Chapter 385 Good fortune and misfortune depend on each other
Author: Night Knight
Chapter 385 Good fortune and misfortune depend on each other
"It doesn't matter who is responsible, what matters is what method is used to remedy it." Gavin thought about it and replied, "This kind of spillage is caused by the flow of energy. Originally,
It's this fluidity that makes ghost wines possible, and now it's this quality that's ruining them.
This characteristic is innate to them and cannot be changed. The only thing that can be done is to block them.
The simplest way is to start with the storage of objects. We have ready-made examples to learn from in this matter."
Valon thought thoughtfully: "You mean the healing potion bottle?"
"That's right." Gavin nodded and said, "Therapeutic potions also contain rich positive energy, especially those used to treat serious injuries. The contents contained in them will far exceed that of Holy Light Spirits, but their storage
Time can easily last for decades or even hundreds of years.
It's not because of how stable they are. Once exposed to the natural environment, the therapeutic agents evaporate and destroy at a speed even faster than that of holy water. In just a few hours, they will completely lose their effectiveness. This is because of the chemical cylinders containing them.
It has the effect of hindering the flow of energy."
"You want to use a medicine bottle to hold it? In that case, the cost will be high. The market price of a small medicine bottle is at least ten gold coins. How much can the medicine bottle hold? If it is used to hold ghost wine, the cost will be even higher.
"Wallon couldn't help but shook his head.
When it comes to metal products, especially such small metal products, the cost is not too low.
"The reason why we choose to use steel bottles to contain the medicine is because the steel bottles have a certain blocking effect. The most important reason is to prepare for the battle and prevent them from being knocked to pieces in fierce battles. What really plays a blocking role is
The magic circle on the cylinder."
Gavin denied Vallon's speculation, "The main functions of ghost wine and holy light spirit are not in combat, so we only need the magic circle on the steel bottle, and the glass bottle is still used to hold the contents. Now we
What needs to be considered is how to combine it with the glass bottle.
Letting mages perform enchanting is certainly one way, but in this case, the cost will increase.
My idea is to integrate it with the firing process of glass bottles to directly produce wine bottles that can block the flow of energy."
By the time he finished speaking, Gavin's eyes had already fallen on Vallon.
Valon immediately understood. It was obvious that the other party was planning to hand over this task to the Hammer of Light Monastery, who would allow them to have a ready-made glass production workshop.
After pondering for a moment, Valon said: "Leave this matter to our Holy Light Hammer, and I will send people to find ways to improve the process and strive to produce brand new wine bottles at the lowest price.
It just takes time to improve the process, and water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the nearer. What if the auctioneer of the ghost wine that has already been sold comes to visit?"
"So, we still need to prepare alternatives." Gavin directly took out a simple wooden wine box from Howard's convenience bag, which was exactly the same as the bottle that was awarded at Weizeme Manor.
After opening it, the bottle of ghost wine inside exuded a rich black mist and was filled with cold air.
"This wine box uses the same magic circle as on the medicine cylinder. It was originally prepared for this ultimate ghost wine to prevent the negative energy it emits from affecting ordinary people." Gavin explained, "I will send someone
, I will rush to build a batch of such wine boxes for ready use. At the same time, I will also send people to make a batch of wine cabinets with similar functions, specially used to hold ghost wine and holy light liquor.
Since the Grand Inquisitor has already transported the ghost wine back, why not put it in the manor’s wine cellar to warm it up, and then send someone to pick it up when needed.”
"This is indeed a way." Wallon couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief and said, "This person is getting better and better as he lives. In this matter, I can't keep up with Sir Gavin's calmness. He found him in a few minutes.
Ways to deal with it.”
"Your Excellency, Grand Judge, please don't praise me. These methods are not improvised." Gavin said with a wry smile, "Actually, I am also aware of this matter. The production of ghost wine is far more complicated than the production of ghost wine."
We imagined it would be troublesome."
"How? Can you elaborate more?" Valon asked with concern.
This is related to their vital interests. Recently, through extensive verification, ghost wine has a great auxiliary effect on regulating their bodies. They do not want ghost wine to be discontinued.
"Actually, it's not a big mystery. I believe it won't be long before the whole world knows that negative energy is different from positive energy in that it has a certain degree of corruption.
Ghost wine itself already has the ability to combine negative energy and can accept the infusion of more negative energy in a short period of time without any change in quality. However, ordinary wine cannot. Even if a little negative energy is poured into it, it will change.
It has turned into rancid evil water and is no longer drinkable.
I originally drank 50,000 bottles of wine from those wine merchants, and wanted to turn them all into ghost wine through negative energy transformation.
But this method doesn’t work at all. They are all piled up outside now, and they don’t dare to be transported into the manor.” Gavin sighed.
Life will be unsatisfactory nine times out of ten.
Originally I thought he had found a convenient way to make money.
As ordinary wine enters and exits the manor, it is transformed into ghost wine, and its value immediately increases more than ten times.
Even if the efficiency is slower and the market demand is less, it will still be a huge profit.
An annual income of over 10 million is not a dream.
No matter where I thought of it, my idea was too beautiful and naive.
