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

Chapter 97 Alchemy Workshop
For the residents of Twilight City, the only difference between them and the people under the rule of other remote lords is that they have a sense of oppression from the orc invasion. The most common threat every child hears when they are young is—— Let the orcs take you.

However, most of the children who grew up under such threats aspired to become fortress defenders and stand on the front line against the orcs.

The initial reason for this ambition was not bravery or sacrifice, but purely because the fortress defenders were given the best treatment - they could eat three meals a day, they could basically be full, and they could eat meat once a week.

For most civilians who have never smelled meat in their entire lives, this is an unimaginable life—probably the Lord Lord is like this.

Oliver Gray is a benevolent duke, but his kindness cannot save the people from starvation. Therefore, the residents of Evening Winter City do not have any special feelings about the change of lord.

The arrival of the new lord did not give them an extra grain.

But not without any changes.

On the tenth day after the lord's arrival, the residents of Twilight City saw a group of people clearing up debris and leveling the land beside the central square of the city.

Among this group of people, some were young people with unfamiliar faces in uniform gray robes, but most of them were the defenders of the fortress.

All the fortress defenders are native residents of Twilight City, so they always have a lot of acquaintances. However, after asking, they didn't get any decent answers. They only knew that the lord was going to build a few houses.

It's nothing unusual for the new lord to start a major construction project. Residents who heard the news didn't bother to pay attention, and were still busy with their own lives.

Soon, the news came.

The new construction site recruits manpower to work for one day and manage two full meals.

The reason why no money was given was because Twilight City was a large farm, and although the people inside were not slaves, there was not much difference. There was basically no circulation of goods, and the currency was of little use.

However, this recruitment order has not received much response.

Because there are no idle people in Twilight City, everyone has to work from dawn to dusk every day, so that they can barely make up enough food to be handed over to the lord before the end of the year, and the few craftsmen who are not busy with farming are especially because of the recent demand for arrows in the fortress. Greatly increased and overwhelmed.

After two days of embarrassingly hanging up for the recruitment order that no one responded to, an even more explosive decree was issued-all the food that all citizens need to hand in this year will be reduced by one-third.

The peasants who heard the news didn't believe it at first, but after confirming it, their first reaction was: Is the lord planning to pass?

However, the financial situation of the fortress has nothing to do with them, and it is not their turn to worry about how they will spend the next year. Therefore, while everyone is happily telling each other, they also began to seriously consider the recruitment order.

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After meeting Colin, Madeleine consciously began to get rid of the money and food management of the fortress. After Jennifer was basically familiar with the operation of the fortress, she never asked more questions. On the one hand, it was to avoid suspicion, and on the other hand, it was also her own Physically and mentally not as good as before.

Feeling better today, I asked Sophia to chat.

She is Sophia's first teacher, but after this talented girl came into contact with magic, she fell in love with magic biology very rarely, so that after she was promoted to the elementary level, I didn't have much to teach her. Being able to rely on her previous contacts helped her get an opportunity to study abroad in the Principality of Brighton.

"what?"

After listening to Sophia's report on the recent news circulating in Twilight City, Madeleine couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and said:

"I have to propose to the lord that with this approach, the fortress may not have any food in store next year."

"Teacher, you worry too much."

Sophia smiled from the bottom of her heart: "If there are no accidents, the food problem in the fortress will be resolved soon."

Madeleine was taken aback for a moment, and then happily said: "Your research is successful?" Then she asked in confusion: "But didn't you say that even if it is successful, it will take at least seven or eight years to bear fruit?"

Sophia smiled bitterly: "No, you misunderstood, my research has failed, and all my efforts have been ruined."

"Then why..."

"Teacher, I'm afraid you don't know that the lord has very deep attainments in botanical research." Sophia said in a slightly mysterious voice.

"Colin Wayne is a disciple of His Excellency 'Guide to the Storm'. I am not surprised to say that he is powerful, but I have never heard that Roman Sagan is good at botany?" Madeleine wondered.

"Although the lord has repeatedly claimed that he is not good at magic biology, he can see the mistakes in my research at a glance..." Sophia paused for a moment, and continued: "Also, it seems that before he came to Twilight City, he was already preparing in this regard."

"what do you mean……"

"Yes, the lord has brought the seeds of eight kinds of crops, and now all of them have been put into the reserved land, and they can be officially sown in a short time. At the latest next September, the first batch of grains will be mature, and pastures can even be harvested. Earlier, I was already thinking about how to carry out animal husbandry..."

"It's good." Madeleine was relieved after listening to her disciple's cheerful introduction, "You can finally make use of your strengths."

"Yes, teacher." Sophia said a little shyly: "The lord also joked that he would hire me as the Minister of Agriculture for the fortress. I remember that my father's former boss was the Minister of Agriculture of the Kingdom, Jim Gale. Mr. Gale is very knowledgeable. Personable, has always been my idol, if I could be..."

Madeleine interrupted with a smile: "Yes, he is the Minister of Agriculture of Tulum, and you are the Minister of Agriculture of Xia Ya, and you will be equal at that time."

"I just said it casually, teacher, don't laugh at me." Sophia giggled.

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"Do you still have the habit of living here, Mr. Walder?"

Colin walked into this room full of various papers and materials, as well as daily items, but found that he couldn't settle down.

It seemed that the research-obsessed magician had completely forgotten that he had another bedroom.

"Sorry, my lord, I will sort it out later." Wald said a little embarrassed: "It's very good here, I like it very much." Since coming to the fortress, he has also changed his address to Colin to be the same as everyone else .

"Is work going well?"

"Yes, I'm perfecting the task you gave me. To be honest, the concept of 'Alchemy Workshop' is simply amazing. It covers all aspects of alchemy from research to application to mass production. I'm afraid only you have this kind of experience." Bold vision."

"On the road of alchemy, we seem to be too cautious."

Because several well-known alchemy accidents in history have produced disastrous consequences, and the research in this area often involves a lot of investment, so in the eyes of magicians across the continent, alchemy is a luxurious and dangerous research. , Few people have always been willing to set foot in this field, let alone the idea of ​​"making alchemy bigger and stronger" like "Alchemy Workshop".

However, in Ke Lin's view, "big iron and steel smelting" is a process that almost all industrialized countries have to go through, and material engineering is one of the cornerstones of industrial construction. In this case, it is better to carry out standardized development from the beginning.

Of course, this is a long-term plan. After all, there are only a few simple blacksmith shops in the entire Winter City that even an apprentice like Matthew can't stand. It may take a long time to develop a "steel-making factory". .

(End of this chapter)