Roland sat at his desk and looked with interest at the chief knight who came to report the recent situation of the First Army.

Compared with the meticulous appearance of a few months ago, now Carter's iceberg face has a few different emotions, the sense of calmness faded a lot, there are more expectations and impatience.

Probably related to the West Side Star, he thought.

Roland also heard a little about Carter's recent proximity to May.After all, as one of the top executives of the First Army, his own representatives in the army, his every move is noticed, not to mention the woman who is as eye-catching as May.

When they first appeared side by side on the streets of the town, the guards had already brought the news to their own ears.

For this kind of thing, Roland does not care, Carter's age is about two or three years older than himself, it is a very strange thing to be married, if you can really find the other half in the West, as long as it does not affect the work.

According to the chief knight's report, the First Army now has about two hundred wheeled rifles in the assembly, and about a dozen new ones can be added almost every day - in fact, if the raw materials are enough, Anna's production capacity can be multiplied several times, but she is responsible for the manufacture of pig iron and steam engines at the same time, and the speed is slowed down.

But this speed is acceptable, after all, the first army only 600 people, in a month and a half can be all replaced.Until the arrival of the new population expansion, the size of the army cannot be further expanded for the time being.

Another issue is the formation of the Second Army.

In order to facilitate training and confidentiality, civilians recruited from the Long Song Fortress were approved by Roland and integrated into the Second Army.He is currently undergoing disciplinary training, that is, military training.At night, it is a thought education class, and strive to make these people as soon as possible to produce themselves as guardians of the West, and the safety of their loved ones needs their beliefs to protect.

"At present, the training of the Second Army personnel is working well, and it is expected that in another week, they will be able to transfer to shooting training."By then, the outcry guns will be enough to have one hand.”Carter concluded.

This is also the advantage of the musket, training a cold weapon soldier, it takes at least a year, and the training of a knight, it takes about five or six years, and the musketeer only needs a month to enter the army.The more persistent a battle, the more dominant the musketeer—after all, it would save much more effort by getting a trigger on a trigger than slapping a sword.

"The live shooting practice must pay attention to the management of the gun, how much to withdraw.The same is true of gunpowder, which is distributed on the spot during practice and is placed under the supervision of the veterans of the First Army.”

“Yes,” he nodded.

"Very well," Roland waved, "if that is the case, you must be busy."

"Well, your Highness," said Carter, hesitatingly, "the last time you said that the perfume mixed with soap was made from sugar cane, is it true?"

"Yes," said the prince, sitting in his chair, "what's the matter?"

“Is sugar cane expensive?”

“No, it’s just an ordinary crop.”

"I have heard people say that a bottle of perfume the size of Wang Du's thumb can sell five golden dragons," Carter scratched his head, "if that is the case, can making perfume with sugar cane bring a lot of income to the town?" 」

“Five dragons?”Roland nodded, but he had not considered it.When I think back to the palace, the four princes never cared about the price of a daily item, especially the less contactful thing of perfume - only women prefer these things that can make them full of fragrance.

His first motivation for making perfume was to get soap.Otherwise, there is only running water, and the bathroom without soap always feels that there is something missing, and it is the romance of the bathroom that makes the bubble all over the body.

If a small bottle of perfume can also buy a few golden dragons, it is indeed a good business.Unlike coated mirrors, sugarcane and flowers as raw materials are much cheaper than crystal glass.

Come to think of it, Roland smiled, "That's a good idea, I'll think about it."

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

"It's okay," he guessed what the other side wanted to do with it—that the western part was not like the port of Bishui, and the fjord's plants were rare here, and it was a good choice to please the lady as a gift, "just on the backyard wall, pick it yourself."

“Thank you, Your Highness!”Carter relented.

Roland then called Barov—it was no longer appropriate to call him an assistant minister, and as the chief executive of the town hall, he was the head of the border town.

When Barov took his seat, Roland roughly said the perfume thing, "How do you think this business can make a lot of money?"

Instead of answering at once, he opened his eyes and asked, “Your Highness, are you really sure that perfume is made from that sweet crop?”

“Didn’t the soap also go to you?”"The reason for the fragrance is that it is mixed with perfumes," Roland said, "its raw materials are indeed these worthless things."I just don't know if the king's perfume is as expensive as Carter says."

“It’s much more than that, Your Highness!”Barov said excitedly, "Perfume is the top secret product of the Wangdu Alchemy Association, about a thousand bottles every year, and only a small part of it will be sold in the king's."Selling to other cities in Grey Fort would raise prices by two or three percent, and if sold to fjords and other kingdoms, the price could almost double.In order to prevent merchants from earning the difference, the association not only firmly controls the price of perfumes elsewhere, but also the merchants are personally appointed by them.If you can produce perfume, even if you sell it to Chishui City and Cinque to Longling, you can get a great return.”

“That is so.”Not to mention the man who had been an assistant to the finance minister for twenty years, Roland thought, for the price of goods and the trade market, Barov is indeed very good.With this information, he also formed a preliminary plan.

There are many ways to make perfume, the simplest is to mash petals or herbs with a unique fragrance into the alcohol, so that the alcohol dissolves the aromatic oil in the plant, and finally filter out the residue, add water to dilute it.

Alcohol comes from sugarcane juice fermentation; aromatic oil can be raw materials for roses or more common rosemary and gobout.However, since mass production is achieved, it is the best choice for the leaves to cultivate a batch of magical plants that can directly secrete aromatic oil.

In addition to perfume, the industry can also make white sugar and liquor at the same time, but also a lot of consumables in demand, although the profit is not as good as perfume, but if you can sell it to the townspeople at a low price, enrich their recipes, for the people's livelihood is also a big progress.

Roland's delay in the development of light industry is that understaffing, it is difficult to earn high profits for small-scale production of daily necessities, and it is the most cost-effective way to invest a limited population in heavy industrial production.

Since the production of perfume is profitable, perhaps he can take this opportunity to make up for this missing link.(Unfinished.