Chapter 56 A seemingly normal world

How should an ordinary time traveler come to an ordinary fantasy world to make the best of the situation? Although this world does not seem so ordinary, Xius always feels that something is wrong, but he still tries to get everything back on track.

Soap, glass, cement, gunpowder, these things are enough to deal with the natives.

Right?

Xius has always thought this way, so he transformed the workshop and made samples. However, the recent [cognitive barrier] and pollution made him feel that something was wrong, and he began to doubt the nature of this world.

Is this really just an ordinary fantasy world, even if it has some extraordinary powers?

There was a haze in Hughes' eyes.

But it's already been done, so now I have to bite the bullet and give it a try, and pray that everything goes well.

I brought Connor here to take a look yesterday, and as he expected, his finished product also received a series of shocks.

Since no problems have been found so far, let's just follow the previous plan and use industry to push the world forward.

It will go well.

Steam engines and chemical processes are the two most important lines of his industrial technology. Now that the manufacture of steam engines has allowed the banshees to participate in the research, the chemical process cannot be left behind.

Hughes started selling it to Alexei.

"Soap, the main product of our factory for some time to come, is this little thing in your hand." Hughes took a few steps back. A servant beside him had prepared a basin and a jar in advance.

After smearing some sludge from the can onto his hands, Alexei tried to wash them off with soap.

"It's really magical." Alexei exclaimed, "This cleaning ability is almost the same as the church's Holy Water No. 9."

All major churches sell holy water all year round, which is divided into thirteen types according to their effects. The main effect of holy water No. 9 is cleansing.

The effects of holy water are very good, but the price is shockingly high. Most of the minor nobles cannot afford it. This is the less expensive No. 9 holy water.

The stuff was good, but not that amazing, was it? Alexey glanced at the thin layer of soap that had been rubbed off.

According to this consumption rate, if the price of this soap can be lower than 50 gold rums per piece, it can compete with Holy Water No. 9 for the market.

But since this is a product of alchemy, Alexei shook his head secretly. Compared with the products of alchemy, even the holy water sold by the church seems to be cost-effective.

But why did Connor look at me with such a strange look? Is there anything else special about this soap?

"The cost of this soap is about 50 gold rums per ton." Hughes said with a smile.

Alexei sighed secretly. As expected, it was too fantastic to expect Alchemy products to enter the market relying on cost-effectiveness. It would be better to wait patiently!

He felt his brain suddenly jammed.

"50 gold rums for what?"

"Per ton."

Alexei froze in place, his hand slipped and the soap fell to the ground.

Connor showed a satisfied expression.

Ton, this is a somewhat old unit, rarely used in the Empire. One ton is roughly equal to more than 2,000 pounds. This kind of soap must weigh at least four or five pieces to weigh one pound. That is, that is, Alexei is not very good at arithmetic. One gold rum is one gold pound, which can be exchanged for about 25 imperial rios. 50 gold rums is a full 1,250 rios. "Don't count it. This thing can buy 8 pieces for one rio."

Alexei opened his mouth wide and was completely frozen in place.

As an orphan like him, who has been struggling from the bottom of society for a long time, he has a very clear understanding of prices.

One rio would buy six pounds of bread, or a pound and a half of meat, and two rios would give you a very good meal in a Rhine restaurant.

In his previous life, Hughes worked as a lowly laborer in a factory, earning about 700 rios a year, which averaged out to 2 rios a day. This salary was enough to barely save some money after deducting accommodation and basic living expenses.

A small bottle of the church's No. 9 holy water costs 30 leos, which is enough for Zeus to work in the factory for two weeks without eating or drinking. This small bottle is used up by washing the jewelry twice.

Now, this kind of "soap" can be exchanged for 8 pieces per rio? Each piece can be used dozens of times with holy water?

Alexei had become somewhat numb to the soap; he only knew that even the poorest people could buy this kind of soap to wash clothes.

"By the way, the predicted production capacity of this soap is about three tons per day, which is a bit low. It won't work without a steam engine."

Three Tons Alexi turned his head mechanically. He suddenly felt that his original worries were a little ridiculous. As long as Zeus was willing to hand over the formula, the Queen could declare war on Gem Bay that day.

"You mean we have a nearly unlimited supply of Holy Water No. 9?"

"Almost infinite?" Hughes laughed. "If we only supply Castel, then it is indeed almost infinite."

"But what if we supply the entire continent?"

“The whole continent.”

Businessmen will go crazy for this.

Castel is located in a remote area? There are many merchants willing to take risks and sell any materials to this stormy ocean.

Three times the profit was enough for the merchants in the New World to establish a merchant republic and challenge the empire across the ocean. How much profit does soap have? Is it a thousand times? And such a highly profitable thing, three tons a day.

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With just soap, the entire continent can be conquered - the Queen would definitely not mind giving it a secret push, as this thing that can replace holy water will inevitably greatly weaken the authority of the church.

Alexei was a little dazed.

It seems that the soap is quite effective. Zeus nodded secretly. After all, it is one of the time-travel artifacts. Once his factory is built, everything will be fine.

Suppressing the inexplicable uneasiness in his heart, Hughes motioned for Connor to come forward and explain.

Connor cleared his throat and said, "Butler Alexei, this soap is hard to spoil and can be cut into pieces at will. It is very convenient to transport and the cost of shipping by sea is also very low. The cost of shipping to the Rhine is only doubled. This is the highest estimate."

"Besides, according to cost accounting, our costs will be lower and lower in the future. If..."

Connor glanced at Hughes.

"If the degree of automation is high enough, the cost of soap can be reduced to an unimaginable level if it is close to the place of origin."

"The current limitation is whether the olive production can keep up."

When Alexei heard the word "automation", he felt a slight headache, but then the candy in his mouth melted into a cool breeze and the headache disappeared.

"How can there not be enough olive trees? Aren't there trees of that kind all over the mountains and fields?"

Hughes and Connor looked at each other and both relaxed a little.

It seems that as long as the principles are explained a little bit, the pollution caused by scientific knowledge is not that serious, and low-level pollution will gradually disappear on its own.

"That brings us back to the previous problem. We need to build a road to get there."

“.”

“And we need to build roads not only between the northern plains where the factories are located and the southern mountains, but also between the factories themselves.”

"Are there roads between factories?" Alexey was surprised. Most of the current factories are converted from former wine-making workshops. There are not many completely newly built ones, and most of them are still near the old workshops. After all, they have to transport materials when they build them.

"Not enough. Those dirt roads are far from enough. We will need to transport a lot of materials between factories in the future. We must build better roads to handle it."

“Transportation between factories?”

“Yes, the soap made from olive oil uses the saponification reaction. The finished product is not only soap, but also a by-product - glycerin.”

"No, maybe it can't be called a by-product. It's the main thing I want." Xius' eyes flashed.

(End of this chapter)