Chapter 76 Oil Paper, Perfume and Virtual Currency

It is good to take over the workers exiled by the Candlelight Society, but we cannot put all our hopes on them. The territory’s own talent training must also keep up. This is the most important thing. Those workers in the Rhine can only respond to emergencies.

The steam engine parts drawings have been handed over to craftsmen in various locations. After they are finished, they will be summarized to Hughes, who will check them again.

There would be no problem with the drawings he drew, but the craftsmen on the island might not be able to understand them.

There is no other way. The craftsmen on the island are basically illiterate. Even if they took on some custom jobs before, most of them were completed by talking and gesturing. The spatial imagination ability required to translate the blueprint into specific objects can really hold up many craftsmen.

He encountered a lot of such troubles when he tried to make something before, and he finally solved it by correcting them bit by bit.

Alas, let alone science and engineering knowledge education, even literacy is a long way to go. What's more, he cannot let illiterate craftsmen who only know half of the knowledge start production directly. Once cognitive interference comes, who knows what weird things will be produced.

Even the steam engine might stand up and help him push the millstone.

Therefore, Hughes had already thought about it. Even if he had all the prerequisites for manufacturing steam engines, he had to train qualified personnel first. These were just one or two factories. If he wanted to popularize these new technologies into the lives of most people in the future, he had to complete the literacy of the people first.

There is still a long way to go.

Although development could not be rushed, he could not stand sitting here and waiting. After wandering around for a while, he decisively opened the secret passage and headed to the cave where the banshees lived.

The banshees' magic of turning fossils into mud is quite effective. With the encouragement of the entire tribe working together to decorate their home, the cave is changing its appearance almost every day.

Looking at the building which already had rooms of various sizes and could be called an underground palace, Zeus's eyes twitched.

Why does it feel like it's even faster than the construction on Blue Planet? Even if he makes cement, he can't beat this construction speed.

However, the Banshee's population is limited, and there is an upper limit. Once the cement factory starts operation, with the help of its steam engine, it can build more than just an underground palace.

"My Lord? Why are you here?" A banshee came over curiously.

Hughes glanced at her, but didn't recognize her.

To be honest, he is a little face-blind when it comes to Banshees, and currently he can mainly distinguish them by their hair and scale color.

Oh, and there are also sizes, like Ash who is one size bigger than the others, and Monica who is three sizes smaller.

"I'm just strolling around. If you're free, you can help me find the way. To be honest, things are changing much faster here than I can remember." Zeus spread his hands.

The banshee covered her mouth and laughed: "It is my honor, Lord."

"This is our workshop. Winemaking and essential oil extraction are done here." She pointed to the largest room nearby. Zeus looked inside and saw many banshees busy at work.

Hughes moved some simpler jobs that did not require a lot of manpower to the Banshee, such as soap finishing, adding scented essential oils and making oil paper.

Making oil paper is not complicated. Xius referred to the method of traditional oil paper umbrellas - simply brushing tung oil on the paper.

Once it's completely dry, you'll have waterproof oil paper and can continue printing. There are only three kinds of soap, so just make a few different carvings.

Hughes designed a logo for Castel, a burning torch in the dark. Fire symbolizes light and hope, and he liked it very much.

He found several natural minerals for dyes, and the effect was quite good.

As for essential oil extraction, it can be done in the winery.

The wine-making tools were all readily available on the island. When building the olive oil factory, Zeus hired a number of winemakers, so those workshops became idle. Later, Zeus sent people to move the tools to the seaside and had the banshees bring them in.

Banshees are much taller than humans, and it seems a bit strange for them to use these tools designed for humans, but this does not affect their efficiency.

Banshees have six hands. Seeing how skillfully they control each of them to do different things, Zeus doubts whether the Banshees are born with the ability to fight with both hands.

"The tools you provided are very interesting. The various essential oil extraction techniques you taught us are also great. The perfume I made is very popular among the banshees."

She grabbed a small bottle from the shelf and handed it over.

Extracting essential oils is a very old industry. There are not many barriers to entry and any winery can produce them. In fact, some wineries on Blue Star make perfumes on the side, which is also an old tradition.

Hughes put a little on his wrist and sniffed it gently a few times.

The very cool scent of roses, with a hint of wine, made him imagine dried flowers soaked in a wine glass, like an old yellowed photo.

Hughes nodded in admiration: "It's really good. Does it have a name?"

"No more yesterday."

After sniffing his wrist again, Xius couldn't bear to put it down: "Can I have this bottle?"

"Of course." The banshee laughed softly. "Five gold rums."

"It's too expensive. Aren't you paying in points? Why do you want gold coins?"

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The Banshees are not in contact with the people on the island right now, so there is little point in using currency.

After discussing with his tribesmen, Ash gave up on physical currency and instead recorded “points” directly through mental links.

Zeus was stunned after hearing this. Digital currency, virtual payment, these banshees' concepts must be 500 years ahead of the world.

The key is that he did not interfere at all. This was something the banshee figured out together.

In short, Hughes praised the idea and prepared to work with Ash to draft a table corresponding to various points and anchor it to physical objects.

However, Castres currently does not have any particularly stable output, and it is impossible to establish a gold standard or a rice standard. Hughes did consider using olive oil as an anchor, but then he thought better of it and decided not to.

Olive oil is only a temporary product and may not be mass-produced once the industry develops.

"I want to try to sell this perfume outside - not just Castel, maybe other mortals will be interested."

Zeus took a step back, looked the banshee up and down, then looked down at the bottle in his hand.

"Yesterday is no more—Finiel."

"Yes, my name is Finnel, do you remember it?" She smiled slyly, "The essential oils used in those soaps are all made by me."

"I've got it." Xius nodded solemnly, reached into his pocket, and then his face froze.

"Uh, I didn't bring any money, maybe next time"

Finel smiled softly and said, "No need, Lord. The materials used to make it were originally provided by you. Your appreciation and love are the most precious reward."

Upon hearing this, Xius put the perfume into his pocket and was about to say something when he suddenly heard Nini's excited voice through the mental link.

"My Lord, the Type I machine has been successfully manufactured!"

(End of this chapter)