to cooperate with us. Zeng Gong hurriedly explained.

"Cooperation?" Claude was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked, "Mr. Zeng, what do you mean?"

"Yes, I grow a lot of high-quality wheat and barley on my pasture, but if I only sell grain, it is too cost-effective, so I thought about grinding wheat and barley into flour or making wine, and Maupassant recommended you for me. Zeng Gong said with a smile: "As for the secret recipe of your brewery, Maupassant mentioned it to me, but in the words of us Chinese, it is my luck and my life, what I care about is not the secret recipe, it is the craftsmanship of your two brothers." ”

"Aren't you like the Japanese?" Claude asked hesitantly.

Now he has already taken out his savings, but in the face of huge loans, it is still a drop in the bucket, the bank is urging in the past few days, and now the two brothers are anxious, and the Japanese who have set a trap for them are even more tireless these days, constantly harassing them, it can be said that it is their unique job.

"Why am I like them, is your secret recipe valuable? If I wanted any recipe, I could have hired a group of archaeologists to dig up in the Middle East, to Egypt, and the tutankhamenbrew from the Temple of the Sun sold very well, one of the most expensive beers in the world. Zeng Gong said nonchalantly, in his opinion, no matter how good the wine is, it needs people to brew it.

"Mr. Zeng, what you said is very tempting, but I have to discuss this matter with Schroeder, after all, it is a major matter about the family, and we have to be cautious. Claude hesitated, to be honest, Zeng Gong's conditions were too good, so people couldn't refuse, although with their own craftsmanship, countless wineries would definitely open their doors for themselves, but it was a pity that they would not pay for their huge loans, even if they deducted their wages in the future, there would not be any wineries that would do this.

"Well, Claude, I'm waiting for good news from you, but I'd like you to be able to come to Bordeaux, there's a tricky problem that needs your help. Zeng Gong sighed, agreed, and waited for Claude's good news.

"How is it, Mr. Zeng?" Wood asked with concern, if Zeng Gong could solve the problem, he would not go to the afforestation with great fanfare, as for the grape tree saplings bought, it is very easy to do, isn't Zeng Gong, a local tyrant, here.

"There's some trouble with Claude, let's wait now, I think there's news in the afternoon. Zeng Gong shook his head regretfully.

If it weren't for their family's crisis, he would have invited Claude.

Wood felt a little helpless when he heard this, but he still took Zeng Gong and Elena to visit the Holy Oak Winery.

The reason why France is called the old world of wine is entirely due to the fact that they follow the tradition of producing wine, weeding and fertilizing are completely manual work, and even in the winery, because of this, there are also a few mules and horses used for servitude, of course, they are also opposed by animal protection organizations every year, but who cares about this, because they follow the tradition left by their ancestors, when the founder of animal protection organizations was not born.

"This is the winery's cellar. Driving the battery car to a low hillside, Wood explains.

Upon entering, the car was placed in a specific parking lot, and then they boarded a battery car, which, according to Wood, was used solely to reduce the pollution caused by the car to the winery.

The hill is not very high, it looks like it is only thirty or forty meters high, but after hundreds of years of hard work, the hillside has long been hollowed out for wine storage, and although the surrounding area looks primitive, the gate has long been replaced by a more convenient electric gate.

Wood used fingerprints and passwords to open the electric door, which is not to blame Wood for being careful, because the wine in the cellar is very valuable, and of course, wine does not become more valuable the longer it is stored.

"Vintage" has a special meaning in the field of wine, it is related to the weather conditions of the year, the characteristics of the terroir and other natural factors, and is a prerequisite for the quality of the wine. The criteria for judging a good year are not related to age, but to a series of natural indicators, such as rainfall and sunshine hours. Just as the 2000 vintage was an excellent vintage, with a very high score from the wine critic Robert Parker, this vintage was even more expensive than the 1991 vintage.

Of course, the value of a bottle of red wine is also reflected in the skill of the winemaker and the precision of the winemaking process, and more importantly, if the wine has a high sugar content, then the taste of the wine will deteriorate over time, and only those wines with sufficient tannin content are more stored.

The wines of Château Saint Oak have such advantages, even if they are stored for hundreds of years will not change, which makes the wines of 1885 and even the previous years precious, according to the tasters and experts of the Wood family, the oldest vintage of red wine can continue to be stored for more than 20 years, and this is a big gimmick for 100 years of wine, not to mention that they are not worse than the taste of Lafite in the best vintage, as long as the publicity is effective, the opportunity of Saint Oak Domain, provided that it can also make the previous wonderful wine.

Zeng Gong found that although fluorescent lamps were installed in the wine cellar, they were not turned on, but completely used the method of natural lighting, and there were countless small skylights above the roof of the wine cellar, so that the sunlight could just shine in, because of the placement of the wine racks, no bottle of wine would be directly exposed to the sun, and it would not be affected by the increase in the surrounding temperature due to the sunlight.

Both the ceiling and the floor, and even the surrounding walls, are completely wrapped in oak, which is said to ensure a stable temperature and humidity in the cellar.

"Wood, what a fucking luxury your wine cellar is. Zeng Gong couldn't help but sigh. (To be continued.) )