Chapter 143 You Are Really Calculating!
Seeing Durandon rushing forward, Tang En was astonished.
"He's not a contestant, why is he so impulsive? At least he's a king..."
Cloto laughed: "Because he also participated in the drunkard competition a few years ago, but he was eliminated by Grocca."
Tang En suddenly realized, no wonder Du Landon is so angry... After all, this Groka is too stingy, right? You don't even know how to play against the king, are you afraid of being put on small shoes?
Should it be said that dwarves are a race with very unclear classes?
"What cheating?"
On the stage, Grocca looked at Durandon with very pure eyes, with a look of "I don't understand what you are talking about at all".
"You still pretend!"
Durandon pointed at Tang En and said, "Mr. Tang En discovered your secret use of magic to cheat! He is a human mage!"
Grocca's face froze, and his expression flickered a little.
It is precisely because more than 99% of dwarves cannot use magic that he dared to use his rune dwarf talent to cheat without any scruples, but he did not expect to be exposed by Tang En today.
Seeing the changes in Grocca, the audience was in an instant uproar.
You must know that Grocca has won the championship of the drunkard contest for fifteen consecutive times!
In other words, he drank beer for free for fifteen years!
damn it! Why am I not a rune dwarf!
At this moment, instead of criticizing Groka for cheating, they were drooling enviously.
"Nonsense, nonsense!"
Groka wanted to try his best one last time, and quibbled: "Drinking depends on one's ability. The identity of the rune dwarf was bestowed on me by the goddess. Why can't I use it!?"
Durandon was dumbfounded immediately, he didn't expect Grocca to move out all the goddesses, but...
What he said makes sense! I was speechless!
The goddess is supreme, of course Durandon dare not question the goddess...
As a result, the judging platform next to it immediately became chaotic, saying that the talent of the rune dwarves is also one of its own strengths, which can be used completely, while saying that drinking is drinking, and you should rely on your stomach and drinking capacity to win. After a while, both sides People are so noisy that they blush and have thick necks, and they are just short of copying guys to fight to determine the outcome.
"All right!"
As King Durandon, he had to think more. In order not to cause potential hidden dangers, he could only hold back his discomfort and said, "You are right! The power of rune dwarves is a precious gift from the goddess, so You can use it, so you win!"
So Grocca was happy, and he could drink good wine for free for another year. He laughed loudly: "I, Grocca Fire Tong, have never been drunk so far. Of course, the champion of this alcoholic contest is me. You are still far away from defeating me!"
Tang En, who was standing by the side and had been in the theater mode all along, had a flash of inspiration when he heard the words, and suddenly showed a strange smile. After signaling to Cloto, he walked straight over.
Tang En stood still in front of Groka, and said leisurely: "You said you have never been drunk? I don't believe it."
"Humans, don't doubt a dwarf's drinking capacity!"
Although he was exposed by Tang En for cheating, Groka, who won the championship, was in a good mood and was not angry at Tang En's doubts: "We people of the earth are different from you humans. Our physique is as strong as a rock. Drinks will only make us Stronger and more powerful without making us pass out drunk!"
"Then what happened to him?"
Tang En pointed to Colin next to him.
Groka suffocated, snorted and said, "That's because he overestimated himself and insisted on challenging Purgatory Stout!"
"indeed."
Durandon next to him also said: "Purgatory stout is not an ordinary beer, even us dwarves dare not drink too much... why don't you try it?"
Thinking of the stench, Tang En frowned, but considering his plan, he nodded and said, "Then give me a small cup to try."
Soon a dwarf brought a glass of purgatory stout. Looking at the huge glass, the corner of Tang En's mouth twitched. Is this a small glass? Are you kidding me?
Durandon laughed loudly and said, "Don't be surprised, in our eyes, this is already the smallest cup."
Tang En nodded, looked at the dark and shiny wine, swallowed his saliva, and took a sip, suppressing the stench soaring into the sky.
However, to Tang En's surprise, although the purgatory black beer smelled extremely stinky, after drinking it...it was unexpectedly delicious?
The strength of the wine was not very strong, but very soft, and it was like a hot liquid that penetrated into the stomach, and the whole body felt very comfortable, and then rushed up with a gust of breath.
"Hic..."
A bubble came out of Tang En's mouth, and then exploded above his head.
【ah! It stinks! Tang En, you hate it! 】
Even Nora couldn't stand the smell, pinching her nose and hiding.
After tasting it carefully, Tang En was surprised to find that apart from the unpleasant smell, this Purgatory Dark Beer turned out to be a rare good wine!
