Chapter 723 Does the middleman earn the difference?
"Very good, Black Tower, when will you be able to forge it?" Nalant didn't waste any time. Since Black Tower knows how to forge, it would be best to leave the main body to him.
“Narant, are you in a hurry?”
"It's really urgent!" Nalant nodded.
There were only two days left before the brewing competition, so he naturally needed to get the distilled wine as soon as possible, so he would feel more at ease.
"Nalant, how big do you need this kettle to be?" Heita confirmed.
"A height of about one meter will do!" Nalant gestured.
It's just an experiment now, so the distiller doesn't need to be too big, otherwise it will attract attention.
"Is it such a big kettle? It will take at least two days!" Heita was quite surprised.
A one-meter-tall kettle, is it used to boil bath water?
The fastest speed is also estimated at the moment.
But when he saw Nalant frowning, he paused and added: "However, if I call another helper, I should be able to forge it at noon tomorrow!"
"Very good, then it's settled!" Narant was finally satisfied after hearing these last words.
"By the way, Black Tower, do you mind if I use potion wine as payment, two pots of potion wine!"
"Two pots of potion wine?" Black Tower immediately widened his eyes. Since it is a kettle for boiling water, it must be made of ordinary iron materials, and there is no need to add mithril.
But a pot of potion wine is worth almost a hundred gold coins, so Narant is giving it away for free!
"Of course!" He was surprised, but his reaction was not slow, and his head immediately responded like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Very good, Black Tower, I'll leave now and come back tomorrow at noon!" Nalant was also very satisfied.
With the price of goods in this holy continent, if he was asked to spend dozens of gold coins to forge an iron kettle, it would definitely feel painful.
But if you exchange it for potion wine, you won't feel so distressed.
"Don't worry, Nalant, I will start forging it for you immediately, and I guarantee that it will be completed before noon tomorrow!" With the temptation of the magic potion grape, the Black Tower is full of motivation.
After Nalant left the Black Tower Blacksmith Shop, he left the Forge Castle directly.
Then he found two blacksmith shops outside the Forge Castle and handed the drawings to the dwarf blacksmiths respectively.
One of the drawings shows a conduit installed on a kettle, which was later used to divert steam.
As for the other drawing, it can accommodate the still stove.
These things are not difficult to craft, and Nalant is not worried that the dwarves will not be able to forge them.
After settling the matter with three bottles of wine for each item, Nalant took Natasha for a stroll on the street.
"Narant, where are we going now?" Follow Narant walking on the street.
Seeing that Nalant was not looking around, as if he was looking for something, Natasha finally couldn't help but asked out of curiosity.
Nalant had already given the last drawing to the dwarf before, so there should be nothing else to do now.
"Natasha, I'm going to buy some wine!" Nalant replied while looking at the tavern on the roadside.
"Buying a drink? Narant, you want to drink? Then we should go back!" Natasha was stunned.
Not to mention that in the past, Narant only liked drinking wine.
But even if they like other kinds of wine, they should go back, because their current direction is towards the outside of the dwarf gathering place.
And the farther out you go, the more shabby the surrounding houses become. In other words, even if there is a tavern, it is of the lowest quality.
"Natasha, it's not that I want to drink, but to participate in the competition." At that moment, Nalant told the reason why he bought the wine.
After staying at the Philly Tavern for the whole morning, Nalant realized that there was little hope of winning with wine alone. He also realized that even if he did win, supply would probably be very difficult.
Now that he had figured out how to distill wine, Narant wondered if he could find a cheap wine and then purify it directly.
In this way, he can directly sit with the middleman to earn the price difference, which not only saves trouble, but also makes money on both sides.
If you want to choose the right wine, you must do two things.
One is that the price of wine must be low, otherwise he will not make much money.
Secondly, the supplier of this wine must also have good supply capabilities, otherwise it will be troublesome if it cannot satisfy its own purchases in the future.
Fortunately, any businessman who can open a store in the Forge of the Furnace, no matter how downcast he is, has a noble or principality background behind him.
Therefore, he only needs to find the cheapest wine.
"So that's it!" After hearing this, Natasha naturally understood Nalant's idea immediately.
At that moment, he quietly accompanied Nalant to continue searching.
Soon, the two of them arrived at the edge of the gathering place.
Dwarves are also rich and poor, and their status is high and low.
