Thousands of sparks

Chapter 64
Androni opened the letter with trembling hands, only glanced at it, and then trembled and cried.

This is indeed Dusand's handwriting, and judging from the content and time of the letter, it should be exactly the second day after Dusande was captured—that is, yesterday when this letter was written.

He is still alive.

No news can make a mother happier than knowing that her son is still alive, even for a "scheming" woman like Androni.

She cried out excitedly.

After confirming through Androni that the letter was indeed from Dusand, Bourne's mood improved a lot.The postman in red who he had just signed died inexplicably in a sneak attack covered by artillery, which made Director Bourne very angry.

Anger stems from the loss of control of the situation, but also from lamentation over the inexplicable death of a young man with great potential.After confirming the source of the letter, Byrne immediately stood up and prepared to leave.

"I must go back and instruct the local postman in red to track down the clues as soon as possible. If possible, confirm the location of Dusande as soon as possible." Bourne said to Androni while putting on his coat, "We have already sent that letter." After copying the copy, you can keep the original—if there is a new letter, I will send it again."

After leaving his words, Bourne quickly walked out of the flower hall, hurriedly boarded the steam carriage and left the manor.

When the carriage left the manor, he took out a piece of letter paper from his arms.

[Your Excellency, Director, I have already found a highly informative downline in this land that has been secretly ruled by the Bosenk Fishery Company for hundreds of years.Due to the extreme importance of the people in this village to him, and the other party's status as an alliance navy, I suggest developing him as a double agent for our side.We can take the residents of the village as hostages and send them back to the alliance to develop more sources of intelligence. 】Dusande's handwriting looks childish, but the contents of the letter make Bourne very satisfied.

This kid is indeed material for this job.

[I must point out that the ability of this offline is far more than just obtaining information.In fact, using him in this way would be a huge waste of precious resources.I believe that if he can be given enough resources, within ten years, he can cultivate a force in the alliance against the existing rulers of the alliance. 】

[The war between the empire and the alliance is not a simple battle in which a few colonial planets can win a decisive victory.The war that has lasted for more than 400 years has become a huge wound that the two countries continue to consume manpower and material resources.The empire has a long history, but it is still difficult to win directly.In order to win as soon as possible, we must open another wound on the alliance that is difficult to heal. 】

[I think a good Confederate Marine who is pissed at the Confederate ruling class is capable of doing this. 】

[Attachment: If it is convenient, please give the other two pieces of letter paper to my mother, so that she can use the corresponding administrative resources to help me better control the offline, and at the same time, it can also give my parents a little comfort. 】

Bourne read the letter dedicated to himself again, and then smiled.

It seems that I really found a treasure.

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Dusande, who sent the letter, now has more important things to do.

Now that Finn has promised, let his villagers live a good life.Then Dusande had to take some practical actions in advance to prove this point.

To be honest, in the steampunk era, the life of the poor is still similar to that of the poor in the Middle Ages.In some cases it was even worse.

At least on Earth, the poor in the Middle Ages still retained some basic handicrafts.Although the woolen textiles they produced have nothing to do with "delicacy" at all, they are at least enough for them to keep warm.

However, the large-scale interstellar immigration caused the "knowledge gap handed down by word of mouth", poverty and difficult life, so that a large part of the poor lost the knowledge and ability to engage in basic handicrafts.

They knew that the sackcloth they were wearing was made of hemp, but they could not understand how the fibers in the plant turned into a flat cloth.

They don't even understand how the short and soft "hairs" of cotton and wool are turned into cloth.

At least among the poor of Bosenk, there is only one kind of "cloth" they can make-wool felt.

After laying the wool layer by layer in a rectangular "water tank" made of mud, pour warm water and burned plant ash into the water tank, then repeatedly knead and beat the wool, and then take it out to dry, and you can get a thick rough felt clothed.

Although such felt cloth is very good at keeping warm, poor people lack sufficient wool sources.Some families have one or two felt vests that have been passed down through the generations, while others have a patchwork of wool felts of various sizes that are used as insulation on the bed.

Such a thermal structure is obviously not enough.And Dusand had a little idea about it.

"Theoretically, all animal hair can be used as a source of felt." Dusande sat cross-legged on the ground, and said to Finn beside him, "There are very small scales on the hair, and they entangle and rub against each other. , Finally, why raw hide can’t be directly made into clothing will become a piece of ‘felt cloth’, as long as there are enough animal hairs and entangle them through friction and other methods, you can get a piece of felt cloth.”

"It's not easy for other animals to provide so much hair." Finn scratched his head, and then suddenly thought, "Is it okay to use human hair?"

"It's not impossible...but the effect is not very good." Du Sande coughed, and the dreadlocks on the heads of the rappers he had seen in his previous life emerged in his mind, then shook his head and said, "The best way is to Obtained from animals. I just read it, and there are a lot of rabbits here, and every household can eat it."

"We eat rabbits because they are very suitable for shooting training." Finn nodded, then smiled wryly, "The villagers have never been very enthusiastic about military training, let them find rabbits to shoot, and then pick up the meat Eating it... This is a relatively easy way to make them enthusiastic about training. But they still don't like to do it, after all, the turtle tastes better and is easier to catch."

"Then add another one to let them hunt more rabbits." Du Sande thought for a while and said, "Rabbit skin can also be used as a raw material for warm clothes? Why don't you see you wearing animal skin clothes?"

"We don't have tanning agent." Finn said helplessly, "When I was in the alliance, my father was a cobbler. But we can't buy tanning agent here at all, and even Bosenk has no place to sell tanning agent. Use Untreated raw hides are made into clothes, and the hides will rot after two days of wearing. Therefore, people in the village are still used to eating the hides together.”

Du Sande said helplessly, "At least you don't eat hair." With more sources of animal hair, maybe everyone can have more warm fabrics.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation, among the four basic needs, the poor need the first two most.But for clothes, there are not many methods that Dusande can use now.

Textiles are not Dusand's forte, or even his area of ​​interest.After all, Dusande in his previous life never worried about "fabric".Thanks to the strong textile industry of the motherland, the streets are full of shops selling clothes, the price is not expensive and the quality is good.

I can think of using other hairs to make felt, and this is because among Dusand's college classmates, there are a few girls who like to make wool felt dolls.Looking at the little dolls made of wool and even cat and dog fur in their hands, Dusande realized that wool felt can be made of other wool.

Du Sande doesn't understand the clothing part, but he still has some say in the "food" part.

For humans, food is mainly composed of three substances-sugar, protein and fat.

To explain it in terms that everyone can understand, that is "bread", "meat" and "fat".Sugar provides energy the fastest, while protein is an essential substance for human body composition, and fat can provide the most energy with the smallest weight.

The combination of the three substances, supplemented by vegetables and fruits, can ensure a healthy life for a "person".

The current turtle can provide protein and fat sources.However, starchy foods that are more suitable for humans as "staple food" have not yet been found.

"You still have to continue the field work." After arranging the task, Du Sande stood up and walked towards the wilderness outside the village.

"Remember, don't eat the plants you pick outside. Let the rabbit test the poison first!" Finn shouted behind Dusand, "Remember to bring a gun!"

Du Sande raised his hand handsomely, and then walked towards the wilderness outside the village without looking back.

In ancient times, Shen Nong tasted all kinds of herbs, but now there is... Xiao Du looking for food!

　Yesterday was Valentine's Day, what gifts did you prepare for your partner (if any)?Luo gave his daughter-in-law two New Concept English books as "souvenirs".

　　
　
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