But when it comes to alcohol...it's just so-so.
So Tang En had a solid idea in his mind, and drank the remaining Purgatory Stout in one go, and then said very calmly: "Purgatory Stout, but that's it, the strength is still too weak."
There was an uproar all around again!
A human actually drank purgatory beer that even many dwarves dare not drink!
And said, but that's all! ?
Grocca immediately became angry, feeling that his status as the champion was much weaker, and said with a straight neck: "You are talking nonsense! I think you are already drunk and trying to hold on? Just relying on a woman like a human The red wine I just drank is also worthy of comparison with our dwarven spirits?"
Tang En smiled slightly, and said lightly: "Although I don't like alcohol, I also know that there are many kinds of spirits that you have never heard of, such as Erguotou, vodka, whiskey, rum..."
As the wine names appeared one after another in Tang En's mouth, there was a sudden sound of swallowing saliva all around. For these dwarves who were addicted to alcohol, those unknown wines were like a deadly poison that attracted them. .
After talking about a few well-known spirits, Tang En changed the subject and said suddenly: "You said you have never been drunk, then I will make a bet with you, if I can make you drunk, you will be drunk in the future. Just work for me, if I can't make you drunk, then I'll give you twelve bottles of Elven New Moon wine for free, how about it?"
Groka wiped his saliva and laughed loudly: "Human, you are doomed! Bring the wine!"
Tang En shook his head: "I can't get it out yet."
Grocca was angry: "Then you say a hammer!"
"You can take a rest first, adjust your state, don't worry, I will definitely let you drink, please wait a moment, everyone, and you can also be a witness."
After Tang En finished speaking with a smile, he teased Durandon.
"Twain, you are really calculating!"
Durandon glanced sideways at Tang En, and said very displeasedly: "You actually put your mind on the rune dwarves, don't you know how precious they are to us dwarves!?"
"Hey, I'm not a necromancer, so why worry? I just want him to work for me."
Cloto also laughed: "A rune dwarf employee, I am a little moved, Durandon, why don't you send some to me?"
"Beautiful idea! Hmph, although your plan is very good, but I dare say you will lose."
Durandon said proudly: "Although I am very unwilling, I have to admit that Grocca is the best drinker among our younger generation. The Goddess of the Earth gave him the best body and talent. You have no chance of winning. "
"Not always……"
Tang En smiled mysteriously: "Do you have wine-making equipment here? Lend me to use it."
Du Landon was stunned: "Wait! Are you going to tell me that you want fresh brew?"
"Of course, I didn't prepare those wines..."
"Are you a fool?"
Both Durandon and Cloto looked at Tang En with a look of astonishment, then glanced at each other, and sighed in unison: "An amateur is an amateur...you are doomed."
"Don't talk nonsense, get it here quickly."
"Of course you can, but wine can't be brewed in a day at all! It takes a long time to ferment, and you can't make it right today!"
"That's my business."
Tang En didn't care, in fact, he was fully confident that he could produce high-quality distilled liquor in one day!
Cloto was also very interested in Tang En's confidence.
Durandon asked the guards to bring all the winemaking equipment from the wine cellar of the Hammer House, and said, "You can use these as you like—but I tell you, it's useless."
Tang En was too lazy to talk anymore, and blocking them with facts was the most effective way.
"Forget it, let's move these things back."
Du Landon blew his beard and stared angrily: "Are you kidding me!?"
After taking a look at those brewing equipment, Tang En gave up the idea of using them, took out a pile of iron ingots, and planned to make a fermentation tank and wine still on site.
The iron ingot softened quickly under the firing of the transparent flame, and then began to shape under the control of magic power, and it was quickly formed.
"Get me some barley—no malt, but chaff."
Even though Durandon was upset, he still sent people to move the barley. Taking advantage of this time, Dunn checked the yeast they used to make wine. I have to say, thanks to the dwarves' alcoholism However, they have not discovered the importance of cultivating yeast, but use a natural plant similar to hops to ferment.
So the next thing he has to do is to cultivate distiller's yeast.
The first is to use magic to crush barley, mix it with water and press it into bricks, and then quickly cultivate Aspergillus with the help of Nora's life force.
And this step went very smoothly. Under Nora's catalysis, Tang En cultivated the first batch of Aspergillus from Prandal in less than an hour. After continuous optimization and selection, two Hours later, the first batch of pure distiller's yeast was born. This brick-shaped distiller's yeast made of barley is also called Daqu.
After successfully cultivating the koji, Tang En breathed a sigh of relief again. The normal cultivation of the koji showed that the microorganisms in this world were similar to those on the earth.