Chapter 211 Light Industry

8days ago Xuanhuan Novels 9
Roland sat at his desk, looking at the chief knight who came to report on the current situation of the First Army with great interest.

Compared to his meticulous appearance a few months ago, Carter's iceberg face now has a different kind of emotion, and his calmness has faded a lot, with more expectations and impatientness in it.

It was probably related to the Western Frontier Star, he thought.

Roland has also heard a little about Carter getting closer to May recently.

After all, as one of the top leaders of the First Army, his representative in the army was paying attention to his every move, not to mention that he was surrounded by a woman like May.

When they first appeared side by side on the streets of the town, the personal guards had already heard the news.

Roland didn't care about this kind of thing. Carter was about two or three years older than him. It was a strange thing to have not gotten married yet. It would be great if he could really find a partner in the Western Region, as long as it didn't affect his work.

According to the report of the Chief Knight, the First Army has now had about 200 revolver rifles, and almost ten new ones can be added every day. In fact, if the raw materials are sufficient, Anna's production capacity can be increased several times, but she is responsible for pig iron steelmaking and steam engine manufacturing at the same time, so the speed has slowed down.

However, this speed is acceptable. After all, the First Army has only 600 people, and it will be able to change all of them in one and a half months.

And by the arrival of a new wave of population expansion, the size of the army cannot be further expanded for the time being.

Another point is the establishment of the Second Army.

In order to facilitate training and keep confidentiality, all the civilians recruited from Changge Fortress passed the review and were all incorporated into the Second Army by Roland.

Currently receiving disciplinary training, that is, the military training system.

At night, it is an ideological education class, striving to make these people develop the belief that they are the guardians of the Western Region as soon as possible, and that the safety of their relatives needs them to protect them.

Currently, the training progress of the Second Army personnel is good, and it is expected that they will be able to transfer to shooting training in another week.By then, there will be enough flintlock guns that have been eliminated.Carter concluded.

This is also the advantage of muskets. It takes at least one year to train a cold weapon warrior, and it takes about five or six years to train a knight, while muskets can fight in just one month.

The longer a battle is, the more the advantage the musketeers will have. After all, pulling the trigger is much more labor-saving than fighting with a sword.

When practicing live ammunition shooting, you must pay attention to managing the guns well, and you must recover as much as you send them.The same is true for gunpowder, which is distributed on the spot during practice, and veterans from the First Army are arranged to be responsible for supervision.

Yes, he nodded.

Very good, Roland waved his hand, since that's the case, go and do it.

Uh, Your Highness... Carter hesitated and said, "The last time you said that the perfume mixed in soap is made of sugar cane. Is this true?"

It's Ah, the prince leaned on the chair, what's wrong?

So is sugar cane very expensive?

Not...just a normal crop.

I heard that a bottle of perfume as big as a thumb in the capital can be sold for five golden dragons. Carter scratched his head. If this is true, wouldn’t using sugar cane to make perfume bring rich income to the town?

Five golden dragons?Roland was stunned, he had never considered this.

Looking back at the time when I was in the palace, the Fourth Prince never cared about the price of a daily necessities, and something like perfume that is less exposed to is even more so, only women prefer these things that can make them full of fragrance.

His initial motivation for making perfume was nothing more than to get soap.Otherwise, the bathroom with tap water and no soap always feels that something is missing. Let bubbles rub the whole body into the bathroom.

If you can buy several golden dragons in a small bottle of perfume, it is indeed a good business.Unlike coated mirrors, sugar cane and flowers as raw materials are much cheaper than crystal glass.

Thinking of this, Roland smiled and said, "This idea is good, I will consider it."

Your Highness, then... can I bring a sugar cane out of the castle?The chief knight asked expectantly.

It doesn't matter. Hearing this tone, he guessed what the other party wanted to do. After all, the Western Region is not like Bishui Port. The plants in the fjord are quite rare here. It is a good choice to use as a gift to please the lady. Just pick them on the wall of the backyard.

Thank you Your Highness!Carter saluted and said his leave.

Then Roland called Barov and now called him as assistant to the minister. As the number one figure in the town hall, he can be regarded as the chief executive of the border town.

After Barov took his seat, Roland briefly explained the perfume. What do you think this business can make a big profit of Golden Dragon?

He did not answer immediately, but asked in a wide eyelid, "Your Highness, are you really sure the perfume is made of that sweet crop?"

Didn’t you also send soap to you?The reason why it has fragrance is that it is mixed with perfume. Roland spreads its hands. Its raw materials are indeed these valuable things.I just don't know if the perfume in the capital is really as expensive as Carter said.

Far more than that, Your Highness!Barov said excitedly that perfume is the top secret product of the Royal Capital Alchemy Association, with about a thousand bottles every year, and only a small part of it will be sold in Royal Capital.If you sell it to other cities in Grayburg, the price will increase by 20% or 30%. If you sell it to fjords and other kingdoms, the price will almost double.In order to prevent merchants from making a difference, the association not only firmly controls the price of perfume in other places, but even merchants must be designated by them personally.If you can produce perfumes, you can get a huge reward even if you sell them only to Chishuicheng and Zhulongling.

I see.It's not a loss for someone who has served as the assistant of the Finance Minister for 20 years. Roland thought to himself that Barov is indeed very good at the price of goods and trade conditions.

With this information, he also formed a preliminary plan in his mind.

There are many ways to make perfume. The easiest way is to mash the petals or herbs with unique fragrance into alcohol, let the alcohol dissolve the aromatic oil in the plant, and finally filter out the residue, add water to dilute it.

Alcohol comes from fermentation of sugar cane juice; aromatic oil ingredients can be rose or the more common rosemary and vanilla.

However, since mass production is required, the best choice is to let the leaves cultivate a batch of magical plants that can directly secrete aromatic oil.

In addition to perfume, the industry can also produce sugar and liquor at the same time, which is also a consumable product with a large demand. Although the profit is not as good as perfume, if it can be sold to the townspeople at a low price and enrich their recipes, it will also be a great improvement for people's livelihood.

The reason why Roland has been slow to develop light industry is that it is difficult to make high profits for small-scale daily necessities when there is insufficient manpower. The most cost-effective approach is to invest a limited population in heavy industry production.

Since it is profitable to produce perfume, maybe he can take this opportunity to make up for this missing link.