Chapter 118 - 118: The Sanctified Stomp

The process of making wine was fundamentally simple: crush the grapes, initiate fermentation, press and filter the mash, age it in timber casks, and then bottle the final spirit.

In Kian's grand strategy, wine was the high-tier asset. It was intended for the Spire Lords—the high nobility who viewed amasec as a commoner's fuel. To capture that market, the vintage required a minimum of three months of aging to develop a "Lineage."

Currently, the grape supply from the surface was still fluctuating. Kian hired ten temporary workers—families of the PDF veterans—paying them 100 scrips each for a day's labor.

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