What is it like to be a teacher as a magister?

Chapter 218
In a special factory building of the workshop.

Sophia hurried over early in the morning, and among a large number of busy workers, she found the equally busy Wald, who was carefully observing the viscous liquid that was boiling and bubbling in a large pot in front of him.

It was bitingly cold outside, but the inside of this workshop was as warm as spring, and the place near the cauldron was so hot that it could scald the skin.

"Mr. Walder."

Sophia put on the white and thick special work clothes outside the door, and called out to Wald who was thinking with his head down.

"Miss Sophia."

Wald turned his head, glanced at the Minister of Agriculture who was a few years younger than himself, and said with a smile: "To be honest, Miss Sophia's clean white overalls have a more elegant and refined beauty."

"Thank you for the compliment." Sophia smiled and replied, "But I still prefer the green overalls in the plantation."

"The functions are different." Wald said: "Plantations need to be resistant to dirt and wear, but here, more emphasis is placed on cleanliness and sanitation."

"Speaking of work clothes, I heard that you are preparing to build a 'textile workshop'?" Sophia asked with interest.

"Yes."

Wald nodded: "Our fabrics are all produced by the most advanced looms. The loom improved by the lord, after adding the magic device, is more efficient than Gilman's most advanced products. several times.

"However, after all, the clothes need to be hand-sewn by female workers. Although it is not bad, the output is insufficient. Miss Sophia should remember that the first batch of work clothes took nearly half a year to distribute."

"Yes, there were more people in the plantation later, and it often took a long time to distribute them." Sophia nodded.

"It can't be helped. The construction team and the logging team all need uniform and better quality clothing. The work clothes of the forging workshop have special requirements, not to mention the school uniforms. During that time, the seamstresses often worked overtime day and night. , the style and quality of the clothes cannot be guaranteed.” Wald, the minister of industry, needs to manage much more content than others, and he has mixed feelings when thinking of the difficulties in the early days of “starting a business”.

"Is there any difference in the textile workshop?"

"The biggest difference is that there is an additional machine called a 'sewing machine' to help women workers sew clothes. The efficiency can be increased several times, the quality is better, and there are fewer defective products."

"Sewing machine?"

As Sophia, she has never sewed clothes by herself, but she still knows the general process.

It's hard to imagine that machines can be used to sew clothes?
"You are wonderful." She knew that Walder could not lie to her.

"This is the concept and drawings of the key components proposed by the lord, and then studied by all the craftsmen in our workshop. It took more than half a year to make the first prototype, but everything is worth it. I believe it will not be necessary. How long, everyone can change to a new batch of work clothes, and update regularly in the future."

"That's really great." Sophia thought of the work clothes she had used for more than two years, and she hadn't changed it for the sake of setting an example.

"But at that time, there may be a new batch of textile workers. My lord's idea is to let more free farmers participate in the workshop." After Wald finished speaking, he asked: "Miss Sophia, I don't know very well. , Will this affect next year's grain production?"

"Don't worry at all."

Sophia smiled and said: "The current food production in the fortress mainly depends on the plantations. Although there are more free farmers, the food produced is less than half of the plantations. It's just that the lord doesn't want the number of farmers to decrease too much at once. .”

"Then I understand." Wald nodded.

"correct."

Sophia remembered her purpose of coming here, and glanced at the cauldron in front of her: "Is the supply of beets enough?"

What is done in this factory is to make sugar from beets.

It is the syrup that boils in the cauldron.

Although sugar is a luxury, it is not difficult to make sugar in this world.

However, due to the rough craftsmanship, a lot of materials will be wasted in the production process. In addition, the planting requirements of sugar beet are higher, and the limited land must also consider food, which makes the yield of this crop has been very low.As a result, many people would rather eat beets directly. Except for some nobles, few people can be so luxurious that they often eat sweets.

But Twilight Plantation could start researching sugar beet cultivation as early as Colin's arrival.

In Ke Lin's eyes, sugar is not only a seasoning, but also a strategic material.

The happiness brought by sweets can even be compared to the temptation of mint for elves at certain times.

Therefore, although the plantation only opened up a small sugar beet garden in order to give priority to ensuring food supply, the output is not too small, and even a small batch was supported for Dadamir last time.

In the original sugar making process, due to the lack of distillation, filtration, cold extraction and other steps in the refining process, the sugar cubes produced are turbid and have many impurities. On the one hand, the equipment is not up to standard; on the other hand, better quality sugar is produced. It will undoubtedly increase the loss.

But the fort has no such problems.

Wald started researching a better sugar making process very early on, and Sophia's cooperation was also needed in this regard, after all, raw materials are also very important.

Just because it is not urgent, it has been done as academic research and interest.

However, a few days ago, he suddenly remembered something. The lord had said in a chat before that it was a custom in some places to provide candy to all those who attended the wedding, called wedding candy.

At that time, he didn't care about it. Thinking about this kind of thing, it is estimated that only Emperor Osik can be so extravagant.

But now it seems that Xia Ya also has this qualification.

Thinking of this, he immediately went to Sophia and expressed his thoughts - at the lord's wedding, provide "happy candy" to all the guests.

Sophia, who was obsessed with decorating the wedding with Tessa recently, had bright eyes at the time.

What a wonderful idea.

As a result, the sugar workshop, which had been left to its own devices, has been running at full capacity in the past few days, and the number of workers has increased several times, hoping to produce more sugar before the wedding.

Sophia watched the syrup trickle out of the heated container, cooling to form a thin thread, which was then chopped into small pieces by workers.

Just watching the entire production process is extremely tempting.

"Miss Sophia, you can try it."

Wald set an example by reaching for a finished candy bar.

Sophia put the sugar into her mouth carefully, even she couldn't resist the happiness brought by sweets.

Wald also closed his eyes and enjoyed it for a moment, then opened his eyes and said with a smile: "The lord said that eating too much sugar is bad for teeth, but I think many people would rather not have teeth, and hope to have this moment of enjoyment.

"In addition, the mints you sent are also being processed. I believe that the mints that will be produced by then will definitely please Her Excellency Olivia and all the elves."

Hearing this, Sophia seemed to have seen the carnival scene of the elves.

She enjoyed the wonderful feeling of the sugar cubes slowly melting in her mouth, looked at the whole busy sugar workshop, thought of the surprised and envious expressions of the guests at the wedding, and sighed: "I'm so glad I didn't leave the fortress to go Thunder City."

Wald nodded: "For Xia Ya!"

"For Xia Ya."

After Sophia responded, she smiled again: "Although the lord has been forbidden to say that, but this time, you shouldn't blame us..."

She picked up another small piece of sugar with her slender fingers and put it in her mouth, saying, "For the lord."

"For the lord." Wald also smiled, and took the opportunity to eat the second piece of candy.

(End of this chapter)