Chapter 71 Magic Stove
In fact, there are quite a few people who share the same idea as Jiangyou and plan to make a fortune by doing business during the Midsummer Carnival. The dwarf craftsman Tux is one of them.
"Magic stove? Yes, there is one," Tux was also an honorary member of the Witch Forest. He had been cooperating with the witches for a longer time. The witches had specially cleared out a small yard for him. The yard was filled with various metals, woods and machinery. Jiangyou tried to extend his bone claws, but felt that there was nowhere to put them, so he had to retract them.
The short, stocky craftsman didn't hesitate at all. He swept aside the obstructing materials and cleared a path through the yard like a wrecker. "Come in, come in. What kind of stove do you want? One with a stall attached? One without? A portable one?"
Jiang You's eyes suddenly ignited: "There are so many styles?"
"Of course, if you have the money, I can do anything," said Tooks. "Even among my kind, you'd be hard pressed to find someone as skilled as me."
Before, Jiangyou heard that the magician who invented the magic stove was killed by the Evil Eye Moon. She thought that this craft would be lost, but she didn't expect the dwarves to give in and still do the magic stove business.
"Yes, the news of the murder of the great wizard Quiston has indeed caused an uproar," Tux said disapprovingly. "People are certainly afraid of the Evil Moon, but life still has to go on. How could we abandon such a useful invention as the magic stove just because of a few troublemakers? The best way to pay tribute to the unfortunate wizard is to continue to promote his works and sell them around the world! Everyone will make money!"
These words simply filled Jiang You with awe.
"While we dwarves aren't skilled in magic, we're extremely skilled in metalworking. Given the correct blueprint for the magic circle, we can perfectly replicate it," Tux explained, pointing to a row of magic stoves in his courtyard. "Over the years, the core of our magic stoves' magic circles has remained unchanged. Based on this foundation, we've continuously refined their designs, adding various practical functions, and have produced even newer and better products."
Jiangyou ultimately chose two magic stoves. One was a portable, mobile floor stove with a low, wide base, good insulation, and strong load-bearing capacity, making it ideal for placing heavy crucibles. It also had built-in shrinking and storage functions, shrinking to the size of a palm and fitting into Jiangyou's skull.
The other one is more like a portable mobile snack kiosk than a stove. When folded, it is a large metal box that is more than half a person's height and can be carried on the back. It also has a magic circle that helps to float and reduce weight, so it does not feel heavy or cumbersome when carried on the back.
Once you arrive at your desired location, put the box down and press the mechanism to open it. This large metal box will transform and stretch, with the frame extending and the upper cover expanding into a roof. The lower half turns into a table, revealing a double-burner stove and workbench in the middle. It even comes with a magic sink and a small cash register!
With this portable mobile snack kiosk, it will be extremely convenient for Jiangyou to participate in festivals and exhibitions or set up stalls anywhere in the future. On weekdays, it can also be placed at the entrance of the yard to set up a tasting stall to greet customers and attract business!
These two stoves cost Jiangyou seven silver coins.
——Dwarves don’t like to count or deal in small change. They prefer whole silver coins. They have a natural love for this shiny silver metal.
Most of the investment he had just received in the morning had been spent by the evening. Now Jiangyou only had five gold coins, eighty-nine silver coins, ninety-nine copper coins, and ninety-seven nickel coins left. He suddenly felt the pressure of making money.
"Investment is the first step in doing business," Jiang You sighed, carrying the snack kiosk back and setting it up in front of the warehouse she rented. "Now that all the materials and props are complete, I can finally start brewing soy sauce!"
Compared to the sky-high cost of rose wine, soy sauce only requires soybeans, wheat flour, salt, water, and koji. With the Time Crucible, brewing time can be reduced from 180 days to 30 seconds—of course, for ease of use and to conserve magical energy, Jiangyou didn't plan to use the Time Crucible at full power. Well, she could slow down the passage of time; even brewing a pot in an hour would be sufficient.
——Of course, she just said that. Making soy sauce is not such a simple thing to do.
Steaming soybeans, making koji, fermentation, oiling and filtering, clarification and sterilization, and finally bottling... these processes are very tedious. Even if the time crucible can speed up the time of koji making and fermentation, none of the necessary steps can be missed.
Therefore, when Takumi Yuichi returned, she didn't waste any time. She first cleaned and sterilized the warehouse with magic, and together with Jericho, who was watching over the cargo on the cart, she moved the raw materials she had brought from home into the warehouse.
A space was cleared in the center of the warehouse, and a floor stove was erected. Jiangyou took out the shrunk and weight-reduced Time Crucible from his skull, and once again marveled at the greatness of magic and the wise foresight of Ms. Mi Funa in custom-making the [Portable Time Crucible].
Come to think of it, if this Time Crucible didn't have the ability to shrink and reduce weight so it could be carried around, it would have been extremely troublesome for the Potions Master to move all the way here from a foreign country.
The cleaned crucible was restored to its original size and placed steadily on the stove. The large steamer and soup pot brought from the workshop were placed on the two stove openings of the snack kiosk outside the warehouse door, one on the left and one on the right.
The original brewing workshop's main business was potions, but judging from the various jars, grinding utensils, bamboo dustpans and many filtering cloths found by Jiangyou, there is not much difference between brewing potions and brewing sauces, both require stirring, holding and filtering.
Jiangyou had already cleaned these instruments with water magic and drying magic, and had also used the [Purification Spell] to test them to ensure they were non-toxic and sterile. This time, he brought them all over at once - with so many processes, they would always come in handy.
Soak the soybeans in water, steam them after they absorb enough water, and fry the wheat before pouring it into a grinding dish and grinding it into flour.
Steamed and cooled soybeans and wheat flour are evenly mixed together in a specific proportion, and then ground into powdered koji are added. Use the [Exorcism Spell] to remove miscellaneous bacteria, and the [Nourishing Spell] to accelerate the reproduction of Aspergillus oryzae and prevent the occurrence of Aspergillus flavus.
The most feared thing about homemade sauces is the presence of aflatoxin. This thing is extremely toxic and even a small amount of intake can easily cause cancer, so you must never be careless.
Originally, koji making required 2-3 days of temperature-controlled fermentation, but with the time crucible, this stage can be greatly shortened.
The crucible can not only control time, but also temperature and humidity. In order to ensure that the rice koji fungus is fully ventilated and exposed to oxygen during the fermentation process, Jiangyou slowed down the time acceleration of the crucible and stirred it repeatedly with a glass stirring stick. With the blessing of the [Soul-Nourishing Mantra], the koji-making stage was successfully completed within five minutes.
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