Chapter 35 Winter Trivia (Please read! Please recommend!)
Chapter 35 Winter Trivia
For Bruno, the long winter days were boring and tedious.
Bruno doesn't need to worry about the training of the new recruits. Someone is also fully responsible for the construction of the sky gardens. The sugar workshop is operating normally, and the salt output of the Cape Salt Field is also increasing.
Everything is developing steadily and in a positive direction.
Therefore, Bruno's life these days is extremely dull.
Every morning I would sleep until I woke up naturally, eat a little, and then start writing on the parchment.
The memories of the previous life always have to be written down, otherwise, Bruno is worried that as time goes by, some advanced craftsmanship and techniques may be forgotten.
Bruno felt that he had been doing more serious work recently, which did not fit in with his original "prodigal son" personality, so he made the head chef of the lord's castle an honorary knight.
But it must be mentioned that this new knight did have a great talent for cooking. He quickly figured out the tricks of cooking, and after just a few attempts his dishes were much better than Bruno's.
Bruno originally wanted to do more things in the winter, such as trying to run a papermaking workshop, or building more fishing boats to go fishing, or repairing the roads in Idar.
However, these plans, which should have been carried out smoothly, are hindered by money.
The investment in the Hanging Gardens and the standing army was a bit overspent. The construction of the Hanging Gardens alone cost nearly a thousand gold coins every month. If it weren't for the strong income from sea salt and sugar, the ordinary earl would have been forced to declare bankruptcy and stop construction long ago.
The original budget for building the Hanging Gardens was about 500 gold coins per month, but in order to complete it as quickly as possible, Bruno recruited more serfs in Idar and expanded the number of production teams to fourteen.
The cost of a standing army is naturally huge, including money, food, and manpower, all of which need to be carefully calculated and considered.
Compared with these huge expenses, the money needed for Shabi to collect feces suddenly seemed much less.
The various new expenses left Bruno without enough gold coins to buy other things, so he settled down for a rare time.
Since the people sent out to buy sugar beets have returned with full loads and have found a stable supply of sugar beets, the output of the sugar factory has gradually stabilized, and the monthly output of white sugar is about 200 kilograms.
In fact, for a workshop, this output is a bit low, but Bruno has no plans to expand production in the short term.
Because at this stage, there is only one type of people who can afford to consume white sugar, and that is the nobles.
The reason why white sugar remains priced but unsalable is entirely due to the serious imbalance between supply and demand.
If a large amount of white sugar floods into the market, it will not only lead to a drop in the price of white sugar, but also make people doubt the source of this white sugar.
The principle of making sugar from beets is not complicated, at least making brown sugar should not be difficult to discover.
Once this huge benefit of beets is discovered, the cost of purchasing beets will increase significantly, which is something Bruno does not want to see.
After all, at least so far, beets are not widely distributed in Idar, and it will take a long time to grow them on a large scale.
He doesn't want to see his supply of raw materials being strangled by others.
The salt ponds of Cape Salt Field have all been put into use, and the area of the salt ponds is gradually expanding.
Seawater salt production is greatly affected by climate change, and the salt production in winter is generally lower than in summer.
But even so, Idar's sea salt production has tripled this winter.
However, Bruno's ordinary day was broken by a sudden news.
A large magic crystal mine was discovered in the Almis Mountains! When Old Ford told Bruno the news, Bruno was basking in the sun in the castle with nothing to do.
After hearing what old Ford said, Bruno almost jumped up from his chair.
That's a magic crystal mine! No matter which world it is, anyone who dares to say that his family has a mine is not a simple person.
It often means wealth, power, connections and great development potential.
Bruno has been in this world for quite some time, and his understanding of this world has become increasingly in-depth, so he has heard of the magic crystal mine a long time ago.
In this world, anything related to magic is extremely precious.
And magic crystal ore naturally falls into this category.
Magic crystal is a special ore and an indispensable aid for most mages.
It has many uses, and the most direct and common one is that it can be used as a small blue bottle to restore mana to the mage.
Of course, the so-called small blue bottle does not mean that it can directly provide magic power to the wizard for casting spells, but that the magic crystal can serve as a container for storing magic power.
It is really just equivalent to a bottle, but this bottle can contain pure magic power, which will greatly reduce the consumption of the wizard's mental power when casting spells.
With full expectations, Bruno immediately asked old Ford to lead the way and he ran towards the Almis Mountains himself.
The magic crystal mine is located on the hillside of Almis, deep in a dense forest. It was discovered by a serf from a production team by chance while cutting trees and splitting firewood.
As soon as he arrived at the scene, Bruno announced that the serf who discovered the magic crystal vein would be released as a civilian, and gave this lucky serf a house in the city of Idar.
This house originally belonged to a gangster, but the gangster, who had turned over a new leaf, donated his house without hesitation in order to wash away his heavy sins as soon as possible.
When the serf heard Bruno's reward, he felt a shock all over his body and his heart started beating wildly.
So... he was released as a civilian?
The serf was incredulous. Even though he knew that the Earl was a kind man, he originally thought that he would only get a piece of white bread or a few copper coins as a reward. He didn't expect...
I... am I free now?
"Although you have become a civilian, you are still a member of the production team. You will have to work on the construction site before the construction of the Sky Garden is completed..."
"I understand!" the serf said repeatedly.
"However, since you have become a civilian, your work on the construction site will naturally be paid, so you should receive the same wages of forty copper coins per month as other civilians."
"Thank... Thank you, sir..." The serf was already stammering with excitement, and kept thanking the Earl for his grace.
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I wish you all a happy new year! May your family be reunited and happy! This will probably be the only update today, sorry~ (End of this chapter)
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