"Doesn't that mean that ghost wine will become out of print?" Vallon said in surprise.
"Out-of-print will definitely not become out-of-print. We still have grapes from a manor. At worst, we can make our own wine." Gavin pointed to the vineyard in the distance.
"Have you found the reason?"
"It's almost ten, the rest still needs to be researched and certified."
After discovering that the method of converting ordinary wine into ghost wine through a high concentration of negative energy environment failed.
Gavin knew that their idea of the birth of ghost wine was a bit too simple, and there must be some mistake in it.
If you think about it carefully, this is indeed the case.
If you simply bring wine into the shadow plane, it will be transformed into ghost wine.
Even if ghost wines were not produced in large quantities, they would have existed for a long time.
Where can I wait until Gavin discovers the harvest and makes a fortune?
Gavin carefully summarized the timeline of the Vizeme Manor and discovered that this batch of wine was brewed during the suicide of Sir Colonfell after the tragedy at Vizeme Manor. The day after it was sealed in the cellar, Colonfell
Sir Er committed suicide, and the whole incident began to escalate. In just ten days, all the servants fled and the manor became a forbidden area.
Therefore, Gavin has reason to suspect that the transformation of ghost wine has already begun in the production process.
The most important thing in winemaking is active enzymes.
These active enzymes may have mutated in a special environment, allowing this batch of wines to achieve a delicate balance with negative energy, thus becoming compatible.
It is estimated that this kind of chemical reaction occurs only when the negative energy cannot be too much or too little.
Because once excessive, negative energy is likely to completely kill active enzymes. If the amount is insufficient, the reactions they need will not occur.
In short, this matter is more troublesome than imagined.
Vallon laughed instead: "This is not entirely a bad thing. In this way, only you have mastered the production process of ghost wine. In a short time, others cannot copy it. In the case of mass production, the production process of ghost wine
Prices will only increase, not decrease.”
Although he is not a businessman, he also knows the value of monopoly.
If it were not a monopoly, ghost wine could be sold at a sky-high price of less than 180 gold coins a bottle.
Their Holy Light Spirits are facing fierce competition. Even if they develop a blocking bottle, the price will be driven down in a short period of time.
In the end, half of it sold at auction is considered ideal.
Because there are various churches and monasteries all over Faerûn.
Guiding positive energy is the basic ability of all official priests, and it is not difficult to produce it.
It is estimated that in the end, the benefits brought by the production of Holy Light Spirits will not be greater than the benefits brought by the production of special wine bottles for blocking.
"Everything has its own gains and losses, but as a result, the businessmen in Sambia can't sit still anymore, haha..."
"Isn't that the most gratifying thing?"
Gavin and Wallon looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh together. Seeing those Sambian businessmen crippled was their favorite thing to do.
In the past, it was these profiteers who created the monopoly, but now they are allowed to taste what it feels like to be monopolized.
Midsummer Festival.
Also known as Midsummer Night or the Long Night.
This celebration festival is very common in Faerûn. Whether it is elves, halflings or humans, they all have their own Midsummer Festival.
It’s just that time is not unified, including human beings themselves.
In Tessel, the Midsummer Festival takes place at the end of June.
In the Northland, it is usually held in early July.
In the valley, it is held on July 15th. At least most of the valleys follow this custom.
This festival is also called the festival of music and love.
In many places, there is such a custom.
Unmarried girls will be allowed to move freely and hide in the woods all night, waiting for their favorite suitors to come and "hunt". Traditional engagements are usually made on this night.
The weather on this night is usually very good, and there is rarely a midsummer night with bad weather - because this is the protection of the gods.
Once bad weather occurs, it is considered a bad omen and usually heralds famine or plague.
Bad omens did not come to the valley, at least not to the land of Three Rivers.
Therefore, the weather on Midsummer Day was particularly good.
It was cloudy during the day, blocking the excess heat of the sun.
There is a gentle breeze at night, and the wind blowing from Yewen Pond has a touch of moisture, but in midsummer, it will only make people feel refreshing and comfortable, rather than the cold and wet feeling in early spring and late autumn.
The venue for the party was set in the huge open space between the Vizeme Manor and the vineyards.
Before nightfall, the place was filled with tables made of fine bluestone and logs, filled with all kinds of fruits and vegetables.
But today's protagonist is destined to be only one - grapes. Half of the grapes produced at Vizeme Estate are occupied by them.
Hundreds of large pots have been set up in the morning, and the ingredients have been prepared and lit at noon. Now they are all steaming with steam, and the aroma is so rich that one can't help but wonder if it will blow all the way to Yeweng along with the breeze.
Go to the forest.
Tethyr immigrants, captured mercenaries, ship village halflings, kobolds, pixies, grizzlies, treants and enlightenment trees.
I dare not say that I didn’t miss half of them, at least most of them had already entered the venue before dark.
This is the land of three rivers, an unprecedented event that no one wants to miss.
In addition, there are thirty or forty thorn spirits from the Rose Tower.
The two teams of half-elf girls are naturally Regina's direct subordinates.
Nearly a hundred paladin and paladin apprentices came from the Hammer of Justice Monastery.
Even those explorers of the ghost manor were invited to participate in this dinner.