Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 80 The Invention of the Distiller
Inside Tulip City.

It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. After waking up, Charles subconsciously groped to the left. Instead of feeling the familiar softness, it felt empty.

Charles smiled wryly, and then he remembered that Fina hadn't arrived in Tulip City yet. Charles rubbed his eyes until the hazy feeling of just waking up gradually faded away, and then he slowly got up.

After Charles finished washing alone, he walked into the hall, only to find that breakfast was not ready yet.The male servant hurried forward and said in a panic, "I'm very sorry, Master Charles, I'll go and order the cook to make breakfast." After speaking, he quickly saluted and apologized.

However, his posture was very stiff, not to mention dull, and he made many mistakes in his haste.Looking at this new face, Charles asked curiously, "Who recruited you?"

There are quite a few male servants who can show up around Charles. Most of the male servants in the mansion do their jobs in obscurity. Charles is a little curious that a newly arrived male servant can show his face in front of him.

In all fairness, Ciel's tone of voice was quite kind, but to Tarotka, it was as if the sky had fallen.He panicked and said, "It was Mr. Steward who recruited me. He said that my father died in battle to protect the glory of the Iris family. I heard that you called me to be a servant in the castle."

"What's your father's name?"

"Master, my father's name is Talib."

Shire can't help but think of the battle in the valley where Othman was burned. Taliban took a risk, pretended to be Shire, and finally tricked Othman's army into it.

Charles stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Your father was a heroic warrior. He gave his life to maintain the honor of the Iris family. As his only son, I hope You can inherit his valor."

Charles continued: "How can this be so thin without much flesh on his body?"

At this time, the butler Loki also came over and said, "Master, what happened, did Tarotka do something wrong?"

"Loki, you will take him to the warehouse to pick out a pair of armor and a spear later. He has to go to the Iris Military Academy every day to learn martial arts.

Look at him, he is about the same height as his father, but he is too thin. A chef is arranged to cook a small stove for him, and he must have a meat meal every three days. "

Taroka knelt down with a thump, his eyes flushed. "Thank you, Lord, thank you, Lord." The serfs were lacking in words, but judging by his excited expression, it is estimated that if Charles asked him to die, he would die immediately.
Charles continued: "The Iris family will never treat their own people badly. I hope you can inherit your father's bravery and make achievements on the battlefield. This is what you should do instead of crying like a woman here Chirping."

But when Charles said this, he selectively forgot that it was time for him to walk out of the room while leaning on the wall.

Seeing that Tarotka was both moved and cautious, he seemed very embarrassed by his bewildered look.Charles waved his hand and said, "Hurry up and urge the chef, if I don't make breakfast, I'm going to starve to death."

Tarotka seemed to have received a sacred mission, with a solemn expression, "Master, I'll go right away." After speaking, he ran and left the hall.

Seeing his running figure, Charles asked a few words worriedly, "Loki, remember to tell the servant not to squeeze him out in secret." Tarotka will become a display card of his kindness to loyal ministers.

"Master, don't worry, I still know this in my heart."

After a while, breakfast was brought up and placed on the long table.Breakfast is relatively simple, with hot milk, white bread, ham, black and white pudding, and a glass of wine.

Generally speaking, there is no wine in the morning, but Charles has the habit of drinking wine, but sometimes milk, so the cooks are not sure what Charles wants to drink, so they bring it up.

Ciel sat on the chair, Loki stood aside.After drinking the wine, Charles put the glass aside and said, "Loki, where is Fina? Are you coming to Tulip City?"

Loki replied respectfully: "It's coming soon, according to the news from the messenger from Flower Town, it is estimated that it will arrive soon in three days."

"Oh, there are still three more days." Charles sighed, and continued, "Has the veteran Iris in Steel Town returned from his defense change?"

"Young master, you have already returned, and have already expanded into the Iris recruits, and now their training is under the responsibility of the deputy head Andrew." Loki continued to reply respectfully.

Now the Iris Infantry Regiment has expanded to 2000 people, and most of the Iris veterans have been promoted. Now in a squad of ten, there are almost three or four Iris veterans and six or seven Iris recruits.There are also some Iris flower veterans who have joined the Knights.

Charles nodded, and continued to ask: "How many gold coins and food are there now? How many fur vests and linen vests are there in Huahua Town?"

As the unshakable butler of the iris collar and in charge of Shire's money bag, Loki was naturally prepared. "Master, now Iris has 6756 gold coins and 392 carts of grain, but 123 carts of grain are in Steel Town."

Charles estimated in his mind that most of it was the wealth accumulated by the Earl of Tulip family and the nobles of Mustang Town, and a small part was provided by the nobles he killed outside Tulip City a few days ago.These add up to almost ten thousand gold coins.Two thousand gold coins were given to the eldest prince to clear up the relationship, about one thousand gold coins were distributed to the Iris soldiers, and several hundred gold coins flowed to the residents of Tulip City.

But the food is obviously not enough. After all, food is not like gold coins. Gold coins can be used after decades of storage, but food has to be taken out after a few years.Charles estimated the food needs of the territory, and most of the serfs had surplus food, so there was no need to worry.There are only three parts that need him to provide food.

The first part is the army. There are currently 2400 people in the Iris Infantry and the Knights. If the Knights have all the horses, the food consumption will be almost 3600 people. There are still 9 months until next year's autumn harvest, and they will almost have to eat Drop 150 carts of food

The second part is Tulip City and the nearby villages plundered by Earl Violet. There are almost 1 people. Unlike Iris soldiers, they can eat less and save a lot. By next year's autumn grain, they will eat almost 190 carts of grain.

