Monster Hunter: Farm Story Begins with Pokémon

Chapter 267 Panacea and Winemaking (6k, 3.21 days of supplementation)
Come out of another dimension.

Bai Zhen commanded Honglong, and the Red Lotus Armored Riders helped unload the goods.

After storing the ceratopsian meat in the kitchen refrigerator, Bai Zhen took out the running essence and the ceratopsian heart to create new plants.

Running Essence can be directly blended with Honey Water Grass.

When he defeated the water beast before, Bai Zhen was not so lucky and did not collect the running essence of the water beast.

And now I have several liters of horned dragon running essence, which is completely enough for fusion.

In the past, water beast essence required at least 20ml as the fusion material, but now the horned dragon's running essence only requires 10ml, or even only 5ml to maintain the characteristics of the running essence to a minimum during the fusion process.

He was holding Level 1 Honey Water Grass and 5ml of Running Essence.

The success rate is 15%.

Bai Zhen tried three times before finally succeeding.

After strengthening the running grass, Bai Zhen checked the planting conditions of the running grass. It takes 1 days for level 8 running grass to mature, and 4 days for level 11 running grass.

This can be regarded as strengthening the body's own immunity, allowing the body's immune system to clean up those viruses on its own. If it is a virus that cannot be cleaned up, this tomato can also make those diseased cells commit suicide and achieve recovery.

The sweetness of honeyweed neutralizes these flavors, and it tastes like plain water with a small amount of sugar added.

Running grass looks similar to running water grass.

His current level has reached level 52, and the medicinal effect of this running grass is completely unable to meet his physical recovery needs.

The running essence tastes very astringent and a little bitter, but after being blended with honey water grass, it tastes very astringent and has a bitter taste.

There is definitely enough time.

It can actually achieve a success rate of 3%.

The success rate for both materials was only 1%.

To meet the needs of him and those high-level hunters, one must be at least level 3 or above.

Bai Zhen felt his body carefully and drank the grass juice. He could feel that his physical strength had recovered slightly, but that was all.

Bai Zhen took out the Level 5 Honey Water Grass and 100ml of Horned Dragon Running Essence.

Bai Zhen finally understood what the so-called panacea was all about.

[Running grass Lv.1 (E+ grade ingredient): Running grass is rich in special juice that can relieve fatigue and restore endurance. Consuming it directly can restore a small amount of stamina. By making it into dishes, you may be able to obtain special bonuses related to endurance. 】

Low-grade ones have large yields, short growth cycles, and can be cheaper.

After Bai Zhen obtained the heart of the horned dragon, Bai Zhen used his ice breath to quickly freeze the heart of the horned dragon.

After strengthening, the level of the plant will not necessarily start from Lv. 1. This still depends on the level of the strengthening material.

[Lv.2 Tomatoes (Grade C ingredient): A special plant with special medicinal effects. Taking it directly can greatly enhance an individual's self-immunity, and kill viruses in the individual's body through apoptosis and other methods, achieving similar results. The same treatment method as the 'panacea'. If it is made into cooking, you can get a restorative cooking bonus. 】

Bai Zhen compared the various basic vegetables at home.

After strengthening a sufficient amount of running grass, Bai Zhen focused on the heart of the horned dragon.

Got an unexpected product.

Divide the heart into 30 equal parts.

"If you want to sell the running grass to mugwort, use Lv. 1 running grass. If you give it to the Elu cats, use L. 4 running grass."

Finally, it was found that the compatibility between frost tomato and ceratopsian heart was the highest.

The length of the horned dragon's heart reaches one and a half meters. As a strengthening material, it is not necessary to use the entire heart for strengthening. The heart can be divided into small pieces as strengthening materials.

The freshness of this heart now is not much different from the heart that was just picked before.

The heart of the ceratopsian has the ability to treat most diseases, which is related to the special substances in the heart of the ceratopsian.

Saw this introduction to tomatoes.

The requirement of mugwort is that it should be affordable and affordable to ordinary villagers.

Lv.1 running grass is completely enough, and compared to Lv.4 running grass.

And successfully obtained the Level 4 running grass.

It's not delicious in terms of taste, but it's definitely better than drinking the running essence directly.

The leaves are covered with a layer of gum, and when cut open, juice will flow out.

After all, the cost difference between planting level 1 running grass and planting level 4 running grass in one acre of land is not big. For personal use, the higher the level, the better.

Got the replacement plants he needed.

After finding Huo Ya with the materials, Bai Zhen borrowed Huo Ya's luck and tried four times before finally succeeding.

As for the running grass used by the El cats, it doesn't matter if it is of a higher level.

Bai Zhen began to try fusion. This time, he didn't know whether it was due to bad luck or the effect of the finished product was too powerful. Bai Zhen tried 24 times before finally succeeding once.

