Low-degree white wine?

  In "Wulin Three Kingdoms", the wine cellar of the winemaker is divided into four levels: primary, intermediate, advanced and top. The one Zhang Jin built before belongs to the lowest level of primary wine cellar.

  The wine cellar can be upgraded based on the time used, just like in the brewing industry, where older cellars are often better. However, such an upgrade requires a very long time, just like in reality, which old cellar is not counted in hundreds of years? Although according to the upgrade time of "Wulin Three Kingdoms", with Zhang Jin's operating ability as a wine-brewing master, upgrading the wine cellar does not take that long, but the required time is still counted in years. Apparently, gluttonous Zhang Jin doesn't want to wait that long.

  It's okay, Zhang Jin's wine cellar comes from "Wulin Three Kingdoms". Since it's a game, there must be a convenient way. The method of upgrading the wine cellar with fine wine and mud used by Zhang Jin now is the most effective and easiest to implement in reality among all methods in "Wulin Three Kingdoms".

  A primary wine cellar can only brew 0-3 level primary fine wines, such as Zhang Jin's current brewing 'Wen Xiang', 'Rou Yu', 'Ming Jiang', 'Liang Xiang', 'Guo Shi', 'Ci Ke'...

  With primary wine and Shoushan red clay, the primary wine cellar can be upgraded to a medium wine cellar, brewing 0-6 level primary and intermediate wines. For example, 'Xianhou', 'Minggong', 'Xiaoxiong', 'Jianxiong'...

  With intermediate wine and Dongting green mud, an intermediate wine cellar can be upgraded to a high-end wine cellar, brewing 0-9 level primary, intermediate and high-end wines. For example, 'Emperor', 'Tyrant', 'Huang Jun', 'Ming Jun'...

  With high-end wine and Wine Spring Yellow Mud, a high-end wine cellar can be upgraded to a top-level wine cellar, brewing all fine wines of 0-10 levels in the game. For example, Ding Bu San's 'Xuanbing Bihuojiu' in "Journey to the West", 'Wine God' Zuo Boyan's Hongrihuo and 'Female Wine God' Zuo Shi's 'Qingxi Liuchuang' in "Fengyun Chuanqi".

  Shoushan red clay, Dongting green mud, and Jiuquan yellow mud are difficult to obtain in the game, requiring a lot of tasks to be completed, consuming a large amount of time and silver.

  But for Zhang Jin in reality, it was easy and effortless, because his system store had them all for sale, and at a uniform price of one copper coin per copy.

  As for why Zhang Jin, who had already brewed several primary fine wines a long time ago, only upgraded his wine cellar today, it's not because Zhang Jin was too lazy. It's just that the Muddy Fine Wine requires several fine wines to be matched in a strict proportion, and today is when Zhang Jin and Ni finally gathered the last kind of wine they needed.

  Zhang Jin said that this last wine must be baijiu. And today is the day when one of the earliest white wines among all kinds of white wines was brewed.

  The fine mud was ready, and Zhang Jin transported all the fine mud into the wine cellar. He thoroughly "whitewashed" the wine pool that had been dug out when the cellar was first built with the fine mud. After waiting for a few days to dry, he applied another coat of whitewash, and after it dried again, Zhang Jin could leave behind the 'low-level' era of brewing in 'wine jars' and enter the 'noble' era of brewing in 'wine cellars'.

  After finishing his work, Zhang Jin first returned to his room to take a bath and then prepared lunch.

  At noon, Zhang Jin's dining table was not particularly sumptuous, with only four dishes and a seaweed soup. However, for Qi Bing and Liu Lao Yezi, even such simple four dishes and one soup were much better than the full table of abalone, shark fin, and sea cucumber they had at the big restaurant. Even though they had already eaten dozens of Zhang Jin's meals, each meal still made them drool with desire. The magic of a master chef was on full display!

  Unlike before, at lunchtime, the small bowls in front of Zhang Jin and Qi Bing that used to hold wine had been replaced with thumb-sized cups. The cups were filled with a clear, transparent liquid.

  The small wine cup was obviously far less eye-catching than the small bowl, so when the three of them had just sat down around the table, Liu Lao Ye Zi, who didn't have very good eyesight, hadn't noticed at first and curiously asked: "Huh? What's going on today? Why aren't you two drinking wine?"

  Qī Bīng lifted the small wine cup in his hand and pointed to the small wine jug between him and Zhāng Jìng, smiling and saying: "Liu Yéye, this afternoon I traded this with my brother."

