Chapter 1579: Ding! Congratulations, Host
“What do you want to do?” Hannah grasped her skirt as she looked at Mag, who was staring at her with glowing eyes. She bit her lower lip, and hesitantly said, “Even though you are my superior, and the organization said we had to obey all orders… If the request is overboard, I will have to consider it…”
“What are you thinking about?” Mag rolled his eyes, and retrieved his gaze from her. He walked one round in the brewing room with an oil lamp, and carefully appraised the distillation machines. It was hard to imagine that a young maiden like her could come up with these by herself in her simple and crude cellar. Although her skills were not as good as those of professional dwarven blacksmiths, her genius ideas and ability to make them still proved Mag’s idea.
This maiden rum brewer was also a genius mechanic at the same time.
“Do you make these by yourself?” Mag turned to confirm with Hannah again.
“Yes.” Hannah nodded, and regretfully said, “This is the first version. I have already come up with the blueprint of the third version, but I can’t make certain things, so I had to put it aside.”
“Where is the blueprint?” Mag asked her with great interest.
“Didn’t you come here to learn how to brew rum? Why are you so interested in the machines?” Hannah looked at Mag with befuddlement, but her gaze was a little excited. This was the first time someone was interested in her machines, so she asked, “Do you really want to see them?”
“Yes. I am very interested in such stuff.” Mag nodded. Learning how to brew rum wouldn’t take much time. He was much more interested in Hannah’s drawings. If this wasn’t the best she could do, then he could have found an excellent partner for certain plans in his future.
“Please wait a sec.” Hannah quickly strode into the innermost area of the brewing room. After searching through the table for a while, she dug out a stack of blueprints. She came over to pass them to Mag.
“Have a look. This is my third version’s blueprint. I have simplified the entire structure, but the brewing efficiency has increased. I wanted to change some of these metal pipes into transparent crystal pipes so I don’t have to worry about the corrosion of the metal to change the taste of the rum…” Hannah pointed at the blueprint as she introduced it to Mag.
The layout of the blueprint was a little messy, but the lines and labels were very standardized and easy to read.
As a person who graduated from the mechanical design major, Mag had no problem understanding these drawings.
He had visited an alcohol distillation plant during his university days, and seen his professor dissecting the structure of a distillation apparatus in class before.
Therefore, he could say that Hannah’s third version of the distillating machine had reached a professional factory’s level.
As the design objective of a master brewer, Mag even believed the rum that was made by this distillation machine would be even better than the factory made ones.
“Is it too messy? Can you understand it?” Hannah asked Mag embarrassedly, lowering her voice. She couldn’t help it after she saw that Mag was quiet while she was explaining excitedly.
“No. This is one of the most perfect blueprints that I have ever seen.” Mag smilingly shook his head, and kept the blueprints solemnly. Turning to Hannah, who was already a very famous master brewer at such a young age, he asked, “What is your dream?”
“Dream?” Hannah was stunned. After pondering the question seriously, she replied, “I want to turn my drawings into real machines so I can let more people taste the rum that I made.”
Mag looked into Hannah’s glowing eyes and smiled. “Come with me. I will bring you to Chaos City and fulfill your dream.”
“Really!?” Hannah widened her eyes, and then hesitantly asked, “Didn’t you say the organization hadn’t decided what to do about me yet?”
“As long as you are willing, I will make all the arrangements. You don’t have to worry.” Mag shook his head with a smile. Although Hannah was the Gray Temple’s informant, the Falk Tribe’s affairs had concluded, and there wasn’t a need to activate her within a short time.
It would be a waste to leave such a talent back here in the mountains.
Simply building these machines and opening a brewery in Chaos City could earn him, the angel investor, tons of money as long as Hannah could ensure the quality of the rum.
Of course, Mag had even higher expectations for Hannah. One didn’t get to meet such talent easily.
“I am willing. Of course, I am willing!” Hannah nodded her head vigorously, and spun around on the spot happily. She had wanted to leave the Falk Tribe for years. The people of the organization had come, and she could finally leave.
“When are we leaving? Are we leaving overnight?” Hannah already couldn’t wait.
Mag smiled with exasperation. “What’s the hurry? We are not eloping. Keep the blueprints and teach me how to brew rum first. After that, you will pack up your belongings, and we will leave in the morning.”
“Alright.” Hannah kept the drawings nimbly. She then brought Mag to a machine, and began to explain to him how to brew an exceptional bottle of rum.
Rum used cane sugar as one of its raw ingredients. There was a patch of land beyond the Falk Tribe that was very suitable for cultivating sugar cane, and it supplied excellent sugar cane as a raw ingredient for rum.
Brewing a bottle of excellent rum wasn’t any easier than the vinification of wine.
After Mag learned about the brewing techniques of rum systematically under Hannah’s instructions, he began to try to brew rum on his own.
The brewing room looked rather dim under the oil lamps’ light, and steam gushed out from the machine’s opening at the top. Mag stood in front of the machine seriously as he followed Hannah’s instructions stringently and operated it.
Meanwhile, Mag had already chased Hannah out to pack her belongings, and prepare for their trip tomorrow.
“Finally…” When it was almost dawn, Mag finally smiled as he lifted up a small cup of clear rum, and the smoothing aroma of it greeted him.
This was rum that hadn’t even fermented in the oak barrel yet, but it was already giving out a mesmerizing aroma.
“Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have already roughly mastered the brewing techniques of rum! You have completed the mission!
“Ding! Congratulations for receiving: mastery of the brewing techniques! You have also received three new alcoholic beverages’ brewing techniques!
“The Host can learn to brew any three types of alcohol from the alcohol depository!”
Right then, the system sounded in Mag’s head.
“Dukang, Red Star Erguotou, Daughter’s Red[1], Jian Nanchun, Gujing Gongjiu, whiskey, brandy, vodka, tequila…” Mag looked at the alcohol list that popped up in his mind. It had almost covered all the alcohol types available, and it dazzled him. He had no idea which three he should choose.
Hannah returned to the brewing room, and anxiously asked Mag, “I have packed all my stuff, but… what should I do with these machines and the alcohol in my cellar?”
[1] This is the most famous “yellow wine” in China. It is usually drunk when the daughter gets married; it’s a Chinese tradition. The alcohol is only a mere 13-14% unlike strong white liquor, so it goes extremely well with Chinese food.