Therefore, the dwarves living on the edge can be regarded as the poorest people in the Forge.
As for the taverns opened around them, it goes without saying that making money from poor people will lead to high-end hotels.
"Narant, there is a tavern here!" Natasha soon saw a slightly shabby tavern.
Even though the outer wall is covered with green moss and the signboard looks old, compared to the tavern in the middle section and at the entrance of the Forge Castle, it can be regarded as a roadside stall.
"Come on, let's go in and take a look!" Nalant didn't hesitate after seeing him and walked directly into the tavern.
After entering the tavern, the interior environment was slightly dark because there were not many candles.
There were not too many drinkers in the tavern. There were more than a dozen dwarves in obviously shabby clothes who were drinking heavily.
There were no beautiful female waiters around like those in Philly's Tavern. There were only two male waiters standing at the counter, looking listless.
"Guests, welcome to the Emerald Tavern. What do you want to drink?"
When they saw Nalant and Natasha, nobles in extraordinary clothes, entering the tavern escorted by several barbarians, the two male attendants were obviously stunned.
Immediately, after reflecting, he opened his mouth to say hello.
"Well, what kind of drinks do you have in these pubs?"
"Dear guests, our tavern has emerald spirits, emerald beer, and emerald fruit wine. Which one do you want?"
"Have a glass of everything!" Obviously, this tavern is low-end enough that it doesn't even have fire wine or fire wine.
Because many taverns, even if they are not caravans from the Bach Empire or the Blue Shield Empire, will still find ways to purchase some fire wine and fire wine for sale.
Because this is how you can attract customers.
But this tavern doesn't have it, which only means that few guests here know how to drink fire wine.
Although he was a little surprised by Narant's request for a glass of wine, the waiter quickly poured the three kinds of wine and placed them in front of Narant.
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"Well, good wine has never been made out of wooden cups!" Nalant commented, and then he raised the cup in front of him and began to taste the wine in the cup.
Soon, Nalant tasted all three types of wine one by one.
As for the taste, needless to say, it's really not that bad.
Let’s not talk about the so-called Jade Beer and Jade Cider. Anyway, they just have a rancid taste and are more difficult to swallow than the beer in Glory Continent.
And this jade spirit is not as strong as wine. Nalan really doesn't know where they got the confidence to call it a spirit.
The only redeeming feature is that the color of this wine is light and transparent, which is somewhat similar to the white wine from the previous life. Although there are still impurities in it, Nalant feels a little familiar with it at first glance.
"How much does this jade spirit cost per jug?"
"Guest, this jade spirit is worth three gold coins per pot!"
"Oh? That's pretty much the same!" When Nalant heard the price, he knew that the taste of the wine was worth the price.
"Who is in charge here?" Narant asked immediately.
"Guest, what's the matter with you?" The two attendants were obviously in a daze when they heard Nalant's question, not knowing what the guest wanted to do.
"It's okay, I just want to ask your manager about some information. If possible, I would like to make a big deal with you!" Narant said calmly.
When the two attendants heard this, they looked at Nalant's obviously high-end clothing and the fact that he was accompanied by a stunning woman like Natasha. Naturally, they did not dare to look down on him.
Soon, the steward of the tavern was called out.
"Sir, I am the steward of the Emerald Tavern. I wonder if you have anything to discuss with me?"
The steward of the Emerald Tavern is a middle-aged man wearing a silk dress and is obviously a nobleman.
"Well, it's like this. Have you seen my subordinates? They also like spirits as much as the dwarves, and they have fun every day without drinking!"
"I have tens of thousands of subordinates like this, so I thought maybe I could make a big deal with you!"
"However, before that, I would like to confirm the source and supply capacity of your jade spirits."
"Uh, Your Excellency, I don't know what to call you. Do you want to buy jade liquor in bulk?" The steward looked at the big stone and others behind Nalant, but he did not doubt Nalant's words.
The roughness of these savages is not inferior to that of dwarves.
"Just call me Nalant. I do have this idea, but I still need to think about whether I want to buy it or not!"
"Okay, Sir Nalant, our Jade Tavern is a tavern run by the royal family of the Blue Jade Principality. Jade liquor is also a specialty of our Blue Jade Principality. As for the supply capacity..."
"Your Excellency, even if you need tens of thousands of pots every day, there will be no problem!" the tavern steward vowed.
