Master of Thermodynamics

Before leaving for the ball held in the ducal castle, Renault had many speculations.

He thought he could see the gorgeously decorated dance floor, with thick carpets on the ground and lots of flowers around it, and countless thick candles illuminating the dance floor.

He thought he would hear classical music with slightly religious characteristics. Although they were more serious and not lively enough, in this world deeply influenced by the Church of the Father, those secular music with lighter tunes would be difficult to get on such a big show. Elegant hall.

He also thought that he would taste the world's high-end red wine, or wines such as honey wine and fruit wine, although the latter two were exclusively for ladies and ladies.

As for the more common ale, generally speaking, this kind of rough and bitter civilian drink is basically impossible to appear in the nobles' ball.

He even thinks that he will see many beautiful white girls, they are dressed in exquisite dresses, their faces have been carefully decorated, wearing all kinds of luxurious jewels, dancing to the music, and showing the girls/familiars to their heart's content. Women's unique style.

Well, there are many well-dressed gentlemen, but they are not the point, so I won’t mention them here...

However, the real scene is very different from Renault's imagination.

The dance floor was well-dressed, and the lighting method was more luxurious than Renault had imagined. There were 6 very gorgeous large magic stone lamps hanging above the dance floor. In terms of lighting effects, it was no worse than the large chandeliers of the earth.

But in other respects, Renault was disappointed.

music?

No!

The only band in Leiyunbao belongs to the local church of God the Father, but they have already withdrawn with the church.

The other is from a local theater, but the situation is very bad recently. The theater has been closed and the theater has moved to the south to avoid the coming war.

As a result, the butler of the Duke’s Castle found embarrassingly that he could not find a band in the huge Thunder Cloud Castle.

So why doesn't the Duke raise a band by himself?

The answer is, I can't afford it.

A decent band consists of at least 20 musicians, and the sum of the expenses in terms of salary, clothing, instruments, etc., only needs 500 kinnals a year.

The money may not sound like a lot, but the problem is that musicians are only needed for large-scale banquets and dances. Who is so busy holding dances every day?

Even if you have free time, you don't have that much money!

A ball or banquet can be held at least 1,200 kinnals and as many as 5,600 kinnals. Even the Duke of Castro will only hold 5 or 6 times a year at most.

Just for a few large-scale events, I spent 500 kinnals to raise a band. The price/performance ratio is too low. Even a nobleman like the Duke of Castro feels that it is very, very uneconomical and unwilling to do such stupid things. .

In the Thousand Lake Kingdom, among all the nobles, only the king has a court band.

When Renault received the news from Miss Alietti, who was holding his arms in his arms, he couldn't help sinking into thought.

Don't be crooked!

The occasion where he "armed" Miss Arrietty was not on the "bed" but on the dance floor.

The incident with the band reminded Renault of the "Sea Sound Conch" found near Cullen Island when he first went to the mainland.

At this time, he suddenly realized that if he could analyze the secret of the conch and invent the magic record player, he would definitely be very popular with the nobles.

As long as you buy a magic record player, you can have a band with you. You will never encounter the embarrassment of not being able to hire a band in the future. Dear, do you want one?

of course yes!

Even the dukes will encounter this kind of thing, let alone the small and medium-sized nobles.

Hey, let’s not say, a dance party without music is simply a super awkward dance. Without background music, twisting his body on the dance floor makes Renault always feel like a fool, which makes him quite a bit. uneasy.

Miss Arrietty was keenly aware of Renault's emotions. She chuckled and suggested in a low voice:

"Your Excellency Renault, shall we go have a drink?"

Reynolds breathed a sigh of relief.

As a mechanical dog from China, he has never participated in a dance party. He is not good at dancing. If it weren't for the superb control of the body by the extraordinary, he might have missed Miss Alietti. Two little feet of her are swollen.

The two walked through the crowd on the dance floor and came to the lounge area next to the dance floor. There was a long wooden table in the center of the lounge area with many silver glasses full of red wine on the table.

Next to it, the maid kept taking away the drunk silver cup, and then put the cleaned silver cup, and then another maid holding a special silver jug, filled the silver cup with wine, so that the guests who participated in the dance could take it at any time.

Reynolds took a look and found that there was only wine on the table, no honey or fruit wine, which was completely different from what he had imagined as "a dazzling variety of wines".

After taking a glass of wine, Renault took a sip and couldn't help but snorted.

Because the wine has a pronounced sour taste, it is quite unpalatable.

Where is the wine?

It's all grape juice!

Based on the feeling on the tongue alone, Renault immediately judged that the alcohol content of this wine was pitifully low, which also showed that the wine-making technology of the alien world is relatively backward and the control of the fermentation process is quite unstable.

