Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 52 Preparing for a New Map

"Yumen Spring Wine, is this restaurant opened by a player?" Cui Ruoyun asked while looking at the busy restaurant.

"Yes, this is the best shop in Guazhou now, and the boss is still open today."

Most of the shops on the street are closed today, and only those players who don't need to celebrate the festival will open for business on the first day of the new year.

However, the festive atmosphere is strong this year, and there are many shoppers on the street, and the shops that are open are booming.

"I heard that this player's family has ancestral wine-making skills. As soon as Yumenchun was launched, it overwhelmed several wine shops in Guazhou and became the best wine in the local area."

"Sister, I heard that merchants in Shazhou will also buy from here. Yumenchun is also very popular in Guazhou."

Cui Tao licked the corner of his mouth, but Cui Ruoyun said, "College students are not allowed to drink alcohol!"

"Sister, I'm a graduate student!"

"Graduate students are not allowed to drink!"

"Can't even drink the wine in this game?"

"Not even in the game!"

Cui Tao, who was brutally suppressed, was disheartened, but was dragged into the restaurant by Cui Ruoyun.

"Sister, didn't you let me drink?"

"You can't drink as a graduate student. I'm already working, so I can drink."

"sister!"

A native clerk led them into the restaurant, and the clerk enthusiastically said, "Our signature Yumenchun, do you want to try it?"

"Let's have a jug, what else is there besides wine?"

"We also have sweet rice wine, which is most suitable for female guests to drink."

"Is the degree high?"

The clerk was stunned for a moment, as if the shopkeeper often talked about the number of degrees in his mouth, he thought for a while and said: "If you don't drink rice wine, you won't get drunk."

"Then have a pot of rice wine, get some appetizers, and arrange a seat by the window for us."

"Okay! Two distinguished guests, please!"

Yumenchun Restaurant has four floors, and the siblings were taken to the uppermost window seat, overlooking the whole street.

Looking at the streets crowded with tourists and decorated with lights, Cui Tao felt a sense of accomplishment spontaneously.

Guazhou has become more and more prosperous after the arrival of players. It is like the seeds planted in one's own field, finally taking root and sprouting. The sense of accomplishment is really addictive.

Two wine jars in ceramic bottles were brought out. Under the surprised gaze of the waiter, Cui Ruoyun picked up Yumenchun, and then handed the rice wine to her younger brother.

"Guest officer, the Yumenchun in our store is soft in the mouth but has a strong aftertaste. You can't drink too much."

Cui Ruoyun picked up the wine glass and took a sip. The wine was indeed brewed well. It was soft in the mouth and had the aroma of grain. It was a taste that later generations did not have in blended wine.

However, the alcohol content of this wine is not high. Cui Ruoyun savored it and said: "It is a low-alcohol wine with more than 30 degrees. Alcohol is quoted above the alcohol level."

"Sister, thirty degrees is not enough. There is money in Yumenchun, and the wine with the highest degree in Guazhou is the wine with less than ten degrees."

"This wine tastes good, the boss has some skills."

Cui Tao took a sip of sweet wine, which was made from simple fermentation of grain.

The starch in the grain is converted into sugar, which is then converted into alcohol.

However, rice wine stops fermentation when the sugar content has not been completely converted into alcohol. This kind of wine has a low alcohol content and is sweet in the mouth. It is very popular among the elderly and women.

Immediately afterwards, another guy brought up two stir-fried vegetables, and the aroma rushed into their noses.

"Sister, there are also many people in Guazhou growing soybeans. After a player found out, he built an oil extraction factory. Now people in Guazhou city are starting to use oil for cooking."

Cui Ruoyun nodded slightly, the player is also Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, there are two things, wine and oil, and players have already tossed them out.

"I remember that the use of stir-fried vegetables only appeared in the Song Dynasty. No wonder the food in the military camp has become better recently."

Cui Tao nodded and said, "Stir-fried dishes are much more delicious than stewed dishes. Recently, big families in Guazhou have begun to let their cooks learn how to cook."

Cui Ruoyun picked up the stir-fried vegetables in front of her and took a bite. Although it lacked spices, it tasted much better than those disgusting stews when she first entered the game.

Cui Tao also ate a few mouthfuls, and this stir-fried dish was much better than the dishes in their university cafeteria.

"The game Datang Fengyun is really good, even the feeling of eating is the same as in reality!" Cui Tao said with emotion, and took another sip of rice wine.

Cui Ruoyun put down the chopsticks in her hand and asked, "I heard that someone is going to set up a caravan to do business in Shazhou?"

Cui Tao nodded and said: "Yes, a few days ago, Sun Jianguo and other businessmen came to me and said that the price tripled when they heard that the wool was shipped to Shazhou. Escort the goods to sell in Shazhou, we can’t let those profiteers earn the difference.”

Cui Tao looked at Cui Ruoyun suspiciously and asked, "Sister, do you also want to join this caravan?"

Cui Ruoyun shook her head and said, "What kind of caravan am I joining? If you hadn't pulled me out, I wouldn't have wanted to leave the laboratory for a moment. You didn't see how busy I was."

Cui Tao scratched his head and asked, "Since you don't want to join the caravan, why are you asking about this?"

Cui Ruoyun said: "I still lack several experimental raw materials, and I can't buy them in Guazhou. If they really go to Shazhou to help me bring some back."

"So that's the case, no problem! But it's not easy to go to Shazhou, and the road is not easy."

Cui Ruoyun nodded. Ancient times are not modern times. The reason why merchants can make huge profits is because there are too many merchants who died by the side of the road.

Bandits, dark-hearted colleagues, and even passing officers and soldiers may attack the fat sheep loaded with goods.

"I heard that these merchant players are going to hire adventure players to join and form a convoy to send them to Guazhou."

"How to hire? With money?"

"It's just money. King Jianning has a long-term mission where you can get contribution points by handing in the money. These adventure players take the money and turn it in to King Jianning to get contribution points."

"That's not bad. Are there many people who signed up?"

"It's quite a lot. Recently, the bandits near Guazhou have been suppressed by the players. Many adventure players have been idle. It just so happens that everyone wants to open up new maps."

"In addition to these players, there are also a few players from the Scenery Party who are going to play in Shazhou. Everyone heard that the Dunhuang Grottoes in Shazhou are still under construction. They all want to see what the Dunhuang Grottoes look like in this era."

Cui Ruoyun said: "Then I will make a list for you. If there is a caravan going to Shazhou, help me buy some experimental materials."

"No problem, wait a minute, who will pay for the money?"

"Nonsense, of course you are out."

"Wait, didn't King Jianning give you funding for the experiment? Why do you want me to pay?"

"The laboratory funds are never enough, you don't know that?"

(End of this chapter)