Chapter 15 Alcohol
After seeing the ship, Kaichi and the steward went to the Chamber of Commerce together.
Someone just came to inform me that a letter from Jiayi had arrived.
When Kaichi got the letter, it was sent by Teacher Imu, and it had Imu's magic mark on it. Magic sigils are a very simple but effective method, and everyone's magic is slightly different, just like fingerprints, so if you are familiar with a person's magic sigil, you can see it even if someone has forged it.
But this method only works between familiar people, if you only know the pattern of the other person's magic mark, but have not seen the actual thing, then even if someone else forges a magic mark, you will not be able to recognize it. It's like if you don't know Zimbabwean currency, if someone forges it and gives it to you, you won't recognize it and think it's real.
However, Kaichi is very familiar with Im's magic sigil and will not have a problem.
He unraveled Im's magic sigil and opened the letter. It turned out to be about the demons of Pluto. Based on the clues left by Kaichi, Imu found the basement where the demon was sacrificed, and there was also Baron Kwefu who was almost headless.
Although the incident was not made public to the general public, it caused an uproar in aristocratic circles. There hasn't been any war in recent years, and it's the first time a lord has been killed, especially if it has something to do with demons.
However, the heirs of the Pluto Territory do not have time to dwell on who killed the old lord, and they are trying to keep the territory.
Baron Cwiff left behind a wife, a boy and a girl. Originally, the territory was supposed to be inherited by the lord's son, but unexpectedly, a lord's nephew transferred it out, thinking that this territory should be inherited by himself.
Originally, it was nothing to do with him, but he attacked the lord's wife and children and said how they could not know anything about the lord's summoning of demons, and they were the lord's comrades. So he lobbied the House of Nobles to award the domain to his inheritance.
The lord's son, Little Kweifuzi, didn't care about it at first, but he didn't expect that some of the executive officers of the House of Representatives were really moved, and they really had the idea of changing the territory to an heir. Originally, even the House of Nobles had no right to interfere in the internal affairs of the domain, especially regarding the succession of the lord, but who told Kweifu to have something to do with the devil, which gave his nephew a good excuse, and the House of Nobles also wanted to use this matter to access the internal affairs of the local domain.
But fortunately, there are not a few people who support Little Kweifu, especially when this matter was stabbed out by the mage, and a nobleman was directly killed by the mage. Although the person who was killed was the culprit, it was uncomfortable to be killed outright. For the aristocracy, face was more important than anything else.
Jiayi felt that if it was two-dimensional, he must be a black line at one end. Except for the beginning of his teacher's letter, which said that he had found the secret room for sacrificing demons, he was all about the head of the Pluto family.
But does this have any effect on Jiayi?
Oh, and it can't be said that there are no effects. At the end of the letter, Imu said that because Kaichi killed a nobleman, some nobles were very dissatisfied with Kaichi. I think that even if Kaichi finds out, he should notify the duke and let the duke deal with it.
These disgruntled aristocrats are probably also people who are closer to Old Kwiff.
However, Yimu also said that he didn't have to pay too much attention to Jiayi, and the nobles didn't dare to shoot directly at Jiayi.
As long as he stands still, even if he kills a few more aristocratic teachers, he can keep it. As long as Jia Yi himself pays attention not to be overshadowed by the small actions of the nobles, it doesn't matter. Although the nobles will not make a direct move, they will be happy if they can make some stumbling blocks for Jiayi.
When Jia Yi saw the end, he only knew one thing that some people were dissatisfied with him, but you didn't know which nobles were dissatisfied with him.
Do you have to be wary of every nobleman you meet?
However, as long as you leave Wycombe City, the nobles here will not affect the imperial capital, let alone the Dragon Root Academy.
Although there are some people who make a big fuss, if they don't kill Kwaff at that time, will they wait to be killed by him? However, Jia Yi is not afraid, he can't beat in time, and there is no problem in running.
However, in order to avoid encountering water bandits on the river, Kaichi decided to make some burning pop-ups in case of trouble. Although he knows fireball himself, the power of fireball is reflected in the high temperature and explosion, and the effect of burning ships is not particularly good.
The incendiary bomb burns for a particularly long time, and has a strong adhesion, which can burn on the deck for a long time and ignite the ship.
Jia Yi first went to buy a lot of wine and came back, and then bought a lot of iron materials, and made a double-layer steamer, boiling water on the outside, and heating it on the inside through hot water to evaporate the alcohol inside.
Jia Yi found a small col in the mountains outside the city that few people visited. Steamed sake will definitely give off a strong aroma, and if it is steamed in a hotel, it will definitely attract many people, and it will be very troublesome.
To avoid trouble, chia is able to distill alcohol out of the air.
Although Jiayi makes wine, there are relatively few distilled liquors, and the degree is not high. The main reason is that Jiayi doesn't like high-altitude wine, which is spicy and easy to get drunk, which is not very friendly to Jiayi. Jia Yi likes to drink but doesn't like to get drunk, especially for mages, getting drunk hurts the brain and affects IQ.
The most correct choice, the mage should not drink at all, but Jiayi's willpower is not firm and he can't control his mouth.
Therefore, even after distillation, the highest degree of Jiayi's liquor is about 30 degrees. It's the first time I've ever distilled alcohol.
Kaichi quickly assembled his own utensils in the col, distilled alcohol is not much different from ordinary distilled spirits, as long as the temperature is controlled and too much water does not escape. And also steam several times to increase the concentration of alcohol.
He cut down an entire tree, ignoring that the tree itself was still wet, he cut the tree into pieces of wood, and then used magic to directly drain the water from the wood.
This is a mixture of water and fire magic, which uses fire magic to heat the wood, causing the wood to warm up and the water to evaporate. Then, using water magic, the water in the wood is sucked out and discharged into the surrounding air.
In this way, the wood is instantly dry and ready to use. And because the wood used is a living tree, after the magic, the air is instantly filled with the fragrance of tree sap.
If you add it to the sake, it will have a different flavor. Kaichi thought so.
Kaichi put the dried wood under the pot and started the fire. It doesn't take long for steam to come out from the top of the pot, and through the condenser tube surrounded by cold water, a high concentration of liquor flows.
The air around you is immediately filled with the rich aroma of wine, and it seems that the smell of it will make you intoxicated.
If you want to get high-purity alcohol, steaming it once is not enough, and Kaichi steamed the steamed wine twice. At this time, Jiayi dipped his fingers in a little wine and put it on the tip of his tongue, and instantly Jiayi felt a panic on the tip of his tongue, as if the tip of his tongue was dehydrated in an instant.
This can't be called wine anymore, it's already alcohol, and the concentration is at least about 90 degrees, which is enough.