The envoys of the Shadow Empire had arrived at the capital for several days. What agreement could Empress Catherine and Empress Jía reach? Would the 2 empires go to war became the focus of heated discussion. However, even if the people paid attention to these national affairs, they could only pay attention; they couldn't participate. The decision was entirely in the hands of the higher-ups. Compared to national affairs, there was a recent incident in the capital that attracted the attention of many people.
Demons were aggressive and addicted to alcohol. Alcohol had become an indispensable necessity of life; it was suitable for both men and women, old and young. Especially in this context where there was no large-scale war and sufficient food, pubs were always one of the most popular places no matter which estate.
There were 2 kinds of alcohol in the Demon Realm. One was rice wine which was brewed from a crop similar to rice, "drunk rice". Due to the simple production process, rice wine was bitter and tasted ordinary. It belonged to low-grade alcohol; the other was fruit wine. After fermentation, it was mixed with various spices. It had a comfortable taste, and many varieties were derived. It was a middle-grade and high-grade wine. Among them, the purple berry wine of the Shadow Empire and the black grape wine of the Fallen Angel Empire were the most popular.
In the past few days, several places in the city were full of people all day. The reason was very simple. A strange wine fragrance floated from this place from time to time. This wine fragrance was extremely strong. It made people feel drunk just by smelling it.
"What kind of wine is this?"
"It's so fragrant!"
"It's not black grape wine! It's not purple berry wine either! "
"This is neither fruit wine nor rice wine. I've never smelled such a fragrant wine!"
"…"
These places were the branches of the Princess Retail Store scattered in various locations in the capital. Originally, these branches were in a precarious situation under the crowding out of nearby shops. Other shops would rather lose money to sell the same kind of goods at a lower price, so the business was extremely bleak. However, these strange wine fragrance attracted a large number of customers. Of course, most of them went for the wine.
The wine fragrance drifted out from a small wine glass in a magic circle. Obviously, this magic circle had the effect of spreading and amplifying, but it still aroused the strong interest of customers. All of them wanted to taste it as soon as possible, so they asked the shop assistant about the price of this wine.
The Princess Retail Store's answer was that this kind of wine was called aromatic millet wine. It was the best wine newly developed by the Princess Retail Store. The quantity was limited, so it was temporarily not sold to the public. The day after tomorrow, the Princess Villa in the southern suburbs, which was the original Leisure Moon Inn, would be open for business. By then, as long as the Princess Retail Store's VIP card could be used to purchase this limited supply of fine wine during meals.
The higher the level of the VIP, the greater the discount and the more wine they could buy. For example, a White Crystal VIP could order a bottle of yellow wine; a Purple Crystal VIP could order two bottles and enjoy a 5% discount; a Black Crystal VIP could order three bottles and enjoy a 10% discount … If one did not have a VIP card, the price would not be higher, but each person could only order a small cup.
It turned out to be a newly researched fine wine! Everyone felt itchy in their hearts. Their eyes fell on the tempting yellow wine in the small wine glass. If it weren't for the strong defense of the magic circle, perhaps someone would have rushed up and drank it in one gulp.
In the name of celebrating the opening of the Princess Villa the day after tomorrow, the Princess Retail Store took the opportunity to launch a rare discount event. As long as one bought 2, 3, or 4 sets of goods, they could get 3 types of VIP cards: White Crystal, Purple Crystal, and Black Crystal. If the cumulative consumption of any Princess Retail Store in the Demon Realm reached a certain level, they could also get a special Blood Crystal VIP card. As for the highest level of gold crystal card, it was generally only given to some of the most distinguished guests as a symbol of status.
Originally, the Princess Retail Store's products were famous for their high quality and outstanding reputation. They followed the brand route and rarely gave discounts. Now that they finally launched a discount event, coupled with the stimulation of fine wine, the business of the capital's main store and several branches suddenly boomed by dozens of times. Various goods were in short supply, and even many of the backlog goods were snapped up. The people of the capital were scrambling to announce that the Princess Villa in the southern suburbs would open the day after tomorrow. At that time, there would be a fine wine called aromatic millet wine.
"He's worthy of being the cunning human financial officer. He made the Princess Retail Store and Princess Villa the focus of the capital with just a few tricks." Isabella looked at the flow of people coming in and out of the Princess Retail Store from afar and said with emotion.
"Thank you, beautiful Ms. Dark Demon." Chen Rui smiled, "It's just a small trick. In front of a scheming expert like Miss, I don't deserve the praise of 'cunning'."
Isabella's charming eyes turned, "This kind of wine has never appeared in the Dark Moon. When did you start brewing it? Why didn't I know? "
Chen Rui smiled, "There are still many things you don't know. It seems that we need to get to know each other more deeply."
Millet wine was something that he had been preparing for a long time. Chen Rui's grandfather in his previous life was from Shaoxing, and he had to make millet wine every year. He was naturally familiar with these processes under the influence of what he saw and heard. When developing the Dark Moon, he wanted to make a batch of millet wine, but the wine craftsmanship of the Demon Realm was different from that of Chen Rui's world. There was no "distiller's yeast" necessary for millet wine brewing.