Bai Zhen tasted this level of running grass. The strengthened running grass can restore endurance far more than level 1 running grass.

Now I can recover a lot of stamina even if I don't cook any food.

Bai Zhen licked the running grass juice that overflowed from his hand.

Of course, the therapeutic effect here is definitely not that simple.

If you want to explore the true effectiveness of the ceratopsian heart, you may need more professional equipment.

"If this tomato continues to be strengthened, wouldn't it be possible to completely cure cancer?"

In theory, this tomato can treat diseases such as cancer.

But I'm afraid the level needs to be very high, such as A level or even S level.

If you want to reach S-, you need to upgrade it to Lv.10.

If it really reaches that level, treating cancer may not be a big deal for this tomato. It may even be able to treat some genetic diseases.

Bai Zhen instantly confirmed one thing, that is, this tomato must not be sold on a large scale.

A large amount of this kind of food entering the market will definitely have a huge impact on the world market, and doctors and herbal collectors will lose their jobs as a result.

Bai Zhen can make money by relying on this tomato, but this tomato will bring a lot of trouble, which is completely outweighed by the gain.

"Then I will plant this tomato in a different dimension farm. It will be very good for my family to use."

No one knows whether Huoya and the others will suffer from some incurable diseases in the future. If by then the level of Jiaoxin Tomatoes is not high enough to cure their diseases, then Bai Zhen will definitely regret it to death.

Tomatoes are different from herbs.

Herbs can speed up the healing of external injuries. They treat the injuries and provide protection for hunters during hunting.

And the tomato is a cure for viruses and diseases.

If someone catches a cold, recovery pills are of no use, and only horn tomatoes can cure the disease.

After intensively fusing the remaining ingredients, Bai Zhen finally got two horn tomatoes.

During this period, Bai Zhen ate a lot of cod fat to restore his mental strength. Thanks to this, he didn't have to eat at noon. He wanted to strengthen the Lv. 4 special attack effect he harvested today. I have to wait until my stomach is empty in the afternoon.

Holding two tomatoes, Bai Zhen asked Huo Ya, "Has any Elu cat been sick in the past two days?"

"It is true that three Ellu cats are lying in bed resting with fever."

The sick Elu cat is a new Elu cat who came to the farm. She is the original resident of the snow village that was found by Shenzi's father, Arthur.

Previously, more than 160 Elu cats in the farm had the skill blessing of [dragon energy entering the body], and their physical fitness was 100% blessed.

In other words, El cats with skill blessings are less likely to get sick, only those new El cats may get sick.

"That's just right. I just created a tomato that can cure diseases. I'm going to make a medicinal diet for them."

I used the kitchen equipment to quickly make a serving of [Tomato and Polygonum Porridge].

The cooking effect is very simple.

It is to strengthen your physique and strengthen your own immunity in a short period of time.

Let the three Ellu cats drink the porridge, and they may be fully recovered in a day at most.

Although the tomato is only level 2, it is more than enough to treat some colds and fevers.

Seeing that the pain on the faces of the three Ailu cats was reduced a lot after just drinking tomato and celery porridge, Bai Zhen also became more and more convinced of the horror of the horned tomatoes.

After germinating the seeds, Bai Zhen spent 20 to purchase two acres of land on a different-dimensional farm.

Plant the horned tomatoes and dragon-slaying fruits separately to prevent the dragon-slaying fruits from affecting the tomatoes and causing mutations in the horned tomatoes.

By the time I finish the work here, it's already 10 a.m.

Bai Zhen went to the plain farm on the island, where the Ellu cats were harvesting the 50 acres of Level 7 wheat.

After the wheat is harvested, the Ellu cats will soak the wheat in warm water at a suitable temperature to promote its germination, which is the first step in making wine.

Whether it's vodka or a more special wheat whiskey, this is a critical step.

In order to make the wheat sprout quickly, Bai Zhen specially invited Mrs. Hua Jie and Oliva to help use growth techniques.

Most of the Pokémon on the island that can use growth moves have been invited by Bai Zhen to help. For this reason, Bai Zhen will exchange some of their favorite tree fruits for them.

With the help of the universal tool and the two lords, the first step of making wine, malting, went very smoothly.

It only takes less than a few minutes for the Pokémon to complete the first step.

After the wheat is germinated, the second step is drying, which can also be said to be roasted wheat.

This step needs to be carried out by Pokémon who can use the sunny move, as well as flying skills such as the wind move, or the fire type move Hot Wind.

You only need to reduce the power of the moves and skills to less than 10%, and you can dry the malt as quickly as possible without damaging the malt.

This step takes a little long. Even with the help of many Pokémon, it takes half an hour to dry a batch of malt.

After drying, the third step is grinding and sugaring.

From this step on, Bai Zhen needs to control the process himself. Bai Zhen is waiting for everyone to dry enough malt.

