Yang Qianyu nodded and said, "That's right, after successfully trying a new wine, I also did the same process with beer, and finally made this kind of liquor that is similar to whiskey on earth." However, I prefer to call them 'grape shochu' and 'wheat soju' rather than 'brandy' and 'whiskey'. How does it feel? ”

"The wine is good." Li Xiang did not hesitate to praise the words. "It's just that your name is so bad, since it's made after the process of brandy and whiskey, why don't you just call it brandy and whiskey?"

“…… Not good. After thinking about it for a while, Yang Qianyu shook his head thoughtfully. There is a suspicion of plagiarism, and it seems to be flattering. ”

"Cut-" Li Xiang gestured his middle finger in disdain. The heart said that you are all copycats, what do you care about worshipping foreign countries? Besides, the world you have traveled to has almost nothing to do with the earth, so what if you just copy the name of the wine? Could it be that the white guys in Europe and the United States on the earth can still travel through to arrest them and try them for infringement crimes?

"Old Yang, how did you come up with this thing?" Fu Bin asked with excitement. "You must know that with the winemaking process of the Iber continent, you will never be able to make such a wine."

"Indeed, if I count on the existing brewing facilities, I am afraid that I will not be able to make this kind of sake by the end of the world." Yang Qianyu shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "I don't know if you know the distillers used by those alchemists and potions apothecaries on the continent to refine liquid essences?" My sake is made by repeated distillation in a still. ”

"You actually use an alchemist's still to distill liquor?" Li Xiang was taken aback, frowned, and muttered, "Hmm...... That's right, the most critical thing in the brewing process of brandy is distillation and purification, and the winemaking methods on the mainland are all fermentation and winemaking, and no one has ever thought of distilling. But wouldn't it be a waste of wine to do so? ”

"Yes, it takes 10 litres of wine to extract the essence of 5 litres of brandy. If you continue to steam, you will be less pure. Yang Qianyu said calmly, "The same is true for the steaming of whisky - but even so, it is worth it." You have also seen and tasted the distilled and refined liquor, which is transparent and flawless, and the taste is even like a fire, and it can even burn to the end when touched by an open flame. In addition, the oak trees in this world are exactly the same as those on earth, and if they are made into wooden barrels for wine, and these distilled spirits are stored in oak barrels for a period of time, then after distillation, the original transparent and colorless wine will gradually turn into an amber gold, and the taste will tend to be softer, which will add a unique and intoxicating aroma. I believe that anyone who has tasted them will fall in love with the deliciousness of these two wines. I don't think anyone would doubt that, right? ”

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"Needless to say?!"

The next day, inside the Château de Preli in Kasha. After tasting the brandy and whiskey presented as gifts by visiting Li Xiang and Yang Qianyu (after arguments and compromises, Yang Qianyu finally decided to name the new wine), Kasya's excitement was evident when asked how the two tasted like.

Earlier, during the wine tasting, Kasha almost felt a little drunk, which was a rare occurrence. Although water is the most common drink in the world of Iber, it is generally believed that wine is more nutritious and better for digestion than water. Therefore, in the four major city-states of mankind, from the king to the farmer, although the status is different, except for those who cannot drink for a long time due to physical reasons, almost everyone will drink some alcohol every day. The aristocrats of good taste drank only the fine products produced by the first squeezing of grapes from a particular region; The ladies and ladies preferred the lighter berry wines; In addition to drinking pure wheat beer, the fighters who have experienced battles all year round will occasionally drink a few glasses of good-quality wine to change their taste; As for ordinary civilians, the cheapest beer is drunk the most, and eighty percent of it is mixed with water.

Kasha, who grew up in this kind of customs and culture, naturally had no less than a lot of alcohol, but now that she took a sip, she realized that the aroma of the wine was unexpectedly strong. The so-called spirits in the kingdom are almost no different from water than they are.

"Good fellow," Kashya muttered. The fragrance is mellow, and the sex is as strong as fire, and I want to like this wine whether it is a hot-blooded man or an elegant lady.

Previously, when Li Xiang and others came to visit and said that they were going to cooperate with Kasha for a big business, Kasha was still wondering what business Li Xiang and they were going to talk about with him. However, after tasting the two kinds of fine wine sent by the other party as a gift, Kasha already knew in her heart that the business in Li Xiang's mouth was not unexpected, and it was thought to be related to the first taste of the wine.

"In my opinion, if this wine is sold at a marked price, what is its value?" Feeling Kasha's thoughtful slight bow, Li Xiang and Yang Qianyu looked at each other and smiled slightly, and then Li Xiang asked proudly.

"I don't know much about wine culture," said Casya, after a moment's thought, "but this wine is even more fragrant than the fine wines in the Governor's Mansion in Breitnia, and it is a new wine that has never been seen before. If I had to pay a price, I think I'd be willing to buy a few boxes as long as it didn't exceed twenty gold coins a bottle. ”

"Really?" Li Xiang blinked when he heard this, and looked at Yang Qianyu. Yang Qianyu saw that Li Xiang looked at him with an inquiring look in his eyes, so he nodded slightly and made a hint that only the people who crossed the crowd understood each other. Li Xiang's eyes flashed, and he smiled happily at Kasha, "So, if I tell my lord that this kind of wine is not only not complicated to brew at all, but can even be reprocessed and manufactured by directly purchasing the original liquor, and the cost is less than five gold coins, do you think this business is still done?" ”。

Most of the wines that can be drunk by ordinary people are defective products that have been squeezed twice or even three times, and mixed with peel and pomace. Even the most commonly drunk fermented beers are made from aged grains and local fermentation. These shoddy cans sell for only two silver coins, and they are not an unaffordable luxury. However, the high-quality products that are carefully packaged and enjoyed by the nobles are not cheap at all, and the price is even a hundred times that of ordinary wine. If nothing else, the glass bottle itself is worth more than a gold coin. The price of the twenty gold coins offered by Kasha can be said to be very high.

Of course it was done--Kasha's eyes lit up after listening to Li Xiang's words, and there was a huge voice roaring in his heart. At this time, she seemed to see the golden gold piled up in front of her like a hill, and the blood flowing in her veins was almost boiling.

For less than five gold coins, you can sell it for twenty gold coins - oh my God, that's an unambiguous profit of up to 300 percent!

In the world of Iber, there was once a conservative old aristocrat who once said: "There is no more despicable person in the world than those profiteers who do not do their jobs properly and take advantage of their business." If there is fifty percent profit, they are willing to take risks, if there is one hundred percent profit, they dare to trample on all the laws of the kingdom, if there is three hundred percent profit, they dare to commit any crime, even at the risk of angering the gods. ”

In the early days of the kingdom of human kings, the behavior of merchants buying and selling to earn the difference in price was in the eyes of the people, just like the speculators^ who inflated ^interest ^ and loans, and it was both present and dishonorable. With the gradual development of the times, the status of merchants has improved compared to the past. But in general, the overall commercial system of the human city-state kingdom is not yet mature. The most basic reason why people need to 'sell something' is because they need to get money to 'buy something'. Business is more about surviving than just about getting more accounts. With the exception of a few luxury items, the prices of items are mostly quite fair. But good wine, especially the best of good wines, is undoubtedly a luxury that is beyond the reach of ordinary people.