The third part is the steel town. There are almost 7000 serfs he snatched from Cosmos. If next year, there will be more than 3000 left, and an average of 5000, then the food they need is about the same. That is more than 130 trucks of grain.

In this way, he still has a food shortage of more than 80 vehicles. It is useless to continue to expand the army. What he needs to do now is to exchange gold coins for food as soon as possible.He spread out the map and took a closer look at the surrounding nobles.Count Violet and Count Geithner in the east have a grudge against him.Both Comilla and Earl Violet in the west are allies of the second prince. Although he did not attack Mustang Town, it is estimated that he will not trade him food.

Now we can only place our hopes on the territory directly controlled by the eldest prince and the old king - the territory of the Aquinax family.Charles continued: "Send people to form a few caravans, and secretly go to the Comilla family to buy food. It doesn't matter if you spend more gold coins, and then build a big caravan, and after a while, go to the Grand Prince with me. and the one thousand gold coins that are ready to be handed over to the king this winter."

"Okay, master, I'll do it now."

"By the way, write a notice, keep it simple and understandable, and send someone to explain it clearly to the serfs. From now on, the iris leader will abolish firewood, and all iris leaders can go hunting in the forest, go hunting Cut down trees and go fishing in the river. This matter should be done immediately, and it will spread to all the villages and villages near Tulip City within three days."

"Obey, master, I'll do it now."

The training of Iris recruits does not require Charles to intervene in person. With the assistance of Iris veterans, Andrew and a battalion commander are already fully competent. Moreover, this army is paid by Charles himself, and loyalty is also guaranteed. Of course, there is no doubt that Charles only needs to show his face in a few days.

A few days later, Fina came back. Charles opened his sleepy eyes, only to see Fina wrapped around him like an octopus.Charles originally thought that after Fina came back, someone would wake her up in the morning, someone would serve her when she woke up, and she would have breakfast in the lobby.

But the result is exactly the opposite.He is more tired than before, tired and happy.After Fina came back, she tried to squeeze him dry every day, but Shire wanted to say that he was no longer the same Shire.Although Fina is vying to be a female knight, there is one thing that proves that Charles has the upper hand, that is, Charles wakes up first every day.

Fina's golden hair was scattered on her shoulders, her snow-white skin was exposed in large areas, there was a tear mole under her eyes, and there was still some water vapor on her small and exquisite nose. The hair went to harass her nose.

Fina woke up, her little white hand pushed Charles' naughty hand aside.Originally, Charles was smiling, but seeing that Fina's face gradually turned pink, Charles sensed that something was wrong, and hurriedly got up, but it was too late.

"Stop! Stop! Today I have to go to the craftsman to develop a distiller. I have been developing it for several days, and finally I have some clues. I have to get down to business today..."

Charles' long speech was interrupted by a short sentence.

"Can't you?"

Charles touched his nose, and today he would risk his life to be with the gentleman.There was helplessness in his eyes, and there was a tragic sense of a strong man gone forever.

After a fierce battle, Charles successfully knocked Fina off his horse. Seeing that Fina fell asleep again, Charles walked out of the room lightly. He held on to the wall, feeling a little weak in his legs, until he walked into the hall and saw someone When it came, he left the wall and strode out.However, someone who looked closely could find that Charles' legs were trembling slightly.

After breakfast, Shire went to the craftsman's office. Just like treating blacksmiths, Shire also set up an exchange office for other craftsmen. Now all the famous craftsmen in Tulip City are here, and accompany Shire to develop distillation device.

"Master, this is the latest distiller, which has been improved according to the purpose you ordered."

Charles looked at it, and felt that the appearance was too far from what he saw in his previous life, and he had failed too many times, so he said with a little confidence: "Try it, the last leak will not happen. "

"Don't worry, young master, we have tried many times in advance, and the last problem will definitely not occur."

"Okay, let's try it." Charles took a bottle of ale, which was very cloudy and contained many impurities.After the craftsman took it, he poured it into a container and began to heat and evaporate.The evaporated wine gas enters another container until all the original ale has evaporated.

The freshly evaporated wine was very clear, and the clear aroma of the wine wafted through his nostrils, but Charles didn't dare to drink it. The level of medical treatment is so poor, and he basically depends on his immunity when he gets sick."Come," said Charles, "get a dog, and see if the evaporated ale is drinkable."

But Fausto, who was the leader, couldn't hold back long ago, and said: "Master, how can such a good wine be given to dogs? I'm not afraid of problems, so I'll drink it." After speaking, he couldn't wait to pick it up and drank it And do.After drinking, Fausto's face turned red in an instant, and Fausto coughed again and again, and he did not forget to say: "Master, this is really good wine, strong enough, strong enough."

After speaking, he flopped and lay down on the ground.Charles was a little shocked, even the poison wouldn't act so quickly, right? At the current level of this world, the poison that can poison people to death in half an hour is already very good. Not even a minute.

The craftsman next to him hurriedly bent down, listened to Fausto's heartbeat, and said, "Master, it's okay, Fausto is asleep. After speaking, he looked at the glass of ale just now and licked his tongue. "

Winemaking is a big consumer of food. Since Shire defeated Earl Violet, winemaking has been banned. Except for nobles who dare to brew wine privately, ordinary serfs don't even have enough food to eat, let alone use food to make wine.

"How long would it take to make such a set?"

"Master, after the development, the production is not troublesome. A mature craftsman can make a set in three days."

"Okay! All the artisans who participated in the research and development will be rewarded with one gold coin." Looking at the enthusiasm of the crowd for the cup just now, they can't wait to come up and lick it for themselves. , usually like to drink some wine.Shire continued: "All artisans, reward five bottles of ale."

"Thank you, young master, for the reward."

(End of this chapter)