The day after the Witch of Sleeping Island was relocated, Roland called Barov, the head of the town hall, to his office.

“I need you to make a recruitment announcement,” he pushed the draft in front of the other party, “a short time of work for a week, about ten people, preferably a woman.”

Barov took up the paper and looked at it carefully, “Your Highness, please starch... what is it?”

“Wheat, you know?”

The manager hesitated, “Do you mean coarse powder or powder?”After the grain is ground, it can be baked into bread, or baked into wheat cake, and you eat the powder that is further sifted to the bran, and the latter produces only 60% of the former, and the baked bread is softer, but the price is very high, and only the nobles can afford it.

The most satisfying thing about Roland, the former finance minister's assistant, is that he has a full understanding of all kinds of low-level commodities.Due to the backwardness of agriculture and the lack of food, the same thing is completely different at all levels.For example, the most common wheat, the common way for civilians to eat is to boil the shell of wheat directly porridge, so that the maximum use of food, but some residual wheat shells and sandstone will also be cooked in the pot, eating often rattle.

The little nobles should pay attention to some, they will order people to sift the wheat grains to sandstone, grind into coarse powder, baked into bread and baked cakes to enjoy.

Above is the rich aristocracy, food for these people is no longer a simple tool to fill their stomachs, but a means to pursue delicious enjoyment.The kitchen will further sieve the wheat flour, remove the bran skin, get the exquisite grinding of snow white, and the baked bread is beige, which not only tastes delicate, but also tastes much sweet.

“The starch is based on the fine wheat flour, continue to purify and process it,” Roland said, “and when you recruit people, I will send someone to tell them the specific practice.”

“Continue to work?”Barov couldn't help but stare at his eyes, "How much wheat would have to be used."

"I don't need much, three or four hundred kilograms ..." Roland paused and changed his mouth, "a basket as big as my desk."

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

Because they are more careful.And I would like to see more women go to work than idle at home,” Roland suddenly thought of, “and the current universal education in the border town seems to be faster for girls?”

"Although the main person in charge of the Ministry of Education is the scroll lady, this is indeed the case.They don’t do much other than take care of their children and take care of their household chores, so they spend most of their time reading and reading.”

“In that case, I ask that, when the next round of assessments is over, the town hall in charge of you must recruit a group of female apprentices and gradually expand the proportion of female jobs,” Roland said.

"There is no precedent for this, Your Highness," frowned Barov, "and if it were only a fine-mindedness, my apprentice would be no worse than any other woman."

“If there is no precedent, it will create a precedent,” Roland said bluntly, “and this is the easiest and quickest way to increase the labor force without expanding the total population, and if all women can take on the task of building a small town, I can double the manpower available to me.”All you have to do is lead people to change their minds - as long as the pay is attractive, I think they will stand up one by one."

Barov withdrew, and the Nightingale smiled in the prince's ear, "What are you going to do again?"

“The starch?No, it's not for eating," Roland took a sip of tea, "though it was possible to get as good a good ingredient during processing."

Soak the delicate wheat flour into the water, then knead and wash until the water is completely white, and then change the basin to continue.The last remaining slimy substance is gluten, which can be used for frying or frying, and the taste is flexible and elastic.Applying honey or sprinkling spices after the pot is a good delicacy.

But Roland’s focus was not on food.

After the milky water is placed by the sift, the starch is precipitated, and it is also the main material for making explosives.

In the nitrification * glycerin has not yet begun to be tested, T.N.T. is even more impossible to say the conditions, nitrification starch has become the most easily manufactured strong explosive, the manufacturing process and nitro cotton is exactly the same.Its finished product sensitivity is low, open fire can not be ignited, need to be detonated with a detonation tube, higher than T.N.T., was widely used as a substitute for the former during the two world wars.

With high-purity starch, those alchemy apprentices who have cooked the nitrification cotton production process must also quickly produce a batch of nitrifying starch.

After lunch, Roland was going to go back to his room for a nap, and suddenly there was a knock on the door outside the office.

Usually at this time to come to him, nine out of ten are Anna.His heart pounded twice, was it because he was too tired and fell asleep directly, so he decided to pick it at noon this time?

“Come in.”

The door was squeaked and pushed open, and Roland taunted, and Evelyn stood outside.

Well... it’s a little different from what he thought, he coughed twice and showed a kind smile, “What’s the matter?”

She went to the table and bowed her face, looking a little nervous, "Your Highness, I want to ask you a question."

Is it the old saying, “Why are you so good to witches”?But in the spirit of treating comrades as warm as the spring breeze, he smiled and said, "What a problem, you ask."

“Why did you choose me to come to the town?”

Roland nodded, is she not drinking good wine?

“My ability is neither as practical as that of Hilvi, nor as practical as that of lotus and honey,” she whispered, “but if it is wine tasting, the monthly salary of a golden dragon is enough to hire a professional winemaker from the king.”

“What do you think of the wine?”

"At first, it felt too hot, but it is acceptable to drink it slowly, and the mixture of ice, juice and sugar water is more abundant in taste."But this is only my personal opinion," replied Evelyn carefully, "and the taverns in the house only sell cheap wine and rye, and the tendencies of the nobles... I don't know."

It was not in doubt that there was a problem with the wine, and the prince quietly relaxed.He got up and opened the bookcase, took a jar of rye from the top floor and laid it before Evelyn, “Then can you convert this jar of rye into my brewed liquor?”

“I think... it should be okay.”She held out her hands and held the jar, and soon the yellow wine inside had changed.As the bubbles surged, the wheat wine became more and more clarified, and finally it was as bright as boiling water, but Roland had already smelled a strong aroma of wine.He couldn’t wait to dunk his fingers a little, put it in his mouth, and came at the same time with bitterness and burning heat, which was the taste of the high alcohol.

Roland couldn't help but laugh, "That's why I chose you."

Looking at Evelyn, who was confused, he clapped her hand, “I’m going to open an alcohol factory... no, it’s a brewery, would you like to be my chief winemaker?”(Unfinished.)