Chapter 261: Son of Bacchus
Listening to Ji Bin's words, Ji moved his heart. Someone looted the Bartenders' Guild? For what purpose? You know, the most precious thing in the Bartenders' Guild is probably wine. It is a bit too much to kill and plunder for the sake of wine. And the people who are dispatched are all magicians, so there must be something hidden in this.
Ji Bin continued: "The Bartenders Guild is also a first-class association, especially after this incident is located in the capital of our Beishui Empire. The imperial family was furious and ordered a strict investigation. Access to and from Tianshui City is restricted. The god of wine, Du Sikang, was even more furious, and even his old man's family was robbed. That's why there is this gate inspection. Are you going to our guild? I'll take you. ”
Ji Dong probably understood the ins and outs, shook his head at Ji Bin, and said, "No need, let's just go into the city by ourselves." Thank you for telling me. ”
Ji Bin and another magician kept sending Ji Dong into the city, and he didn't go back to the city gate to assist in the inspection, but went directly back to the Tianshui City Branch of the Magician Guild. The law enforcement elder is here, how can he not hurry up and say goodbye.
Walking into Tianshui City, Ji Dong didn't have the heart to appreciate the deep and noble buildings here, and said to Blaze: "It's better to come early than to come by chance. I didn't expect us to encounter the Bartenders Guild suffering. It seems that this door-to-door challenge is no longer going to work. When people are in danger, it is time to take advantage of the danger to challenge. Blaze, I have to take care of this. Although I am unimpressed with the bartending ability of the Bartenders Guild. But, after all, they belong to the same lineage. The senior brother is also the vice president of the bartender association. From any point of view, I have to intervene in this matter. If you can help the bartender, you will always solve this problem. It's not too late to challenge the god of wine, Du Sikang. ”
Blaze smiled slightly and said, "It's good for you to call the shots." Shall we go to the bartenders club now?"
Ji shook his head and said: "Don't be in such a hurry, let's find a place to live first, you and Ah Jin will rest and rest, and I will go to the bartender guild to investigate it myself, just now Ji Bin said that the thief left a letter for Du Sikang." I believe that this letter has a lot to do with the ins and outs of the whole thing. We have to get the situation to the bottom of it first. ”
The streets of Tianshui City were bustling with people, and there was no tension at all, so Ji Dong found a very luxurious hotel to live in. As before, I also asked for a large suite. Of course, with the deepening of trust in Ah Jin, it is natural that Blaze and Ah Jin live in the room inside, and Ji Dong cultivates on the sofa outside.
After settling Blaze and Ah Jin, Ji Dong immediately walked out of the hotel, in order to avoid misunderstanding, he did not inquire about the location of the bartender's association, but directly purchased a map of Tianshui City, and looked at it carefully. He couldn't help but be speechless for a while.
The bartender will always be on the north side of Tianshui City, and it is only three streets away from the Imperial Palace of the Beishui Empire. The thieves can be said to have ransacked the bartender association at the gate of the royal family of the Beishui Empire. This is going to attack the Imperial Palace, and it is really doubtful that the Imperial Palace can stop it.
After all, Tianshui City is not as big as Central Plains City, and it didn't take long for Ji Dong to find the location of the bartender association according to the map instructions. In the distance, he had seen the special building.
The bartender is always a very tall building in the shape of a wine bottle. Taller than the surrounding buildings. If you count by floor, I'm afraid there will be seven floors. I don't know how this building is done, but you can vaguely see the water flowing in this amber bottle-like building. Extremely peculiar. It can be said that this bartender association itself is one of the landmark buildings of Tianshui City.
There are no soldiers guarding here, it has been ransacked, what is the use of guards. The arched door was tightly closed, and you could vaguely feel the aura of murder in it.
After thinking for a while, Ji Dong walked to the door and knocked on the door. After a few times, there was movement inside.
The door opened, and a middle-aged man walked out, looked Ji up and down a few times, and said with a calm face: "What's the matter?"
