Having served the Empire for half of his life, Ela was decisively sold out. He intended to flee to another country but was nearly beaten to death during his escape before being saved by a dragon-gi...
In this world, some things are called differently... Yinla is very clear about this. There are many things in this world that did not exist in his previous world, which goes without saying. No matter how novel the names are in this world, it is normal.
However, some of the names are different...
For example, there's "thorn flower" which corresponds to "lilac," "fragrant grain" which corresponds to "pepper," and "sprout grass" which corresponds to "purple cabbage." There's a phenomenon where similar things have different names.
Although at first glance it sounds like a very otherworldly world.
However, after living in this world for a while, one will realize that... these things are really troublesome, because it's easy to say the wrong thing and cause misunderstandings.
Obviously, [glass] and [glass] are the same, and even... in Yinla's world, [glass] and [glass] were significantly different, but in this world, glass is called glass.
Because it is difficult for ordinary people to achieve the required temperature for the flames, and the price is quite high, it is basically produced by the religious state... as a symbol of "surpassing the gods with human skills".
While the Empire has also seen them, most of them are imported from the Holy Kingdom as luxury goods... Apart from the Holy Kingdom, it is indeed rare to see any other country using glass so frequently as bottles and cups.
Because glass that allows light to pass through is really beautiful as an ornament, it can sell for a good price. Even the Demon King's territory spends some money on glassware every quarter.
In particular, Vera and the liches' research and development equipment all require expensive glassware.
Therefore, after returning from the Holy Kingdom, the first thing Yinla put on her future plans was to make the Demon King's territory realize the envisioned "Glassy Freedom," which was also a step in the "Luxury Plan."
This seemingly ridiculous name is actually a crucial strategy, a countermeasure to the "war without war" strategy that Illa himself had set for the empire.
Well, it sounds like some amazing strategy, but actually... it's basically a strategy of attracting people from monster-controlled areas to immigrate to the Empire with favorable conditions, and then gradually assimilating them.
It is undoubtedly a calculated scheme, but it also includes many smaller plans, such as waging economic and trade wars against the monster-controlled areas and suppressing them in terms of gold coins in the long term, thereby making the monster-controlled areas increasingly poor.
In the end, they had no choice but to accept the "indenture" from the Empire, which offered excellent terms—or, to put it more politely, a "job posting" or something like that.
Yinla once asked Satanye how to handle the plan she had come up with... and Satanye's answer was a bit of a clever trick, but it was also spot on, since asking Yinla was indeed a useful suggestion.
In his mind, there were naturally many plans... He could divide the plans into three strategies, superior, middle and inferior, just like the strategists of ancient times.
The best strategy is to use overwhelming force to fight our way from the border to the imperial capital... The prerequisite is that every little monster is extremely powerful, and they all need to be professionals, or even half-legendary.
The middle strategy is to make the Demon King's territory so prosperous that it can ignore any economic war waged by the Empire... The prerequisite is that a person with good farming skills is needed to lead the Demon King's territory to develop rapidly.
The worst option is to simply give up, let the monsters fully integrate into the empire, and then try to get official positions in the empire by any means necessary. By leveraging the monsters' powerful reproductive capabilities, you can then gain a foothold in the empire... The prerequisite is... not to become like the former Duchy of Caesar in relation to the Duchy of Hazard.
The best strategy is just wishful thinking, and the worst strategy depends on luck. So, having a farming expert like Yinla who can meet the prerequisites is a good choice.
However, there is a prerequisite... this person must be trusted.
“Mr. Yinla, why are these glass pieces so strangely shaped?”
As Satan Ye said this, she looked at the "glass candy" that had been taken out of the furnace and cooled into glass after undergoing difficult plasticization... The semi-fluid glass really did look similar to a candy.
The solidified glass, however, is quite ugly. Satan Ye's description of it as "grotesque" is already quite euphemistic; it could actually be described as "distorted and crooked."
"I'm sorry, this is my first time making glass... my technique might not be very good."
The werewolf with a wolf's head said this, scratching his wolf ears, his tongue sticking out from his short, sharp snout, constantly radiating heat... after all, the room was very hot.
He wasn't a scarlet dragon like Satanye, nor a ruler like Yinla... so he couldn't accept this temperature so calmly.
"No, it has nothing to do with you, or rather, it's not entirely your problem... The main reason you find it difficult to shape is that the temperature is still not high enough."
As Yinla spoke, he looked at the liquid gravel that appeared to be semi-fluid but was not yet fully mixed together, and analyzed: "However, sodium carbonate and calcium oxide have been added... so the temperature should be within reach."
Yinla hadn't really mastered the course in this area, but he still remembered... if materials that could lower the melting point were added, then glass could indeed be made using only an ordinary furnace, making the molten glass uniform and removing air bubbles.
Around 1500 degrees... Did this furnace not reach that?
"However, some of these glass pieces are usable..."
The werewolf male, breathing out warm air, picked up a glass bottle with some natural colors and presented it to Satan Ye and Yinla like a treasure, saying, "It should be fine for drinking water or something, right?"
Satan Ye seemed quite pleased with what the werewolf had said. She nodded, took the bottle, and praised him, "Hmm, Uncle, this is your first time making glass, and you're really amazing... After all, you can make glass just with sand!"
"..."
However, Satan Ye was satisfied, while Yinla was somewhat dissatisfied... Her dissatisfaction wasn't directed at the werewolf. As Satan Ye had said, under such difficult conditions, she had still managed to complete the shaping process, which was already quite impressive.
Perhaps werewolves are not good at magic runes, but they are very suitable for ordinary blacksmithing and the like... and therefore have a good talent for this, which is the diversity of life.
"The temperature isn't high enough..."
Yinla narrowed his eyes, muttering to himself... The melting point could not be lowered any further, and the problem wasn't there. The best way to strengthen the flames was to use an automatic wand, which conflicted with the original goal.
...
No, the best way is not like that, it should be...
"Bellphones! The bellows in this world are relatively primitive! No wonder the temperature isn't up to standard!"