"Blue Jade Principality? It seems a bit familiar." Nalant felt that he had heard the name of this principality somewhere.
However, he didn't pay much attention to it now. He was reassured when he heard that Du Du was indeed capable of supplying goods.
"The supply can be satisfied, but if I purchase a large amount at one time, I don't know how much the price can be reduced?" Nalant knew that no matter how cheap all the wine is in the Holy Alliance, it can rise after coming to the Forge of the Furnace. Several times higher.
"Your Excellency, the supply price of our flaming wine in the alliance is one gold coin per pot."
"However, if you need a large quantity, then we can lower it a little further. As for how much to lower, we can only discuss it further after you confirm the quantity!" This manager is certainly not stupid, and he will definitely not tell the lowest price in a few words.
"A gold coin!" Nalant's eyes lit up.
Although the manager didn't say the lowest price, Nalant still recognized the jade liquor.
Because it is lower than the purchase price of a gold coin, there is obviously a lot of profit margin for him to make money. The only thing that needs to be determined now is whether the distillation can be successful and whether the competition can be won.
"Sir, if that's the case, then I will purchase a few barrels first. Once I confirm that all my subordinates like the wine, I will come back to discuss the purchase next time!"
"Okay, Your Excellency!" Although the steward found it hard to believe that someone would come to purchase a large amount of emerald liquor, seeing that Nalant's demeanor did not look like he was teasing them, he was also a little hopeful.
He quickly asked his attendants to bring five barrels of emerald liquor to Nalant.
And the price was specially discounted, selling it to Nalant for two gold coins per pot.
After paying off the gold coins, Nalant returned to the shop directly with the wine.
After that, he did not go out again, but waited in the store until noon the next day.
At noon the next day, Heita and others completed the tasks assigned by Nalant on time.
The potion wine and ordinary wine, which were accepted by Narant as reward, both smiled from ear to ear as they watched Narant leave.
After Nalant returned, he immediately assembled the first distiller in the other world in the small courtyard.
In order to keep it secret, Narant even asked his subordinates to find a huge tarpaulin to cover the surroundings to ensure that outsiders could not see the existence of the still.
"Nalant, can this iron furnace really turn ordinary wine into strong liquor?"
Natasha also took a sip of the emerald spirits before, mainly because she heard Narante say that these ordinary spirits will soon become the most delicious spirits in the world. Natasha couldn't believe it.
"Of course, Natasha, just wait and see!" Nalant nodded affirmatively.
Seeing that the still had been assembled, Narant's confidence was a little overwhelming.
Although my statement that it is the strongest in the world may be a bit exaggerated, among cheap wines, it should be the strongest.
"Raymond, light the fire!"
Immediately, Nalant did not delay and issued orders directly to Raymond and others.
"Yes, sir!" Immediately, Raymond took the torch and threw away the newly forged iron stove.
Above the stove is a still pot that was taken back from the Black Tower. This still pot is now filled with white wine.
The hole at the top is connected to a copper pipe. The copper pipe is more than four meters long and extends to the side. Under the copper pipe is a large wooden barrel.
As the fire increased, steam soon began to emerge from the copper pipe.
In fact, the principle of distillation is very simple, that is, the boiling points of alcohol and water are not the same.
Narant couldn't remember the exact difference, but he knew that the boiling point of alcohol was twenty or thirty degrees lower than that of water.
In this way, when the bonfire boils the wine in the still, the alcohol rises first and becomes steam. As for water, it still cannot be converted into steam because it requires one hundred degrees to reach the boiling point.
And the boiling alcohol vapor is discharged along the copper pipe.
During the discharge process, because the copper pipe is very long and extremely conductive of heat, the steam will return to cool down.
After cooling, the wine smell returns to the shape of water droplets, and then drips into the wooden barrel under the opening of the copper pipe.
These liquids are distilled and purified spirits.
This is how high-altitude distilled liquors in previous lives came about.
Of course, Nalant's still was very crude, and the temperature could not be controlled as freely as in his previous life, so he could only try his best to maintain it.
For example, when he saw the first puff of steam coming out, he knew that the alcohol in the wine had reached the boiling point, and immediately asked Raymond and others to reduce the intensity of the fire.
Prepare to use this stupid method to increase the alcohol content of distilled wine.