Ji Dong said: "This is the bartender association. I'd like to come and get a bartender. ”
A trace of doubt flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes, "The general association is temporarily closed." It will not be open to the public for a short period of time You go. As he spoke, he didn't wait for Ji Dong to speak again, and with a bang, the door was already closed.
If he hadn't known that something had happened to the Bartenders Guild, Ji Dong would have directly set up a position at the door to challenge, but now it is the time for people to be in trouble. It's always better to be too aggressive. With a move in his heart, he had already thought of a way. If you want to directly intervene in the matter of the bartender's guild being ransacked, I'm afraid you have to rely on your identity when you entered the city.
Just as Ji Dong was about to leave and go to the Wizards' Guild, suddenly, his keen hearing caught a noise coming from the Bartenders' Guild.
The door that had just been closed opened with a bang, only to hear an angry voice from inside, "Get out, you get out of here." I don't have a son like you. From now on, you will not be allowed to step through the doors of the Bartenders' Association. Get him out of here. Whoever intercedes for him again will get out of the guild with him. ”
"Do you think I'm willing to come back? You're so stubborn that I wouldn't have come back if my mother and sister hadn't been taken captive. One day, I will take your place as a Bacchus. Amid the chaotic footsteps, a man walked out of the bartenders' guild in a rage, followed by several people.
"Du Ming, don't be impulsive, you kid. The president is angry. You shouldn't have confronted him!"
The one who came out first looked to be twenty-three or four years old, with a slender figure, about the same height as Ji Dong, because of anger, his handsome face was a little red, and he had short black hair, which was very handsome. He was followed out by several middle-aged people with at least six-star bartender badges, who were constantly persuading him.
"Everyone else will come. Let him get out of here. The angry voice from earlier came out again. The few people who came out waved helplessly to the young man, and then turned back to the bartender association and closed the door again.
When he heard the voice coming from inside, Ji Dong stopped. The young man walked out of the guild and strode over, just in time to meet him.
Seeing Ji Dong, the young man was stunned for a moment, and the angry look on his face narrowed slightly, "Who are you?"
Ji Dong smiled slightly and said, "Hello, I'm here to conduct the bartender assessment." It's just that something seems to have happened to the guild, saying that the assessment has been suspended. What are you?"
The young man said angrily: "What kind of bartender qualifications do you rely on! Now this bartender guild has long since changed its taste." is not a three-crown or above level magician, and it is not allowed to take the three-star or above bartender at all. What is the reasoning behind this? Who says that a bartender must be a magician? Is it really that good to use magic to help bartend? This is simply against the purity of bartenders. The guild is full of old stubborns. Someday, I'm going to beat them with simple bartending techniques, which are only magically aided. I advise you not to take the test. It doesn't make sense at all. If you're a magician, go to the Wizards' Guild, you're not a magician, and you don't need to take the bartender qualification, there's no point at all. ”
Listening to this young man's words, Ji Dong couldn't help but be a little surprised, after coming to this world, he had also seen some bartenders, and this was the first time he had heard someone say that he wanted to mix wine with pure techniques, rather than with the help of magic. And judging from the previous conversation, the relationship between this young man and the president of the bartender guild, the god of wine, Du Sikang, is extraordinary. The young man seemed interesting.
"You're quite right. Technique is the basis of bartending. It is also the top priority of bartending ability. However, there are two sides to everything. If one day, you can beat them with pure technique bartending, and in special cases, add magic to mix. Or the effect will be better. Different cocktails, when they are made, will have different needs. Some of them are impossible to do with magical assistance, and some of them are also impossible to achieve with pure techniques. Neither method is absolute, but it is only by blending with each other that the bartending technique can reach a deeper level. Perhaps, these people from the Bartenders Guild are also working in this direction?"
The young man listened to Ji Dong's words, and the righteous indignation on his face gradually disappeared. Surprised: "It sounds like you have a deep understanding of bartending! Anyway, you can't take the test, you are the first person to agree with me." Let's go, I'll invite you to tea, and we'll talk. ”
Ji Dong smiled and nodded, this young man must know much better than the four-crowned demon master at the city gate, it seems that the magic guild itself does not need to go for the time being.
