Chapter 43 Lich Brewing Workshop Operation Log

The owner wanted to follow suit, so she started writing her own business diary in this brand new notebook. Unfortunately, her business skills were as bad as her magic skills.

This business log was different from the owner's own scribbled life diary, which also contained a suicide note. After writing a brief recollection of his mother's habits on the front page of the business log, the owner only wrote two records of restocking love potions, and then ended it hastily and without success.

Now, Jiangyou plans to continue writing this business diary as a comfort to the two deceased and to leave some proof of his existence in this world.

Since this diary did not need to be shown to other people, Jiang You let herself go and used the Chinese characters from her previous life. This way, even if someone found this diary, they would not know what she had scribbled.

An ancient and unknown language, isn't this much more useful than a password?

Jiang You turned a new page, picked up the quill pen dipped in ink, raised her hand and pinched the [Time Display Magic] she had just learned. A line of fluorescent green characters and numbers instantly appeared in the air: [00:03:09, Midsummer 5th, 988 in the Tower Calendar]... The last seconds were still ticking.

By this time, a simple calendar had already been developed. People used the regular astronomical phenomenon of the double new moon as a marker for timekeeping, dividing the year into twelve months and the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. The first day of the year, New Year's Day, corresponded to the first day of spring, and the first month was called the "First Spring Month."

Each season of spring, summer, autumn and winter has the first, second and last months. Early spring, second and third months are followed by early summer, second and third months, and so on.

Each month is exactly thirty days long, starting from the double new moon and ending at the double new moon.

Jiang You's eyes flickered with fire. She thought for a moment and wrote down -

Lich Brewing Workshop Operation Log DAY 5

It's past midnight, so today counts as my fifth day in this world. After days of preparation, the brewing workshop has finally taken its first steps.

The first deal with the fruit and vegetable supplier has been finalized, and the decorators/tenants have already moved in...

I just wonder if the Knight Vice-Captain's carpentry skills are as reliable as his brawn... ahem... I mean, his detective skills. Even if they aren't, I don't have much choice.

If you don't have money in your pocket, you can only make do.

Let Andre take care of the store preparation for now.

Holly explained that roses are a cash crop, not something people typically eat or drink, preferring to make into perfume oils and sell. Alchemists are plentiful in the perfume oil business, and roses have always been in short supply, keeping prices high. Making rose wine would cost far more than I expected, and it wouldn't be the best option for a broke shopkeeper like me on the brink of bankruptcy...

Hiss, Auntie gave me so many roses, I should make more delicious ones for her in the future!

Perhaps because of the magic in this world, it wasn't like the dirty, smelly, sewage-filled medieval Europe I'd read about. The people here had a relatively basic sense of hygiene. Even Andre's horse, Diego, and Jericho's mule had waterproof bags hanging from their tails to catch some brown object.

On the way to Akers's mansion, I asked Jericho about this. He explained that if livestock and mounts pollute the city, their owners will be fined by the Kingdom's Knights. If the Knights themselves disobey this rule, they will be fined triple. However, their excrement can be collected, fermented, disinfected, and then supplied to farmers or botanical gardens outside the city by designated personnel at various post stations...

Many Hafu people are running this kind of business, which can be considered as a link in the planting industry chain.

A bag of excrement can be exchanged for food of equal weight or coins of equal value, which is a considerable profit for most people.

Andre said he had no money to pay the rent, but I don’t believe it at all. This stingy guy definitely just doesn’t want to pay!

This means I'll have to make some minor adjustments to my business plan. People in this world have a sweet tooth, so I plan to start by launching my green plum series to open up the market!

Green plum wine, green plum vinegar, green plum jam, green plum preserves, as well as the tea jelly, wine jelly, vinegar jelly made from them... As long as I adjust the brewing time, I can make both mellow and spicy liquor, and sweet and refreshing sparkling fruit wine.

In this way, people who like both spirits and sweet alcoholic juices will become my customer base!

The only thing left to consider now is the containers for these foods, drinks, and jams... Perhaps I can get some inspiration from this trip to the Witch's Forest?

Or perhaps, I could look for Mi Funa's former supplier. As a potion master, she would always need a lot of bottles and jars to package the brewed potions... In this era, we already have glass and crystal containers, but I'm not sure if I can afford the price...]

Having written this, Jiangyou sighed heavily again.

[The most urgent thing is to earn some start-up capital first!

All the ingredients for the dishes I've tried so far come from Aunt Talia's and my backyard garden, as well as the storeroom left by the owner of the house. The fire and water used in the stove all come from magic. I've already gotten a lot of this magical energy from the soul fire I consumed before, and I've also saved some of it as a reserve energy source for future use, just in case.

The good news is that there has been no actual expenditure in the past few days; the bad news is that there has been no substantial income either.

If I want to open a store, it might be a little difficult to rely solely on the 3 silver coins and 12 copper coins I have as start-up capital.

I need to make more attempts, even if it means setting up a street stall... Well, speaking of this, don't I have to consider the cost of publicity...

Damn it, why do the places where I need to spend money keep increasing?!]

The more he calculated the cost of opening a store, the more frightened Bone Rack became - although Jiangyou no longer had a heart, this fact did not in any way reduce the impact of poverty.

Jiangyou put down his pen, realizing that settling accounts before going to bed was not a good idea for one's health... Well, wait, do liches really need sleep?

"Maybe I can go to the basement and learn some magic. The space I used to use to store magic is both fun and practical." She muttered this, but her body honestly climbed into bed. "Forget it, there are plenty of opportunities to stay up late, so I'll take care of my health tonight. Good night."

She said "good night" to the knight next door, to the world, and to herself, and lay on the wooden bed trying to 'close' her eyes. The fire in her pupils gradually dimmed, just like the flame in the stove was extinguished, but the charcoal was still smoldering.