Chapter 384: Blessings and Disasters

"It doesn't matter who is responsible. What matters is what method is used to remedy it." Gavin thought and replied, "This kind of spillage is caused by the flow of energy. Originally, It’s this fluidity that makes ghost wines, and now it’s the 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 from the container. 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 strong 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 and broken in the fierce battle. The real blocking effect 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 contain 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 rise.

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 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 should I do if the auctioneer of ghost wine that has already been sold comes to my door? "

"So, we have 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.

"The wine box uses the same magic circle as the potion 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.

Now that the Grand Inquisitor has transported the ghost wine back, it is better to 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 do you explain it? Can you please explain it in detail?" 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 become rancid and evil water, and there is no way to drink it anymore.

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. Now they are all piled up outside, and they don't dare to be transported into the manor. Gavin sighed.

Life is unsatisfactory, nine times out of ten.

I originally 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 smaller, it is still a huge profit.

An annual income of over 10 million is not a dream.

No matter where I thought of it, the 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.

"Did you find the reason?"

"It's almost the same, the rest still needs to be researched and certified."

After discovering that the method of transforming 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 mix-up 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 lot of money?

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 when there is neither too much nor too little negative energy.

Because once it is excessive, negative energy is likely to completely kill the active enzymes. If the amount is insufficient, the reactions they need will not occur.

In short, this matter is more troublesome than imagined.

Valon laughed instead: "This is not entirely a bad thing. In this way, only you master the production process of ghost wine. In a short period of time, others cannot copy and produce large quantities of ghost wine. The prices will only increase.”

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 if this happens, the businessmen in Sambia will be even more unable to sit still, haha..."

"Isn't that the most gratifying thing?"

Gavin and Valon looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh together. Being able to see the businessmen in Sambia being defeated was their favorite thing to do.

In the past, it was these profiteers who created monopolies, but now they are also allowed to taste what it feels like to be monopolized.

Midsommar.

Also known as Midsummer Night or the Long Night.

This celebration festival is very common in Faerûn. Whether 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 Half takes place at the end of June.

In the Northland, this is usually done 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 "hunting". Traditional engagements are usually made on this night.

The weather on this night is generally 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, usually heralding 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 sun's excess heat.

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 rich aroma makes people wonder whether it will blow with the breeze all the way to Yewen. Go to the forest.

Tethyr immigrants, captured mercenaries, boat village halflings, kobolds, pixies, grizzlies, tree people and enlightened trees.

I dare not say that half of them were missed, but at least most of them had entered before dark.

This was an unprecedented event in the Three Rivers, and no one wanted to miss it.

In addition, there were thirty or forty thorn elves, who came from the Rose Tower.

The two teams of half-elf girls were naturally Regina's direct subordinates.

Nearly a hundred paladins and paladin apprentices came from the Hammer of Justice Monastery.

Even those ghost manor explorers were invited to participate in this dinner.