Chapter 326: Breaking into the Volcano at Night
Lu Yao naturally knew about this situation, because he gave the two dogs in the family the Hundred Beast Spirit Pill, which made those two dogs very powerful.
It is not difficult to understand that the two little ones mingled with the two dogs day and night, and their breath was also tainted with their breath.
The hostess Victoria retrieved her Sicilian hounds, took Lu Yao and them into the booked room, put down their luggage, and then went to visit the winery with the hostess.
During the tour, the hounds stayed by the side of the two little ones, so that they were not too bored.
Lu Yao had already visited the vineyard yesterday, and this time he mainly focused on the wine workshop to see how their winery makes wine, and also visited their wine cellar.
The most striking feature of Victoria is their traditional cellars, which are made using traditional techniques, where the barrels containing the fermented grapes are buried in the gravel, resulting in the best quality wines and the most expensive products of the winery.
However, this traditional way of making wine is very laborious, and it is not possible to make wine in all wineries in this way, so there are ordinary winemaking workshops.
Although Lu Yao decided to set up a small wine workshop, he never thought of using this most traditional way to make wine.
Lu Yao smiled and asked, "Ms. Victoria, can you take us to visit the regular winemaking workshop? I also have the idea of establishing a winery." ”
Victoria smiled heartily: "Of course it's no problem, please come with me." The wine workshop was on the other side of the estate, so as not to confuse them. ”
Victoria Winery is not a small area, it took five or six minutes to walk from east to west, and when he entered a courtyard, Lu Yao saw that there were many oak barrels and many winemaking machines outside.
"Our regular brewery has a press destemmer, a mixer, large barrels for fermentation, a lot of equipment for testing and finally the bottling equipment," says Victoria. ”
"Oh, it's really colorful, what is the equipment over there for?" Lu Yao asked curiously, pointing in a direction in the corner.
"Aha, you're talking about the hydrometer that's used for testing. Victoria said.
Lu Yao nodded and said, "It looks great, how much does this equipment cost?"
Victoria thought for a moment and said: "Our winery cost almost 200,000 euros, mainly because the quality of our oak barrels is not bad, if you change to ordinary stainless steel fermentation vats, it can be much cheaper, less than 100,000 euros can buy a set." ”
Lu Yao heard that it would cost almost one or two million, and the cost was still quite high, if he relied on making his own wine to sell it, unless he could make the best wine, it would be very difficult to return to his original cost.
After visiting the brewing workshop, it was almost evening, and Victoria enthusiastically entertained Lu Yao and them with various Sicilian delicacies.
The hostess knew that Lu Yao and they were going to go to the top of Mount Etna tomorrow to see the volcano, so she didn't disturb them today, let them have a good night's rest at night, tomorrow will be a test for them.
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At night, after everyone in the manor had fallen asleep, Lu Yao quietly got up from the bed, and he planned to step on the road in advance.
He was going to follow the address Jerome had told him to do, and if he could find the best, if not, he would have to consider a visit to the Giovanni family estate.
Lu Yao's main purpose on this trip was to find Xuanyang Grass, and if he couldn't find him, he wouldn't stop.
The winter nights are very quiet, and there is no insect chirping in the wine estate.
A bright moon hung high in the sky, and the cold clear light sprinkled on the ground, like the accumulated snow on the top of the mountain in the distance, which was very conducive to Lu Yao's actions.
Anyway, he was invisible at the moment, and even if there was surveillance along the road, he couldn't be found, so Lu Yao ran wildly all the way through the magic technique.
The stealth technique can hide Lu Yao's figure, but it can't make him really disappear, and when he runs wildly, the cold wind blows in his face, making his eyes squint slightly.
Then Lu Yao applied a protective shield to himself to keep the cold wind out of his body, and at the same time reduce the friction caused by the air when he was running at high speed, making his forward speed much faster.
Lu Yao began to recall Jerome's experience of explaining to him that he had gone to the Valley of Fire where the Spirit Fruit Tree was planted, and kept revising his own route.
Located three to four hundred metres from the foot of Mount Etna, the Victoria wine estate is surrounded by vineyards, olive groves, citrus plantations and orchards of cherries, apples and hazelnuts.
There is a reason why Lu Yao chose to live here, because Jerome mentioned to him that when he was in the car, although he was blindfolded, Jerome accidentally saw a unique and impressive place outside the car window.
Later, when Jerome was looking for information, he revisited the route himself several times, and finally found that it was very close to the current Victorian Manor.
From here, drive further up the volcano and it will take you just over an hour to reach the mysterious volcanic valley.
Therefore, Lu Yao directly chose Victoria Wine Manor to have a reference so that he could find the volcanic valley smoothly.
In the afternoon, Lu Yao also asked Victoria's husband Deqiao if there were any mysterious volcanic valleys nearby?
Deqiao introduced a lot to Lu Yao, one of the famous attractions is the "Cow Valley", but Lu Yao thinks that it should not be here, otherwise someone would have discovered the secret of the Giovanni family for hundreds of years.
In addition, Dejo also warned Lu Yao that there are several places called Death Valley more than 2,000 meters above the Etna volcano, and told him to be more careful when visiting and not to stray into those dangerous places.
If you really want to visit the crater, it is best to sign up for a tour group, which will be much safer to travel with a guide.
After all, this is still an active volcano, and no one knows if there will be lava erupting in some hidden valley.
Lu Yao carefully inquired about the location of those Death Valleys, and he felt that it was likely to be the place where the Spirit Fruit Tree grew.
It's a pity that he didn't know much from Jerome, and if he could know the specific address, he wouldn't have to bother so much now.
At present, the only news that Lu Yao knows of some value is that entering the valley requires passing through a tunnel formed by lava, which is filled with terrifying vampire bats.
Lu Yao had also asked Deqiao where there were bats in the volcano, but he didn't get any valuable information, because he hadn't heard of it.