Mr. Crean's face looked as stinky as a duck's egg that had been put from spring to autumn. It was still the kind with a crack. It was so smelly that it attracted flies.
The inexplicable loss of six dollars just made him a little unhappy. After cursing the union people in the office for a while, the guy Graf ran in again. Smelling all over, they crowded around Mr. Crean, stretched out their bandaged hands, and asked for medical expenses and nutrition. What a damn guy, but I don’t know why, Mr. Crean didn’t bargain or scold Graf. He happily paid six yuan and kicked him out.
The two people who were supposed to wait until next month to get money to do "market research" changed their clothes and left the station.
During this period, almost all bars sold a variety of strong alcohol. The pain caused by the war is still spreading, coupled with the huge social and political changes, the mental pain is in urgent need of something to anesthetize one's mind and body. Apart from women, the best option is probably high-alcohol alcohol.
The two of them entered a bar called "Worker's Friend" one after another. Dulin got through the small black door under the scrutinizing gaze of a big man. The smell that hit his face almost made him vomit everything he had eaten last year. come out.
The stench of sweat, feet, alcohol, vomit, dizzy body odor, and an indescribable odor were mixed together, constantly impacting and challenging his tenacious nerves. Graf grabbed his arm and dragged the dizzy Dulin to the edge of the bar. It seems that Graf is a regular customer here. As soon as he sat down, the bartender came over and asked, "What do you want to order today? Red fruit wine?"
Red fruit wine is a kind of fruit wine that is fermented from red fruits. After fermentation, the residue is filtered out, resulting in a slightly turbid red fruit wine. The price of red fruit wine is not expensive. You can buy a cup for 11 or 2 cents. It is one of the main alcoholic drinks of the working class. But this kind of wine has a big drawback, that is, there is always an inexplicable taste of rotten fruit in the wine, which is the residual taste during fermentation.
In addition, if the fermentation time is not enough, there will be some astringency in the wine.
However, all the disadvantages are not a problem at the low price.
Graff chuckled, lowered his voice and said, "Give us a cup of golden light and a cup of a girl in a skirt."
The bartender looked at Graf and Dulin beside him in surprise. He couldn't believe his ears. If Graf hadn't been in good standing, the bartender would have thought he had heard wrongly.
Golden Light is the abbreviation of a kind of high-altitude wine. Its full name is "Sesi Golden Sunshine". It originates from Sesivia in the Grom Empire. The texture of the wine is famous all over the world for its light golden color. The name "Girl in a Skirt" comes from the bottle of a high-strength wine called "Paradise". There is a picture of a girl in a red skirt on the bottle. It also comes from abroad. Many people affectionately call Paradise Wine "Wearing a Girl". Girls in skirts are also called red skirt wine.
Both of these wines can be considered as one of the middle and low-grade high-quality wines. Within the Yaoxing Empire, other places dare not say that these wines are the main consumer products of the middle and lower classes in Tener City. Both wines were enjoyed by merchants and families ranging from workers to petty rich. However, as the economy was hit hard after the war, the taste of these two wines has deteriorated a lot. Part of it is that domestic private wine cellars are widely imitating this kind of wine, and immature craftsmanship has caused deviations in alcohol content and taste.
On the other hand, bars in many places sell blended wine, and few original wines are sold. After blending, three bottles become four bottles, and the extra money is pure profit, and many bars are happy with it.
Of course, Dulin will not drink those low-quality counterfeit wines this time, nor will he drink blended wines, because these two glasses of wine were ordered by Graf. Graff has a very good reputation, he is helpful, and he is also good at getting things done, so he has a very good reputation around here, and the bar will not sell fake things to him unless the bar thinks he is too idle. .
In fact, sometimes being a reputable person not only proves that a person is of great help to the people around him, but may also mean that a person often causes trouble to others.
Graff has both!
Soon two glasses of high-strength wine were served. The bar used square cups that could be placed in the palm of the hand to stand upright. They were about ten centimeters high and were filled to about seventy percent full, which was about two-and-a-half. One glass is as bright yellow as the champagne in a dream, while the other glass is orange-yellow, exuding a strong aroma of wine as soon as it is served.
The bartender approached the bar and lowered his voice and said, "Five dollars in total!"
Graf just gave him a sidelong glance and slapped a five-dollar note on the table. The bartender smiled nonchalantly and put the money into the money box.
