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Chapter 1238 Chapter 160. Rental Spinning Machine

What could be better than sending a large amount of food?

That is to deliver large amounts of cooked bread and food.

The mages were fine, as they either had apprentices to take care of them or brought servants or puppets with them. However, the soldiers drawn from all over the place and the mercenaries who came to help never enjoyed such treatment, which earned Annan a lot of goodwill.

In addition to food, there are also armor and cotton-padded clothes to keep warm. The warriors like a kind of velvet plate armor the most - the outside is hammered iron plate armor, and the inside is a layer of cotton-padded clothes. After putting it on, they will no longer feel itchy all over at night due to the cold, and they can move more flexibly. There is also thick cotton at the collar and cuffs.

The only drawback is that the cotton coat inside becomes wet if you sweat a little... but it is definitely not the fault of the mosaic plate armor!
The idea of ​​adding velvet plate armor was thought up by Fischer - Annan still remembers her, and the spinning machine that gave birth to the "machine soul" was discovered by her men
Fischer thought that since he wanted to make both armor and cotton-padded clothes, why not just mix the two together?
The blacksmith shop sent over several sets of armor, and soon Fischer delivered the finished mosaic plate armor to the camp. The soldiers immediately found that the velvet plate armor was both beautiful and warm. Although it had disadvantages such as being able to be used only in cold areas and being prone to sweating, it was better than having the body frozen by the iron armor.

With this invention, Fischer was promoted from team leader to head of the spinning mill.

Fischer, who became the person in charge, had a new idea: there were many women like Epp, but not all of them were lucky enough to become workers in a spinning mill like Epp...

So why not allow residents to rent spinning machines too?
This not only produces a large amount of raw materials for cotton clothes, but also gives women at home something to do.

Liberty City is a huge and efficient machine. When her proposal was delivered to the desk of Deputy City Lord Idyliya by the City Lord's Office officials in the morning, it took less than a day for the officials to post the notice after signing and passing it.

The next day, the women of the city came to the square, and because they were too noisy, the officials had to loudly read out the rules for renting spinning machines:
First, you need to have a room that does not disturb your neighbors to place the machine. Secondly, the lease period is three years, no rent is required, and you only need to pay 130 copper coins per day. After three years of renting, the spinning machine is yours, but if you stop paying rent before three years, the spinning machine will be taken back and you will not be refunded.

Finally, Free City will purchase the spun cotton yarn at an average price, so there is no need to worry about the price being suppressed by unscrupulous merchants.

As a result, more than 300 spinning machines were ordered on the first day, and the square was blocked by women who came to inquire.

Idyllia had never expected the business to be so popular, so she had no choice but to ask the factory to recruit workers as well, which created a positive cycle.

With one success after another, Fischer's fame grew, and even a reporter from the Voice of Liberty came to interview her.

"I'm just an ordinary person. I'm not good-looking and I don't have any talent. There's nothing good to interview..." Fischer politely declined the reporter's request.

Then later in the day, Evelyn came to see Fischer herself.

She heard from her men that Fischer had refused, and instead developed some interest in her.

“Ms. Evelyn, I’m just an ordinary person…” Fischer still declined.

Fischer is a little introverted, but it doesn’t matter. Evelyn is the best at getting introverts to talk: “I am also an ordinary person.”

"You have got to be kidding me..."

Fischer's curiosity was indeed aroused.

"Why would I lie to you? Before I met Annan, I was just a waiter at the Dawn Tavern. I spent all day cleaning tables that I could never get clean. I also had to deal with drunkards. Some of them even tried to take advantage of me. His daughter is older than me!"

Evelin’s cheerful appearance was no longer as shy as before, and the freckles on both sides of her cheeks had faded a lot as she grew older, but she still looked like a girl.

"and after?"

Evelyn put her hands behind her head. "Then a guy who worked in the tavern like me turned into a warlock, and then the King in the North, and filmed a magic movie. He couldn't find a suitable person to play Ruth, so he called me from the town."

"Lord Annan?" Fisher called softly.

"That's him." Evelyn spread her hands, "And then what you see now." It was the first time that Fischer heard about Annan's past: "But I don't know what to say..."

"Anything is fine. Just tell me how you came up with this idea." Seeing Fischer getting nervous again, Evelyn comforted him, "Don't worry about saying the wrong thing. I'll help you embellish it. Besides, the North has been so busy recently. Maybe your news has been piled up there and landed there."

"I just want to teach what I taught in school... Territory and people are different. The former need long-term profits, while the latter only care about the present. I just want to think of a win-win solution so that both the lord and the people can benefit..."

"Renting a spinning machine is the solution you came up with?"

Evelyn quietly picked up the Philosopher's Stone and activated it.

Fischer didn't notice and continued, "Well, there are many women in the city who can spin, but they can't afford it, so why don't we extend the time? Free City can benefit for a long time, and they can also create value."

"Hmm, that's a great idea..."

If it were me...it would be easier to fabricate a scandal about Annan.

"Thank you for your cooperation, Fischer. You can look forward to the newspaper in a while." Evelyn put the Philosopher's Stone into her bag and waved goodbye to Fischer.

Looking at Evelyn's back as she walked away, Fischer let go of his restraint and whispered to himself, "She is indeed human...but why does she smell like a succubus?"

The original intention of renting spinning machines was good, giving women something to do and bringing in trade and tax revenue... but someone executed it badly.

The cause was that a large number of new orders suddenly emerged from the steadily growing orders for spinning machines. Ingrid keenly noticed the abnormality of the orders and sent his men to trace the source, and found that these orders belonged to the same person.

After investigation, the identity of the man was sent to Ingrid, who then asked her men to give it to Francois - because the man was his subordinate.

"It's him?"

Looking at the name in front of him, Francois exclaimed.

"Do you have any impression?"

"Your Lord Annan pulled him out of the dungeon a while ago. What happened to him?"

"Lady Ingrid suspects he is manipulating the orders for the spinning machines."

"understood."

Francois called his men over and told them to bring Peterson over and capture him if he resisted.

Soon, Peterson walked in.

After escaping the drudgery of being a spy and being a prisoner in a dungeon, Peterson gained weight visibly and his wallet became bulging.

However, when Francois said, "This is an official from the Ministry of Finance," he shrank into a ball like a deflated ball.

"It seems to be you."

(End of this chapter)