industrial lord

Chapter 85 A New Tradition
This year's summer came faster than in previous years. After a heavy rain at the end of May, the weather suddenly became hot.

This day was the day when Wesson was summoned for a regular meeting of various departments. Frederick was in a daze. Not only were the participants in white shirts and dark trousers, but they also held a thermos in their hands.

There are a lot more people in the conference room today than last year, including Chief Steward Alfred, Administrator Frick, Tax Officer Neuer, Judge Otto, Military Officer Old Knight Franz, Commercial Officer Johnny, Industrial Officer Ogilvy, Agriculture Officer Mathias, Deputy Agriculture Minister (in charge of animal husbandry) Monofello, Vice President of University of Weissenburg Manuai and others, Wessenburg City in Wessen Territory, Howson in the northwest The mayors of Rangnaar City in the south of the city, Lyngen City in the east, Heim City in the southwest and Oak City in preparation.

After the reform of various government departments under Wessen, among the new officials, the old people who were in charge of related matters served as the leaders of relevant functional departments, such as the old knight Franz as the military officer, the family businessman Johnny as the business officer, and Ogilvy, etc. The scholars who arrived by air, and the mayors of the various cities were promoted from the original official system based on the past and last year's performance in sheltering victims of disasters.

The main content of today's meeting is to ensure the harvest and purchase of summer grain, as well as the problem of football fields encroaching on farmland.

These two problems are not troublesome.

The harvest of summer grain is the same as in previous years, so there is no need to say anything.

Grain purchases can still be exchanged for Wesson syrup. Although the Bright Church has a formula, they only use it for group building within the church, and do not sell it or disclose it.

Frederick didn't expect that the football field occupied the farmland. It was finally decided that each city could only build one standard field and a maximum of five five-a-side small fields, and each town could build a maximum of three five-a-side small fields. Build a small futsal field, and at the same time require the football fields in towns and villages to be covered with thick adhesive tape as a sun-drying field during busy farming seasons.

Then Frederick emphasized the collection of this year's summer tax, and at the same time notified the upcoming establishment of Wesson Bank and the issuance of currency.

The latter two things have been spread through Ogilvy, but everyone thinks this is normal. After all, there are more and more businesses coming to Wesenling to wait for the opening of the canal. Banks and their own currency will be a matter of time.

In contrast, everyone is more concerned about what the master's peach-blossom-style mansion looks like.

The meeting ended after Manuai reported the enrollment situation of Weissenburg University this year.

Frederick was not idle after the meeting, and started inspection work in the territory the next day.

He first came to the glass workshop outside the city.

The carriages outside the workshop lined up in a long queue, and the merchants who came to purchase gathered together in the steam bun shop next to the gate to brag.

Frederick walked into the glass workshop, put on a gas mask, and inspected the factory under the leadership of the factory manager.

Now the professionals in the glass workshop admire the master, and the glass bubble problem that has plagued the industry for many years can be solved with a handful of arsenic and a few more stirs.

They have been studying how to remove small bubbles before, but they didn’t expect to do the opposite. When the glass raw material is melted, arsenic will produce large bubbles, and then stir them to make the big bubbles absorb the small bubbles. After the bubbles disappear, the glass melts. There will be no bubbles.

What made them admire was the newly built furnace. Coal was burned in the middle furnace, and the flame was transmitted to the three surrounding smelting rooms through the automatic bellows through the fire channel. The temperature was high and fuel-saving.

The method of making glassware made them say that they did not expect that a spoonful of glass liquid was poured into the mold, the upper and lower molds were pressed, and if there was too much material, the edges were trimmed, and a bowl, saucer or cup made of glass came out.

You can even press half of it at a time, and finally form a glass bottle or jug ​​with a narrow mouth, which is much easier than blowing until your cheeks are sore.

Not to mention the glass panels.

In the past, the glass plate was blown into a ball of glass liquid, which was cut and flattened.

It’s simple here, a large piece of red steel plate is heated by a magic circle inside, the glass liquid is poured on it and spread out, and then it cools down slowly when it is as flat as the water surface, and the plate glass as big as the door panel is ready. .

In addition to transparent flat glass, you can also use a roller with a pattern to roll over the glass, making it transparent but unable to see the patterned glass on the opposite side.

This glass workshop is Frederick's own industry. The craftsmen get dividends according to their positions and performance. Seeing that they have completed the expected tasks by the end of June, there will be more than half of the bonus. The children have kindergarten help, and the wife can work in the workshop's kitchen or A job in the shop earns more money, and life is better than that of the previous master.

Frederick walked around the workshop, and finally came to another workshop, where another blockbuster product was produced: crystal glass.

The formula of crystal glass mainly contains one more lead oxide than ordinary glass. This is a commonly used pigment now, and it is not difficult to buy.