  The table for three people was very small. Mr. Liu leaned over and took a closer look at the cup, which looked like white water, "What is this? White wine?"

  Zhang Jin nodded, "Mm, new white wine."

  Liu Lao's eyes suddenly widened, as if he wanted to squeeze out his eyeballs, and hastily asked: "Xiao Zhang, is this wine also brewed by you?"

  Zhang Jin nodded slightly, "Generally speaking, I only drink wine that I brew myself." His expression was somewhat 'pretentious'.

  Although Zhang Jin's attitude is a bit 'annoying', but Liu Lao Ye didn't refute it, because he also thought in his heart "If I can drink Zhang Jin's wine every day, who would drink other wines?"

  "Bring me a cup too, I'll have some as well!" Old Master Liu said eagerly, his eyes gleaming with anticipation.

  "No way!" Zhang Jin vetoed Liu Laoye's proposal without hesitation, "According to your illness, the current amount of one bowl of huangjiu or rice wine per day is already the maximum, and it cannot be increased anymore!"

  "Would you exchange that bowl of wine from last night for this new wine?" Mr. Liu, who was eager to taste the new wine made by Master Zhang, had no choice but to think of another way.

  Zhang Jin shook his head: "Letting you drink Huangjiu and rice wine is already a privilege, don't even think about touching this high-proof baijiu."

  "Just give in a little, I'll just have a taste, I promise I won't drink much." Mr. Liu continued to plead with an expressionless face, but his turbid old eyes, which looked like those of a wet puppy, were really nauseating.

  Zhang Jin still had a heart as hard as iron, and he shook his head resolutely: "No way! I'm the doctor, you're the patient. Patients should follow the doctor's orders, don't you know that?"

  "That little soldier is so young and still in school, shouldn't he be drinking white wine? It's said to be bad for memory and development." Seeing that he couldn't drink himself, Old Man Liu had a wicked idea to get someone else to take the fall.

  Qibing laughed and said, "We Northeasterners don't talk about this, nor is there a legal drinking age. Brother should know that when I was little and couldn't even speak yet, my dad would dip his chopsticks in wine and give me some to drink."

  Old Master Liu was speechless, and could only pick up his chopsticks in a huff to savor the delicious dishes on the plate. How childish!

  At Liu's old master's petty appearance, Zhang Jin only smiled slightly and raised his cup to Qi Bing, "Younger brother, come on, let's have one!"

  Don't look at Qi Bing, who is only 17 or 18 years old, but his drinking age is not short. After being tempered, he is always very cautious when drinking unfamiliar wine for the first time, especially when facing his somewhat sinister brother, caution has increased by three points!

  So, instead of responding enthusiastically to Zhang Jin's proposal, he brought the wine cup in his hand to his nose and sniffed it carefully, feeling that the wine flavor was faintly indistinct. He raised his head and asked doubtfully: "Brother, this isn't like those 'clear wine' and 'bamboo dew' things that deceive people, is it? Why does it smell like a mixture of small fire and water?"

  After listening to Qi Bing's doubts about his craftsmanship, Zhang Jin rarely didn't scold him with the demeanor of a big brother, but instead said in a rather calm tone: "Think about it, I've only brewed for a few months? And without distillation and blending, how high can the alcohol content be? The alcohol content should be similar to 'Clear Wine' and 'Bamboo Dew', but the taste is absolutely stronger than that.

  After hearing Zhang Jin's words, Qi Bing slightly put down the doubts in his heart, raised his cup and showed a nonchalant expression: "Alright, let's have one. But to be honest, if it's like 'Clear Wine' or 'Bamboo Dew' with only 20 degrees, we shouldn't use this thumb cup, should switch to a bigger cup!" As he said that, the wine cups in his and Zhang Jin's hands clinked together, and he drank it all in one gulp, without noticing the subtle sly smile on Zhang Jin's face.

  Just by looking at Zhang Jin's sly appearance, it's clear that this wine is not as simple as it seems. There must be some crucial point hidden by Zhang Jin. Even though he was extremely careful after being tricked multiple times, Qi Bing, the cunning fat fox, still couldn't avoid Zhang Jin's trap and fell for it.

  There are a thousand ways to be a thief, but not a thousand ways to prevent thievery. Living with Zhang Jin every day, even if Qi Bing is extremely careful, he can only avoid some of the traps set by his teasing, and cannot guard against all of them!