It has been several days since the envoys of the Shadow Empire arrived in the imperial capital. What kind of agreement can be reached between Empress Catherine and Empress Shia, and whether the two countries will go to war has become the focus of heated discussions. However, even if the people pay attention to these major national events, they can only pay attention to them and cannot participate in them. Compared with national affairs, a new incident that happened in the imperial capital recently has attracted the attention of many people.
The demons are aggressive first, and alcoholic second. Alcohol has become an indispensable necessity of life, suitable for all ages. Especially under the background of no large-scale war and sufficient food, no matter which territory it is in, taverns will always be one of the hottest places for business.
There are two kinds of wine in the Demon Realm. One is rice wine, which is brewed from a crop similar to rice called "drunken rice". Due to the simple production process, the rice wine is difficult to drink and has an ordinary taste, which is a low-grade wine; the other is fruit wine. , fermented and mixed with various spices, the taste is comfortable, and many types are derived, which are mid-to-high-end wines, among which the purple berry wine from the Shadow Empire and the black raisin wine from the Fallen Angel Empire are the most popular.
In the past few days, several places in the city have been full of people all day long. The reason is very simple. From time to time, there is a strange smell of wine from this place.
"What kind of wine is this?"
"It's so fragrant!"
"It's not black raisin wine! It's not purple berry wine either!"
"This is neither fruit wine nor rice wine. I have never smelled such a fragrant wine!"
"..."
These places are the branches of Gongzhufang scattered in various locations in the imperial capital. Originally, these branches were in jeopardy due to the crowding out of nearby shops. For similar products, other stores would rather lose money and sell them cheaper, so the business was extremely bleak. However, these strange wine aromas attracted a large number of customers. Of course, more Most of them went for the wine.
The aroma of the wine is wafted from a small wine glass in a magic circle. Obviously, the magic circle has the function of spreading and amplifying, but it still arouses the strong interest of the customers. s price.
The answer from Gongzhufang is that this kind of wine is called Luzhou-flavored rice wine. It is the latest top-quality wine developed by Gongzhufang. The quantity is limited and it is not currently on sale. The day after tomorrow, the Princess Villa in the southern suburbs, which is the original Youyue Pavilion, will be open for business. At that time, with the VIP card of Princess Square, you can buy this limited supply of fine wine when you dine.
The higher the VIP level, the greater the discount and the more wine you can buy. For example, Baijing VIP can order one bottle of rice wine; Zijing VIP level two can order two bottles and enjoy a 5% discount; Heijing VIP can order three bottles and get a 10% discount... If there is no VIP card, the price will not be more expensive It's just that each person can only order a small cup.
It turned out to be the best wine of the new research! Everyone felt itchy, and their eyes fell on Huang Jingjing's seductive wine in the small wine glass. If it weren't for the strong defense of the magic circle, someone would have rushed up and drank it all in one gulp.
In the name of celebrating the opening of the Princess Villa the day after tomorrow, Princess Square took the opportunity to launch a rare discount activity on weekdays. You only need to buy two, three, or four packages to get white crystals, amethysts, and black crystals. A VIP card; if the cumulative consumption reaches a certain level in any Princess Square in the devil world, you can also get a special blood crystal VIP card; as for the highest-level golden crystal card, it is generally only given to some of the most distinguished guests, which is a status symbol .
Originally, the products of Princess Square were famous for their high quality and outstanding reputation. They took the brand line and rarely discounted. Now they have finally launched promotional activities, coupled with the stimulation of fine wine. , the business suddenly exploded dozens of times. The supply of all kinds of goods is in short supply, and even many backlog goods have been snapped up. People in the imperial capital are rushing to tell that the Princess Villa in the southern suburbs will open the day after tomorrow, and there will be a top-quality wine called Luzhou-flavored rice wine.
"As expected of a cunning human financial officer, with a little trickery, Princess Square and Princess Villa became the focus of the imperial capital." Isabella looked at the flow of people coming and going in Princess Square from a distance, and said with emotion.
"Thank you, beautiful Miss Dark Devil." Chen Rui smiled, "It's just a small trick. In front of a connoisseur like Miss who plays tricks and tricks, she can't deserve the praise of 'cunning'."
Isabella's charming eyes rolled: "This wine has never appeared in Dark Moon. When did you start brewing it? How come I never knew."
Chen Rui chuckled: "There are still many things you don't know, it seems that we need to understand each other more deeply."
Rice wine is something he has been preparing for a long time. Chen Rui's grandfather in his previous life was from Shaoxing, and he made rice wine every year. He is naturally familiar with these processes. When developing Dark Moon, he wanted to make a batch of rice wine, but the wine craft in the Demon Realm was different from Chen Rui's world, and there was no "wine koji" necessary for rice wine brewing.
The raw materials of distiller's yeast are wheat and beans, and it is enough to grow mycelium at a certain temperature, but these processes seem easy, but they are not so simple to do. Chen Rui wrote down the procedures he remembered and gave them to Xilang Tim of Shanvalan Stronghold.
