Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 402 Synthetic Fiber Clothing
"Hoohoo~ I'm alive! It turns out that hot tea is the best way to feel comfortable in winter!" Wei'er curled up in front of the fireplace, holding a teacup in her hand, sipping hot tea while sighing, "It's so cold here, I can't imagine how ordinary people will survive this winter! Without enough fuel and warm clothes, they will freeze to death."

In the past, Wei'er had never thought about these things. After all, the climate in the empire's mainland was much better than that in the north. Although it was cold in winter, it was not as cold as this.

Moreover, she was a legendary alchemist. Even though her body regressed to her childhood state after the backlash and her strength was affected, her quality of life did not decline significantly.

In comparison, Perfect can better understand the hardships and difficulties of ordinary people.

She just smiled and said, "Ordinary people have their own ways to survive the winter. Although some people will inevitably freeze to death, it's not as exaggerated as you think. In addition, I have issued many relevant laws in the North to ensure the lives of ordinary people. They may have a hard time in winter, but they will not freeze to death.

If someone really froze to death in the northern winter, I would investigate what happened and whether someone was just sitting there doing nothing and not carrying out my orders."

In the past two years, Perfect had personally experienced the winter in the north, so she knew clearly how difficult the winter in the north was. Therefore, in the formulation of policies and laws, she did lean more towards this aspect.

Not only that, if the people in the North really have a hard time making ends meet, they can seek help from the workhouses, relief centers, and relevant departments specially set up in Perfect.

All in all, Perfecto has thought of many ways to ensure that the people in the North can survive the winter smoothly.

"As the lord, I hope you know what to do about this kind of thing. The people in the North are lucky to have a lord like you!" Wei'er's praise for Perfectcott was very sincere on this point.

After all, the end of the world is approaching. If the imperial nobles follow their usual nature at this time, not to mention the lower-class people, even ordinary citizens will be abandoned by them.

In the apocalypse, the nobles of the empire only care about whether they can survive. As for the people? It cannot be said that they don't care, but for most of the nobles, they really don't care about the people who are not their own.

The imperial nobility is actually a very contradictory existence. They can exploit their subjects to the bone, but at the same time they will really protect their subjects.

In the feudal era of the past, if something like that really happened that one's subjects were bullied, the more aggressive nobles would really start a war.

From this point of view, the current nobles are indeed worse than in the past. After all, after the reform of the imperial aristocracy system, the nobles basically lost the governance and jurisdiction over their fiefdoms, and they became indifferent to the lives of ordinary people.

After all, these ordinary people had nothing to do with them, and they really didn't care. But even the nobles who cared about the lives of their subjects in the past rarely did what Perfecto did. Weier even thought she was a little too kind.

"Is it really a blessing to have a lord like me? Why do I feel that not having a lord is the greatest blessing for the people?" Perfect laughed and did not continue on this topic. Instead, he asked Wei'er: "How is the synthetic fiber project going? The report I received said that the factory has now begun to produce synthetic fiber fabrics and process them into clothes for the people. What is the specific situation? Can these clothes keep out the cold well?"

"The project is progressing smoothly. Although I have given the main research tasks to Heine, you can rest assured about her level. The performance of synthetic fibers has fully met your requirements. I dare not say how good the quality of the clothes made is, but at least there is no problem in keeping warm." Hearing that Perfectcot was talking about business, Wei'er's attitude became more serious: "But I still need to emphasize that although clothes made of synthetic fibers have good cold-proof and warm-keeping effects, they can only withstand temperatures above minus 20 degrees Celsius, and people cannot be exposed outdoors for a long time at this temperature.

Although it’s not that I can’t make clothes that can withstand extreme cold, you emphasized that this is for ordinary people, so I have to consider the cost of making clothes. The performance has limits, which is not my problem. "

Wei'er didn't mean to shirk responsibility, but rather to emphasize to Perfectcott that in some things she had indeed done the best within the limits of the conditions.

In response, Perfect nodded in understanding: "I am also an alchemist. I can understand your approach. This is a necessary compromise."

As an alchemist, Perfecto knew that it was possible to make clothes that could withstand extreme cold. For example, the clothes she wore could withstand extreme cold of minus forty degrees Celsius and could maintain body temperature in extreme environments.

But she made this set of clothes herself. Not to mention the cost of having an alchemist of her level make it herself, the cost of the materials alone is not something an ordinary family can afford without taking into account the Philosopher's Stone that was created out of nothing.

Sometimes things are just like this. Precision hand-rubbing can indeed produce something with extremely exaggerated performance, but once you consider industrial mass production, you have to make a trade-off between cost and performance and find the most appropriate balance.

So Wei'er said that the clothes made of synthetic fibers she made could only withstand temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius, which was already very good. Perfect would not force her to make clothes that could withstand temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius.

Even for the coming doomsday winter, minus forty degrees Celsius is relatively warm weather.

"I'm glad you understand. But the performance of synthetic fibers is indeed very good. If we can study it in depth, I believe we can make clothes with better performance. However, this requires time and long-term investment." Weier explained to Perfect.

"Let's not consider this kind of thing for now. What we need to do now is to survive this disaster first. As for the rest, we can wait until everything stabilizes before making improvements." Perfect knew that as long as she continued to invest, she would naturally be able to obtain materials with better performance, but right now her focus was always on how to survive the impact and various accompanying problems caused by the arrival of the doomsday winter: "First solve the problem of whether there is or not, and then consider how to improve performance."

(End of this chapter)