Release that Witch Chapter 301: Bombs and wine

The day after Sleeping Island witch relocation, Roland called City Hall Prime Minister Barov to the office.

"I need you to post a recruitment announcement," he pushed the drafted content in front of the other party, "a week of short work, about ten people, preferably women."

Barov picked up the paper and looked at it carefully, "His Royal Highness, what is the starch ..."

"Do you know wheat flour?"

Prime Minister hesitant, "Do you mean coarse flour or refined flour? After grinding, the wheat kernels can be baked into bread or baked into wheat bread, and all you eat is refined flour that is further sieved to remove bran. The output of the latter is only 60% of the former. The baked bread is softer, but the price is very high. Only large noble can afford it.

The most satisfying aspect of the original financial Assistant Minister to Roland is that it has a thorough understanding of various underlying products. Because agriculture is backward and food is scarce, the same thing is eaten differently at all levels. For example, the most common type of wheat is to boil the hulled wheat grains directly, so that you can make the best use of the food, but some residual wheat husks and gravel are also cooked in the pot together, and they often eat together Quack teeth.

Small noble should pay attention to some, they will order people to sieve the wheat grains to sand, grind into coarse flour, bake into bread and pancakes and enjoy.

Going up is the big noble class with rich family base. Food for these people is no longer just a tool to fill their stomachs, but a means to pursue delicious enjoyment. The kitchen will further sieve the wheat flour, remove the bran, and get a fine white flour. The baked bread is beige, which not only tastes delicate, but also tastes much sweeter.

"Starch is based on refined wheat flour and continues to be purified," said Roland. "When you recruit people, I will send someone to tell them the specific method."

"Continue and continue processing?" Barov could not help but widen his eyes, "How much wheat will it take."

"I don't need too much, three or four hundred kilos ..." Roland paused, rephrased, "Just a basket as big as my desk."

He nodded and asked, "Why do you want to be as female as possible?"

"Because they do things more carefully. And I want to see more women go to work instead of sitting idle at home," Roland suddenly thought, "the current universal education implemented by Border Town seems to be the progress of women's classes. Faster? "

"Although the main person in charge of Ministry of Education is Ms. Scroll, it is true of situation. They can not do much except take care of children and take care of housework, so they spend most of their time reading and literacy."

"In this case, I require that after the next round of assessment, the City Hall you are responsible for must recruit a group of female apprentices and gradually increase the proportion of female positions," Roland ordered.

"His Highness, this ... there is no precedent," Barov frowned. "If it is only careful, my apprentice is no worse than any woman."

"Create a precedent if there is no precedent," Roland bluntly stated, "This is also the easiest and fastest way to increase the labor force without expanding the total population of situation. If all women can assume the task of building small town , I can double my available staff. What you have to do is to guide people to change their minds. As long as the salary is attractive, I think they will come out one by one. "

After Barov retired, Nightingale laughed in the prince's ear, "What are you going to do again?"

"Starch? No, it's not meant to be eaten," Roland drank the tea, "although it is true that you can get the same good ingredients during processing."

Soak the delicate wheat flour into the water, then knead and scrub until the water is completely white, and then continue with another pot of water. The last sticky substance left is gluten, which can be used for deep-frying or stir-fry, with a soft and elastic texture. Spreading honey or sprinkling spices after serving is a great treat.

But the focus of Roland is not on food.

After the milky water is sieved and left to stand, starch precipitates, which is also the main material for making explosives.

Under the condition that Nitroglycerin has not yet been tested, and t.n.t. is beyond mention, nitro starch has become the easiest explosive to manufacture, and the manufacturing process is exactly the same as Nitrocellulose. The sensitivity of the finished product is low, and the open flame cannot be ignited. It needs to be detonated with a thunder tube. Its power is higher than t.n.t., and it was widely used as a substitute for the former during the two world wars.

With high-purity starch, those alchemy apprentices who have experienced the production process of Nitrocellulose can quickly make a batch of nitro starch.

After lunch, Roland was planning to go back to the room for a nap. There was a sudden knock outside the office.

Usually he comes to him at this time, and most of them are Anna. His heart throbbed twice. Did he fall asleep because he was too tired last time, so this time he decided to pick it at noon?

"come in."

The door squeaked and opened, Roland startled, and it was Evelyn standing outside.

Uh ... it's a little different from what he thought. He coughed twice, showing a kind smile, "Is there anything wrong?"

She walked to the table and bowed her head, saluting, and looked a little nervous, "My Highness, I want to ask you a question."

Is it a cliché, why are you so good at witch? However, in the spirit of treating the comrades as warm as the spring breeze, he smiled, "What questions, you ask."

"Why did you choose me for Border Town?"

Roland was a little stunned, did she think the alcohol was not good?

"My ability is neither as good as Silvie, nor as practical as Lotus and Honey," she whispered. "Just for wine tasting, the monthly salary of gold royal is enough to hire professional Wine Brewer Master from Kingdom Capital. . "

"What do you think of those wines ..."

"In the beginning, it felt too hot, but it was acceptable to drink slowly. As for the mixed wine mixed with ice cubes, fruit juice and syrup, it is richer in taste. But this is just my personal View, "Evelyn said carefully answer," the tavern at home also only sells cheap wine and watered ale, noble's tendency ... I don't know. "

It wasn't that he suspected that there was a problem with the wine. The prince quietly breathed a sigh of relief. He got up and opened the bookcase, took out a can of ale from the top, and placed it in front of Evelyn. "Can you turn this can of ale into my white wine?"

"I think ... it should be okay." She stretched out the both hands, holding the jar, and soon the dim drink changed. As the bubbles popped up, the ale became more and more clear, and finally it was as transparent as boiling water, but Roland had already smelled a strong aroma. He couldn't wait to dip it with his fingers, put it in his mouth, bitterness and burning came at the same time, which was exactly the smell of high alcohol.

Roland couldn't help laughing, "That's why I picked you."

Looking at Evelyn with a confused look, he clapped his hands and said, "I plan to open an alcohol plant ... No, it's a winery. Would you like to be my chief Wine Brewer Master?" (To be continued. ,, you Support is my greatest motivation.)

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