The utensils made of crystal glass are more transparent, clear and bright, and are specially used to make exquisite high-end utensils. It is softer than ordinary glass, making it the first choice for grinding lenses.

The lens grinder who was rescued from the prison of the Kingdom of Sardinia has arrived, and now he is holding "The Nature of Light" to study, waiting for the tools he ordered.

The rotation of the machine driven by the magic reciprocating machine is powerful and long-lasting. It is not like the old way of using the legs to drive the machine, which will cause problems when the feet cramp. It is very conducive to the work of grinding lenses. lenses.

At the same time, the craftsman also promised Frederick to write a letter to invite other colleagues to come to Wessen to make a fortune.

Frederick finally went to the financial office to check the financial statements, and found that the plate glass had been bought by the glass mirror workshop managed by Philip of the Principality of Mainz.

He immediately instructed that the glass sold there could be given a reasonable discount.

Today, this glass workshop focuses on the mid-end market, staggering the customer base from the surrounding established glass industry workshops, earning a lot of money in emerging markets, and providing Frederick with a lot of money.

At this time, Frederick couldn't help thinking, it seems that it is not impossible to equip all members of the army with silver scale breastplates.

The arrival of a person surprised Frederick a bit.

"Manuai?" He frowned, "Come to order something for the school?"

At that moment, Manuai seemed to want to run away.

"No... nothing." He replied a little hesitantly, "I just want to order some glass bottles."

Frederick was a little curious seeing him like this, and asked again: "What glass bottle are you using?"

Manuai had seen the world, and immediately returned to normal. He replied: "My wife wants to start a business. Every morning, she buys milk and puts it in bottles to sell to kindergartens and those with children at home."

"You also know that I am a necromancer. Although milk is easy to spoil, I am going to order a tanker that can kill the microorganisms in it with magic, so it is not afraid of spoilage."

"I've tried it. You only need to use magic once to kill microbes when the milk is just purchased and when it's sealed for sale. It can be stored for two or three days without opening it."

Frederick immediately said, "This is a good thing."

Now milk is very cheap, and it is expensive to process it into cheese. The price of 10 liters of fresh milk is 9 copper plates.

A child drinks 0.25 liters of fresh milk a day, only 90 liters a year, and the cost is 81 copper coins, but the bacteria in this world are more ferocious, and milk is difficult to preserve for a long time, so few people drink it.

Even if Manuai and the others add labor costs and profits, the price of a bottle of fresh milk is still affordable for ordinary people.

Frederick couldn't help thinking that if the scale of dairy farming was expanded, maybe it would be possible for the children in the territory to have a bottle of milk every day.

But there is a problem, he asked again: "Ordinary people in the city rarely drink milk except when they are sick. How did you persuade them to give their children milk?"

He still remembers that when he planned to make milk powder, he failed because of his eating habits.

Manuai didn't answer the question, but changed the subject and said, "Oh, that's nothing."

"By the way, principal, can you lend me some money, I'm quite tired after moving out."

The guy punched his waist as he spoke.

Frederick stopped asking about the milk, and asked, "What are your plans?"

Manuai replied proudly: "It's the condensed soup from last year. At that time, I found that some soups were edible after a period of time, but the taste changed."

"Then I researched and found that soups with sage or rosemary in them don't have this problem."

"Now I've found a recipe that won't spoil food with rosemary alcohol extract."

"So now I plan to build a workshop, specializing in the production of food like condensed soup, and then try to preserve fresh fruits and vegetables."

After hearing this, Frederick naturally agreed, but he still said: "You write an application for me. After a while, when the bank is established, I will take it as my first loan application."

"However, I can lend you a sum of money first, and then pay me back when the loan comes down."

Manuai immediately agreed.

Frederick didn't take part in his bottle-topping business, and returned to the castle in a carriage.

On the way, he opened the small window on the carriage and asked the driver, "Do you have a child who is five years old?"

The coachman felt flattered, and immediately replied: "Thank you, master, for thinking about it. She is going to be six years old."

Frederick asked again: "Would you like to give her milk?"

The income of the coachman is not low, and driving is a skilled job. When necessary, he has to help the master block the knife.

"Of course I would." The coachman replied, "Now everyone is saying that you are so smart because you drink milk every day, sir. We have all seen it."

"Now the girl in my family has also started to drink milk every day. Our family pooled up the money and went to the manor to buy it early in the morning."

"The people in the manor will boil the milk and put it in the bottle early in the morning, and it will be no problem to close the lid and leave it until noon."

"I don't ask how smart she is, as long as she doesn't get cheated by others in the future."

Frederick was stunned for a moment, feeling that he was leading the trend and changing the tradition?
(End of this chapter)