Chapter 57: Idar in Full Bloom (Please read! Please recommend!)
Chapter 57: Idar in Full Bloom
Bagasse can also be used to make paper!
This news almost made Bruno ecstatic. In the neighboring Kingdom of Basel to the south, sugar production from sugarcane was extremely common, but the remaining bagasse after sugar production was of no use at all.
Bruno could easily make paper by purchasing bagasse from the Kingdom of Basel at a low price!
What made Bruno even more fortunate was that the place where sugarcane was produced on a large scale was the Kingdom of Basel rather than the Norman Empire, which could save Bruno a lot of trouble.
After all, even if the nobles of the Kingdom of Basel one day realized that a large amount of sugarcane residue was entering the Norman Empire through Fortress Maine, they would probably have no way of finding out.
Because Bruno was a nobleman of the Norman Empire, not a nobleman of the Kingdom of Basel.
If Bruno were to dump goods or purchase raw materials to the Norman Empire, he would be very cautious and would not dare to make a sound, because there were many nobles in the Norman Empire. If someone coveted Idar's goods, a lot of trouble would arise for no reason.
However, Bruno did not have to be at all afraid of selling goods and purchasing raw materials from the Kingdom of Basel.
Because the Kingdom of Basel was at least nominally a vassal of the Norman Empire, it sent envoys every year to offer tribute to the imperial royal family.
Imperial nobles like Bruno were obviously superior to the nobles of the Kingdom of Basel.
What's more, there is the Mann Fortress between Idar County and the Kingdom of Basel, and the nobles of the Kingdom of Basel would never dare to start a war.
Therefore, apart from regularly delivering goods to Kalio and stabilizing the original sales channels in Idar, Bruno does not plan to sell a large amount of goods to the Norman Empire in the short term.
One reason is that the Norman Empire is a bit complicated, with various intertwined networks of relationships, and if you are not careful, the interests of those great nobles will be damaged; the other reason is that with the current production capacity of the Idar Territory, even the market owned by the Kingdom of Basel cannot be fully satisfied, so there is no need to wade into the muddy waters at home.
As a noble family that has been rooted in Idar for nearly a hundred years, Idar has had a good relationship with the imperial generals who have guarded Mann's Fortress.
Therefore, it was not difficult for Bruno to open a trade route to the Kingdom of Basel.
It's just that the previous Count Idar never did this...
In Bruno's opinion, this was very puzzling. After all, as a border earl, although the land ruled by Count Idar was not rich, his degree of freedom was much higher than that of the nobles near the center of the empire.
Neither robbery, smuggling, nor business, in Bruno's view, this is simply guarding a treasure chest but doing nothing.
In order to replenish the capital chain of Idar County as soon as possible, Bruno sent people to the Kingdom of Basel to purchase sugarcane residues, and ordered the servants to start making distiller's grains.
After all, papermaking and distilled liquor are not something that can be made immediately; both require a series of preliminary preparations such as fermentation.
In this way, when the roads between Idar County and Fortress Mann are officially completed, there will be enough inventory of these two commodities, thus directly opening up the market of the Kingdom of Basel.
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During these days, the wounded soldiers recovered quite well. Because Bruno paid special attention to hygiene conditions, no soldier died from wound infection without alcohol disinfection.
If past practice were to follow, it would be good enough if half of the dozen or so injured soldiers could survive.
This undoubtedly opened everyone's eyes and made many people think that... as long as the living environment of the wounded soldiers was made cleaner, casualties could be avoided to a large extent.
In this case... if one's residence is a little cleaner, then if one gets sick, one will not die and will not need to see a doctor? Therefore, under Bruno's deliberate propaganda, the civilians in Idar City have once again set off a wave of cleaning.
For a moment, the city of Idar had a completely new look.
Although the houses in the city were still dilapidated, they were no longer as dirty as they were at the beginning.
Spring is here and flowers are blooming; the earth is coming back to life.
With the establishment of the ownership of the Gran Highlands and the end of the war between the Territory of Soren and the Territory of Idar, everything in Idar returned to normal.
The original eight production teams took on the entire burden of road construction. With the help of cement, a new material, the road construction process went very smoothly.
To the serfs who had very little knowledge, cement was simply a creation of the gods, a miracle!
Since the method of making cement needs to be kept strictly confidential and the people who make cement must be the most trusted among the trusted, Bruno specially built the first cement workshop in Idar County near the Cape Salt Field. In this way, the original salt field guards can also look after the cement workshop.
Therefore, all the cement these serfs could access was the ready-made cement.
All you need to do is spread the cement evenly on the roadbed leveled by the serfs. After a few days, the cement will completely solidify.
The solidified cement is as hard as rock, natural and solid, and feels very solid to walk on, much easier to walk on than the originally dusty country roads.
More importantly, you can still travel even when it rains, without having to worry about the wet mud on the dirt road.
In addition to the roads in the south, construction of the Namur Fortress in the north finally began.
Three hundred serfs plus more than three hundred prisoners, a total of more than six hundred people, were working enthusiastically under the supervision of Idar soldiers.
Bruno also issued a series of reward and punishment measures. Although those who performed well could be pardoned and become civilians, the upper limit of various rewards was lower than that of the eight production teams in the south.
After all, these people were originally civilians in Sauron's territory, and they still need to be observed for some time.
But even so, the treatment is much better than that in Sauron County.
A new cement workshop is being built next to the Namur Fortress. Because the two construction sites, one in the south and one in the north, are too far apart and it takes too long to transport cement back and forth, it would be better to build a new one directly.
However, this gave Arnel a headache.
Because the heating array used in the blast furnace for firing cement is easily scrapped after a period of use, Anel had to run back and forth between the two workshops, becoming just a tool man.
As a result, research on enchanting weapons and improving magic circles could only be done late at night, so he kept asking Bruno for a raise.
But to Arnel's surprise, Bruno readily agreed to his request and even doubled his monthly salary.
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Thanks to “十年梦恢” for the reward!
Go, go, go! (End of this chapter)
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