Looking at the Pokémon and Elcats over there performing their duties.

The Elu cats are responsible for harvesting the wheat, the grass-type Pokémon are responsible for using growth moves to germinate, and the flying-type and fire-type Pokémon help dry it.

There are also fighting Pokémon, as well as some Pokémon that can help move things, to help transport the wheat completed in each stage to the next stage. The whole process is like a factory assembly line.

However, helping here is not onerous to say the least. It is just a short day of help. The next time I invite everyone to help, I will have to wait until the wheat or barley matures.

Leaving the task to everyone for now, Bai Zhen went to the basement on the north side of the farm.

This is about 50 meters away from the farm and is located at the northernmost edge of the current farm.

There are no farms around, but according to Huoya's plan, farmland will continue to expand in the future until it completely covers this place.

Bai Zhen came to a downward staircase and walked underground.

The basement door is 3 meters high and 2 meters wide. It is a very typical arched door.

Entering it, you do not go directly to the basement, but are connected to a passage about 100 meters long.

The purpose of the passage here is to worry about rainwater coming directly from the gate and entering directly.

Go through the passage and you can directly enter the basement.

There are some fluorite hanging on the walls of the basement. Fluorite comes from the world of monster hunting. It is a relatively common special stone that can emit light at night.

The only disadvantage of this stone is that it is not bright enough, but for wine cellars that do not need to be too bright, the fluorescence of fluorite is completely sufficient.

Entering the basement, Bai Zhen looked around.

The basement is excavated in the bedrock. The basement area is about 1500 square meters. There are stable support columns in the basement and the floor height is about 4 meters.

Bai Zhen looked at it and nodded with satisfaction.

As a temporary basement, this can be said to be perfect.

There is no need to question the stability of a basement excavated in bedrock, and the waterproofing can also be basically guaranteed.

It will not make the entire basement extremely humid and make the oak barrels moldy.

Of course, there is no comparison between a basement dug by a family and a wine cellar basement built by a professional construction team with reinforced concrete and the most advanced temperature control system.

This basement can only be used temporarily to store those oak barrels.

After confirming that the basement barely met the storage standards, Bai Zhen walked out of the basement and came to the side where high-grade oak wood was stored.

These oaks were the highest grade oaks he had asked Patch to collect for him.

After reaching Lv.5, these oak trees cost Bai Zhen 100 million alliance coins.

However, if these oaks are used to make whiskey, new oak barrels are not as good as second-hand oak barrels.

But if you directly buy second-hand oak barrels on the market, those oak barrels do not have the blessing of +1000% production speed.

So I still have to make it myself using universal tools.

Make it according to the method of making red wine oak barrel before.

However, unlike the previous use of the Barbarian Jaw Dragon's burning jet roasting, this time Bai Zhen used the god-level flame of rarity 7 - Lava Storm, and then roasted it with the blessing of the fireball stone slab.

The oak barrels obtained in this way are of a much higher grade than the previous oak barrels, and will have a completely different flavor.

A total of 30 oak barrels were produced.

The grains of Level 7 wheat are plumper than those of low-grade wheat, but the planting density is much lower than that of low-grade wheat. With careful care, the yield per acre of wheat is only about 600 kilograms.

From 50 acres of land, just over 15 tons of wheat were harvested.

This time, Bai Zhen plans to make two kinds of wine.

Vodka, and wheat whiskey.

Although the wine yield of the two wines is hand-made, due to the high starch content of the wheat grown, the wine yield of the three wines is relatively high.

The wine yield is about 35% and 60%.

Among them, Bai Zhen plans to use 3 tons to make vodka, and the remaining 12 tons will be used to make whiskey.

Vodka does not need to be matured in oak barrels, but whiskey needs to be matured for at least 3 years.

Even with a 10x production efficiency bonus, Bai Zhen still needs to wait a full 110 days before the barrel can be released, so the earlier the whiskey is brewed, the better.

12 tons of wheat can produce about 14400 pounds of whiskey, about 7200 liters.

If it is packed in a 225L bucket, it can hold about 27 buckets.

After preparing the oak barrels for wine, Bai Zhen also started the process of making wine.

First, let’s start with the more troublesome process of making whiskey.

The steps for making whiskey can be simply divided into 5 steps.

Five steps: malting, saccharification, fermentation, distillation, and barrel aging.

The wheat-making Pokémon have already helped with this, sprouting the wheat and then drying it.

The next step is to grind the wheat and add water to convert the starch in the wheat into sugar. This process is called saccharification.

In fact, the mainstream in the world now uses barley to make whiskey. Wheat is not used because barley has high saccharification efficiency.

Some whiskeys also use mixed ingredients to make whiskey, such as a certain proportion of barley, a certain proportion of wheat, or even a certain proportion of corn.