Arrietty immediately noticed Renault's slightly frowned brows, and she asked a little embarrassed:

"Is it because the wine is too sour?"

Without waiting for Renault to answer, she said again:

"This is the wine made in our estate. The sourness is a bit more obvious than that made by the church. Unfortunately, the church has already withdrawn. We can't buy wine from the church..."

Renault shook his head, turned the silver cup in his hand, and said casually:

"There are actually many ways to solve the problem of sourness. As far as I know, adding sugar is the easiest way..."

At this point, he suddenly stopped.

Because Renault suddenly realized that he was stupid.

MMP, it seems that labor and management have even said something that shouldn't be said...

On the earth, "sugaring" is almost a well-known method, but here is another world, which is especially a valuable trade secret.

According to what Alietti said just now, even the Church of God the Father with the strongest winemaking technology does not make a lot of wine. If it is placed on the earth, even dogs are reluctant to drink too much.

If Renault can make better quality wines, it will be able to overturn all competitors and easily occupy the wine market in a completely different world.

what does this mean?

A steady stream of Kinnar!

What's more, at least in "millions" as the unit!

Renault sighed secretly, hey, why are labor and management so stupid? I can’t help but want to show off when I see a beautiful girl. Let’s talk about it now...

But fortunately, he only said the word "sweetened" without mentioning more details. Arietty is just an alien from another world and lacks enough knowledge. She doesn't understand the principles of wine making, so it is difficult to infer from it. Specific methods of operation.

Winemaking is actually the process by which yeast will continuously convert the sugar in grapes into wine. When the alcohol content is increased to a certain level, the yeast will be killed by the alcohol.

At this time, it can be considered that the fermentation is complete.

If the sugar content of the grapes is insufficient, the alcohol concentration that kills the yeast will not be reached during brewing. Other means must be used to stop the fermentation and avoid over-fermentation, such as lowering the temperature or heating the wine.

In the alien world, due to the variety of factors, there are basically no grapes with enough sugar, and fermentation can only be manually stopped.

This also brings new questions. When is the most appropriate time to stop?

no one knows!

So winemaking has become a problem of probability.

If you stop in time, it is a good wine. If you stop too early or too late, the wine will have obvious sourness.

Adding sugar can just solve this trouble.

If the glucose content is not enough, labor and management will manually add sugar until the sugar content is sufficient, and then the fermentation can proceed to a natural stop without manual intervention.

This method not only makes the fermentation process more controllable, but also greatly increases the alcohol concentration, making the final product closer to "wine", no longer just grape juice with a little wine flavor.

But you can't add sugar casually. When and how much you add, you have to pay attention to it.

More importantly, turtles, do you have any sugar?

After hearing Renault's words, Arrietty showed a trace of confusion in her eyes. She looked up at Renault slightly, and said in an admiring tone:

"Your Excellency Renault, you are indeed a knowledgeable and wise man who even understands the knowledge of winemaking. Can you tell us in detail what is'added sugar'?"

Renault glanced at Arrietty's pretty face and couldn't help but let out a "hehe" in his heart.

If you are so special, just pretend, the ghost will tell you!

At this moment, he can already confirm that this charming-looking girl is a dramatist. She deliberately pretended to be silly and sweet to paralyze herself, wanting to get more information from her own mouth.

Reminiscent of Alietty’s goodwill to him as soon as they met, even in the prom, as soon as he walked in, Alietty approached him directly and danced with him on the dance floor for a while.

It doesn't make sense to think about this situation.

Does he have his own "stallion halo"? The girls I met were crying and crying to send them to the door (bed)?

Think too much...

As the granddaughter of the duke, Arrietty's status cannot be said to be innocent. As for rushing to kneel and lick an unknown person? What if he is extraordinary?

Now it seems that Arrietty must have some kind of task, deliberately approaching him, arguing from him, and she almost succeeded in arranging a very valuable trade secret.

The old saying goes well, the more beautiful the girl, the better she can act, and she will be fooled if she is not careful...

It's better to be my own girl...

So, who is the main messenger behind Arrietty?

The old face of Duke Castro immediately appeared in Renault's mind.

Besides this old dog, who else is there?

What is the shameful purpose of this old thing frequently showing good to labor and management?

These nobles in other worlds, although they look at the turtles, they are so special...

After trying to understand all of this, Renault suddenly developed a heart for narrowing.

He stared straight at Arrietty's pretty face, put on a look of **** and soul, and said in admiration:

"Miss Alrietty, you are such a wonderful beauty..."

"As for the specific method of'adding sugar', it will be difficult to say clearly for a while. Why don't we find a quiet room and have a good chat..."

As he spoke, he stretched his right paw to Arrietty's right hand, and as soon as he grasped her white and tender right hand, his fingers were still rubbing her skin.