The raw materials of distiller's yeast were wheat and beans. It was enough to cultivate mycelium at a certain temperature. However, these processes seemed easy, but it was not so simple to do. Chen Rui wrote down the process that he remembered and handed it to Tim at the Walan Fortress in Mountain Xilang.
Tim was very attentive to this and asked his wife, Lysa, to be in charge of this matter. This was a lucky hit. The medusa tribe showed an unexpected talent in brewing, and they soon cultivated distiller's yeast. Subsequently, in repeated experiments, they successfully used the diluted Fountain of Vitality and the high-quality drunk rice grown on the improved soil to make the millet wine more fragrant and higher alcohol content than Chen Rui imagined. It was named "aromatic millet wine" by Chen Rui.
After the millet wine was brewed, it must be sealed in a cool, dry place for a period of time to make the wine more fragrant and delicate. Just when the first batch of millet wine was made and started to be stored, Obsidian launched a war against the Dark Moon. The entire Dark Moon was in a state of emergency preparation. Chen Rui also went to the White Feather Estate, so he had no time to manage these wines.
Later, Obsidian was defeated and died, and Jía took control of the empire. Chen Rui also remembered this matter. Initially, he wanted to seal the wine for a period of time before taking it out, but the situation in the capital was unfavorable to Jía. He needed to open up the situation as soon as possible, so he asked Tim to transport the wine to the Dark Moon and get it through the Rainbow Valley.
To Chen Rui's surprise, these millet wines that should not have been sealed for a long time actually tasted surprisingly mellow. They were even better than the older wines in his previous life. After asking, he found out that the place where Lysa chose to seal the wine was the Earth Realm of the earth elementals. It was probably due to the wonderful effect of the purest earth element power. Using medusa's brewing and the Fountain of Vitality as raw materials, coupled with the power of the Earth Realm of the Earth Elemental King, it was already a unique product in terms of producer and materials.
Isabella's charming eyes curved, "If Royal Highness Prince Consort is not afraid that Her Majesty Empress will be jealous, you might as well come to the small house in the northern suburbs on the night after tomorrow to meet a sinister and cunning woman."
Chen Rui's eyes lit up. Since the last time he saw through her will to die, Isabella had been seemingly avoiding him. Now, she was finally willing to face him. He said with joy, "The brave knight will definitely defeat the terrifying dragon and rescue the beautiful princess."
"Defeat? Is it bribing? " 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."
A thin layer of mist rose in Isabella's blue eyes, then she avoided his gaze, "By the way, why haven't I seen Rolla these days? She gave me something last time, and there is a little problem. I want her to help take a look. "
If it was a magic item or something, Chen Rui could also solve this problem, but he didn't want to push Isabella too hard, so he said, "She took a few lamp spirits to experiment in the Rainbow Valley in the past 2 days. She will go back to the palace tonight. You can go to her at that time."
"I will go. Is your new thing still being debugged? You are now focused on that. Leave these matters of Princess Villa to me. There are still 3 days before the deadline for negotiations. We don't have much time. "
The millet wine strategy was planned before the arrival of Catherine's messenger. It was supposed to be a long-term economic strategy, but Catherine's letter disrupted the plan. Especially the seven-day deadline, it made time extremely tight. Originally, this strategy couldn't play its due role in the short term, but Isabella said that she had a way, but she couldn't say it in advance. Jía didn't ask further. She gave Isabella the maximum authority to act first and report later on this key matter.
Since the decisive battle of Town Leith, Chen Rui felt that the relationship between Jía and Isabella seemed to be a little subtle, or there was a faint tacit understanding. For the Crystal Palace, the more harmonious, the better. He would not be stupid enough to ask in front of the 2 women.
"Okay." Chen Rui nodded. Due to the arrival of the Shadow Empire's messenger, a new thing also needed to be launched in advance, so he was very busy these days.
Chen Rui's marketing strategy was quite successful. Not only the Princess Retail Store's business was unprecedentedly hot, but the new wine also received free publicity. The news that the superb wine was about to be launched in the Princess Villa in the southern suburbs spread like wildfire, attracting the attention of many merchants, especially the capital's famous wine giant, Plinton. Plinton was an important member of the Mishan Family and the president of the Night Chamber of Commerce. The Night Chamber of Commerce was a chamber of commerce jointly established by the Mishan Family, the Boll Family, the Leif Family and other elder families. It almost monopolized the black grape fruit wine in the entire empire. The emergence of the new wine now was a huge impact on both the Mishan Family, which made a fortune in the wine industry, and the entire Night Chamber of Commerce.
In the long run, once the new wine and the Princess Villa took shape, then the fixed pattern of the capital would be broken. It was also quite disadvantageous to the elder families' control of certain aspects of the capital. As such, Empress Jía naturally became the biggest beneficiary. At present, Jía's attention was focused on the negotiation with the Shadow Empire. It was just in time to prepare for a rainy day and eliminate the threat in the bud.
For this reason, the Night Chamber of Commerce urgently convened an internal meeting and unanimously agreed to use a series of means to resolutely curb the sales of this new wine, even including various insidious tricks.
However, before these conspiracies could be launched, on the night before the opening of the Princess Villa, the Mishan Family's wine cellar in the eastern suburbs suddenly caught fire. There was a big explosion, and tens of thousands of jars of good wine were burned. This bad news almost made Plinton faint.
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