Bai Zhen has optimized barley and hops for making beer on a small scale.

At present, his Lv.5 barley and hops are still growing. When the barley level reaches Lv.7 in the near future, it will be too late to brew single barley whiskey.

Nowadays, whiskey is made from wheat. Although it is niche, there are also wheat whiskeys made from single wheat in the world.

Although there will be some differences in taste, high-grade whiskey can only be said to have a different flavor, but it cannot be said that it does not taste good.

Bai Zhen himself is still very confident about this.

The saccharification process takes a short period of time, but with the support of universal tools, the saccharification process only takes half an hour to complete. The saccharification needs to be repeated two to three times. The wort obtained in the first and second times can be entered into the next process. The wort that has been mashed three times can be mixed with the next batch of malt to continue mashing.

After the saccharification is completed, it is put into the fermentation barrel for fermentation. This step is to convert the sugar in the wort into alcohol. The fermentation yeast can be made from paparazzi bag yeast.

Under Bai Zhen's careful care during this period, the quality and activity of the yeast produced by Paparazzi Bao is very high.

And his yeast can not only ferment flour, but also alcohol.

It can be said that Paparazzi's status in the family is now a little higher than that of Xiemi.

The entire fermentation process takes a full 5 hours.

After the fermentation is completed, Bai Zhen will have a mash with an alcohol content of about 10%, also called original wine.

Next comes the most critical step - distillation.

This process uses distillation to increase the purity and concentration of alcohol.

The vessel used for distillation is called a still. With the independent bonus of the universal tool, the still has an independent special bonus of [distillation purity +1000%].

The distilled liquid is divided into three parts, the head, the heart, and the tail.

Among them, because there are many foreign substances such as aldehydes in the head of the wine, and because the alcohol content in the tail is not enough, generally only the center of the wine is cut off and put into barrels.

The heart of the wine only accounts for about 20% to 30% of the distillate.

In order to pursue the highest quality, Bai Zhen only intercepted 17% of the most essence of the spirit as new wine for wheat whiskey.

The retained head and tail can be distilled again with the next batch of original wine in order to avoid waste.

The color of new whiskey is actually transparent and colorless, not amber.

The amber color naturally changes due to the maturation process of oak barrels when new wine is put into barrels and matured.

During the entire process of making wine, Bai Zhen strictly controlled all the procedures.

Even if the final product is not legendary, it should at least be special cuisine, and at worst it should be high-end cuisine.

After getting the new wine, the last step is to put it into barrels and mature it.

Bai Zhen was busy from early morning to the next morning, and finally made all 12 tons of wheat into whiskey.

A total of 28 barrels of 225 liters of Level 7 wheat whiskey were obtained.

Bai Zhen can guarantee that whiskey of such high quality as his will never be found in the world again.

If these 28 barrels of whiskey are finally put into 700ml bottles, we will get about 9000 bottles of whiskey.

These whiskeys need to wait at least 110 days (3 years) to mature.

At 9 o'clock in the morning on September 10, Bai Zhen, who had not slept all night, finally finished making whiskey.

The first batch of whiskey is not expected to be harvested until December 12.

The bad news is that whiskey takes a long time to mature, but the good news is that during the whiskey's maturation period, as long as the wheat and barley are mature, he can continue to make wine.

The speed of making wine depends on the growth rate of wheat.

Moreover, a bottle of three-year-old Level 7 whiskey should be priced at 1000 Alliance Coins even at wholesale. If placed in the Monster Hunting World where the wine-making technology is not high enough, the price would only be higher.

After finishing making the whiskey, Bai Zhen yawned.

He was sleepy now, but this was not the time for him to rest.

After drinking a bottle of vitality drink to refresh himself, Bai Zhen returned home and started busy again.

Today is the day he and Rodna agreed to sell wine.

The wine needs to be bottled, the vodka needs to be made, and there is still a lot to do in the morning.

For breakfast, Bai Zhen simply ate 10 Level 4 special attack fruits to satisfy his hunger.

From 6 fruit trees, a total of 48 special attack fruits were picked.

Let the Red Lotus Armor Cavalry eat 4 pills, and Bai Zhen ate 10 pills himself.

Bai Zhen tried to fuse and strengthen the remaining 34 special attack fruits. In the end, he unfortunately only got 7 special attack fruits.

Give the special attack result to the Red Lotus Armor Cavalry. On this day, the Red Lotus Armor Cavalry's special attack points increased by 11 points.

Bai Zhen gave the seeds to the Elu cats to plant. A fruit tree of this level would take 30 days to mature. It would take until October 10 for the Red Lotus Armored Cavalry to increase its special attack value again.

After breakfast, Bai Zhen first briefly checked the wine he brewed some time ago.

Although it is only matured for 18 days, the flavor is more delicious than most wines on the market.

(End of this chapter)