Tim is very careful about this, and his wife Liao Sha is responsible for this matter. This is a mistake, the Medusa family showed unexpected talent in wine making, and quickly cultivated wine yeast. After repeated experiments, he successfully used the diluted fountain of life and the high-quality drunk rice grown on the improved soil to produce rice wine that was more mellow and stronger than Chen Rui imagined, and was named "Longxiang" by Chen Ruijiu type rice wine".
After the rice wine is brewed, it must be sealed in a cool and dry place for a period of time to make the wine more aromatic and delicate. Just when the first batch of rice wine was produced and started to be stored, Hei Yao launched a war against Dark Moon, and the whole Dark Moon was in a state of emergency preparations. Chen Rui also went to Bai Ling's territory, so he didn't have time to take care of these things liquor.
Later, the Black Yao army was defeated and died, Xi Ya took control of the empire, and Chen Rui also remembered this incident. Originally, he wanted to seal the wine for a period of time before taking it out, but the situation in the imperial capital was not good for Xi Ya, and he needed to open up the situation as soon as possible, so he asked Tim to transport the wine to Dark Moon and get it into his hands through Rainbow Valley.
To Chen Rui's surprise, these yellow rice wines, which should not have been sealed for long enough, taste surprisingly mellow, even better than those of previous vintages in the previous life. After asking, it turned out that the place where Liao Sha chose to seal up the wine was the land of the earth elementals. Domain, it is likely to be miraculously affected by the power of the purest earth element. Medusa brewing, the fountain of life as raw materials, coupled with the power of the earth elemental king of the land, it is already a unique top-quality product in terms of the creator and materials.
Isabella's charming eyes curled up: "If His Royal Highness is not afraid that Her Majesty the Queen will be jealous, you might as well go to the small house in the northern suburbs to meet a certain sinister and cunning woman the night after tomorrow."
Chen Rui's eyes lit up. Isabella has been avoiding him since he saw through his death last time, and now she is finally willing to face it. She said happily: "The brave knight will definitely defeat the terrible Dragon, save the beautiful princess."
"Victory? Is it a bribe?" Isabella smiled like a flower, "Don't worry, the greedy little dragon is now with the real princess, and no one will want a poor girl like me."
Chen Rui looked into her eyes and said seriously, "I want it."
A thin layer of mist rose from Isabella's green eyes, and then she avoided his gaze: "By the way, why haven't I seen Laura these days? She gave me something last time, it's a little small Question, I want her to take a look."
If it is a magic prop or something, Chen Rui can also solve this problem, but he didn't want to push Isabella too hard, and said: "These two days she brought a few lamp spirits to experiment in the Rainbow Valley, and she will go back to the palace tonight Come on, you can go find her when the time comes."
"I will go. Your new thing is still being debugged, right? You are now focusing on that. Leave the Princess Villa to me. There are still three days before the deadline for negotiations. We don't have much time."
The rice wine strategy was planned before Catherine's envoy arrived. It was originally a long-term economic strategy, but a letter from Catherine disrupted the plan, especially the seven-day limit, which made the time become Extremely urgent. Originally, this strategy could not play its due role in the short term, but Isabella said that she had a solution, but she couldn't say it in advance. Shia didn't ask any further questions, and gave Isabella the greatest authority to act first and act later on this crucial matter.
After the decisive battle in Leith Town, Chen Rui felt that the relationship between Xi Ya and Isabella seemed a little subtle, or there was a faint tacit understanding. For the Crystal Palace, the more harmonious the better, he would not So stupid to ask in front of the two women.
"Okay." Chen Rui nodded. Due to the arrival of the messenger of the Shadow Empire, a new thing needs to be released in advance, so he is very busy these days.
Chen Rui's marketing strategy is quite successful, not only the business of Gongzhufang is unprecedentedly hot, but also the new wine has received a lot of free publicity. The news that the top quality wine will be released in Princess Villa in the southern suburbs spread like wildfire, which attracted the attention of many merchants, especially Plimpton, the famous wine tycoon in the imperial capital. Plimpton is an important member of the Mishan family and the president of the Night Chamber of Commerce. The Yese Chamber of Commerce is a chamber of commerce jointly established by the Mishan family, the Boer family, the Leif family and other veteran families, and it has almost monopolized the black raisin fruit wine in the entire empire. Now the emergence of new wine is a huge shock to both the Mishan family who made their fortune in the wine business, and the entire Yese Merchant Guild.
From a long-term point of view, once the new wine and Princess Villa form a climate, the fixed pattern of the imperial capital will be broken, and it will be quite unfavorable for the elder family's control over certain aspects of the imperial capital. biggest beneficiary. For now, Shea's attention is all on dealing with the negotiation of the Shadow Empire, just to plan ahead and nip the threat in the bud.
For this reason, the Night Color Chamber of Commerce urgently held an internal meeting, and unanimously passed a series of measures to resolutely curb the sales of this new wine, even including various insidious tricks.
However, before these conspiracies and schemes were launched, on the night before the opening of the Princess Villa, the wine cellar of the Mishan family in the eastern suburbs suddenly caught fire, and a big explosion occurred. Tens of thousands of altars of good wine were burned. passed out.