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"You said you were going to build a brewery, but don't you already have one? I mean, every place is making its own sake these days."
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"Yes. After all, there is a Carlos liquor named after the founder king of the Fontana Kingdom."
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"Yes. Yes. It is an unprecedented liquor with a high alcohol content, something you can't find anywhere else.
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"Yes, I think it has a certain popularity so far. But do you drink, Leon? Carlos, you want a drink?"
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"Me? I drink occasionally, but not all the time. It's a little too strong for me.
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"Yes. Carlos is a very high alcohol. It's a much stronger drink than anything that can make you feel tipsy. That's the secret of its popularity, and also the reason why it is avoided.
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"Yes. It is so harsh that people who don't like it may not drink it. However, I am aware that it is often drunk with water or mixed with fruit juice.
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"When I drink it, I also drink it with citrus juice. But my father, who is one of the best drinkers, says that is not the best way to drink Carlos. According to my father, it is better if it is left in the barrel more.
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"Barrel-aged, sir?"
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"Yes. Those spirits are kept in wooden casks. Currently, they are usually distilled and casked, then shipped and consumed within a few months. But the truth is that it gets better if you let it sit for a number of years.
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"Oh, so that's how it is."
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Apparently, the wooden casks give the sake a distinctive aroma. It also mellows out the sharp taste of the spirit itself. In short, the taste improves the longer the distilled spirit is left in the casks.
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"I see. But even so, can't those who make sake be so patient? The company purchases the barley and other raw materials used to make alcohol, and then makes and distills the alcohol. The distilled alcohol is then packed in barrels and shipped to the customer, and only then can the cash income be earned. If you let it sit for years, you will lose your current income.
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"That's exactly the problem, Leon. I've been making spirits for years now. But most breweries sell their spirits one year or the next and consume them. The reason is, as Leon just said, because otherwise there is no money to be made. But that may not make really good sake. It's better to have it managed by the government in order to create a system that allows the liquor to lay around for at least a few years, or even a decade."
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"Oh, not a few years, but a decade? That's another long-winded story."
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The topic of conversation shifted from the barley market with Leon to the brewery.
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For this reason, I tell him what I have been thinking about for a long time.
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Originally around here, the only alcoholic beverages that existed were the lighter ones produced by spontaneous fermentation.
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However, many years ago, I used my knowledge from a previous life to have a distilled spirit made.
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It is a liquor that is distilled over and over again to increase its alcohol content and consumes more barley than normal spirits, but it has gained some popularity and is still being produced today.
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It became very popular because it was an unprecedented strong drink and because it was named after the deceased Carlos, the founder of the Fontana Kingdom.
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However, there were some complaints about the spirit.
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Basically, most of it was consumed within a few months of its production.
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However, it is said that this spirit tastes better if it is kept at a proper temperature for a while.
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In fact, some of the spirits made in Barca were left to rest at my first request.
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My father, who drank it, testified that it would be better to let it sit for at least 3 years.
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I think I can keep it longer, 10 or 20 years.
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But not many people would do such a thing.
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After all, for those of us who make sake for a living, we have to sell the sake we make in order to do our job.
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If possible, they do not want to keep an inventory, and they want to sell it as soon as possible.
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That is why I thought that the Kingdom of Fontana could be responsible for brewing sake as a nation.
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We should set up a state-run brewery where the sake is made and stored under proper management.
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Make sake with 10 to 20 years in the future.
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I have the hope that by doing so, the government will inevitably take responsibility and be aware of the wheat harvest in the decades to come.
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Above all, we will be able to bequeath to future generations the sake that we have gone to the trouble of naming Carlos.
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"So you are saying that you are going to gather together craftsmen with a reputation for sake making and make sake as a nation. I think it's a good idea, but a little surprising.
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"Surprising? What?"
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The fact that Master Ars would suggest such a thing is... I had thought that you prefer to let people compete freely in this kind of business. I was wondering if they would take the approach of, for example, lowering the tax rate and encouraging various people to make products, rather than having the whole country make products.
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"Certainly, I feel that we can do better if we encourage competition. But, well, that's not all. Especially in this kind of technology or culture, it is important for those who have some power to protect it. If there is only competition, there is a danger that the loser of the competition will disappear technologically or culturally.
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"I see. I see. I agree with you. Engineers are in danger of being preyed upon by businessmen. It is necessary to help them properly.
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"Yes, it is. We should think about preserving more of our culture outside of brewing. That's something to think about.
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As I said to Rion, if we focus solely on market principles, the weak are more likely to be cut off.
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Cultures that have been around for a long time may be at high risk of this.
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Especially, cultures outside the former Fontana territory were at high risk.
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Cultures originally developed in the lands that had been absorbed into the Fontana Kingdom after the defeat of the Fontana family in the last few years were now in a relatively weak position.
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The small culture that has been living in each area is being lost due to the rapid growth of the Fontana.
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However, we felt that it would be a waste.
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Therefore, it might be necessary to take measures to promote and maintain not only the state-run breweries but also the local culture.
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Thus, I decided to exercise my right as the Minister of Finance to make a policy for the protection of culture as well.
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