"Have a taste?" Graf's throat rolled. This was the reason why he had only earned more than forty yuan after working as a porter for so long. In addition to coming here often to drink, he sometimes needs to call one or two girls to discuss things about the origin of species, so he has worked very hard to save money, and he has only saved more than forty yuan.
His blackened lips pressed against the rim of the wine glass. He took a small sip, and then his whole body trembled. He raised his neck and breathed out a sigh of relief, "It's really delicious!" , as he took another sip, half of the glass of wine was lost, and the muscles all over his body that were tight due to heavy physical work also became much looser. He pushed the cup to Du Lin's side, "You should try it too."
Du Lin picked up the wine glass and changed the direction, and took a sip. A spicy and choking feeling suddenly appeared in his mouth. He swallowed the little liquid in his mouth, and his neck immediately turned red. There seemed to be a fire burning in his chest, making his whole body warm.
"Spicy, choking, but also a little bit sweet." Du Lin put it down and smacked his lips, "There seems to be an indescribable wood taste?"
Graf nodded with a smile, "Yes, and dragon's blood wood. Most high-altitude wines need to add dragon's blood wood powder. Only by adding dragon's blood wood can high-altitude wine be brewed. What is the specific principle? I don’t know, but everyone says so.”
Only then did Dulin realize that in this world, the brewing and distillation processes of high-alcohol liquor had no connection. Instead, they were purified through a material called dragon's blood wood. He had heard people say that the dragon's blood tree seemed to be a species left over from prehistory and could be found all over the world. The growth rate of this kind of tree is not slow, and it will be ready for use in about twenty years. The only trouble is that the nutrients required for the growth of this dragon's blood tree are somewhat different - it needs to absorb enough cow blood at each growth stage. able to grow.
Now there are ranches of staggering scale next to the world's largest dragon's blood tree forest farm. The blood of the cows is used to irrigate the dragon's blood trees, while the beef is sold for human consumption. It is precisely for this reason that the price of beef is not very expensive in this world, and ordinary people can afford it.
Du Lin tasted another glass of wine. It had a bit of bitterness, but this bitterness did not destroy the overall taste of the wine. Instead, it added a long aftertaste. He couldn't help but nod. This girl in a skirt tasted better than the golden light. It gave people a bitterness like a broken love, but after the bitterness, they could have the sweetness and aftertaste of the happiness when they were in love, yes, yes.
After the two of them finished drinking, they patted their butts and left, which surprised the bartender. It had become a routine for Graf to make out with the drinking ladies every time he came here, in addition to drinking. This time he... The bartender couldn't help but look at Du Lin who was walking towards the door. He was indeed a very handsome young man! He smiled, not knowing what he was thinking of, and had a strange expression on his face.
If Graf knew he was being considered gay, he would kill someone. Fortunately, he didn't know, and neither did Du Lin.
The two returned to the rental house, immediately took out the high-strength wine from under the bed, poured it into two glasses, and tasted it at the same time.
After adding the syrup, the taste is no longer so bitter, but it is still very different from Golden Light and Red Dress, not in the alcohol content, but in the texture and taste. Compared with the two mature high-altitude wines, when you drink this distilled high-altitude wine, it's like being hit on the head with an ax and grinning. This is not to say that there is no market for this kind of wine, but the sales are definitely not as good as those two wines.
The golden light and red dress can be sold for two and a half yuan a glass in the bar, and this kind of wine is only one and a half yuan at most. The difference of one yuan per cup means that there is at least three yuan difference in one bottle, and this is definitely not something Dulin and Graf can afford.
"What should I do?" He picked up the cup and drank the wine under the quilt with his teeth bared. The drunken Graf rubbed his head, "Let's think of a way!"
While Dulin recalled some things in his dream, he thought about how to complete the qualitative change of distilled wine in this world with the level of technology in this world. After a while, he hesitated and said, "I have two ways."
Graf's eyes suddenly lit up like light bulbs, "Say something!"
"The first is to store the wine in scented wooden barrels, preferably dragon blood wood barrels, and press it in the cellar for a year. The wine will definitely taste much better than it does now."
"The second method is to further blend, add some berry fruits, and then lower the alcohol content to turn it into a high-grade fruit wine. The taste and texture can be more saturated."
Graf didn't even think about it and shouted, "Don't choose the first option. It takes too long. I can't bear to wait for so long. Just choose the second option. It's fast. As long as we have money, we will try the second option." Either way will do. I've had enough of poverty!"
(End of chapter)