Chapter 304 Idar Cigarette Factory (Please subscribe!)
Merlin Bay, Fran Islands.
The sea breeze in the early morning had a slightly damp and salty smell. Although the sky was just getting brighter, the temperature around was already a little stuffy.
The Fran Islands are surrounded by the ocean. Although they are not far from the mainland of Idar, perhaps due to the influence of ocean currents, the overall climate conditions are more like the subtropical type on Earth.
When Peterson woke up, the whole family was still asleep.
My son Alan was lying naked on the innermost side of the crib, sprawled out with his arms and legs spread out, probably dreaming, with a hint of a smile on his face.
Peterson's wife worked the night shift yesterday and came home very late, so he didn't have the heart to disturb her sleep.
He yawned lightly, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and tiptoed out the door.
The sea breeze felt comfortable on his face, and the smell of the ocean in the air reminded him of the fish he had eaten a few days ago.
The fish meat was white and tender, very fresh. My mouth is watering when I think about it now.
He came to the Farnese Islands half a year ago.
In order to develop the Fran Islands as quickly as possible and leave himself a retreat overseas, Bruno at that time sent nearly a thousand refugees to the Fran Islands to open up wasteland and cultivate land together with the Idar soldiers.
Peterson is one of them.
At that time, he suffered from the war and was expelled by countless nobles. He finally came to Idar County, located in the easternmost part of the empire.
He had already lost all hope, so when he heard that the Idar people were going to transport them to a small island overseas by ship, he and his family panicked.
Although they were just civilians at the bottom of society, they knew the dangers beyond the land. Not to mention the pirates who were walking on the edge of a knife, in his opinion at the time, the real purpose of the Idar people was even questionable!
If his wife and children were not on the boat, Peterson would even have thought about jumping into the sea and escaping!
Now, he was glad that he did not arbitrarily speculate on the purpose of the Idar people, because on this archipelago located overseas, he felt the life of a free man for the first time! There was a naval port of the Idar Navy on the island. When he saw the huge three-masted warship for the first time, he even gasped! (Mainly because there is no air conditioning in the Fran Islands...) This is like a bumpkin who is used to seeing a drifting raft, and suddenly saw a 10,000-ton ship. Although it has nothing to do with him, he still couldn't help but tremble with his legs and look full of longing.
Of course, he didn't know that those burly men wearing the uniforms of the Idar Whaling Company, who would occasionally stop at the Fran Islands to unload cargo and rest, were the pirates he had been worried about before...
Peterson lived in a dormitory provided by the noble lords of Idar. Each family had a single room, so it was not far from his workplace and only took about ten minutes to walk there.
He enjoyed the process of walking to work.
There were mountains, forests and fields waiting to be developed beside him, and smooth and winding cement roads under his feet. Before he came to the Fran Islands, he had never thought that one of the most humble people at the bottom of society could actually experience things other than working for the nobles.
From time to time, the neighing of war horses and the shouting of soldiers could be heard from the distant mountains and forests. The sounds came from Papa Smurf's farm on the island. He had become accustomed to these shouts.
Because someone had already told the people living on this island that this was meant to scare the magical creatures that the Idar soldiers called Blue Carved Golems.
Peterson didn't know what a blue-carved golem was, but since it was a magical creature, in his opinion, they should be very powerful guys...
Since Bruno had always regarded the Fran Islands as his retreat in the beginning, the island had a very complete industrial system and even a large amount of food reserves transported from Idar.
If Idar County falls,
Then the Fran Islands will become Bruno's counterattack continent... Why does it feel weird...
(cross it out!)
Having said that,
Although the Faran Islands have a complete range of industries, they are all small-scale.
At present, the main industries in the French Islands are the cultivation of coffee beans and tobacco! Peterson and his wife both found a job at the Idar Cigarette Factory in the northeast of the French Island.
The climate of the Isle of France is very suitable for growing coffee beans and tobacco. In addition, Isle of France is the largest island among the eight islands in the Isle of France. Therefore, under the instruction of Governor Siber of Isle of France, the plain and hilly area in the northeast of Isle of France has developed into the largest tobacco plantation in the entire Principality of Idar.
Although it has been a long time since the cigarette factory opened, it was not until now that the first batch of flue-cured tobacco from the Idar Cigarette Factory finally began formal mass production.
The reason for such a long delay was mainly because the Idar people lacked control over the baking temperature and time.
Tobacco planting is the foundation, and baking is the key.
The initial baking of tobacco leaves and the threshing and re-baking of tobacco leaves are undoubtedly the two most important steps in the production of cigarettes. They are also the only way to transform fresh tobacco into raw tobacco and show its ideal color and unique flavor.
"Coming?"
In front of the cigarette factory, the workers who usually work there greeted each other enthusiastically.
"Yeah." Peterson nodded.
He knew very well that if it were somewhere else, how could ordinary people like them look so relaxed? "We won! The Principality of Idar was established! Lord Sibel said he would give us an extra half month's salary!" The workers' faces were filled with uncontrollable excitement.
"Really?!" Upon hearing this, Peterson's eyes suddenly brightened.
"The Principality of Idar is still the best!" everyone agreed.
After the excitement, repetitive work returns to normal.
There is no Stonehenge in the French Isles, so it is naturally impossible to adopt mechanized production on a large scale.
Therefore, among the seven traditional steps of tobacco leaf initial roasting, leaf threshing and re-roasting, tobacco leaf fermentation, cigarette formula, cigarette silk making, cigarette stick making and cigarette packaging, only the first few steps are carried out in the French Islands.
As for the remaining steps such as adding ingredients, silk making, and packaging, they are all completed in Idar.
This is also to save certain labor costs. After all, the land in the Fran Islands is limited, and every inch of land has a detailed plan. Since it can be achieved in Idar Territory at a lower cost, there is no need to arrange it in the Fran Islands.
Smoking is harmful to health. For the Principality of Idar, this is not an industry that concerns the national economy and people's livelihood. It is just something Bruno did to make money.
In his previous life, Bruno was an outstanding young man of the new era who did not smoke, drink, and rejected pornography, gambling, and drugs!
Work in a cigarette factory is quite boring.
Peterson and others are mainly responsible for baking and fermentation. In fact, according to common sense, tobacco leaves that have not been stored and fermented for more than one year can only be regarded as new tobacco, and have varying degrees of quality defects.
Therefore, while producing cigarettes, the Idar Cigarette Factory also plans to develop a new business - pipes and pipe tobacco.
Merchants and mercenaries smoke cigarettes.
The arrogant nobles always smoked their pipes! I believe the nobles (fools) of the Kingdom of Basel would be willing to pay for the new products of the Norman family.
Also! It will probably be very late, so let’s wait until tomorrow morning to watch it.
(End of this chapter)
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