"My name is Du Ming, I haven't asked for advice yet, your surname is high?"
"Ji Dong. ”
Du Ming looked Ji up and down a few times, and said, "The surname Ji is the national surname of the Middle-earth Empire, and you are from the Middle-earth Empire?"
Ji shook his head and said, "You can say that, but it's not entirely true. I'm from the Southern Fire Empire. However, my father was indeed from the Empire of Middle-earth. ”
Du Ming said: "Let's go, let's find a place to sit down and talk." In the past few days, I have been so depressed that I am dying of depression. He was obviously very familiar with this Tianshui City, and took Ji Dong around three times and two times, came to an elegant teahouse, went directly to the second floor, and found a position by the window to sit down.
"Brother, see you're not as old as me?" Du Ming asked Ji Dong after ordering a pot of tea.
Ji Dong said: "I am twenty this year. What about you?"
Du Ming said: "I am twenty-five, but I am five years older than you." You're only 20 years old and you have the courage to go to the Bartenders Guild to take the bartender exam, is it a family education or self-taught?"
Ji Dong smiled slightly and said, "It's self-taught." "Whether in his past life or in this life, all his bartending skills are learned and researched by himself.
Du Ming smiled and said, "If you really want to become a bartender, I can guide you in the future." In this Tianshui City, I know a lot of people. As long as you do have some skills, there is no problem in recommending you to work in some high-end wines. ”
Ji Dong smiled and said, "That's good! I'm going to ask you for more guidance when I turn around." "If Blaze were here, he would laugh. This young man named Du Ming actually wants to instruct Ji to move bartending, even if it is Du Sikang, he definitely does not have this ability. But Ji Dong could see that this young man named Du Ming had a bold and straightforward personality, coupled with his ideas about bartending skills, which made Ji Dong have a good impression of him.
Meantime. Ji Dong also noticed Du Ming's hands, the palms were white and slender, and he obviously paid great attention to maintenance, especially the flexibility of his fingers and wrists, which was indeed the most suitable pair of hands for bartending, and he had obviously worked hard.
Du Ming said: "The Bartender Guild has branches in some big cities, why did you come from the Southern Fire Empire to the Northern Water Empire." This road is not close! You don't look like an ordinary person, you should also be a magician. ”
Although Ji Dong's appearance is not very handsome, his temperament is by no means comparable to ordinary people, although Du Ming is in a bad mood, he can also see a few points.
Ji Dong said: "I am a fire magician. What about you?
Du Ming said: "Of course. The magicians of our Northern Water Empire are mainly based on the water system. I'm not a sissy, so I'm naturally a non-water system. I just heard you say that in some cases, bartending skills can do things that magic bartending can't, but under what circumstances?"
Looking at the burning light in his eyes, Ji Dong was slightly stunned, because he seemed to see himself in his previous life from this young man. Wasn't he like him in his twenties in his previous life? The bartenders guild has just had such a big incident, he can put it aside for a while and ask himself about bartending first. This persistence can't help but increase Ji Dong's affection for him a little more.
"To be a good bartender, you must know all kinds of wines very well. The same kind of wine will have a kaleidoscopic taste depending on the origin and degree of the same wine. When making a cocktail, it is combined with different ingredients to create a completely different effect. All magic can do is add magic to the cocktail, or use magic elements to affect the taste of the cocktail. and to make cocktails more gorgeous when brewing. Even through magic, cocktails can be transformed. However, if this is the case, it will not be able to show the changes in the sake. It can only be a fixed wine in a fixed mode. ”
When it comes to bartending, Ji Dong doesn't have to think about it at all, and talks eloquently, "Just give me an example." If I make a cocktail, I can make more than 100 flavors with the same ingredients and different techniques. This is something that Magic Bartending can never do. ”
Du Ming was taken aback, "What do you say? Use the same ingredients, because of different techniques, to concoct a hundred flavors." Brother, bragging is not like that. Regarding Ji Dong's statement, he obviously showed doubt.