Chapter Seventy-Four: A New Tavern
Wine occupies a very important place in the Otherworld, and can be roughly divided into red wine and beer.
Spiced red wine is the favorite of the aristocratic lords, is a symbol of status, can be held in the banquet without too much food, but can not be without spiced wine.
But for this kind of spiced red wine, Zhang Feng is not sensitive, he can't stand the strange taste of countless spices added to the sour wine.
In Zhang Feng's view, this is not drinking, this is drinking medicine.
Beer, on the other hand, is consumed by civilians as "drinking water".
This is not to say that everyone can afford to drink beer, but that people prefer beer when conditions allow.
Because they don't drink hot water, the sanitary conditions in the other world are very poor, there are not many clean water sources, and it is easy to contract gastrointestinal diseases when they drink it, which is also one of the reasons why they don't like to take a bath, thinking that the water has germs.
Alcohol, on the other hand, has a bactericidal effect.
Although these wines are only slightly fermented, have a low alcohol concentration, often spoil and sour, and have no hops, they are still the first choice for everyone.
So with taverns, most pubs make a living by selling low-quality beer and a small amount of brown bread.
The tavern in Red Leaf City, Zhang Feng went to it once, the tavern is not clean all the year round, the table is covered with a thick layer of ash and grease, and the floor is full of food residues left by merchants, mud and animal feces on the soles of shoes, which is comparable to the previous livestock Red Leaf Hotel.
Zhang Feng didn't know how those people could drink here, maybe he didn't eat minced meat anymore, but now that he was the city lord of Red Leaf City, he naturally wanted to change this situation.
What's more, taverns are a place to make money.
This tavern is the personal property of Zhang Feng, the city lord, and if he wants to order reform, he only needs to give an order.
Zhang Feng and Caroline came to the tavern, although the rebuilt tavern is still incomparable with the Blue Star in Zhang Feng's opinion, but compared to before, it is completely new.
"Not bad!"
Zhang Feng was very satisfied.
Caroline was very happy to receive Zhang Feng's compliment, because she was solely responsible for the construction of the tavern.
"The waiters in the tavern are selected from which female slaves, and dozens of security guards are already in place, so it's time for you to prepare the wine."
Zhang Feng also has many female slaves, and the waiters in the tavern are naturally none other than them.
However, the tavern is a little more chaotic than other places, after all, after being stimulated by alcohol, no one dares to guarantee that they will be quiet.
This is in Zhang Feng's consideration, so security is very necessary.
And security guards are a new profession recently released by Zhang Feng, and these security guards are selected from those who want to join the army but are not selected.
However, these security guards were not recruited by the Castle Lord's Mansion or the City Hall, but by the Momiji Tavern alone.
They do not belong to the civil servants of Red Leaf City, and do not enjoy the welfare policies of civil servants, simply put, they are temporary workers.
But because of Zhang Feng's high price, in addition to no benefits, the salary is lower than that of soldiers, so it is easy to recruit people.
"Hello Lord of the City!"
More than a dozen security guards stood in several rows and bowed to Zhang Feng.
Although these people are not burly enough, they still look quite energetic, and Zhang Feng will equip them with weapons, with these people, ordinary troublemakers can handle it.
As for the unusual, then only soldiers can be dispatched.
The order of Red Leaf City is something that Zhang Feng cares about very much, and anyone who dares to go against him will not end well.
After encouraging the security guards, Zhang Feng and Caroline went to the back kitchen of the tavern.
The large wooden barrels were neatly arranged, and before I entered the door, I smelled a faint aroma of wine, most of which was the aroma of beer, and there was also a small amount of liquor.
The reason why the taste is light is because Zhang Feng mixed a lot of cold white open, of course, this light is for Zhang Feng, for people from other worlds, this is a strong wine fragrance!
"It smells so good!"
Caroline wrinkled her cute little nose.
"Do you like to drink?"
Zhang Feng asked curiously, when Caroline invited him to dinner for the first time, she prepared a bottle of spiced red wine, but then she didn't drink it because Zhang Feng couldn't drink it.
After that, Zhang Feng didn't seem to take out any wine, because Zhang Feng himself didn't like to drink very much.
"I used to like to drink it, because mulled wine is the best drink for me, but now I like to drink milk tea, nutrition express, cola......"
Looking at Caroline's appearance of folding her fingers, Zhang Feng felt that Caroline was particularly cute at this time.
Zhang Feng subconsciously stretched out his hand and wanted to rub Caroline's hair, but when he thought that this was outside, if he messed up her hair that had been taken care of for a long time, it would affect her image somewhat, so he forcibly resisted his actions and pinched her cheeks instead.
It's tender, slippery, and feels great in the hand.
Although this is not the first time Zhang Feng has made such an intimate gesture to her, Caroline still blushes a little, after all, except for Zhang Feng and her father, she has not had intimate contact with other men, and Charles has never even touched her hand.
"Zhang, Lord Zhang Feng, what's wrong?"
Looking at Caroline's shy and puzzled eyes, Zhang Feng smiled and said:
"It's nothing, I just think you're so cute!"
Hearing Zhang Feng say that she was cute, Caroline's eyes were bent, but when she saw someone coming in the distance, she immediately sorted out her emotions and turned into a cold look.
"See Lord Castle Lord, Lady Castle Lord!"
Three emaciated men walked towards Zhang Feng, and before they could come to their side, they knelt down and saluted.
"Get up."
Zhang Feng waved his hand, these three people were one of the few male slaves of Zhang Feng.
These are mixed with a large amount of cold and white wine, although it is not a valuable thing to Zhang Feng, but it takes three days for him to travel through it after all, so the amount of wine is limited, and he has to find someone he trusts to manage these wines.
These slaves were loyal to Zhang Feng and were naturally good candidates.
After the three of them got up, they stood respectfully in front of Zhang Feng.
Zhang Feng asked:
"What do you think of these wines?"
The three slaves looked at each other, and one of them, who looked more mature, spoke.
"Back to the City Lord, I think these wines are much better than the previous wines in our Red Leaf City, and the previous beer can't be compared to them at all! It's really ...... It's so delicious! This is the real wine! ”
Listening to the slave's somewhat excited words, this was also expected by Zhang Feng.
Anyway, it was something he brought from Blue Star, although the taste was much lighter after mixing with water, but it was still better than the original wine.
Especially those high-level liquors, and if they weren't mixed with water, Zhang Feng doubted whether those people could stand it.
When Caroline heard the slave's words, she was curious about the wine in the barrel, which she had not drunk, and Zhang Feng gave it directly to the slave and asked them to mix it with water.
Caroline stood on tiptoe and whispered in Zhang Feng's ear:
"Master Zhang Feng, can I taste it?"
Feeling the heat in his ears and looking at Caroline, who was eager to try, Zhang Feng shook his head.
"These drinks are mixed with water, it's very bad, if you want to drink it, I'll give you a better one."
"Hmm!"
Although Caroline felt that the wine in these barrels tasted good just by smelling it, but Zhang Feng's words, she never doubted that Zhang Feng said that there was a better one, that is, there was a better one.
Looking at the three slaves with their heads down, Zhang Feng spoke.
"It's almost time, hang up the tavern sign."
"Yes!"
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